The sudden slamming of the stone coffin door really startled me.

Judging from the voice coming from Ma Zhenhong, he should still be behind the stone coffin, quite a distance from the main gate.

Besides us, the only other person in the entire tomb was Gong Yingfa's corpse.

Who closed the coffin door?

These two outer coffin doors are pushed inwards from the outside. There are bronze door knockers on the outside, but there is not a single point of leverage on the inside.

Seeing the outer coffin door close, the monkey looked at its feet and asked, "Did someone step on some kind of trap?"

The shark shook its head: "Impossible! The pedestal here is made of a single piece of bluestone, without even a gap. How could there be a mechanism here?"

"Let's go outside first and talk about it later!"

No tomb raider's hole was found inside the stone coffin, and the sudden closure of the two doors made my blood pressure soar.

From beginning to end, all the supernatural events that occurred in this tomb were beyond my comprehension.

At this point, I no longer wanted to explore the secrets of this place; I just wanted to leave this bizarre and fantastical place as quickly as possible.

The stone coffin that trapped us was exquisitely crafted; the gaps in the closed door were so tight that even a knife couldn't be inserted. I aimed my chisel at the gap and started hammering away, trying to create a way to get a foothold.

Just as I was digging and chiseling the outer coffin door, a large amount of smoke suddenly rushed into the stone coffin.

The monkey looked up at the thick smoke pouring in from the top of the stone coffin, and stared at me in surprise: "Young Master Duan, did you trigger a poison gas trap, or has the tomb owner become angry?"

"When people were buried in ancient times, they would leave a hole in the coffin, which was meant to be a small door for the soul to enter and exit freely. But the real reason was that brain death could not be determined in ancient times, and leaving a hole was to allow oxygen to circulate, so that people who appeared to be dead still had a chance to survive."

I looked at the spot where the thick smoke was billowing in and shook my head, saying, "This isn't a trap! The tomb chamber is right outside this hole."

"Then how did the smoke come out?" After hearing my explanation, the monkey punched the wall twice: "Old Ma! Are you still alive? Open the tomb door for us!"

There was silence; there was no response.

"We don't know what happened to Lao Ma, we can only rely on ourselves!"

Seeing this, the shark also grabbed an iron rod and started smashing it against the tomb door: "Monkey, we don't know if this smoke is poisonous, block that hole!"

As soon as I finished speaking, Shark and I started smashing the door with all our might, but the stone coffin was six inches thick, and with our tools, we simply couldn't open it in a short time.

"Bang!"

Just as I was banging on the door, something suddenly hit me on the head, which startled me.

Looking down, I saw that what had hit me on the head was a scabbard, gilded and inlaid with silver, with a dragon and phoenix ring at the top of the hilt and inscriptions.

The shark glanced at the knife on the ground, then looked up at the ceiling: "There's a hidden compartment here. This knife must have fallen because of the shock. Mr. Duan, I'll ask you to go up and see if there are any traps!"

I saw the shark interlacing his fingers, stepping on his hands to elevate his body. There was indeed a narrow, hidden compartment above the outer coffin door, but there was no mechanism.

After the monkey plugged the hole at the top of the stone sarcophagus, smoke began to seep into the gap in the tomb door. I picked up my tools and prepared to continue digging into the sarcophagus door, but the moment I bent over, I felt dizzy and my legs went weak, and I sat down on the ground.

Just as I was drifting off to sleep, I suddenly felt a pain in my arm.

Looking to the side, I saw a shark holding a gun-shaped syringe, injecting something into my arm.

The shark's actions jolted me awake, and I reached for the hammer on the ground behind me: "Shark! What the hell are you doing?!"

"I'm saving you!"

The shark didn't explain. After injecting me, it pulled out a needle from its multi-functional belt and stuck it into its own thigh.

After about ten seconds, I gradually felt the dizziness subside, and my heart started racing. I also felt a bit thirsty: "What did you inject me with?"

"Amphetamine-type stimulants!"

The shark shook its head and gave the monkey another injection: "If nothing unexpected happens, this smoke has an anesthetic effect and contains ingredients like tetracaine, which can penetrate the skin to take effect! Our drugs have a limited duration of effect, so while we still have the strength, let's find a way to leave as soon as possible!"

"First, seal the gaps in the tomb door! Then strip Gong Ming of his clothes!"

I knew that once we were trapped inside the stone coffin, we would surely die. Our will to survive had overwhelmed our fear of the dead, so we got up and started tearing off the clothes of the corpses inside the coffins.

After I got up, I deliberately turned over Gong Ming's body and found that there was no tomb raider's hole under him, which means that no one had really been here.

I had no time to think about how this strange situation came about. I quickly took off the corpse's clothes and handed them to the shark.

After I took off Gong Ming's shirt, I found a deep mark on both sides of his armpits and shoulders. Then I shone a flashlight on the inside edge of the coffin.

At that moment, I suddenly had a sudden realization, patted the shark's arm, and then tugged at the monkey: "Lie down on the ground, quick!"

The shark looked at me in surprise: "I only brought four syringes! If we don't escape quickly, we'll really be stuck here with them!"

I didn't explain much, and pulled the two of them down to lie on the ground: "Listen to me, lie down!"

The monkey didn't suspect me and lay down straight beside me: "Young Master Duan, what kind of formation is this, or some kind of mysterious ritual?"

I lowered my voice: "You two remember, as soon as the outer coffin door opens, we're all rushing out, understand?"

The shark looked at me in surprise: "This door can open?"

"Tap tap!"

"Tap tap!"

Just then, a strange knocking sound came from outside. I immediately held my breath, made a shushing gesture with my fingers, and grabbed the knife that had fallen beside me.

Because we stopped blocking the gaps in the stone coffin, the thick smoke from outside quickly rushed in, completely obscuring our view.

Just then, a voice suddenly came from outside: "How long has it been?"

The shark next to me visibly moved when it heard the sound.

Like me, he recognized Ma Zhenhong's voice.

A young voice responded, "Five minutes! The fact that smoke can get in through the hole at the top means the person has collapsed!"

After the conversation started, it quickly fell silent outside.

"Squeak!"

A few seconds later, the outer coffin door slowly pushed open inward, scraping against the ground with a piercing sound.

I caught a glimpse of smoke billowing outwards out of the corner of my eye, and suddenly sprang up from the ground, lunging directly at the person who pushed open the door.

"Gulp!"

Amidst the billowing smoke, the other party was caught off guard and was tackled to the ground by my relentless effort.

"Buzz!"

Before I could make a move, I heard a whooshing sound beside me, and a sharp axe rapidly magnified in my eyes.