Chen Ze slashed the belly of the corpse, and the poisonous insects crawled out.
Chen Ze picked up the dagger on the ground and stabbed it hard into the abdomen of the corpse.
Pfft! Blood spurted out. Chen Ze took out the dagger and put it to the tip of his nose and smelled it. After confirming that he was not contaminated by the smell of blood, he inserted the dagger back, then turned the body over, preparing to eat the opponent's stomach. Cut it open to see if any internal organs are alive. If so, dig them out along the intestines and stomach and treat them.
Chen Ze picked up the dagger, slashed the corpse's abdominal muscles with the dagger, and took out the contents.
“Wow!” Zhang Qiling couldn’t help but said in surprise.
There were actually many small bugs growing in the belly of the corpse. The bugs were as big as an adult's hand. They were green in color and densely covered the whole body of the corpse.
Chen Ze scratched the belly of the corpse, and the poisonous insects crawled out.
The ancient tomb seemed to become more gloomy in an instant.
Chen Ze quickly put down the dagger, took out two candles from his backpack, lit them and threw them next to the body.
After doing all this, Chen Ze breathed a sigh of relief.
"Is this...so disgusting?" Chen Wenjin and Zhang Qiling were also frightened by the situation inside the corpse.
"Do you still remember what I said?" Chen Ze asked.
The three of them thought for a while and shook their heads.
"Yes, you haven't heard me say it, because I only told you once. But I believe it has been firmly engraved in your mind, just like now, you just need me to remind you You can immediately understand what to do next," Chen Ze said.
The three of them still looked at Chen Ze in confusion, obviously not understanding what Chen Ze said.
"I once said that the ancient tomb is an extremely dangerous place. If you are not careful, you will lose your life. At the beginning, I told you that this tomb has many hidden compartments and various traps. I originally planned to bring You go look for those traps and hidden compartments, but I am worried that you will encounter other dangers, so I decided to change my plan to rescue you first, and then slowly explore this tomb after you get out. Unfortunately, I underestimated this. The level of danger inside led to your disappearance," Chen Ze recalled.
Chen Ze paused and continued: "My original plan was to let you leave and then come back. After all, you are safe now, but I didn't expect that as soon as we walked with the front foot, someone passed by the back foot. There was news of your death, so I had to take the risk and come in, hoping to find you in the tomb. You."
"In the end, I did find your body. Fortunately, I discovered the abnormality of the body and took measures in time to protect the secret of the body."
"It turned out to be. In this way, I still wonder how someone could die inexplicably!" Chen Wenjin suddenly realized.
"Then what should we do? Do we want to go back?" Zhang Qiling asked.
Chen Ze pondered for a moment and said: "Since everyone has come in, we must explore it clearly. If you encounter the same situation outside, you can also deal with it in time. In addition, we must leave this tomb as soon as possible, otherwise, this The tomb will soon attract other tomb robbers, and by then, I'm afraid we won't be able to escape."
"Well, you are right, we must leave here as soon as possible, otherwise we will wait until someone breaks in. , then you really can’t leave!" Zhang Qiling agreed.
Chen Wenjin was a little hesitant. She wanted to stay and continue to study the ancient tomb. After all, this ancient tomb is so amazing. Maybe she can learn something from it?
"Captain, I still want to stay. Continue research!" Chen Wenjin said.
"No!" Chen Ze refused directly. He would never allow Chen Wenjin to stay in this ghost place under any circumstances.
Why? I think this ancient tomb is quite magical. I want to know more about it. If we encounter a similar situation again in the future, we can take precautions in advance!" Chen Wenjin said unconvinced.
"This It's not something you should study, and there are viruses in your laboratory waiting for you to go back and conquer, so don't waste your time. "Chen Ze persuaded seriously.
"But I still want to study..."
"I don't agree, that's it. If you have to stay, then you will be alone. Take action. "Chen Ze said resolutely that this matter is not negotiable. "You two get out first!" Chen Ze said to the two of them.
Although Zhang Qiling and Chen Wenjin were reluctant in every way, in the end they Still obeying Chen Ze's instructions, he stepped back more than ten meters, then turned around and left.
After the two of them walked away, Chen Ze started digging a hole with the dagger in his hand, preparing to bury the body before leaving.
Soon Chen Ze dug a hole about 10 square meters deep and buried the body in it. Then he stood up, clapped his hands and left.
After coming out, the three of them gathered together again and continued walking to the lower level of the tomb.
“This ancient tomb is really big. We have walked all the way and we don’t know how many steps we have taken, but we still haven’t reached the bottom.” Zhang Qiling complained.
"Well, me too. Not only that, the air in this ancient tomb gets worse as you go down, and it feels a little difficult to breathe." Chen Wenjin said.
"This underground palace was built in imitation of the Western Han Dynasty Emperor Liu Che. Liu Che liked to build mausoleums. His mausoleums are usually in the main building of the underground palace, so the passage we are taking now should go to the core area of the mausoleum, otherwise there would be no There are so many side roads," Chen Ze analyzed.
“Oh! So that’s it.” Chen Wenjin suddenly realized.
"Then let's speed up and try to find Liu Che's treasure before dark." Zhang Qiling said urgently.
"Okay!" Chen Ze responded.
The next three people speeded up a lot. After all, the structure of this ancient tomb was too complicated, and Chen Ze was not familiar with it. In addition, the three of them were hungry and did not dare to stop for fear of accidentally making a mistake. They touched certain mechanisms and they could never get out.
It took the three of them half an hour to reach the location indicated on the map. This is the central area of the underground palace that Chen Ze mentioned. Here is a huge sarcophagus.
“This should be where the ancient corpse lies.” Chen Ze pointed at the sarcophagus and said.
"Brother Chen, who do you think is in this ancient coffin?" Zhang Qiling approached the sarcophagus and asked.
"Who knows? Maybe it's Liu Bang, Xiang Yu and others!" Chen Ze guessed.
“Isn’t this nonsense?” Zhang Qiling rolled his eyes, “Let me ask you, are you Liu Bang?”
Chen Ze thought about it seriously and said: "We can't rule out the possibility that it is Liu Bang!"
"Who is Liu Bang?" Chen Wenjin asked. As an ordinary academic, she did not pay attention to history.
"Liu Bang is the ancestor of the Liu family and the king of the Tang Dynasty." Zhang Qiling explained patiently.
“So powerful?” Chen Wenjin exclaimed.
Chen Ze nodded: "Yes, but there are not many antiques here, they are basically funerary objects."
"Hey, isn't that a portrait of Liu Bang? Why isn't this portrait hanging on the wall?" Suddenly Chen Wenjin found a portrait floating alone in the sarcophagus.
“Let’s go take a look!” Chen Ze was also curious about the origin of this portrait.
Chen Ze and the others came to the portrait. Chen Ze observed the portrait carefully. The portrait was covered with red cloth, but because of its age, there was a crack on the red cloth.
Chen Ze reached out and pulled the red cloth. (End of this chapter)