"Why don't we just find a better place and dig deeper? This will also allow Shadetti to probe deeper.

We were also able to learn more about the place and see if there were any strange soil conditions. ”

Looking at Alka, who was thinking, Simon next to him proposed.

Hearing this, Arka shook his head slightly: "What we are looking for should be a tomb, and it may be the tomb of a person in a high position. There is a high probability that such a grave will have defensive measures.

If you dig underneath, you may activate some defenses. And we don't know how deep he is underground, after all, this area has been through so many problems.

And the empire is thousands of years away from us. ”

Xia Daiti next to him also said: "The stone below is very hard, the further down it goes, the harder it becomes, and there is also a precipitated abyss abyss.

Even if you dig 5 meters deep, you won't be able to increase the distance you can go further down by 5 meters. Because the various breaths that have been deposited below and the power of the earth will hinder my detection range. ”

Hearing this, Simon nodded and took back his suggestion.

Lucilia, who was sitting on Alka's shoulder, frowned at his words, thought for a while, and said, "Maybe we can first understand the style of the Salalan Empire's tomb building?" and the culture of their funeral. ”

"Do you have information on this?" Arka asked, turning to Lucilia.

If there is information on this, of course it would be even better.

Lucilia nodded: "Yes, yes, but I wasn't interested in this thing at all, but when I learned about the Saranan Empire, I learned that there was a book with some research and records like this." ”

"Wait a minute, I'll look for it. I've put all the books on the Salalan Empire in my pocket ring. ”

As she spoke, Lucilia reached for her bracelet and closed her eyes as she began to carefully search the space in her pocket.

It is to explore the space of your pocket with your own spirit, which is equivalent to rummaging in it with your eyes.

After only half a minute or so, Lucilia took out a heavy book in her hand, and the cover was already a certain age.

"This is it."

As he spoke, he controlled the book to float and began to flip through it.

It quickly turned to the information he needed.

The Arka people also tilted their heads to look at the information in the book.

Through the style of funerary and tomb construction, it explores some of the cultures of the Salalan Empire and traces their origins. Let people know more about some of the customs of this empire, as well as folk customs and character.

There are even many simple drawings attached to it, including some of the architectural styles of the tombs, and even architectural drawings.

Detailed theory is carried out through these drawings.

Alka looked at the introduction above, and the funeral style was earth burial rather than sea burial. This is relatively rare in an ocean world like the Boundless Sea.

He likes to build the style of the tomb into various circles, or more regular shapes.

Of course, most of them will be round, and even the tombs of the royal family of the Salalan Empire are in a circular style.

Because it is a burial, there is also a custom of burial goods, and a stone called a dry stone is used to make a sarcophagus.

They believed that the sarcophagus made of this stone would bring them peace, and that the stone had a dark hue.

But there is a faint fragrance of plants on the stone, and the people of the Salalan Empire believe that they can return to the world in such a sarcophagus.

Isn't it actually a return to the arms of the gods? In this world where there are clearly gods, such a style is still quite peculiar.

With this understanding, Arka also has a general understanding of the entire tomb style.

Knowing these styles, Arka immediately glanced at the map again and revisited the information about the treasure.

Just as he thought, there was an expansion, but the information that appeared was somewhat ambiguous.

[Left in a tomb that does not belong to him.] 】

Although I don't know the specific meaning of this message, it has at least been determined that the place where the treasure is located is the tomb.

And then the expansion of what he had just seen, it was almost entirely certain that there was a tomb at their feet.

And the treasure is in this tomb, and the depth of this tomb is very deep.

Thinking of this, Arka looked at the map.

Start with your hands and try to draw a circle.

Because the golden treasure points of light and the surrounding white points of light are indeed counted in an area on the entire map.

Then Arka has reason to suspect that these treasures are in a tomb.

It is unlikely that there are several different tombs below his feet, and that would be strange, according to the funerary style, the family-style tomb is a circle.

He was trying to draw a circle that would encapsulate all the treasures in it. This is used to determine the extent of the tomb.

At first, he painted circles centered on golden treasures with points of light as the center.

But no matter how you generalize, the circle seems to be a bit oversized, and there will be a lot of gaps.

