"Did you find anything?"
Zhang Tian's gaze fell on Zhang Qilin.
He rarely focused intently on anything, let alone in this situation.
"The death energy here is very heavy."
Zhang Qilin uttered a few words, and from his tone alone, Zhang Tian could sense a hint of danger.
"Underground?"
Zhang Tian frowned slightly.
Zhang Qilin's perceptive abilities far surpassed theirs, and his cultivation had long since broken through the Grandmaster realm.
Therefore, Zhang Tian had no doubts about his capabilities.
"Yes."
Zhang Qilin nodded slightly.
Hu Bayi said gravely.
"Boss, perhaps that legend is true."
"Lao Hu, what are you referring to?"
"Ten thousand burial objects."
Hu Bayi didn't finish, but Zhang Tian understood.
"I suspect the tomb owner must have foreseen certain things, otherwise, the feng shui of the tomb chamber and its layout would not be so ingenious."
Zhang Tian said in a deep voice.
"Boss, what's so ingenious about it? It's just a tomb chamber."
Fatty's face showed confusion.
"He not only calculated that the tomb might be submerged underwater but also seemed to have predicted that war would spread here. Or perhaps I'm overthinking it."
As Zhang Tian spoke, Hu Bayi and the others fell silent.
Only the two fatties and Wu Tianzhen looked bewildered.
What were they talking about? They couldn't understand.
Soon, following the direction of Hu Bayi's compass, the group arrived at the so-called nameless island.
Many people were still prospecting for gold on the island.
People were crawling in and out of bomb craters.
"Boss, in a place like this, there's a high chance of hidden landmines."
Hu Bayi spoke from the side.
Just as he finished speaking, a flash of fire erupted from a nearby reef.
Immediately afterward, the sound of an explosion followed.
"Good heavens, a big fireworks display."
Fatty swallowed, watching the fiery blast, and couldn't help but gulp.
Hu Bayi covered his mouth, what was going on? Had An Liman possessed him?
"Lao Hu, please say a little more..."
Seeing this, Zhang Tian couldn't help but think to himself, though his expression remained unchanged.
"It seems there are indeed many mines. We should be careful."
"Lao Hu, can you pinpoint the likely location of the tomb?"
Zhang Tian looked at Hu Bayi, who nodded.
"I'll try."
"The location of this island is a gap between two constellations. Logically, it should be aligned with one constellation."
"However, this location is between Kui Mu Lang and Gui Jin Yang. Boss, this is very subtle."
Hu Bayi looked at Zhang Tian.
"The wolf eats the sheep, the sheep turns into a ghost, the ghost eats the wolf. But who is the wolf, and who is the sheep..."
"Although I don't understand everything, this is indeed a good location. As for the tomb's position, I suspect it's in the southwest corner."
Zhang Tian said after some thought.
"That's right, Boss, your feng shui skills are even better than mine."
Hu Bayi exclaimed.
Zhang Tian shook his head, "No, it's just a lucky guess."
As Zhang Tian spoke, the group headed towards the southwest corner.
The island spanned several hundred meters, making it a medium-sized island.
There were many rocky hills on the island. Following the recent explosion, the prospectors had become noticeably more cautious.
Guided by Hu Bayi's compass and the constellations, the group soon reached the base of a reef.
The reef in front of them was massive, at least twenty meters long and a meter high, indicating it was part of a large rocky island.
Black barnacles and marine life clung to the dark reef.
The clearest sign on the reef was the aftermath of a bomb blast.
Unlike ordinary stones, this type of rock, battered by waves for years, was incredibly durable.
Even a bomb would struggle to shatter it.
"What could possibly be in this pile of black rocks?"
Fatty said, stomping hard on the reef with his foot.
Suddenly, the spot he stepped on became slippery, and Fatty rolled down the reef at an alarming speed.
"Damn, why is it so slippery!"
Fatty exclaimed, scrambling up from the sandy beach.
"Haha, Fatty, you ate dirt! This must be the tomb owner's way of testing you."
Hu Bayi chuckled.
"Lao Hu, you really know how to rub salt in the wound. Fatty loves you."
Fatty glared at Hu Bayi, rubbing his backside with a dejected expression.
Why did something like this happen again for no reason?
Where Fatty had just stepped, Zhang Qilin was squatting down, his slender hand tracing a line on the surface.
His eyebrows were slightly furrowed.
"This is..."
Zhang Tian also noticed something was amiss. On Zhang Qilin's hand was a viscous white liquid.
"It should be a lubricant. Some items might be hidden in very small spaces, so some prospectors might use lubricants."
Wu Tianzhen pondered, "We may not know about tombs, but I, young master Wu, am familiar with these things."
After all, Wu Tianzhen was considered intelligent.
"That's likely it, but why would there be lubricant here?"
Zhang Tian nodded, then something clicked.
"If I'm not mistaken, the Bagua mirror likely came from there. There must be a mechanism here."
Zhang Tian said, his gaze scanning the reef.
"What kind of mechanism can there be? Young Master Zhang, I say we just blast it open and see."
Wang Banyue said from the side, leaning against the reef wall. The next moment, a section of the solid reef wall suddenly caved in.
"What the hell..."
Wang Banyue gasped, and the next moment, a dog hole appeared at the base of the meter-high reef wall.
"Damn, that scared me."
Wang Banyue patted his chest, breathing heavily.
Zhang Tian, Hu Bayi, and Zhang Qilin exchanged glances, all feeling a sense of mild frustration.
Good heavens, after they had spent so much effort searching, these two fatties discovered the location just by falling?
This was rather disappointing.
"Boss, I suggest we let Fatty fall a few more times in the future."
Hu Bayi looked at the dog hole, his voice tinged with disbelief.
"I think that's feasible."
Zhang Tian murmured. These two fatties were truly the chosen ones, with an innate ability to activate mechanisms. Zhang Tian wouldn't have bothered calculating if he'd known.
"This is an insult, such a small hole, who do they think they are looking down on?"
Wang Kaixuan looked at the dog hole, which was less than a meter high, his face a mask of anger.
Wasn't this a blatant insult to Fatty?
"Really, what a lousy tomb, even the entrance is so small. It shows the tomb owner must have been small too."
Wang Banyue scoffed.
Looking at the two grumbling fatties, Zhang Tian rubbed his forehead.
"Alright, let's go in."
With that, Zhang Tian bent down and slipped into the hole in a flash.
He had no intention of crawling.
Hu Bayi and Zhang Qilin followed suit, entering the same way Zhang Tian did.
As for Wu Tianzhen and the two fatties, whose agility was not as good, they crawled in.
Beyond the hole, the space inside was surprisingly large.
It was spacious enough for several people to walk abreast.
As the two fatties entered, Zhang Tian turned on his flashlight.
The interior was illuminated.
It was a staircase leading downwards, constructed of stone, with no end in sight.
Scattered all over the steps were the remnants of smoked cigarette butts.
The entire cave looked extremely messy and dirty.
"Someone got here first?"
Zhang Tian's heart sank.
Seeing the scene before them, the others also looked disheartened. After all their effort to find the tomb, it had become like an amusement park.
"The death energy is so heavy."
The next moment, after sensing the aura from below the stairs, Zhang Tian's expression grew serious.
It seemed the entrance to the tomb was deliberately designed to be so simple, merely to lure others in!
"A sinister design."
Zhang Tian muttered, his gaze deepening.