The team members took a big breath of fresh air. There was enough oxygen here. Unexpectedly, the air was moist and had a hint of coolness.
Yu Xing fiddled with the water surface twice with both hands and looked up. He always felt that the top of the wall seemed familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere.
Just relying on his increasingly blurred memory, he couldn't remember whether he had entered a similar place a long time ago, or whether he had forgotten something after experiencing something in the few minutes he lay in the coffin.
Soon, the stone platform was filled with people wearing tights. When they were sure it was safe, they took off their tights, put them in waterproof bags, hid them in the water on the edge of the stone platform, and hooked them with hooks.
In this way, you will not be discovered, and you will not be without equipment when the time comes.
Yu Xing was also about to go ashore. He swam a little further and suddenly noticed a ripple in the water that was in a different direction from him.
The backward water wave quietly slid over his calf, and something passed by his leg, but it did not go far and kept lingering beside his leg.
"..." He stopped and looked down. Unfortunately, the water was dark, and he could only reflect himself, unable to see anything underneath.
That is why the unknown is the most frightening.
“It’s strange, I didn’t see any ghosts in the water along the way. Could it be that they came in from another way?” He knew very well that this was not an illusion. The things under the water not only entangled him, but also seemed to reach out to touch him.
With such a short pause, Yu Xing was noticed by something in the water.
He felt something soft and strange wrapped around his calf, and then a downward pushing force suddenly surged out, causing Yu Xing's body to sink involuntarily.
That thing wants to drag him down!
Yu Xing was not panicking, but as he sank, he subconsciously slapped his arms on the water, attracting the attention of his companions who came ashore.
Ash was the first to notice the abnormality. He shouted something, immediately pulled out his dagger and jumped back into the water, swimming in the direction of Yu Xing. Others also reacted. Mr. Li cursed and quickly walked to the river to meet him.
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"Ash, pull San up and get ashore quickly. Don't fight any monsters in the water!" Carlos didn't know how good Yu Xing was in water. A paper man appeared in his hand at some point. It was originally a white and beautiful little paper man.
The person's whole body is soaked with a layer of moisture, as if he has been submerged in water.
Carlos's paper man is not as effective on others as it is on himself, and it takes a lot of energy to use it every time. But he is obviously helping Yu Xing share the damage.
Yu Xing didn't need Ash to rush over. He touched his hand on his waist and took out the unsheathed Tang Dao. The straight blade exuded a violent aura and he slashed it towards the leg.
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The blade of the blade hit something, and the pressure on Yu Xing's legs eased. He floated up and was pulled by Ash.
The blood spread to the surface of the water, dyeing the field of vision red. The pupils of several people on the stone platform shrunk. Only Carlos held up the paper man in doubt and looked at it. His paper man did not bleed.
It shouldn’t be that Yu Xing was injured.
Carlos was very clear in his mind. It seemed that the thing that was bleeding was something that sneaked up on Yu Xing.
Tut tsk tsk.
Ash saw the blood rising from the water and checked Yu Xing in confusion: "Are you okay? What is it? Where are you injured?"
"It's okay." Yu Xing grabbed it by his leg and brought it to him. He grabbed a lot of hair, which was knotted and tangled in bundles. "The blood is not mine."
The knife in his right hand is very intimidating.
"Oh my God!" Ash's first reaction when he saw the hair was to pull him up the stone platform. Fortunately, Yu was led by him, feeling relaxed and happy.
“San, your leg must be hurt.”
Uncle Zhang on the stone platform stretched out his hand, as if intending to pull him up. The others stood nervously and scattered, staring at Yu Xing intently.
Yu Xing blinked, looked at Uncle Zhang's stretched out hand, and then looked at the stone platform that could be climbed up with a single push. He shook it symbolically, retracted his hand under Uncle Zhang's confused eyes, and climbed up on his own.
Not to mention he was injured, there wasn’t even a single tear in his clothes. Anyone with eyes could see that he was very real and not injured at all.
“…” Uncle Zhang wiped his clothes in embarrassment and pretended to be nonchalant, “So, what happened just now?”
Ash: “There’s something in the water, very long hair!”
“Maybe it’s a water ghost?” Yu Xing tasted it and said, “It has hair and hands, and can go without breathing for a long time. It’s not a normal thing anyway.”
Everyone: “…” Isn’t this nonsense!
