"Even the academicians are leaving, I'm going too!"
"Hehe, our team was the one who excavated these ruins, what's there to be afraid of?"
"Hmph, count me in!"
These laborers were all covered in dust and dirt.
But they were indeed bolder than those scholars.
Several assistants glared fiercely at the scholars who dared not go down.
"You lot, I'll settle the score with you when I get back!"
"Hmph! They actually made an academician risk his life..."
"They're all scoundrels!"
"Everyone in school is an elite, but once they graduate, they're all cowards. It's hilarious."
These words also aroused the scholars' indignation.
"I...I'll go down too."
"Yes, we can't let the academicians put themselves in danger."
"Since so many people went down, there shouldn't be any danger..."
That's what they said, but these young scholars were still a little apprehensive.
...
At this moment, Zhou Fushi had already climbed down to the depths of the ruins.
His bodyguards followed closely behind, supporting him steadily.
The terrain here is quite steep, and the soil is soft, making it easy to slip and fall. The guard officer whispered a reminder: "Academician, be careful."
Academician Zhou Foshi is no ordinary person.
He had met the Regent in the Old City when the Regent was young and had a deep conversation with him.
The academician was treated with great respect by the regent.
Otherwise, he wouldn't be sitting in the position of chief academician of the land of sages today.
Who was the previous chief?
I only remember that his surname was Han, but I've forgotten.
As more and more people entered the ruins, various lights came on, and the entire ruins were revealed to everyone.
Zhou Fushi was taken aback. He had just steadied himself when he looked up and immediately frowned.
"this……"
What he saw, illuminated by the searchlight, was not the ruins he had imagined, nor a city, nor a sanctuary like an eco-park, but a... tomb.
Psionic ore was piled up like a mountain, surrounding a coffin from all sides!
The azure light of psionic energy illuminated half of the tomb within a certain range.
Zhou Fushi trembled all over...
"This isn't a ruin, this...this isn't a ruin!"
"This is a tomb!"
He shouted loudly in front, and the scholars and laborers who had just come down behind him were also stunned for a moment.
"What did the academician just say?"
"They say this isn't a ruin, it's a tomb."
"A tomb? Why didn't we see it when they dug it up?"
"What the hell? When we were digging, it was all psionic ore. We were only looking at that."
"Indeed, there was a coffin in the middle!"
Everyone was shocked, and their eyes all turned to the visible gap in the mine, where half of a coffin appeared before them.
"Academician, don't act rashly. Let us go up and take a look."
Zhou Fushi shook his head: "Go straight up and open the coffin!"
"Lift...lift the coffin?" The officer was taken aback.
"Hmm, let's see what's inside. This is a tomb, surrounded by psionic minerals. I bet the person in this coffin is no ordinary person; they might be an imperial noble!"
Zhou Fushi was extremely excited. His eyes were bloodshot as he stared intently at the half-coffin.
Seeing this, the officer nodded silently and led dozens of guards into the mine.
The underground mine is very solid, having withstood the erosion of countless centuries.
Empires were civilizations of the Dark Ages.
During this period, they also had to go through several centuries of the Old World and two centuries of the Wasteland.
Strictly speaking, it has a history of at least seven or eight centuries.
Such an ancient thing, when the cave entrance was first dug out, miasma was emanating from it.
Zhou Fushi was convinced that this place was extraordinary.
As the officer gave the order, the guards worked together to open the coffin!
There was indeed someone lying inside!
"Academician, there's a corpse inside the coffin! But it's very strange!"
Zhou Fushi didn't approach, but stood at a distance and asked, "What's so strange about it?"
His assistants and the young scholars all gathered around Zhou Fushi.
The laborers rushed to help.
Everyone was marveling at the minerals in the tomb, which were as bright as stars, as if they had entered another world.
"This corpse is completely black, has no facial features, and doesn't look human at all!"
The officer's voice trembled slightly, clearly startled by what he had seen.
Some of the guards turned pale and couldn't help but take two steps back.
Upon hearing this, Zhou Fushi's expression shifted, and he strode forward with aged yet firm steps.
Everyone held their breath.
Zhou Fushi approached the coffin, bowing his head to examine it closely.
Sure enough, although his eyesight was failing, he could still see the details of the corpse.
It has no facial features and is completely black, but it still has a human form.
At the very least, he had five fingers and toes, but no hair. The sheer darkness of his skin made even Zhou Fushi feel extremely oppressed.
Like the blackness of the universe, boundless and limitless.
No one dared to touch it. The moment the body was seen, a strange atmosphere seemed to emanate from the tomb.
"It's mysterious."
"Is this what the Imperials look like?"
"Oh my god, it's so ugly."
Some of the young scholars were playfully teasing and joking with each other.
They all shut their mouths after being glared at by Zhou Fushi's assistant.
"Why doesn't it have facial features?" an assistant muttered to himself. "Academician, let me try."
Zhou Fushi stopped him: "Do you want to perform an autopsy? This is not the place for surgery. Let's move this body out first. Scholars, stay here. You all, search this tomb carefully. Tell me if you find anything."
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