I just broke up with my boyfriend and then I transmigrated into the world of "The Lost Tomb&quo

"Why is it so hot?" Wu Xie asked anxiously, searching for the mechanism.

Ling Xiao was already at his limit, and now, in such hot weather and with severe oxygen deprivation, he felt like a fish lying in the desert, unable to breathe.

"Wu Xie, come quick! Master Liang has discovered something wrong with the wall!" Lao Yang called out to Wu Xie from the side, his tone suggesting that he had discovered something extraordinary.

Wu Xie rushed over. Ling Xiao's vision was a little blurry, but he could hear their discussion. Master Liang deduced that the wall was hollow and they planned to chisel it open.

The three of them worked quickly, and soon a hole was chiseled in the wall. Seeing that there was a way out, Wu Xie ran back to help Ling Xiao.

"Lingzi, just hang in there a little longer, we'll be out of here soon," Wu Xie encouraged Ling Xiao.

Ling Xiao nodded slightly and went inside. The air was fairly well-ventilated, but it was still very stuffy. Ling Xiao felt much better; his only thought now was nausea…

"Ah!" Lao Yang shouted and then disappeared.

"Old Yang?" Wu Xie called out, looking around with a flashlight.

"I'm here!" The voice sounded distant. Wu Xie looked down and saw a hole in the ground. Poor Lao Yang had fallen into the hole without warning...

It was more of a deep pit than a hole. In the middle of the pit, there seemed to be something standing upright, and a scorching gust of wind blew from top to bottom. Ling Xiao felt that it was even worse than the cramped stone chamber from before.

Wu Xie and Master Liang helped Ling Xia into the deep pit, while Lao Yang also got up and used his flashlight to illuminate the surrounding environment.

The pit was filled with toppled stone figures, various dried human heads, and hundreds of conjoined skeletons. In the middle of the pit stood a bronze pillar about ten meters in diameter, its base plunging straight into the stone at the bottom of the pit, as if it had grown out of the stone. The surrounding rocks were cracked and split open. There were also many bronze rods of varying thicknesses on the pillar, thousands of them, densely packed together, like a large tree. When a flashlight beam shone on it, it stretched upwards, and one could not see the top at all.

Liang Shiye said from the side, "The people who built this place must have wanted to dig out this bronze tree." He then shone his flashlight on both sides and continued, "They've dug all the way to the bottom of this mountain and still haven't reached the end. I really don't know how deep this pillar is stuck in the ground."

"The She clan couldn't possibly have such technology. Could this tree really have grown out of hell?" Wu Xie muttered to himself, then shivered.

Just as Master Liang and Wu Xie were marveling at the bronze tree, Lao Yang, standing to the side, walked straight toward the tree.

"Ah!" Lao Yang cried out, clutching his head.

"Old Yang, what are you doing?" Wu Xie was startled by Old Yang's shout and said in a somewhat unpleasant tone.

"I don't know either. I saw this tree and it felt so familiar and comforting, so I wanted to climb it. Then something hit me on the head..." Lao Yang clutched his head, his face contorted in pain.

When Wu Xie saw that there was a lot of blood flowing from Lao Yang's head and a bloodstained stone on the ground, and then saw Ling Xiao calmly and somewhat disgustedly cleaning his hands beside him, he immediately understood what had happened to Lao Yang's head.

Ling Xiao glanced at Wu Xie and Lao Yang, who were looking over with resentment, and said perfunctorily to Lao Yang, "Lao Yang, I'm sorry, I missed."

Wu Xie assumed he was just feeling unwell and didn't pay much attention to his attitude. He quickly shifted his focus and asked Lao Yang, "Lao Yang, you said you feel a connection to this tree?"

Lao Yang nodded, his expression not very good. What's wrong with Wu Xie? Shouldn't he have bandaged me up first?

However, Wu Xie's attention was entirely focused on the bronze tree, and he completely forgot that Lao Yang had just injured his head.

"This thing looks a bit eerie, so let's be careful when we look at it and try not to touch it," Liang Shiye reminded him from the side.

Seeing that the bleeding from his head had stopped and that he was about to achieve his goal, Lao Yang stopped worrying about these issues, nodded to Liang Shiye, and walked towards the roots of the bronze giant tree.

The bronze tree was covered with totems of two-bodied snakes, and dried bloodstains could still be seen in the patterns.

"This big thing is probably a sacrificial vessel used in rituals, around the Shang or Zhou dynasty. But what it was used for in the rituals, this old man has no idea," said Master Liang, stroking his beard.

"Is that the Shang and Zhou period?" Seeing that Master Liang seemed to know a lot, Wu Xie's curiosity was piqued, and he wanted to dig out more information.

Master Liang shook his head, indicating that this thing could not be observed with the naked eye.

Wu Xie seemed to have thought of something and suggested, "Should we climb up and take a look?" He paused, then invited Liang Shiye, "They're both injured. Why don't you come with me to take a look, Shiye?"

Liang Shiye glanced at Ling Xiao, who gestured with his eyes, and Liang Shiye followed Wu Xie up.

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I originally planned to have Xiaohua pick up Lingzi and take her home in chapter 100, but I got a fever halfway through writing it...

Xiaohua will pick up Lingzi tomorrow! Our CP will finally be able to meet! Waaaaah, it's been such a long time!