C442 ancient corpse of the sarcophagus
C442 ancient corpse of the sarcophagus
"It's ugly for a man to wear pants like this." Tang Yuyan said in disdain as she ate an energy bar.
Long Bing said lightly: "Even if you're ugly, it's not yours."
Tang Yuyan bit off half of the energy bar as she looked at Long Bing with a fierce gaze.
At this moment, a muffled sound came from the pit. Tang Yuyan and Long Bing's line of sight moved towards the pit once again. They saw a brown coloured stone slab that had appeared at Xia Lei's feet. Although it was not completely exposed, it was still easy to distinguish it from the soil under the illumination of the fluorescent rod.
Xia Lei used the Engineer's shovel to dig a few times, revealing the entire stone tablet, he said excitedly: "Found it! The item should be below! "
"What's below?" Tang Yuyan's voice was filled with surprise.
"Is there an ancient tomb below?" Long Bing's voice.
Xia Lei raised his head and looked at the two women, and said: "It might be the ancient tomb. Give me the rock expander in my bag, and I'll open it. "
Long Bing quickly found a can of Rock Expansion Agent and threw it to Xia Lei.
Tang Yuyan said, "Do you need our help?"
Xia Lei replied: "No need, I can settle it very quickly."
Xia Lei used a hammer and a steel rod specially used for digging graves to punch holes in the gaps between the stone slabs. In that era, there was no such thing as cement. Between the stone slabs and stone slabs, it was still filled with three different kinds of soil. This special type of clay was very hard and had a certain amount of strength, but it was not as strong as cement. It did not take him long to make four holes in the four sides of the slab, and then he poured the rock into them.
The rock expander came into contact with the air and a chemical reaction was quickly produced. Cracking sounds could be heard coming from the cracks of the stone slab. Under the effect of the swelling force, the stone slab began to loosen up and move upwards. Finally, when the expansion force had reached its limit, the slab was lifted out of the water.
Xia Lei used the iron rod to pry it open twice, causing the stone slab to be moved away.
Beneath the stone slab was a pitch-black space, and a musty, stuffy smell emanated from below. Not knowing whether it was poisonous or not, Xia Lei followed him out of the cave.
Tang Yuyan and Long Bing could not stay any longer and jumped down the pit. Tang Yuyan moved the tactical flashlight in her hand to the hole and shone it down.
Beneath the hole was a stone passage, sloping forty-five degrees to the ground. The passage was very long, and adding the 45 degree angle, the tactical flashlight in Tang Yuyan's hand simply could not reach the end.
Long Bing took out a Zippo lighter's oil storage gall, ignited it, and threw it into the stone passage. The flame was extinguished very quickly. There was no oxygen in the stone tunnel.
This phenomenon was very normal. Since this tomb was built under an ancient drain, the sealing must have been done extremely well. Otherwise, it would have been drowned by the water in the gutter.
"You guys wait for me at the top. I'll go in and take a look." Xia Lei said.
Long Bing said worriedly: "There's no air below, it's very dangerous for you to go down alone."
"Right." Tang Yuyan said: "Let's accompany you in, this way there will be another person to take care of you."
Xia Lei shook his head, "No. There's no oxygen down there. I can solve the problem with an oxygen cylinder. But it had the power to kill and drive people insane. So, you guys can't just follow me in, just wait for me outside. "
"But ?" Long Bing wanted to say something but hesitated.
Xia Lei laughed, "Don't worry, I will be fine. In Afghanistan, didn't I also excavate an ancient tomb and bring out the ancient alloy? I don't know why I'm fine, but you're not like me, you can't take the risk. It's a promise, I'll go down first. "
A few minutes later, Xia Lei put on all the equipment and entered the passage through the crack in the stone slab. He then held onto a tactical flashlight and walked deeper into the passage.
"Xia Lei, be careful." Tang Yuyan's voice.
Xia Lei turned his head around and saw Tang Yuyan and Long Bing at the gap. He saw their faces filled with worry, and also saw the indentation formed by the rubber skin clothing on their legs. It was a strange feeling for him, and he smiled wryly but said nothing. He only waved his hand and moved on.
Tilting downwards, Xia Lei walked for around fifty meters before he reached the end of the tunnel.
At the end of the passage was a stone door, which was even larger than the stone door of Princess Young-mei's tomb. Xia Lei moved closer to the stone door, awakened his ability to see through, and tried to see through the stone door. This time, his line of sight pierced through the stone door, but did not meet with the "Glue" that obstructed his line of sight.
The glue that it was applied on was actually a large group of bats in Princess Young-mei's tomb. They could bite human flesh and were extremely fierce. However, he did not meet his this time. Bats can't survive without oxygen.
Although Xia Lei's line of sight had penetrated through the stone door, he could only see darkness. After adapting to the darkness, he was only able to see blurry images according to the size of the object, such as pillars and stone coffins.
After observing them, Xia Lei took out the Stone Blast Unit and stuck them on the four corners of the stone door. Then, he retreated to a safe distance and detonated the Stone Blast Unit.
After a few loud sounds, the stone door collapsed with a loud bang. Dust flew into the air and filled the tunnel. Even though Xia Lei was wearing an oxygen mask, he could still feel the wind blowing towards him.
