Chapter 479:

"There must be a mechanism in this stone door. Let's all look for it together, maybe we can find it."

After returning to the path leading to the stone gate, they went back to try and push the stone gate open.

However, this stone door was not one that could be opened with a simple push. Even with the combined efforts of many people, the door remained firmly in place.

After realizing that brute force alone couldn't open the stone door, Old Song suggested that everyone look for the mechanism. As he searched around, he said, "There must be a mechanism, otherwise why can't we open it? Let's all look for it together."

Following Lao Song's advice, everyone began searching for the mechanism near the stone gate.

Yue Jiuyue and Yue Jiuxing pretended to help when everyone pushed the door open, but when it came time to find the mechanism, they stood aside and didn't move, even staying far away from the stone door.

Yue Jiuyue stood about ten meters away from the stone gate, and then secretly said to Yue Jiuxing, "It should be around here, right? Our position should be okay."

"Maybe so. I just heard the sound from the middle. They might find the mechanism soon. We should stay away from it."

"Crack! Boom!"

"Ahhh!"

Just as the two of them were talking, a flip-up platform suddenly appeared on the floor in front of the stone gate. Everyone standing on the flip-up platform screamed and fell down with a 'thump'!

After the person fell, the flap closed by itself.

"Holy crap, someone must have stepped on the trap, and then they fell in. What do we do now?"

After seeing that some of their companions had fallen under the trapdoor, the remaining people became nervous. Uncle Liu said anxiously, "Quick, let's look for the mechanism again and rescue them."

"Yes, hurry up and look for it. Everyone stay away from that flip-flop, or you might fall down again."

Old Song also said.

The big boss, Sister Qing, and some other people who didn't fall down together were frightened by the accident and are now far away from the stone gate.

When Yue Jiuxing saw those people fall down the ramp, she had a "I knew it" look on her face. She secretly exchanged glances with Yue Jiuyue: "See? I told you it was safe here. When I stepped on it, I could already hear the hollow sound from below."

Yue Jiuyue replied to Yue Jiuxing with her eyes, "I already knew that. Sigh, those unlucky guys will probably just get hurt, but they won't die."

Because they wanted to rescue their companions who had fallen, everyone kept searching for the mechanism, touching here and stepping on there.

"I wonder who accidentally found the mechanism and made them fall down. Could the mechanism be on that flip panel? How are we supposed to find it?"

After searching for a long time without finding the mechanism, Sister Qing frowned and looked at the location of the flip panel, saying, "Boss, if the mechanism is on the flip panel, I wouldn't dare to step on it."

The boss was in a dilemma when he heard this, because if the mechanism was really on the flip panel, he wouldn't dare let anyone step on it, what if another one fell down?

"Sixth Uncle, what do you think?"

The big boss looked at Uncle Six.

Uncle Liu was still figuring out the mechanism. Few of them had real skills and didn't know how to find mechanisms, so they could only search slowly.

Uncle Liu heard what the big boss said and came up with a solution. He said, "How about this? They probably stepped on a certain spot on the flip panel and fell down. Why don't we tie a stone to a rope and throw it at the flip panel? That way we can slowly figure out the location of the mechanism."

"Okay, let's use this method then."

The big boss agreed, and then asked Uncle Liu to try this method.

Hearing their conversation, Yue Jiuxing found it amusing, but at the same time wondered why this group of people, who were all rather incompetent, would even think of tomb raiding.

Moreover, some of these "veterans" have followed the big boss more than once.

Thinking of this, Yue Jiuyue couldn't help but walk up to the big boss and ask, "Boss, I'm really curious why you came here to rob tombs. Among your group, only a few people know how to read feng shui, and there isn't even one who can catch ghosts. The rest are just thugs, and you don't seem like a real person either. So what are you doing here? Taking a risk?"

"You... so you figured it out too, sigh~"

Upon hearing Yue Jiuyue's words, the big boss admitted, "Yes, the people I found are indeed as you described. We've been to several tombs before, but we haven't found anything good inside. However, even if I can't find anything good, I still have to go looking for it."

"Why? You know perfectly well that this is dangerous."

The Nine Stars of the Moon also asked.

“Ah, that’s because I’m about to die,” the big boss said. “I have a terminal illness and I’m dying. No matter how rich my family is, it won’t be cured.”

"And then? What are you doing here?"

The Nine Stars and the Nine Moons still don't understand.

Seeing their bewildered expressions, the boss smiled wryly and said, "It's like this, I was diagnosed with a terminal illness and was planning to give up. But then I heard something—that the 'coffin mushroom' can bring the dead back to life and cure all diseases. So, in order to cure my illness, I hired some people to help me rob graves. However, although I'm rich and generous, I couldn't find any real experts, only some who knew the basics. After digging up several graves, not only did we not find the 'coffin mushroom,' but some people even died. Sigh..."

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