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

For a moment, the atmosphere in the archaeological team was oppressive and deathly silent.

Chen Yibai's shaking of his head and the word "there's nothing I can do" were, to everyone in the archaeological team, nothing less than a death sentence.

Chen Yibai lit another cigarette, took several large puffs, and racked his brains trying to think of any other way to break this deadlock.

After all, there's always a way out!

The solution is like a cleavage; if you try to squeeze it out, you might actually get one, but you just haven't found the right method yet.

call!

At this moment, another gust of 'demonic wind' blew in from the Deathly Abyss, causing the smoke rings that Chen Yibai had just exhaled to sink downwards.

Watching the sinking white smoke, Chen Yibai suddenly realized that there was no air in this Absolute Death Ground, but there was wind, which meant that the wind was blowing from somewhere else. Even if the wind could blow in, it would still become oxygen-free death air after passing through the Absolute Death Ground.

That's not the point!

The key point is that since the wind can blow in, it means that there is a passage somewhere in the Deadly Land! It is also possible that it is an exit leading to the outside world.

Therefore, if you can find a passage in this deadly place within the limited two minutes and rush through it, this deadly situation will be broken.

It sounds simple, but in practice it's a bit of a pipe dream.

In two minutes, or one hundred and twenty seconds, it's absolutely impossible to find a place with ventilation in this desolate and unknown area!

More importantly, there is absolutely no room for trial and error. Once you rush in, you won't find a ventilation shaft within two minutes, and you won't even have time to return.

It's impractical to spend a minute going in to search and then a minute coming back.

One minute isn't even enough time to fire a shot...

"Damn it! Is there really no other way to break this deadlock?"

Chen Yibai scratched his head, cursing under his breath.

"Captain Chen, are we... really going to die here?"

Wang Haichuan watched Chen Yibai scratching his head and cheeks, and couldn't help but ask him cautiously, his tone already sounding somewhat desperate.

"Damn it, if all else fails, then we'll just have to give it a shot!"

Chen Yibai gritted his teeth and decided to try his luck with the method he had just come up with.

However, it's not about recklessly going all in; you should always leave yourself a way out.

Chen Yibai glanced at everyone, his expression serious, and said, "There should be a ventilation passage in here. I'll tie a rope around my waist and go in to find it! You all set a timer on your phones for two and a half minutes. Once the time is up, pull me back quickly! As long as the time is kept within five minutes, even if I faint from lack of oxygen, if CPR and artificial respiration are done in time, I should still be able to be saved..."

Chen Yibai's use of "should" clearly indicates that he himself cannot guarantee it 100%.

So this is equivalent to entrusting your life to their hands.

If any mistakes or accidents occur, this trip could be a one-way trip.

At this point, there's no other way but to fight it out.

"Captain Chen, you are truly brave and righteous..."

Hearing Chen Yibai's idea of ​​risking his life to clear a path for the whole team, Wang Haichuan was filled with admiration. He wanted to flatter him further, but Yan Wanlei, with an admiring look in his eyes, said firmly, "Captain Chen, don't worry, we will definitely bring you back as quickly as possible in two and a half minutes!"

As they spoke, several special operations team members tied their climbing ropes together, which totaled nearly a kilometer in length.

It's not certain yet whether this length is enough, but for now we can only bite the bullet and give it a try.

Chen Yibai personally secured the climbing rope tightly around his waist, then, as if suddenly remembering something, looked at everyone and asked, "How... are your CPR skills? Do you know how to perform artificial respiration?"

These are all grown men. Just thinking about having to do CPR on them later makes me a little uneasy.

Although there are two women in the archaeological team, wouldn't it feel like harassment to directly ask them to come?

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Upon hearing Chen Yibai's question, the entire archaeological team fell silent instantly.

It's not that they don't know how; their special operations team members are all highly trained and have been on real battlefields. How could they not know the most basic first aid knowledge such as CPR and artificial respiration?

But there are two women in the team. Captain Chen is so brave and righteous, he definitely needs a beautiful woman to give him mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to encourage him. So no one is stupid enough to be the one to step forward and be the 'first to stick their neck out'...

The atmosphere became awkwardly silent for a brief moment.

Yan Wanlei chuckled dryly, then glanced at Qiu Jing almost unconsciously.

Qiu Jing seemed to instantly understand what Yan Wanlei meant.

Here comes another opportunity to shine in front of the captain.

"I...I can! I studied medical care at the police academy for six months..."

Finally, Qiu Jing broke the awkward silence.

