Chapter 287: Eighteen Stone Coffins
Seeing that Fang Xiaocao had no objections, Hummingbird and Taotie naturally had none either. They were all smart people and understood that Taotie’s analysis was correct. Taking the secret passage route was safer and more suitable for them.
“Since there are no objections, let Taotie, who knows the most about ancient tomb traps, lead the way. Hummingbird and I will go in the middle, and Tom, you’ll bring up the rear. Although we’re not worried about pursuers, it’s always better to be safe than sorry. We’d rather be over-prepared than caught off guard, so we can’t skimp on the traps.”
“Let’s leave some booby traps at this secret door and that secret door. If pursuers find them, we’ll hear a bang and take care of some of them.”
Fang Xiaocao, showing rare intelligence, took the initiative to make the deployment.
“Yes!”
The three of them responded in unison.
Tom was especially pleased with Fang Xiaocao’s plan.
He had been smiling since Fang Xiaocao started her deployment.
For Tom, he wasn’t afraid of Fang Xiaocao making mistakes; he was afraid she wouldn’t take the initiative to plan.
Mistakes were okay.
Wasn’t he there to be her strategist?
He could correct any mistakes in time.
If Fang Xiaocao didn’t take the initiative, when would she learn?
As it turned out, Fang Xiaocao’s deployment surprised him with its thoroughness. There were no loopholes, and she even thought about the possibility of pursuers, asking him to bring up the rear and set traps.
Tom was very satisfied and looked at Fang Xiaocao with the pride of an old father.
“Let’s go then!”
Fang Xiaocao said with a smile.
The three of them nodded. Taotie took the lead, holding a long spear and entering the open secret door first.
Hummingbird protected Fang Xiaocao and followed Taotie, while Tom picked up his backpack, took out a few elf ball bombs, and set up a string of chain mines behind the closed secret door.
After setting them up, Tom got up.
He picked up his backpack and entered the open secret door.
Tom kicked the iron sword that was jamming the door to the side and laboriously closed the secret door.
This time, Tom didn’t set up any booby traps behind the door. Instead, he looked around and found that it was still a secret room. Taotie had already taken Fang Xiaocao and Hummingbird to find another secret door and left this room.
Tom looked around. This room was full of the traces of the cheeky monkeys’ lives.
There were even some dead monkey corpses.
Tom took out a fishing line from his backpack.
He casually strung a few elf ball bombs and placed them in front of the third secret door before closing it.
Tom analyzed that the chances of this string of bombs being triggered were slim.
Those who came after them would be mercenaries and assassins.
Having learned their lesson, they would be wary.
They wouldn’t fall for it again.
Tom put on his backpack and looked at the environment behind the secret door. This time, it wasn’t a secret room but a corridor. Fang Xiaocao and the others were waiting for him at the end of the corridor. Seeing Tom enter the corridor, Taotie waved to him and led Fang Xiaocao and Hummingbird forward, disappearing around a corner.
Tom looked at the corridor. There were no conditions to set up more booby traps. It would be a waste.
They wouldn’t be triggered again.
Tom stopped setting up traps and packed up his backpack.
He put on his backpack and followed them down the corridor.
When Tom turned the corner of the corridor, he was shocked.
It was like entering a new world.
It was actually a tomb chamber.
The tomb chamber was full of various terracotta warriors.
It was clearly a burial pit similar to the Terracotta Army.
Tom was startled by the terracotta warriors and thought he had encountered enemies.
After confirming that they were all terracotta warriors, Tom breathed a sigh of relief.
“Tom, over here!”
While Tom was looking for Fang Xiaocao and the others, Fang Xiaocao’s voice came from the left.
Tom looked in the direction of the voice and saw Fang Xiaocao and the others standing on a high platform, waving at him.
Tom smiled and walked over.
Tom stepped onto the platform and was instantly stunned.
There were coffins on the platform.
To be precise, stone coffins.
There were eighteen stone coffins, arranged side by side on the platform.
Below the platform were hundreds of terracotta warriors.
“What’s going on?”
Tom asked in confusion.
“No idea!”
Fang Xiaocao shook her head.
Tom smiled and looked at Taotie.
He wanted to ask Taotie.
But he found Taotie squatting on the ground, studying something.
Seeing that Taotie was looking seriously, Tom gave up.
He wanted to reach out and touch the stone coffins.
But Fang Xiaocao grabbed his hand.
Tom was stunned and looked at Fang Xiaocao in confusion.
“Taotie said not to touch them.”
“There might be traps.”
Fang Xiaocao smiled and relayed Taotie’s words.
Tom nodded, indicating that he understood.
He withdrew his hand and stood with Fang Xiaocao and Hummingbird in front of the stone coffins, waiting for Taotie.
Taotie clapped his hands and stood up from the ground.
Seeing Taotie’s actions, the three of them focused their attention on him.
“Taotie, what did you find?”
After standing for so long, Fang Xiaocao was impatient. Seeing that Taotie didn’t speak, she took the initiative to ask.
“This is a burial pit. The terracotta warriors below were all cast with living people. They were the tomb owner’s guards. The eighteen stone coffins above contain the tomb owner’s personal guards who commanded these guards.”
“These eighteen people were all veterans who survived countless battles with the tomb owner. After the tomb owner died, they voluntarily committed suicide.”
“They laid down in the coffins alive…”
Taotie replied in a low voice.
“Laid down in the coffins alive?”
“Isn’t that being buried alive?”
Fang Xiaocao exclaimed.
“Yes, that’s what it means.”
“It’s written here that if anyone comes to rob the tomb and disturbs the tomb owner’s rest, these eighteen personal guards will climb out of the coffins and lead these guards to kill the tomb robbers.”
Taotie said with a smile.
“What the heck?”
Hearing Taotie’s words, Fang Xiaocao was startled.
She jumped to Hummingbird’s side in fear.
“Wait…”
“They’ll climb out of the coffins after they die?”
“Isn’t that too scary?”
Fang Xiaocao was trembling in fear.
“Will they really climb out?”
Fang Xiaocao asked weakly.
Taotie smiled mischievously, “That’s hard to say.”
“Everyone in the tomb-robbing business knows that there are zombies. The more violent the death, the more likely they are to become zombie servants.”
“I even saw a zombie back then.”
“That zombie was fierce, but it couldn’t take a beating.”
“I cut off its head with one knife.”
Taotie said with a wicked smile, vividly.
Hearing Taotie’s words, Fang Xiaocao’s expression froze.
“You…”
“You idiot, don’t scare me…”
Fang Xiaocao was almost crying.
