When the stone platform was completely raised, Wishing, who had been looking at the top of his head, retracted his gaze. It was indeed as he had guessed. As long as the jade eyeball did not leave the stone platform, the strange snake above his head would not fall.
"Damn it, is this the mechanism to enter the underground palace?”Fatty said as he looked at the stone platform.
"Comrade Little Wang, you are right. This stone platform should be the mechanism to enter the underground palace.”Professor Chen nodded in agreement.
"Now that the mechanism has been activated, according to our previous agreement, this jade eyeball is now mine.”Wang Kaixuan said happily.
"Comrade Xiao Wang, when did we say that the jade eyeball is yours?”Hao Aiguo quickly said," Besides, this jade eyeball belongs to the country. We don't have the right to decide. Moreover, this jade of yours has to be handed over to the country as well.”
When Fatty heard that the jade eyeball was not given to him and that he wanted him to give up his family's jade, he immediately became anxious. He wanted to snatch the jade eyeball, but he was stopped by the wish.
"Alright, Fatty, don't even think about this jade eyeball. However, this jade pendant is yours. With me around, no one can take your jade pendant away.”Wishing glanced at Hao Aiguo with disgust and said coldly.
You're so patriotic to hand over your own things to the country. What's the point of handing over other people's things to the country?
If he had known earlier, he wouldn't have changed Hao Aiguo's fate and let him feed the snakes at the mouth of the valley like in the original drama.
Wishing's cold voice caused the air to freeze. The others did not dare to interrupt.
Hu Bayi smiled and said,""Alright, let's hurry up and think of a way to enter the underground palace. The entrance to the underground palace should be below this stone platform. Perhaps the tomb of Queen Jing Jue is also in the underground palace.”
"Yeah, let's open the mechanism first.”Shirley Yang echoed.
"Yes, yes." The three young archeologists echoed.
Instantly, the tense atmosphere was slowly resolved.
"Old Hu, did you find anything?”Shirley said to Hu Bayi.
"Yes!" Hu Bayi nodded and said," I discovered that these stone pillars are arranged according to the sixteen dragons that penetrate the ground, which matches the number of giant doors, so I already know how to open the entrance to the underground palace. Professor Chen, stay away. Fatty, little brother, help me."”
"Alright." Fatty agreed and pulled Wishing up the platform.
"Little brother, Fatty and I will be turning the stone platform.”Hu Bayi said.
"Yes!" Wishing nodded.
"Fatty, hurry up and listen to me. " Turn five squares clockwise…" Hu Bayi told Fatty how to turn the stone table, and then the two of them began to turn the stone table.
In order to prevent the two of them from accidentally turning the wrong way and causing the strange snake above their heads to fall, Wish kept staring at the eye totem above his head.
"Kakaka!"
As Old Hu and Fatty finished the last square, everyone heard the sound of a mechanism operating. Then, the ground behind them trembled. The originally flat ground caved in, revealing a two-meter-wide passage.
Everyone gathered around and shone their torchlights. They saw a black stone staircase leading down. As the range of the torchlights was limited, they did not know how long the stairs were.
"Little Hu, you've made a great contribution to our research on the archaeological culture of the Western Regions.”Professor Chen looked at the passage and praised Hu Bayi with a smile.
"Professor Chen, you're welcome." Hu Bayi smiled modestly." Let's go down and find water first. I believe everyone is dying of thirst."”
"Yes, yes, yes. I'm so thirsty that I'm about to smoke.”Fatty said repeatedly.
"In that case, everyone be careful.”Although Shirley Yang wanted to enter the underground palace as soon as possible, she did not want anything to happen when she was about to reach her goal.
"How about this, little brother and I will lead the way in front. Fatty, you cover the rear.”Hu Bayi suggested.
No one objected, and they began to walk down the stairs in this formation.
After going down the stairs, everyone walked into a long corridor. The walls on both sides were decorated with all kinds of eye patterns. When they saw the Ghost Cave Tribe, they loved their eyes to the bone.
As they went deeper, the humidity became heavier and heavier. Moreover, everyone could vaguely hear the sound of water.
After walking for a while, they reached the end of the passage and saw a river with a rapid flow and an unknown depth.
"Great, there's finally water to drink.”
When everyone saw the water source, it was as if they had seen a life-saving straw. They quickly walked to the riverbank, took out water bottles, and began to fill them up.
"This should be Zi Du Underground River!" Professor Chen said happily.
Fatty came to life after drinking the water. He lay on the ground and sang. Wishing and Hu Bayi went to check the surroundings after drinking the water. They saw a stone door not far away and went back to call the others.
"This should be a thousand jin gate." Professor Chen looked at the stone door and said.
Shirley nodded and said,""It must be the entrance to the tomb of Queen Jing Jue. We have to go and take a look.”
"Little brother found a hidden bridge that leads to the stone door.”Hu Bayi said as he shone his flashlight to the side.
Everyone looked over and saw a secret passage in the river that led to the stone door.
"Then what are we waiting for? Let's hurry over.”Fatty said impatiently," It's fine even if there are people. We have so many guns and little brother here. What are we afraid of?”
Everyone felt that Fatty's words made sense and decided to leave together.
Not long after, they crossed the underground river and arrived at the other side.
"Look, there are traces of explosives being used here, and there are also traces of being pried open by a crowbar.”Hu Bayi pointed at the marks on the stone door.
"Could this be related to the owner of the notebook?”Shirley Yang asked.
"That's possible. These traces of damage are at least decades old.”Hu Bayi said.
The group stayed in front of the stone gate for a while longer before passing through the Thousand Jin Gate and moving forward along a narrow passage.
This passageway was extremely long. They walked for a long time and took several turns, but they still could not see the end.
After a full ten minutes, they finally reached the end of the tunnel. The field of vision in front of them suddenly widened, but there was no way at the end of the tunnel.
Everyone walked over and found a broken bridge in front of them. In order to see how deep it was, Shirley Yang twisted a cold flame and threw it down.
With the light of the fireworks, everyone could see what was underground.
They all instinctively sucked in a breath of cold air. Their eyes and mouths widened, revealing a shocked expression.
This was because there were mountains of gold, silver, jewelry, and rare stones below. The amount was so large that it could almost be described as a mountain, enough to dazzle people.
Even Shirley Yang couldn't help but take a few more glances.
Even though he knew what was down there, he was still shocked.
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