"Isn't it too far?" Song Wei asked hesitantly.
The distance between here and the entrance to the tomb was more than two hundred meters. Although the experts speculated that the tomb was very large, Song Wei wasn't sure if they were still in the tomb's range.
After all, everything was just the experts' speculation. Their investigation had just begun when they were forced to stop. No one knew how big the tomb was or how it was distributed.
Compared to Song Wei's uncertainty, Xia Ruofei was somewhat confident.
Because at this location, the Sensing Jade Leaf's heat was still very high, which meant that the Boundary Stone was nearby. There was no doubt that they were still in the tomb's range.
Xia Ruofei smiled and said, "My intuition tells me that there should be something here!"
Song Wei was speechless. "Intuition again …"
"My intuition is sometimes quite accurate!" Xia Ruofei said with a smile.
This location was a depression, and it was also quite far from the patrolling security guards, so the two of them were much more relaxed than before.
"Then did your intuition tell you how we should proceed?" Song Wei asked with a smile.
Xia Ruofei stood up mysteriously and walked around a few steps. Then, he stomped his foot and said, "Let's dig from here!"
Song Wei was stunned. "It's that simple?"
Xia Ruofei shrugged and said, "Of course! Since it's all based on luck, why don't we trust my intuition this time! "
Song Wei was stunned for a while, then said with a bitter smile, "Okay!"
She was an archaeologist, so she had no clue in this kind of situation where there were almost no clues. Since Xia Ruofei trusted his intuition so much, she might as well trust him this time. Otherwise, they couldn't just wander around in the wilderness in the middle of the night!
The two of them took off their backpacks and put them aside. Song Wei took out a Luoyang shovel from her bag and skillfully put it together.
Xia Ruofei stretched out his hand and said with a smile, "Leave this kind of physical work to me!"
Song Wei didn't stand on ceremony and directly handed the Luoyang shovel to Xia Ruofei.
In fact, this Luoyang shovel had two shovel heads. The small shovel head that was installed now was mainly used to explore the hole. It was used to pick up the soil below and determine if there was a tomb below based on the soil quality.
Xia Ruofei didn't say anything and started digging. Song Wei watched from the side and said with a smile, "Your movements are quite professional. You haven't robbed a tomb before, right?"
"Yeah! And he even robbed the royal tomb! "Xia Ruofei said without raising his head.
"Bullsh * t!" Song Wei giggled.
After a while, Xia Ruofei brought up some soil. Song Wei took the flashlight and turned it on. He looked at it seriously and said with a surprised expression, "There really might be a tomb below!"
After saying that, Song Wei pointed to a piece of soil that Xia Ruofei had brought up and said, "Look, this has obvious characteristics of ternary soil. And from the color, it's mixed with glutinous rice soup. The standard of this tomb is very high!"
Xia Ruofei smiled and said, "Do you believe in my intuition now?"
Song Wei chuckled and said, "It's a blind cat that caught a dead mouse! And if we rashly dig down from here, it will be dangerous if the tomb collapses. People will really die! "
Tomb raiding was actually a high-risk business that required a lot of physical strength. It was common for people to accidentally lose their lives in tombs.
In the archaeological excavations that Song Wei had participated in, he had seen fallen bones in tombs several times. These were basically the remains of tomb raiders. They had either died due to lack of oxygen or other unknown dangers. It was even possible that they had been killed by their accomplices due to unequal distribution of the loot.
Xia Ruofei said, "We just have to be careful. This tomb is so big. If there are no accidents, there should be a complete underground palace below. It won't collapse so easily."
Song Wei nodded. She agreed with Xia Ruofei's point of view, so she said, "Then … let's try to dig down?"
"Of course!" Xia Ruofei said.
They had already come this far, and he could feel that the jade leaf was constantly emitting a scorching aura. Regardless of whether there was danger below, Xia Ruofei had to continue.
Song Wei didn't say anything. She took out another larger shovel and replaced it. Then, she silently handed it to Xia Ruofei.
This shovel was specially used to dig holes. It was much more useful than an ordinary shovel.
Of course, with the development of technology, many tomb raiders now used technological equipment, such as a single backpack drilling machine, which was even more efficient.
Xia Ruofei took the Luoyang shovel and began to dig at the location where the hole had been drilled.
He was very strong and had good stamina. In addition, he had been trained to dig bunkers when he was in the army. There was no problem with his skills, so his speed was naturally very fast.
