Chapter 619
The Emperor's Tomb
"Chen Ze, let's go somewhere else," Lin Wenxin suggested.
"Why?" Chen Ze asked.
Lin Wenxin said, "This place looks terrifying, I'm a little scared."
"What are you afraid of? It's all fiction. There's nothing supernatural about it!" Chen Ze reassured him.
"Really? How could there be no ghosts in such a big tomb?" Xia Yutong also felt that Lin Wenxin's worries were not unfounded.
"It's alright. Think about it. Since such a powerful zombie king was once sealed here, a magic array must have been set up. That magic array must have affected this space, causing the environment here to become very harsh," Chen Ze said.
"Let's go quickly then. I don't care, I just don't want to stay here anymore." Xia Yutong said and ran away.
Seeing this, Chen Jiaxin quickly followed Xia Yutong.
Xia Yutong grabbed Chen Jiaxin's arm: "Sister, slow down! Didn't I tell you, Chen Ze will protect us!"
"Aren't you afraid he'll lie to us?" Chen Jiaxin looked at Xia Yutong with suspicion.
Xia Yutong: "I believe him!"
"..." Chen Jiaxin fell silent, finding herself speechless.
Seeing everyone fleeing the main hall as if their lives depended on it, Chen Ze sighed helplessly and could only bite the bullet and follow.
Before long, the group left the main hall and arrived at a huge square.
"Wow, is this the legendary imperial tomb?" Xia Yutong exclaimed excitedly, as a magnificent city appeared before her eyes.
"It's not a royal tomb, it's an imperial mausoleum," Lin Wenxin corrected.
Although the square is large, its layout is still discernible; the entire city is oval in shape.
The most eye-catching thing is that the city wall is covered with human heads, old and young, men and women.
These people died tragically, their eyes wide open, as if they had seen something extremely terrifying before they died.
"Holy crap! This is terrifying! Did they kill hundreds of people to build this? Is this an ancient tomb or a slaughterhouse?" Chen Ze swallowed hard, cursing inwardly.
"I don't know, but I'm sure this isn't an imperial tomb of China!" Zhang Bing refuted Chen Ze's guess. After all, the tombs of Chinese emperors have clear records, and it's impossible for them to look like this.
"You say this is an imperial tomb, then who is the owner of this place? Why were all the people hung on the city wall?" Xia Yutong couldn't help but raise her questions.
Everyone fell silent; they couldn't have imagined such a thing.
"Wait a minute, we just saw a lot of bones and clothes in the passageway." Chen Jiaxin suddenly remembered the clothes they had encountered on the way, which seemed to be the attire of ancient people.
After hearing Chen Jiaxin's words, a thought suddenly popped into Chen Ze's mind: "No way? Could there really be a First Emperor of All Time?"
Lin Wenxin patted Chen Ze on the shoulder, signaling him not to overthink things. "Don't think too much. Now that we've found this place, we must explore this mausoleum."
Chen Ze shook his head. "No, I wouldn't dare. This kind of thing can be left to the professionals."
Chen Ze dared not provoke the thing in the coffin. If it came to life, their entire group would probably be wiped out.
"Chen Ze, you're a coward!" Lin Wenxin mocked.
“You don’t know anything. This is wisdom, this is humility. You’re just an ordinary person who wouldn’t understand,” Chen Ze said.
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“You call me an ordinary person? Then what are you?” Lin Wenxin retorted.
"You can say whatever you want, it's up to you anyway," Chen Ze said shamelessly.
Chen Ze's attitude made the other three women roll their eyes, but Chen Ze wasn't wrong to do so, after all, he was the only male in the team.
"What are you two doing? Aren't you leaving? It'll be too dark to get in later." Chen Ze shifted his gaze to Lin Wenxin and Chen Jiaxin.
"You go in first!" Lin Wenxin pointed to a door in front of her. "Jiaxin and I will stay outside and wait for you." Seeing Lin Wenxin's insistence, Chen Ze had no choice but to agree.
Chen Ze and Zhang Bing walked through the stone gate. Behind the stone gate was a downward slope, and the further down they went, the dimmer the light became.
Chen Ze and Zhang Bing cautiously explored the area. "What's down there?" Chen Ze asked. "How should I know?" Zhang Bing replied.
"You were able to dig up such a huge tomb, and you don't know the secret inside? Are you kidding me?" Chen Ze said skeptically.
“I really don’t know. This tomb passage must have been opened up later. When I went in, it was only five or six meters away. This tomb chamber must be at least a hundred meters long!” Zhang Bing said.
"Impossible, this is definitely an imperial tomb," Chen Ze said with certainty.
"Chen Ze, what makes you say that?" Zhang Bing frowned.
"I'm just going by my gut feeling, do you believe me or not?" Chen Ze continued to show off.
"Go play in the mud by yourself, I'm not going to waste my breath on you!" Zhang Bing left Chen Ze and walked away alone.
Chen Ze pursed his lips, ignored Zhang Bing, and walked straight ahead.
After walking for more than ten seconds, Chen Ze noticed something unusual: the road, which should have been flat, had turned into an uneven floor.
"Hiss~ Oh no, there's a trap." Chen Ze stopped and carefully examined the patterns on the floor. "Damn, as expected of the tomb of Chinese emperors, the traps here are much more advanced than those in China."
Chen Ze observed the surrounding floor for a moment before preparing to leave.
Chen Ze's footsteps startled Zhang Bing from her reverie.
"What's wrong?" Zhang Bing walked over.
Chen Ze: "It's nothing, you can go first, I'll take care of things here!"
"Okay, be careful!" Zhang Bing nodded and continued walking.
After Zhang Bing left, Chen Ze continued walking. After taking only a few steps, Chen Ze turned back and looked at the floor behind him.
Only after finding no mechanisms or formations did Chen Ze feel reassured and continue forward.
Chen Ze did not rush to destroy the mechanisms on the floor, but carefully and meticulously examined each floor tile, hoping to find clues.
If this is indeed an imperial tomb, then its layout must be extraordinary, and these mechanisms might help one find the emperor's burial place more quickly.
Chen Ze wandered around the mausoleum for a long time but found nothing.
Finally, unable to bear the loneliness any longer, Chen Ze chose to retreat.
"Hey, why are you back again? Didn't I tell you to leave?" Zhang Bing complained when Chen Ze returned.
"I couldn't help it, didn't you tell me to be careful? I was worried you might be in danger, so I turned back. Everything's fine now," Chen Ze shrugged.
Zhang Bing was speechless. Chen Ze's excuse was so lame that she would rather believe a sow could climb a tree than believe Chen Ze's words.
"What's wrong with you? We agreed to go on adventures together, but I haven't even started yet and you're already running away." Lin Wenxin was a little dissatisfied with Chen Ze's decision, feeling that Chen Ze was just fooling them and trying to escape.
"Look at our current situation, do you think we can get in?" Chen Ze said, shrugging.
"How will I know if I don't try?" Lin Wenxin said stubbornly.
"Then why don't you give it a try?" Chen Ze asked back.
"I..." Lin Wenxin was speechless after being retorted, "If you won't go, I will!"
Lin Wenxin said defiantly, and took the lead in climbing up the steps.
"Hey, slow down!" Zhang Bing quickly chased after him. (End of Chapter)