Chapter 1681: Chapter 1682: For Your Own Good, You’d Better Not Know
"Brother Mu Yun, you finally woke up, you really scared us." Xu Mingjie promptly added from the side.
At this moment, not only could you not feel any pain, but you felt like your whole body was filled with endless Qi Force. You immediately sat up and turned your head to ask the chivalrous man, "Hero, where are we now? What about those living corpses?"
Without waiting for the hero to speak, Wei Yingyue asked, "Do you feel uncomfortable anywhere?"
"No, I feel refreshed. I could even go up the mountain to fight a tiger." As you spoke, you deliberately flexed your biceps.
Du Yanan’s emotions had calmed down; she wiped away her tears and patted you on the shoulder, forcing a smile, "You almost scared us to death. We all thought you’d kicked the bucket!"
You exaggeratedly said, "With you, Lao Du, around, I wouldn’t dare to die so quickly."
Seeing you and Du Yanan deliberately change the topic, Wei Yingyue said to you, "Since you’re awake now, we must set off immediately and can’t delay any longer."
You jolted awake and quickly stood up, looking around to see that the group of corpses were wandering outside without coming in.
The place you were in was quite peculiar with two huge stone statues placed on your left and right, depicting gods on the left and demons on the right. The statues were exquisitely carved but somewhat aged.
Just a few meters behind these stone statues is a pavilion, similar to those seen in tourist spots, still old. The plaque on the pavilion is dilapidated, with only the word ’Lan’ faintly visible. The remaining words are too broken to recognize.
Entering the pavilion leads to a winding path. From your angle, the end of the road is out of sight. Following it leads up the mountain, where hints of a temple’s eaves can occasionally be seen among the forest.
You asked the hero, "Hero, which way should we go now?"
The hero stood up, walked to the foot of the demon stone statue on the right, and gently knocked on its little toe. The toe immediately popped up, and the hero lightly pulled it upwards. With a "rumble," the ground in front of the two statues suddenly collapsed, revealing the entrance to a tunnel.
"Enter here, and you can directly reach the God-killing Platform."
"Then let’s set off immediately!" Du Yanan was already fed up with this place and still couldn’t find a balance regarding confronting you, wanting to end all this soon.
Before leaving, you deliberately glanced at that pavilion, feeling like something in the forest behind it was attracting you.
It seemed there was a mysterious woman whispering continuously by your ear, "You have come, you finally came. Hurry, come in and see me."
Just then, Wei Yingyue suddenly spoke from behind you, "Mu Yun, what are you dawdling for?"
"Coming right away!" you replied and took another glance at the pavilion before following them down the tunnel stairs.
After you left, a shadow twisted and turned between the pavilion, longing for the return of her beloved.
The group descended into the tunnel, expecting complete darkness, yet the walls were embedded with Luminous Pearls. Every so often, there was a box containing about the size of an infant’s fist worth of Luminous Pearls.
"It’s really Luminous Pearls?" The girls, often unable to resist jewelry, with Deng Fang intentionally pulling Xu Mingjie closer to take a look.
"Don’t touch these things," Wei Yingyue reminded, "though I’m unsure what might happen if touched, but it feels better not to."
Deng Fang nodded, "Elder Sister Wei is right; TV shows often display scenes like this, greedy people generally don’t end well."
Upon hearing Deng Fang’s words, Xu Mingjie exhaled deeply, fearing she would take those pearls emitting weak glow akin to light bulbs.
"Lao Du, take out the flashlight too." At this moment, you had already taken out your phone, and the strong flashlight beam illuminated the tunnel road ahead brightly.
Within a defined space, the flashlight beam is more luminous, because indoors are different from outdoors.
Sure enough, when Du Yanan also took out her phone, the overlapping beams brightened the interior considerably.
With ample light, walking became much more convenient.
The tunnel was long, with dead bodies appearing as you advanced. Most of these were killed by weapons, while others had seemingly been frightened before death, displaying terrified motions even as skeletons, still perceptible.
"Hero, what was the purpose of this tunnel before, why are there so many corpses?"
While walking, you stayed vigilant, knowing once monsters appeared in such spaces, you might quickly be crushed like a sandwich.
"This tunnel originally led to the Mausoleum of King Qin."
"King Qin? Which King Qin?" you asked.
The hero paused, then continued, "King Qin, Ying Zheng."
"I...go!"
Upon learning the tunnel led to the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, Xu Mingjie immediately swore, and you frowned, asking, "Since it’s leading to King Qin’s mausoleum, should this tunnel have been dug by tomb raiders?"
"Correct."
"Then the corpses seen must be those tomb raiders. But I’ve always wondered, what exactly killed those raiders."
As you spoke, Wei Yingyue suddenly added, "I advise you not to know."
"Why?"
"Because once known, it means our trouble has arrived."
As you finished speaking, a strange sound suddenly resonated. The sound resembled rough stones rubbing against each other, sounding very grand.
Upon hearing this sound, your hearts began to race faster, and you lightly tapped your mouth, "I’m such a crow’s mouth."
"Qin king’s soldier statues have awakened, we must quickly pass through them. Proceeding hundreds more feet, there’ll be a fork, then proceed along the left fork, don’t ever go right!"
As soon as the hero finished speaking, he broke into a run, prompting you and the others to swiftly follow.
Though the hero spoke little, you all knew the right fork certainly led to Qin Shi Huang’s tomb.
Honestly, you’re all quite interested in Qin Shi Huang’s tomb but must investigate under safe conditions. However, right now you must protect yourselves; given Qin Shi Huang has tens of thousands of soldier and horse puppets guarding the tomb, not to mention other killing mechanisms, thus you dispelled any notion and followed the hero in sprinting.
After running about dozens of meters, the path ahead suddenly opened up to a vast space resembling a small football field.
In the spacious area, stood rows and columns of soldier statues, arranged in a powerful phalanx.
As you entered, these statues opened their eyes immediately, blood-red eyes!
Seeing the statues awaken, some started to move. You immediately shouted, "Don’t fall behind, run with the hero, quickly!"