The robber's hole was only about one meter tall. However, with Zuo Qingcang's current skills, this was nothing. Relying on his excellent flexibility and muscular strength, he carefully advanced in the robber's hole.
The first ten meters of the tunnel was still a horizontal path. However, after ten meters, the tunnel turned into a slanted path. This matched Zuo Qingcang's previous assumption that the tunnel was vertical downward, then extended horizontally, and dug to the corner of the tomb.
However, he did not expect the second tunnel to be an upward path. Did this mean that the first tunnel where the rats and zombies appeared was deep inside the tomb?
Zuo Qingcang then went up a little deeper and discovered something special about this robber's cave. It was not a robber's cave that went in a straight line. Instead, it had a structure that was like a winding mountain road, going up and down in circles. Theoretically speaking, although this structure took more effort, it was safer and less prone to accidents such as cave-ins.
Along the way, Zuo Qingcang found many traces of man-made excavation and construction through the illumination of the Night Pearl.
'This group of people seems very professional, but I don't know if the exit they dug has been occupied by the monsters outside.'
Just as Zuo Qingcang was thinking about this, after turning a corner, the end of the tunnel appeared in front of him.
It was not a wall, nor was it a collapse. It was just an ordinary rock wall, as if the people who dug the tunnel had only dug to this point. Touching the thick rock in front of him, Zuo Qingcang knocked a few times with force, and his frown deepened.
'The back is solid …' With the weak light from the Night Luminescent Pearl, Zuo Qingcang checked every inch of the soil in the surroundings. 'I didn't discover any signs of man-made sealing or burying. There are no signs of natural landslides …
All the clues were so simple and clear, telling Zuo Qingcang clearly that the people who dug the tunnel had stopped for some reason after reaching this point, and then left.
But such a straightforward sign in itself revealed the greatest strangeness. Because if this tunnel was dug from the inside out, then how did the group of tomb robbers get in? Since they stopped digging halfway, then how did they get out?
'Could it be that both robber's tunnels lead to the outside?' Zuo Qingcang started to think. 'They dug one tunnel in and the other tunnel out?'
But if that was the case, then there was something that didn't make sense. For example, why didn't they continue to dig the passageway to the lower level of the graveyard? Since they had dug their way in, why did they continue to dig their way out? And why did they stop?
Things were getting weirder and weirder. It was as if a pair of unfathomable eyes were shrouding Zuo Qingcang in the darkness, making him feel danger.
But now that he was deep in the danger zone, he had to give it a try no matter how dangerous it was.
Zuo Qingcang returned to the burial chamber and explained to the old man what he had found in the robber's cave. Then, he spent another hour or so, using the dim light of the Night Illumination Pearl to check every inch of the second tunnel, but he still didn't find anything.
The old man's face was also filled with confusion. "How could this be? If the first tunnel leads to the inside of the ancient graveyard, then the second tunnel is dug from the inside. No matter how I think about it, this is impossible. "
"It's indeed impossible," Zuo Qingcang mumbled.
"That means that the first tunnel also leads to the outside? This bunch of bastards dug a hole to get in and then planned to dig another one to get out? What are they thinking? "
The old man guessed. "Could it be that the tunnel they dug in was invaded by some kind of monster? They planned to dig a hole to get out, but halfway through, the monster left? "
"That's not impossible." Feeling that he had more or less recovered his stamina, Zuo Qingcang stood up and walked toward the first tunnel. "But I'll have to take a look to know what's going on."
A few months ago, Zuo Qingcang and the old man had to work together to slowly move the stone statue. But now, Zuo Qingcang only needed to push his palm lightly, and it was as easy as pushing a chair. He easily moved the stone statue on the first tunnel.
Once again, the old man opened the seal of the first burglar hole. Looking at the pitch-black hole in front of him, a nervous expression appeared on his face.
Zuo Qingcang looked calm. "Same old rules. If there's a problem, I'll pull the rope. You wait here for a while."
Under the old man's worried gaze, Zuo Qingcang slowly entered the tunnel. His entire body gradually disappeared into the darkness, and only a little bit of the Night Illumination Pearl's light could be seen in the darkness. But soon, even the light from the Night Illumination Pearl was swallowed by the darkness.
Under the illumination of the Night Illumination Pearl, the entire burial chamber gave off a blurred feeling. Because of Zuo Qingcang's departure, the air returned to its usual tranquility. There was no sound at all, just like how it had been for the past two thousand years.
Staying alone in such a dark and quiet ancient tomb would make an ordinary person's heart skip a beat. But although the old man looked nervous, there was no sign of fear. Maybe he was already used to staying alone in the ancient tomb.
Those days where there was no light and no one to communicate with, where he ate corpses and slept in the tomb. Thinking of his life all these years, a hint of gloom appeared on the old man's face.
'This time, I must get out.'
Just then, a strong force came from the rope on his arm, as if there was a cow pulling him from the other end of the rope.
The old man's expression changed, and he immediately grabbed the rope tightly with both hands. However, the force from the other end of the rope was too strong. Even though the old man used all his strength, even to the point where his face turned red, his body was still being pulled inch by inch in the direction of the tunnel.
Sensing that Zuo Qingcang, who was at the other end of the rope, would drag him into the thief's hole very soon, the old man appeared hesitant.
'What's going on? There's no signal like a tremor. If he's pulling me like this, will the stone statue pull me down?
'But wouldn't it be fine if he just came up and said something … Or did something grab him?'
Just as the old man was hesitating and wondering if he should let go of the rope, the rope on his hand suddenly loosened. The old man, who was still pulling with all his strength, immediately fell backward with a bang.
He was shocked and immediately got up to pull at the rope. However, the more he pulled, the more his expression changed. It was because the rope felt empty.
When the rope was pulled to the end, Zuo Qingcang did not appear. The old man looked at the rope in his hand that had obviously been cut by the dagger, his expression uncertain.
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