Luo Ke Imperial Mausoleum

"Are we already digging up a tomb after only half a month in office?"

This new Sequence Holder Committee is incredibly bold. The Scarlet Alliance State hadn't opened the Luofu Imperial Tomb in decades since its founding, yet they carried it out after only half a month.

The fact that imperial tombs contain traps and other risks that make them unsuitable for excavation is only the first reason.

Among them were many loyalists to the Luofu Dynasty. Excavating the imperial tombs would be like throwing ashes on their heads, easily causing uncontrollable incidents.

The matter was left unresolved for decades, and the previous Sequence Committee probably never even considered the possibility of excavating tombs.

But Zhou Yueyan did this after only ten days in office.

If someone else were to carry out this kind of thing, Zhou Rihui felt he could barely accept it; at most, they would be accomplices.

However, Zhou Yueyan was in charge of this matter, and the Zhou Household was undoubtedly the main force.

Zhou Rihui felt immense pressure. What if some people from other provinces and cities used this incident as a pretext to cause trouble? He didn't have the ability to deal with them like Zhou Xin had during his travels.

Even Zhou Rihui was somewhat apprehensive about going into the tomb, feeling that being the first to go was not an easy task.

He was unusually dressed in a set of soft armor for protection, and wielded a long staff for sweeping in all directions.

Once the Sequence Committee's decision was made, he could only cooperate, especially since this was a matter spearheaded by Zhou Yueyan.

The Luofu Imperial Mausoleum is located in the eastern mountains of Western Capital City. According to the old theory, this is a tomb facing west, which means that the emperor could protect the Luofu Dynasty after his death.

The mausoleum is extremely well-preserved, even undergoing annual repairs, and some areas have been opened up for worshippers who yearn for the Louvre Dynasty.

"Why do I have to drive an excavator!"

"I don't want to drive a bulldozer to demolish a grave!"

Instead of bringing twenty bulldozers, the brothers Zuo Quan and Zuo Jin each drove a tomb-destroying machine.

Given their current strength, this is all they can do.

If the decisions made by the Sequence Committee are to be implemented, everyone will be implicated; no one can escape them.

No matter how capable someone is, those who are meant to come will come.

Zhou Rihui looked ahead, where Qin Wenhan, who was whistling from time to time, was wandering around surveying the area, looking for the best location to enter the tomb.

Each emperor had a mausoleum, which varied in size and was located either to the left or right of this mountain range, built according to their instructions during their lifetime.

The group then chose the smallest tomb to begin excavation.

This is the tomb of Emperor Luo Ke, who was Luo Zhong's uncle and the previous emperor of Luo Zhong.

The other party's reign was short, and he died quite quickly, so the tomb couldn't even be completed in advance.

Everyone agreed that, apart from Luo Zhong, Luo Ke's body was the freshest and most intact, and that the smallest tomb should be the safest.

Even so, Luo Ke's imperial tombs cover an area of five miles in radius, making it no easy task to find the correct entrance to the burial site.

"Brother Zhang, what brings you here too?"

When Zhou Rihui's eyes swept across the room again, he saw Zhang Xuezhou among the many members of the sequence committee.

This prompted him to ask Zhou Yueyan, who stood beside him with a solemn expression, a question.

"He came over to record this!"

Zhou Yueyan thought about the identity she had assigned to Zhang Xuezhou and casually responded to Zhou Rihui.

Zhou Rihui is pure of heart and focuses more on his strength in the sequence. Talking to Zhou Rihui about things won't help you, let alone give you any advice.

Zhou Yueyan didn't tell Zhou Rihui much about some things, and even when communicating with many members of the sequence committee, she only said a few words casually.

They can only proceed with further discussions once everything has been fully verified.

"Shouldn't we have reporters filming and documenting this? Besides, our committee has professional recorders," Zhou Rihui said, puzzled. "The tomb is dangerous; you don't want him to get trapped and die!"

"Who with the necessary skills would still be a reporter and recorder?" Zhou Yueyan waved her hand and said, "Ordinary people would die even faster in this kind of tomb, and they might not even be able to record anything successfully. Only he is skilled in photography and has the necessary skills. Oh, right, their Flying Entertainment Livestream has applied for information release rights, and Zhang Xuezhou has already obtained a press card, so his qualifications are not a problem."

"You decide what to do," Zhou Rihui muttered. "I'll protect him a bit, so he won't get hurt and we can't find a doctor!"

Not only did Zhou Rihui observe and whisper among himself, but the Zuo Household brothers and many other members of the committee were also whispering among themselves.

Everyone was armed and equipped with tools, clearly prepared to go inside and investigate.

In this matter, everyone contributed something, or shared the blame.

"Let's dig here!"

When Qin Wenhan, who was at the forefront scouting around, pointed to a gentle slope, everyone's hearts tightened.

Is the location reliable?

"I think it's here. If you have a better location, then I'll listen to you, muah!"

Qin Wenhan didn't care at all about being suspected. He had a high sense of crisis and didn't want to work at all. If someone could replace him, Qin Wenhan would be happier than ever.

He replied once, and then fell silent.

"Dig!"

Zhou Yueyan pointed to the location Qin Wenhan indicated, and then signaled the Zuo Household brothers to start digging ahead, no matter what was in front of them.

"From now on, if anyone talks about destroying imperial tombs, we'll be the first ones they'll accuse!"

Zuo Jin shouted, and Zuo Quan looked at everyone with extreme reluctance, so he had no choice but to start the excavator.

In short, they shouldn't have talked about taking the lead or starting the machine.

Of course, their ranking was very low, only slightly higher than that young man holding the camera and making notarized records, and they couldn't do anything else besides that.

After some discussion, Zuo Quan took the lead in digging, while Zuo Jin drove a bulldozer to push aside the thick loess and paving stones that had been excavated.

The two brothers felt they had lost a lot of money, but the thought that doing the most peripheral work was the safest made them feel somewhat at ease.

"Clang! Clang! Clang!"

After a flurry of digging, the excavator's long arm sank three meters into the ground, producing a crisp sound.

"We've reached the blue bricks of the tomb's underground palace, chirp!" Qin Wenhan pointed to the area below the excavator and said, "If this isn't the correct entrance, the sound of the excavation should be dull. Forcing it open might sever the tomb's poisonous water pipes, resulting in us being sprayed with poisonous water!"

Qin Wenhan's words immediately caused everyone to retreat two or three meters away, to avoid being caught off guard by the poisonous water spray.

"What do you mean? What do you all mean by stepping back?" Zuo Quan shouted.

"Sitting in the driver's seat, you're protected by the cockpit; no matter what poisonous water sprays out, it won't get on you," Zhou Yueyan said. "Stop making a fuss and just keep digging!"

"Brother, there's some truth to what they said!"

Zuo Jin quickly started the bulldozer, pushing a pile of yellow soil and broken bricks away. He returned slowly in his excavator, clearly maintaining a similar distance.

However, no one paid any attention Zuo Jin Jin's little scheme.

"Clang!"

The sound of falling bricks echoed as Luo Ke's tomb was pried open.

A red warning sign reading "Unauthorized Entry Will Be Punished" appeared on the ground, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief, realizing that Qin Wenhan was right; this was indeed the normal entrance to the tomb.

They can reduce a lot of trouble by simply going in through the entrance.

The reduced risk of entering the tomb is one aspect, but it will not be considered as wanton destructive excavation for profit.