With the torches ready, everyone followed Old He and found several large pine trees, collecting a good amount of resin.
Once everything was prepared, early the next morning, they tied ropes to the boulder outside the cave entrance and entered the cave one by one.
Su Qiao used Jiang Han's still-unhealed leg as an excuse, saying that he walked slowly, so the two of them went at the very back.
"It seems quite a few people really did come through here before us. These mechanisms were probably destroyed by those who came earlier."
Professor Tang held up a torch and carefully examined the passage around them.
"Ah... dead... a dead body..."
Gu Ling almost tripped over something beneath her feet. She lowered the torch to take a look, then screamed in fright and leaped onto her brother.
So noisy.
Su Qiao said impatiently, "In a place like this, isn't it normal to find dead bodies?"
Professor Tang nodded in agreement. "That's right. A place like this is extremely dangerous. Since these people came here with such intentions, it's inevitable that some would be injured and lose their lives."
Chu Hui cautiously approached the corpse and prodded it with Small Knife. "It was probably killed by a poisoned arrow from one of the mechanisms. It's been dead for a long time and has already dried out."
"Everyone, be careful. Although the mechanisms were damaged by those who came here before us, no one knows whether there are any others hidden in the dark."
Professor Tang carefully stepped over another dried corpse. "Chu Hui is right. Everyone must be extremely careful."
Su Qiao had known all along that the mechanisms ahead had been destroyed, so she was not particularly worried.
She followed behind the others with Jiang Han, using the torch to