"Holy crap! What on earth is this place used for? How come there are so many skeletons here?"
With the light, the first thing Zhou Daqiang saw was the dense mass of white bones surrounding them.
"Don't worry, it looks like just animal bones!"
Zhang Yang's observation was more astute; he quickly discovered that the bones piled up nearby were mostly from animals.
"Xiaoxue, how did you find this place? Daqiang and I have been studying it for ages, and we still can't figure out how we ended up here!"
Seeing Lin Xue standing among the piles of bones, and knowing that she was a girl, Zhang Yang quickly began clearing a path for her.
"I heard from the hotel managers last night that you two hadn't gone home, so I came out to look for you out of concern!"
"The hotel staff probably couldn't find the ski tracks you left behind, so they went to look elsewhere. But I figured that since the tracks disappeared here, something must have happened to you around here!"
"After searching for a while, I finally found some clues!"
Lin Xue walked over to the two of them and took out another flashlight from her bag, handing it to Zhang Yang.
Then he took a candle out of his backpack, lit it, and placed it on a small stone platform.
Once the candles were lit, the surrounding light became more abundant, and the surrounding environment became clearer.
Look at those wooden boxes in the small holes on the cave walls. Don't they look like they're used to store ashes?
As a local, Zhou Daqiang is quite familiar with some of the local customs.
They have a custom of mass burial here, but the places where the small boxes are placed are specifically designated. I've never heard of such a burial complex in the Tatar ski resort area.
"It should be. Let's search the surrounding area and see if there are any other tombs here!"
"Oh, right, I just called the Metaline Museum. They'll be here with people to rescue us soon!"
Lin Xue waved a flashlight around aimlessly. To be honest, she felt very uncomfortable being in this cave.
What well-off girl would like this kind of environment?
Anyway, there were still two stone chambers here, and she planned to take the two of them to those two stone chambers to wait for rescue.
"Little Xue, why did you think of calling the museum? Why didn't you call the police?"
Zhou Daqiang had some doubts about Lin Xue's choice. Shouldn't a normal person call the police first when faced with this kind of situation?
“I have an uncle who is the curator of a museum here. In my haste, all I could think of was calling him!”
"My uncle will be here soon with people. I think whether it's the police or people from the museum, as long as someone comes to rescue us, that's fine!"
Lin Xue did not provide a specific explanation because she felt that some things would only become more confusing the more they were explained.
So he just made up some excuse to fob them off.
Furthermore, it's not appropriate for more people to know about this. What if the other party sends staff from the Tatar ski resort over and the contents of the burial pit are lost? Wouldn't that be a loss for the country?
With the mindset of minimizing trouble, and besides, the two of them were not seriously injured except for a minor scratch on their wrists!
Lin Xue led the two of them around for a while and found one of the stone chambers.
Another stone chamber is hidden on the opposite side, and it is not visible from this side at all.
Lin Xue only intended to find a place to stay, so it didn't matter whether she went into that stone chamber or not. After all, she had strong mental power, and even if she didn't go in, she could see everything inside clearly.
Upon entering the stone chamber, the two discovered that it contained a considerable number of antiques.
Zhou Daqiang touched this and looked at that. If he hadn't known that people from the museum were coming, he would have secretly kept two of the items for himself.
But now it seems impossible, their luggage will definitely be searched.
Although Zhang Yang was also very interested in these things, his family seemed quite wealthy, so he had no intention of stealing them.
The group stayed in the tomb for about two more hours, as there was sufficient lighting and the three of them were admiring the antiques inside.
For a moment, I didn't realize how quickly time had passed.
If Lin Xue hadn't been paying close attention to the situation outside, he would never have realized that the rescue team had already arrived.
At this moment, the man called Uncle Cheng was repeatedly dialing Lin Xue's number on the phone, but unfortunately, the signal was blocked in the underground cave, and the other party's call could not get through at all.
"There's no signal here. I'll go out into the lobby and see if I can send a message to find out if they've arrived yet."
Knowing that the rescue team had arrived, Lin Xue greeted the two men and then returned to the mass grave.
After trying to send the message but still failing, she had no choice but to find the rope she had climbed down earlier and climb up.
The two men who came out, still worried, were surprised to see this scene.
There were ropes here, so why didn't they think of climbing out from here before, instead of just waiting for rescue underground?
It's important to know that they were unaware of the existence of other stone chambers at the beginning.
How did they manage to stay in such a place filled with bones?
The two looked at each other, both puzzled. Given their intelligence, why didn't they think of leaving immediately?
"Uncle Cheng!"
Once back on the ground, Lin Xue quickly called out to the group who were still wandering around the trees.
"Xiaoxue, where did you go? We've been looking for you for ages!"
"And why couldn't we get through to your phone just now? Do you know how worried we were!"
When Uncle Cheng saw Lin Xue suddenly emerge from underground, his heart couldn't help but pound.
It wasn't until he heard Lin Xue's shout that he realized the girl in front of him was the person he was looking for.
Instead of operating at night...
"My two companions are still down there. The entrance is this way!"
Lin Xue greeted them and led them to the entrance.
Looking at this narrow gap, it was clear that it had just been widened, and the cutting marks on it were very obvious.
However, their leader didn't speak at this time, and although the others were puzzled, they didn't say anything.
"Xiao Zhang, you, Xiao Li, and Xiao Wang come down with me. The rest of you wait up here. Set up the cordon and don't let anyone in!"
After Director Cheng glanced at the group he had brought and instructed them to get to work, he followed Lin Xue into the tomb.
It wasn't until they descended into the tomb that the people who had come with Director Chen discovered that it was actually an ancient tomb.
The subsequent mining work was beyond Lin Xue's control. After she, Zhang Yang, and Zhou Daqiang were pulled up, they were sent back to the hotel.
Of course, the three of them were inspected by the museum staff when they came up!
After making sure they weren't carrying anything from the tomb, the three were taken back to the hotel.
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