The Beauty CEO's Personal Expert

Upon hearing Ling Chen’s words, everyone focused their gaze on him and asked, "What’s wrong?"

"Look at the ground," Ling Chen pointed to the ground beside the door and then wiped the dust away with his hand. Suddenly, two relatively deep marks appeared on the ground. He Honggang looked at those marks and asked, "What is this?"

"These should be marks from friction against the ground when the door opens," Ling Chen explained. "Did you notice that these marks are quite deep? If this stone door had only been opened once, the marks wouldn’t be so deep; only after repeated friction would these grooves become this deep."

"Repeated friction?" Upon hearing Ling Chen’s words, everyone immediately understood what he meant. "You mean... this stone door has been opened many times?"

Ling Chen nodded and said, "That’s right! However, there’s a thick layer of dust accumulating here, indicating no one has opened it recently." As soon as he finished speaking, Ling Gengqiu pinched the dust on the ground, rubbed it between his fingers, and said, "It would take at least hundreds of years to accumulate this much dust." He paused and continued, "This is a burial ground, maybe people were once buried inside, hence the stone door was opened a few times."

Ling Gengqiu’s guess was plausible, but they didn’t have time to discuss it now. To them, the most important thing now was to open the stone door. Ling Chen walked up to the stone door and scrutinized it for a few moments. The stone door’s surface had no handle, nor was there any gap in the middle, not even room for a finger to fit in. Without a point of leverage, it was difficult to open such a heavy stone door.

If his guess was correct, the stone door should be opened from inside by a mechanism. "Everyone, look around; there might be a switch for the mechanism here," Ling Chen instructed. Once he spoke, everyone began searching the surroundings. However, the surroundings were all artificially excavated mountain walls, very uneven, and at a glance, there seemed to be no place to hide mechanisms.

At this moment, He Honggang walked to the corner at both ends of the stone door, cleaning the dust from the ground with his hands. Seeing this, everyone imitated his method and swept the dust aside. As the dust was cleared, a giant pattern instantly revealed itself before them. It turned out this pattern was engraved on the ground but was obscured by dust.

Under their feet was a very peculiar pattern, depicting a strange figure with four arms, and a head resembling that of a monster. Although Ling Chen wasn’t a professional archaeologist, he knew that many ancient tribes worshipped various totems and myths, and this strange figure likely represented a mythical totem.

However, the pattern had something peculiar; the four arms held chains, not engraved but real chains embedded in ground grooves. Earlier, they were obscured by dust, so no one noticed them. Soon, all four chains were pulled out from the grooves by everyone.

The four chains were each four to five meters long, with the remaining parts extending into a round hole at the groove’s end. Ling Gengqiu picked up one of the chains and pulled forcefully, immediately hearing a sound as if something below was moving.

Nearby, He Honggang, Chen Younian, and Chen Qinghua stepped forward, grabbing the other three chains and pulling backward. Together, the four began slowly pulling the chains upward. Clearly, whatever was attached to the bottom of these chains was extremely heavy, and even someone as strong as Ling Gengqiu found it very difficult to pull.

As the chains were pulled more than a meter, a loud bang suddenly came from behind the stone door. Following that, a gap appeared in the middle of the heavy stone door. Upon seeing this, Ling Chen and the others immediately ran over, hooked their fingers into the gap, and pulled outward with all their strength. Soon, the stone door slowly opened, revealing a gap wide enough for one person.

Whew! Ling Chen took a few deep breaths and cautiously approached the opening, peering inside. Unfortunately, it was pitch black inside, and nothing could be seen. At this moment, He Honggang came forward from behind, fetching a few spherical objects from his pocket and rolled them inside. The spheres began emitting a soft light, illuminating the surroundings after rolling into the stone door.

"Be careful," Ling Chen reminded as he saw He Honggang preparing to step inside. "This burial ground has been sealed for a long time; there’s no air inside, and going in recklessly could lead to suffocation."

"We don’t have time to worry about that now," He Honggang replied. "There was such a commotion just now, the Guardians outside surely heard it. If they catch up, we won’t be able to continue. Besides, I’ve prepared small oxygen tanks, so if the situation you mentioned occurs, we can still manage." With that, without waiting for Ling Chen to say anything more, He Honggang marched inside.

Seeing this, everyone kept silent and followed him into the stone door. Passing through the stone door, Ling Chen nodded at Chen Junfeng, signaling him to stay close to Ling Gengqiu and not get lost. This wasn’t an amusement park but a burial ground with hundreds or thousands of years of history; who knows what strange things might occur inside.

The burial ground was vast, Ling Chen glanced around, trying to hide the astonishment on his face. To build this burial ground, the whole mountain of Qiu Nanshan had likely been hollowed out. Once inside, everyone’s attention was immediately drawn to a statue behind the stone door. The statue stood over five meters tall, clad in armor, wielding a large sword, exuding a domineering aura of an invincible warrior.

Circling the statue, disappointment overtook them as they found no information. "Folks, we shouldn’t waste time here," He Honggang pointed to a passageway not far away. "If there’s any secret within this burial ground, it must be inside. Before those Guardians catch up, we better quickly find what we’re looking for and leave."

He Honggang’s arrangement was naturally met with no objections. By now, their interest was piqued; they were very eager to uncover what secrets lay within this burial ground.

He Honggang was still leading at the front, but his steps were slower, no longer advancing recklessly. After all, this place was full of eerie vibes, and no one could guarantee that problems wouldn’t arise inside.

Not far along the passageway, they came upon a spacious cavern beside it. Additionally, a stone tablet stood outside the cavern, engraved with several characters. Unfortunately, this script was unfamiliar to everyone, rendering it unrecognizable.

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