Popularize tomb robbing: The state asks whether gold can be divided to determine the burial site

Qin An was still eight or nine meters above the bottom of the lake... He couldn't see very clearly in the dark water, but he felt that the shadows at the bottom of the lake were extremely heavy!

It seems that some large rocks have sunk into the water.

But when the 10 military glow sticks emitted a bright light, Qin An could finally see the scene at the bottom of the lake. What was submerged at the bottom of the lake was not some strange rock formation, but a corpse!

Piles and piles of corpses!

Countless corpses and an underwater palace.

Qin An was speechless.

Somewhat shocked by the sight at the bottom of the lake... he involuntarily began to paddle vigorously, causing his body to sink completely to the bottom.

"Gu Gu Gu Gu..."

A blister the size of a soybean slid out from between Qin An's feet.

Qin An's feet were completely on the bottom of the lake.

He walked toward the densely packed corpses... He saw that the flesh on these corpses had long since rotted, and some of the bones were covered with green algae. Some fish the size of a baby's little finger were swimming back and forth between their bones.

They swam into the empty eye sockets and then swam out of the wide-open mouth, having a great time.

Qin An noticed that all the skeletons had bronze shackles on their ankles, with a bronze chain attached to the back of the shackles, and a bronze ball the size of a palm attached to the chain.

Every single corpse had it on their ankles!

"It seems that these corpses were deliberately created."

Qin An thought to himself.

But his hands and feet did not stop; instead, they moved upwards, bypassing the dense mass of corpses, floating over their heads, and finally landing in front of the palace behind them.

The palace is not large.

It's only about 100 square meters.

The palace was divided into a main hall and two side chambers. Qin An first entered from the right side chamber, passed through the main hall, and then came to the left side chamber. He eventually found that apart from a coffin bound with bronze chains in the main hall, there was nothing else in the palace.

Qin An walked back into the main hall, filled with doubts.

He looked at the bronze coffin bound in the center of the main hall, lost in thought.

Since ancient times!

When emperors or high-ranking officials chose their tombs, they would select mountains with relatively dry and mild climates. They would never choose mountains that were prone to water seepage or earthquakes.

To let one's own body soak in water?

Nobody wants to do this!

But why is there a bronze coffin in this underwater palace?

Judging from the scale of the funerary victims surrounding the palace... the identity of the person buried in this bronze coffin must not be simple! So why did he bury himself underwater?

Qin An simply couldn't understand it.

Therefore, he stepped forward with the attitude of wanting to find out the truth!

He wants to open the coffin!

Let's see which ruthless person is so cruel to themselves!

Qin An leaped onto the bronze coffin and grabbed the bronze chain binding it. The chain had been submerged in water for thousands of years, and Qin An was incredibly strong.

Therefore, Qin An simply tugged slightly and broke the bronze chain binding the bronze coffin.

"Crack-"

After throwing away the bronze chains all at once.

Qin An jumped off the coffin lid again!

He placed his hands on the coffin lid and pushed it forward with force. The coffin lid, which had seemed incredibly heavy, opened lightly. However, the scene inside the bronze coffin was not simple at all.

Qin An hadn't even had a chance to look down and examine the scene inside the bronze coffin.

Suddenly everything went black!

The light emitted by the military glow sticks seemed to have vanished into thin air. Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that the light was coming from the bronze coffin as black water. This black water did not resemble any other chemical substance; it was simply black in color.

It only serves to obscure the view.

It does not have any corrosive effect on the body!

Although Qin An's killing intent perception did not detect any danger, he still quickly retreated, barely touching the ground with his toes, fearing that some filthy thing might emerge from the black water to ambush him.

"Cuckoo cuckoo..."

Sudden.

A series of bubbles rose from the black water on the left.

Qin An stared intently at it!

It turned out to be an escaped squid!

Could this black water be the ink that the squid spewed out?

But isn't this a freshwater lake?

Where did the squid come from?

Qin An initially found it very strange... but after thinking about it, he realized that the Tianchi Lake in the Changbai Mountains was fed by water from the sea, and he understood. Maybe it was a saltwater lake?

As for judging whether water is salty by tasting it with your tongue?

Qin An flatly refused.

He had no desire to drink the bathwater from these corpses.

Once the thick ink had dissipated, Qin An was finally able to see the scene inside the bronze coffin clearly.

There were no burial objects in the bronze coffin, only a skeleton that had been soaked beyond recognition, covered with algae and with a few barnacles clinging to the bones.

That's it?

Qin An picked up a military glow stick from the ground and held it in his hand.

It swept horizontally into the bronze coffin.

Until then.

Qin An then noticed that... there were bronze handcuffs on the wrists and ankles of the skeleton, but they weren't connected to a bronze ball.

But it seems that the owner of this skeleton did not enter the bronze coffin voluntarily.

Qin An began a brainstorming session.

He wanted to deduce the information about the owner of the skeleton based on his knowledge of ancient history, but the palace was empty and there was no information to prove his identity.

After a while.

Qin An felt a chill run down his spine!

He suddenly turned around and looked at the corpses lying outside the palace.

Is it possible that... the skeleton inside the bronze coffin is part of the same group as the skeletons outside? Were they all voluntarily placed at the bottom of this lake?

Qin An thought it was highly likely!

Moreover, these people might all be from the Jiuli tribe.

That is, the Jiuli tribe led by Chi You.

However, regardless of whether it is true or not, we still need to go up and ask Zhang Yunfeng or Shao Wei. The most urgent task is to find some items related to their identities so that the two senior academicians can have a basis for their judgment.

Think of this.

Qin An began to bend over and grope around inside the bronze coffin.

He just didn't believe it!

The corpse in the bronze coffin and the other corpses that sank outside were all thrown into the lake naked. Although their clothes were rotted away, they must have had something inside them, right?

But the bronze coffin was not spacious.

In addition, there was a corpse covered in barnacles lying inside. Qin An searched for most of the day but found nothing of value. Just as he was about to throw the remains out of the bronze coffin whole...

When his fingers touched a waist token as thick as three chopsticks in a nook or cranny inside the bronze coffin, his killing intent sensed a danger approaching from behind.

Qin An didn't have time to think about it!

After storing the waist tag in the system space, he suddenly turned around.