I created Qin Tianjian in modern times

When the gate closed again, the fastest red fire-scaled python was less than one meter away from the team member standing at the back. The team members finally entered the gate and closed it.

"so close!"

"Yeah, it was thrilling."

Everyone was breathing heavily, but when they looked up inadvertently, their eyes widened.

After entering the city gate, there was actually a grand hall.

This is just the area outside the outer palace, and it is already so luxurious.

Under the starry sky, above your head is a star pattern made up of hundreds of luminous pearls, and directly below is a high platform.

There are stone dragons carved on both sides of the platform, with their mouths wide open, and a bronze container underneath.

On both sides are burial coffins buried deep underground, hung with red strings.

There were clearly ditches dug on both sides, but the coffin did not touch the ground.

“Is this a hanging coffin?”

Professor Zhu frowned and said:

"Although hanging coffins only began to appear during the Warring States Period, they are very rare. Why did the hanging coffin burial method appear in the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang?"

However, Zhu Qingyang shook his head:

"This is not a hanging coffin. Although it is suspended in the air like a hanging coffin, so that the coffin does not touch the ground, this method is completely different from a hanging coffin. You see, the red line of the hanging coffin goes straight to the top, intertwining and mixing with each other. Do you see what's going on?"

Everyone looked up as Zhu Qingyang said.

Below the star pattern formed by the night pearls is a red line like a spider web.

There is a coffin hanging under each of these red lines. There are a total of eighteen coffins in the entire hall.

As he watched, Han Feng seemed to notice something and frowned slightly:

"How come these red lines are everywhere, they look like a formation?"

Upon hearing this, Professor Zhu and others looked at Han Feng in confusion.

However, Zhu Qingyang shook his head and explained:

"This is not a formation, but a magic. Different from Taoism, magic is closer to witchcraft, and even more direct. If the alchemist has good intentions, then more people in the world will practice magic. But if the alchemist's intentions are not right, his magic will become evil. These red lines all over the place look like some kind of magic to raise poisonous insects!"

"Raising Gu?" Professor Zhu asked in surprise, "What are you talking about? What kind of magic, what about raising Gu?"

Zhu Qingyang looked at Professor Zhu deeply and said:

"I am just guessing now and cannot be sure. But the purpose of our trip is not to conduct archaeological excavations, but to find dragon veins. So, although this place is strange, it is not the target of our investigation."

Professor Zhu opened his mouth, obviously wanting to say something, but then he changed his mind and thought that after all, they were two teams, so it was normal for them to have their own tasks.

So he decided to let the archaeological team open the coffin and investigate.

In this ancient tomb full of dangers, they need to grasp as many clues as possible.

For the archaeological team, opening the coffin is the best way.

Professor Zhu pushed up his glasses and said to the archaeological team members:

"Next, everyone should prepare to open the coffin. Be careful to maintain the integrity of the coffin and be cautious!"

The team members nodded one after another, and just as they were about to walk towards one of the coffins, Zhu Yingying's voice suddenly rang out:

"and many more!"

The members of the archaeological team stopped curiously and looked back at Zhu Yingying.

Although opening the coffin was not the mission of the exploration team, everyone was together after all, and if any problems arose, they needed to share the responsibility.

So Zhu Yingying took out a candle, placed it in the southeast corner of the tomb and lit it.

Seeing this, Han Feng whispered:

"Don't touch the gold when the cock crows and the lights are out..."

However, before she finished her words, the candle went out without any wind. Zhu Yingying said solemnly:

"No, we can't open the coffin! The lights go out when the cock crows, and if we open the coffin, there will be disaster!"

The members of the archaeological team looked at each other in confusion. Isn't this statement too superstitious?

After seeing those night pearls, Xu Hao couldn't wait to see the funerary objects in the coffin.

At this point he said:

"You are following the rules of tomb raiding. We are doing archaeology, which is fundamentally different, so the rules are not set in stone!"

Professor Zhu also nodded and said to Zhu Yingying:

"Comrade, I don't know why this is so. But the purpose of our coming here is to explore the tomb. If this is true, then wouldn't it mean that we won't be able to conduct in-depth investigations into all the coffins we encounter later?"

Professor Zhu looked at Han Feng and others solemnly. He knew that this team had extraordinary strength, so he always attached great importance to their words.

