Chapter 70 Mysterious and Inexplicable

  After Xu Xin finished speaking, I didn't understand what he meant at first, but after thinking about it for a while, I suddenly felt that this matter was extremely serious.

  Birth, aging, illness and death are the most normal life of human beings. However, if these seven treasures can really combine to make people return to their youth, revive the dead, it would be too frightening.

  The more I think about it, the harder it is to accept. So I asked Xu Xindao: "Then what do you plan to do? Find these treasures and destroy them?"

  "There's no other way, this thing shouldn't exist in the world to begin with. It was hidden among humans and it didn't matter, but someone had to go and try to find it. This is my fault for letting it happen, so I have to investigate further. No matter what, I won't let their ambitions succeed." Xu Xin sighed heavily after finishing speaking.

  I think this is a good opportunity, and I'm also looking for the truth about things. If I can follow him, with such an expert to help me, then future things will be much easier to handle.

  Thinking of this, I continued: "Mr. Xu, you also know that I was inexplicably drawn into this whirlpool, and now many people related to me have gone missing. This matter must be investigated clearly, so I hope you can let me go with you to complete the follow-up matters."

  "Kid, the water in here is too deep, I advise you to find a place to hide instead."

  Uh... When he said that, I was stunned for a moment, and suddenly remembered that the note Liubao left me also said so. It seems that Xinxin really knows something, and this matter is not simple at all.

  "Mr. Xu, can you tell me some of what you've found out?" I implored.

  Xu Xin looked at me and seemed a bit embarrassed: "Let's talk about it later, I need to investigate the ancient tombs in this place first."

  "Could it be that this ancient tomb is related to what we're looking for?"

  "Of course, otherwise I wouldn't be here. To tell you the truth, Professor Li also has a printed scroll like that one. I think official people have already started to get involved."

  "My god, this is beyond my expectation. Originally, some tomb raiders and illegal gangs were already enough for us to handle, now if someone like Professor Li gets involved, it will be even harder to investigate in the future."

  "Let's go and take a look." Xu Xin didn't explain any further, opened the car door and got out.

  I followed him and found that everywhere was filled with swirling dust, covering my nose and looking towards the orphanage house, I saw that the entire house had almost collapsed, leaving only one wall still standing.

  Professor Li had been standing not far from our car, directing the operation. When he saw Xu Xin come down, he retreated a few steps and said: "Mr. Xu, it's almost cleared up. Just wait for a moment until we dig it out, and the truth will be revealed."

  Xu Xin nodded slightly and didn't say a word, instead he went back to examining the demolition-like scene.

  Professor Li was right, after not long, two excavators drove to one side and stopped, after the dust settled, everyone walked towards the place that had been dug up.

  As I approached, I found that most of the walls had been cleaned up, and a patch of empty land was exposed in the middle of the house. Now, an excavator has dug out a pit more than two meters deep, and vaguely, it seems like there is a cave entrance exposed.

  Professor Li looked at it for a while and then said to one of his subordinates: "Alright, call the workers over to get started."

  The man turned around and walked out of the orphanage. Before long, he came back with about twenty people dressed as migrant workers.

  At this time, I really felt deeply moved. This archaeological team is indeed very powerful. They can even hire migrant workers to dig graves, and similarly search for treasures underground. How come the gap between them and us is so big?

  The group of migrant workers approached the front, and under the command of an archaeological team member, they picked up their tools and started jumping into the pit, digging at the faintly exposed entrance.

  Xu Xinjian saw that the excavation was finished and still needed some time, so he said a few words to Professor Li and turned around to walk back.

  I don't know what he wants to do, and I don't have time to look back, so I just follow his butt and start chasing.

  When I reached his side, I asked: "Mr. Xu, where are you going? You're not going to rest again, are you?"

  Xu Xin glanced at me and said, "You really are sticking to me, what's the point of following me again?"

  "I've already said that, from now on I'll follow you, wherever you go, I'll go." I said firmly.

  Xu Xin was actually amused by what I said, and laughed: "You're a pretty interesting person, okay, I'm going to go eat now, if you're hungry too, then follow me!"

  I glanced at my watch and it was already 1 pm without realizing it, I really felt a bit hungry, so I prepared to follow Xu Xin to grab some food.

  Two people walked out of the orphanage and boarded a large bus, I was surprised to find that this bus had been converted into a dining car, with two aunts busy preparing food.

  No need for courtesy, I directly ordered some dishes and quickly served them in front of Xu Xin.

  He didn't stand on ceremony either and picked up his chopsticks to start eating.

  I looked at the food and didn't have much of an appetite, so I just ate a little.

  As I was eating, people kept coming in and I couldn't talk to Xu Xin. After we finished eating and returned to the scene, I found that the pit had been dug very large, all the migrant workers had retreated, and a rope ladder had been set up on the wall of the pit. Professor Li was slowly climbing down into the pit along the rope ladder.