Not very realistic.

After a few laps like this, Arka finally drew a circle that he was satisfied with.

That is, the golden point of light is not in the center of the tomb, but at the edge of the tomb, so that all the white points of light can be included in a more correct circle.

And the size of this tomb is also within a relatively normal range.

Contrasting the circles he had drawn, Arka began to make a simple plan of where they were now.

The entire area in a 1-kilometer circle that they had just probed was obviously a bit too large.

The diameter of this circle should be only about 700 meters, and the error is only 1 kilometer at most.

"This is supposed to be the tomb of a powerful person, and according to the above statement, this tomb should have the right passage.

Because of some big festivals, their descendants will go into the tomb to make sacrifices. ”

Alka said that he would start with a simple plan based on the circle he had just drawn, following the more classic example of tomb construction.

After a few rounds of planning, several points were identified.

"Let's dig down from these points."

This point is thought to be outside the tomb, but it is likely to be closer to the tomb, making it easier to detect the edge of the tomb.

It is possible to detect the tomb without harming or affecting it.

Hearing Arka's words, several people nodded.

Start looking for a starting point in situ.

Once he found the annotation, Simon began building the machine to excavate. He unfolded his treasure and piloted a huge mecha.

The hands of the mecha are assembled through a series of mechanical structures, and electric drills and tools used to dig pits have appeared.

Once it was started, the effect was very strong, and the efficiency was full, and soon a pit of seven or eight meters deep appeared, but it was not dug much, just enough for Xia Daiti to jump in.

After digging, Xia Daiti jumped directly into it and began to probe downward.

"It's a little bit more than three meters, and it's still not strange."

Arka nodded, thought for a moment and said, "Let's go to other points and dig the same deep pit first, and then continue to deepen the depth." ”

Simon nodded, and the crowd moved again.

In this way, a total of 6 deep pits were dug, and each pit was the same size, but as Xia Daiti said. There was nothing more to be detected by the additional detection range that was extended, so the crowd began to dig bit by bit.

…………

A few hours later.

The depth of Pit 3 has reached 20 meters.

When Shadetti jumped in again, this time her eyes glowed and the corners of her mouth smiled.

"I found the curved walls of the man-made building, 40 meters deep from the ground. It is surrounded by very strong stones. ”

Hearing that the building was confirmed, everyone smiled, and after working hard for so long, they finally had a little gain.

"It's still 30 meters away from where I am." Shadai Tibi said after drawing for a while.

Then he also pointed in a direction.

Simon did a brief calculation and said, "Let's get closer and dig a new hole." ”

Since Simon said so, everyone naturally had no objections.

Once you've found your position, you'll start digging a hole downward, this time digging a hole deep enough. And the stones below and the aura of the abyss will have an effect, and you need to take it slowly, not in a hurry.

It took more than three hours or so, and finally reached a deep pit of 45 meters.

It was already possible to feel the breath of the abyss inside, which was immersed in the ground through the earth, affecting the scars of the entire world.

The entire entrance of the cave was expanded, and Xia Daiti began to plan more carefully at the bottom of the cave.

It's as fine as how many meters you need to dig to stop.

"Dig another three meters from here, and after three meters you're only one meter away from the wall. I'll take a closer look at the mechanism or something. ”

Hearing Xia Daiti's words, Simon nodded and jumped down again, starting to dig more slightly. This time it can't be as fast as it was just now, it has to be fine.

But after all, only a few meters were quickly cleared, and Xia Daiti once again stuck to the mud wall to probe.

Silver ripples pierced the stone wall and detected the location of the tomb.

It didn't take long for the information she wanted to know.

"There's no mechanism in this direction, you can speak."

Soon the last meter was opened, and everyone could clearly see that the gray color of the stone was revealed after the dirt had been removed.

This stone, although strong, is not rare. It is a very common building material, and the stone of the anti-demon fortress is mainly used in this material.

"Can I dig up?" Simon asked.

"Yes, it shouldn't be a problem if it's normal and mild."

Hearing this, Simon's Of Course sprang into action and soon opened the hole. The crowd was able to see the pitch-black space inside.

There was a somewhat rotten smell coming from inside, and there was a dull smell.

