Chapter 116: The Ghost in the Tomb 9
If you want to say that the ghost king is the ghost king, the attack sent out is not comparable to ordinary ghosts, it seems to be a very simple beam of light, hitting me, making me feel as if I was being hit head-on by a high-speed car. Later, I learned that this was actually a relatively simple ghost technique. If you encounter something more powerful, a simple beam attack can pierce through the human body.
Therefore, I learned that the seemingly simple ghost art actually had such a terrifying damage. I was immediately glad that the ghost king I would meet was not so powerful!
Of course, it's not that powerful, it's just relative to me in the future. At least for me now, it's like an invincible god of war.
I lay on the ground and coughed vigorously twice to ease the discomfort in my lungs.
"Trees are expensive! How are you" Brother Xiao over there saw that I was knocked away by the Ghost King, and immediately lost his voice and asked if I was injured.
Just when I thought that the attack would be more and more fierce, and I was about to close my eyes and wait for the attack, I only heard a gust of wind in my ears, and then I heard the footsteps of Brother Xiao and the thin man running towards me.
"Trees are expensive! We really succeeded, and the ghost king left!"
'Ahh But I can't figure out how this ghost king left in a good way, could it be that it just taught me a lesson, even if it is the consequence of us threatening it with a stone mirror, it seems that this is the only reason that can explain the ghost king's sudden departure.
"What's the matter, the ghost king left in a good manner" I opened my eyes and looked, hey! It's really true, the place where the ghost king stood has long been empty.
"Whatever! We're safe now, anyway! If you want to talk to the ghost king, you can go outside and yell a word. Haha!"
The ghost king is gone, and the thin man's mood becomes relaxed. In fact, we are all the same!
Whatever the reason for leaving, we're safe now.
If you don't have any worries about safety, you naturally have to do something else. Obviously, in this secret room, there was nothing but the coffin. If the ghost king comes back after a while, it will be bad. So it's better to take advantage of the fact that he's not here now, and hurry up.
"Shugui, you were hit by the ghost king just now, let's go to rest first! I'll hand it over to us when you open the coffin!" Brother Xiao told me to go to the side to rest, but he glanced at the thin mouse, and then took off the backpack on his back. They were then seen pulling out hammers, drills, crowbars, white gloves, gas masks, and a small candle from their backpacks.
After the things were ready, Brother Xiao and the three of them first put on gas masks for themselves, then put white gloves on their hands, and then lit candles in the southeast direction of the coffin. As the candles lit, an extra layer of orange-yellow light shone around the walls of the secret room.
When the candle burned for a while, Brother Xiao glanced at them and nodded. Signal that you can start work! In fact, they did this as one of the methods handed down by Captain Jin, lighting a candle in the southeast direction before opening the coffin. If the candle is extinguished, it means that the owner of the tomb will not open the lid of the coffin, and the person who touched the gold will return to the same place without lingering. If the candle is not extinguished, it means that the owner of the tomb allowed them to open the coffin and touch the gold.
In fact, isn't this technique just trying to test whether there are ghosts? I've put a ghost charm on each of them, and the spirit talisman indicates whether there are powerful ghosts in the surrounding three meters, which is still very effective. You see, even the ghost king level can warn, and everyone has already left, what are you doing with a candle!
Of course, I know that these are the rules handed down by our ancestors, and as a junior, you can't change them at will! Just like the rules of our Yin-Yang Gate, as long as you are in the courtyard, the first thing you do every morning is to give incense to your ancestors. Even if you are in a hurry, it is a reason to endure it for me.
Since the candle has not been extinguished, then Brother Xiao and they will naturally not let go of such a good opportunity.
The sarcophagus is different from ordinary wooden coffins, which also need to be nailed to hold the whole coffin together after the lid is closed. The sarcophagus is not like this, it is carefully carved by the carver when it is manufactured, and there will be a deep stone groove between the coffin lid and the coffin, as long as the stone groove is aligned, the coffin lid and the coffin can be tightly connected together. Before the burial of the deceased using the sarcophagus, craftsmen will use mud to pour around the stone trough. In this way, the whole sarcophagus will become very strong.
As a captain who has been involved in the tomb robbery industry for many years, Brother Xiao can say that there are not a hundred or eighty coffins they have seen, so they naturally know how to open the coffin at a glance.
Therefore, as the hammer in Brother Xiao's hand smashed hard into the hard mud stone near the sarcophagus trough, the sound of metal iron with a 'clang' spread rhythmically in the secret room.
The so-called you have a wall ladder, I have my Zhang Liang plan, the ancient craftsmen can seal the stone groove of the sarcophagus, then future generations will naturally be able to find tools and methods to break it. It's just that the efficiency of this breaking really can't catch up with the efficiency of sealing.
