"Boom-!"
With the sound of the stone wall and stone door colliding, the entrance to the lower tomb chamber was completely opened.
Everyone looked towards the square entrance and saw it was pitch black.
Even though the stronghold has strong lighting, the entrance is like a black hole that can 'swallow' the light.
Perhaps it was a psychological effect, coupled with the veteran's intuition, Flynn immediately held the Gauss Rifle in his hand and reminded all the mercenaries:
"Turn on the night vision function of your glasses and be more vigilant."
With that said, Flynn walked towards the entrance and continued to order:
"Gary, Mickey, Simon follow me, the others will protect the professors and students."
"Yes, boss." (x7)
The mercenaries, including Li Lie, also responded, grasped the firearms in their hands and started to take action.
The female demolitionist, machine gunner and rifleman without any features followed Flynn slowly approaching the large entrance.
Li Lie and three other mercenaries stood in a row and pointed their guns in the direction of the secret door, protecting Professor Quell and the students behind them.
"..."
The students who were originally happy to be able to open the tomb of Vlad III did not dare to breathe loudly at this time, for fear of disturbing the 'ghosts' that might exist in the tomb.
"Tap... tap..." (x4)
After the four Flynn entered the secret door, Li Lie and others inside the stronghold could only hear the faint sound of footsteps.
The atmosphere became more solemn.
"Ugh~! Meow!!!"
"Fake!!"
Suddenly, a cat's roar, and the machine gunner's muffled curse because he was wearing a mask, came from the dark passage.
??
Li Lie and others in the secret room stronghold were all surprised after hearing such a noise, but the solemn atmosphere before was completely gone.
Immediately afterwards, under the gaze of everyone, the four Flynn withdrew from the dark passage.
And the machine gunner who was yelling before had already hung the smart machine gun on the robotic arm, and was holding an orange-and-white striped cat in his hands.
"The danger has been relieved for the time being. No monsters were found inside, but we did see a group of cats."
Flynn opened the insurance on Gauss Rifle, walked slowly in front of everyone and said.
"Professor!" At the same time, a male student holding a tablet computer reported to the professor:
"Through the air flow and the detection of the instruments we set up, the oxygen content and composition inside the tomb are the same as those outside. It seems that the tomb is not sealed.
There may have been natural or artificial vents, otherwise the cats would have had no chance of surviving to this day."
"Yeah." Quill nodded, walked slowly to the dark passage, stopped and watched for a while and said:
"But for the sake of safety, please wear a mask while working. We will take the equipment into the tomb and scan it thoroughly to confirm that it is truly safe before taking off the mask.
Okay, let's start taking action, what follows may be a discovery of the century."
"Okay."
The students also agreed with their instructor's suggestion and prepared to wear breathing masks all the time. Then they began to organize their instruments and prepared to go deep into the tomb to continue their exploration.
As for Flynn's mercenary group, especially Li Lie, they also strongly support Quill's suggestions.
Next.
The archaeological team of more than 40 people was divided into two groups. Six students needed to stay in the secret room stronghold to control the terminals of various instruments. Flynn also left a mercenary to protect these six students.
The remaining thirty people entered the dark passage and went deep into the secret room of Vlad III.
As for the cat caught by the machine gunner, it didn't seem to be afraid of humans, and instead just stayed in the secret room and wandered around.
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Inside the tomb.
The passage for everyone to walk is also 6mX6mX6m, which can be regarded as a very spacious underground tomb. This also makes the protection work of Flynn and other mercenaries easier.
After all, in a narrow passage, if any danger occurs and people are crowded together, the best outcome is not to be destroyed by the group.
At this time.
As the mercenary leader, Flynn was at the forefront, using the night vision function provided by Holographic Mask to be vigilant about any suspicious items in the passage to prevent the entire archaeological team from being attacked by the defense mechanism of the tomb.
The humidity in the passage is slightly higher than that in the secret room. There are green algae growing in the corners of the stone walls and stone bricks, as well as mice flashing through the corners from time to time, and cats chasing mice.
It seems that this tomb is still very lively.
A few minutes later, more than thirty people passed through the long and dark passage without being attacked by any mechanism.
Now, everyone came to a more open cave.
The ground is still made of artificial stone bricks, but the surroundings and top are natural rock walls, and there is no way down here.
Fortunately, there are several stone slabs standing in front of the rock wall in this cave. Old Cyrillic Script is engraved on the stone slabs, which allows Quill and the students to continue their research.
After a while of research, I found that the content carved on the stone slab roughly means...
'Buried here are Child Devourer, Black Monarch and his Soul Eaters army.'
"Hoo~" After hearing the translation given by the students, the female demolitionist sitting on a the Rock couldn't help laughing and joking:
"Soul Eaters (Sucker of souls), it would be better to just call him Sucker."
"Bang! Bang! Bang Dang~! Crash..."
At this moment, several students in charge of the excavation successfully dug out a thin spot in the rock wall based on their experience and found a gap that could continue downward.
But...
"Hiss--!"
The cats, who were acting cute in the hope of being petted, were suddenly covered in fur and roared at the gap dug by the students.
?
!
Seeing this, Flynn, as the most experienced and intuitive person, immediately turned off the safety and said loudly:
"Everyone be on alert!"
While pointing the muzzle of the gun at the gap, he reminded the students holding shovels, "Get behind us! Hurry!"
"Huh? Oh!"
Although these students didn't know what was going on, they still obeyed the old regiment leader's words and hurriedly ran behind the line of mercenaries.
I saw seven mercenaries lined up in a fan-shaped row. They all turned off the safety and pointed their guns at the gap in the rock wall.
Moreover, Professor Quell and more than twenty students were hiding behind the mercenaries, becoming so angry that they did not dare to breathe.
"Tap... tap..."
Immediately afterwards, clearly audible footsteps came from the gap.
Then, a 'man' with disheveled hair, his waist only wrapped in a tattered yellowing white cloth, and a bluish complexion walked out of the gap.
What made everyone present even more horrified was that this man's eyes were emitting Scarlet Light, and he opened his mouth full of fangs and laughed, speaking in some language:
"? nmodnea? teptat,, sutedeanimaitarziu,,? nc? maipotgustasange! Hahaha!
(I didn't expect that today, hundreds of years later, I would still be lucky enough to taste blood! Hahaha!)"