Chapter 292 Extraordinary Mechanism in the Tomb Passage
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Actually, Hobert didn't know where to go either. He was just letting his spirituality guide him, leading the way randomly, sometimes circling around, sometimes retreating.
If it weren't for the fact that everyone else knew Hobert had an artifact that easily attracted ancient tombs, they probably would have kicked him out of the team long ago.
After stopping and starting, Hobert finally stopped in front of a small lake on a riverbed.
There was a small open space nearby where Austin and the others had camped before. It was now around four in the afternoon, so Austin left a few people here to build a camp, while he personally followed behind Hobert.
Hobert walked around the small lake several times. He looked at the lake. The water was clear, and he could see the bottom at a glance. He didn't see any structures like entrances inside.
Hobert handed the bracelet to Austin: "Take this and walk around. Don't have any specific purpose, just walk around randomly."
Austin was slightly stunned. He didn't expect Hobert to be so generous in handing over this sealed artifact to him.
For Beyonder mercenaries, sealed artifacts are rare and good things. Even if they encounter them, they are generally reluctant to buy them, after all, buying potion formulas and main materials can cost them all their savings.
What Austin didn't know was that Hobert had as many as seven mystical items on him, and also a level 2 sealed artifact. Even Hobert's cane, the stone chip in his pocket, and the sealing wax stamp on his waist were all disposable mystical items.
For Hobert, the ability of this bracelet was very tasteless, and he didn't even bother to name it.
Austin left the camp that was under construction with the bracelet, but he came back after a while. Austin was also slightly stunned, left again, and came back after a while.
Hobert smiled and said, "Alright, alright, the entrance to the ancient tomb should be under this small lake."
Everyone gathered in front of the lake, but no matter how they looked at it, it didn't look like there was an entrance to an ancient tomb.
A team member guessed: "Could it be that the tomb door is blocked by stones and mud?"
If that were the case, it would be troublesome. They would have to drain the water first, then move the stones away, and transport the mud before they could enter the ancient tomb.
Then everyone looked at each other, wondering who would dive down to explore first?
It was already winter, and the lake water was icy cold. Even Beyonders wouldn't like this feeling, and for a while, no one was willing to go down.
Lena suddenly said, "I'll find a spirit to go down and explore."
Everyone then realized the role of the new teammate.
Lena took a deep breath, the whites of her eyes turned completely black, and she stood there motionless.
Hobert guessed that this should be a Sequence 7 "Spirit Medium".
Then he roughly understood the strength of this team. Austin was a "Judge", his deputy captain was a "Briber", and the other members were all Sequence 8 and Sequence 9.
After a full seven or eight minutes, the whites of Lena's eyes returned to normal: "The tomb door is indeed below, and it's in a half-open state. The entrance is completely buried by stones and mud."
Austin asked the question that everyone was more concerned about: "It's in a half-open state?"
"Yes, someone went in a long time ago." Lena said, "But they seemed to have encountered an unknown danger and died in the tomb passage. The Beyonder characteristics have been covered with dust."
Everyone was stunned at first, then excited. Since the other party didn't succeed, not only were the treasures in the tomb chamber not taken away, but their Beyonder characteristics would also be the gains of this exploration.
Austin asked, "Who will go down to explore the entrance?"
Several team members were enthusiastic and willing to go down and explore.
Lena pointed to the highlands not far away and said, "The underwater path is difficult to walk, why not dig open the tomb passage directly from there, we might as well enter the tomb passage."
She walked to the highlands and pointed in the opposite direction of the camp: "It's probably in this position. The tomb passage is quite wide, even if we dig a little off, it doesn't matter."
Everyone quickly went to get tools, while marveling in their hearts that the two new teammates were really helpful. The ancient tomb that they had been looking for for so long was quickly found directly to the tomb passage with the cooperation of the two new teammates.
It wasn't yet the frozen soil season, and the soil here was very soft, but some intricate tree roots were more difficult to dig, but this was not difficult for the Beyonders.
At dusk, everyone had dug through the tomb passage. They threw a torch in, and they could see the dead bodies and Beyonder characteristics that Lena was talking about not far away.
Everyone discussed it and decided to have a preliminary exploration after dinner.
At dinner, because there was already a bonfire, they could eat something hot, at least drink a cup of hot tea.
During the meal, Austin made personnel assignments. The team's deputy captain, Roy, and two team members were on the ground to respond. Austin, Hobert, Lena, and three other team members went down together.
After eating and drinking, everyone sorted out their equipment and lit the horse lanterns and torches to prepare to enter the tomb passage.
Before the action, Hobert asked Deputy Captain Roy: "Do you have any candles?"
Roy was slightly stunned: "Candles are not as convenient as torches."
Hobert said: "My hometown has a custom that when entering the tomb chamber to open the coffin, you must light a candle in the northeast corner."
Roy didn't continue to ask and found a candle for Hobert.
At about seven o'clock in the evening, a team member jumped into the tomb passage first, followed closely by Austin and Lena, then the other two team members, and Hobert brought up the rear.
The tomb passage was only a little over a meter wide and two meters high. Walking in it felt a little oppressive.
The tomb passage in front was only five or six meters long. In the approximate middle position, there was a skeleton, which looked a bit old, and even the bones had turned gray.
On the skeleton, there was a gem-like Beyonder characteristic, which was very dazzling in the light.
Austin, who was walking in the front, put it in a wooden box: "I'll put it here first, and it will be distributed uniformly after we go out."
He was saying this to Lena and Hobert. From now until the end of the division of spoils, it is a high incidence period of infighting.
Then Austin checked the skeleton: "It looks like it was killed by a sharp weapon."
The skeleton's death time was too long, and it was impossible to see much useful information.
Ahead was a corner, and at the corner there was another corpse, and the Beyonder characteristics were already covered with dust.
The density of corpses was a bit too frequent.
Austin said, "From now on, cheer up!"
The team member walking in the front took out his revolver, took a deep breath, and led the way in front.
But as soon as he passed the corner, the people behind immediately noticed that this team member became wrong. He looked at the front with fascination: "What a beautiful scenery!"
While talking, he picked up the revolver and shot himself in the temple.
All this happened too fast, Austin didn't even have time to stop it, this team member was already dead.
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