Old Wang was still a bit apprehensive about that soul-snatching grass, such an evil thing, he really didn't want to get close to it. After hearing Wen Bin's words, he had an idea: hadn't Wen Bin died once before? He clearly wasn't breathing or beating, so why hadn't the soul-snatching grass drawn him in?

  Looking at Cha Wenbin's complexion, it wasn't bad, and he didn't look like someone who had just returned from a trip to the underworld. This old Wang really couldn't understand him. The only thing worth celebrating was that without him, he wouldn't have been able to get in here.

  Chaozi felt it was not suitable and stopped Cha Wenbin, saying: "In that narrow space, people can't even turn around. If we encounter another Snow Domain Spider, having more people will only make it harder to move around, and it's easy to accidentally hurt our own people. Who knows if there's a second or third one inside? What if this is their nest? Wouldn't that be like sending ourselves to our deaths? So I'll go up first and take a look. Dealing with these things, I have experience."

  Cha Wenbin didn't want to let these two careless people cause any more trouble, but Chaozi's words were indeed reasonable. Since ancient times, many strange creatures have appeared in tombs, such as black cats or large snakes that would rush out when the tomb was opened. No one can explain how these things enter those seemingly sealed ancient tombs, what they eat after entering, or how many years they have been living inside. As described in those ancient legends, this type of creature is collectively referred to as a "Guardian".

  After staying in a heretical place for a long time, these things will also follow the heresy, this is what is called silent transformation.

  After thinking for a long time, Cha Wenbin still agreed to Chaozi's suggestion. "However, it's settled that this time we must be careful and can't rush in. We'll do things steadily and wait for your news."

  Chāo zǐ zài cì pá shàng qù le, bǎ shàng wán tǎng de qiāng ná zài shǒu shàng.

  English Translation:

  Chaozi climbed up again, holding the gun that had been left on the bed.

  Returning to the edge of that depression, Chaozi perked up his ears and listened for a while. He was afraid that a wolf spider would suddenly rush out in front of him. These things not only moved silently, but also acted extremely quickly. If he wasn't careful, he'd be caught off guard.

  There were still remnants of the wolf spider left in the gap, and the scattered flesh made Chaozi feel extremely nauseous. However, this time he was determined to make a show once.

  This recess is also a rectangular shape, and the coffin chamber is far from being as simple as it appears on the outside. Chaozi discovered that it was not just a simple box used to hold coffins, and no one would design a coffin chamber with such complexity.

  In the memory of super-son's past archaeological, the outer coffin is actually the outer layer wrapped outside the main coffin. In the early days, its main function was still sealing and waterproofing as well as anti-theft. Later on, in some royal tombs, the outer coffin was built larger and larger, with more exquisite materials, retaining its original function while gradually becoming a symbol of thick burial. The larger the outer coffin, the higher the status it represents, which is why there are now outer coffins that are as big as trucks. However, all outer coffins are the same, they must be hollow inside to hold the coffin, and some exquisite ones may have a second layer of outer coffin, with up to five or six layers, but their volume will always be much smaller than the outermost one.

  And yet, this coffin had only a small rectangular recess on the top, which seemed to be just large enough to hold a coffin, but now it was empty, with spider webs filling every corner, presumably where the snow wolf spider had stayed earlier.

  Chaozi was now crouching in this recess, and the top of his head was just below the hole he had drilled into earlier. He tried to knock on the wooden board beneath him with his hand, "thud thud thud", it was hollow! Having come this far, he really had no other choice, could it be that he actually had to blast it open?

  Re-retreating outside, Chaozi conveyed the difficulties he encountered to them. Cha Wenbin decided to go up and take a look first. He always felt that the depression Chaozi said was not so simple.

  In this gap, Lao Wang and Heng Roulian couldn't squeeze in no matter what, because the two of them were really too tall and sturdy, so they had to stay outside as lookouts. Cha Wenbin and Zhuo Xiong arrived at Chaozi's side.

  After entering this place, Cha Wenbin's first concern was not the depression, but rather the hole in the top of his head.

  "Have you been in?"

  Chaozi shone his flashlight into the dark hole and replied, "I hid in here when I came in earlier, but I didn't go inside, just stayed at this entrance."

  This hole doesn't look natural at all. Just from the entrance, there are obvious signs of artificial excavation. The first word that flashed through Cha Wenbin's mind was: tomb raider!

  But if this is indeed a tomb raid, then the grave robbers are really awesome. Here are all solid granite, and from bottom to top, at least 20 meters. If you want to drill through a vertical 20-meter-deep granite geological formation, it's hard to imagine relying solely on manpower.

