In plenty of movies, villains smugly blasted open sealed places, released something they couldn't handle, and then got wiped out.
But Li Wei wasn't afraid. Even if what he was doing wasn't all that different from those villains, he didn't think he would share their fate.
There were several reasons. First, most villains didn't believe in curses and the like. They thought they were dealing with ordinary ancient ruins, so they weren't mentally prepared.
Second, they relied on the weapons they carried and assumed they had nothing to fear even if danger arose.
Strictly speaking, there was nothing wrong with that logic. The problem came down to just one thing.
Their firepower was woefully inadequate.
In most movies, villains excavating ancient ruins brought, at most, a small squad of elite soldiers-never more than a platoon. Even a movie like Raiders of the Lost Ark, which cast the little mustached man as a villain scouring the world for mysterious treasures, wouldn't dare put too many soldiers in a ruin. At most, they might bring in an airship or something. They wouldn't even dare bring out a tank.
Probably because if those things appeared, the monster wouldn't be able to throw its weight around after waking up. Or the screenwriter wouldn't know how to make the story work, and the protagonist would have no chance of escaping.
Unfortunately for them, Li Wei clearly had no intention of sacrificing firepower for artistic merit.
Besides, he wasn't without a backup plan. If things really went south, he could just run. This was a Sanctuary, after all. At worst, he could open the door and lead everyone outside.
Still, he would leave the actual blasting to the experts. If they collapsed the entrance instead of opening it up, that would be truly infuriating.
Fortunately, after