Yellow Springs Road, Killing Puppets!
"That's a tomb robbers' tunnel!"
Zhang Qiling aimed his flashlight at the spot Gu Cheng had fallen from. "To be precise, it's a very old tomb robbers' tunnel! Judging by the marks, it must be at least several decades
old."
"A tomb robbers' tunnel?!"
Gu Cheng looked astonished. "Captain Zhang, are you sure?!"
Zhang Qiling smiled proudly. "Ask me about something else, and I might not be able to give you an accurate answer. But when it comes to entering tombs and digging tunnels, I'm an expert. I can even
tell you how many people dug this tunnel and what tools they used."
Gu Cheng immediately looked around. "Then that means we're inside an ancient tomb?"
Zhang Qiling nodded. "Exactly. I just checked. This should be the antechamber."
"The antechamber?!"
Fatty cut in. "Isn't that bullshit? Whose tomb has an antechamber this big? If you ask me, this should be the main burial chamber."
He had disliked Zhang Qiling for some time. The man always acted as though everyone else was beneath him, but because of his official status, Fatty couldn't openly snap at him. He could only seize
opportunities like this to get a few jabs in.
Zhang Qiling ignored him and looked at Gu Cheng instead. "Young Master Gu, what do you think?"
Holding his flashlight, Gu Cheng examined the burial chamber.
It was a very regular, square burial chamber.
An altar stood at its very center.
A statue was enshrined on the altar.
Gu Cheng approached and leaned in to look at the statue. His expression immediately changed.
He had seen this statue before.
It was none other than the Snake Demon on the sixth floor of the Nine-Story Demon Tower, the one with four arms holding four weapons, whose outer shell