But Professor Zhu really couldn't think of any scientific reason for the saying that "the coffin cannot be opened when the lights are out."

Just as Professor Zhu was thinking, a strange voice suddenly came:

"Moo!"

Instantly, Han Feng and the others' faces changed. They were very familiar with this voice:

"Is it the dragon's cry?"

Everyone's attention was focused on the two stone dragons...

The stone dragon actually made a sound, which surprised everyone.

"What's going on? Did you hear it too? Why is the stone dragon barking?"

The members of the archaeological team were whispering, discussing this strange scene, and Han Feng and others also had solemn expressions.

At this moment, an astonishing scene appeared: a silvery, shiny, heavy liquid actually flowed out of the two stone dragons' wide-open mouths.

This liquid flowed into the bronze container on the ground, more and more...

"Oh no, it's mercury!" Zhang Xiaoxian immediately reminded everyone, "This is a closed environment. Once a large amount of mercury evaporates, it will be highly toxic if inhaled!"

Zhang Xiaoxian's words made everyone feel panicked.

After all, mercury is highly volatile and it is easy to cause poisoning in such a closed environment.

Zhu Qingyang calmly analyzed: "It seems that the mercury is stored under these two stone dragons. After the mechanism is activated, the airflow surges out and forms a sound in the cavity of the stone dragon, which is the cry we heard. Judging from the flow rate of mercury, the storage volume must be large. We must either close it as soon as possible or leave quickly!"

At this moment, a series of tiny sounds were heard, startling everyone who was on edge.

Zhu Qingyang immediately locked onto the source of the sound and said solemnly: "There is something in the coffin!"

Before he finished his words, dense black insects crawled out from the rope connected to the coffin and quickly climbed up along the red line.

At this time, the red lines spreading above the head were like a spider web, and dense black insects crawled out of each coffin.

"Master Gou, what is this?" Han Feng asked in surprise.

Zhu Qingyang shook his head solemnly: "I'm not an encyclopedia. This thing is very weird. We have to leave here quickly."

Everyone knows it without Zhu Qingyang saying it.

Firstly, mercury is continuously poured into the container, and becomes highly toxic once it starts to evaporate; secondly, these strange bugs will soon cover the red line, and if they fall off, it will be troublesome.

The members of the archaeological team all looked at Professor Zhu, obviously wanting him to make a decision.

After a brief thought, Professor Zhu immediately said, "Quick, find another exit and leave here!"

The team members temporarily gave up the idea of ​​opening the coffin to investigate and immediately dispersed to search for an exit throughout the hall.

But the strange thing was that this place seemed to be completely sealed off, and apart from the way a few people came in, there was no other exit at all.

This place seemed designed to lure intruders and keep them here forever.

After some exploration, the team members began to panic.

You must know that there are a large number of red fire-scale pythons outside the stone gate. If you go out like this, you will not be able to save your life.

But there is no other exit here, isn't this a dead end?

As the team members were exploring more and more anxiously, Han Feng took out the compass again and took a look.

He suddenly stopped and looked up and down at the compass from time to time, as if he was confirming something.

The members of the exploration team soon came to Han Feng's side and said solemnly: "We checked and found no mechanism. The mercury spit out by the stone dragon is a mechanism, but it can't be closed at all. There are more and more black bugs above our heads, and they have begun to fall down gradually!"

Zhu Qingyang sighed helplessly: "I asked Bai Hua to take a good look, but even the master key couldn't do anything. It seems that this place is really a dead end!"

However, Han Feng kept looking at the compass in his hand, with a rare puzzled expression on his face: "Why does the compass show that there is a life gate here, and it is very close to the dragon vein..."

"Ah?" When Han Feng said this, the members of the exploration team were all confused.

"Captain, where is the escape door you mentioned?" Zhu Yingying asked in surprise.

After confirming it again and again, Han Feng stretched out his hand and pointed to the bronze container between the two stone dragons.

After looking at each other, they covered their mouths and noses and walked towards the bronze container that was already filled with nearly half of mercury.

Professor Zhu and others were very confused when they saw this.

"What are they doing? Why don't they stay away from there? They even go over there on their own initiative? Some of it must have evaporated by now. Inhaling too much will cause poisoning!"

