Chapter 628
Never Run Away!
"The oil lamp is still burning, so why does it feel darker as we walk?" Tian Siyao muttered to herself in confusion. The next moment, she saw Chen Ze cut the burning matchbox with a dagger.
In an instant, the light in the entire tunnel suddenly increased dramatically, making it difficult for her to look directly at it for a moment.
"Brother Chen, we don't need to go to so much trouble, I'll give it a try!"
After Tian Siyao finished speaking, she darted to the front of the candles.
Chen Ze then followed.
A moment later, Tian Siyao took one of the candles, blew it out, and put it back in.
Both the temperature and the brightness of this candle are the same as the previous one.
He then frowned and asked, "Brother Chen, there should be more than one portion of lamp oil in here."
Chen Ze nodded and said, "There must be a secret factory underground. The lamp oil here is probably all produced in that factory."
"No wonder you chose this place as your ancestral burial site!"
Upon hearing this, Chen Ze narrowed his eyes suspiciously. "Yaoyao, do you know this place?"
Tian Siyao nodded, and then told Chen Ze the secret of the emperor's tomb.
Chen Ze was taken aback upon hearing this. "So there's a factory hidden beneath the emperor's tomb, and the factory's owner is buried there!"
Tian Siyao pursed her lips. "The technicians in that factory all died from illness, and the factory key has been lost for a long time. I can't take you in to see the situation now. I just hope we're lucky and can find the bodies of those technicians."
"Okay, let's keep searching."
"I have a feeling this place is not right. If we go any deeper, we might really encounter something bad."
Tian Siyao clenched her fists, a faint sense of panic rising in her heart.
After looking around, Chen Ze shook his head confidently, "There will be no danger. Apart from an ancient coffin, there are no other mechanisms underground."
"Oh, then let's move forward."
After saying this, Tian Siyao walked forward.
No matter how certain that there was no danger, she wanted to do her best to help Chen achieve his long-cherished wish.
She likes Brother Chen.
I like this man!
After Tian Siyao and Chen Ze walked forward one after the other for a long time, Chen Ze suddenly stopped, grabbed Tian Siyao's wrist, and asked, "Yaoyao, don't you think this underground palace looks familiar?"
Tian Siyao frowned and tried hard to search her memory.
She didn't recall ever being in a place like this before. But Brother Chen said everything inside looked familiar. This led her to conclude that they had been to similar places before!
At this moment, Chen Ze suddenly lowered his voice, "Shh... listen."
"What are you listening to?" Tian Siyao asked, puzzled, but obediently did not resist. She knew that Brother Chen must have discovered something if he told her to be quiet.
"It seems we've stepped into a trap!"
Tian Siyao's eyes widened as she nervously looked around.
Where did this trap come from?
“I just stepped on a piece of iron chain. If I’m not mistaken, that chain was used to secure the ancient corpse. When we stepped on it, the ancient corpse was fixed in place, which is why the floor felt so cold when we were on it.”
"What do we do now? Let's get rid of that thing quickly, or it might freeze solid!"
Chen Ze remained silent for a moment, then nodded and pulled Tian Siyao back a few steps.
Although he doesn't understand mechanics.
However, they also knew that forcibly removing the chain without professional tools would cause serious damage.
It's made of iron, so the quality is very poor.
He didn't want to lose his life to that ancient corpse.
After a moment, the two stood to the side, and Chen Ze carefully stepped onto the iron chain. Immediately, a series of clicking sounds reached his ears.
Chen Ze immediately released Tian Siyao's arm. "Yaoyao, stand further away. If you get hurt, I can't afford to compensate you."
"Mm." Tian Siyao nodded and ran a few steps forward.
With a deafening roar, the ground shook violently, and the floor beneath Chen Ze's feet suddenly collapsed. He instinctively leaped onto the wall.
After waiting a moment and confirming that there was no danger below, he climbed out of the rubble.
The moment he landed, he couldn't help but mutter, "There are so many stones in that tomb!"
"I'm more worried about the floor you're standing on!" Tian Siyao said, squatting down to check it. She was relieved after finding that the floor was undamaged. "There shouldn't be any more traps under this floor, but we still need to check other areas to make sure we don't miss anything."
“Alright,” Chen Ze agreed, then added, “We haven’t seen any tombs along the way. I’m afraid the tomb isn’t nearby, or it’s far away. We’ll have to look in a different direction.”
"Ah."
Tian Siyao nodded in agreement, then pointed to a door on her right, "Brother Chen, there's a hidden door here, quickly push it open and take a look."
"Yaoyao, you didn't think of anything just because you saw the hidden door, did you?" Chen Ze teased, and then slowly pushed open the hidden door in the direction Tian Siyao pointed out, and a chill instantly ran through him.
The sudden thought startled Tian Siyao.
"This"
"It looks like a well."
Chen Ze groped around on the cave wall for a while, then put his hand into the well opening. After sensing the temperature of the water, he immediately withdrew his hand.
Tian Siyao asked anxiously, "Is there water in this well?"
"Yes, but it's not deep, probably no more than three meters. We'll find out by climbing down along the path."
After saying that, Chen Ze jumped into the well, and Tian Siyao followed closely behind.
Two seconds later, the two successfully reached the bottom of the well, only to discover a stone door.
The stone gate was half-open.
Just as Tian Siyao was about to go forward to open the door, she heard a faint ticking sound.
Turning my head, I saw a stone platform not far from the stone gate. On the platform lay a woman in white, her eyes closed and her body wet, clearly lifeless.
Tian Siyao rushed over, stared at the woman's pale face for a long time, and then sighed softly, "She must have been frozen in here for many years, that's why her face is so pale. Also, she has no injuries, so she wasn't hoisted up, but buried alive here!"
After saying that, Tian Siyao turned to Chen Ze and asked, "Brother Chen, why do you think the mastermind buried a living person underground and even built an underground palace?"
Chen Ze stared intently for a few seconds, then said, "I think it's to prevent someone from accidentally wandering down there, digging up the female corpse, and then destroying the mechanism below."
"Hmm, very likely. Let's leave her alone for now and look for any valuable clues." Tian Siyao smiled at Chen Ze and gestured for him to enter the stone platform first.
Chen Ze did not hesitate and went straight in.
Tian Siyao waited outside. After Chen Ze stepped onto the stone platform, she lifted her leg to step inside.
Just as she was halfway across, a gust of wind suddenly rushed from behind her. Startled, she cried out and quickly pulled her foot back to the side, calling out, "Brother Chen... Brother Chen..."
Before she could finish speaking, Chen Ze pulled her into his arms.
Holding her tightly, Chen Ze protected her while shouting, "Who is it?"
"Brother Chen... Brother Chen, don't call me that, I... I'm fine..."
Chen Ze breathed a slight sigh of relief upon hearing this, then frowned and looked at the empty floor, saying, "Don't run around for now, let me fix this floor first."
Tian Siyao hummed in agreement and obediently stood still.
Brother Chen told her not to run around, and she absolutely refused to run around!
Chen Ze only released Tian Siyao after the floorboards were repaired. (End of Chapter)