Tomb raiding: It all started with shocking the archaeological team.

At this time, the sky above Mount Qi was still covered with dark clouds, the wind was still howling, and thunder was constantly rumbling.

To prepare for the upcoming downpour, Yan Wanlei arranged for four team members to set up two simple tents in a nearby open area.

In addition, three team members were assigned to take sharp entrenching tools and begin digging holes at the locations specified by Chen Yibai.

Digging a tomb raider's tunnel is a delicate task. To make it easier to hide, the tunnel cannot be too wide, but it also needs to have some space to move around inside, so it cannot be too narrow either. Ideally, it should be narrow on the outside and wide on the inside.

However, legitimate archaeologists with proper certifications don't dig tombs; they dig as wide as possible.

Although Qiu Jing was the only woman in the special operations team, she volunteered to do this kind of physical work in order to prove herself. She wielded a military shovel and worked with great enthusiasm in the pit.

If I perform well, Captain Yan might take a liking to me and I could be specially recruited into the city's special police team.

The special operations team is working together with a division of labor.

Chen Yibai took out a Bagua compass from his person and studied the terrain in detail.

From a feng shui perspective, this location is not a feng shui position.

However, the concept of 'feng shui' was first mentioned in the Book of Burial written by Guo Pu in the Jin Dynasty.

Therefore, it is normal that the entrance to the Kangwang Tomb is not in a feng shui position.

Chen Yibai took out a Bagua compass to study the auspiciousness or inauspiciousness of this terrain.

This academic discipline belongs to the I Ching and Bagua. Although 'Feng Shui' first appeared in the Jin Dynasty, the I Ching first appeared in the Shang Dynasty and was an important part of the Shang Dynasty's divination and sacrificial rites. Good and bad fortune can be observed from the hexagrams and directions of the I Ching and Bagua.

At this moment, Wang Haichuan also approached Chen Yibai and asked curiously, "Mr. Chen, have you noticed anything?"

Chen Yibai shook his head: "The compass is divided into eight trigrams to determine yin and yang. It's normal for the magnetic needle on the compass to not move. If it moves a lot, it means that the feng shui below is dangerous..."

Before Chen Yibai could finish speaking, the magnetic needle on the compass suddenly began to vibrate violently, and it spun faster and faster as if a small motor was inside.

"It moved...it moved..."

Wang Haichuan was listening intently when he suddenly saw the compass needle vibrate rapidly, and he immediately widened his eyes and exclaimed in surprise.

Gan!

Chen Yibai raised an eyebrow, realizing that things down there were indeed not simple.

"Professor Wang, this should be due to interference from the underground magnetic field, right? The Earth carries an electric charge, and the charge generates an electric current as the Earth rotates. The electric current generates a magnetic field. In some places, the magnetic field is strong, and the compass needle will spin erratically due to the interference. Aren't these all very simple scientific facts?"

Yan Wanlei, who was standing to the side, listened to what Chen Yibai had just said, such as the magnetic needle moving greatly, which meant that the feng shui was dangerous. He felt that this was just deliberately playing the metaphysical game and talking nonsense in a serious manner, so he couldn't help but stand up and refute it.

Although Yan Wanlei's task was to protect the safety of the archaeological experts and he did not need to participate in any academic discussions, Chen Yibai's metaphysical nonsense was causing widespread panic, which would definitely seriously affect his protection mission.

Chen Yibai listened to Yan Wanlei's scientific arguments and simply smiled, without arguing with him.

After all, one is holding a Type 95 rifle and the other is holding a compass; their beliefs and ideologies are different, so they can't possibly talk to each other.

"what!"

Coincidentally, just as Yan Wanlei finished speaking, Qiu Jing suddenly let out a scream.

Everyone immediately turned to look.

In just a short while, the pit had been dug to a depth of more than two meters.

Qiu Jing seemed to have dug something up from below. Covered in dirt, she scrambled out of the pit screaming, "Captain, there's... there's a corpse down there!"

As a top student majoring in criminal investigation, Qiu Jing had taken anatomy classes, so she was not afraid of corpses.

However, while digging the pit, a shovel suddenly and unexpectedly hit the corpse on the forehead, which was quite frightening.

Upon hearing that a body had been unearthed below, everyone rushed over to check the situation.

In a pit two meters in diameter and more than two meters deep, a corpse was found head down, stuck in a crevice between rocks.

The corpse appeared to have been dead for a long time, with long, loose hair and wearing ancient clothing that was so tattered that it was difficult to determine which dynasty it belonged to. There was also a lampshade near the corpse.

"He's a colleague!"

Chen Yibai squinted at the corpse in the pit and immediately recognized it as a tomb raider. Because the tomb raiding hole was dug crookedly, the body got stuck in the crack in the rock, unable to go in or out, and ended up suffocating to death inside.

"A fellow professional? He's also an archaeology expert?"

Yang Qingyun, standing nearby, was startled with a wise look in her eyes, but quickly recovered and glared fiercely at Chen Yibai: "This is a tomb raider, isn't he? You're the one in the same line of work as him!"

This is the second time Chen Yibai has referred to tomb raiders as fellow criminals.

I really can't stand it!

"Judging from the clothes, this tomb raider should be from the Ming Dynasty. He hasn't decomposed at all; he's still a mummified corpse!"

