Chapter 1498 Earthquake
"Everyone be careful!" someone shouted, and everyone supported each other to avoid being hit by the shaking stones.
Nie Yao vaguely heard Li Jinxing calling her. She covered her eyes to drive away the dust in front of her and responded loudly, "Don't worry about me, Li Jinxing. Take care of yourself and your adoptive father!"
Fortunately, the shock only lasted for a moment, and calm was quickly restored. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Steve was the first to walk to the door of the secret room, gently wiped off the dust, and said to Nie Yao in surprise: "Senior sister, the keyhole is here!"
Nie Yao also hurried over. Steve turned on the light, and everyone could clearly see that the originally flat and heavy stone door actually slowly moved to both sides, and then a clear keyhole appeared in front of everyone!
"No wonder we couldn't find a place to use the key. It turned out to be hidden behind a stone door!"
Steve reached out and touched the keyhole, exclaiming in shock.
Others also came forward and looked at the design of the mechanism, and couldn't help but praise it.
"So that's how it is. To prevent tomb robbers from breaking in, this secret room has two layers of anti-theft measures!"
"That's right. We can't find the keyhole because we haven't even cracked the first layer of security. And to crack the stone door outside, we have to wait until the blue moon!"
Everyone became more and more excited as they talked, and couldn't help but give Nie Yao a thumbs up.
"Captain, you're amazing! If you hadn't insisted on waiting for Lan Yue, we wouldn't have spent any more time and effort to find a way to open this secret room!"
"Yes, under the blue moon, the stone gate revealed a complete mural. And just now I saw the captain pressing the twelve checkpoints on the mural one by one. Only then was it completely cracked and the stone gate opened!"
Seeing everyone praising Nie Yao so much, Steve couldn't help but feel a little proud of her. He raised his eyebrows and smiled, "I told you, trusting my senior sister is the right thing to do!"
Vanessa Campbell, who had witnessed all this, also stepped forward and asked Nie Yao hesitantly, "How did you determine the order in which you pressed the checkpoints in the mural?"
Nie Yao pointed in the direction of the night sky and replied with a faint smile: "Is it the stars that are guiding me?"
Vanessa subconsciously looked up and saw the stars twinkling in the sky. She really couldn't understand how the stars were guiding Nie Yao.
"It's the direction of the Big Dipper..." Nie Yao explained with a smile. Vanessa suddenly realized it and looked at Nie Yao with a little more admiration in her eyes!
Neither she nor anyone else had thought of this, but Nie Yao was the one who thought of it, so she thought that Nie Yao's knowledge was not as rich as hers. This idea was really self-contained!
Maybe Nie Yao's academic qualifications are not as high as hers, but Nie Yao has rich experience in archaeological research and is familiar with astrological knowledge!
Nie Yao didn't plan to waste time and asked Steve to bring Li Jinxing's heirloom over.
Because Nie Yao had previously operated it herself, no one dared to volunteer this time. Instead, they left the opportunity to Nie Yao, letting her start it herself...
Nie Yao took this precious heirloom in her hand, slowly popped out its key mechanism, and then carefully placed it on the keyhole on the stone door, aligning it little by little. Sure enough, there was no gap at all, and it fit together perfectly!
She slowly turned the heirloom in her hand. This time, the entire underground palace seemed to begin to shake. Not only the ceiling of the underground palace shook, but even the ground beneath her feet began to shake.
The entire underground palace seemed to be shaking, and many people lost their footing and fell to the ground.
Huge rocks began to fall. Nie Yao didn't care about anything else at this moment and shouted, "Everyone, find a place to protect yourselves! Don't get hurt by the rocks!"
No one bothered to see if the stone door was open, and they first found a place to shelter themselves. Nie Yao held the stone door tightly, and felt that the stone door seemed to have started to turn, but she did not dare to take out the heirloom key embedded inside.
The entire underground palace became dark due to the sudden tremor, and the lights that were originally on fell to the ground and broke.
The original blue moonlight disappeared completely, and even the stars shining in the night sky seemed to be blocked by a thick layer of clouds.
I don't know when the wind and sand outside suddenly started blowing, and it all blew in through the open skylight. Everyone had to wear protective masks.
Nie Yao quickly put on the protective mask she had prepared in advance and shouted, "Steve, quickly, cover the open skylight to prevent the wind and sand from coming in!"
Steve nodded quickly and, with the help of several natives, walked out with difficulty, pulled up the prepared baffle shield, and after a few shakes, finally covered the skylight.
Soon the underground palace was no longer filled with wind and sand, and everyone could open their eyes.
The vibrations underfoot gradually stopped. Someone was dazzled by a flash of dazzling golden light. He rubbed his eyes and shouted in surprise and joy, "Look! The secret room is open!"
"What? The secret room is open?" Everyone immediately stood up from their hiding places and ran towards the door of the secret room.
Nie Yao also stood firm, looked up, and was almost blinded by the flashing golden light inside.
There is no doubt that this secret room is even larger than the armory discovered before, and it contains the most valuable treasure left by Pharaoh Hatshepsut!
Everyone tried to find a working emergency light so they could go in and check the treasures in the secret room. Steve was also very excited and said to Nie Yao happily, "Senior, you did it, we all did it!"
Nie Yao also smiled and nodded, eager to share this good news with Li Jinxing. She subconsciously called out twice, but heard no response from Li Jinxing.
"Steve, where are Li Jinxing's people?" Nie Yao asked with a frown.
"I don't know. He was nearby just now. Wasn't he accompanying Professor Fred?"
Steve also looked back in surprise, only to see that the seats where Li Jinxing and Professor Fred were supposed to be were now empty!
"What's going on?" Nie Yao's heart was in her throat. Steve was also frightened and said quickly, "Senior sister, don't worry. Maybe when the ground shook just now, Li Jinxing helped Professor Fred get away!"
"Steve, you stay here with everyone into the secret room to count the cultural relics. I will go find them!" Nie Yao said in a deep voice.
"No, senior sister, if they are crushed by the rocks, you alone won't be enough. Can I go with you?" Steve shook his head and suggested worriedly.
"No, you stay here. I'll let two natives accompany me to find people!" Nie Yao waved his hand and made a decision.
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