"Now it's time to widen the hole."

"Why don't I go in and take a look inside?" Lucilia asked, looking at the hole.

She was just able to get into the hole.

Hearing this, Arka thought for a moment and nodded.

Lucilia's figure immediately disappeared into the shadows, disappearing into the hole.

Begin to explore the inside of the tomb.

However, she only explored the area around the cave before she came out of the cave again.

"There shouldn't be any situation around here."

The small hole was enlarged by Simon until they were able to get into it.

And they also took out a steel frame to support it, in case their actions just now caused any problems with the structure of the entire tomb.

After everything was ready, everyone slowly and cautiously entered the tomb.

After making sure that it was just a dull smell and that there was no poisonous gas, everyone looked at the scene in the tomb through dark vision.

If there is danger inside, it is also possible to pass through dark vision instead of using light. So as not to startle the snake.

Right next to them stood a sarcophagus.

The sarcophagus is completely enclosed, and no information can be seen on it.

This is because each sarcophagus is tailor-made after the death of the deceased, and is made by some kind of incantation that controls the shape of the stone.

He knew this from the book he had just seen.

The sarcophagus also has a pattern depiction made when making the sarcophagus.

Through the dark vision, Arka looked at the pattern depiction above the sarcophagus, which and some sentences described the life of the deceased.

And the owner of the sarcophagus in front of him, when he was alive, his life was obviously not very exciting, only a few words.

It probably means a responsible father, a good brother or something.

It's a more general scene.

The mural is supposed to be a family portrait.

Although it is strange to paint a family portrait on a coffin, it is a folk custom here after all.

Next to the coffin, there was a white outline in the pile of broken lime, and Arka walked over and gently flicked it with his legs to remove the broken lime blocks.

The white lines were wrapped around some kind of metalwork, and the white lines disappeared when Alka picked them up.

Obviously an ordinary treasure.

Looking at what Arka was holding in her hand, Lucilia took a brief look.

It was a luxurious-looking hourglass, older than the hourglass they used to keep track of time.

Of course, this does not mean that the time he recorded was not accurate, but in those days, such an hourglass was obviously worth a lot.

And the shape of this hourglass is also very exquisite, after simply cleaning off the lime dirt on it, you can see that it is decorated with several gems and precious metals.

The use of this thing as one of the funeral objects shows that the occupation of the deceased during his lifetime paid more attention to the concept of time.

Then it is very likely that the person lying in this coffin should have been a government official of the Alan Empire.

The government of the Salalan Empire, at one point or another, was known for its efficiency. ”

Lucilia said after a brief reasoning.

Arka nodded, and casually put the hourglass away.

Obviously a small item of value.

It was their first harvest in this tomb.

Looking around, it is a circular tomb, which can be easily divided into two parts. The first is the central one, which is a square-like place.

The construction of such a tomb is obviously familial. Then in this square, you can learn about some of the deeds of this family, as well as a passage to the outside.

Of course, the passage had obviously been blocked.

After all, it's 40 meters under.

You can then go through the central plaza and passages to the other burial chambers.

These burial chambers are divided by walls, like pizza, one block after another.

The sarcophagus stored in each tile is a deceased member of the family from the same era.

That is, family members of the same generation.

The tomb where Arka and the others are now is already the tail of the pizza, which means that it is likely to be the later stage of the use of this tomb.

There are two sarcophagi next to it, and they are a pair of brothers.

Passing through the passage into the central square, the family was seen.

Lucilia began to decipher the stone monument in the center of the square, which had been built at different times.

It records the family's glory moments as well as the low times.

It's a family that's not big or small.

The original family was founded by a wealthy businessman whose descendants began to enter politics with money.

The most powerful person ever came out was the deputy of the highest official of a city.

After a brief understanding, the group began to examine the sarcophagi in each burial chamber.

Arka walked straight towards the place where the golden dot of light was.

Then what he saw was an equally broken gap in the wall.

In the gap, a corner of a sarcophagus can be seen to be broken, using violent means.

And next to the broken part of this sarcophagus, there is a rotting corpse.

There were golden dots of light next to the bones.

It was a cup completely covered in dust and dirt.

(End of chapter)