Wang Haichuan changed the subject and carefully examined the corpse stuck between the rocks in the pit. His expression was one of surprise. The Ming Dynasty corpse had been buried in the soil for hundreds of years and had not decomposed. This was truly strange!

Although it's just a tomb raider, over time it becomes an 'antique'. If you take it back and put it in a museum, it might even get a prominent spot.

The other three archaeological experts then took out their cameras and snapped a series of photos of the mummified remains in the pit.

"This is because the yin energy below is too heavy, which is why the corpse hasn't decomposed!"

Chen Yibai looked at the corpse in the pit, narrowed his eyes, and said calmly.

Upon hearing the phrase "the yin energy below is heavy," everyone's expressions changed. Perhaps it was psychological, but after hearing this, they felt a chill rising from their feet.

"Nonsense!"

Yan Wanlei, who had just refuted Chen Yibai's claims with science, immediately became serious upon hearing that Chen Yibai was still indulging in metaphysics: "What nonsense about the heavy yin energy! This is simply due to the unique environment of Qishan and the excessive moisture in the underground soil!"

This time, Yan Wanlei didn't give Chen Yibai any face at all.

Yan Wanlei began to suspect that Chen Yibai, the external consultant, was deliberately creating an air of mystery in order to elevate his own prestige.

Seeing that the atmosphere was not right, Wang Haichuan quickly said, "Captain Yan, let's have someone drag the body out first."

Yan Wanlei glanced at his team members, preparing to call out who should go.

Seeing another chance to shine, Qiu Jing, who had just climbed out of the pit, quickly volunteered, "Captain, let me do it!"

"Okay, Little Tiger, you go help too!"

Yan Wanlei nodded; Qiu Jing's proactive performance had indeed caught Yan Wanlei's special attention.

Yan Wanlei initially thought that this was someone brought in through connections, but judging from Qiu Jing's positive performance, this policewoman is indeed quite good.

Qiu Jing and a special operations team member named Xiao Hu put on protective gloves and masks and went back down into the pit.

Although Qiu Jing had seen and come into contact with many corpses, this was the first time she had seen a mummified corpse, but she didn't feel too burdened.

It's just a corpse...

However, when Qiu Jing reached out and grabbed the corpse's ankle, her expression suddenly changed.

Not only Qiu Jing, but Xiao Hu, who was also grabbing the corpse's shoulders, looked equally astonished.

"what happened?"

Yan Wanlei stood at the edge of the pit, noticing the strange expressions on Qiu Jing and Xiao Hu's faces, and immediately asked a question.

"Captain... the body is... it's soft!"

Qiu Jing looked on incredulously. Wang Haichuan had just said that the corpse was from the Ming Dynasty. Since it hadn't decomposed, it must be a mummified corpse.

But why does it still feel soft to the touch? Not only soft, it even has a bit of elasticity, like it just died not long ago.

Qiu Jing and Xiao Hu tried to lift it again, but because the body was still soft, it was very heavy, and because it was stuck in the crack of the rocks, they couldn't lift it at all.

"what?"

"what?"

Upon hearing that the corpse was limp, Wang Haichuan and Yan Wanlei both gasped in surprise.

Chen Yibai stood aside and smiled faintly, without saying anything more.

You want to talk about science, right?

Then you can study it from a scientific perspective.

"Bring the body up first!"

Yan Wanlei then sent a few more men to help.

"Try to go slowly..."

Wang Haichuan also added a special note: if the corpses from the Ming Dynasty are still soft, then their value for archaeological research is even greater.

This might be the first case of its kind in China!

Finally, with the combined efforts of five people, they carefully pulled the body out of the crevice, lifted it out of the pit, and then slowly turned the body over.

A dozen people held their breath, their eyes wide as saucers, staring intently at the corpse that had been turned over.

After all, it has been dead for hundreds of years. Even if it hasn't decomposed, the face of this corpse is probably rotten to a certain extent.

But when everyone saw the corpse's face, they were all stunned.

The corpse's face, apart from being black in color, had remarkably lifelike features. It appeared to be around thirty years old, with two tufts of mustache. The face was so well-preserved that one could even discern the vivid expression of despair at the moment of death, as if the person had only recently died.

Is this really a body that has been dead for hundreds of years, and not a corpse that has been dead for less than two days?

If it were a mummified corpse, it could still be explained scientifically.

But can this corpse, which has been dead for a hundred years, still look so lifelike, be explained from a scientific perspective?

Even with modern advanced technology, it would be impossible to preserve a corpse so perfectly.

This made everyone recall what Chen Yibai had just said about the "excessive yin energy"...

What utter nonsense about the heavy yin energy!

Yan Wanlei remained steadfast in his belief that such a well-preserved Ming Dynasty corpse was an absolutely groundbreaking discovery that could drive many scientific fields into a frenzy!

"Xiao Hu, call the forensic doctor first, and take this body back for examination!"

Yan Wanlei immediately turned to look at Xiao Hu and said.

"It's the captain!"

Xiao Hu immediately took out his phone and dialed the forensic doctor's number: "Hello..."

Just as Xiaohu was about to speak, the sky suddenly changed color.

The large patch of dark clouds that had been gathering overhead gradually dispersed, and a ray of sunlight shone through the gaps in the clouds.

At the same time, a strange burning smell appeared in the air.

Looking at the corpse on the ground, a wisp of black smoke suddenly rose from its body.