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Volume 1 – Chapter 9: Foolish Heart¹

With a deafening sound, the tomb door slowly rose.

Everyone was surprised and delighted, but the facade of the tomb is dim that they have to rely on their own searchlights for illumination. The 19th tomb seems to be extremely deep and dark, it looked like a bottomless hole, the condition inside could not be clearly seen.

Before the tomb door was completely opened, Hai Lan did not hesitate anymore. Holding on to the tool bag that she had just retrieved from Xiao Xia, she slip her small boy inside.

The tomb wrapped around her like a dark whirl.

Everyone was astonished. They never thought that a girl would carelessly enter the tomb despite the unknown dangers inside.

Suddenly, a cold voice came from the tomb.

“I have a blasting device here in my excavation toolkit. Since you grave robbers would not let us go anyway, so I will just blow everything up. Even if I die, at least you would not get a piece!”

This woman is crazy!

Everyone was taken aback, and the old man shouted angrily, “It will take time before it detonates. Come with me and catch the bitch!”

He waved his hand and took the lead in entering the tomb. This group of bandits have been well-experienced, they still came just for the treasure. Upon hearing Hai Lan’s words, even if the old man had not given his order, now that the tomb door has been lifted, they would not be able to hold back anymore. Even it’s insubordination, they would still run down the tomb quickly.

The tomb smelled of dry rot² that has been sealed for a thousand years, mixed with strange scents of sandalwood and musk— the aroma broke out of the endless darkness.

“Ignite!”

“Shit! I can’t light it!”

“The graveyard has just opened, there is no oxygen. Find the flashlights and searchlights in the bag.”

The tomb is surrounded by the fierce voices of men. Hai Lan covered her mouth tightly, suppressing fear, holding her breath and hiding in the corner by the door. She is not as fearless as she says, on the contrary, she is extremely afraid. Gritting her teeth, she took out a detector from her bag and threw it into the distance.

“She is over there!”

“Catch her!”

…

Hai Lan’s other hand has been pressing on a bump in the stone wall. As soon as she came in, she fumbled for it and quickly found the switch. At this time, she pressed it hard.

The half-opened tomb door lost its weight and starts to fall down with a “boom³”

The old man hissed in the darkness, “No, it’s a trick! The woman wants us to lock us in the tomb. Come on, get out!”

In the dim darkness, the lights fell to the ground and everyone scrambled towards the tomb door that fell sharply.

But suddenly, a gunfire momentarily lit everything up, followed by sounds of screaming, heavy objects falling to the ground.

Hai Lan hugged her body tightly in the corner, her heart trembling violently, but she gently smiled. It was Qin Ge who fired the gun, it should be him. He was the one who stopped the grave robbers from getting out!

But the sharp and heart-shattering sound did not last long; after a loud bang, it all died out in silence.

The tomb door has finally closed again!

From the time she opened the tomb door, up until now, is just like lightning⁴, it seems to be just over ten seconds, but it felt like she has already transitioned in between life and death.

At this moment, she just knew that her time of death had come! There was no blasting device in her toolkit, all she has are her unrepentant words.

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Notes:

just repeating the note here from previous Instead of infatuation which was what 痴心 (chi xin) really is, I translated the title as Foolish Heart because 妄想 is usually associated in the phrase 痴心妄想 (chi xin wang xiang) which means wishful thinking which I believe is the essence of these chapters

干腐 (gan fu) fungal timber decay

interestingly, the Chinese onomatopoeia for great sounds is 轰隆 (hong long)

电光火石间 (dianguang huoshi), lightning and flint stones— an idiom that means everything can disappear in an instant.

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