Bai Yang glanced at the other people, and saw that none of the others expressed their opinions, so he nodded and said: "Then dig it! Although the yellow sand is easy to dig, it is also easy to collapse, so the area of digging should be expanded, and the difficulty of moving sand is greater than that of digging sand, so we will dig together first, and after digging to a certain extent, we will change Hongxing, Lingling and Senior Brother Chen to be responsible for digging sand, and I will be responsible for moving sand with Lao Hei and the soldiers." ”

Several people had no objection, and immediately waved the shovel and excavated together.

Soon dug to a depth of more than one meter, Bai Yang and the other three began to move sand upwards, leaving red apricots, Ding Lingling and Chen Xiaopang to continue digging.

But moving sand is really difficult. The yellow sand is soft, and it is impossible to dig a steep pit down, so it is naturally impossible to lift the sand up, but it is necessary to step on the soft yellow sand and carry it up one basket at a time.

And as you dig deeper, the outer circle of the bunker must also widen, otherwise you can't dig any further.

As a result, it looked very easy, but by the time it finally reached a depth of five or six meters, several people were already tired and weak.

Fortunately, the further down you dig, the finer and denser the sand becomes, unlike the first five or six meters, digging a shovel of sand, at least half of the shovel of sand leaks down.

Digging down more than two meters deep, Ding Lingling and Hongxing cheered in unison, and several men who were moving sand hurriedly went down to the bottom of the sand pit to watch, and suddenly found that at the bottom of the sand pit, a bluestone slab was exposed.

The surface of the slate is flat and smooth, which is obviously not natural.

Ding Lingling and Hongxing carefully swept off the fine sand on the bluestone slab, and soon found that it was a thick stone slab with an oval shape, with a diameter of about one meter five or six at the widest point and one meter two or three at the narrowest point.

There are no patterns and carvings on the stone slabs, but there are a slight dents, which should be the marks of being scraped by the archaeological shovel before.

Several people unanimously judged that what was covered by the bluestone slab should be the entrance to the tomb.

But the slab occupies the entire bottom of the bunker, and to remove the bluestone slab, the bunker must be dug larger.

However, with this discovery, several people were in high spirits and immediately began to dig and move sand as before.

After another half an hour, the bottom of the bunker had nearly doubled, but Poplar, seeing that everyone was exhausted, suggested going back to the dormitory to eat and rest before returning to the grave under the slate.

Chen Xiaopang said: "If you want me to say let's move the stone slab first, if there is really a big tomb below, you can take advantage of our meal time to let the wind blow for a while, so as not to pollute the air below, and it will take a long time to go down." ”

Poplar nodded in agreement, and several men moved the slate together.

The bluestone slab was unusually heavy, and several people used crowbars to move the slate to the side, and sure enough, a black hole was revealed under the slate.

The entrance to the cave is also oval-shaped, about one meter two or three at the widest point, and about one meter at the narrowest point.

When the probe looked down, it was seen that the hole was only more than a meter deep.

However, on the side of the cave wall, there is obviously another passage.

Ma Bingxiao was excited to jump down and take a look, but Bai Yang stretched out his hand to stop him, saying that he would talk about it after eating.

Early in the morning, Ma Bingxiao brought some cooked food, so that he could eat it directly at noon.

So a few people went back to the dormitory and immediately started eating.

But because they ate too much, they couldn't do anything, so all of them only ate seven or eight points full, and Ding Lingling wrapped the remaining steamed buns in oiled paper and put them in her backpack.

Ma Bingxiao asked her curiously where she was going to take these steamed buns, and Ding Lingling said: "Any situation in the tomb may be encountered, so you should bring some food and drink with you." ”

"What do you mean, I'm afraid of being trapped inside?" Ma Bingxiao showed disapproval, "But this is at the door of the house, what will happen to trap us inside?"

"Take precautions!" Bai Ding Lingling replied with a smile.

Bai Yang felt that Ding Lingling was very thoughtful, and this should have been something that his group leader should worry about, so he hurriedly asked Tie Niu and Hong Xing to fill their respective kettles and bring them.

"Didn't you say that the bottom was probably flooded, and did you still carry the kettle?" Iron Bull asked casually.

"I'm not 100% sure if there's really water down there, after all, I'm not very familiar with this yin-yang compass and can't guarantee absolute accuracy. Not to mention the water in the ancient tomb, do you dare to drink it?" said Poplar.

