Chapter 83: I Told You To Go Down, Not To Let Go!
No way, we’ve come this far and you’re telling me the clearance exit won’t work? That’s really messing with my mentality!
Lin Yan heard them say this, his expression almost cracking: “No, where’s the dynamite in this place? We didn’t bring any when we came down!” He looked all tangled: “Do we have to go back to the entrance, get our equipment, and then climb out through the well?”
Wu Xie picked up the dagger and struck a few times at the treasure ceiling on his side, then stabbed at the exposed green brick. Lin Yan saw it had zero damage, just a shallow mark. At least this dagger is alloy, and that’s all the damage?
Wu Xie gravely touched the iron bars faintly visible between the green bricks, smashed down the nearby green bricks, revealing the iron bars inside cast in a pagoda shape: “This is tricky, this iron is very solid. If I’m not wrong, there are at least seven or eight similar layers above. Even with dynamite, you’d need the kind with big power; homemade earth dynamite couldn’t even blast through this layer.”
Hearing him say this, Lin Yan subconsciously glanced at the tomb-robbing hole sealed by them with stone slabs: “You think that Forbidden Woman is still inside? Can we still get through going back the original way?”
This… Wu Xie frowned upon hearing this. He would rather face the sea monkeys head-on than go back to face the Forbidden Woman. That thing was too fucking disgusting! Not to mention anything else, the feeling of that wet, full of sea fishy smell hair sticking to the body—he never wanted to experience it a second time in his life!
Zhang Qiling shook his head: “No need.”
He freed one finger and pointed at the mummy on the jade platform. Fatty, who had just groped it happily, immediately understood: “You mean that thing in his stomach? Makes sense, that dynamite must have some power. But are you sure that thing can still work after over a thousand years?”
Zhang Qiling shook his head: “The mechanism might not work, but the dynamite should still be effective. Trigger the mechanism with external force, the power should be enough to blast through the layers above.”
External force to trigger the mechanism? Lin Yan couldn’t see Zhang Qiling’s expression from behind the pillar, but that couldn’t stop him from feeling a thick aura of showing off coming at him. What, you wanna use Little Li Flying Dagger or something? Isn’t this a serious tomb raiding world? How’d it turn into a wuxia novel for you?
At that moment, Wu Xie pointed at Lin Yan’s bag: “External force… whose hidden weapon is more accurate? I brought shuttle darts.” Lin Yan looked at him with an expression like he’d been struck by lightning: No way, you actually have them! Wait, wrong focus—how did I not know you practiced hidden weapons?
He asked Wu Xie in surprise: “You actually brought hidden weapons? What did you bring that thing for? I never saw you practice them?” Maybe his expression was too shocked, Wu Xie couldn’t take it: “It’s nothing, right? Don’t give me that ‘did not expect you, with your thick eyebrows and big eyes, to betray the revolution’ look… I practiced before, saw it on A Ning’s equipment list and just grabbed it.”
Practiced before and just grabbed it—Lin Yan deeply felt once again the sadness of being the only ordinary person among four, with three show-offs. Fatty practiced, Zhang Qiling practiced, fine, but he thought Wu Xie was the most ordinary one. Didn’t expect that although his skills sucked, he freaking practiced too! This is uncomfortable! Maybe… after getting out, he should find a class to take?
Perhaps his gaze was too resentful, Wu Xie awkwardly pushed him: “Alright alright, stop focusing on this. After we get out, I can teach you if you want. Now let’s go down first and get that mummy up.”
Lin Yan nodded somewhat dazedly, subconsciously loosening his hand…
“Holy shit!” x2
Lin Yan and A Ning together over 200 pounds, none of the three were prepared. Wu Xie and Fatty were yanked by him before they could grab steady, and the whole group was pulled down. Zhang Qiling reacted, but one person couldn’t hold four people’s weight—the Fa Qiu Finger couldn’t do that no matter how good!
Luckily Lin Yan reacted immediately, frantically grabbing two grooves to steady their bodies, stopping them a couple meters from the ground.
“…Holy shit, my waist.” The moment they stopped, Lin Yan felt his waist bear an unbearable weight in his life. Below, Wu Xie, who had gone blank waiting for death, resentfully looked at him: “Lin Yan, can we not scare people… I almost thought I was gone.”
Fatty, who reacted and hugged the pillar, nodded too: “Yeah young comrade, at least say something before letting go, give us mental prep… almost sent your Fatty Ye straight away.”
Zhang Qiling refixed his hands and feet, lightly exhaled. Seeing the height below wasn’t too high, he looked at Fatty: “Get ready.”
“Ready for what?” Fatty blankly looked at him, not knowing what there was to prepare for. Wu Xie, fresh from a near-death scare, suddenly looked up at him, hugged the pillar tight, with an ominous premonition.
Next second, Zhang Qiling let go and jumped out, causing Fatty and Wu Xie to lose grip on the pillar and fall. Wu Xie full of despair: “I fucking knew it…” Fatty’s tonnage landed safely, Wu Xie landed with knees buckling, body uncontrollably pitching forward, forehead slamming the pillar, stars bursting in his eyes: “No way, it’s just a few meters and you pull this? Is it because this way down is faster?”
Zhang Qiling untied the rope on him, nodded at an angle he couldn’t see. Fatty, who saw everything, rubbed his butt looking over: “He says yes!”
Lin Yan was prepared the moment he said it, grabbed the groove again a meter from the ground, not letting himself drop straight down. But for some reason, a “thud” came from below.
He looked down—A Ning forehead-first on the ground. Ouch, does it sound good? Good sound means good head—ouch he forgot there was someone below! Lin Yan quickly jumped down to help A Ning up: “Landing head-first won’t have messed her up, right?” A Ning had a bruise on her forehead, still with a blank, dazed, silly look at him. She was already silly—could she get sillier from the fall? Lin Yan felt a bit guilty, but thought even if fake silly, falling into real silly has upsides no downsides!
After untying the waist rope, Lin Yan immediately started rubbing his waist: “My waist ouch, almost snapped…” Wu Xie coldly laughed: “Who told you to suddenly let go!” Serves you right! He was still dizzy standing up—who’s fault?
Lin Yan smiled embarrassedly: “Wasn’t it you saying go down, I didn’t react in time.” Seeing Wu Xie rubbing his forehead with resentful eyes, he awkwardly smiled, no more arguing.
Over there Zhang Qiling had picked up the mummy, walked back to the pillar, picked up the rope looking at them: “Someone come, tie it up together.”
Wu Xie’s weak little body could be ruled out. Fatty and Lin Yan looked at each other, neither wanting to touch the mummy. Fatty scratched his head: “Uh, I’m a bit weak now, can’t muster strength. You got the power, you go?”
Lin Yan thought about it, he had a point. He’d at least rested an hour before, Fatty chiseled the pillar for over an hour straight. But the mummy… he tentatively touched it, the mummy’s soft yet greasy, springy cold touch made him shiver all over.
Holy shit, this is too disgusting!
