Chapter 728 Tomb of the King
In the afternoon, the excavation speed of the members of the archaeological team accelerated a lot, and a large number of petrified statues were excavated. The number was shocking.
The teachers felt chills when they saw the densely packed gray-white stone statues on the ground, and they felt discouraged.
The royal tutor led his people to set up a larger magic circle on a large piece of land, preparing to use it to de-petrify these petrified statues in batches, thinking that maybe there were still people alive.
Bing Zhixie squatted on a petrified statue and thought in his mind: "What is it that has such a strong ability to petrify so many people? There are also many powerful guys among the petrified monsters. Is it these trees? But we have lived under the trees for so long and nothing has happened. Those things underneath? The underground space seen through the black stone cannot have anything to do with the Tomb of the Hero King. Everything arranged here is obviously related to this tomb. So, could the petrification be a mechanism to protect this tomb? ...Why? It doesn’t make sense.”
"Hey Neo, what are you thinking about? Come over and help."
"Oh." Bing Zhixie hurried over.
The soldier held up a petrified statue: "Help me carry it up together, be careful."
Bing Zhixie hugged the shoulders of the stone statue and was stunned when he saw the appearance of the stone statue. This stone statue is none other than Firebird, the leader of the Iron Curtain Team!
The soldiers urged from below: "What are you doing standing still? Lift it up quickly."
Bing Zhixie and he lifted the stone statue up, and after a closer look, there was no doubt that it was indeed a firebird. Bing Zhixie couldn't help but wonder in her heart: "Huo Niao and the others were only separated from me for a few hours that night. How come they were suddenly buried in the mud twenty meters deep?" Looking at Huo Niao's expression, he frowned, his eyes There was surprise in his face, and for him to show such an expression, something must have happened very suddenly at that time.
"What is it? What can make him so surprised?" Bing Zhixie thought: "In terms of strength, Firebird's strength is not much worse than mine, if not stronger than mine. In the past two years, in The tavern has also heard a lot of rumors about him, saying that he has become a lot stronger. Each of the five members of the Iron Curtain Team is not a weak opponent. How come their captain was suddenly petrified?”
The remaining four members of the Iron Curtain Team were indeed found in the unearthed stone statues. I saw Ren, Bud and the others from 'God's Will' again.
Bing Zhixie shed a cold sweat, two teams of S-class mercenary groups were completely wiped out! And although their faces and expressions were somewhat different, they were all in fear. Not only that, not just them, most of the petrified statues were in this kind of panic, and some of them had expressions that they couldn't even imagine a human being could show.
Fortunately, none of their petrified statues were damaged, but Leslie's stone statue was not found among them.
Bing Zhixie secretly worried that Galvas was too trusting, and the danger here was definitely beyond his imagination. Bing Zhixie wanted to persuade them to leave, but she didn't know how to say it. With her current identity, they probably wouldn't believe her if she told him. Of course, this idea of persuading them was just a fleeting thought, and if they left, the excavation of the tomb would have to stop. Bing Zhixie also wanted to know what was in the tomb of the Hero King? Maybe the hero king Sag back then also got a piece of Dragon Zero and hid it in his tomb.
The excavation speed exceeded everyone's imagination. It dug more than 30 meters along the previous pit, and the scope also expanded a lot. Hundreds of petrified statues were dug out, most of which were human petrified statues, and there were far fewer monsters. The further you dig down, the more tree roots you dig out. Many petrified statues are wrapped in tree roots, and some have been twisted off by the tree roots.
At four o'clock in the afternoon, the pit was dug several meters deeper, but fewer and fewer stone statues were dug out, and more tree roots were dug out.
"We have dug to the end." Teacher Beiji looked up from the pit. There was no soil visible further down, and there was almost a wall of tree roots under her feet.
A soldier dug out the tree roots underground, panted and shook his head: "There are no stone statues down there. If we want to dig further, we can only dig horizontally, but it's time to take a rest."
This afternoon they alternated between resting and digging. They were very tired. Even Bing Zhixie felt that it was too much. They hadn't done such important physical work for a long time.
The people above shouted: "Let's all have a rest."
The people in the pit climbed up one after another. The royal tutor said: "This is just a place. There should be many stone statues under other loose soil. In the past few days, we have dug out all the stone statues in the ground. Whether they are dead or alive, we have to dig them out and let them They can rest in peace."
Bing Zhixie was also in the pit. He was about to climb up the dug slope when he suddenly saw something in the roots of the tree under his feet. He pulled the root of the tree, but it couldn't be moved, so he used a shovel to dig up all the surrounding soil and tree roots. Gradually, a round and pointed thing was exposed.
