Chapter 1199 The Returnee's Notes 273
Although the group was looking at the murals, they only observed them from a distance and did not take any steps forward.
The tomb passage we just walked through had a sealing stone, so this ornate-looking tomb passage must have some kind of trap.
Yuan Ming tapped and pounded for a while before squatting down, looking a little tired, and muttered, "Why does this tomb passage feel somewhat familiar?"
When he fled, he seemed to have taken a similar route, except that the tomb passage led directly to a burial chamber for a general.
Does this magnificent tomb passage lead directly to the main burial chamber or another burial chamber?
Yuan Ming couldn't figure it out, but in his mind he had already crossed out the main burial chamber. He thought that the tomb passage led directly to the secondary burial chamber, but there must be a lot of good things there as well.
Time is running out. If they really can't continue, they'll just take some things from the secondary burial chamber and leave.
The longer it is delayed, the more likely changes will occur.
When Yuan Ming shared these ideas with the others, everyone except Xuehu agreed.
Snow Fox remained silent. He didn't want to leave so soon. He wanted to go and see the main burial chamber. After all, he had searched for a long time before finding the ancient tomb that Yuan Ming had mentioned.
An elder once told him that there was a treasure in an ancient tomb in the north that could prolong life.
He needs that kind of thing.
I entered this industry in the first place simply so that I could live a little longer.
In the quiet atmosphere, the sound of the hands turning seemed amplified countless times until it was broken by a knock.
It was Yuan Ming who discovered the mechanism.
Xie Ning had just squatted down and searched with them. Although she didn't know much about this, she did know a little about some common ancient tomb mechanisms.
One type is the chain-link trapdoor, which is a trapdoor with an axle. A pit is dug under the trapdoor to place hidden blades, and some trapdoors also have an additional rope mechanism. If a tomb raider steps on the chain-link trapdoor, the huge rock above will fall and crush the tomb raider into a pulp if he cannot dodge in time.
The tomb passage was undoubtedly equipped with a series of trapdoors, so the group carefully followed behind Yuan Ming, not daring to take a wrong step.
The group walked forward, listening to the sound of Yuan Ming's stick striking the ground. Unbeknownst to them, hidden beneath the wooden planks at their feet lay two human skeletons, one lying face up and the other face down, on sharp blades. Beside them were shovels, hammers, ropes, and other such items, clearly belonging to the previous tomb raiders.
A wisp of black mist swirled around the two skeletons, gathering more and more until it transformed from a gaseous form into a liquid. It then adhered to the skeletons, gradually solidifying into a pitch-black humanoid corpse.
They seemed to be still getting used to it, and they shakily climbed up, piercing through the sharp blades in the pit and attaching themselves to the pit wall, slowly making their way up.
At that moment, the group that had passed through the danger zone had blasted open the tomb door and entered the tomb chamber ahead.
Contrary to expectations of a room filled with gold and silver treasures, the tomb was quite empty, with only a coffin in the center.
Several stone platforms stood around it, each holding a weapon. Even without getting close, one could feel the cold aura emanating from them.
It's not yin energy, but blood energy.
These weapons must have been stained with a lot of human blood.
When Yuan Ming saw it, his breathing became much heavier, especially Xu Jiu, whose eyes widened when she saw the whip on it.
This thing is more valuable to them than gold, but given its location, they can't touch it for the time being.
What happened in that small tomb chamber taught them a lesson: if they moved one of the items, they might trigger a mechanism or something else.
So they have to be careful.
"Go to the small room first." That's where the burial items are placed; let's get something else first.
They certainly wouldn't take everything; that's the rule. Even tomb raiders wouldn't take everything, otherwise what would the next group eat? Every profession has its rules.
Not to mention that Yuan Ming also planned to notify the authorities after this trip so that they could handle this matter.
Thinking of this, Yuan Ming couldn't help but glance at Huifa, who was also considered an official.
Actually, if Huifa hadn't already joined the team, he would have liked to explore it a few more times and take more things. After all, this ancient tomb is very large, and although it is dangerous, the opportunities are also great.
The group exchanged glances. There was a small room on each side, and they clearly intended to work together, as they were wary of each other.
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