A tremendous hope for survival pierced through her numbness like an electric current! She even felt a sliver of strength return to her heavy limbs.
The effects of the medication were still present; the dizziness and heaviness in her body persisted, but her mind was unusually clear due to the release of her wrist and the continuous, sharp pain on her tongue.
Shimen!
The only way out is through that stone door that has just closed!
She ignored the stinging pain from her wrists, which were bleeding from the hemp rope, and the cuts on her arms from the porcelain shards, and she didn't care about moving her stiff and numb fingers.
In the darkness, relying on her previous memory, she suddenly turned her head to look at the side—a piece of wood about the thickness of an arm and more than a foot long, used as a coffin support!
Just a few steps away!
She practically scrambled forward, using both hands and feet! The cold stone floor scraped roughly against her elbows and knees, and the hem of her burial shroud was tugged.
She grabbed the solid piece of wood! It was heavy and cold to the touch, with a rough surface, and it was sturdy enough!
Clutching the log, she turned and rushed toward the stone gate!
The darkness and the chaos of the crowd became obstacles. She was tripped by a woman who had collapsed after hitting a wall, and fell heavily to the ground, the piece of wood slipping from her hand and hitting the stone bricks with a dull thud.
Ignoring the pain, she groped for a piece of wood, got up, and continued charging forward. The cries and swaying figures were like ghosts in the dim light.
It's getting closer!
The outline of that massive, perfectly sealed stone door can now be seen! The gaps in the door are so narrow they are almost invisible!
It's too late! The people outside must be sealing off the gate!
Jiang Chan rushed to the stone door, her hands frantically groping along the bottom of the crack in the darkness. The stone felt cold to the touch.
Where is the gap? At the bottom! The gap is usually a small opening at the bottom to make it easy to open and close!
She lay down, her face almost pressed against the cold, rough ground and the stone door. The pungent smell of dust filled her nostrils.
She held her breath, her fingers frantically searching under the door...and found it! A narrow crack near the ground! At most a hand's width! This was her last chance!
With all her might, she forcefully plunged one end of the heavy wooden stick into the bottom of the narrow crevice! The stick got stuck!
She immediately grabbed the exposed end of the stick with both hands and used her body weight to press down desperately, trying to stand the stick upright and seal the gap!
"Ugh—!" she growled like a wild beast, her muscles tensed to the limit, and sweat instantly soaked her back.
His arm trembled violently from the excessive force, and the wound on his wrist, which had just broken free of its restraints, reopened, with blood flowing down his forearm and dripping onto the wooden stick and the stone ground.
The wooden stick groaned painfully as it was pressed against the heavy stone door! It resisted stubbornly, but the immense force of the closing stone door continued to flow through the hinges!
The door remained completely still!
No! Wrong angle! Not enough force!
The thought flashed through Jiang Chan's mind. She tried to use the wooden stick as a crowbar, but the stick was flat and had no leverage points! Besides, the stone door was too heavy!
At this critical moment!
"Boom...!"
A dull thud came from outside the door! It was the sealing stone! The huge stone slab was being lifted by the strong men, preparing to block the stone door! Once the stone slab fell, opening the door from the outside would be as difficult as climbing to heaven!
The shadow of death was so thick it couldn't be dispelled!
A crazed glint flashed in Jiang Chan's eyes! She stopped trying to pry it open! She released her grip on the wooden stick, grabbed the middle section, and with the last of her strength, shoved the stick deep into the crack in the door! She wedged it in horizontally!
The thick cross-section of the wooden stick was squeezed into the bottom of the narrow door crack, which was only a hand's width wide!
"Crack!" Wood chips flew everywhere!
The wooden stick made a cracking sound as it struggled to bear the weight! But miraculously, it didn't break instantly! The momentum of the heavy stone door closing was abruptly and briefly halted because of this wooden stick that was suddenly wedged deep in the crack!
A narrow gap, less than three fingers wide, stubbornly remained at the very edge of the bottom of the stone gate due to the deformation and wedging of the wooden stick!
Now!
The pounding outside the door continued; the door-sealing stone could fall at any moment! The wooden stick groaned violently under the immense pressure, on the verge of snapping completely!
Without any hesitation, Jiang Chan threw away the wooden stick, crouched low like a snake, and lunged sideways towards the narrow crevice! The effects of the drug made her movements somewhat stiff and slow, but her survival instinct unleashed astonishing power!
She quickly pulled a crowbar from her storage space and forcefully shoved it into the cold crevice! The crowbar was immediately clamped tightly by the rough, cold edge of the stone door, leaving a narrow space.
Taking advantage of this pause, she quickly and desperately pushed her entire left shoulder and arm outwards!
"Ah! You want—"
"Bang bang..."
The gun in her hand appeared and disappeared quickly, and Jiang Chan directly dealt with the opponent with "physical" means.
Then he continued to lean outwards.
The cold, rough stone wall rubbed against her cheeks, shoulders, and arms like sandpaper, and the silk of her burial shroud made a piercing tearing sound!
"Ugh...!" She growled in pain, suppressing her cries, and struggled with all her might, like squeezing a stuck cork, desperately trying to twist and turn outwards from the gap! Her ribs ached from the pressure.
Push! Move out a little further!
Her right hand finally reached outside the door and touched the cold stone wall of the tomb passage! She grabbed a tiny protrusion on the stone wall, her five fingers gripping it tightly, and with her last bit of strength, she suddenly twisted her head out of the stone door!
Fresh, cold air rushed into her mouth and nose!
"Come out quickly!"
Jiang Chan called out softly, and the other women, hearing the call, immediately trembled and crawled over.
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