Lin Chuchu bit her lip tightly, feeling her breathing becoming increasingly labored, as if a large hand was choking her.

With a sob in her voice, she said, "Those candlesticks can't be real, can they?"

There were so many candlesticks, over a thousand in total. She didn't know there were sculptors in the world who could create such lifelike sculptures.

An answer was about to emerge in her mind, and Lin Chuchu looked anxiously at Chen Long, hoping he would say something to deny her.

Chen Long paused for a moment, then smiled and said, "How could that be? If so many babies were really buried with the emperor, such a dynasty would surely fall, and there would be rumors circulating among the people."

However, there are no records of large-scale population disappearances in Chinese historical records.

Lin Chuchu patted her chest and said, "Yes, that must be it. These are all fake."

As they talked, they got a clear view of the entire cave. There were spiral staircases on all sides of the walls, but some of them were broken and split in the middle.

There was a door right across from us. "We have to go over there; maybe that's the entrance to the tomb."

Even if it's not the entrance to the tomb, it's the only possible way out.

The group began searching for a more complete staircase route.

The staircases come in all directions; some look like they're going down, while others look like they're going up.

After much deliberation, the kidnapper leader and Chen Long finally determined their route.

The route they chose almost made Lin Chuchu cry. There was a very wide gap, and although it was impossible to tell exactly how wide it was, it was definitely not narrow.

"Are you guys serious? Shouldn't you rethink the plan?"

Lin Chuchu said, her voice trembling with tears.

She said she might as well die, because if she fell down the stairs, she would die anyway.

She might as well stay and wait to starve to death; after all, there's food and water in the space, enough to last for two months.

Why take the risk?

The kidnapper leader was getting impatient. His expression became somewhat deranged. He pulled out a pistol and pointed it at Lin Chuchu's head.

"Forward or die!"

Lin Chuchu was very well-behaved throughout the journey, making him even forget that she was a woman who would cry at the drop of a hat.

Lin Chuchu sobbed, her face filled with terror. Between dying sooner or later, she decided to die later.

Nobody knew what time it was. When they came down, their watch broke.

However, feeling extremely tired, they realized it was probably around midnight, so they decided to rest first and set off again once they were rested.