The next day, after making all the necessary preparations, Chen Tuwa brought the Emperor's Sword to the place he had agreed to meet with Ding Yang on the phone last night.
It was a bar in a relatively remote area.
When Chen Tuwa arrived, he discovered that not far from the bar, there was a blue partition board with the words "Under Construction" written on it. It had completely cut off the original two-lane road, making the already deserted street even more deserted.
When Chen Tuwa arrived, it was around eight in the morning. It was rush hour in downtown Southern Chu, and all the roads were jammed. Only this bar was devoid of people.
When he entered the bar, Ding Yang was already inside.
Seeing Chen Tuwa's arrival, a relieved smile appeared on his square face.
"It's so early. You haven't eaten breakfast yet, right? Do you want to order something? It's my treat. "
Ding Yang pointed at the bartender who was lazily wiping glasses at the bar.
It would have been better if he hadn't invited a guest. Now that he did, Chen Tuwa remembered how he had been fooled by this guy yesterday, and he suddenly felt a little annoyed.
"No need. I've already eaten soaked rice." He straightened his neck and stiffly refused. "If you want to do something, then hurry up. I still have to rush to the hospital to visit my dad today."
"Originally, this job wouldn't start until a week later. But it just so happens that I don't trust those experts, so I talked to my friend yesterday. Today, it's just the two of us."
Seeing Chen Tuwa so straightforward, Ding Yang also had a heroic look on his face. "Let's go!"
"Wait a minute. Aren't you going to bring anything?"
Chen Tuwa looked at Ding Yang's empty hands and suddenly frowned.
"What do you think I'm going to bring?"
"Loot talismans, black donkey hooves, something like that …" The earth kid said uncertainly.
Although Chen Tuwa didn't have any experience or knowledge of tomb raiding, he had heard of some of the things mentioned in the novels under the influence of his classmate who was especially fond of horror movies and novels.
For example, things like looting gold, ghost blows out the light, chicken crows don't loot gold, and so on …
"I'm not a tomb raider, where would I get the Tomb Raider Talisman? You've watched too many movies about black donkey hooves. Even a bowl of black dog's blood is more useful than that."
Ding Yang sneered and patted his chest confidently. "I've brought all the things that are really useful with me. Multi-functional changeable paratrooper's knife, high-strength polymerized nylon rope, portable titanium alloy hook claw, special fluorescent spray, strong cluster flashlight produced in Germany, exorcism talisman consecrated by the eighth abbot of Baolin Temple, and I even have a military shovel and candles in my car outside!"
Chen Tuwa was dumbfounded. For a country bumpkin like him who had spent the first half of his life in the countryside, these things with long names always sounded awesome even though he didn't understand them.
"That talisman is a lie, it's definitely a lie! I can't feel any power from it at all! "
Tian Zi was still trying to stir up trouble, but Chen Tuwa couldn't punish her in front of other people. After all, other than him, no one else could see Tian Zi.
All in all, after understanding that Ding Yang had come prepared, Chen Tuwa discussed some rules of conduct with him. Then, he followed him to the car to get some other necessities. Together, they climbed over the fence and walked toward the legendary tomb through the tunnel dug out from the construction site.
At present, only a prototype of the tunnel had been dug out. Although the supports and other things had been built, there were no stairs. In the darkness, it was very uncomfortable to walk.
There were originally lights here, and the power was connected from the outside. However, after a series of accidents, even the lights inside the tunnel were broken. Until now, no one knew how the light bulbs broke.
"The construction workers have been scared out of their wits by the continuous accidents. Although they can transfer people from other construction sites to work here, as long as the accidents don't stop, the construction here won't make much progress."
Ding Yang, who was walking in front, didn't forget to explain, "A little further ahead is where the tomb is … After the workers brought me here last time, they refused to go any further. It's said that the workers who crossed this area were all injured to a certain extent. Now, they are all lying in the hospital. The construction company has to pay no less than 500,000 yuan for the medical expenses alone."
As they spoke, they saw the so-called tomb not far in front of them.
From Tu Wazi's point of view, rather than a tomb, it was more like a courtyard wall and gate of a rich family that was commonly seen in wuxia dramas. The only difference was that the stone lion placed at the entrance of the tomb was not a guardian stone lion, but a creature that Tu Wazi couldn't recognize. It was probably something from a myth.
"There's even a big red lantern … What was this family thinking when they were buried?" Tu Wazi muttered curiously.
But then he realized that Ding Yang's footsteps had unknowingly stopped.
With the help of the flashlight, he could see that Ding Yang's square face was now full of fear and distortion. His body was even faintly trembling.
"What's wrong?"
"No … No! It wasn't like this the last time I was here! "
Ding Yang held his head, his eyes full of fear, "It was clearly just an ordinary tomb before, and the entrance was just a very ordinary hole that was dug out!"
As a person who was half a step away from entering the door of the cultivation world, when faced with all this, he didn't notice anything strange at all. This was undoubtedly a big blow to him.
"Indeed, there's something strange about this place."
Even Tian Zi was no longer joking at this moment. Instead, he stared at the two vermilion gates seriously and said, "If your cultivation is not enough, it's better not to have anything to do with this kind of thing."
When he said this, even Tu Wazi felt a little creeped out.
And as the excitement from before passed, he, who had calmed down, also discovered some strange things.
If it was buried underground all year round, why was the vermilion gate as new and shiny as the floor that had just been waxed? The lantern also looked like it had just been mounted, and it didn't have the dry feeling that it had after years of being air-dried.
"In short," he swallowed and tried to calm himself down, "let's go out and think about it first."
Ding Yang naturally wouldn't object.
Just as they were about to leave, the big red lantern in front of the door suddenly lit up. Then, accompanied by a long and ear-piercing creak, the two vermillion red doors that were more than three meters tall inexplicably opened by themselves.
However, there was nothing behind the door at all. Even if a strong flashlight shone inside, there was only thick darkness.
The ominous premonition became even stronger, which made Tu Wazi turn around and run without any hesitation.
But it was all too late.
The darkness that flowed out from the door soaked the entire space. Even if he turned around, he couldn't find the original path. No matter how he ran, it was like running in the same place. The distance between him and the strange gate was not even a little bit.
All of this was simply …
"Just like a nightmare."
Chen Tuwa sighed deeply and gave up on the futile effort.
There was no doubt that there were only two choices now.
One was to wait outside the door and see what happened, or to wait for death; two was to enter the door and find a way to escape, or to seek death.
Clenching the straps of his backpack, he took a deep breath and decided to seek death.
"Wait, I'll go with you!" Ding Yang finally pulled himself together at this time. He hurriedly stood up and followed behind Chen Tuwa, entering the strange gate with him …
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