It took more than half an hour to wield the hammer and barely finish chiseling the mud on the stone trough of the coffin. It can also be seen from this that in ancient times, some of the crafts of the ancients were indeed more advanced than those of modern times. At least people's mud is a hundred times stronger than our tofu scum project!
Since it has not been completed, it can only bury its head and continue to dig. When you are tired, you change shifts, when you are hungry, you eat dry food, and when you are thirsty, you drink water. As long as the person is okay, nothing is a problem! I mean, of course, the three days from the day we entered the mausoleum. After all, there are so many things we have to bring, and it's good to be able to carry dry food and water for three days!
"Oh my god! I'd rather use a crowbar to pry a bronze coffin than a hammer to chisel this big sarcophagus! It's so torturous!"
The thin man was wearing an autumn coat at this time, and he still rolled up half of his sleeves, revealing his muscular lines. It whined as it swung its hammer vigorously and smashed it against the sarcophagus. How to say it, a thin man is a person who can't stand loneliness! If he were to be left alone to dig the sarcophagus, I don't think he would be able to stay long even if the chamber was very safe.
The sound of 'bells' continued to sound in the secret room, and suddenly stopped. This made me, who was studying the secret art of yin and yang by the light of the flashlight above my head, couldn't help but put down the ancient books in my hand and looked up at Brother Xiao and them.
"Whew! All right! Finally the hard mud was chiseled. Brother Xiao took the hammer back into his backpack, then took a small crowbar that was only thirty or forty centimeters long from the side, looked at us and said, "Come on!" Everyone came over, and when the crowbar was able to move the lid slightly, we pushed the lid flat with our hands. Shugui, you bring a gas mask first!"
Actually, Brother Xiao, this is for my good! Why do you insist on wearing a mask, as mentioned earlier, the mausoleum buried underground must have poor ventilation conditions, and even completely sealed. In this case, the remains in the mausoleum have been eroded for a long time and turned from decay into a pile of toxic gases. Because its ventilation conditions are very poor, it cannot spread, and the toxicity will only become more intense over time.
Therefore, once the first person to open the passage into the mausoleum will inevitably be attacked by poison gas, then it is necessary to wear a gas mask. With this thing, the captains can save themselves from carrying some kind of ancient tools made of sheepskin.
The same is true for coffins buried in the ground and sealed. Suffice it to say, the concentration of toxic gas in the coffin is definitely ten times or more stronger than that in the mausoleum. Therefore, anyone who opens the coffin must take very careful protective measures in advance.
On the edge of the stone trough between the coffin and the coffin lid, Brother Xiao used this as a fulcrum and inserted the crowbar into it at a thirty-degree angle. Then he began to hold the crowbar hard and pressed down. Seeing this, we each pressed one hand on the crowbar and pressed down hard with Brother Xiao.
Under our force, even if the sarcophagus lid is perfectly connected to the stone groove of the coffin, there are obvious signs of loosening. Subsequently, several of us began to look for a fulcrum around the coffin lid, and the whole coffin lid was loosened.
"Good! Now it's time to open the coffin!" Brother Xiao put away the crowbar, glanced at us, and said, "Let's push the coffin lid together on the head of the coffin!" Be careful, don't put your head inside the coffin!"
"Hmm!" The three of us answered, and then stood in a row with Brother Xiao. They each looked for a place to exert their strength on the high end of the coffin. After standing still, the four of them placed their hands on the side of the lid of the sarcophagus.
"One, two, three, hard!" Shouting slogans, we bent our knees slightly and began to push the lid hard. At first, there was no movement in the coffin lid. But as we worked harder and harder, there was finally a 'click' sound in the secret room.
Then, it was clear to us that the lid was slowly sliding towards the other side.
As the lid of the coffin slowly slides open, the contents of the coffin also slowly come into our eyes. First of all, there is the black smoke, which is supposed to be the toxic gas that appears in every sealed coffin. This is also the reason why every experienced captain who touches gold will carry something about antidote or avoidance.
Fortunately, we were prepared in advance. At the moment when the lid of the coffin was opened, he did not rush to put his head up, but took a step back, and by the light of the flashlight, he saw that the black smoke had grown from thick to thick until it dissipated, and then he took a step forward and came to the side of the sarcophagus.
Shining the flashlight on the head to the inside of the coffin, which had only opened one-fifth of the coffin, we could clearly see that the inner walls of the coffin were all black and gray, which was slightly different from the color of the outside of the sarcophagus. We estimate that those blacks should have formed under the long-term effects of black smoke. Whether this is the case or not, that's not what we do. The most important thing for us is the treasure in the coffin.
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