Chapter 9

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With a deafening sound, the door to the tomb began to rise slowly.

Everyone was pleasantly surprised, but the light in the tomb’s chamber was dim and was only illuminated by the searchlights they had brought with them. The 19th tomb was so deep and so dark of an expanse that it seemed like a never-ending void, so it was impossible to discern anything inside.

Before the tomb door was completely opened, Hai Lan didn’t hesitate to enter while gripping her tool bag tightly, the one she had just gotten back from Xiao Xia. She had gone in by crouching.

The tomb enveloped her, as if she’d been swallowed by a dark vortex.

Everyone was startled. The girl had gone in regardless of the possible mechanisms she could encounter inside.

Suddenly, the girl’s voice came coldly from inside the tomb.

“I’ve got a blasting device to help with excavating in my kit. You bandits will not let us go anyway. I will blow up all the things inside, I’ll die before you can ever obtain anything!”

That woman is crazy!

They were all taken aback and the old bandit shouted angrily, “it takes time for it to detonate, come with me and help me catch that bitch!”

With a gesture from his hand he took the lead and ran into the tomb. Although these bandits were highly trained, they had all come here for the treasure. After hearing Hai Lan’s words, even if Uncle Zhu hadn’t ordered them, they wouldn’t have been able to stay in their places. They let down their guards and quickly rushed inside.

The smell of rotting had lingered there for thousands of years, it mingled with the fragrance of sandalwood and musk. That smell suddenly wafted in, and something seemed to break through the endless darkness.

“Ignite.”

“Shit! I can’t light it!”

“The tomb has just been opened, there’s barely any oxygen. I’ll search for some torches inside the bag.”

The men’s malevolent voices were heard all around the tomb. Hai Lan pursed her mouth, suppressed her fear, and held her breath while hiding in the corner next to the door. She was not as fearless as she had portrayed, on the contrary, she was really scared. Gritting her teeth, she retrieved a detection device from her bag and resolutely threw it into the distance.

“She’s over there!”

“Catch her!”

……

Hai Lan’s other hand kept pressing down on a protrusion on the rock wall. As soon as she entered the tomb, she had immediately fumbled around for it, and she was quick to find it. At that moment, she pressed it harder.

The half-open tomb door lost its support, and suddenly fell down with a deafening ” boom”.

The old bandit’s hissing pierced through the darkness, “no, it was a trick! That woman’s going to lock us inside! Get out of here now!”

In the dim darkness, lights fell to the ground, and everyone scrambled to exit the chamber first as the door continued to plummet.

The gunfire abruptly lit everything up.

The sounds of blood-curdling screams and heavy objects falling was ceaseless.

Hai Lan hugged her body and pressed herself further in the corner. Her heart beat violently, yet she smiled slightly. Qin Ge was the one who fired the gun, it must’ve been. He was stopping the bandits from escaping!

The acute and heart-stopping sound didn’t last long, after a loud ‘bang’, all was quiet.

Close the tomb door again!

From the time she had opened the door and entered the tomb, until now, like a flash of lightning, it seemed as if only ten seconds had elapsed. However, in that short amount of time, she had learned to accept the pain of her impending doom.

At that moment, she only knew that her death was approaching! There was no other explosive equipment inside her tool kit, she had nothing left but her words of unrepentance.