Chapter 411: Western Zhou Dynasty Cauldrons and Gui! Unveiling the True History of Cao Cao! (1)
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
“Luo Feng, are you sure about going back in?”
“Shouldn’t you reconsider? The dangers inside are very real!”
After Luo Feng’s miraculous escape from the quicksand and upon hearing his decision to dive back into the tomb, an overwhelming worry gripped the team, especially the three women. They had already endured a jolt from the perilous sights within the tomb, so how could they let Luo Feng take such a risk again?
Despite their pleas, Luo Feng’s resolve did not waver.
“Meiji, I need some water. I’m going to continue exploring the tomb. No more debates. I know what I’m doing and, as you can see, I’m unharmed.”
As he finished his sentence, Luo Feng caught sight of Qin Rubing extending a water bottle towards him. He accepted it and began to drink heartily. It was clear that the day’s events had started to take a toll on him, yet he brushed off his fatigue. An energy drink would be enough to replenish him.
In the meantime, Luo Feng pondered on the optimal strategy to infiltrate the tomb. Going in alone was a plausible plan, but the funerary artifacts hidden within needed extraction, which meant the tomb passage had to be accessible.
“Little Luo, how are you planning to enter the burial chamber?” Gu Santong, intrigued by Luo Feng’s contemplation after a half-hour rest, posed the question.
“Simple, we dig our way in!”
“Absolutely, didnt I just clear a path?”
“But isn’t the entire passage filled with quicksand?” Gu Santong’s puzzlement was apparent.
“It won’t be entirely filled! The hole we dug between the stone door and the tomb ceiling didn’t trigger a quicksand flow when we left. That implies it’s not fully inundated. As I’ve said before, with quicksand this thick, if it reaches a height of 2 meters, survival becomes nearly impossible as one can’t find solid ground,” Luo Feng responded with assurance.
“Even if the passage isn’t filled, how can we navigate through the quicksand?” Li Shishi questioned.
“It’s straightforward. If we were in a desert and encountered quicksand, what would we do? You’d be advised by an expert to lay flat, abstain from struggle, and treat the quicksand like water to increase surface contact. Accordingly, we only need to position wooden planks on the quicksand surface and walk across. Depending on the quicksand’s nature, if it’s incredibly smooth and spherical, we might need to lay out a ten-meter plank pathway. We have ample solutions.”
“Little Luo, your plan is set. Let’s progress into the tomb!” Gu Santong ceased further questioning.
What was to follow was a familiar procedure: Keep digging.
“The current scenario permits a small group to enter the main tomb chamber unhindered, but the artifacts inside must be brought out. So, a narrow hole won’t suffice! The next step is to open the stone door and remove all the quicksand. This is going to be a significant undertaking!”
Luo Feng laid out his plan, and Gu Santong, understanding its intricacies, started coordinating with the archaeological team members. Meanwhile, Luo Feng embarked on his second venture into the tomb.
As he maneuvered between the two stone doors of the passage, he confirmed the quicksand’s height to be about 2 meters. The tomb’s ceiling was approximately 2.5 meters high, which left them a 50 -centimeter gap sufficient to crawl through. After positioning the wooden planks, there would still be a 40-centimeter clearance.
“Seems like my birth in the Year of the Snake is proving beneficial for this tomb descent!” Luo Feng humorously remarked while wriggling his way through the passage.
Before long, he reached the main tomb chamber’s stone door. Due to the 2-meter high quicksand, he was positioned at the door’s top.
With determined strokes, Luo Feng began digging. By around eight in the evening, his hoe hit the compacted earth on the other side, signaling his proximity to the main burial chamber.
“Hahaha, I’m close to breaking through, Boss Cao, I’m on my way!” Luo Feng chuckled as he cleared away the remaining earth.
With a final thrust, he broke through.
“Mr. Luo, is the main burial chamber ahead?” A young man, busy transporting mud in a basket, inquired from behind.
“I can’t be certain, but it’s unlikely for such intricate traps to be part of a false passage,” Luo Feng responded. “You go ahead first. The burial chamber might be perilous. If Master Gu wishes to join, he can. If not, I can proceed alone.”
“Understood, I’ll relay this to Master Gu!”
The young man departed, leaving Luo Feng alone in the tomb. Given the perils they’d witnessed. it was clear that without Luo Feng’s exceptional abilities. The tomb exploration would have been lethal. Being with Luo Feng in the tomb could end up more of a hindrance than help.
“Let’s get a sense of the scale of Cao Cao’s tomb first!” Luo Feng murmured to himself. He shone his flashlight into the watermelon-sized hole, revealing a few coffins in the dim glow, and not much else.
Within the hour, Luo Feng had expanded the hole to about a meter in height large enough for him to comfortably crawl inside.
“Damn! The host has finally entered the burial chamber. This has been a challenging round!” He mused to himself. “This must be the most treacherous tomb I’ve ever encountered! I wonder what Sima Yi’s tomb would be like. Perhaps it won’t be as malicious. After all, unlike Cao Cao, Sima Yi wasn’t a tomb raider and lacked the experience.”
With these thoughts, Luo Feng entered the burial chamber. Upon initial inspection, he estimated the chamber to be roughly two hundred square meters..
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