The further I walked, the more I felt that something was off. What was it? The rocks around me began to change, with some massive stones forming rectangular structures, tilting precariously. And this so-called "lake" turned into a river after just 500 meters. The water in the river was very deep and extremely cold. Because we were underground, there were still many icicles hanging from the ceiling above us, their sharp edges glinting like razor-sharp knives. The rocks around us were also covered in ice, making it very difficult to walk.

  How to see those stones all have artificial marks, as expected, and continue to walk forward for 100 meters, a magical scene appeared: the two sides of this underground river began to appear with river embankments, also known as "river banks", the width of the river water was shortened to less than two meters, which is really beyond our expectation.

  Continue walking for another fifty meters, and the river water begins to fork. The river embankments divide the underground river into several small rivers, which curve in all directions. At this time, when you raise your head again, only where the miner's lamp sweeps by, everywhere is green, flashing, reflecting on people's faces are also green.

  "Ghost fire?" Coming to a place like this, my first reaction is to see a ghost...

  "It's just a fluorescent stone." The fat man said: "Don't always scare yourself, don't you have this thing at home?"

  There are several in my hometown, and one of them is a fluorite mine less than 50 kilometers away from my home. It's also abandoned, I don't know which dynasty it was opened in. When I was young, my mom went there and brought back a bag for me to play with, just picking them up from the ground. This thing isn't worth any money now.

  Cha Wenbin looked up at the sky filled with green stones, his fingers constantly changing combinations on his hand, as if calculating something. Then he took out a compass and turned around in a circle, saying to us: "It's a star chart, we estimate that we accidentally broke into someone's main tomb chamber."

  He continued: "This place is probably imitating the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang. The Records of the Grand Historian records: 'The imperial mausoleum passes through three springs, with copper below and a coffin above, palaces and pavilions for officials, strange devices and treasures stored in it. Mercury was used to create rivers, lakes, and seas, with machinery pouring into each other. Above is equipped with astronomical phenomena, below is equipped with geography, using human fat as candles, which can last for a long time without extinguishing.' You see here, the three springs are basically similar to ours; the river outside, plus the river in that tunnel, plus this one, just right Three springs. It is said that Qin Shi Huang used mercury to create the rivers of the Great Qin Empire, and I think this underground river here is probably also imitating it; also, it is said that the top of Qin Shi Huang's underground palace was made of precious stones, containing 1,008 star maps. You see the fluorescent stone here, almost all of which match."

  Fatso said somewhat disappointedly: "After all that fuss, it's just a knockoff of the Terracotta Army."

  "Even if it's a knockoff, this is considered high-end counterfeit goods. It's absolutely A-grade." I pointed at the fluorescent rocks above us and said: "Would an ordinary person be able to create such a grand scene?"

  As soon as I said that, Fatty immediately became spirited, his two eyes shining brightly: "Then let's go!"

  "It's definitely going to be a big deal, we're going to make it happen!"

  The two of us sang and harmonized, but Cha Wenbin seemed a bit more calm, saying: "According to historical records, the Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum is full of mechanisms, if those are also counterfeited, we're in trouble."

  "Come on, don't try to scare me, this place is at most just a renovated cave, where's the trap?" As he spoke, Fatty also forcefully stomped his foot twice to show it was safe.

  "But there's one good thing about this place - since it looks man-made, if someone can come in, then there must be a way out."

  "It's not necessarily, generally tombs of this scale are definitely sealed, with a passageway leading to the tomb passage, and then the main chamber. After the tomb owner's death and burial, following the old tradition, the tomb passage would be closed off, and the passageway would have been destroyed after all these years. We directly entered the main chamber, now thinking of getting out, the only way is to find the tomb passage." Cha Wenbin looked around at the empty space, not even a coffin in sight, his heart couldn't help but feel uncertain: "I think this place was probably built but never occupied, that means it's possible the tomb passage wasn't sealed off."

  "Since there's no goods, it's just an empty fight. Forget it, let Fat Brother leave a souvenir, and we'll find a way to retreat." As he spoke, the little guy pulled open his pants and started pissing.

  "Virtue!" I looked at him with disdain and said, "Don't you know what's downstream of this river? Who knows, tomorrow you might be drinking your own urine!"

  We two must continue on our way, there is still so much unknown ahead, and it's only two hours until dawn now, if we go out any later it will be easy for people to discover us.

  We walked along the river ditch, and the area here is actually not big, at most half a football field. There are no stalactites here, it's empty, and you can see to the edge with one glance. We walked around this place for three whole circles, and didn't even see the shadow of what they call a "tomb passage". The three dejected men just wanted to think about the warmth of their beds at home.

  "Fatty, you used to be in this line of work, following your usual route, how did you get out?"

