pappabearbooks Chapter 496 Can’t get out?
Chapter 496 Can’t get out?
They put everything they could take away into their backpacks, and when they were almost done packing, they were ready to leave.
It doesn’t feel like escaping for your life, but returning with a full load.
After entering the tunnel, the coffin bearers from before appeared again, carrying a coffin for the first time and moving towards their destination.
Their first face-to-face contact, Lin Ran mustered up the courage to look at their faces.
Sure enough, it was hard to see clearly, it was like there was a layer of black fog hanging over it.
These images were just left in the tomb and did not actually exist!
But it seemed as if they were repeating the pain of death, carrying the coffin over and over again, and being killed by soldiers over and over again.
Lin Ran told everyone not to be afraid. This was just a natural phenomenon caused by the mixture of lightning and ice.
No, maybe paranormal is more appropriate!
Others also accepted this idea. Wang Jinpeng asked: "Master Zhenbao, could this be what you saw earlier?"
"Absolutely not." Jumbo said, "I haven't become so dim yet. And if it is really a repeated illusion, why doesn't it appear now?"
After saying that, he sighed again, "Hey, actually when the candle goes out, we should retreat."
"Stop talking." Liu Jingfeng walked into the tunnel with his heavy backpack. When they were shirking each other's responsibilities, continuing to talk about reducing the weight might cause internal strife.
As the core of the team, he knew when to interrupt people's conversations, smiled and patted his backpack: "At least we have made a lot of money now."
When people think about money, they are less afraid.
Zhenbao stopped talking and walked in the middle of the team, carrying a relatively light backpack.
Returning along the original path, I didn't encounter anything special on the way.
The red-clothed ghost mentioned by Zhenbao never appeared.
"How long have we been in the mausoleum?" Wang Jinpeng asked suddenly. He found that all the water they had filled before was now drunk.
Moreover, the food he brought only lasted for less than two days.
Glancing at the time, the watch showed it was two o'clock in the afternoon. Liu Jingfeng didn't know exactly how many days had passed.
"Why do you ask? Are you afraid that you will starve to death on the way back?"
"That's not true." Wang Jinpeng smiled, "I just want to know if I can go up and down the mountain in time. After all, isn't the mountain closed in winter?"
After calculating the time, they could stay on the mountain for about sixteen days at most.
They walked straight forward, and Huang Hao also asked: "Have you seen the temperature getting lower and lower?"
After walking for half an hour with a [-] kilogram backpack on my back, my body still felt a little cold.
It means that the heat in the body can no longer support the surrounding low temperature.
The others pulled their clothes tighter, and A Ming replied: "It's a little bit indeed, it wasn't so cold just now."
"It's almost winter after all." Liu Jingfeng said.
"Okay, everyone, stop talking nonsense and save your strength. When we get to the bottom of the mountain, let's have a good meal and drink until dawn!"
As a team leader, Liu Jingfeng knows that things are most likely to go wrong at the last moment. There is really not much food, and he needs to boost everyone's morale.
The best way is to look at the plum blossoms to quench their thirst and tell them that they can enjoy a big meal after coming down the mountain.
Several of the flashlights were out of power, but fortunately they got out of the tunnel and returned to the temple.
Seeing the scene in the temple and not being in danger, Liu Jingfeng breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Master Zhenbao, I just said everything is okay?"
Having escaped to the temple, the exit is not far away.
Zhenbao's expression softened, he sighed and said, "I didn't mean to scare you, but I really saw it."
"Okay, we don't doubt you." Wang Jinpeng put his hand on his shoulder, "Wouldn't it be better if we didn't touch him?"
"I just hope it's not a curse, so that I don't encounter danger again after leaving the mausoleum." Zhenbao murmured to himself, and the uneasiness in his heart still existed.
At this time, everyone noticed something.
"Isn't this a long-lasting candle?" In order to avoid snakes, they had lit the candles on most of the lamp slaves' heads.
No one took the initiative to blow them out before going down to the tunnel.
But at this moment, not a single candle is lit in the temple!
They can still keep breathing, so it's not possible that they don't have enough air.
But in the temple, there are no traces of wind blowing.
How did the candle go out?
Lin Ran was a little surprised. He carefully walked to the nearest lamp slave and stood on tiptoes to look at the candle inside.
There is still a lot of wax, but it doesn't mean that the fuel has been burned out.
For a moment, Lin Ran also felt a little strange.
However, others were not as attentive as he was, but said: "Isn't it normal for the candle to go out? Don't scare yourself. The temperature is so low, maybe it just froze out."
After Wang Jinpeng's joking reminder, they also noticed that the temperature of the temple dropped again.
A bad idea suddenly came to his mind and he said: "Let's leave quickly and leave the temple first."
"It makes sense." Everyone agreed to his proposal and moved towards the entrance of the temple.
Thinking of the corpses standing at the entrance of the temple, I feel a little scared.
At this time, Wang Jinpeng took the initiative to start some topics and asked Lin Ran: "Brother Lin, what will we do with those coffins after we go back?"
Thinking of the large amount of rouge wood being discarded in the room, he couldn't help but feel a little reluctant to part with it.
After all, according to Huang Hao, a coffin can be sold for tens of thousands of yuan, which is equivalent to their annual income.
"The archaeological team will send someone to handle it." Lin Ran thought to himself that as long as he told the museum people the specific location of Zao's tomb, they would arrange for an archaeological team to carry out archaeological excavation work.
Even if it is a sacred mountain, if it is developed in the name of the country, the secrets inside will definitely be revealed to the world!
The cultural relics they brought out were all top-notch national treasures and should naturally be handed over to the state.
When he heard that he was going to hand it over, Wang Jinpeng couldn't help but feel a little reluctant.
On the contrary, Liu Jingfeng was very open-minded: "If Director Yoneya had not told us, how could we have found the tomb of Zao?"
"Don't worry, he said he would buy it at the market price." Lin Ran reminded, he didn't think Mi Gu would play any tricks on this.
"Yes, we can make a profit this time." Liu Jingfeng is actually happy to cooperate with the museum. Making less money is not a problem. It saves him the need to find a buyer, and the risk of being caught is almost zero!
They just chatted and moved towards the entrance of the temple.
However, they soon discovered something strange.
"Why haven't we reached the end yet?" Huang Hao was extremely confused. When he came, he was actually calculating the distance in his mind.
According to their foot strength, they should be able to reach the exit after walking for 20 minutes.
But now, they are still wandering in the temple!
In other words, no progress has been made!