Tie Niu was right when he heard it, so he honestly filled the kettle.

Several of them carried backpacks and weapons that they usually used.

The Iron Ox walked in the front, jumped into the hole under the bluestone slab, bent down and shone it diagonally with a flashlight, and shouted: "There is a passage that goes down diagonally, and it seems that there is really standing water ahead." ”

"Then try to be careful with your step, if the water is too deep, we will have to go back, and then we will talk about it when we have diving tools!" said Poplar.

Iron Bull agreed, and he was about to bend down and drill into the hole below.

Bai Yang felt that something was wrong, and hurriedly said: "You stand down and don't move, you are a Ma Daha, it is better to let me walk in front!"

He jumped down, but he didn't mention letting go of Chen Xiaopang, but he stretched out his hand to stop him, and said: "What's the use of you walking in front, what kind of mechanism and fork in the road you encounter, can you recognize it?"

His words sounded a little harsh, but the meaning of them moved Bai Yang very much, and he hurriedly shouted to Tie Niu below: "Old Hei, I think you should come up first, let Senior Brother Chen go in front, I'll go second, you are in the back of the two girls!"

Tie Niu was a little unhappy, but he had never fought with Poplar, and when he saw Poplar bending down and reaching out to pull him, he grabbed Poplar's hand with his hand and jumped up from below.

After that, Ding Lingling let the two jade hummingbirds go down first.

The two little birds didn't know how far they flew, and soon flew back again, chirping and landing on Ding Lingling's shoulder.

"Xiaolu Xiaocui is very energetic, which means that the air quality down there is no problem!" Ding Lingling said.

Chen Xiaopang jumped down with a backpack on his back and a shovel he usually used.

His shovel is not an ordinary shovel, its shovel handle is made of stainless steel, which is not only his family's grave-digging tool, but also his family's unique martial arts "Twelve Grave-digging Shovels" The most competent weapon.

Aspen is a close second. Naturally, he also carried a backpack and a black sword in one hand.

Ma Bingxiao also followed behind Bai Yang with his usual saber.

Then there are Ding Lingling and Hong Xing.

The weapons of the two girls were hidden on their bodies, so the two of them and the iron bull grabbed a crowbar in their hands.

The passage went down diagonally, but the slope was not too large, about ten meters ahead, and the drop would not exceed one meter.

The reason why this passage can exist in this sandy land is because the surrounding area of the passage is all made of blue bricks.

But the passage does not go straight all the way, and every ten meters or so, the passage will turn a corner.

After the first turn, the soles of the feet began to feel moist, and when they turned another corner, there was obviously water under their feet, but the light outside could not penetrate because of the two corners.

However, the tools prepared today are relatively complete, and everyone wears a miner's hat with a light on their heads, so they don't have to free their hands to turn on the flashlight.

After two more bends, the water had soaked the shoes and covered the calves.

Bai Yang suddenly thought of a question, and hurriedly asked Chen Xiaopang, who was walking in front, "Senior Brother Chen, do you know how to swim?"

"Yes!" Chen Xiaopang replied coldly, and asked rhetorically, "But if the water is too deep, we can't move forward, what does it matter if we can swim or not?"

"Yes, the water is too deep for us to go forward, I'm afraid that if we encounter a deep pit or something, it will be bad if we can't swim!" said Poplar, and asked the people behind him, "How many of you can swim?"

"I'm sure I've practiced snorkeling in the army!" Iron Bull said loudly from behind.

Ding Lingling also said to Hongxing that she could swim, but Ma Bingxiao was a little embarrassed and said: "I just barely know how to swim, and I won't sink into the water!"

"It's okay if you don't sink to the bottom!, but you'd better stay away from me and Senior Brother Chen, if you see me and Senior Brother Chen fall into a puddle, you can stop at any time!"

Ma Bingxiao agreed, and sure enough, he was a little farther away from the poplar.

Turning another corner forward, the slope of the passage suddenly became steeper, and before the end of a passage was reached, the water had already overflowed from the knees to the lower abdomen.

"I don't think we can continue to move forward, if we go again, we will soon be overwhelmed!" Chen Xiaopang said.

Poplar was about to open his mouth to tell everyone to stop and discuss, but suddenly, he felt his feet tremble violently.

In fact, it was not only the feet that trembled, but the whole passage, the whole earth, so that the water in the passage rattled, and there were bubbles and ripples of white flowers.

(See Chapter 121 "Diving to the Grave")