After a while, a round hole about 70 centimeters in diameter appeared.
Xia Ruofei kept digging deeper, while Song Wei gave him a flashlight. The division of labor between the two was very clear.
After digging about two meters, Xia Ruofei was already in the hole. Song Wei was almost lying at the entrance of the hole, reaching out to light Xia Ruofei.
This hole was not completely vertical. First, it was dug straight down. When it was about half a meter deep, it began to dig diagonally downward. In fact, Song Wei's flashlight was not very useful.
However, she felt that it was not good for her to be idle. She wanted to do something.
At that moment, Song Wei heard a "ding" sound from below. It was obviously different from the sound of digging. She quickly asked, "Ruofei, what's wrong?"
Xia Ruofei said from below, "Song Wei, pass me the flashlight!"
Because Xia Ruofei was already quite deep, the sound was a little muffled. However, Song Wei was still quite clear. She quickly took out a rope from her bag, tied the flashlight, and went down.
After a while, Xia Ruofei retreated along the entrance of the hole. He supported himself with both hands and sat at the entrance of the hole. He said to Song Wei, "I should have dug up the tomb brick! I want to change my tools. "
After that, Xia Ruofei rummaged through the hiking bag next to him. He took out a bag of tools and put them in his pocket. There were small crowbars, shovels, and so on. They were all prepared for the limited space underground.
He thought for a moment, then took out a roll of plastic cloth from the bag and stuffed it into his pocket. Then he said, "I'm going down!"
Song Wei felt nervous for no reason. She grabbed Xia Ruofei's arm.
Xia Ruofei was stunned for a moment and asked, "What's wrong?"
Song Wei blushed and said, "Nothing … You … Be careful!"
Xia Ruofei smiled and said, "Don't worry! I'm not a reckless person. If anything goes wrong, I'll immediately withdraw! By the way … "
Speaking of this, Xia Ruofei thought of something. He took out a black bag from his hiking bag and handed it to Song Wei. He said, "I'll pull the rope later. You smooth the pipe down!"
For safety reasons, when Xia Ruofei was working underground, a rope was tied to his waist. If anything happened, Song Wei could pull him up.
Of course, whether the delicate Miss Song could pull Xia Ruofei up was another matter.
Song Wei opened it and looked at it. She showed a hint of surprise and said, "Snakeskin! You're quite well prepared! "
Xia Ruofei chuckled and said, "Isn't it better to be prepared? Safety first! "
Song Wei was relieved when she saw this. She nodded and said, "Then you go down! I'll wait for your signal! "
The industrial-grade snakeskin allowed people to see the situation inside the tomb without having to go down personally. It was equivalent to a second pair of eyes, which could avoid some unknown risks to a large extent.
Xia Ruofei grinned at Song Wei and went into the hole again.
He soon came to the place where he had just dug. The soil here had been cleaned up by him. In front of him were slightly curved tomb bricks.
The gaps between the bricks were tight, and the construction process was quite brilliant.
Xia Ruofei directly took out a military dagger from the Ring-Tu space, inserted it into the small gap, and then carefully pried it open.
Gradually, the tomb bricks began to loosen.
As the gap increased, Xia Ruofei replaced it with a small crowbar and pried open a whole tomb brick.
After taking out one, the rest was easy. Soon, all the tomb bricks in front of him were pried open.
However, what surprised Xia Ruofei was that the bottom of the tomb bricks was not a hollow tomb chamber. It was still compacted soil.
This tomb chamber should be compacted from top to bottom with soil, and there was a layer of tomb bricks in the middle, similar to a sandwich biscuit.
Xia Ruofei did not know what was so special about this design, but he did not want to delve too deeply into it. Since it was still soil, he continued to dig.
After digging for more than 40 centimeters, Xia Ruofei finally felt the weight in his hand lighten. He suddenly showed a hint of joy. He knew that he had dug through.
However, when he thought that the tomb chamber might be full of cold unknown toxins, Xia Ruofei's expression became slightly serious. He immediately took out a plastic sheet that he had prepared beforehand and blocked the small hole that he had just dug. Then, he pulled the rope around his waist.
Song Wei had been waiting for a long time. When she felt the rope shake, she quickly lowered the snakeskin.
Xia Ruofei put the snakeskin into the tomb chamber through the small hole, and then climbed out of the hole.
"How's it going?" Song Wei asked.
