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After Hu Jizhou, Eagle Eye, and Shao Wei had eaten their rations, the archaeological team got up again and went into the tomb chamber where Guang Chengzi had been discovered.

Qin An was seen looking around in the small tomb chamber.

Xie Wenjing asked, somewhat puzzled, "Brother Qin An... are you sure the path to the main tomb of Chi You is in this tomb? Isn't this the cave dwelling that Guang Chengzi built for himself?"

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The rest of the archaeological team thought so too!

After all, even the clay used for making clay was transported from elsewhere by Guang Chengzi to Chi You's tomb. This should be considered as a piece of land that was rebuilt on the basis of Chi You's tomb after it was built.

But Qin An shook his head and said:

“You are not as smart as I thought! Guang Chengzi is not as stupid as you thought! The place where Guang Chengzi’s body is located must be the only way to the main tomb of Chi You.”

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The archaeological team members felt dizzy.

I was just about to ask why?

But Qin An continued in a calm tone, "The final step for Guang Chengzi to become an immortal required someone to pour water on his head! So how can we ensure that someone will find his body? The answer is to place his body on the only path to the main tomb chamber of Chi You's tomb! If tomb raiders want to find the main tomb chamber, they will definitely find his body."

this time.

The archaeological team finally understood the key point.

Yang Lele suddenly realized and said, "That makes sense!"

The archaeological team then explored the tomb together.

Hopefully, we can find the mechanism to leave this tomb!

However, after searching the tomb for most of the day, they still couldn't find anything unusual! Not only was there not a single dent or bump, but even the surrounding basalt blocks and the ground were as smooth as could be!

Shao Wei couldn't help but feel a little deflated, saying, "Brother Qin An... is it possible... that there's a small problem with your reasoning?"

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Qin An turned around, his expression firm, and said, "There's absolutely no way that's possible! Have you searched the entire area?"

The others nodded.

But Meng Yu nodded first, then shook her head and said:

"Brother Qin'an! Over there! We haven't gone to the corner where Guang Chengzi's body was lying yet!"

Until then.

The archaeological team realized that they hadn't yet examined the location of Guang Chengzi's body closely. Upon hearing this, Qin An went over and turned over Guang Chengzi's body.

really!

There is a floor tile that is almost sunken in here.

Qin An's eyes fixed!

However, he did not immediately trigger the mechanism... Instead, he turned back to instruct the rest of the archaeological team to prepare, since he did not know whether the mechanism was meant to open a life-saving door or trigger a trap.

Only after the rest of the archaeological team nodded to Qin An to indicate that they were ready did Qin An suddenly press down on the floor tile, which was almost sunken in.

Once the floor tiles bounce back!

The surrounding basalt began to tremble.

"Chuckles..."

Because the crevices in these basalt rocks were not filled with rammed earth, the entire archaeological team stood in the very center of the tomb chamber, fearing that the basalt blocks would collapse and hit them.

After a while.

With a deafening roar!

The basalt wall located due north suddenly sank into the ground... The change happened too suddenly! When the archaeological team looked in the direction of the sound, the basalt wall had already disappeared.

Instead, a mud wall was erected!

"Could the exit to the main burial chamber be located due north?" Hu Jizhou rushed forward in one stride, having assumed that the real exit was behind that mud wall.

But before he even reached the mud wall, he let out a scream.

"Holy crap?!"

Above the dark, gaping hole.

Hu Jizhou retracted his left leg, which was in mid-air.

Everyone was startled by his scream and rushed forward to see what Hu Jizhou had discovered. But when they got there, they found that the hole in front of the mud wall was bottomless!

Even the basalt wall was nowhere to be seen.

"This is... a whole wall fell into this hole?" Yang Lele stared at the bottomless hole in front of her, speechless.

Zhang Sitian chimed in, "Could it be... that the exit isn't behind this mud wall, but rather in this bottomless pit?"

"No! How are we supposed to get down then? We can't just jump down with our eyes closed, can we?" Shao Wei was afraid that Qin An would take them with him. Although Qin An was tough and wouldn't die, they were a bunch of fragile people!

"Professor Shao... is it possible that we have a rope?"

Gu Yang looked at Shao Wei with a dark expression.

Sometimes he really wanted to complain about Shao Wei's intelligence. How could he ask such a stupid question? If someone jumped into this bottomless hole, the damage they would suffer would be no less than Kobe Bryant's plane crash.

Only a fool would jump!

Hearing Gu Yang's complaints.

Shao Wei said sheepishly, "I was just joking with you guys... don't take it to heart!"

But no one paid any attention to him anymore.

If it were before, Hawkeye might have said something sarcastic to him, but ever since Gu Yang taught Hawkeye a lesson, Hawkeye has become silent.

Qin An became increasingly certain that the deep pit in front of him was the escape route they had been searching for, so he took the rope from Gu Yang and tied it around his waist.

"Same as always, I'll go down first to scout ahead. You can come down when it's safe." Qin An walked to the edge of the pit, preparing to jump down, but he didn't know what might be at the bottom.

So he turned back to give Gu Yang some more instructions.

"Old Gu, remember this: if I tug on the rope once, it means I'm in danger, and you pull me up. If I tug on the rope twice, it means there's no danger, and you can come down without worry."

He looked serious when he saw Qin An.

Gu Yang nodded quickly and said, "I'll remember that, Brother Qin An!"

Qin An then walked to the pit wall and slowly descended along it, while Gu Yang and Eagle Eye held tightly to the rope as they were lowered down.

As Qin An descended.

The rope was lowered further and further.

till the end.

Gu Yang and Eagle Eye had almost run out of rope, but Qin An's downward trend showed no signs of slowing down!

"What...what do we do? The rope is almost all down! Brother Qin An hasn't even reached the bottom of the pit yet! This pit can't be infinitely deep, can it?" Wang Yanyan said anxiously.

Gu Yang's expression was also a bit grim. "This rope is a full 23 meters long! It's the longest rope we brought, and also the last one. If all else fails, we'll pull it up a bit more so that Brother Qin An knows we're almost done letting out the last rope."

Hawkeye nodded in agreement.

Just as the two were about to exert force to pull Qin An upwards.

The two of them suddenly felt the rope pull downwards!

Gu Yang and Eagle Eye thought it was their imagination and were stunned for a moment before they heard the sound coming from the deep pit.

"Old Gu! Hawkeye! Pull the rope!"

Qin An sounded somewhat anxious.

Upon hearing this, Gu Yang and Eagle Eye hurriedly exerted their strength to pull Qin An up, but after pulling him up only a few meters, the rope seemed to have been cut in half.

Gravity suddenly eased.

Gu Yang and Hawkeye plopped down on the ground!

Neither of them had time to cry out in pain; they desperately pulled the rope upwards.

Even after the rope tied around Qin An's waist was pulled up, Qin An still did not appear. In an instant, everyone in the archaeological team realized that something was very wrong!

They all quickly crouched down at the edge of the pit and peered down!

However, it seemed as if some kind of light-absorbing material had been used inside the pit, and the military flashlights in the hands of the archaeological team members could not illuminate the environment below at all.