Professor Chen calmed down after hearing what they said. He really couldn't be too excited, but he didn't take Hu Yi's words to heart. Everyone knew that the most valuable funerary objects must be in the coffin of Queen Jingjue. It was impossible for grave robbers not to take the most precious things in the coffin.
However, Hu Yi's words were not without reason. There were definitely many traps in Queen Jingjue's tomb. Perhaps those grave robbers had really gone in with their lives and did not even see the shadow of Queen Jingjue's coffin.
Kaede Poisonous Island found it strange. The current here should be very fast. How did the grave robbers get there?
Did he swim over?
No, it shouldn't be. Kaede Poisonisland's amazing eyesight allowed him to see the sand and mud underwater. From the movement of the sand and mud, he could tell that the water was not quiet. The current was very fast, and the surface of the water was very wide. It was not impossible for ordinary people to swim across, but it would be difficult to carry a large bag of tools.
"Old Hu, let's search along the river bank and find out how the grave robbers ran to the other side of the river. The water here is not suitable for swimming.”
Hu Yi nodded and agreed. He and Kaede Poisonous Island went left and right to find a way to cross the river. Wang Xuan could not help but follow Hu Yi to find it.
Kaede from Poison Island did not discover anything along the way, but Hu Yi and Wang Xuan did. They saw stone pillars in their hands that extended all the way to the other side of the river. They must have been specially built when the tomb of Queen Jingjue was built. They were all under the water and could not be seen if one did not pay attention.
Hu Yigang wanted to call Kaede Poisonous Island and Professor Chen over to take a look, but Wang Xuan tugged at him and smiled mysteriously.
"Old Hu, look what I found!”
Wang Xuan saw that no one was paying attention to them. He opened his palm to Hu Yi, and there was a yellow gold coin lying in it.
"I just picked this up in the river. Can I keep it?”
Hu Yi frowned, making Wang Xuan unhappy." I picked this up outside the tomb, not from inside. I can't hand it over!"”
Hu Yi quickly explained," Xuan Zi, that's not what I meant. Since you picked it up from the river, you don't have to hand it over according to the contract. After all, we haven't even entered the tomb!"”
He remembered that Hu Yi and the others had signed a contract with the archeological team to not take or destroy anything in the mausoleum and to cooperate with the archeological team as much as possible.
However, the gold coins found outside the mausoleum were not counted. Moreover, it was impossible for the grave robbers to empty all the gold coins inside. It was also impossible for every gold coin to have its own special characteristics. Therefore, if this gold coin was not reported, it should, no, absolutely, definitely not affect the work of the archaeological team.
"Brother Xuan, I feel comfortable hearing this." Wang Xuan beamed with joy.
"But in that case, why are you frowning, Old Hu?”
"I was thinking that since this gold coin fell into the river, it must have been accidentally left here by the grave robbers before they left. This proves that the grave robbers came out alive.”
"Anyway, just keep this gold coin. Just don't let others see it, or else it'll be hard to say!”
"I understand, I understand." Wang Xuan happily put the gold coins into his inner pocket. He also knew that it would be troublesome if other people knew about the gold coins. Only Hu Yi, who was his best friend, would let him know.
After putting away the gold coin and patting his clothes to make sure that it wouldn't fall out no matter what, Wang Xuan's eyeballs rolled as he thought about picking up another gold coin in the river.
"Alright, I'll call Brother Ye and Professor Chen over.”
Hu Yi went to call Kaede Poisonisland and the others. Professor Chen and the others had a short rest, ate something, and drank some water to replenish their energy. The group of people walked together to the place where they could cross the river.
The stone pillars in the river were all below the water surface, but the water was not deep. It was only up to his ankles. There was no danger in the river. In a short while, the group of nine people crossed the river one after another and entered the tomb through the tomb door that was opened by the tomb robbers.
Behind the tomb door was a long corridor. It was as if the Queen of Exquisite was very assured that her tomb would not be stolen. There were no traps in the corridor.
After walking for about 20 minutes, they came to an open cave. When they came out of the tunnel, they were on the rock wall of this cave. A bridge was built in the cave and led to the opposite rock wall. However, the bridge had collapsed. The bridge in the middle was missing, and it was almost impossible for anyone to pass through.
"Wow, the Queen of Exquisite is really f * cking rich!”Wang Xuan couldn't help but curse. He saw gold and silver treasures scattered everywhere under the broken bridge. So many gold coins and all kinds of gold products shone under their searchlights.
Even Kaede Poisonous Island couldn't help but be distracted for a moment.
"Let's go, let's quickly find a way to go down and take a look. This way, Brother Xuan can be considered as someone who has touched mountains of gold and silver.”