"It's been dug through!" Xia Ruofei said, "Let's take a look at the situation below first, and then decide whether to go in or not!"
"Okay!" Song Wei nodded heavily.
Xia Ruofei took out his laptop from his bag and the control terminal of the snakeskin. He skillfully connected it.
The snakeskin was powered by a battery. Soon, the image below appeared on the laptop screen.
Song Wei naturally came over to watch with great anticipation.
The image captured by the infrared camera was colorless, but the situation below the tomb could still be seen clearly.
The place that they had dug through seemed to be a passage about two meters high. There were two rows of sculptures on both sides of the long corridor, which looked a little eerie.
Xia Ruofei controlled the snakeskin to shoot at both ends of the passage. He did not see any danger. Although it felt eerie, it was very peaceful.
So, he opened another interface on the computer. The top of the snakeskin was integrated with a sensor that could detect the air in the tomb.
The data showed that everything was normal. Except for the low oxygen content, there was no excessive harmful gas.
Song Wei and Xia Ruofei looked at each other and asked, "Do you want to go down?"
Xia Ruofei nodded and said, "I'm going down! But … "
"If you go down, I'll go down too!" Song Wei said before Xia Ruofei could finish.
Xia Ruofei said helplessly, "Okay! I have some cleaning up to do, and then we'll go down together! "
Xia Ruofei went down into the hole and put away the snakeskin. Then, he widened the hole to make sure that it was big enough for people to pass through. Then, he retreated and repaired the entire robber's hole until he was out of the hole.
Then, Xia Ruofei carefully moved the dug soil to a small pond not far away and threw it away. He also cleaned up the traces of the hole as much as possible.
Then, he broke some branches and prepared to cover the hole after he went down.
This place was originally a low-lying land, surrounded by dense forest and few people. In addition, there was a small mound next to the hole, which was covered by branches. Even if someone passed by, it would be difficult to discover that a hole had been dug here.
Song Wei looked at Xia Ruofei's work and couldn't help but laugh and say, "If I didn't know your resume, I would have suspected that you were a professional grave robber!"
Xia Ruofei shrugged and said, "At my level, I'm a professional in everything!"
Song Wei laughed and said, "Great expert! Shouldn't we go down now? "
Xia Ruofei said seriously, "There's one last thing!"
After that, he took out a climbing rope from his bag and tied it to a tree not far away. After testing its firmness, he slid the rope into the hole.
Of course, he also used weeds and branches to cover the part of the rope that was on the ground.
"This is our life rope!" Xia Ruofei said with a smile, "When the time comes, we'll have to rely on it to get out!"
"Let's go!" Song Wei couldn't wait.
"Don't worry!" Xia Ruofei said, "Put on your equipment!"
After that, Xia Ruofei took out two sets of protective clothing from his treasure chest-like bag. Although they weren't the most professional ones, they could prevent their skin from being exposed to the air. Together with the gas masks, they should be able to avoid most of the dangers.
As for whether the gas masks could filter out the unknown toxins, Xia Ruofei wasn't too worried. With him around, the toxins wouldn't be able to get close to them.
The protective clothing and gas masks were, to a large extent, to make Song Wei feel more at ease.
Song Wei also secretly admired Xia Ruofei's attentiveness.
The two of them quickly put on the protective clothing and gas masks.
Xia Ruofei first threw the climbing bag into the hole, then said to Song Wei, "I'll go down first. You follow behind me. Remember to cover the hole with branches!"
"Got it!" Song Wei said calmly.
Xia Ruofei went into the hole. After a while, Song Wei heard Xia Ruofei's voice from the headset, "Song Wei, come down!"
Because they were wearing gas masks, the two of them were also equipped with intercom equipment for easier communication.
Song Wei also went into the hole, half of her body exposed. As she slowly went down, she used the branches that Xia Ruofei gathered to cover the hole.
Following the hole that Xia Ruofei dug, Song Wei soon reached the bottom. Her feet had already touched Xia Ruofei's shoulder.
Xia Ruofei said, "Hold on to the rope. I'll go in first. You can follow me. Don't worry, I'll catch you down there!"
"Okay!" Song Wei held on to the rope tightly.
Then, she felt Xia Ruofei move below, and then heard a thump. It should be Xia Ruofei jumping in.
Song Wei didn't hesitate. She continued to go down along the rope. When she missed a step, she fell directly under the influence of gravity.
She didn't panic at all, because she knew that Xia Ruofei would definitely protect her down there.
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