Guanzhong Tomb Robbery Notes

Chapter 271 The Earth is Shaking, Something Golden

"What nonsense are you talking about?!"

I threw away the dagger, grabbed Cui Hao's shoulders and shook him hard.

"You can't bear such a little pain?"

"I think you want to be a deserter!"

"If I'm not afraid of death, I won't be afraid of the pain!"

"You are a coward!"

I deliberately said that Cui Hao was a coward, in order to provoke him.

It can be considered as a provocation.

Sometimes people just need to be stimulated, because only when they are stimulated will they have greater fighting spirit.

Cui Hao was stunned for two seconds, then slumped down and said in a low voice, "I'm not scared!"

"It's not that I'm afraid of pain."

"I'm afraid of dying without knowing the reason."

"Old Man Su and the others all died in such unclear circumstances."

"We encountered the bodies of the two exploration team members along the way. Their deaths were also unclear."

"The university professors hanging there are even more confused about their deaths."

"And I think if we can get that damn thing out, we'll definitely survive!"

I smiled bitterly and shook my head.

"If it were that easy to remove the poisonous insect, the poison technique wouldn't be so terrifying."

"Look at Master Tuo. He's been carrying that thing for decades, and he's never even thought of cutting open his skin to remove the insect."

At that time, I didn't know much about witchcraft and poisonous insects.

But I also understand that it must be something extraordinary.

If it could be taken out so easily, Gu magic wouldn't have been suppressed by the government in every dynasty along with witchcraft.

Moreover, the suppression of witchcraft has been explicitly written into laws since the Han Dynasty.

Cui Hao muttered, "What should I do then?"

"If we can't remove that damn thing, and let it drink our blood, it will only grow bigger..."

I narrowed my eyes and thought silently.

Cui Hao is right about one thing: we cannot pin our hopes on others.

The two-legged snake is definitely unreliable, and our fate will definitely be similar to that of the camel.

The best outcome is to become a puppet.

But where is the hope of removing the poison?

When my eyes swept across the tunnel, my heart suddenly moved.

The timing of our poison outbreaks was a bit coincidental.

It didn't happen earlier or later, but just when the entrance to the tunnel was found.

If it's not a coincidence, then it means that the poisonous insects in our bodies have reacted to something in the tomb of the gods.

I even thought of what Huang Ziming said before.

He said that deeper inside the cave, there were two purple and black energies that resembled dragons...

If the poisonous insects in Cui Hao and me hatch into two-legged snakes, would they be related to the purple and black energies?

After all, the snake is a little dragon, which can transform into a Jiao, and the Jiao can transform into a dragon.

The more I think about it, the more I feel there's a connection.

"If everything goes as expected, perhaps the chance to unlock the poisonous insect lies down there!"

"Mouse, get ready, let's go down!"

As I spoke, I rummaged through my bag.

The people who dug the tunnel did not hammer steel chisels into the surrounding wooden boards to fix the ropes and lower them down, so no one knows how they got down there.

But when we go down, we have to hammer in steel chisels as anchor points for the ropes.

I found the steel chisel and threw it to Cui Hao, and I picked up the hammer and chose a suitable place to hit the steel chisel.

"Mouse, hold on to the steel chisel."

Cui Hao gripped the middle of the steel drill with both hands and said, "Alright."

Boom!

I started smashing it with the hammer.

Wood is very dense and very hard.

It took more than ten hits to drive the steel drill in more than ten centimeters.

If you use ordinary wood, you can hammer it in more than ten centimeters deep with five or six hits.

"Brother, is it almost done?"

"Two more hits, the deeper the wedge goes in, the more secure it will be."

I started smashing it again.

But when I smashed it, it felt wrong.

The vibration under my feet became increasingly stronger, and it was not the kind that could be produced by hammering a steel drill.

Wow!

Cui Hao was so shocked that he lost his balance and slipped, falling to the ground.

I was sitting in a horse stance and my body was swaying from side to side, and I felt like the entire pile of stones was swaying from side to side.

Wow!

The pebbles on the edge of the pile kept sliding down.

"Earthquake! The ground is shaking!" I shouted.

We were on a pile of rocks, with no room to run.

If the supporting wood below is shaken and breaks, it will just fall down with the stone.

bang bang!

The side-to-side shaking vibration turns into an up-and-down vibration.

Crunch.

The wood made a series of teeth-grinding sounds.

The top of the rubble pile began to tilt.

The most worrying scene happened.

The wooden pillars supporting the top of the stone pile were knocked over by the earthquake!

boom!

The southwest corner of the rubble pile collapsed, and the entire top of the pile tilted and collapsed downward.

Many pebbles began to collapse as they tilted.

If the angle of collapse increases a little more, the pebbles will come towards us like an avalanche.

No hesitation!

I doubled the climbing rope and clipped it onto the steel bar.

Then throw the remaining ropes into the tunnel.

"Rat, grab the rope and go down!"

I handed the rope in my hand to Cui Hao.

"Brother! You first..."

Before he could finish, I kicked him in the butt.

He was pushed into the tunnel.

He panicked for a moment, then grabbed the rope tightly with both hands, climbed onto the rope with his legs, and controlled his speed to slide down.

Although it sounds easy, this set of movements is actually very difficult to perform.

Experienced tomb climbers who have visited many tombs are very skilled in using climbing ropes.

Later, there were even tomb robbers who specialized in learning rappelling techniques.

It is more efficient to use rappelling equipment to enter and exit the tunnel.

As Cui Hao slid down, he shouted, "Brother, come down quickly!"

"The pillars here haven't collapsed, it's safe!"

I grabbed our bags and threw them into the hole.

Hold the emergency light in your left hand, clamp the rope under your right armpit, wrap the rope half a circle around your arm and then grab it with your hand.

Then he jumped into the tunnel.

Wow!

A large number of pebbles above slid down as the top of the pile tilted.

Some of them happened to fall from the hole and hit me with a crackling sound.

Fortunately, the hole dug was small.

Otherwise, I would be knocked unconscious by the pebbles before I even landed on the ground.

pat!

I landed on my feet.

He jumped to the side twice without waiting to stand firmly.

First, it relieves the force temporarily, and second, it clears the location of the tunnel to avoid further damage.

As soon as I dodged, I saw pebbles falling like rain.

"Brother, this way."

Cui Hao waved to me while holding two bags.

He hid beside a huge wooden pillar not far away. The surroundings were clean and there was nothing unusual.

The vibration disappeared as I walked over.

The number of pebbles falling from above also gradually decreased.

Cui Hao asked with lingering fear, "Is this an earthquake?"

"Why does it feel a little weird?"

I also think it's quite weird.

It always felt like the sudden and violent vibrations were forcing us down.

But I don’t have time to think about those mysterious things, I just want to check the situation here quickly.

He held up the emergency light and shone it around.

The huge wooden pillars supporting the pile of stones tilted a lot, and the wooden pillar in the southwest corner collapsed completely.

The originally square space has now become a tilted triangle.

There was nothing on the ground except the bones of human sacrifices arranged in the shape of birds.

It seems that this is just a place for placing human sacrifices.

Just as I was about to walk away to check, I heard Cui Hao's exclamation from behind me.

"Brother, come and see!"

"There's something golden underneath!"