  I walked to the edge of the pit and looked down, below was a rectangular object exposed, it turned out to be a pitch-black stone coffin.

  At this time, Xu Xin said to me: "You are not qualified to go down, just wait here!" After finishing speaking, he also went down into the pit.

  I saw Li Rui'er and other archaeological team members following one after another, feeling very anxious and unbearable. However, I really didn't have a suitable identity to let me stay here, probably just to take care of Xu Xin's face.

  Archaeology is different from tomb raiding, these people regard the coffin as a treasure, and gently brush away the dirt on the coffin with small brushes. I thought to myself: if it were me and Liangzi, we would have probably directly pried open the coffin lid by now.

  It was another hour or so of hustle and bustle, during which Xu Xin stood silently beside the crowd in the pit, not saying a word or moving.

  Looking at the estimate, Professor Li walked over and said something to Xu Xin. It seemed like he was asking some questions. I saw Xu Xin say a few simple words and nodded towards the stone coffin.

  Professor Li was like receiving an order, immediately waved his hand and beckoned everyone to bring tools, seemingly wanting to open the coffin.

  I bent over and stood at the edge of the pit, looking very clearly at what was happening below. I saw some members of the archaeological team inserting things like small iron chisels into the gaps in the coffin lid, then counting one, two, three, and simultaneously using force, the stone coffin's lid creaked open with a groan.

  I didn't expect the stone coffin to be so large, but the lid was easily opened. At the same time, I saw Xinxin standing beside me shaking her head slightly, as if she was dissatisfied with something.

  As the gap between the coffin lid grew larger, it was slowly pushed to one side. I had thought that a skull or mummy would be revealed, but instead everyone who saw what was inside the coffin stood there in stunned silence.

  I never thought that although this stone coffin looks like it has some burial objects, there is actually no corpse inside, and it can be said to be an empty coffin.

  Professor Li also seemed somewhat incredulous, walking forward to carefully examine the scene, but still couldn't find the body, and inexplicably turned around to look at Xu Xin.

  I think Xinxin didn't seem as surprised as we were, he walked up and took a few glances, then said something to Professor Li in a fairly low voice, I didn't quite catch it.

  Professor Li listened, seemingly enlightened, and then handed over some things to the other team members before following Xu Xin up, walking towards a nearby parking area.

  Other archaeological team members began to slowly sort out the things in the coffin, I saw that it didn't make much sense, so I followed behind Xinxin's butt again, wanting to hear what they had to say.

  At this time, Professor Li said: "Mr. Xu is indeed insightful, he had already guessed that the coffin was empty, let's sort things out and take a look, we will know whether the lost nation really exists or not."

  Two people walked and talked, but I listened vaguely, something about a lost nation, a disappearing tribe, completely bewildered.

  The two walked up to a minibus and got on after opening the door.

  I saw the layout in this car, it should be a temporary office place. I was about to follow him up, when Xu Xin turned his head and said: "You stay outside, we'll talk later." Then he closed the door.

  I'm so angry, I thought to myself: You guys are too much, you won't let me down into the pit and you won't let me get on the car, how can you treat a grave robber like this...

  Complaints are complaints, I also know that I don't have a formal identity, at most I'm just an onlooker, it's already good enough that they didn't chase me out of the scene.

  I stood outside the Zhongba, feeling depressed and wandering back and forth. Gradually, I saw some archaeological team members carrying small boxes to the car, making a dozen or so trips back and forth, before it slowly quieted down.

  I anxiously waited for about an hour, and the tightly closed car door finally opened. Xun Xin jumped out with a expressionless face, while Professor Li, who was following behind, had a big smile on his face, looking particularly happy.

  After the two got off the car, Professor Li grasped Mr. Xu's hand and said: "This time it was really thanks to Mr. Xu's help, I'm very grateful that you could agree. For now, let's stop here, you go back and rest first, after things are settled, I'll send someone to notify you."

  Xu Xindian nodded and didn't say much more, turning around and walking towards his own car.

  As he passed by me, seeing that I was stunned on the spot, he immediately turned around and said: "What's wrong with you? Don't you want to leave? Are you planning to spend the night here?"

  I came to and was overjoyed, eagerly following Xinxin back onto his Mercedes-Benz.

  This time he didn't go to the back, but sat in the driver's seat. It seems that this old man surprisingly didn't use a driver and drove here himself.

  As soon as I sat in the passenger seat and closed the door, Xu Xin immediately started the car and stepped on the gas pedal. The Mercedes-Benz sped quickly to the outside of the orphanage and began to drive rapidly along the main road.

  I was shocked by his actions, I didn't expect that at his age he would be driving so aggressively. After the car had gone a few hundred meters, I turned my head to look back and found that Xun Xin, who had been expressionless, suddenly burst out laughing.

  I thought: What's going on? Is this old guy mentally ill or something? It's just too inexplicable...