  Fatso also said to me with a helpless expression: "Xiao Xiaoye, we usually dig a hole first and then excavate the nest. This time, we've already entered the nest and need to find a hole to get out. Besides, these four walls are all stone, even if you give me explosives, it's useless! And I haven't dug such a high-end nest before, this is like a knockoff of Qin Shi Huang's mausoleum, why didn't he just make some terracotta warriors?!"

  "Don't sigh, heaven won't cut off a man's path." Zha Wenbin comforted us: "Since the predecessors opened it here and didn't see the coffin, they must have left a mouth, otherwise they would have sealed this place, so how could the coffin come in later?"

  "What's going on? We've been circling around this small place for several rounds, and there isn't even a single blade of grass here."

  "We missed a spot!" I suddenly remembered that fat guy's urination earlier: "The river below, we missed this point."

  As soon as I said this, the two of them also reacted and several people quickly bowed their heads to search along the river. Our mining lamp is considered high-brightness, but for some reason, when shining into the river, it always feels dark and can't see the bottom of the river. I picked up a stone and threw it into the river, originally wanting to test the water depth, but unexpectedly came a "thud" sound, suddenly I had an epiphany: "There seems to be something in this water!"

  As for the three of us, who would go into the water, this question almost didn't need to be asked. I and Zha Wenbin simultaneously fixed our gaze on Fatso, it's only natural that the one with the thickest fat would feel the coldest in such chilly weather.

  He seemed to see through our minds and quickly said: "Don't look at me, Fatso is actually most afraid of the cold!"

  "Your bloody self urinated, and you're telling us to go down?"

  Fatso had nothing to say now, and while taking off his clothes, he muttered: "I said I wouldn't go, but you guys insisted that I go. Later on, when Fat Master freezes to death, see who will go collect trash for you."

  To be on the safe side, I still tied a rope to the fat boy, who stood at the water's edge and actually started doing stretching exercises...

  I kicked him in the butt and he let out an "ah" as he fell into the water. I knew he was a good swimmer, and sure enough, once he was in the water, he dove down with a splash, kicked his legs, and disappeared.

  It was just a matter of two or three seconds, and I seemed to hear another "bang" sound. After a while, the fat man covered his head and crawled out, cursing: "Xia Laoliu, I'll screw your mother! This dark patch below almost killed me!"

  At this time, the fat man was already standing in the water. The current water level had just passed his neck, and by visual inspection, it was about one and a half meters deep. The fat man felt around with his hand in the water for a while, then said: "There's something here, long and thin, I don't know if it's a rock or not." He muttered to himself as he continued: "It doesn't seem like a rock, it's a piece of wood... damn, could it be a coffin?"

  "Is it definitely a coffin?" asked Cha Wenbin nervously.

  Fatty walked back and forth in the water, measuring with his arm for a while, saying: "The front is wide, the back is narrow, slippery and muddy, ah, it seems like my foot was stabbed!" As he spoke, Fatty bent down to scoop up whatever had poked him. He used his toes to clamp down on the object that had poked him, and pulled it out of the water for a look. What a great find! A shiny golden hairpin!

  "Quickly, he stuffed it into his mouth and took a bite. He looked at it and his eyes widened in surprise: 'Gentlemen, I've struck it rich! This is gold, this is gold!'"

  Just as everyone was about to burst out laughing, Cha Wenbin suddenly shouted: "Get up quickly!"

  Fatso looked at him with disdain and said: "Nothing to worry about, Grandpa has gold, I'm not afraid of the cold, let me go feel it again!"

  At this time, Cha Wenbin snatched the rope from my hand and shouted: "It's too late, look behind you!"

  Suddenly, the originally calm water surface surged up with several turbulent currents, rushing towards Fatso from both sides of the river channel. Heaven knows what those things were, but Fatso seemed to have noticed them too. However, by the time he came back to his senses, it was already too late.

  "Ah, something bit me!" I only saw the fat guy struggling in the water for a moment, then the surface of the water started to churn up a bloody mist. After that, the fat guy had already fallen into the water headfirst. Chabin and I pulled on the rope with all our might, one in front and one behind, almost exhausting ourselves before we finally managed to pull the fat guy back out of the water.

  Fatso shouted as soon as he surfaced: "Something bit me!"

  His weight was too heavy, and being in the water, the feeling of the two of us pulling him was like a stone. Fortunately, the fat man reacted quickly, using the buoyancy of the water to kick hard and grab onto the rock. We then pulled and dragged him until we finally got him ashore.

  After coming up and checking, good guy, the calf of the fat boy was missing a piece of meat the size of a fingernail cover, that wound was no different from being dug out by a knife, with clear muscle tissue visible inside...