Chapter 47: Escaping with One's Life

  After much hard work to get here, just to settle for a mediocre position, I really can't understand why someone would do this, it's simply not worth the effort. It's like I went through great lengths to become the chairman, only to think about sleeping with a beautiful secretary, without any regard for the power and influence of the world, isn't that just stupid?

  "Could it be that this person has no remains left, and can only do so?" I guessed.

  However, Inuyasha didn't think so. He told me: "There's a possibility of that, but I've fought for so long, and from my experience, most of the tombs are fake, just to confuse those who want to rob them. These people often offend many forces before they die, and in order to have peace after death and not be dug up and humiliated, they will intentionally set up many fake tombs. They would send out over a dozen coffins in all directions at once, while the real tomb might only be in one of those locations. Cao Cao is a classic example in history."

  "The owner of this garment must have committed a heinous crime!" I said with certainty.

  Inuyasha looked at her with a puzzled expression: "What did you say?"

  "You think about it, the owner of this fake tomb must have deliberately chosen an ancient relic that is not recorded in any historical books to create a 'mysterious' and 'confusing' false tomb. This shows that this person must know that no matter how hidden and difficult to find their own grave design is, there will always be someone or some force that will go to great lengths to find it, almost at all costs. I'd say this is a grudge of epic proportions, even surpassing the desire for revenge against one's father!" My old friend said with a serious expression.

  "Oniichan muttered a sentence: 'It's also possible that this person hid someone else's secret in the tomb, and someone has to find him.'"

  No matter how we guess, it doesn't make any sense. Knowing the answer doesn't make any difference either. We can't get out of here, everything is futile.

  I gazed at the dragon-shaped jade 'Yu' in the coffin, crystal clear and translucent, and I could tell it was extremely valuable at a glance. I grasped it in my hand, and a chill ran down my spine as it almost slipped out of my grasp. I couldn't help but exclaim: "Isn't 'jade' supposed to have a warm and cool texture? Why is this one so cold?"

  "Let me take a look." Oni no Yaiba took it and touched it, his eyes lit up, but immediately dimmed again. He handed it back to me and said: "This is a thousand-year-old cold jade, the best of the best, unfortunately, it can't be taken out."

  "How much does it cost?" I asked, having no choice, being poor is a habit.

  Oni thought of using silver coins to express it, but felt that the valuation was not good. After thinking about it, he said: "To put it simply, if you sell it to a person with a fast bun, you can directly let him exchange half of his family's wealth for it. The more 'dazed' and wealthy families are, the higher the price they open, even if they close their eyes and randomly open the price."

  "Is it that valuable?" I was a bit skeptical, as 'jade' wasn't worth that much in my time, but later its price increased by tens of thousands of times.

  Oni laughed and said, "You have no knowledge. This thousand-year-old 'jade' can ensure that a corpse will not rot for a hundred years if it is placed in the mouth or anus of the deceased. Its value is so high that even the old Buddha from Cixi would be unable to find any trace of it after searching the entire world."

  I didn't say another word and directly put the cold 'jade' into my pants pocket, and down there it was freezing.

  Oni no Ya moved away the flat Hanfu, and suddenly a picture appeared on the bottom plate of the coffin.

  "This is... the structure diagram of the Great Pyramid!" I exclaimed incredulously.

  Oni no Yaiba hastily threw the antique Hanfu outward, and due to its age, it shattered into pieces with a single swing.

  Our "energy" is all concentrated on this structure diagram.

  The internal structure of the golden pyramid is much more complicated than we imagined. The golden pyramid was built directly above the underground volcanic mouth, suppressing the altar below. From the moment we entered through the sky passage, countless small forks branched out all the way up, which we didn't notice during our climb. It should be behind the back of the connected infant mummy, blocked by a gold wall. Except for the topmost chamber where we are, each fork has a small chamber at its end, and on the structure map, there are crosses or checks marked in red ink at these chambers, with more crosses than checks. This mark seems to be a safety warning. The entire golden pyramid's sky passage and countless forks form a tree-like pattern, with the chamber being the fruit that grows on the tree.

  What surprised us most was that on top of the tomb chamber where we were, an abstract eye pattern was painted.

  Just as I was wondering what this eye meant, Oni no Tsukuriban suddenly murmured: "The All-Seeing Eye?"

  "What did you say? What eyes are those?" I asked curiously, as Oni no Ya seemed to be familiar with the pattern.

  Inuyasha didn't answer me directly, stroking that abstract eye, and only said: "If it's really the Freemasons...it seems this mysterious underground civilization has finally emerged from the underground and merged with the surface civilization. How much of its connotation is left? It seems there's a chance, and it's necessary to go to Europe and America once."

  "In a place where the all-knowing eye is, it's definitely not a dead end. Look around, there must be a way out hidden here." Koinu said in a low voice, his tone extremely resolute. In times of crisis, I needed him to boost my morale like this, and I didn't doubt him or think about doubting him.

