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

Chen Yibai stared intently at the candle in the southeast corner of the tomb until it burned out, a process that took less than a minute.

To be precise, it should be fifty seconds!

What does it mean to burn out a candle in fifty seconds? It's like a cigarette that's been heavily smoked.

If you encounter the Ghost Blows Out the Light, it means the tomb owner does not agree to disturb his belongings.

On the contrary, does that mean the tomb owner was very eager for his coffin to be opened?

The more this is the case, the more eerie and terrifying it feels, even more so than Ghost Blows Out the Light.

Chen Yibai turned to look at the golden coffin, his brows furrowing deeply.

Finally, he gritted his teeth and said, "You want me to open your coffin? Then I'll grant your wish!"

Having made up his mind, Chen Yibai stepped forward to the golden coffin.

The golden coffin was two meters tall, with no top visible. The lid was thirty or forty centimeters thick, and the four sides were sealed tightly, with gaps so fine that not even a single hair could be inserted.

If this is made of pure gold, the coffin lid alone would probably weigh several tons, and it would be difficult for one person to push it open.

If there are any hidden secrets inside this coffin, then opening this golden coffin will be even more difficult.

Chen Yibai squinted and first circled around the golden coffin.

The golden coffin was over four meters long and two meters wide. It had no patterns on it, but was covered with densely packed tadpole-like characters in high relief. It was neither oracle bone script nor pictographs, but rather the exclusive script of their ancient Gu Kingdom culture, recording a very important event. Otherwise, there wouldn't have been so many characters written on it.

But since it's incomprehensible, there's no point in continuing to study it.

Chen Yibai sheathed the crimson ancient sword back on his back, then clung to the edge of the golden coffin and climbed onto the coffin lid.

Just as Chen Yibai had imagined, there really was another secret hidden in the coffin lid!

The coffin lid was carved with a Bagua diagram from the I Ching. In each of the Bagua diagrams, a golden square pillar protruded, which could be pressed down, with an oval circle in the center.

This oval pattern looks very familiar; it's the content of the last mural we saw in the passageway!

And now this mysterious pattern has reappeared here.

Chen Yibai guessed that this was most likely a divination result!

The eight golden square pillars form a mysterious lock, also known as the Mysterious Lock!

The golden coffin was locked to prevent any uninvited guests, besides the 'savior' predicted in the sacrificial divination, from coming here and disturbing the 'hibernation' of the two-headed Gu King.

The oval-shaped hexagram in the middle is the code for this mysterious secret lock.

Simply press down the eight square pillars in the correct order according to the hexagram to open the golden coffin!

but……

What hexagram would an oval pattern represent?

Chen Yibai felt that this touched on a blind spot in his knowledge. In addition, the ancient Qimen Dunjia technique was completely different from what he had learned, which made it even more unsolvable!

Therefore, this was essentially an unsolvable problem for the well-informed Captain Chen.

If you press the wrong button...

Suddenly realizing this, Chen Yibai's eyes widened: "Right, what happens if I press the wrong button?"

Chen Yibai seemed to have suddenly discovered another way of thinking about solving the problem.

If you press the wrong button, this golden coffin can't be locked from the inside forever, can it?

If you press the wrong button and it locks up from the inside, how will the Two-Headed Gu King get out?

If pressing the wrong button will cause the coffin to explode, isn't that exactly what I want?

To put it another way, if pressing the wrong button would trigger an even more dangerous trap, then just try to force your way through.

Since things have come to this point, and we can't outsmart them, we'll have to resort to a head-on confrontation!

After making this decision, Chen Yibai reached out and blindly pressed the golden pillar in the 'Death Gate' position.

There's no other meaning behind it. In Qimen Dunjia, death is life, and it's just for good luck.

Rumble…

Just as Chen Yibai had expected, the golden pillar could be pressed down, but it had a very strong damping effect and required a lot of force.

As the golden pillar was pressed down, a rumbling sound of the mechanism activating inside the golden coffin was heard. The sound was very muffled inside the sealed coffin, and even a slight vibration was felt underfoot.

After the golden square pillar was completely pressed down, a gap appeared on the outer edge of the Qimen Dunjia diagram, like a small opening.

Nothing else was unusual.

Seeing that it was effective and there was no danger, Chen Yibai decided to press down on the other golden pillars in one go: the Injury Gate in the east, the Block Gate in the north, and the Shock Gate in the northwest.

These are all considered inauspicious gates in Qimen Dunjia.

After all the golden pillars in these locations were pressed down, the cracks in the coffin lid became even larger, as wide as a child's mouth.

Chen Yibai squinted and peered into the golden coffin through the gap.

Inside the golden coffin lay a corpse, covered with a golden garment, but the gaps were too narrow and the view too blurry.

Chen Yibai quickly took out the wolf-eye flashlight and shone it into the golden coffin through the gap.

With the powerful light of the wolf-eye flashlight, it was now very clear that there was indeed a corpse lying inside the golden coffin, covered with an animal skin sewn with gold thread.

Then move the flashlight beam upwards.

Just as Chen Yibai was about to look at the head of the corpse lying in the golden coffin, he suddenly felt a strong killing intent surging and rushing towards him from all around.

At the same time, out of the corner of Chen Yibai's eye, he also saw a gleaming, sharp blade slashing down at him from the side.

dangerous!

Although Chen Yibai's curiosity was already pissed off, he didn't have time to look any further and quickly rolled off the golden coffin.

Keng!

Chen Yibai felt as if the gleaming blade grazed his scalp as it struck the golden coffin. He could even feel the chill on his scalp, and the impact made his ears ring.

If it had been just half a second later, Chen Yibai felt he would have been splattered with blood on the golden coffin and died on the spot.

But it's not over yet.

Just as Chen Yibai tumbled down from the golden coffin in a disheveled state, before he could even regain his footing, another sharp blade came slashing towards him.

Because of the speed, Chen Yibai had no time to dodge this time and took the blow head-on to the chest.

Fortunately, he was wearing fire spirit snake scale armor, and only a string of sparks appeared on his chest, failing to break through it.

The immense force still caused Chen Yibai a sharp pain in his chest, and his back slammed hard against the golden coffin. He felt as if his internal organs were about to shatter, and he almost couldn't catch his breath.

"What the hell? What kind of sneak attack is this?"