She made up an excuse for herself.

Without further ado, the two grabbed shovels and strode towards the pit.

The moonlight was partially obscured by the clouds.

It grew even darker in the woods.

Upon reaching the pit, they wielded their shovels and began working diligently.

They haphazardly stuffed the scattered gems from the edge of the pit into their pockets.

Then they started to expand the pit, hoping to dig out more treasures.

The soil was shoveled away one shovel at a time.

The more they dug, the deeper the pit became.

Suddenly, a muffled "clang" was heard.

Su Muyao's shovel struck something hard.

The shock made her hands go numb.

"Wait, there's something!" she whispered.

Both of them stopped, their hearts racing.

They carefully used shovels to clear away the surrounding soil.

By the faint moonlight.

A huge, dark rectangular outline gradually came into view.

"My God..." Qi Minghao gasped.

That wasn't a treasure chest.

It was an old wooden coffin!

The dark wood was somewhat rotten, but it looked unusually heavy and enormous.

A not-so-narrow crack appeared in one corner of the coffin.

The air seemed to freeze.

The excitement of treasure hunting vanished instantly.

All that remains is the fear of facing the unknown.

Yan Shisi's words suddenly entered their minds.

"A pirate's...pirate's coffin?"

Su Muyao's voice was trembling with tears, and her legs began to feel weak.

Just then!

"Thump!"

A dull thud.

It came clearly from the crack in the coffin.

The two of them were struck as if by lightning, their bodies trembling violently, frozen in place!

"Thump! Thump!"

here we go again.

Two consecutive sounds, this one even louder!

It looked like something inside was pounding against the heavy coffin lid with all its might.

They want to break out of the coffin!

"Oh my god!!"

Su Muyao was so frightened she almost jumped out of her skin.

She screamed, and the shovel in her hand fell to the ground.