Tang Yuyan and Long Bing sat by the pit, eating while looking at Xia Lei who continued to dig in the pit. Xia Lei's butt became their focus. △,
"Men are so ugly wearing these pants." Tang Yuyan said with disdain while eating an energy bar.
Long Bing said calmly: "Even if it's ugly, it's not yours."
Tang Yuyan bit down on half of the energy bar and looked at Long Bing with fierce eyes.
At this time, a muffled sound suddenly came from the pit. Tang Yuyan and Long Bing's eyes shifted to the pit, and they saw a brown stone slab under Xia Lei's feet. Although not all of it is exposed, it is still easily distinguishable from the soil under the light of the fluorescent stick.
Xia Lei dug a few times with an engineering shovel, and the entire stone slab was exposed. He said excitedly: "Found it! The thing should be down there!"
"What's down there?" Tang Yuyan's voice was full of surprise.
"Is there an ancient tomb down there?" Long Bing's voice sounded.
Xia Lei looked up at the two women and said, "Maybe it's an ancient tomb. Give me the rock expanding agent in my bag, I want to open it."
Long Bing quickly found a can of rock expanding agent and threw it to Xia Lei.
Tang Yuyan said: "Do you want us to help?"
Xia Lei said: "No, it will be done soon."
Xia Lei used a hammer and a steel drill specially designed for digging graves to drill holes in the gaps between the stone slabs. There was no such thing as cement at that time, and the space between the stone slabs was still filled with Sanhe soil. This special clay is very hard and has some strength, but not as much as cement. It didn't take him long to punch four holes on the four sides of the stone slab, and then injected rock expanding agent into the holes.
When the rock swelling agent comes into contact with the air, a chemical reaction quickly occurs. A clicking sound of expansion came from the gaps in the stone slab. Under the action of the expansion force, the stone slab began to loosen and move upward. Finally, after the expansion force reaches its limit, the stone slab is lifted out of the horizontal plane.
Xia Lei used an iron drill to pry twice, and the stone slab was removed.
There is a dark space under the stone slab, and a musty and stuffy smell also permeates from below. Not knowing if it was poisonous, Xia Lei followed and left the cave entrance.
Tang Yuyan and Long Bing couldn't wait any longer and jumped into the pit one after another. Tang Yuyan moved the tactical flashlight in her hand to the entrance of the cave and illuminated it below.
Below the cave entrance is a stone passage that slopes at a 45-degree angle and extends underground. The passage was very long, and with a forty-five-degree inclination, the tactical flashlight in Tang Yuyan's hand could not illuminate the end.
Long Bing pulled out the oil reservoir of a Zhibo lighter, lit it, and threw it into the stone passage. The flames quickly extinguished, and there was no oxygen in the stone passage.
This phenomenon is normal. This ancient tomb was built under an ancient drainage ditch, and the sealing must have been excellent. Otherwise, it would have been submerged in the water from the gutters.
"You guys wait for me above, I'll go in and take a look." Xia Lei said.
Long Bing said worriedly: "There is no air down there. It is very dangerous for you to go down alone."
"Yes." Tang Yuyan said, "Let us go in with you. This way you will have an extra person to take care of you."
Xia Lei shook his head, "No. There is no oxygen down there. I can use an oxygen bottle to solve the problem. However, that thing has the ability to cause death and madness. So, you can't follow me in, just stay outside and wait for me."
"But..." Long Bing hesitated.
Xia Lei smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'll be fine. In Afghanistan, didn't I also dig up an ancient tomb and bring out ancient alloy? Although I don't know why I'm fine, but you guys are different from me , can’t take risks. That’s it, I’m going down first.”
A few minutes later, Xia Lei put on all his equipment, entered the passage through the gap in the stone slab, and walked deeper along the passage with a tactical flashlight.
"Xia Lei, be careful." Tang Yuyan's voice said.
Xia Lei turned around and saw Tang Yuyan and Long Bing in the gap. He saw their worried expressions and the dent between their legs outlined by the rubber skin clothes. It was a weird feeling for him, and he gave a wry smile, saying nothing, just waving his hand, and moved on.
Leaning downward, Xia Lei walked almost fifty meters before reaching the end of the passage.
At the end of the passage is a stone door, which is larger than the stone door in Princess Yongmei's tomb. Xia Lei approached the stone door, awakened his clairvoyant ability, and looked through the stone door. This time, his sight penetrated the stone door and did not encounter the "glue" blocking his sight.
The glue is actually a group of very large bats in Princess Yongmei's tomb, which can bite human flesh and are very fierce. But we didn't meet him this time. There is no oxygen here, and bats cannot survive.
The tomb chamber behind the stone door was an absolutely dark space. Although Xia Lei's sight penetrated the stone door, all he could see was darkness. After adapting to that darkness, he could only see some blurry objects based on their size. Images, such as pillars and sarcophagi.
After observing, Xia Lei took out the stone blasting units, pasted them on the four corners of the stone door, then retreated to a safe distance and detonated the blasting units.
After several loud noises, the stone gate collapsed. Dust swirled up and filled the passage. Xia Lei was wearing an oxygen mask and could feel the strong wind blowing against his face.
