Qu Ruilin's act of rushing into the main hall took all of our expectations by surprise.
"Brother Lin!"
Wei Shengnan saw Qu Ruilin's figure disappear at the entrance of the main hall and followed him without hesitation.
"This madman!"
Seeing the two of them enter the main hall, Song Laosan cursed helplessly and then tried to follow them.
"etc!"
I saw Song Laosan's movements, grabbed his wrist, and asked in a deep voice, "Where are Monkey and Manjing?"
“I don’t know, but Qu Ruilin did capture the person. We encountered a trap in the tomb passage before, and by the time I met them, the matter was already over. I only heard about this from him, but I don’t know the method of imprisoning the person or the address.”
After answering my question, Song Laosan asked me in return, "Xiao Duan, is it really as dangerous as you say behind the third door?"
I nodded and ran into the main hall: "It might be worse than we thought. Let's catch up with Duan Jinyan first. I need to know where he's locked him up!"
"Bang!"
Just as I took a step, a deafening roar suddenly echoed through the hall, causing the ground beneath my feet to tremble.
The loud noise was so great that it made my eardrums ache, my heart race, and I felt a strange palpitation.
"Bang!"
Before I could react, a second loud bang rang out, and the tremor under my feet made me stagger and almost fall.
Hearing the loud noise inside, Song Laosan opened his eyes wide and looked at me: "You've been inside before, where did that sound come from?"
"Bang!"
As soon as Song Laosan finished speaking, another loud bang echoed in the hall. I felt the ground shaking more and more intensely and staggered as I rushed inside: "I didn't find any mechanisms inside before. This sound... it's probably because Duan Jinyan and the others opened the third door!"
Ever since I saw the mural outside, I've lost interest in opening the third door.
The phrase my grandfather most often taught me was to be cautious and prudent, and to act within my capabilities. This is also the origin of my name.
Tomb raiding is unlike any other profession. Making a living in this industry involves many taboos and dangers.
Under the tomb, you have to be wary of traps and mechanisms; on the ground, you have to be wary of the police. Once something happens, there is basically no room for error. If you make one wrong step, you're done for.
When I saw the mural outside, I realized one thing: I couldn't handle this tomb.
The reason I was willing to risk coming in was to catch Duan Jinyan before the third door opened, thus minimizing my own risk.
My plan has now failed. The source of these loud noises is very likely that Duan Jinyan opened the third door.
Since I knew I couldn't handle what lay beyond the third door, I naturally wouldn't rush in.
At this point, I had already given up on the plan to capture Duan Jinyan. The reason I risked coming in was simply to find out the whereabouts of Monkey and the others from Qu Ruilin.
He detained Monkey and Manjing only as a trump card to threaten me at a crucial moment. Now that Duan Jinyan is right in front of me and I have decided to withdraw, he naturally has no way to keep them detained.
"Boom!"
As I ran into the main hall, the intermittent noises inside became continuous, with waves of sound stretching endlessly. The ground beneath my feet swayed left and right as if I were walking on a trampoline.
"call out!"
Song Laosan followed me into the main hall, raised the flare in his hand, and fired a shot at an angle.
The flares were launched into the sky, and the hall was illuminated once again.
Just as Duan Jinyan said, in the previous battle, the man in black robes was victorious, and the corpses of all the people from Ping'an Village lay in the middle of the main hall.
The violent tremors inside the hall knocked Qu Ruilin and Wei Shengnan to the ground.
Standing at the entrance of the main hall and looking directly opposite, the huge human face carved on the mountain wall has been cracked. The loud noise we heard came from that side, and it felt like that face was screaming in pain.
I staggered over to Qu Ruilin's side, and seeing him get up and try to rush forward again, I grabbed his arm: "Qu Ruilin, where are Monkey and Manjing?"
When Qu Ruilin saw me catching up, he pulled his arm back slightly: "If you want to know, come with me!"
I tightened my grip, preventing him from breaking free: "I've decided to give up on capturing Duan Jinyan. Your future grudges are none of my business! Tell me where the monkey is?"
"If we can ambush you at your retreat, so can you! Duan Jinyan and you are bound by blood, and I must ensure that you won't cause any trouble behind my back while I'm taking my revenge!"
Qu Ruilin stared into my eyes and said menacingly, "Either come with me to capture Duan Jinyan, or you'll never see your brothers again!"
"You fucking..."
When I heard Qu Ruilin say that, I really wanted to punch him in the face.
Although he has many minor flaws, he comes from a distinguished family and is generally a fairly upright person. He has never acted like a scoundrel before.
Just thinking about how he's willing to risk his life for revenge makes me realize that there's no reasoning with him.
Seeing that I didn't speak, Qu Ruilin glared at me fiercely: "Can I assume that your current actions are buying Duan Jinyan and the others time to seize the treasure and escape?"
My arms trembled with anger at Qu Ruilin: "If I were really in cahoots with Duan Jinyan, I wouldn't need to put on an act for you!"
"Then come with me, let's go in and kill him!"
Qu Ruilin shook off my arm and quickly ran across to the other side.
While we were talking, the shaking of the ground stopped, but from time to time, there were still loud banging and crashing sounds from the mountain in front of us, as well as the sound of boulders colliding.
I saw Qu Ruilin set off, and for the safety of Monkey and the others, I had no choice but to follow him and run over there together.
When I entered this hall earlier, I could only see that the mouth of the statue was pitch black from a distance. But now that I'm closer, I've discovered that there's an altar inside the statue's mouth. Behind the altar, a stone slab has collapsed, revealing a dark passage.
Wei Shengnan ran up behind Qu Ruilin and me, looked at the narrow passage, and whispered, "This passage is too narrow. The only way to get through is to crawl. Duan Jinyan and his men only need one gun to be able to hold off a thousand men. If we rush in, we'll just be throwing our lives away. I suggest we wait outside!"
Qu Ruilin gripped the knife tightly: "What you can think of, Duan Jinyan couldn't possibly not have thought of, but this passage is unguarded, which means they probably don't plan to come back this way! If we want to catch them, we have to go in!"
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