"Boss Ye, this tunnel is poisonous and has poor visibility. It looks unlucky."
The skinny monkey hesitated and was obviously reluctant to choose this path, so he tried to step forward and persuade him.
But Ye Lan shook his head.
"You guys are looking for treasure, I'm here to deal with the water virus. This road is connected to the water system outside, it's a clue."
At the beginning, their goals in going to the fields were the same.
But now, after seeing the priceless stone statues in front of them, most people started to think about making money again.
Since there is no danger, as long as we get the treasure out of the cave, we can live freely and happily in the future.
"You can go wherever you want, but don't drag me into this."
The first person to buy into the clean channel left without looking back.
Most of them left in one breath, and the remaining man with a broken arm hesitated for a long time, but finally decided to stay.
"Hehe, it seems that you really want to retire." The skinny monkey winked at him and teased.
The big man spat at him and raised his arm to show him, "What else can I do if I don't retreat like this?"
In this line of work, it is common to lose limbs or even lose one's life.
The skinny monkey didn't care. He put his arm around his shoulders and said with a smile, "You're in luck now. It's definitely right to follow Boss Ye."
Hearing this, the big man said nothing and took out a new type of gas mask from his bag and put it on.
After they were ready, the group walked into the thick fog.
The fog here is dozens of times thicker than in the valley. The flashlight can't even illuminate half a meter, and the surroundings are inky black.
Everyone took every step very carefully, not daring to breathe, but the miraculous thing was that they did not encounter any danger until the end.
The flashlight shone a stone door in front of them. Someone nearby fumbled around for a while and found the mechanism, then opened it successfully.
Along with the sound of the stone door rubbing against the ground, what came into view was a huge underground palace.
There are tens of thousands of stone figurines here, dozens of times more than the ones outside, all of them are in a kneeling posture, extremely pious.
When we got here, there was only a thin layer of fog left and the view became wider, so we walked in and admired the main chamber of this huge tomb.
"I didn't expect that we would find the place first by accident." The big man with the broken arm looked around and was amazed by the burial objects here.
Then his backpack felt heavy, and he turned around to see the skinny monkey stuffing a stone lantern behind him.
The workmanship of the lamp was not very fine, but its age alone was enough to fetch a sky-high price, especially since the lamp oil inside was slippery and sticky, and it had not dried up after thousands of years. It was obviously corpse oil.
This thing is also out of stock.
He watched the skinny monkey put all the small items into their bags, and subconsciously looked at where Ye Lan and the others were, lowering his voice and asking, "Can you do this?"
Even a fool could see that the young girl was in charge here.
"It's okay. Boss Ye doesn't think much of these things. He told us when we came in. As long as we don't make trouble, you can take whatever you want." The skinny monkey gave him a reassuring look.
The big man looked to the other side and saw that no one cared, so he lowered his head to organize his things, feeling puzzled.
Where does this girl with such ridiculously high cultivation level come from?
At this time, Ye Lan and his group had already passed through the crawling stone statues and walked to the circular platform surrounded in the middle.
On the platform stands a large tripod that is more than ten meters high. It is also made of rock, and you cannot see what is inside from the bottom up.
"Do you think this scene is familiar?"
Xie Chenan looked around and said with a strange expression.
Yin Rujin also saw the clue and frowned, saying, "It's the content on the mural. The people are worshipping, and the tomb owner's coffin is placed on it. This is the altar. It seems that after death, the tomb owner is still performing sacrificial activities."
When they were alive, this kind of sacrifice seemed weird and strange, not to mention that now that they are dead, doing this kind of thing in the tomb... Especially when they looked at the big cauldron in front of them and thought of the people being thrown into it to be boiled in the murals, they felt creepy in an instant.
Suddenly, Sheng Nan's voice came from the other side.
"Look, what is this?"
Everyone followed the sound and found a crack on one side of the cauldron. A black, sticky liquid was seeping out from it, and a foul stench filled the air.
"This smell is very similar to the one in the underground river." Wu Heng covered his mouth and nose and observed closely. "There's grease and blood. It must be the result of a corpse being boiled and rotted."
Upon hearing this, Yin Ruijin and Sheng Nan both took a few steps back, tilted their heads and couldn't help retching.
Ye Lan looked at the thin crack and the black liquid seeping into the soil, forming a small puddle on the ground, and his brows furrowed.
"This must be the source of the contamination. Seven years ago, the earth's veins cracked the sacrificial cauldron, and the broth carrying the virus thousands of years ago leaked out, causing the disaster."
The formation of the Guigu fog and the cancer of the Baquan town all originated from this.
Ye Lan immediately used a talisman to seal the gap to prevent the black liquid from flowing out, and then asked Sheng Nan to try his best to drain the black liquid from the soil and bottle it in a mineral water bottle.
Yin Ruijin carefully put the bottle into his backpack.
The ancient viruses among them also have considerable research value.
"Now that the source of the pollution has been sealed, the groundwater system should gradually return to normal. If all goes well, the original samples can be used to create a deciphering potion, and the residents of this town will be saved."
"Yeah." Ye Lan nodded slightly. To be on the safe side, he built a barrier around the circular platform to prevent the cauldron from leaking again in the event of a landslide.
After doing this, the mission is basically completed.
Yin Ruijin breathed a sigh of relief, a rare genuine smile appearing on his face.
"Miss Ye, I'm grateful for your help on this trip."
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