Chapter 96 Desert Search (19) - The Function of the Heart

Ning Shu led Wu Yi through the exit where Sister Li and the others had come from. The corridor was relatively short, and they soon entered a small room where they saw the large hole in the roof.

The sun was about to set, and the sky was gradually darkening.

Ning Shucai was surprised to find that they had been inside for almost a day. At this moment, Wu Yi rubbed his stomach and said, "Sister Ning, I'm hungry. How about you?"

"I'm hungry too. Let's eat something first and then rest for a bit."

The two sat down. There was a fire in the room, but part of the fire trench had been buried by the collapsed sand.

This didn't affect their vision, so the two calmly took out food and water from their bags and began to eat and drink heartily.

After eating and drinking her fill, Ning Shu felt she should use the restroom. She glanced at the sky; it was just getting dark.

"I need to go out to use the restroom."

After all, she wouldn't dare do such things in the Pharaoh's tomb, for fear of angering the Pharaoh so much that he would tear off the coffin lid.

"I'm going too!"

Wu Yi didn't originally have this need, but after hearing Ning Shu say that, he felt he needed to go as well, since he was quite scared too.

Ning Shu's innate skill is that she can climb walls and "stick upside down" to the ceiling, so she has no problem going up there.

Because of his excellent parkour skills, Wu Yi knew how to use protrusions for leverage, so he could easily climb over the 4-meter-high wall.

The two of them took care of their physical needs in the desert.

After returning, Wu Yi looked at the hole at his feet and asked Ning Shu, "Sister Ning, should we take a nap before going in?"

Ning Shu also stared silently at the cave entrance. She wanted to rest, but with a million dollars involved, she felt it was unwise to do so now.

"No, let's continue. If all goes well, we might be able to leave the instance tonight."

"Don't we need to wait for the instance to end? There should still be about ten days left." Wu Yi said, bringing up the game panel to check the time.

There are 13 days left, no, after tonight there will only be 12 days left.

"That's the time allotted by the instance. If we complete the task ahead of time, we shouldn't have to wait until the instance ends."

Besides, you've been eating and drinking excessively these past two days; the remaining food and water won't last long."

Hearing Ning Shu suddenly bring up his performance over the past two days, Wu Yi felt a little guilty.

There was nothing she could do; given his physique, the rules she set simply couldn't satisfy his appetite.

He had to endure it because he couldn't find a place to stay and was afraid of being stranded in the desert.

Now that they've reached the mission point, he's letting loose a bit.

Ning Shu knew she had made things too difficult for Wu Yi before, so she remained silent about Wu Yi's behavior over the past two days.

"Alright, let's continue. Let's try to clear the level tonight. If not, then we'll take a break."

The sun has just set; they still have one night to complete their mission.

The two returned to the small room and saw another exit, which they walked into without hesitation.

This corridor is very long; it's probably the longest corridor she's ever walked through.

The walls on both sides of this corridor are plain, without murals or reliefs, and don't feel like part of a tomb.

When Ning Shu saw the damaged mechanisms in front of her, she finally understood why the passageway was so simple.

Because this was a passage with traps, she and Sister Li and the other players had entered by taking an unconventional route, thus avoiding these traps.

I just don't know which unlucky person triggered these mechanisms.

However, the mechanisms here seem to have been destroyed, and there are no signs of anyone dying.

So, the other group of players that Sister Li mentioned should have also successfully passed through this passage.

"Sister Ning, who's so awesome that they destroyed all the mechanisms here?" Wu Yi exclaimed.

In a flash, Ning Shu thought of one person—one million; only he possessed such terrifying power.

The firelight in the tomb chamber was probably also thanks to Yiwan; he must have been working on the mechanism at that time.

That's the only explanation for why they didn't find a million dollars after spending the whole night in the treasure room; he was probably busy at that time.

They benefited from the million-dollar bonus; otherwise, they would be doing their missions in the dark right now.

Ning Shu guessed it, but didn't tell Wu Yi because she felt it was unnecessary, lest Wu Yi start nagging again.

The corridor was much wider than the one they had walked on before, and now that I think about it, it was probably set up to facilitate the placement of government agencies.

Suddenly, Ning Shu and the others found themselves in a room with four exits, and Ning Shu stood at one of the exits.

The glasses then provided a clue, from Ning Shu's left to right: "Exit, Exit, Altar".

Ning Shu paused for a moment. The first two points were pretty much nonsense, but the last tip was quite useful.

If the altar on the right is the one she visited before, then her current location is...

Ning Shu has a good sense of direction; she constructed a virtual map in her mind based on the location given by the altar.

She should be directly opposite the Pharaoh's tomb chamber now, which is the exit she didn't choose earlier.

If we continue forward, we should be heading towards the treasure room, but we don't know where the end is.

The exit to her left is very likely the entrance to the burial chamber, since it faces directly into the chamber.

To confirm her location, Ning Shu asked Wu Yi to wait for her there while she went to check the exit on the right.

The corridor connected to the right exit also contained hidden mechanisms, but they have been rendered useless.

Ning Shu thought for a moment and concluded that his guess that the left exit was the entrance to the tomb was definitely correct, because only in this way would the mechanisms on all sides be worthy of his judgment.

Let the person in first, then... This approach aligns perfectly with the logic of tomb security.

Soon, she walked out of the corridor and arrived at the altar she had visited before.

Because she was worried that she had come to another altar that looked exactly the same, Ning Shu observed the place for a while before she felt relieved after the glasses gave her a hint about other exits.

Before leaving, Ning Shu's gaze swept over the stone table in the middle, and she suddenly stopped in her tracks.

She returned to the stone table, staring at the curved indentation in the middle. The shape seemed... familiar.

But why does it feel familiar to her? That doesn't make sense!

Suddenly, a thought struck her, and she took off her backpack and took out the contents.

She took out the "heart" object that she had found in the Queen's tomb. She looked at the bottom of the object and found that the curvature of the bottom was very similar to the arc-shaped indentation in the center of the stone table.

So the object in her hand is the one that's going to be embedded in the stone table? That's too much of a coincidence.

Because of the inscriptions on the stone table, she dared not try anything recklessly, for fear of triggering a curse.

Upon this discovery, Ning Shu felt she had to keep the object safe to prevent others from triggering the curse.