After Shimen fell to the ground, Xia Lei came to the door of the tomb with a tactical flashlight. With the experience of exploring the tomb of Princess Yongmei last time, he learned a lesson this time and looked through the ground first to make sure there were no traps before entering.
The space of this ancient tomb is larger than the tomb of Princess Yongmei, but the furnishings are much simpler. There are no treasure boxes for displaying jewelry and jades, and there are no exquisite porcelains. There are only four rough-looking stone statues. They look like ancient warriors, wearing armor and holding swords and shields.
Behind the four warrior statues is a stone altar with a sarcophagus placed on it. This is not as good as the tomb of Princess Yongmei. Princess Yongmei’s is a jade coffin.
In the entire tomb, apart from four rough statues, there was only one stone coffin. This made Xia Lei's search easier. Moreover, the compass in his hand pointed directly at the sarcophagus, and the vibration frequency reached the limit.
Xia Lei climbed onto the altar, looked through the sarcophagus, and after confirming that there was no danger, he opened the sarcophagus.
There is a male corpse in the sarcophagus. It is well preserved and the skin even looks elastic. This is the same situation as Princess Yongmei. He looked to be in his sixties or seventies, slightly fat, with thick blond hair and a beard. He was also wearing clothes. The fabrics of the clothes were silk and cotton. The style of the clothes was very simple, and it was hard to tell what era they were from.
There was only one small thing placed in the sarcophagus, a black pointer.
"Is there another treasure spot?" Xia Lei's brows suddenly frowned.
Found a new pointer, which means there is a treasure spot. Change the needle on the compass and it will point you in a new direction and find your next treasure spot.
Although he felt a little headache, Xia Lei still put the new pointer away. Then, he pried open the mouth of the male corpse and took out a piece of ancient alloy from his mouth.
It's very strange. Last time in Afghanistan, after he took out the ancient alloy from Princess Yongmei's mouth, Princess Yongmei's corpse immediately became beautiful, and even the bones turned into powder. But this time, the male corpse was still intact. There is no sign of elegance.
"Huh?" Xia Lei was very surprised, "What's going on?"
Xia Lei awakened the ability of his left eye and conducted a deep perspective on the corpse. This perspective made his scalp numb. There are actually several pieces of ancient alloy hidden in the stomach of this male corpse!
No wonder, when he took out the ancient alloy from the male corpse's mouth, the male corpse was not weathered.
"What was this old man's identity during his lifetime?" Xia Lei's thinking became active, "Princess Yongmei only has one piece of ancient alloy on her body, but he has one piece in his mouth and four pieces hidden in his stomach, making him possess five pieces! Judging from his appearance, he has no crown or scepter, so he cannot be a king. However, this ancient tomb is hidden under the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, in the same location as the place where the body of Jesus is displayed... Could it be that he is Jesus?"
Xia Lei himself was startled when this idea came up.
Later, he denied this extremely bold conjecture. In the Bible story, Jesus resurrected three days after his death. There is no body of Jesus in this world.
After much deliberation, Xia Lei couldn't guess the identity of this old man. But one thing is certain, that is, this old man has existed even longer than the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. He may be a person from 300 years ago, or even before BC.
Finally, Xia Lei took off the old man's clothes and prepared to perform a disembowelment with a knife. However, some strange patterns on the old man's chest surprised him so much that he couldn't move.
Those patterns are not tattoos, but painted with some kind of paint or blood. After more than a thousand years or more, they are still clear and complete. There are bats flapping their wings, square boxes, burning black flames, and arched stone doors.
Xia Lei's eyes fell on the box and he could no longer look away.
He had always suspected that the ancient alloy parts would be assembled into a box, and now, this suspicion has been confirmed. Because he saw from the pattern of the box that the lines were exactly the same as those on the ancient alloy parts, as well as the exact matching size and overall shape of the individual parts!
Then, his eyes moved to the bat, and he understood in his heart, "No wonder I didn't find these patterns when I looked through the old man's body just now. They were painted with the blood of that kind of bat. That kind of bat has Special ability, immune to my clairvoyance."
Then, his eyes moved to the arch, but he was confused, "What is this arch? Is this pattern on the old man's body a hint?"
The mysterious bat, the mysterious box, and the mysterious arch. What is the connection between the three
If you put all the ancient alloy parts together and pieced together a complete box, what would it bring
These all deeply troubled Xia Lei. He thought hard but couldn't find the answer.
A few minutes later, he cut the old man's abdomen with a knife. The sharp and cold blade cut open the old man's flesh, and no blood spilled out. The white flesh was as soft as cheese, with no resistance.
There was no sound in the tomb, but Xia Lei seemed to hear someone whispering in the dark corner, as if they were cursing him.
After cutting open the old man's abdomen, Xia Lei resisted the feeling of nausea and took out the four ancient alloy parts from the old man's stomach.
As soon as the four ancient alloy parts in his stomach were separated from the body, the old man's body instantly weathered, and the clothes on his body turned into a pile of ash in the blink of an eye.
Xia Lei did not leave the tomb immediately, but locked one of the ancient alloy parts with his left eye, and then jumped slightly...