"I stabbed it, so it must have run away now." Yu Xing didn't care about this little water ghost. Compared with the strange fish, it was like playing house. He even stopped there and let the water ghost go.
Pull down, even this water ghost can't drown him.
It’s just that I don’t know how long this water ghost has been here, and I don’t know whether he is a man or a woman. Although he has long hair, their corpses hanging outside also have long hair.
Yu Xing frowned slightly, thinking that he should have dived down just now to take a look, but Ash discovered it too quickly.
“When did the water ghost catch up?” Carlos murmured, pressing the communication device, “Did you see it on the screen?”
Sijiu was watching outside, and her voice came from the device, which was a bit distorted.
"I didn't see it. There was no strange thing flashing in the picture. It definitely came from inside, rather than following you from the outside."
This is also normal.
Everyone has seen water ghosts to some extent. Water ghosts can easily be raised in tombs that have been buried in the past, as long as they are related to water, whether it is the owner of the tomb setting up a formation or the descendants causing trouble.
Water ghosts are also divided into strengths and weaknesses. Here, this water ghost couldn't do anything to Yu Xing even if it pulled Yu Xing, so it is considered relatively weak.
“If there is one, there will be a second one. The feng shui in this tomb is not good and things can easily grow.” Lin reminded in a low voice.
"Well, I was wary when I saw water in the tomb later. There might be something in it." Mr. Li nodded, his eyes focused on the Tang Dao blade held by Yu Xing, and he praised, "San, your sword
Where did it come from? It’s really beautiful, it’s a treasure.”
According to Mr. Li, the goods were dug out from which graves. Yu Xing smiled and said, "I bought it from someone else before. Neither the seller nor I knew the goods at that time. The other party sold the knife as a handicraft.
The sharpness of the knife and the blood groove on the knife were something I found out later. I really don’t know which tomb it is."
“This luck is really incredible.” Mr. Li was speechless and envious, and he didn’t know how much he believed him.
After the small interlude, everyone packed up their equipment.
Fortunately, Yu Xing's knife and painting tube have been separately protected by waterproof bags, otherwise the painting tube would have been flooded when he pulled out the knife just now, and the paper and pen inside would not be usable. Now, everything is well kept with him.
The bespectacled man pointed at the stone door. There was a faint light inside the door. Judging from the color, it should be the same as the luminous pearl on the top of the wall: "There is no one at the door. I have been looking for a long time. Those who went in first should have gone deep. We can't meet them for the time being."
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“That’s not necessarily true.” Lin took off his glasses and wiped his face. “If there is a maze corridor in the tomb, we may run into other living people at any time.”
“There are other dead people,” Ash added.
Regardless of whether there is a maze set up or not, they have to go in.
Mr. Li looked at the man with glasses encouragingly and walked to the front naturally.
Among the people present, Uncle Zhang and Mr. Li were the most senior. Although Yunika came from abroad and did not care about seniority, she was a serious historian after all. She had never done any tomb robbing work before and was inexperienced, so she listened to this.
Two conductors.
“Now that everyone is here, let’s set off.” Master Li pushed open the stone door with great force. The veins on his arms popped out. It can be seen that the stone door is actually very heavy.
Why did the man with glasses push so hard just now?
Yu Xing came closer, looked at the keyhole, and found that the lock was actually connected to a mechanism. As long as the mechanism was activated, the door would automatically open a certain distance, so when the door was pushed, the initial short distance would be easier.
Almost reasonable, Yu Xing suppressed the suspicion that he had towards the man with glasses for a moment and lowered his eyelids.
Everyone entered the stone door one by one. Behind the door was a large stone chamber, which was square in shape, with a corridor on each side. Several night-bright pearls were dotted on the wall like stars. Although it was covered with dust, it was still pure and bright.
The most attractive thing is not the mysterious corridor or the beautiful and priceless luminous pearl, but a coffin placed in the center of the stone chamber.
This coffin is very formal, with the front larger than the back and the smaller at the back. From Yu Xing's perspective, it looks like a half log.
No one went up to touch the coffin directly, because the ground was made of stone, and if there were gaps, they would be able to see more clearly. They were not blind, and they could see some sharp gaps on the ground around the coffin, which were obviously stuck with some mechanism.
Similar to the kind that triggers arrows when you step on it.
“Who is in this coffin?” Uncle Zhang glanced at Yunika first, then turned to Lin, “Do you have any ideas?”