Wang Xuan's behavior was a little unsightly. Hu Yi could not help but apologize awkwardly." I'm sorry. Neither of us are rich people. We suddenly lost our composure when we saw so much gold."”
"Comrade Hu, we understand. It's normal for normal people to lose their composure when they see such treasures.”Professor Chen smiled kindly. However, the next moment, his expression turned serious and he warned," But understanding is understanding. The things here have to be handed over to the country. You can't take them randomly!”
"I know, I know. I can't take it, but it's okay to look and touch it, right?”Wang Xuan said impatiently. He had already decided not to take the things here. If he didn't even let them touch him, he would dare to fight with his life.
"That won't affect us, but we must be careful not to damage them. These are all cultural relics of great historical value. Each of them is related to our research on the culture of Jingjue Country.”
Professor Chen was in a very good mood and was very easy-going, perhaps because he saw that so many treasures were still quietly staying here and not being swept away by the grave robbers.
"That's enough!" Wang Xuan clapped his hands in excitement. He could finally try lying on a mountain of gold.
"Professor, there's a rope ladder here. It seems to be working.”Sa Dipeng suddenly shouted from the broken bridge. He found a rope ladder, and the rope ladder was very sturdy and did not affect its use.
Professor Chen's face darkened. There was no need to say where the rope ladder came from. It must have been brought by the grave robbers.
"Let's go down quickly and see if the grave robbers have destroyed those very precious cultural relics.”Professor Chen said anxiously. He was about to climb down the rope ladder, but he was stopped by Hao Jianguo and Chu Jian.
"Teacher, let me go down first to see if this rope ladder is broken. You can go down later so that I can catch you from below.”
Hao Jianguo was worried that Professor Chen would get into an accident. After all, Professor Chen was old. He was worried that he would not be completely safe. If he went down first and something happened to Professor Chen halfway, he would be able to take responsibility.
"Wait a minute. There's still danger here!”Kaede Poisonous Island's words caused the atmosphere to freeze. They had originally thought that there were no traps in the mausoleum, but now it seemed that the traps were just hidden too close to the inside.
"Brother Ye, did you find any traps, poisonous gas, hidden arrows, or those strange snakes in the magnetic mountain?”Wang Xuan scurried behind Kaede Poisonous Island with a swoosh. His cowardly look made the nervous Hu Yi roll his eyes.
Of course, everyone here was afraid, especially when Wang Xuan mentioned the black snake. Everyone's expression could not help but turn ugly. They had specially tested the poison of the black snake that Poison Island Kaede had killed outside Magnetic Mountain. He took a venomous fang and stabbed it into a desert lizard, and that desert lizard died immediately. It did not live for more than three seconds. The strength of the poison was evident.
Kaede Poisonous Island immediately sensed the strong fear of Professor Chen and the others, especially Ye Yixin. After all, girls were born to reject snakes, insects, rats, and ants, especially the ugly and dangerous black snakes.
As the fear in everyone's hearts spread, Kaede Poisonous Island's sensitive nerves observed that a strange particle in the air began to fluctuate violently, resulting in a terrifying death scene.
" Interesting. What will appear?" Kaede Poisonous Island observed the changes in his surroundings with interest. His deep pupils changed quietly without anyone noticing.
Countless black snakes crawled out from the shadows of the steep cliffs, and hundreds of black snakes crawled out from the pile of treasures under the broken bridge. At least two hundred black snakes slowly approached them from all directions. Their scarlet eyes and snake tongues filled the air with the smell of death.
"Xuan Zi, quickly find something. There's still the realgar that Brother Ye gave me in my backpack. Take it all out, take it out.”Hu Yi cried out in shock. His voice woke the others from their daze. They quickly rummaged through their backpacks. To be safe, each of them had borrowed realgar from Kaede Poisonous Island. Now was the time to use it.
"No need. Realgar is useless." Realgar was useless against these black snakes. Hu Yi and the others were all wearing a realgar cloth bag, and these black snakes still surrounded them.
"Brother Ye, the realgar is useless because the amount is not enough. If you take out all the realgar, it will definitely be effective!”Hu Yi gritted his teeth and said. The more dangerous the situation was, the more they couldn't panic. Only when everyone had hope would there be a possibility of survival.
"Yeah, brother Ye, you should have a lot of realgar with you. As long as you use them all, these black snakes won't dare to come near.”Ye Yixin said with a pale face, which made Kaede look up to her because she didn't lose her sense of propriety because of fear. She was clearly the most afraid of everyone.
"No matter how much realgar you have, it's useless!"
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