I Received Messages From Future Self!-Chapter 276 - 272 Entering the Generals Tomb
Chapter 276: Chapter 272: Entering the General’s Tomb
Chapter 276: Chapter 272: Entering the General’s Tomb
Under the unyielding efforts of Tom and his companions, the hefty stone gate was finally pushed open to create a gap wide enough for four people to pass through. Noticing the gap was large enough, Fang Xiaocao immediately spoke up, “That’s enough, we can stop now.”
Hearing Fang Xiaocao’s words, Tom and the others felt a huge relief and immediately stopped pushing.
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This stone gate, conservatively estimated to weigh a thousand pounds, had them using every bit of strength they could muster, even down to their last breath.
“Let’s go in!” Xiaocao said, and prepared to enter the General’s Tomb through the crack in the door.
Fang Xiaocao took a step forward, intending to enter the General’s Tomb.
Tom, standing nearby, was startled.
He quickly reached out and grabbed Fang Xiaocao.
“Princess Your Highness, please wait a moment.”
Caught by Tom, Fang Xiaocao was taken aback.
She turned her head, looking puzzled at Tom, “What’s wrong?”
Tom gave a wry smile and explained, “The tomb has been sealed for a long time; there might be stale air and thin oxygen. It’s not suitable to enter right after opening the door. Plus, some ancient tombs are filled with poison gases. Even if time has diminished their potency, we still need to air it out a bit.”
Hearing Tom’s words, Fang Xiaocao showed an enlightened expression, “I see!”
“I read in tomb-raiding novels before that they would throw living creatures in to test for poison. I completely forgot about that.”
Fang Xiaocao scratched her head, looking embarrassed.
“Let’s rest nearby for a bit, let the tomb air out, and then we can go in,” said Xiaocao cheerfully.
At Fang Xiaocao’s command, Tom and the others naturally did not object, recognizing it was the correct decision.
Taotie walked a few hundred meters away to keep watch for Fang Xiaocao and the others, who sat in a circle not far from the tomb door, waiting for the tomb to air out.
Half an hour later!
Taotie returned from keeping watch.
In his hand, he was holding a bat.
Seeing the bat in Taotie’s hands, Fang Xiaocao jumped in fright, immediately hiding behind Tom.
Fang Xiaocao was most afraid of bats.
They’re not only ugly but also filthy, and covered in viruses.
“Taotie, what are you doing with that?” Fang Xiaocao exclaimed, pointing at the bat.
“Hehe~”
Taotie sneered mischievously.
He deliberately held the bat closer to Fang Xiaocao.
Fang Xiaocao quickly pushed Tom forward.
And shouted, “Tom, if he dares to come closer, hit him for me.”
“Uh…”
The reaction from Fang Xiaocao made Taotie pause momentarily.
“It seems…”
“I went too far!”
Taotie muttered to himself, feeling sheepish.
Seeing that Fang Xiaocao was genuinely scared, Tom gave Taotie a stern look, then turned to comfort Fang Xiaocao, “Princess Your Highness, don’t be afraid, I’m here.”
“And keep that thing away!”
Tom turned his head and glared at Taotie again.
Taotie chuckled sheepishly and explained, “Princess Your Highness, I caught this bat to test for poisonous gases.”
As he spoke, Taotie took out a fishing line, tied it around the bat’s leg, and flung it through the crack of the Stone Gate into the General’s Tomb.
Once freed from Taotie’s grasp, the bat immediately fluttered its wings trying to fly away.
But, hampered by the fishing line tied to its leg, no matter how it tried, it couldn’t escape Taotie’s grasp.
It could only swing back and forth like a yo-yo, being pulled back and thrown out repeatedly by Taotie.
General’s Tomb: Thanks for the bat, bro…
Uh…
The sender has recalled a bat…
Knowing Taotie caught the bat for a legitimate reason,
Fang Xiaocao couldn’t really blame Taotie.
But this did not mean that Fang Xiaocao would forgive Taotie’s foolishness.
She wrote this incident down in her little notebook!
She’d settle the accounts after autumn!
Taotie had tormented the bat for half an hour, and it must be said that the vitality of the bat was quite tenacious. If it were any other creature, it would have died long ago from such rough treatment, but this bat stubbornly survived.
Although somewhat wilted, it was still alive.
“Princess Your Highness, we should be able to go in now,”
Taotie yanked the bat back, and his large foot came down.
With a “crack,” the bat was crushed into a bat pancake by Taotie.
Seeing Taotie giving that scary bat the death sentence and turning it into a dead bat, Fang Xiaocao finally mustered the courage to come out from behind Tom.
Only after seeing that the bat was indeed thoroughly dead did Fang Xiaocao finally breathe a sigh of relief.
“Tom?”
Fang Xiaocao looked towards Tom, seeking his opinion.
In such matters, Fang Xiaocao didn’t trust Taotie.
She still had to listen to Chief Eunuch Tom.
Tom walked up to the Stone Gate, peeked through the seam of the door, and sniffed the air inside the General’s Tomb.
“Ahchoo—”
Tom sneezed heavily,
rubbing his nose as he withdrew his head.
General’s Tomb: The opponent took back a human head.
“Princess Your Highness, we can go in now,”
“Other than a musty smell, there’s no other smell in the air,”
Tom told Fang Xiaocao.
Fang Xiaocao nodded her head, “Let’s go!”
Fang Xiaocao waved her hand with a smile.
“Taotie, you take the lead. Hummingbird, you cover our back, and I’ll protect Princess Your Highness,”
Tom immediately arranged the team formation.
No one opposed Tom’s arrangement, naturally.
Taotie drew his Dagger and took the lead, marching ahead of the team, while Fang Xiaocao and Tom walked in the middle, with Hummingbird at the rear.
The four-member tomb exploration team was thus assembled.
Following the seam, they squeezed into the General’s Tomb, which may have been sealed off for centuries, embarking on their tomb-raiding journey.
“Taotie, be careful, this type of Ancient Tomb, especially a noble’s tomb, might contain mechanisms to prevent tomb raiding. Don’t fall for them,”
warned Tom, walking in the tomb passage, concerned.
Taotie nodded, “Don’t worry, I’ve got this!”
Taotie boastfully thumped his chest as he assured his team.
The expressions on Fang Xiaocao and the others said it all—wide grins.
“It’s precisely because it’s you handling things that we’re worried,”
Fang Xiaocao silently complained in her heart.
The expressions of Tom nearby and Hummingbird behind him matched exactly.
Clearly, they were all not very reassured with the simple-minded Tom.
Taotie didn’t care about the expressions on the faces of Fang Xiaocao’s trio; he just kept moving ahead. Although he appeared careless, it was clear that Taotie was also being careful, cautiously scouting the path.
Following the blue stone slab paved passage, Taotie led Fang Xiaocao and the others for about a kilometer.
Again, two Stone Gates appeared in front.
These two Stone Gates, like the previous two, were identical, only thinner.
Seeing these two obstructing Stone Gates, Fang Xiaocao and her companions exchanged helpless glances.
Taotie pursed his lips, “Well, killed the bat too early.”
Hearing Taotie’s words, Fang Xiaocao rolled her eyes.
She put on a fierce expression and glared venomously at Taotie, silently condemning him.
“Don’t mention the bat!”
“If you dare mention the bat again, we’ll all gang up and kick you!”
Fang Xiaocao clenched her small fists, threatening him.
Taotie shrugged his shoulders and smirked a carefree smile,
“Okay, okay, I won’t mention it anymore—”
Taotie cheerfully said.
“Now, what should we do?”
Fang Xiaocao gave Taotie a cold look, then turned to Tom.