After the stone door fell to the ground, Xia Lei used a tactical flashlight to arrive at the entrance of the tomb. With his previous experience exploring the Princess Young-mei's tomb, he learnt his lesson this time. He first looked at the ground to make sure there were no traps, then entered.
The space inside the tomb was much larger than the space inside Princess Young-mei's tomb, but the furnishings were much simpler. There were no treasure chests that contained jewelry and jade artifacts, nor were there any exquisite porcelain ware, only four rough looking stone statues. They looked like ancient warriors, clad in armour, carrying swords and shields.
Behind the four warriors was a stone altar, and on the altar was a sarcophagus. Even this couldn't compare to the Princess Young-mei's tomb, which was a jade coffin.
In the entire tomb chamber, besides the four rough statues, there was only a sarcophagus. This allowed Xia Lei's search to become simple, and the compass in his hand pointed straight at the sarcophagus, causing his trembling frequency to reach its limit.
Xia Lei climbed onto the altar, took a look at the sarcophagus, and after confirming that it was safe, he opened the sarcophagus.
There was a male corpse inside the sarcophagus, it was well-preserved, its skin even looked elastic, it was the same as the situation in Princess Young-mei. He looked to be in her sixties or seventies, slightly plump, with thick blond hair and a beard. He was also wearing clothes. The clothes were made of silk and cotton. The style of the clothes was very simple, so it was hard to tell when they came from.
Inside the sarcophagus was a small thing, a black pointer.
"There's another treasure trove?" Xia Lei immediately frowned.
Discovering a new pointer meant that there was still a hidden treasure location. Change the needle on the compass, and it will point in a new direction and find the next hidden treasure.
Although he felt a headache coming on, Xia Lei still kept the needle. After that, he pried open the man's mouth and took out a piece of ancient alloy.
It was very strange, last time in Afghanistan, after he took out the ancient alloy s from Princess Young-mei's mouth, Princess Young-mei's body became magnificent, even his bones turned into powder, but this time, the male corpse was still perfectly fine, there were no signs of elegance at all.
"Huh?" Xia Lei was very surprised, "What's going on?"
Xia Lei awakened his left eye and took a deep look at the corpse. His scalp tingled with numbness. The stomach of this man was actually hiding quite a few pieces of ancient alloy!
No wonder he took out the ancient alloy the man mentioned, but the man's body did not turn into a corpse.
"Just what was this old man's identity when he was alive?" Xia Lei's thought process became more active, "Princess Young-mei only has one piece of the ancient alloy, but he has one, in his stomach he has hidden four, with five pieces! From the looks of it, he didn't have a crown nor a scepter, so he shouldn't be some king. However, this ancient tomb was hidden under the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, in the same position as the place where Chen had placed the body of Jesus ? Is he Jesus? "
When this thought surfaced, even Xia Lei himself was shocked.
Then, he rejected this extremely bold guess. In the biblical story, Jesus was resurrected three days after his death, and there was no body in the world.
No matter how he thought about it, Xia Lei could not guess the identity of this old man. However, one thing was certain. This old man had existed for even longer than the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. He could have been a man before the age of three hundred, or even a man in the BC era.
In the end, Xia Lei tore off the old man's clothes, and used a blade to cut his abdomen. However, the strange patterns on the old man's chest made him unable to move.
The patterns were not tattoos, but painted with some pigment or blood. After more than a thousand years, they were still clear and intact. There were bats flying with their wings, square boxes, burning black flames, and arched stone doors.
Xia Lei's gaze fell on the box and could no longer move away.
He had always suspected that the ancient alloy parts would be assembled into a box, but now, this conjecture had been proven right. Because from the design of the box, he saw the exact same lines as the ancient alloy parts, as well as the exact same dimensions and the overall shape of the individual parts!
Then, his gaze shifted to the bat, and he came to a realization, "No wonder I didn't notice these patterns when I looked through the old man's body. They were drawn with the blood of the bat, and the bat possessed a special ability that made it immune to my view of the world."
Soon after, his gaze moved to the top of the arch, but his heart was filled with confusion, "What is this arch? Is it a sign that this pattern has appeared on the old man's body? "
The mysterious bats, the mysterious boxes, the mysterious arches ? what was the connection between these three?
If all of the ancient alloy parts were assembled into a complete box, what would it bring?
All of these things were deeply troubling Xia Lei. He tried to think of an answer but could not find one.
A few minutes later, he slashed at the old man's stomach. The sharp and cold blade cut open the old man's flesh. No blood flowed out, and the white flesh was as soft as cheese, without any resistance.
There was no sound from the tomb, but Xia Lei seemed to hear someone whispering in the darkness, as if they were cursing him.
After cutting open the old man's abdomen, Xia Lei forced himself to take out the four pieces of ancient alloy parts from the old man's stomach.
Once the four ancient alloy parts left his body, the old man's corpse instantly turned into ashes along with his clothes. In the blink of an eye, the old man was reduced to a pile of ashes.
Xia Lei did not immediately leave the tomb chamber. Instead, he used his left eye to lock onto one of the ancient alloy parts.