They used something resembling a clay bomb to open the tomb.
A deep rumble rang out, and the earth suddenly sank a little. After that, Mr. Ah Qi's men began digging into the area.
Without something like a Luoyang Shovel... I heard it was already the age of high technology. Only craftsmen working in small workshops or lone operators still used such an ancient tool.
Once they had excavated the entrance, they began testing the oxygen content in the tunnel and first clearing out the gases inside. No one knew whether harmful substances produced by chemical reactions had accumulated in a tomb that had been silent for over a thousand years.
The wait was not especially long.
The map Mu Xianghua had brought was said to have been left behind by Xu Fu back then. It contained a secret passage leading directly to the main burial chamber. According to the map, converted into modern units of measurement, the passage was roughly over three thousand meters long.
Not only had they constructed a huge tomb underground, they had also installed countless mechanisms inside it, along with this three-thousand-meter secret passage.
Judging by the technological standards of that era, it was unimaginable... like the Great Wall or the pyramids.
"Based on our current understanding, when it comes to ancient constructions of this difficulty, I'm afraid countless lives were needed to make up for the gaps in technology."
Before setting out, when they had discussed the level of construction technology, Zhang Qingrui had sighed like this.
"Most likely, it required the strength of the entire nation. If it hadn't been the imperial family, they probably wouldn't have had the resources." Mr. Ah Qi spoke casually at that moment.
He was more concerned with the situation inside the mausoleum. After all, the Mausoleum of