Despite opposition from most of the group, Song Laosan finally gave up the idea of ​​taking the yellow diamond, looking at us resentfully: "According to the rules of the Four Gates, those who enter a tomb can only take one thing with them. You want me to give up this diamond now? No problem! But I want to make it clear beforehand: I can agree to give up my interests for you now, but if we really enter the main tomb chamber, I will assume that you have given up this stone, regardless of whether there is anything inside. If everyone returns the way they came, this stone will be the yellow item I have chosen!"

"Can!"

"no problem!"

Qu Ruilin and Wei Shengnan agreed without hesitation.

The Wei family is wealthy and powerful. Although this yellow diamond is quite valuable, it's not enough to make Wei Shengnan covet it.

As for Qu Ruilin, his heart was already filled with hatred, so he wouldn't care about these material possessions. Besides, according to what I know, this kid seems to be worth more than me.

When I saw Song Laosan turn his gaze to me, I nodded and said, "I have no objection."

With our connections, if we could get this diamond out of the country, selling it for hundreds of millions wouldn't be a problem at all.

It would be a lie to say I wasn't tempted by such a large sum of money.

Although I was tempted, this yellow diamond gave me a very strange and dangerous feeling. Although I wasn't sure what was wrong with it, my subconscious kept reminding me that if I touched this stone, we would definitely be in big trouble.

Seeing that the three of us agreed, Song Laosan was still uneasy: "Besides these three people, what are the opinions of the others?"

Three members of the Wei family were the first to declare: "We are members of the Wei family and will obey the young lady's orders!"

Manjing sniffed but didn't say anything, while Jiang Man said nonchalantly, "I support all of Duan Shenxing's decisions."

Seeing that the situation had become like this, Lin Que could only stomp his feet and urge, "Grandpas and Grandmas, if we delay any longer, the incense sticks outside will burn out! If we continue to delay, we will not only fail to make any money, but we may also lose our lives!"

Seeing that everyone had agreed to his plan, Song Laosan took one last, reluctant look at the yellow gemstone and painfully made his decision: "It's done, let's go!"

"Stay close to me!"

Seeing this, Wei Shengnan picked up the scarecrow again and led us forward.

I knew that Song Laosan was a money-grubber, and I was afraid that he would change his mind at the last minute and rush back to get the diamond. So, as we walked, I kept a close eye on him to prevent him from doing anything irrational. Meanwhile, Song Laosan's attention was entirely focused on the corpses on both sides, as if he was hoping to find something extraordinary on them.

They had walked for a while when Wei Shengnan's voice suddenly came from ahead: "Stop! Everyone be careful!"

I was drawn to Wei Shengnan's voice, so I shifted my gaze from Song Laosan and looked ahead.

We hadn't reached the end of the passageway, but we were only about fifteen meters away from the exit when the "human"-shaped exit came into view.

What blocked Wei Shengnan's way was a dense spider web that reflected a silvery light.

I took a few steps forward to take a look and found that these things were not spider webs at all, but steel cables that looked similar to bicycle brake cables.

These steel cables are arranged haphazardly, looking just like the laser alarms used to deter thieves in movies, densely packed together.

Some ropes were tied together to lock the corpses next to them, while others were hanging from a height. When I shone my flashlight upwards, I found that these ropes were threaded with a single cast iron ring, which was then glued to the top of the cave with some kind of strong adhesive. Several stones were hanging below them.

"This is another trick by Duan Jinyan and his gang!"

Qu Ruilin looked at the haphazardly laid-out steel cables ahead and asked me, "Are these arranged randomly, or is there some special pattern?"

"There's nothing special about it, but the knots on the corpses on both sides are pig's hoof knots, which will tighten the more you pull them."

I walked along a line to the body and saw through the membrane that his face had decomposed into a jelly-like state. I forced myself to look at his neck while suppressing my nausea. "The people in front of me were very careful when setting the knots. They didn't damage the membrane on the body at all, which means they were very wary of these corpses! It seems that our previous deduction was correct. The membrane on this body cannot be damaged."

Jiang Man shone her flashlight on the surrounding steel cables: "You mean, the people ahead used these corpses to reset a trap... no, to be precise, they increased the probability of us triggering the trap in order to stop us!"

One of the Wei family members pulled out a pair of pliers from his travel bag: "Should we cut these steel cables?"

"Whether Duan Jinyan knew that someone was following them or not, judging from the trap they set, they were not planning to return the way they came. Otherwise, if they encountered any unexpected situations on the way back, going this way would be suicide."

Qu Ruilin swept his flashlight along the steel wire in front of him: "These steel wires look like they are arranged randomly, but they are actually connected to each other. For example, if we want to break this one, then the stone hanging on the other side will fall on the corpse."

Lin Que cleverly suggested, "Then why don't we move the bodies that aren't entangled in the wire ropes and take a detour?"

"What these membranes actually are is still unclear, and the bodies inside are severely decomposed, so the risk of them breaking during transport is too great."

Jiang Man also offered a suggestion: "The exit is only a dozen meters away. Could we forcibly break these steel cables and then everyone rush over as fast as possible to avoid any potential dangers?"

“I disagree with doing this. First, we don’t know how great the risk of damaging the membrane is, and second, we don’t know if the people ahead of us will set up any traps outside the exit.”

I took a deep breath, composed myself, and said, "Let's take it one step at a time and cut these steel cables one by one! Stay calm and steady. Think carefully before you cut the cables, and be gentle when you start. Don't panic no matter what you see, and avoid crowding that could lead to mistakes."

"We only have one pair of pliers, so two people are enough to do the work."

Qu Ruilin waved to the Wei family members who were holding tools, walked over and grabbed both ends of a steel wire rope: "Cut it!"

"Click!"

The Wei family members wielded pliers and cut the silk threads connecting the two corpses. I followed closely behind, carefully moving the two ends of the threads to the side of the road to prevent them from being trampled on.

And so we moved forward cautiously, carefully inspecting each piece of wire rope we cut.

It took us seven or eight minutes to barely make it halfway through the three-meter area where the steel wire rope was laid. I noticed that the Wei family member's hands were trembling slightly because he was not concentrating. Just as I was about to go over and take over for him, I suddenly saw a figure appear at the cave entrance ahead.