Phone Call

Group Discussion

The sacrificial site of the Chu descendants unearthed last time at Huangshan Scenic Area hadn't been the most mysterious or dangerous place. This time, the Western Xia Royal Tomb they'd opened up in Shuofang Province probably wasn't anything special either.

The truly perilous places had been in plain sight all along.

The Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor had been discovered more than forty years ago. At most, they'd excavated a few large pits of terracotta warriors near the surface, but they'd barely touched the actual tomb. Everyone knew it wouldn't be easy to get inside. There were deadly traps at every turn, and there were surely other mysterious things inside that no one knew about.

Although the experts swore that even if the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor had once had traps, they would have been worn away by time and no longer posed much of a threat,

that was all they did—talk. Not one of them dared to actually do anything.

They were all clever people. Even though Cao Cao had established the Faqiu Zhonglang General and Mojin School Lieutenant positions during the late Eastern Han and Three Kingdoms period, and the professionals who dug up Han tombs had found nine out of ten already empty, they still didn't dare touch the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor. That showed what a dangerous place it was.

But human lives were at stake. Since the other party had pleaded with him, Li Bai couldn't very well refuse.

So he agreed to make a trip to Shuofang Province and check out that whatever-it-was, the Western Xia Ancient Tomb.

He'd barely hung up when another number called.

"Hello! Who are you looking for?"

This line worked like a charm.

"Doctor Li, this is Zhao Ziwu from Institute 507.