"These don't look like natural fissures in the mountainside," Hao Aiguo said, seeing the situation for the first time, and couldn't help but exclaim.
"We don't know yet, but our goal this time is to uncover the ultimate secrets of the Jingjue Ancient City, not to sightsee," Professor Li interrupted Hao Aiguo's speculation, and the others also withdrew their gazes from the cracks on the cliff face.
Professor Li's main reason for interrupting their guesses was not wanting more people to know about these matters, to avoid causing panic.
"Right, let's go in first. Perhaps all the secrets of the Jingjue Ancient City are inside," Hao Aiguo said. He was already in a state of eager anticipation.
Professor Li and Professor Chen naturally had no objections, and they all followed the small path on the cliff face upwards. Due to the fighting, much of the path had been destroyed, and there were signs of the cave collapsing earlier, but it hadn't completely collapsed as it was sealed by yellow talismans.
"This path is so narrow. If I fall, I'll be black and blue," Xiaoguang looked at the bottomless abyss below and couldn't help but shudder.
"Don't look down, let's hurry," Professor Li said, and the few of them quickened their pace. Soon, they reached a stone cliff where countless lycoris radiata bloomed. In front of them, a gap of about five meters had collapsed due to the fighting. This meant they couldn't cross.
"What do we do now?" Professor Chen felt a little helpless at the sight.
"I have a grappling hook here, but what is this thing?" Xiaoguang said, pointing towards a yellow talisman not far in front of them. Hao Aiguo looked at the talisman and said, "This looks like it was left by a Taoist priest. I saw them outside before we came in."
"It's probably what you called the secret agents, Professor Li," Hao Aiguo said, showing an attitude of disbelief towards such things. He was even a little disdainful, as they were scientists and naturally wouldn't agree with things that lacked evidence.
"Let's not touch this randomly. If it's here, there must be a reason for it to be here," Professor Li said slowly. Although he hadn't seen such talismans before, their appearance here made Professor Li suspect something.
"It's just a talisman, what's so strange about it?" Hao Aiguo waved his hand, not paying much attention to it. He only wanted to find the secrets of the ancient city and fulfill his teacher's wish.
At this moment, on Xiaoli's side, Huang Shuliang suddenly opened her eyes. Her gaze fell upon the yellow talismans on the surrounding stone walls. Due to the suppression of the yellow talismans, the surrounding evil energy had greatly reduced. She wanted to tear off the talismans, but she didn't know what would happen if she did. So, Huang Shuliang was contemplating. After hesitating for a long time, Huang Shuliang gritted her teeth.
"My first priority is to improve my cultivation. As for going back, I only need to leave a few useful people behind," Huang Shuliang thought. She also made a decision. After all, with her abilities, she couldn't take everyone out, and she didn't need to save anyone. To get out of the desert and return to Beili, Huang Shuliang still needed the help of the expert team. Thinking of this, Huang Shuliang looked directly at Xiaoli, and Xiaoli, like a puppet, slowly walked towards each yellow talisman. The next moment, countless yellow talismans were torn off by Xiaoli.
Simultaneously, the mountain began to tremble. Without the suppression of the yellow talismans, the mountain began to collapse, and the curse powers surrounding them were all released. Huang Shuliang's eyes glowed, and almost at the same time, her strength increased severalfold!
Rumbling. The tomb chamber shook, and the next moment, the unprepared group slipped. Professor Chen, being old, lost his footing in the tremor and fell directly into the ghost cave.
At the critical moment, Hao Aiguo was the first to notice. Without hesitation, he grabbed Professor Chen's hand. "Teacher, it was a pleasure knowing you. If there's an afterlife, I want to be your student again and strive for China's scientific research," Hao Aiguo said, pulling Professor Chen back to the shore. He himself fell into the ghost cave, disappearing at an extremely fast speed.
"Aiguo!" "No!" Professor Chen knelt on the ground, watching his beloved disciple disappear before his eyes. His mind was on the verge of collapse. "No one can survive, no one..." "The curse of the Jingjue Ancient City is real. No one who enters here can survive..." Tears streamed from Professor Chen's eyes, and his mind had already collapsed. He was already old, and with the loss of his son and beloved disciple, under a series of blows, Professor Chen's mind could no longer hold on.
"Professor Chen, pull yourself together," Professor Li shouted, but Professor Chen seemed not to hear him.
"This is bad, Teacher Li, the tomb is about to collapse. We need to leave quickly," Xiaoguang said anxiously, looking at the cracking tomb. "If we don't leave soon, it will be too late."
"But there are so many cultural relics here, we can't abandon them," Professor Li also panicked. If he had known what would happen now, he would never have followed Professor Chen to seek the truth. Wouldn't it be better to take the cultural relics out himself? But now was not the time to say these things.
"Old Chen, I'll take you out," Professor Li said, beckoning to Xiaoguang. The two of them supported Professor Chen and ran back. Although Professor Li was also a bit old, he was quite fast in the moment of crisis.
"We're all going to die. Aiguo, Xiaodong, are you waiting for me?" Professor Chen muttered, tears constantly welling up in his eyes.
"Teacher Li, sigh, this is our biggest sacrifice," Xiaoguang sighed. Professor Li's face was also a little grim as he ran. The place wasn't on the map, and he hadn't suggested they come, but they were insistent, and he couldn't do anything about it. "Alas, let's focus on surviving first. At this rate of collapse, we might not be able to escape." Professor Li looked at the cracking cliff face. The speed was too fast, and ordinary people would find it difficult to escape.
"Teacher Li, Xiaoguang, hurry, there's a shortcut here," Xiaoli shouted when they reached the burial objects. Huang Shuliang in her hand glanced at Professor Chen. The old man was useless to her, and Huang Shuliang naturally wouldn't drag herself down.
"Where? Hurry, the cave is collapsing, we need to leave quickly," Professor Li's voice was urgent, and rocks were falling from above.
"There," Xiaoli pointed. Suddenly, Huang Shuliang raised its tail and released a puff of yellow smoke, causing Professor Li and the other two to faint.
"Take them away." "Don't want this old one," Huang Shuliang spoke human words. Xiaoli grabbed Professor Li and Xiaoguang, one in each hand, and ran at a strange speed. Her movements were eerie, and her posture was twisted, like a weasel running! Soon, the entire ghost cave collapsed, and the queen's tomb also disappeared into the loess with the tremors. As for Professor Chen, with the collapse of the tomb, he was forever left in the queen's tomb. Seeing this, almost everyone present instantly turned their gaze to Chen Xi, the truth was finally revealed!