Chapter 131: Treasure Chest Phantom, Killing the Rats

After pondering for a moment, Lu Xingchen sent a private message to Zhong Qiang: "Don't do anything else for now, watch my private message. I might ask you for something later!"

She wanted Zhong Qiang as a backup, so that if she needed something like a torch or rope later, Zhong Qiang could immediately trade for it.

After making preparations, Lu Xingchen decisively entered the cave.

Old Sheep was overjoyed and followed them inside.

The cave was dark. Lu Xingchen took out a luminous pearl, which emitted a soft glow, instantly illuminating the cave.

The luminous pearl's light is insufficient; it can only provide illumination, and it becomes unclear from a distance.

However, it is better than a torch.

She walked about fifty or sixty meters holding the night pearl. The road ahead gradually widened. Finally, they came to a relatively large cave. The shape of the cave was an irregular circle, estimated to be about two to three hundred square meters.

At the very innermost part, there is a silver treasure chest.

"There it is!" said the old goat excitedly.

Although excited, it was still rational and just followed Lu Xingchen, letting Lu Xingchen explore the way.

Lu Xingchen held up the luminous pearl and looked it over.

Apart from the silver treasure chest, there were only scattered small stones on the ground of the cave, and the distant areas were blurry and there was nothing else.

The entire cave contained only a lone silver treasure chest, without even a pile of trash.

"Are you going or not?" Old Sheep asked quietly.

"Why don't you go take a look?" Lu Xingchen glanced at the old sheep.

"Ah? I'm just leading the way, hehe!" The old sheep took a step back, as cunning as ever.

Lu Xingchen wouldn't go over there. There was no way this treasure chest wouldn't be guarded by a ferocious beast, and besides... she frowned, feeling that it was too easy.

They found the treasure chest so quickly? That Babu was too hasty!

Lu Xingchen took several steps back, and Lao Yang quickly followed suit.

Lu Xingchen retreated to a position where he could just see the treasure chest, stopped, placed the night pearl in the depression of the stone wall, and placed a row of traps under his feet.

There's no need to dig a hole; this is rock, how long would it take to dig?

The old sheep suddenly realized: "Do you think it's too easy to find the treasure chest? So you're a little worried?"

Lu Xingchen glanced at it: "Shouldn't you be worried?"

The cave is located halfway up the mountain, with a small entrance. Once inside, you only need to walk a short distance to reach the treasure. It's that easy!

Is Bob a fool?

Old Yang quickly said, "This cave was blocked by rocks before, and there were pine trees and weeds outside, so neither humans nor wild animals could see it. I cleared away the weeds and originally wanted to move the rocks to dig a temporary shelter, but I ended up finding this cave while digging around."

Lu Xingchen was surprised: "What a coincidence?"

The old sheep swore: "Of course, without a bit of luck, how could I possibly live for over 300 years!"

Lu Xingchen believed it for the time being, but she still had to be cautious.

She gripped the soft whip, stood behind the trap, picked up a small stone, and threw it toward the treasure chest.

"Whoosh" the stone flew out and hit the treasure chest, but made no sound.

The stone was like hitting the water, causing ripples around it, and the treasure chest on the ground actually disappeared with the ripples.

The ground was empty.

Lu Xingchen was stunned.

The old sheep was even more shocked. It muttered, "The treasure chest... the treasure chest is gone!"

Before they could react, a group of rats suddenly appeared near the treasure chest.

The mouse was larger than an adult cat, with gray fur and gleaming green eyes. It squeaked a few times and charged towards Lu Xingchen like lightning.

A rat this big?