Fleeing

Zhang Xuezhou's demand to quickly explore other imperial tombs was not a casual remark.

In Zhou Rihui's hands, he discovered that this purple gladiolus could actually twist its body.

If his arrangements might be disrupted, Zhang Xuezhou felt that the mastermind would likely use special abilities to conceal the purple gladiolus.

After all, this gladiolus is not an inanimate object, but possesses a certain degree of mobility, and like the ginseng spirits of another world, it may attempt to escape.

He urged Zhou Yueyan to act quickly, wanting to gather all the purple gladiolus as soon as possible.

The event at the Rocodi Mausoleum was hastily concluded, and a special task force continued to mobilize and expel people from the mausoleum area, with the sounds of excavators and bulldozers resounding once again.

"Zuo Quan, think about it, this is really not right!"

"I don't want to! You tricked me into going into the imperial tomb, and I almost got beaten to death by those weeds!"

"There must be some great benefit involved, otherwise Zhou Yueyan wouldn't be so enthusiastic!"

"If it were you, your head might be filled with weeds, yet you're even more enthusiastic than her!"

On the excavator and bulldozer, Zuo Quan and Zuo Jin time to time.

Many members of the sequence committee entered the Luo Shan Mausoleum, which is the closest to the Luo Ke Mausoleum.

This is Luo Ke's father, known in historical records as Emperor Luo Ren. The best thing he ever did was to distribute grain generously during times of disaster. Of course, during Luo Ke's short reign of a few years, his tax revenue was also the highest.

Because Luo Yan reigned for an extremely long time, Luo Yongwen and Luo Shan, although crown princes, were both quite old.

These two men ascended the throne late, reigned for a short time, and died quickly.

However, unlike the sudden and unexpected death of the young Luo Ke, both of them had built imperial tombs for themselves in advance. The imperial tombs of the two emperors were quite large, covering an area of twenty li in circumference.

Looking Zuo Jin the entrance passage, which was almost twice as wide as Luo Ke's tomb, Zuo Jin felt that there must be some special secret hidden in this kind of tomb, which was why Zhou Yueyan had come to deal with it so urgently.

Besides being out of their minds, there are likely other reasons as well.

It must be said that the Zuo Household brothers are not very capable, but they are never lacking in cunning. This is true not only when they target others, but also when they speculate about others.

But the thought of being entangled and drained of blood by countless purple grasses made both of them look slightly unnatural.

This is hardly a good memory; it's similar to having a nightmare, and re-entering the imperial tomb could potentially lead to a recurrence of that nightmare.

"Why don't we wait outside a bit longer? They can't possibly keep something good from us after all," Zuo Quan hesitated. "So many people have gone in, and we have some good relationships with some of them. They can't possibly keep it all from us!"

"Your idea makes sense, but what if Zhou Yueyan takes advantage of us while we're not fully aware of the situation?" Zuo Jin said.

Wasn't she drugged too?

"What if Qin Wenhan took a bribe?"

"I've seen Qin Wenhan's hands; there's nothing in them!"

"In my pocket!"

Zuo Jin looked suspicious and kept guessing.

Aside from guessing the wrong person, his guess wasn't completely off.

Upon re-entering Emperor Luo Ren's mausoleum, Zhang Xuezhou sensed a faint energy fluctuation emanating from within.

The mastermind behind the scenes is indeed making moves.

When everyone finally found their way to the center of the palace, they saw an even larger and thicker purple gladiolus outside the imperial coffin, its roots constantly burrowing into the ground.

If the soil beneath the imperial tombs hadn't undergone repeated compression and hardening, making it almost indistinguishable from stone, this unique plant would have already dug its way underground.

"Oh no, this grass is moving! It seems to be fleeing for its life. If this grass senses the danger and burrows underground to escape, by the time we reach the other graves, they'll have already escaped!"

"What kind of grass is this? It actually knows information about another tomb!"

"Hurry, hurry, hurry!"

Relying on the images from the camera, the group moved extremely quickly.

Before Zhou Rihui could even begin weeding under his full sun-blocking protective suit, Wang Yi'an had already launched several blade-sized flying blades.

The sounds of cutting and flying were heard, and Wang Yi'an's expression changed slightly.

"This plant is larger than the one in Luo Ke's tomb, with stronger stems and leaves, the leaves as strong as cow tendons," Wang Yi'an said. "If a complete specimen isn't needed, I suggest using a flamethrower."

"We'll remove these with knives first, and decide on the remaining two depending on the situation!"

When Zhou Yueyan coughed to remind him, Zhou Rihui had already stepped out of the shaded area and reached out to touch the larger purple gladiolus.

With a loud shout, Zhou Rihui pulled the nearly three-meter-long root system from the ground.

"The chip is gone!"

Perhaps due to the extra years, the purple gladiolus at the second imperial tomb was thicker, but there were no chips here to distort the light.

Zhang Xuezhou touched the purple crystal powder in Luo Ke's tomb, feeling that he was still a step too late.

Gladiolus plants are large and easy to find, but the crystal chips, which are only the size of a fingernail, are much harder to spot. Furthermore, the ability to distort light gives the purple crystal chips excellent concealment.

Zhang Xuezhou held up a camera and searched around, but found no trace of the chip around the tomb.

"Reporter, please take more pictures of Zhou Rihui to see if he has tidied up this plant properly, so we can easily remove the shade cloth!"

Only after Zhu Haishan urged him somewhat hastily did Zhang Xuezhou turn the camera around.

Like captured prey, Zhou Rihui, whose body was completely covered from head to toe, with light and sound insulation, directly pulled up the purple gladiolus, uprooted the plant with its massive root system, and stuffed it into a long, dark bag.

Aside from not finding the same chip, things went relatively smoothly.

No one was misled or influenced, no traps or mechanisms were triggered, and no one encountered poisonous gas or water.

In the imperial tomb that the group explored, the two emperors seemed like benevolent people. Apart from leaving threatening words at the entrance and having many skeletons inside the tomb, there were no other arrangements to take lives.

The imperial tomb contains tons of gold and silver treasures, as well as textiles and classical books from a hundred years ago, making it far richer than the Luo Ke Tomb. However, no one showed any interest in it. Even if someone had ulterior motives, no one would show their greed in front of the cameras and the many committee members.

People entered quickly and left just as quickly.

"Show us the CCTV footage, and we need a notary!"

"I discovered there's a communication signal in Dongshan. Could you bring a video camera and broadcast it live to us next time you go in? That way, if anything happens to you, we can easily call for help!"

"Yes, it's still useful for us to keep watch outside!"

Outside the tomb, apart from the Zuo Household brothers continuing their rambling, everything seemed perfectly normal.

Many committee members didn't care what the two said; they could see what they wanted to see, and any other requests would be fulfilled.

In the present moment, what many people need to seize is time.

The fact that such a highly harmful plant could escape made the committee members realize that the trouble caused by this problem would be no small matter.

Are there any plant-type ferocious beasts?

Some of the committee members murmured amongst themselves, but the far-fetched idea quickly faded away.