Actually, Qiu Jing's desire to improve and perform was only one aspect of her motivation.

On the other hand, Qiu Jing truly admired Chen Yibai's courage in risking his life to find a way out for everyone.

So if Chen Yibai were really in danger, let alone CPR, even...

Huh! What are you thinking about!

Qiu Jing's face flushed red to the roots of her ears in an instant, as if she had thrown all unhealthy thoughts out of her mind.

"Yes! That's perfect!"

Yan Wanlei nodded in satisfaction. Qiu Jing had a strong sense of teamwork and a high level of awareness, which pleased Yan Wanlei greatly.

Chen Yibai didn't say much. He wasn't in the mood to think about random things at the moment. Maybe he could find a ventilation channel in one go and skip artificial respiration.

This is certainly the best option.

I checked the rope tied around my waist again.

Chen Yibai held the torch high, took a deep breath, and plunged into the Absolute Fiend Death Ground.

This time, however, Chen Yibai wasn't slowly groping around with a torch. Two and a half minutes was extremely short, so Chen Yibai had to run as fast as he could into the darkness.

Furthermore, the clothes wrapped in the torch were almost burned off, so even if they tried this risky method repeatedly, they couldn't succeed more than a few times.

Chen Yibai's first target was the Dragon-Locking Pillar.

Because Chen Yibai had a premonition that the Dragon-Locking Pillar definitely held a secret about this Deadly Land!

There's a saying that goes, "Looking at a mountain makes a horse run itself to death."

At this moment, Chen Yibai deeply understood this feeling.

This Deadly Land was larger than he had imagined. Whether it was because of the tight schedule, his anxiety, or something else, the Dragon-Locking Pillar was clearly on the edge of the darkness illuminated by the firelight, but no matter how fast Chen Yibai was moving, he could never quite make it out clearly.

It wasn't until nearly two minutes later that Chen Yibai was finally able to see a part of the Dragon-Locking Pillar clearly in the firelight.

The entire dragon-locking pillar is nearly thirty meters in diameter. Below it is a square base that is more than two meters high and three to four hundred square meters in size. At each of the four corners of the base stands a tortoise sculpture. On the back of the tortoise hangs a copper chain thicker than a water bucket. A total of four copper chains connect to the top of the dragon-locking pillar and extend into the darkness above, with no end in sight.

I don't know the purpose of this copper chain, but it doesn't seem to be used to fix the dragon-locking pillar.

Looking at the central dragon-locking pillar, its surface is carved with a dense array of patterns, including birds and beasts, mythical creatures, cloud patterns, scroll patterns, and various complex incantation characters. Although the layout appears somewhat chaotic, every detail of the carving is lifelike and vivid. This magnificent and ingenious project is visually stunning.

Upon seeing this, Chen Yibai began to feel dizzy and his body began to feel weak and powerless.

More than two minutes have passed; this is a sign of brain hypoxia.

"Whoosh...whoosh..."

Just as Chen Yibai's consciousness was about to be forcibly cut off and his entire body was about to be forcibly shut down, he suddenly heard an extremely muffled wailing sound coming from above his head. Although it wasn't loud, it was as vast as muffled thunder.

Chen Yibai was certain that this was not a hallucination caused by a dazed state of mind, because he had heard this voice before.

The sound was exactly the same as the one I heard when I opened the bronze tower lid of the niche in the maze-like passageway!

And as this muffled groan resounded, the massive bronze chains surrounding the Dragon-Locking Pillar swayed slightly!

Pfft!

Chen Yibai wanted to look up again, but his limp body couldn't hold on any longer and he collapsed to the ground with a thud.

Exactly two and a half minutes, calculated to the second!

The rope tied around his waist was suddenly tightened, and a great force came from the other end of the rope, quickly pulling Chen Yibai back.

Chen Yibai originally wanted to give up and close his eyes.

Even if you stubbornly hold on, you still won't be able to see what's making the sound in the darkness.

But just before he closed his eyes, a strange green light suddenly shone in the dark sky, as if the sun had shone down after the dark clouds, illuminating the originally dark and desolate land of Jue Sha into green.

This bizarre scene greatly invigorated Chen Yibai. He clenched his fists, gritted his teeth, and forced his eyelids, which were almost too heavy to open, open again.

In that instant, Chen Yibai saw it!

At the very top of the Dragon-Locking Pillar was a vertical eye, its gaze sharp and sinister, radiating a green light capable of illuminating the entire Deadly Land of Absolute Fiends…