He signaled the personnel above to pull him up.
"Your third group will continue to wait. The crisis has passed for now, and we will give you your next instructions shortly."
Yun Meng felt he looked very dashing. Perhaps Bai Lin would look up to him now. Although he didn't like Bai Lin, he enjoyed showing off in front of girls, especially pretty ones like Bai Lin. Even if Bai Lin didn't notice, the other female researchers would surely be impressed. His past embarrassments would definitely be forgotten. This was what Yun Meng was thinking.
Such exertion of objects with qi consumed very little energy, at least for Chen Fan. However, for Yun Meng, who was at the Golden Core stage, this single instance of controlling objects with qi drained more than half of his vital energy.
Upon returning to land, Yun Meng immediately closed his eyes and began to meditate.
"While I'm meditating, all commands are to be followed by Secretary Bai," he stated before commencing his recovery of vital energy.
"If you don't know how to show off, why force it? You'll exhaust yourself, you bastard," Chen Fan thought, seeing Yun Meng's pathetic state. He couldn't help but want to laugh but managed to suppress it, fearing the researchers would notice.
"Alright, command authority is now in my hands. You must obey my orders."
Bai Lin, watching the events unfold on the screen, spoke into her headset.
Incredibly, no one dared to object or retort. They simply listened to Bai Lin's commands in silence.
After all, Bai Lin was the highest-ranking official present at the moment.
"Deploy the vacuum machine. Directly render this tomb passage into a vacuum. This will contain all the gases within the machine," Bai Lin instructed.
Hearing Bai Lin's words, they quickly entered a work state.
A large vacuum machine was also brought over by personnel from Sector Thirteen and placed under the crane's hook, then lowered directly onto the platform.
Perhaps due to the large explosion last night and the tomb's tilt, the platform's tilting mechanism was damaged, which was why the platform hadn't tilted as it did the previous day.
As the vacuum machine slowly descended, members of the third group received it, along with bundled gas masks.
A short while later.
Two members, wearing gas masks and holding pickaxes, began to excavate a small opening.
While Yun Meng was resting with his eyes closed, Bai Lin handed the printed report to Chen Fan.
Chen Fan picked up the report and looked at it intently.
The report stated:
"Within this structure, humanoid creatures with unknown physical characteristics exist. These humanoid creatures possess vital signs."
Looking at the report in his hand, Chen Fan was so excited he almost jumped up.
After a long, arduous search, they had easily located it with the help of high-performance instruments.
Although his vital energy could also penetrate and search, because this ancient tomb was fortified by a supreme master with incredibly strong qi-defensive capabilities, Chen Fan's efforts to search with his qi would have been in vain. However, modern science's ultrasonic waves perfectly solved this problem.
Chen Fan was already considering returning and investing heavily to build a high-tech team solely dedicated to him.
His voice resonated telepathically.
"Thank you, Bai Lin..."
Bai Lin looked at Chen Fan, smiled and tilted her head, and even winked.
Chen Fan nodded in acknowledgement.
Hope was rekindled in Chen Fan's mind. After all, Bai Zhannian's survival would greatly benefit Chen Fan, and they were true brothers.
At this moment, Chen Fan was still using the Golden Silk Cicada Robe to suppress the aura he might inadvertently reveal due to his excitement. He appeared no different from any ordinary armed personnel.
After secretly reading the report in his hand, it suddenly ignited out of thin air and vanished instantly.
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"Crack..." At this moment, a small opening in the passage that Yun Meng had blocked was also opened.
Another member of the third group, holding the vacuum machine's pipe, immediately attached it.
The third group members operating the machinery behind them quickly activated the vacuum machine for extraction. At this moment, a large amount of pink gas appeared within the vacuum machine.
"Report, the vacuum machine below has begun operation!" an armed personnel observing from above ran to report.
"Mm, I know. The space below is vast. It might take until nightfall to pump out all this air..."
"Do we have any other ways to enter?" Bai Lin asked a highly accomplished architecture graduate among the researchers.
The research member picked up the architectural blueprints of the tomb's current state and began to calculate mentally.
Before long, he was drawing and marking on the tomb's blueprints.
In less than an hour, the calculation results appeared on the blueprints.
"Secretary Bai, we need to place five tons of explosives in the lower middle section of the platform's slope. This will blast through the inner corner made of adamantine rock, allowing entry into the platform's interior. The interior's opposite diagonal section is by the abyss where the temporary worker jumped earlier. This method of demolition will not damage the overall architectural framework or structure of the ancient tomb."
"You're amazing..." Bai Lin chuckled, shaking her head in agreement.
She immediately arranged for people to prepare the vast amount of explosives.
At this time, Yun Meng also woke up. After reviewing the researchers' proposed solution, he also expressed his approval. However, the vacuum machine would continue to operate, meaning they would have two methods being implemented simultaneously.
The time it took to brew a cup of tea.
Five tons of explosives were delivered amidst the ongoing conversations and discussions. A heavy-duty truck, carrying a full load of gunpowder developed by Sector Thirteen, entered their view.