When Jiang Man asked about the people behind us, my first thought was that it was Monkey and his group.

In the fluorescent forest, our teams had already separated, and only Wei Shengnan's group was nowhere to be found. When we entered the tunnel, they were the ones who were left behind.

If someone comes from behind, it's most likely the monkeys.

However, when Jiang Man and I entered the Twelve Gates of the Underworld, Monkey and the others had not yet caught up. Moreover, Jiang Man and I did not linger in the passage for too long. According to my estimation, it would be difficult for Monkey and the others to arrive here in such a short time.

So it's quite possible that the situation outside is indeed as Duan Jinyan guessed, that the people of Ping'an Village had set up an ambush.

Looking at the dark corridor behind me, I hesitated for a moment before taking Jiang Man and chasing after Duan Jinyan and the others in the direction they had gone: "The situation behind us is unclear. If the people who catch up are not our people, they will definitely entangle us. Let's follow them and keep an eye on Duan Jinyan and the others. If there is any danger, we have to find a way to shift it to someone else."

For safety's sake, and also out of fear of losing track of Duan Jinyan, I ultimately decided not to stay. Instead, I continued along the tomb passage ahead, chasing after Duan Jinyan and the others.

The tomb passage we were walking through was pitch black. To conceal myself, I turned my flashlight down to its lowest setting, barely illuminating the ground beneath my feet and unable to see far or clearly the surroundings.

After walking for about two or three minutes, a row of steps suddenly appeared on the ground in front of us, with huge stone statues standing on both sides.

Although I couldn't see the details of these stone statues clearly, I could roughly guess that these two statues were carved to guard the main tomb chamber as tomb guardian beasts.

As you ascend the steps, you'll see two stone doors ahead, which have been pushed open a crack.

Clang!

Just as I was about to examine it closely, a sound of a metal object falling to the ground suddenly came from inside.

Upon hearing the sound, I quickly turned off my flashlight and groped my way up the steps, eventually finding the gap in the stone door by touch.

In the pitch-black environment, a glimmer of light stood out starkly; only a single point of light could be vaguely seen, undoubtedly belonging to Duan Jinyan and his group.

I looked at the light in the distance, reached out and felt around on the ground ahead, and whispered to Jiang Man, "The people behind us should arrive here soon. We can't wait here. I'll slowly crawl forward from here. You hold my ankle."

After I finished speaking, I lay down on the ground and felt my way into the tomb chamber, carefully feeling my way in front of me to avoid making any noise.

After I climbed through the stone gate, I started moving to the right, feeling my way to the corner of the wall, and then I began to move along the base of the wall towards the distant light.

As I got closer, I could vaguely see the light from that spot projecting onto the wall, which suggested that Duan Jinyan and the others were hiding behind something.

Just as I was watching the distant point of light move, the light suddenly went out, and the entire space became dark.

Just as I was about to move in the dark, I suddenly heard a deep voice from not far away: "We've made a commotion here, but we haven't attracted any attention. Could there be another space inside?"

"Won't."

Duan Jinyan uttered two words in a low and firm voice, and then continued, "When we came here, the stone door was open. After fighting for so long, they no longer hide their tracks. The main tomb chamber we are looking for is just ahead."

The person who raised the question asked, puzzled, "Boss, how can you be so sure that the main burial chamber is right in front of us? Is it because of those two stone statues outside?"

Duan Jinyan responded with certainty: "No, it's because the feng shui arrangement that reverses yin and yang here has reached its limit! The base of this mountain is only this big. If we continue to dig outwards, there is a risk of digging into loess and underground rivers. Therefore, the main tomb chamber must be just ahead."

At that moment, we were only seven or eight meters apart. Although Duan Jinyan's voice was low, I could hear it very clearly, giving me the feeling that I could catch him if I pounced on him.

Before this, I had never met him, but based on just this one sentence, I could tell that his feng shui skills were superior to Qu Ruilin's.

When Qu Ruilin spoke with me before, he only pointed out that this place used the reverse yin and yang technique of feng shui, but Duan Jinyan was able to clearly distinguish the outline of this place as soon as he opened his mouth.

In other words, when he was on the surface, he not only guessed that the feng shui here was underground, but he also guessed the approximate depth and outline of the tomb with great accuracy.

For a tomb with no tomb structure or reference, I could only try my luck like a headless fly. But the moment Duan Jinyan found it, he had already figured out how to enter the tomb and where to find what he wanted.

Those around Duan Jinyan trusted him implicitly, and no one raised any objections when they heard him say this. Only the man who had raised the question continued, "Boss, it's pitch black here, and the other side arrived before us. We're in the open while they're in the dark; we've already lost the initiative. What should we do next?"

"It's a life-or-death struggle, there's no such thing as having an advantage or a counter-advantage. Follow me."

After Duan Jinyan finished speaking, the surroundings immediately fell silent, and not even the sound of footsteps could be heard.

I didn't know whether the metallic sound I heard earlier was something Duan Jinyan and the others deliberately made to attract their opponents, or something they accidentally knocked over. After waiting for about thirty seconds and seeing that the surroundings were still quiet, I moved my leg slightly and then signaled Jiang Man to follow me.

After crawling forward for about ten meters, I touched a hard object, square like a stone platform, more than a meter high, and I didn't know how long it was. It formed a gap of about one meter between itself and the wall.

After I crawled into the stone platform, I heard no movement around me, so I slowly sat up and whispered, "It seems that Duan Jinyan and the people from Ping'an Village are hiding in this room. Let's wait here and see who loses their patience first."

"Click!"

Jiang Man did not answer me; only the sound of the pistol safety being released could be heard in the darkness.

"when!"

About five minutes later, a metallic sound suddenly came from afar.

"call out--"

Immediately afterwards, a flare shot into the sky.