The narrow tomb passage was pitch black, and as you descended, you felt a chilling wind blowing in your face.
"Be careful, we're almost at the main burial chamber."
Gu Jueye walked in front, with Bai Qianmo following closely beside him.
The group walked along the narrow tunnel for a while, and finally a stone gate appeared in front of them.
The stone gate is carved with many mythical beasts and cloud patterns, as well as some ancient characters.
Gu Jueye was very familiar with the surroundings. He walked straight to the left side of the tomb chamber door, where there was a bronze candlestick engraved on the stone wall.
He gently turned the candlestick.
With a dull "click," the stone door slowly moved upwards.
A moment later, the stone door swung open, and a dark, damp smell wafted out.
Fortunately, everyone was wearing gas masks, so even though the air was filled with toxic gases, they were not in any danger.
The main tomb chamber of the King of Qi is very large, with the coffin on a stone platform in the center, requiring a dozen or so steps to climb up.
The outer layer of the coffin was made of pure stone and weighed a thousand pounds. Ordinary people would need a jack to open the coffin.
Bai Qianmo followed the group toward the stone platform. She held up a flashlight to observe the area around the stone coffin and discovered some characters carved on it.
She leaned closer to examine the text and was surprised to find that it was very similar to the text on the card that the Time and Space Administration had given her.
At that time, they went to the descendants of the Mohists to investigate these characters, saying that they were characters left behind by a prehistoric civilization.
How could there be these characters on the coffin of the King of Qi?
"Wow!"
Just as I was wondering, a scream rang out.
Bai Qianmo hurriedly got up and held up a flashlight to look at the source of the sound.
Gu Teng stood in the corner, his face ashen, cursing under his breath.
"There's a damn corpse here! It scared the hell out of me."
Everyone gathered around. There was a male corpse lying on the ground, wearing a windbreaker, with large areas of bluish-purple discoloration on his face, indicating that he had likely died from poisoning.
"There's poisonous gas in this tomb, everyone be careful."
Bai Qianmo walked to Gu Jueye's side: "Fifth Brother, this person looks like he hasn't been dead for long. Maybe the group that took Jiang Xiaoyu away is still in the tomb."
"Yes, that's why we need to be extra careful."
"What we need to find is the stone gate on that mountain. It's best not to touch any of the burial objects around it."
After giving some instructions, the group followed him and urgently headed towards the next stone door.
After the stone door was opened, everyone looked on in amazement.
The tomb was filled with burial goods, including pearls, jade, gold and silver, antiques and paintings, and bamboo books piled up like a small mountain.
Bai Qianmo was somewhat astonished, not expecting that the Prince of Qi was so wealthy.
The burial goods here are comparable to those in an emperor's tomb.
At this moment, Bai Qianmo was suddenly drawn to the pure gold mask hanging on the stone wall. Under the flashlight beam, the pure gold mask looked like a terrifying human face embedded in the wall, standing high up and coldly looking down at the people below.
As she stared at the mask, a strange force seemed to be calling to her.
"Qianmo, don't move!"
Bai Qianmo suddenly heard Gu Jueye's voice and subconsciously woke up. At this moment, she realized that her hand had already touched the mask.
Gu Jueye quickly moved to her side and pulled her hand down.
"This mask is eerie, don't touch it."
Bai Qianmo snapped out of her daze and glanced at the mask.
"Just now, I felt like I was being controlled for no reason, and I had no idea what I was doing."
Daze, Fangshu, and Guteng also gathered around.
"This mask looks pretty weird, and it looks strange that it's hanging on the wall."
Bai Qianmo looked around at the burial objects.
All the burial objects were casually placed on the ground, so why was this pure gold mask placed on the wall?
"Never mind that for now, let's get out of here as soon as possible."
Gu Jueye pulled Bai Qianmo along and led her to a wall. They pressed a mechanism, and the stone door opened again.
"Fifth Brother, when you came to the Qi King's Tomb last time, did you go into this burial chamber?"
Gu Jueye suddenly stopped and stared at her with a complex look in his deep eyes.
"I've been here."
"So you noticed the masks on the wall last time?"
Gu Jueye didn't say anything, but pulled her along and continued walking forward.
This time, the tomb passage was exceptionally long, and it seemed to be going downhill the whole time.
After walking for about ten minutes, the exit ahead turned out to be a sheer cliff.
Fortunately, there was a bamboo plank bridge spanning both sides. Bai Qianmo held up her headlamp, trying to see the situation on the other side, but it was pitch black, which meant that there was still a long way to go from here to the other side.
“Master, these bamboo plank bridges are too old, I’m worried they’ve oxidized.”
Daze walked to the front of the bamboo plank bridge and knocked on it.
"The sound is fine, so you don't need to worry. You're not ordinary people, what are you afraid of? Even if there's a problem with the bridge halfway across, we can reach the other side safely with our abilities."
Bai Qianmo thought to herself, it wouldn't be difficult to get through from here.
She was more worried about the situation on the ground.
Apart from finding a recently deceased body in the main burial chamber, no other traces of anyone else were found along the way.
Jiang Xiaoyu, the Mo family, and the Yin family should all be in the tomb. Where did they go?
Have we already entered that stone door?
Thinking of this, Bai Qianmo became somewhat anxious.
"Let's go straight there then, I'll go first!"
"No! I'll do it."
Bai Qianmo smiled and said, "Fifth Brother, with my skills, what are you worried about?"
"I don't know what's going on the other side, I'm not comfortable letting you go there by yourself."
Gu Jueye thought for a moment and said, "The two of us will go together. We'll call you after we get there and make sure there's no danger."
Gu Teng and Fang Shu were somewhat worried.
"Let's go first, just the two of us."
"No need, the two of us will go." Gu Jueye didn't want to see the people he brought get into danger.
Bai Qianmo understood his thoughts and echoed them.
"We'll be fine, you two wait for us here."
After exchanging instructions, the two held hands and took their first steps at the same time.
The bamboo plank bridge is supported by two iron chains as thick as a wrist. Although there is another iron chain on each side as a handrail, walking on it is like walking on a tightrope, and it is very difficult to maintain balance.
Therefore, they could only go one by one. If Gu Jueye and Bai Qianmo walked side by side, they would need to take a step to keep their balance.
They didn't think anything of it, but the people behind them were sweating bullets for them.
Daze shouted, "Be careful!"
"Okay," Bai Qianmo replied, waving her hand smugly.
She could confidently let go of the armrest because she completely trusted the man beside her.
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