Zhang Xiaoxian spoke hurriedly and was about to step forward to stop it.

But after taking a few steps, she felt slightly dizzy.

Thanks to Yingzi for supporting Zhang Xiaoxian.

Yingzi was about to ask, but she also felt nauseous.

"Oh no, we're already showing signs of poisoning!" Professor Zhu said immediately, "Everyone, cover your mouth and nose, try to reduce your breathing, and hurry up to find a way out!"

Even the archaeologists who were farther away had some slight reactions, not to mention the few people who had already arrived in front of the bronze container.

The most terrifying thing about mercury is that it has no smell. Once poisoning is discovered, it means a lot of toxins have accumulated in the body.

Zhu Qingyang quickly took out a few talismans from the treasure chest: "This is an exorcism talisman, which can dispel poison gas in a short time. But time is tight, you must not stay too long, and you must not touch the mercury!"

After several people quickly put on the talismans, their instinctive breathing seemed to slow down a lot.

An invisible barrier seemed to have formed around the few people, blocking the invasion of poisonous gas.

Bai Hua refused the exorcism talisman, as the poison would not affect him.

Several people inspected the bronze container for a long time but found nothing special.

But after Han Feng confirmed it many times, the compass still pointed to this location.

Now everyone was a little confused.

There must be a reason why the compass frequently points to this place, but what is that reason?

Bai Hua looked around solemnly, his sight gradually falling on the stone dragon on the right.

Then he seemed to have discovered something, walked up to the stone dragon and looked into its mouth.

You have to know that there is still a steady flow of mercury coming out of the stone dragon's mouth at this time. That is Bai Hua. If it were anyone else, they would never dare to approach rashly.

Then even Han Feng and the others were surprised to see Bai Hua actually put his hand into the stone dragon.

Mercury immediately covered Bai Hua's arm, and the members of the archaeological team all widened their eyes.

"Is he crazy? Mercury is highly poisonous!"

Ah Jing looked at the scene in astonishment, but her overreaction made her dizziness worse.

But then Bai Hua exerted a little force.

After a "click" sound, a movable type opened up right behind the bronze container where Zhu Qingyang was standing.

Before Zhu Qingyang could react, the ground beneath his feet suddenly went empty and disappeared, revealing only a dark passage below.

"Quick, it's right here, go down!"

There was no time to hesitate at this point. No matter where this place led to, they had to go down. Otherwise, all members of the archaeological team would be killed if they stayed here.

Professor Zhu and others obviously understood this, and they all came to the trapdoor and jumped into it with all their might.

Immediately afterwards, Han Feng and a few others left and Bai Hua was the last one to jump into the dark passage.

This passage leads directly underground and is completely dark. No one knows where the final destination is.

About ten seconds later, the members of the archaeological team finally fell down from the passage.

"Puff! Puff!"

There was a sound of falling into the water, but luckily there was a pool of water below which cushioned the force and prevented anyone from getting hurt.

The archaeological team members led by Professor Zhu emerged from the water at this time and breathed in the toxin-free air.

But the thin oxygen here doesn't allow a few people to replace the poison gas.

Soon after, Han Feng and several others fell down from the passage.

Unlike the archaeological team, Han Feng and his companions adjusted their bodies at the last moment and stood steadily in the pool of water without looking so embarrassed.

Bai Hua stood at the end, and Professor Zhu asked with a worried look on his face:

"Comrade Bai Hua, are you... okay?"

Bai Hua shook his head expressionlessly. There was still mercury on his hands, but strangely, he did not show any signs of poisoning, as if everything was normal.

This scene once again shocked Professor Zhu and others.

Zhu Qingyang took out a towel from the treasure box and handed it to Bai Hua, saying with some admiration:

"The commander mentioned before that you are a blood warrior, and you have birch blood that is immune to all poisons. I thought it was a bit exaggerated, but I didn't expect it to be true. It's amazing!"

Bai Hua just nodded calmly. To him, this seemed like a trivial matter.

However, if it weren't for Bai Hua, I'm afraid everyone would be trapped and died in that tomb.

Han Feng said with lingering fear:

"As expected of an emperor of all ages, the First Emperor was extremely meticulous, and even placed the only exit switch in the mouth of the stone dragon.

If it weren't for Bai Hua, no one would have discovered this secret.