  He left the question behind and refocused his attention on the coffin, soon discovering the anomaly. The wood material of this plank at his feet was different from that of the coffin itself, but rather another precious timber: Golden Nanmu!

  A coffin made of two kinds of wood, this is extremely rare. Chinese people value a single piece from start to finish and it doesn't make sense to change to another type of wood. Moreover, looking at the scale of this project, there's no way they would be short of such a small piece of wood, even if it's as expensive as golden nanmu wood.

  "This is empty below." Chaozi reminded.

  "Empty?" Zhang Wenbin suddenly became interested, he also had some understanding of the structure of the tomb. As a Taoist priest, it was inevitable that he would have to deal with this kind of thing. If he thought this place was a tomb, according to such specifications, then something was indeed missing: a tomb passage!

  He found that since the death of the deceased, a small road had been built down to the coffin chamber, with no burial objects, which was extremely abnormal in a tomb of this level. Even for the poor, there would be a broken bowl placed inside after death, let alone an imperial-level tomb like this. Just looking at the gold nanmu wood, from the texture of the wooden board, it was at least a thousand years old, and taking this thing out would be worth a city.

  Cha Wenbin held the flashlight and carefully observed the surroundings, at this moment he really missed Old Wang a bit. If that old fox were here, maybe he would have discovered the entrance by now, after all, he had dealt with ancient tombs too many times.

  This recessed area was full of spider webs, and Cha Wenbin grumbled, "You two clean it up."

  Chaozi spat out his tongue and together with Zhuo Xiong, they grabbed the cobwebs that had been hanging there for a long time, covered in dust, looking like tattered cotton wool. The two of them pulled it down in big handfuls.

  "So many spider webs, new and old, doesn't that mean there's more than one of them in this place?" Zhōu Xióng asked.

  Chao Zi said disapprovingly: "No matter how many, they all have bullets waiting for them." The two were chatting when Chao Zi suddenly exclaimed, "Huh?"

  "What the heck, how can I still not pull these few strands of silk?"

  He said that the spider web in the northwest corner was clenched in his hand, and no matter how hard he pulled, it couldn't be moved, as if it were fixed in place.

  The silk spun by the snow wolf spider is not as fragile as ordinary spider webs, but rather quite strong. It's estimated that it would be excellent material for weaving climbing ropes. However, spiders have a rule when spinning webs: they choose to spin in the corners of triangles, making the web stronger and easier to climb from one end to the other.

  Cha Wenbin was still studying the layout here and didn't notice, but Zhuo Xiong happened to take a look and used his flashlight to shine on it, immediately discovering the problem.

  "Wenbin, come and see! This spider web is fresh, and it seems to have extended from the gap in this wooden board!"

  Cha Man Bin took a look and indeed it was so. This was the web of New Territories, on the end that connected to the floor, there was even still wet glue!

  "I get it, this is the tomb gate!" Cha Wenbin suddenly realized that the design of this tomb was extremely clever. It used a way to subvert tradition and brought new ideas. He immediately went out to find Old Wang and introduced him to the situation inside.

  Old Wang was also shocked when he heard what Cha Wenbin said. If the piece of golden nanmu wood they saw was indeed the tomb door, then it meant that they hadn't even entered the tomb yet, and the so-called coffin was actually the real tomb!

  "A grave within a grave!" they exclaimed in unison.

  Old Wang nodded and said, "According to your words, this massive and indestructible snow-white marble was used for two purposes, as a coffin and also as a tomb. And that golden nanmu wood is the real entrance to the main burial chamber. Opening it will lead to the grave path, and only by passing through the grave path can one enter the true main burial chamber. I must say, this is the most luxurious tomb I have ever seen. So much snow-white marble was used, in the eyes of the tomb owner, it's just a brick wall for building the tomb. Heaven knows what kind of scene will be inside, I'm really looking forward to it!"

  This also solved the first doubt in their minds, why this tomb would have such a huge coffin, completely beyond reason. Now it seems that this is just the outer wall designed by the tomb owner for himself.

  Back in the recess, Zha Wenbin told Chaozi to prepare for breaking the door. There was a spider web below, and who knows if there were Snow Domain Wolf Spiders waiting inside.

  Chao Zi quickly used a knife to mark the location of the explosion on the wooden board. In this underground world filled with snow and ice, the value of golden nanmu wood was no more than a broken wooden board.

  Put the medicine away, wait for them to retreat outside, with a dull "bang" sound inside, followed by the sound of wooden boards falling and hitting, Cha Wenbin knew that the tomb door was finally opened...

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