Tranxending Vision

C344 The mantis stalks the cicada and the oriole



C344 The mantis stalks the cicada and the oriole

There was a woman lying inside the jade coffin. She did not have any clothes on and her entire body was almost naked in the air. Her snow-white body was translucent without the slightest hint of blood. She looked like an ice sculpture. Her appearance was exactly the same as the sculpture on the stone door. She was extremely beautiful. She was tall and slender, full and firm, rich and full and sexy. She quietly laid in the jade coffin, extremely tranquil and serene. It gave off the feeling that she wasn't dead, but was asleep.    

    

Xia Lei was extremely shocked, "This Princess Young-mei looks to be around 20 years old, could she have died so young?"    

    

There were no records of when Princess Young-mei died in the ancient books in the White Huns Tribe. In fact, in the history books of the Grand China, there was not even one such character as "Princess Young-mei" in the annals of history. Therefore, there was no way to determine when and how she died.    

    

Xia Lei's gaze finally stopped at Princess Young-mei's neck. She was wearing a gold necklace and the necklace's pendant was not a gold jade ornament or a diamond agate, it was instead a gold needle. Around her body were many exquisite jewelry and jades, but unfortunately, he did not see any green metal, much less anything related to AE.    

    

"There isn't that kind of ancient alloy, nor is there any kind of bronze valuable book. There is only one pointer, how can this be? Did the Princess Young-mei hide the ancient alloy somewhere else? " Xia Lei made a guess in his heart. After which, he forcefully pushed open the lid of the jade coffin.    

    

When the lid was removed, Xia Lei could see the Princess Young-mei inside the jade coffin even without looking through it. It was much clearer and more intuitive. He felt that Princess Young-mei's skin was much more delicate than he had imagined, like pure white petals. He extended a finger and poked Princess Young-mei's thigh. Princess Young-mei's thigh immediately became indented, but she quickly recovered.    

    

"It's actually flexible?" Xia Lei was extremely shocked.    

    

But when he was staring at Princess Young-mei's thigh, he suddenly noticed from the corner of his eyes that Princess Young-mei's eyelids had quivered, as if there was a crack in them. This discovery gave him a fright, and he hurriedly took a step back. Afraid that Princess Young-mei would betray his corpse, Yue Yang suddenly reached out and strangled him on the neck.    

    

However, Princess Young-mei did not move at all. Even her seemingly 'opened her eyes' movement was a kind of illusion.    

    

Xia Lei observed for a while, then stood next to the jade coffin again. This time, he took off the necklace on Princess Young-mei's neck and carefully put it into his bag. The pointer was the next hidden treasure spot. It was very important.    

    

Following that, Xia Lei stuffed all of the jewelry and jade artifacts in the jade coffin into his backpack. These ancient funeral objects were all incomparably precious. If he didn't say that no one knew that he had them, it would also make up for the huge amount of money he had spent on this operation.    

    

After searching through the jade coffin, Xia Lei's attention returned to Princess Young-mei's corpse. At this time, he had pretty much gotten used to the feeling of directly facing Princess Young-mei's corpse. The shock he had when he first saw Princess Young-mei was no longer present in his heart, and his thoughts became more active.    

    

"Without any protection measures, how could Princess Young-mei's corpse be preserved so well? It hasn't rotted even after hundreds of years. This is not scientific... Is there something hidden inside her body? " Xia Lei made a guess in his heart.    

    

Packing a body with antiseptic drugs can prevent it from rotting. Such a practice had existed in ancient times, and this was how Egyptian mummies came about.    

    

Thinking about this, Xia Lei's left eye jumped as he took a deeper look at the Princess Young-mei. Where in Princess Young-mei wasn't filled with medicine, and there wasn't any in his stomach, he could even see her undamaged internal organs. He then probed her chest, which was well-preserved and devoid of any drugs. In the end, his gaze moved to Princess Young-mei's head. With this glance, he was instantly stupefied on the spot!    

    

Princess Young-mei held a piece of green metal in her mouth. Upon closer inspection, it was actually the ancient alloy that Serenity described!    

    

The ancient alloy in Princess Young-mei's mouth looked like a piece of gear, but it had very few teeth, so it also looked like a vague hexagram. It was very strange, and gave off a mysterious feeling.    

    

"Princess Young-mei, I'm sorry. You can only blame Boss Shi. He told me to do this, it has nothing to do with me ? " Xia Lei said mysteriously before reaching out to grab Princess Young-mei's lower jaw and taking out the ancient alloy that was in her mouth.    

    

Just as the ancient alloy left Princess Young-mei's mouth, her lips swiftly shriveled!    

    

"This ?" Xia Lei could not believe his eyes, he was shocked speechless.    

    

Not only his lips, in the blink of an eye, Princess Young-mei's skin also lost its crystal clear luster. What was even weirder was that her body was like an exposed block of ice, melting at a speed visible to the naked eye!    

    

Yes, melt!    

    

Her lips disappeared first, then her nose and her whole face. Her originally tall and firm chest began to rapidly melt. First it was the two points at the top, then it was the entire base, and finally only her ribs were left!    

