Seeing Ma Zhenhong's terrified expression, the monkey shone its flashlight on the stone-blocked entrance and sneered, "Mr. Ma, I think you've been lying in the tomb for too long, and the lack of blood supply to your brain is causing hallucinations. This place is sealed off with stones. Who could possibly get through here? Besides, there are only four of us underground!"

“I’m not kidding, and I’m definitely not seeing things! I really saw someone walk in. That person was wearing modern clothes, a camouflage uniform!”

Ma Zhenhong looked at us with a serious expression: "I'm a veteran in this business. I would never say anything that might disturb morale if I wasn't sure! That thing just now was definitely not human. I felt it was a... ghost!"

"Hey, what time is it? You're still scaring people like this!"

The monkey didn't believe Ma Zhenhong at all: "Let's figure out how to get across from here first!"

Why don't you believe me?

Ma Zhenhong was so anxious that he stamped his feet: "I don't care what you think, but I'm definitely not going to rob this tomb! I've been in this business for so many years and I've never encountered anything so bizarre. I'm quitting now!"

"Mr. Ma! You can't leave!" Shark grabbed Ma Zhenhong's arm. "Of the four of us, only you know how to dig. If you leave, we won't be able to get anything done! Here's the deal: I'll double the money I promised you!"

"Boss Sha, I risk my life to rob tombs so I can live a better life! Even if you give me a mountain of gold, I need to be alive to enjoy it!"

Ma Zhenhong shook off the shark's grasp, clasped his hands in a fist salute to us, and said, "Gentlemen, my skills are not up to par, so I can only see you off this far. Farewell!"

After saying this, Ma Zhenhong was about to crawl back into the tomb, but he stopped after taking only two steps: "Retribution has come! We really angered the tomb owner! We're all finished now!"

I shone my flashlight on the ground and was equally horrified.

A stream of red liquid was flowing out of the tunnel behind us, and the air was filled with a strong smell of blood.

The monkey looked at me with a bewildered expression: "What's going on? Did we dig up the mountain's main artery? How can blood be gushing out on flat ground?"

Looking at the pooling blood, Ma Zhenhong's voice trembled with tears: "This must be the tomb owner blaming us, ancestors, let's go quickly!"

I looked at the blood on the ground and shook my head: "There's liquid in the hole, the tunnel might collapse! We can't go this way!"

"Don't panic, everyone. I'll get someone from above to check the situation right away!"

The shark pulled out a walkie-talkie from its waist, spoke for a while, then shook its head at us: "We've gone too deep, there's no signal here!"

My experience in tomb raiding was all learned from the Judge's Records, and I had never experienced anything like this before. Looking at the blood flowing towards us, I bit my tongue and tried to remain calm: "Apart from the tunnel we dug, the walls of this tomb chamber have not been reinforced! The only way out now is to go through this door, find a suitable spot inside, and dig another tunnel to leave!"

The monkey strode towards the gate: "Then what are we waiting for? Let's get started!"

I waved my hand and said, "This gate cannot be moved. It is built of stone and has no fixed support. If it collapses, the entire space will be destroyed!"

Although the shark was unwilling, it knew that it couldn't gamble with its life: "If that's the case, we'll have no choice but to risk crawling back through the tunnel!"

"No! We absolutely cannot go back!" I looked at Ma Zhenhong, who was trembling like a leaf, and waved my hand, saying, "The tomb robber's tunnel is made of soil, and the probability of it collapsing when it encounters liquid is too high! If nothing unexpected happens, the tomb chamber is just beyond this end gate, and we have to go in!"

"This gate is made of stone. How could we possibly chisel it through with the tools we have?"

Ma Zhenhong's voice was trembling with sobs as he knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly towards the Duanmen Gate: "Your Majesty, I was truly blind and ignorant, disturbing your rest and deserving of death! I beg you to have mercy and spare my life! I promise that as long as I can leave this underground palace, I will never do this kind of work again! And I will build a shrine for you on the mountain, where your descendants will worship you for generations!"

"Holy crap! This method actually works! The bleeding has stopped!"

Seeing that the blood had stopped seeping from the tomb, the monkey pretended to kneel down as well: "Damn, that's amazing! I'll pay my respects too!"

"What a load of rubbish! This means the tunnel has collapsed! The blood is trapped outside. Once the sand behind the wall is soaked with blood, the gravity will change, and this space might collapse completely!"

Although I didn't understand the bleeding from the ground, I still stepped forward and pushed Ma Zhenhong: "Mr. Ma, wake up! We're trapped in the tomb. The only one who can save us now is ourselves! If the tomb owner is really willing to let you go, we won't be trapped! As long as you do as I say, I guarantee I can get you out! Do you believe me, a living, breathing person, or that ethereal ghost?!"

“Mr. Duan, I… I believe you!” Ma Zhenhong gripped my hand so tightly that it hurt my palm. “I have a blind old mother to support! I have to get out of here alive. If I can see the light of day again, I’ll build you a shrine…!”

"Stop right there! Why are you building ancestral halls for both the living and the dead?"

I helped Ma Zhenhong up from the ground: "This tomb could collapse at any time. We have to find a way out. The most urgent thing is how to get through this Duan Gate. Do you have any good suggestions?"

"The hawk somersault and the rabbit kicks the eagle! The hawk somersault is walking from above to minimize the pressure on the end gate. The rabbit kicks the eagle is digging a hole in the ground. Select a horizontal stone with even stress and dig a tunnel in the center of it to crawl through."

Ma Zhenhong took several deep breaths to calm himself down: "But both of these methods are extremely risky. If we're not careful, we could lose our lives!"

"Waiting here is tantamount to waiting to die. If we want to live, we have no choice but to live as if we were to die!"

I surveyed the surrounding terrain: "The top of the Duanmen Gate is connected to the dome. Moving the stones on top is too risky. Let's dig a tunnel!"

"Everyone come and help! Let's pry up the stones on the ground! Be careful to be gentle and minimize vibration!"

Ma Zhenhong gave a shout, and the four of us gathered around and began using the tools in our hands to pry open the stone bricks on the ground.

when!

We were all working hard when a muffled thud suddenly came from behind us, which startled us.

I turned around and shone my flashlight behind me. I saw a stone lying on the ground and bloodstains on the wall near the tomb entrance. Sweat beaded on my forehead. "The point of leverage in this tomb has changed. Everyone, hurry up. It's all up to us now!"