Bing Zhixie touched it with his hand. This thing was made of stone, with the coolness of the stone, and was coated with a layer of dark gold paint. At first he thought it was some kind of antique relic, but he dug up some tree roots around it and found that this thing was bigger than he thought.
At this time, people nearby also noticed this thing and shouted to the people around them: "There is a new discovery, dig up here and have a look."
Many people came to dig up the roots of the tree, and as they dug more and more As we opened further, things entangled in the roots of the tree were gradually revealed. This thing is round, pointed, three meters long, and looks like a big garlic shape.
Bing Zhixie's heart suddenly moved when he saw this 'garlic': "Isn't this a form of some building spires?" His first instinct was to dig the tomb of the Hero King.
There were many people who had the same idea as him. Immediately, the people in the pit shouted loudly, saying that they had dug a grave.
People who had climbed to the ground ran back one after another. When Galvas heard that the king's tomb had been dug, he hurried over with his people. When he saw the spire, he looked at the teachers around him.
The teachers looked at the dark golden spire carefully and said: "This is part of the building. It should be the spire on the building. It seems that we are standing on top of the Tomb of the Hero King!" Galvas suddenly became excited, and he With his eyes wide open angrily and filled with excitement, he shouted to the people around him: "Call everyone here and dig down here!"< br>
The soldier next to him said: "General, didn't you say you should rest? We have been digging for a long time and are very tired..."
Galvas grabbed his armor and said: "I asked you to call people to dig. Don't forget the original intention of our coming here!"
The soldier had to call everyone to start digging. Compared with the soil, these tough tree roots are more difficult to dig. Some of those fat tree roots are thicker than buckets. Sometimes, it takes several shovels to dig.
However, despite this, under the supervision of Galvas, the strong tree root wall was dug out. As expected, the golden spire was indeed part of the building, and more parts were covered by tree roots.
The teacher looked at the scene in front of him and said: "No wonder we couldn't find the specific location of the Tomb of the Hero King before. It turns out that it was firmly wrapped by tree roots!"
" This is the first time I have seen such a mausoleum. It is so amazing that it is hard to imagine the heroic king Sa. "It seems that the trees above are arranged in a square shape to wrap the king's tomb with their roots."
Everyone was very happy and seemed to have forgotten about the petrification.
The soldiers dug until evening to eat, and they were already starving.
"Wow, tonight's dinner is very good, much better than the past few days." A student couldn't wait to eat.
Galvas next to him smiled and said: "I know everyone is exhausted today, so I asked the cooking soldiers to give everyone extra meals. Everyone must be full. The food supplies we brought are still sufficient. Just feel free to eat it, hahaha.”
Harry smiled and said, “General, look. You are very happy to have found the tomb."
"Aren't you happy?" Galvas asked, "Who is unhappy? The purpose of our coming here is to excavate the tomb of the Hero King. I thought it would take a few days to dig out the king’s tomb, but I didn’t expect to find it today.”
Harry said: "Yes, thanks to these stone men, we have accelerated the progress of excavation."
Galvas said: "Don't be too sad, these people have nothing to do with us. We can rescue them if we can, and it has nothing to do with us if we can't rescue them."
Harry smiled: "I don't know any of these petrified people, why should I be sad?"
At this time, the Royal Tutor came back with his people.
Bei Ji asked: "Teacher, has the magic circle been arranged?"
The royal tutor shook his head: "There is still the last part that has not been completed. It will take some time to set up such a large magic array. After a while, the array will be set up, and people will be asked to carry the petrified statues in, giving priority to the more complete ones. . I think if we hurry up, we can rescue a group of people in four or five hours."
Galvas said: "Stop talking about this, mentor, let's eat quickly. Everyone is very tired today, and you are also very tired. Come on." He said and handed over a plate with food.
"Thank you."
After the meal, Bing Zhixie was still responsible for clearing and washing the tableware. He was about to walk away with the stacks of plates and cutlery when he suddenly felt dizzy. , and then the whole person fell to the ground.
"Hey, what's wrong with you?" The people around heard the sound and ran over, but halfway through, two more people fell to the ground.
The Royal Tutor felt something was wrong, stood up and shouted: "Everyone, be careful, it may be..." He wanted to say that it might be dangerous, but as soon as he stood up, he felt dizzy in his mind, and his eyes immediately became blurry, and then He saw General Galvas sitting across from him fall down. He staggered a few times and fell to the ground as well.
This change came too suddenly, and all the people in the camp fell down at once...
(End of this chapter)