"This is the entrance to the tomb. The coffin is placed in such a conspicuous position. It is obvious that the person buried in the coffin has a low status, but it is important enough." Lin's eyes were wandering, as if he was frantically making Feng Shui calculations in his mind.
"Lin is right, this kind of arrangement has to mention the ancient history I have studied." Yunika took a step forward, looking at the coffin analytically and longingly, and mentioned her research field, her eyes sparkling.
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She told Yu Xing that she didn't know the specific history, so she just listened to it in passing. The summary is that more than 1,200 years ago in this world, there was a very popular burial method, which was favored by powerful and wealthy families at that time.
A coffin is placed at the entrance of one's own mausoleum, and the person lying in the coffin is called the "gatekeeper ghost".
This gatekeeper must have been a powerful and extremely heartfelt person during his lifetime, or a powerful and extremely cunning person. Both options are a bit extreme, but both are feasible.
After the tomb owner died, the descendants put the tomb owner into the tomb, and then sealed the living gatekeeper ghost in the coffin and placed it behind the entrance gate.
This candidate must not know in advance that he will be buried with him. Whether he is sincere or treacherous, the former will be betrayed and the latter will turn into an extremely terrifying evil spirit, wandering around the tomb palace. If a tomb robber comes, trigger
The mechanism will definitely be discovered by the gatekeeper and then killed.
The cause of evil spirits is unwillingness and hatred. In order to prevent the gatekeeper ghost from casting resentment on the owner of the tomb, a maze must be set up around the coffin where the gatekeeper ghost is located. In this case, when the tomb robber accidentally wakes up the gatekeeper ghost,
The gatekeeper ghost will only find the tomb robbers who cannot escape in the maze, but not the place where the tomb owner sleeps.
It can be said that during that period, the custom of gatekeepers was prevalent throughout the country, which also led to the fact that during archeology in later generations, the tombs from that period of 1,200 years ago were the most feared and most wanted to encounter.
Yunika said proudly: "These abilities are all miracles! We archaeologists are most afraid of this kind of tomb, because the existence of the gatekeeper itself can easily hurt people, but we are also looking forward to this kind of tomb the most, because it has too many secrets.
Each one can bring us endless knowledge and precious information."
Not every gatekeeper can be successfully set up. When the dynasty fell, many people later tried to imitate this approach, but all failed without exception. The gatekeeper was left in the long river of history forever.
In just ten years, it has become extremely precious.
Apart from academic value, among the elements of the cemetery that tomb robbers are most afraid of, the gatekeeper is definitely in the top five. Whenever the gatekeeper's coffin appears, it means that the tomb robbery will not go smoothly from the beginning, because everything is "confused by the maze"
"Well, the maze is difficult to navigate, not to mention that there is a dead gatekeeper waiting for them somewhere.
"What will happen if you are discovered?" Lin was a little curious. He listened carefully, but he didn't understand some of it.
"Discovered?" Yunika was stunned for a moment, then recalled: "If you are discovered, you can have any symptoms, including loss of consciousness, fainting, amnesia, death... I have a former colleague who met him during archaeology.
The gatekeeper ghost can't escape, it's like a maze. After coming out, he will suffer from depression, and his energy will be low. His memory will also become very poor. He will find it difficult to get down to the tomb and get trapped by something." Later he asked him.
The witch in his hometown treated him, and he barely managed to save his life." Yunika looked casual and smiled, "But that time we found a lot of things that were different from other tombs, and we gained a lot."
There are only two ways to avoid this kind of disaster. The first is to avoid the mechanism after their coffin has been found, kneel down in front of the coffin, and kowtow three times sincerely.
The gatekeeper would not take the initiative to fight because this man respects him, provided that there is no rule that he should not be brave enough to join others.
The second method is to unlock the mechanism near the coffin and follow the correct steps to put the mechanism to sleep. Then they can stand here anytime and anywhere without having to worry about anything.
“I’ve also heard of this legend. The gatekeeper ghost is very vicious, no worse than a rice dumpling. We have to be careful.” Uncle Zhang said.
“Since it’s so dangerous, wouldn’t it be better not to touch it?” Ash said in confusion as he didn’t know much about the customs of his country.
“Hehe, boy, don’t think too foolishly about the ancients. There is a treasure hidden in the coffin.” As soon as Mr. Li smiled, Ash knew that they had to open the coffin.