Chapter 638
Other Mechanisms
"Xiaoxiao, something's coming."
Tian Siyao suddenly lowered her voice and called out, then grabbed Yan Xiaoxiao and quickly hid behind the stone door.
Yan Xiaoxiao then held her breath and focused her attention, listening intently.
After confirming that they were dozens of meters away, she told Tian Siyao in an extremely weak voice, "Those things move very fast, there are many of them, and their attack range is extremely wide. If I don't hide, I will easily be in trouble."
"I understand. We'll slip away in the chaos later."
After saying this, Tian Siyao asked the little dumpling in her mind, "Little dumpling, how do we escape?"
"Master, your reckless actions will lead to your deaths!"
"Then tell me what to do!"
"Master, please be patient. I will devise a plan and then teach you how to escape."
After Wanzi finished speaking, he typed a few lines of text into Tian Siyao's mind. Then, Tian Siyao received the message he transmitted and exclaimed in realization, "So that's how it works!"
Seeing her mother's sudden obvious joy, Yan Xiaoxiao asked curiously, "What are you talking about, Mother?"
"Oh, it's nothing, I was just praising your brilliant planning."
Tian Siyao gave a perfunctory reply, but in her heart she had already done as Wanzi had said.
Then, with Yan Xiaoxiao's help, she slowly moved to a corner and squatted down.
Because Yan Xiaoxiao was protecting her, she was not afraid at all.
After all, Xiao's martial arts skills were about the same as hers.
Not long after Tian Siyao and Yan Xiaoxiao squatted in the corner, the ground trembled.
No matter what danger they encounter, she can protect Xiaoxiao.
Tian Siyao immediately held her breath.
The ground shook more and more violently, as if it were about to collapse at any moment, making her heart pound wildly.
Fortunately, Yan Xiaoxiao held her hand the whole time and never let go.
"Rumble--"
A sudden, loud bang exploded, followed by a series of eerie noises that sent chills down one's spine.
Tian Siyao instinctively shrank her neck and snuggled closer to Yan Xiaoxiao, who quickly hugged her, saying, "Don't be afraid."
"Hmm, I'm not afraid." Tian Siyao nodded, trying her best to stop looking at the trembling ground and focusing on the direction of the entrance, hoping to figure out what was at the entrance from the strange noises.
A moment.
Only when the violent shaking at the entrance subsided did Tian Siyao dare to open her eyes.
Her gaze fell upon the entrance, and she froze, for she saw a scene of utter carnage, with the corpses of humans and animals lying everywhere.
The sight sent chills down Tian Siyao's spine.
Although Yan Xiaoxiao was much calmer than her, she still couldn't help but frown.
She had assumed that the ancient tomb was just a pile of corpses.
To everyone's surprise, they were all skeletons!
And the tunnel they had just entered...
They even ventured deep into the heart of the tomb.
Furthermore, many steps were laid out haphazardly in that area.
This place looks like the main chamber of a tomb.
Thinking of this, she turned to look for Chen Ze, but he had already disappeared. "Where is Grandpa?"
"I don't know, maybe he went to find someone..." After saying that, Tian Siyao remembered what Chen Ze had told them before he left, and quickly pulled Yan Xiaoxiao to continue walking inside.
Inside this enormous tomb, besides the corpse, there were only two or three coffins.
Moreover, the coffins appeared perfectly normal on the outside. She couldn't help but mutter in doubt, "Could I have guessed wrong?" With that, she pulled Yan Xiaoxiao and walked over from the opposite side.
But when she went around to the other end, the scene she saw instantly brought tears to her eyes.
Around those coffins, there were many human skeletons scattered around!
Yan Xiaoxiao's eyes also instantly reddened.
The people they encountered in the valley before were all human.
Now, however, this place is filled with the bones of wild animals.
This shows that...
Those bones were left by those wild beasts!
The thought that her parents' remains were buried on one of their skeletons brought tears to her eyes.
"Xiaoxiao." Tian Siyao called her several times in a panic when she saw that she had lost control of her emotions, but she could not control herself no matter what.
"Madam, don't worry about me, take the children out first." Yan Xiaoxiao choked out the words, wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, and drew her sword to slash at a human skeleton.
"Little little!"
Chen Ze's shout came from behind.
Immediately afterward, Chen Ze swiftly appeared behind Yan Xiaoxiao, snatched the long sword from her hand, and said to her in a deep voice, "You won't solve the problem by doing this."
"Even if I can't solve it, I'll kill him!" Yan Xiaoxiao gritted her teeth angrily, her heart filled with hatred for the man named Qin Guan.
"Ugh!"
After sighing and shaking his head, Chen Ze pondered and said, "You may leave now. I will help your mother take the child out."
Upon hearing this, Yan Xiaoxiao indeed stood aside and waited.
Tian Siyao shook her head at Chen Ze, "You're still too young to get involved."
"Her martial arts skills are unmatched in Lingcheng, and she knows more than you do."
"I do know more than she does, but..."
After a pause, Tian Siyao glanced at the neatly arranged coffins and then pointed to one of them, "Take a look inside those coffins, see if your father's body is there."
Chen Ze followed the direction Tian Siyao was pointing and looked over. After just one glance, he blurted out in surprise, "How do you know that your father's body isn't in any of these coffins?"
“I just overheard them talking about how someone accidentally wandered into this tomb, broke a mechanism, and triggered some kind of trap, causing their deaths. And your father’s remains just happened to be among those bones.”
How did you hear what they said?
Chen Ze pondered this for a while, then remembered Tian Siyao's special ability, and said, "Since you can hear what they are talking about, you can see what's inside the coffin."
"Well, I'll try."
After agreeing, Tian Siyao stepped towards the nearest coffin. However, just as she was about to bend down to examine the inside, Chen Ze reminded her, "The lid of that coffin has been pried open. It's empty inside, and there isn't a single human bone. I reckon the coffin is completely empty. Don't get too close, lest you cause an earthquake and get hurt."
Upon hearing this, Tian Siyao hesitated for a moment before reaching out to touch it.
It feels icy cold to the touch.
She wondered to herself, could it be that there were no remains inside those coffins at all?
However, just as this thought crossed her mind, she heard a loud "bang" and was blown far away.
Chen Ze hurriedly caught her.
After she was settled in her seat, she frowned and asked, "Are you hurt?"
"I am fine."
She uttered three words softly, looked around, and then asked suspiciously, "Xiaoxiao, I was just blown away, but we are clearly still in that tomb. Why did we hear an explosion?"
Yan Xiaoxiao shook her head and said, "Junior Sister means that there are other mechanisms in this place."
After saying that, Yan Xiaoxiao leaped onto the stone lanterns hanging on the stone wall and climbed up to the top. (End of Chapter)