Tomb raiding: Trying to become a little painter

After descending the stairs, the group arrived at the basement level. Using the beams of their flashlights, they figured out what was on this floor and even found a candlestick. After lighting the candle with a lighter, the entire scene on this floor was revealed to them.

The tomb chamber is quite large, with a stone tortoise in the center, supported by a stone platform. Several dragon-carved pillars also stand in various corners of the tomb chamber.

"The secret is here!"

At this moment, an old Huo family member who had been looking around suddenly spoke up, and the group of people quickly turned their attention to him and his surroundings.

"You found the organic mechanism so quickly? Good luck, bro!"

Qin Henian was quite surprised, since they had only just entered and, in theory, hadn't even finished looking through the entire tomb chamber, yet someone had already discovered the mechanism.

"Where, where..."

Before the old man could say anything more, a clanging and clattering sound came from inside the tomb. In one corner of the tomb, a stone door about two meters long suddenly appeared.

My God! This kid is a chosen one!

Qin Henian narrowed his eyes and looked up at the top of the old Huo family man's head, where a dark, golden line of fortune appeared...

This person's luck is definitely a bit golden, a small stroke of good fortune!

Staring at the suddenly appearing stone door, the group bypassed the stone tortoise in the center of the tomb chamber, passed through two dragon-carved pillars, and arrived at the tomb entrance in the corner.

Looking inside, it was pitch black...

"Turn on all the flashlights!"

"Two skilled individuals go ahead and scout ahead, the rest of you keep your distance and follow behind!"

Huo Xiangu looked at the tomb door that appeared, scanned it sharply, and gave an order.

Since the boss had spoken, naturally some people rushed forward, and two people came out from Huo's crew. At Qiu Dekao's signal, A Ning also arranged for two people to go up and scout ahead.

On the other side, Qin Henian and Zhang Qilin narrowed their eyes, their vertical pupils revealing a clear view in the darkness. One pupil had a strange, small golden wheel of symbols around it, seemingly able to see through things and clearly see the situation in the tomb chamber behind the door.

The two seemed to have a tacit understanding. They exchanged a glance, both understanding what the other meant, and moved to the back of the crowd. They ended up with the group of people who were originally at the back, but it was unclear whether they were from the two groups or not.

Qin Henian's phoenix eyes, devoid of any movement in the faces, gazed at the masks worn on the people's faces, his mind filled with nothing but complaints. More than half of the twenty-odd people who had entered were these masked individuals. Qiu Dekao and Huo Xiangu weren't so good at managing their subordinates after all! They weren't even as capable as him!!! The key point was the last sentence.

"Boss!!! This passage isn't long, just a few meters apart. On the other side is a sloping corridor going uphill. There's a stone door on the next level with an iron ring on it. We've tried opening it, but we can't!"

At this moment, a blond, blue-eyed foreigner in the passageway, speaking fluent Chinese, craned his neck to look back, his voice carrying quite loudly in the direction of Qiu Dekao.

"Can't open it? Is it a trap?"

Ah Ning reacted quickly. After all, she wasn't as old as Huo Xiangu and Qiu Dekao. Now, the leaders on their side basically listened to her. Although not many of them were her own brothers, she held the position, so they were considered to be quite obedient.

"I...I don't know!"

The foreigner wasn't very familiar with Chinese mechanical arts, but he had heard of them. He and a few others had just tried to open it, but they couldn't pry it open or remove it, and there were no hidden latches. That's why he reported it now.

"Let Old Bai take a look; I still trust his mechanical skills!"

Upon hearing the voice, Huo Xiangu didn't wait for Qiu Dekao's reaction before looking directly at the old man Bai following behind her. Over the years, the Huo family had nurtured many talented individuals, and the old man Bai she brought this time was a man with considerable expertise in mechanical arts and tomb raiding.

"Don't worry, Mr. Huo, I'll go take a look right away!"

Old Man Bai was clearly very confident in his mechanical skills, and he patted his chest as he walked inside.

Zhang Qilin, who was standing next to him, suddenly felt his clothes being tugged again. He tilted his head in confusion and looked at the culprit.

"what happened?"

His tone was cool, yet carried a subtle tenderness as Zhang Qilin gazed at the person beside him.

"Little Qilin, do you think they can open the mechanism and get in smoothly?"

Qin Henian stood to the side, raising an eyebrow as he watched the old man in white walk past him, and asked Zhang Qilin curiously.

"can!"

Can??

Such a high evaluation! Qin Henian didn't expect that this old man actually had some skills; he thought he was just relying on luck.

Fortunately, he didn't check the luck line on the other person's head, otherwise he would have been laughed at by the little Tiandao who had been spying on him.

pat!pat!

Boom! ! !

The stone door mechanism clicked, and the stone door was moved horizontally forward and stuck to the surrounding stone wall.

The stone door was opened, revealing the dark tomb chamber inside. Even shining a flashlight inside, you could only see a part of the open space.

The group went down three times and all the members of the second-year class entered the stone chamber. The lights focused around and illuminated most of the things in the stone chamber.

"Is this a mummified corpse?"

"So many mummies, still wearing iron armor, Little Qilin, do you think they might suddenly rise from the dead, like those Miluotuo zombies in the wall before?"

Qin Henian, holding a flashlight, first observed the surrounding situation. With just a sweep of light and shadow, he saw rows of mummified corpses dressed in iron terracotta warriors standing in eight directions, forming eight neat rows, which made it clear that their formation was based on the Bagua (Eight Trigrams).

"A zombie apocalypse? If it really comes back to life, do you think we can escape with so many zombies around?"

The sound in the tomb chamber was already amplified and echoed, not to mention that Qin Henian did not deliberately lower his voice when he spoke, so it was immediately heard by careful people, who asked in shock.

"What do you say?"

"There's no way so many rice dumplings could escape!"

Qin Henian spread his hands, gave a wry smile, and answered the unlucky guy who asked the question with a helpless expression.

"okay!"

"Mr. Qin, you'd better not make such jokes here. They're not funny at all!"

Seeing that things were getting out of hand, Ah Ning quickly interrupted and told someone to look around.

Ah Ning's words did indeed silence some people, but Qin Henian's gaze fell on her. He felt that although Ah Ning was lucky enough not to die in Golmud, she probably wouldn't be so lucky here.

He hasn't even drawn a single vial of blood from the other person to see which tribe they belong to... Now it seems it doesn't matter whether he draws it or not, since they're going to kick the bucket anyway.

"Humph!"

Although Qin Henian had a lot on his mind, he still gave A Ning a haughty and angry head tilt.

Don't be angry!

"not worth it!"

Just as Qin Henian was pretending to be angry, Zhang Qilin, who was standing next to him, couldn't stand it anymore. He pulled Qin Henian behind him, put his hand on Qin Henian's shoulder, and used the words he could think of to "comfort" him.

"Ah! It's...it's really come back to life!"

"It's come back to life!!!"

Just as Zhang Qilin was talking to Qin Henian, a terrified voice suddenly came from inside the tomb.