Chapter 201 - Chapter 201: Chapter 163 Tomb Robbing, This is Real Punishment! (Subscribe Please) (2/2)

Lin Chuan first extended his index finger and middle finger into the small hole.

Since he couldn’t see the specific conditions inside the small hole, he had to rely on the touch of his fingers to detect the mechanism.

It was somewhat similar to a lock cylinder.

Inside, it was uneven, many areas resembling the grooves within the cylinder of a lock.

Lin Chuan’s heart grew stern.

He treated the mold as if it were the actual mechanism, and the ‘grooves’ were in fact testing the strength of his mechanical techniques.

However,

Lin Chuan, blessed with the ‘Lock-picking’ skill as well as the ‘Touching Gold Secret Skill – Mechanical Techniques,’ found this small hole mechanism not too difficult to handle.

Soon, Lin Chuan touched two firm indentations, confirming they were the key to breaking the mechanism.

Immediately,

Lin Chuan’s two fingers, similar to a short punch, exerted force instantaneously, pushing the two firm indentations deep into place with the power transmitted from his fingertips.

Squeak—

The stone gate, about two meters high, slowly opened.

“It’s done.”

Although it was just practice with a mold, successfully opening the gate still filled Lin Chuan with joy and added some confidence to his eventual tackling of the ‘Seven Stars Lu King Palace.’

Before setting off to the ‘Seven Stars Lu King Palace,’ Lin Chuan repeatedly practiced some Touching Gold Secret Skills.

Such as, the Double Finger Probe, The Skill of Seeking Dragon and Determining the Burial Site.

Of course, equipment was essential too.

For example, Threaded Steel Pipe, Archaeological Shovel Head, Split-type Waterproof Miner’s Lamp, Folding Shovel, Short Hammer, Multi-purpose Military Knife, bandages, Nylon Rope, as well as some emergency medicines.

Most importantly, firearms were necessary.

With a gun, one would feel confident when faced with zombies and some other strange creatures.

Yet, this was a troublesome issue.

Fortunately, after hanging around the black market for a few days, Lin Chuan discreetly acquired several Double-barreled Shotguns.

Once the preparations were complete, they set off!

Tomb robbing was a team effort, not something to be attempted solo; hence, aside from Lin Chuan, three others were included.

Da Kui, Veteran Pan, and a young man.

This young man was the one who had previously taken the ‘Dragon’s Ridge’ Ancient Black Gold Saber.

However, he wasn’t talkative.

Lin Chuan felt he was dull, but since Third Uncle wanted to bring him along, Lin Chuan didn’t ask any further questions. After all, he was new to tomb raiding, just a greenhorn himself.

According to the ‘map’ — a record on a Silk Manuscript from the Warring States period — ‘Seven Stars Lu King Palace’ was located near Linyi in the Qilu area.

Linyi was where the State of Lu was located during the Warring States period.

Lin Chuan’s group took a long-distance bus, jolting for over a dozen hours, finally arriving at Linyi, then ventured deep into the Taiyi Mountain Range.

After several setbacks, the group reached a village deep in the mountains.

“Discover Tomb Touching Gold, Move Mountain Hill-Unloading, Marking Spells on Armor, Chiseling into the Desolate Tombs.”

Whether it was Discover Tomb, Touching Gold, Move Mountain, Hill-Unloading from the four major schools, or split into the southern and northern factions, their method of tomb raiding could all be boiled down to “observe, smell, ask, cut”.

Upon entering the village, they had to ask around and gather information.

This was the ‘ask’ in the Four Gates and Eight Methods.

This was a key area on the Silk Manuscript map from the Warring States period — Seek the Dragon and Determine the Burial Site, start digging!

In this era, there was a basic move away from the use of Luoyang Shovels.

Lin Chuan used an Archaeological Probe Shovel, with its handle made of Threaded Steel Pipe, which could be screwed together section by section to make it longer or shorter, conducive to the performance of the Touch Gold Captain.

Third Uncle, Da Kui, and Veteran Pan were all skilled at tomb robbing; the dull youth and Lin Chuan, young and strong, dug out seven to eight meters in no time.

What puzzled them was a brick wall that appeared beneath the soil.

Da Kui wanted to strike at the brick wall but was loudly stopped by the dull youth, for inside the brick wall lay an anti-theft compartment. Hence, bricks from the wall could only be pulled out, not pushed inward.

The dull youth had unusually long middle and index fingers, which he placed on a brick and suddenly applied force.

Whoosh!

He actually pulled a brick out from the wall.

“He’s also quite good at the Double Finger Probe.”

Lin Chuan couldn’t help but look up to the dull youth, thinking to himself that the system had arranged several strong teammates for this instance.

Immediately, Lin Chuan began to work as well, removing the bricks.

Before long, Lin Chuan discovered that the exterior of the ancient tomb, this brick wall, was covered with a layer of a strong acid-filled wax wall, which would pour over a person if rashly disturbed.

The acid had extreme corrosive properties, capable of causing severe corrosion if poured over the body.

Clearly, the dull youth had far more experience than Lin Chuan.

He promptly asked Da Kui to dig a straight well downwards, then connected an injection needle and a plastic tube, heated the needle red-hot, inserted it into the wax wall, and the red strong acid flowed through the plastic tube into the well.

“I see.”

Lin Chuan, with a learning mindset, understood the dull youth’s methods.

He had been an assassin and an antique maker.

So his knowledge of chemistry was spot-on.

This plastic tube was made of polytetrafluoroethylene, resistant to strong acids, perfect for draining the strong acid from the wax wall.

Tomb robbing tip +1.

Before long,

Lin Chuan, Third Uncle, and the dull youth finished dismantling the wall, breaking through to the burial chamber.

The ground of the burial chamber was a stone slab, arranged in a pattern similar to bagua, inscribed with ancient characters.

Around were eight Everlasting Lamps, all extinguished.

In the center of the burial chamber stood a Four-legged Square Cauldron, with patterns of the sun, moon, and stars engraved on its top.

Lin Chuan, a master at appraising antiques, took only one glance to confirm: This Four-legged Square Cauldron was authentic, dating back to at least the Warring States period.

Warring States denoted not just the era but also the minimum sentence if caught.

Of course, Lin Chuan estimated that this Four-legged Square Cauldron could serve as the centerpiece of a museum, worth billions.

No wonder so many were drawn to tomb robbing.

Tomb robbing, it’s a real crime!

However, this was a virtual world, and Lin Chuan could be a bit more daring.

He then turned his attention to the south side, where there was a Stone Coffin and beyond it, a path leading downward, seemingly to a deeper Underground Palace.

“So this is the Seven Stars Lu King Palace!” Lin Chuan marveled to himself.