  For the next twenty minutes or so, we searched every inch of the place that we could reach, especially the seams of the gold bricks with a dagger, but found no signs of any weaknesses or hidden doors.

  We didn't give up, focusing our gaze on the golden 'bed', moving away the heavy camphor wood coffin. The golden 'bed' was intact, without even a place to insert a knife. If there's one thing that can be said, it's that on the golden 'bed' there was an unknown hole, shaped like an open eye. It seemed to be a mark corresponding to the all-seeing eye.

  I've been busy for half a day and can be said to have gained nothing. Now I'm really anxious, I'd like to jump with rage.

  Just then, what I least wanted to see still happened. The 'mouth' of the Tongtian Secret Realm suddenly burst into a scorching red light.

  I and Oni-otoko hastily went to the entrance of the cave to investigate, and with just a glance downwards, my back was instantly drenched in cold sweat. A large amount of scorching hot, extremely viscous-looking red-yellow magma surged upwards, filling the air.

  That is to say, the passage under the golden pyramid was all submerged in magma. I estimated that at this rate of ascent, it wouldn't take half an hour for Ghost Night and me to switch places here.

  The most terrible thing is not the magma itself, but a large amount of dark gray volcanic ash floated to us along with the hot air, the pungent smell of sulfur and smoke was very choking.

  I hastily covered my mouth and nose, as a police officer I was still extremely aware of the harm caused by smoke. In ten fire deaths, nine were due to bronchial tubes being burned by smoke and suffocation.

  "Take it and put it on!" Oni no Ya threw something at me. I took a look, ah, that was the mask of my second senior brother.

  Take another look, Oni no Yaiba has already put on his familiar night demon mask, coldly urging me: "Don't be stunned, bring this at least it can let you live for ten more minutes. Don't bring it, humph, five minutes later you'll be choked to death by the smoke." In a low voice that was almost inaudible, he added: "And not handsome, what's with the pretentiousness."

  "Ah, I'm not done yet!" I cursed and hastily put on the pig mask. To my surprise, it really had a filtering effect, and I couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief.

  At this moment, a large amount of volcanic ash poured in, and within just one minute, a thick layer had accumulated all around.

  The line of sight was blocked by the smoke, and it couldn't be seen clearly. Those glowing insects seemed to be afraid of the smoke, and they were 'crazy' around our heads, with bright green light flashing constantly.

  I wiped away sweat, feeling as if I was in a furnace, no, actually I am in a furnace.

  "Didn't you say there was a way out?" I anxiously asked Oni no Yaiba, plopping down on the ground with a sigh. As soon as I sat down, the scorching gold bricks burned my butt and made it smell like roasted meat. I jumped up and touched it, ouch! My pants were torn, revealing two white spots of skin on my buttocks.

  "Almost turned into an iron plate!" I hastily took out the 'cold jade' from my pants pocket and applied it to the almost scorched butt, rolling around.

  Oniichan suddenly let out a loud shout and snatched the cold 'jade' from my hands, his eyes fixed intently on it.

  I was shocked to find that this piece of 'jade' actually started melting like an ice cube, dripping down the gaps between Gu Ye's fingers, drop by drop.

  Before long, the dragon-shaped ice 'jade' the size of a fist had shrunk to less than half its original size.

  "What is this, ice or 'jade'?" I wondered.

  Oni no Ya heard my words and suddenly lit up his eyes, hastily grasping the cold 'jade' and stretching it to the entrance of the Tongtian Secret Path, inserting his hand inside, relying on the magma that was spewing out to scorch the cold 'jade' in his hands. I saw his arm turn bright red with fear, the veins on his forehead bulging out, sweat pouring out like his life depended on it.

  "This piece of 'jade' I misjudged, its outside is dark ice, but inside it's the real cold 'jade'!" Guī Yè Jiāo didn't even turn his head back, his eyes revealing excitement.

  The magma is getting higher and higher, although the mask blocks it, breathing starts to become unsmooth. As expected, Oni no Ya said that this can't last for too long either. Just as I was anxiously waiting, Oni no Ya suddenly flipped over and took a step forward to the golden "bed".

  All we saw was him slowly spreading out his palm, which was emitting smoke, and a delicate and transparent 'jade' quality long strip suddenly appeared before our eyes.

  I took a look at the small holes on the golden 'bed' with unknown uses and suddenly thought of something, I couldn't help but exclaim: "Could it be?"

  Oni no Yaiba took a deep breath, muttered "Heaven's protection", and inserted the 'jade' seal steadily into the golden hole. With a click, the seams merged seamlessly.

  After a breath, all I heard was the sound of mechanical gears sliding from above my head. Suddenly, our feet were empty and we fell into a long tunnel.

  Before I could react, I was like sitting on a slide, sliding all the way down. A few seconds later, the long-lost natural light entered my eyes.

  "Ah!"

  We suddenly rushed out of the pyramid and threw ourselves into the air fifty meters high.

  "Ah, finally! I'm out!" I shouted at the top of my lungs, releasing the joy that had been pent up inside me since my rebirth. But when I looked down, my smile froze instantly.