"After that, the two of us were assigned to guard this passage and keep everyone out."
"We really don't know what exactly they're doing in there."
"But we often hear terrifying screams coming from inside, from both people and Pokémon."
"As if... as if... they'd seen something horrifying!"
The buzz-cut man spoke haltingly. At this point, he seemed to recall what he had experienced over the past few days, and his whole body shuddered.
"Something horrifying? Don't we experience horrifying things in here every day?" Chen San asked as he returned after finishing his call.
"No, no, it's different. I can't explain it, but it just feels different!" the buzz-cut man said, shaking his head.
Seeing that they weren't going to get anything more out of him, Xiao Ran turned to Chen San.
"How did things go on your end? How much longer until the team behind us gets here?"
"They've already entered the Tomb, but we're pretty deep inside now. It'll probably take them another half hour to reach us," Chen San replied.
"But we can't go any farther right now anyway. Beyond here is the actual underground palace, and it's nothing like the outer areas."
"Gym Leader Class Pokémon are everywhere. It's very easy to run into danger."
The core of Qin Shi Huang's Mausoleum was the underground palace in its deepest reaches. Almost all the mausoleum's Pokémon at Gym Leader Class or above were gathered there, and there were even Elite Four Class Pokémon.
Thus, even the archaeological team was still conducting its research in the outer areas rather than rushing deeper inside.
"Then let's wait here a little longer. How long until your next status report?" Xiao Ran nodded and questioned the buzz-cut man again.
"Another... another ten-odd minutes!" the buzz-cut man answered after thinking for