    

In less than five minutes, the beautiful female corpse that was still fine a moment ago turned into a pile of dried up bones. In the end, even the bones broke and turned into a pile of ash!    

    

Xia Lei watched the entire process with his mouth agape, not moving an inch. Only when the Princess Young-mei was completely turned to ashes did he barely regain her senses. She touched her forehead, which was covered in beads of cold sweat.    

    

What just happened, even the most outstanding biologists and archaeologists gathered together couldn't explain it!    

    

"Could the fact that the Princess Young-mei can preserve corpses for hundreds of years have something to do with it?" Xia Lei's gaze shifted onto the ancient alloy in his hands, his heart was filled with shock and reverence.    

    

Humans were born with the genes to fear unknown things, and Xia Lei was no exception. In his heart, the first ancient alloy he came into contact with was practically a divine existence!    

    

There were no gods in this world, of course, but he did not know what this ancient and mysterious metal was.    

    

After quietly observing it for a bit, Xia Lei's line of sight fell on the ancient metal object, and started to look through it. But this time, the hundred percent of clairvoyance was attacked again. It was as if his vision was reflected back to something, and his left eye was also affected. It went black for a bit, and then he felt a burning sensation. Fortunately, there was only a slight burning sensation, and his vision quickly returned to normal.    

    

"What exactly is this thing?" Xia Lei was extremely shocked, and did not dare to continue looking through. He held it in his hand and studied it carefully, not wanting to miss any details.    

    

This ancient alloy was roughly the same as the one Jing Jing described, it was very light in size, but its toughness and toughness was extremely high. Even though it had not been tested, it was a person who dealt with metal.    

    

This ancient alloy was clearly outside of his range of knowledge, and it was also tougher than any metal he had ever seen. No wonder Serenity said it was the most suitable for airplanes.    

    

After looking for a while and seeing no results, Xia Lei gave up. He placed the ancient alloy in his backpack and prepared to bring it back to study.    

    

After keeping the ancient alloy, Xia Lei left the center of the jade coffin. He moved from the safety of the flagstones to a stone wall where several wooden boxes were stacked. The wooden box had been embalmed, soaked in oil, and sealed with a layer of wax. There was no lock on the box, so he easily opened it.    

    

The chest was filled to the brim with gold coins. Although the purity was not comparable to the current gold, it was still yellow and orange. Just looking at it made one feel excited.    

    

Xia Lei then looked through the other boxes, and saw that one of the boxes had the same gold coins, the other boxes had some clothes, but they were already rotten. Those clothes were obviously the funeral objects of the Princess Young-mei. After going through hundreds of years of this, it was obviously impossible to keep them.    

    

Xia Lei laughed, "Two boxes of gold can be given to Syrani, as well as the china in the tomb. I can bring the jewelry from the coffin and the ancient alloy, none of us will lose out."    

    

This was the best result, the White Huns Tribe had good news, not only did Xia Lei complete the mission, he also obtained good benefits. He gave the two boxes of gold coins and some antique porcelain to the White Huns clan, this could also be considered as an explanation to the people who were digging in the Sacred Grounds. You can't take all the benefits, can you? In that case, Syrani would have no way to answer to her clan members.    

    

Xia Lei closed the chest and took a safe route out of the tomb.    

    

When he returned to the entrance of the tomb, he turned around and bowed deeply towards the jade coffin. If not for his arrival and the ancient alloy s being taken away, Princess Young-mei's corpse would not have disintegrated so quickly. It made him feel guilty.    

    

Squeak squeak...    

    

From the tunnel came the sudden cry of a bat.    

    

Xia Lei was shocked, he immediately extinguished the tactical flashlight and listened to the sounds coming from the tunnel quietly. Very quickly, a group of bats flew over, brushing past his body as they entered the tomb. Then it disappeared from the vault of the tomb.    

    

Xia Lei turned his head to look, and only then did he realise that the ceiling of the tomb was empty, and that it was the air vent for the tomb. Bats can fly out of vents. He was not surprised by this, for as soon as he entered he felt the air move. However, he was sure that there was more than one underground air vent, and he had no interest in searching for it.    

    

Xia Lei retracted his gaze and followed the stone tunnel. After walking less than twenty meters, he suddenly stopped.    

    

Above him, about twenty meters away, a woman in a hood and a tight black leather jacket was pointing a gun at him. Her eyes were covered with a hot-air imaging night vision device that worked as well as his left eye in such an environment.    

    

"Give me your backpack, and you can go." The woman spoke in English, her voice cold and threatening.    

    

The mantis stalks the cicada and the oriole.    

    

In that instant, Xia Lei's mood became extremely terrible. Earlier, those bats wouldn't have flown out for no reason, he should have made preparations in advance, but he didn't do so because he didn't hear any other sounds. In this absolute silence, even the lightest of footsteps could not avoid being carried far away, but he did not hear them.    

    

Xia Lei's gaze moved to the woman's feet, only then did he realise that she wasn't wearing shoes, only a pair of socks, and between the socks and the bottom of her feet was a bit of cotton.    

    

This was a smart move. This woman had a lot of experience, and she had come prepared!    

    

"Didn't you hear? "Give me your backpack!" The woman roared at Xia Lei.    

    


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