Traps at Every Turn

Perhaps it was difficult to penetrate the tomb of Emperor Luowu through mental manipulation, or perhaps it was necessary to shake off pursuers such as Montes Arthur, and it was difficult to deal with the situation by relying solely on Turcolando, which led to Linna's unusual pursuit.

The internal passages of Emperor Luowu's Mausoleum are winding and long, making it a veritable maze. Even a normal journey to Emperor Luowu's bedroom takes half an hour.

If one takes the wrong turn or encounters a trap, the time spent can be difficult to quantify.

"This imperial tomb is huge! So many people have come in, but we haven't seen a single person!"

Zhang Xuezhou made small talk with her, trying to figure out the truth about Lin Na in front of him.

His gaze swept over the haphazardly arranged mechanical figures, and he also tried to take advantage of the mechanisms to make his move.

Regardless of whether it was the real Lin Na or a fake Lin Na, or even if the other party was Huang Daoxian in disguise, Zhang Xuezhou would seize any opportunity to test the waters.

"We can't see any people, but we can at least see traces of their passage. We'll follow those traces!"

Linna pointed to the activated mechanism on the ground, gave a very brief response, and then fell silent.

"These things seem to be traps, and they look very dangerous. Everyone needs to be extra careful!"

Zhang Xuezhou shouted, trying his best to make his presence known.

He also tried his best to strike up a conversation with Linna. Any mental manipulation requires focused attention. If Huang Daoxian were to transform into Linna and control Turcolando, the other party would lose control after being disturbed by Zhang Xuezhou.

"Good!"

Lin Na didn't reply to Zhang Xuezhou's nonsense, while Ren Anran gave a supportive response.

She followed closely behind Zhang Xuezhou, then raised her spotlight and shone it on Lin Na, who was at the front.

Linna's condition was indeed very abnormal. Not to mention Linna, even Montes Arthur, the person Linna swore allegiance to, had suffered at Zhang Xuezhou's hands.

Linna, on the other hand, was leading the group forward like a team leader.

This is not Linna's normal behavior.

This is also a common situation in mind manipulation. Controlling the body does not mean possessing the memories of the controlled person, and it is easy to reveal flaws in words and actions.

Lin Na's flaws were too obvious. Her opponent clearly knew too little about Zhang Xuezhou and Ren Anran, perhaps only their names, and was even unaware of their strength.

In a simple exchange, Lin Na not only revealed her weakness in the dialogue, but the other party's use of the Scarlet Alliance State was also heavily influenced by local dialects, which was not at Lin Na's normal level of foreign language proficiency.

"Beware of traps!"

Having traveled less than a hundred meters, Zhang Xuezhou touched something as he leaped down, Ren Anran saw twelve sharpened long sticks suddenly emerge from the top of the passage and plunge down towards Lin Na, who was walking ahead.

"Damn it, don't touch the walls here!"

The long stick is as thick as an arm. It is made of ironwood soaked in tung oil. It is heavy and can be stored for a long time. It will not get stuck in the mechanism due to rust. It is a material that many ancient tomb owners preferred for their mechanisms.

A long stick weighs a hundred pounds, and with the force of the impact, it is a weapon powerful enough to pierce through the body of an ordinary person. Even Sequence Holder could be seriously injured after being hit by it.

Lin Na rolled away to dodge, and while her face showed signs of embarrassment, she couldn't help but curse angrily.

When the rumbling sound came from the darkness, she forgot all about cursing and leaped through the trap.

"Linna, are you alright?"

An urgent voice came through the phone. Having dodged the bronze trap, Linna had already taken out her communicator and took a few steps forward, using the small light on it as a guide.

"Don't move! We'll come and rescue you after we pull out these stakes!"

The sound of a wooden stick cracking came from behind. Linna glanced at the small light on her communicator, then at the light shining through the gap in the wooden stick behind her, and finally swallowed her anger.

"I'm fine. There's a sculpture that suddenly fell over here. Be careful not to bump into it when you kick down the wooden stakes to get in!"

An ordinary person kicking a wooden stick as thick as an arm and cracking it would be considered a great skill, but for Sequence Holder to demonstrate such a level of ability would be considered utterly useless.

Even Sequence Holder skilled in body tempering, even Third Sequence individual with outstanding performance could withstand the force of such a kick.

Linna dislikes having troublesome people around her, but she doesn't care too much about useless people.

Compared to the trouble caused by these two accidentally triggering the mechanism, a searchlight would indeed be more useful in this kind of mechanical imperial tomb.

"This place is too dangerous!"

The four upside-down wooden sticks were kicked off in succession and broke. Zhang Xuezhou's head also squeezed in, and Ren Anran's figure carrying a searchlight was revealed behind him.

"Why don't we go out?" Ren Anran suggested from behind. "We can call some people to guard the tomb exit; we'll definitely be able to catch the thieves."

"Everything's on hold right now, how can we bring in any people?" Zhang Xuezhou complained. "Besides, this isn't Western Capital City. It would take at least two hours for the special task force from Western Capital City to get to Dongshan, and then at least an hour to get to the Luowu Emperor's Mausoleum. By then, they'll have already left!"

"Why do you think she's grabbing a bunch of bones?" Ren Anran asked.

"This might involve diplomatic matters," Zhang Xuezhou said seriously. "Don't underestimate her seemingly small act of stealing the museum's prized possession. It could easily become a major diplomatic controversy, especially since she lured everyone to the Luo Wu Emperor's Mausoleum. It's clear she wanted to use the mausoleum's mechanisms to escape, and might even have intended to kill these well-meaning diplomats inside, thus causing the Scarlet Alliance State to be viewed with hostility by the other three major powers!"

"This is a very serious matter," Ren Anran said.

Zhang Xuezhou had just made a tentative move, and it would undoubtedly be awkward to travel with Lin Na again, Ren Anran quickly spoke up and pulled her away.

Ren Anran found it difficult to make a judgment, but what she said was something that everyone had already rejected outside the imperial tomb.

To bring up the same old arguments again at this point would inevitably be rejected.

After all that rambling, Zhang Xuezhou felt much more at ease following behind Lin Na again, which also covered up the fact that Zhang Xuezhou had touched the mechanism.

Seeing Zhang Xuezhou and Ren Anran chattering away, Lin Na wanted to speak several times, but ultimately kept her mouth shut.

There are wounded here!

As they continued forward, a beam of light came into view, and the figures of Bahtom and his companions appeared.

Upon seeing the second small searchlight, Lin Na was overjoyed, thinking she could borrow it. She then sent Zhang Xuezhou and the others to help the wounded out of the imperial tomb, finally freeing herself from having two troublesome good-for-nothings following behind.

"Bakhtom and the others were injured by the traps! Dr. Linna, your skills in stopping the bleeding and treating patients are excellent, you must save them!"

Before she could even give any instructions, Zhang Xuezhou's incessant voice came from behind.

Linna glanced at the small medicine box on her back, then at the twenty-four vials of fast-acting medicine hidden in the lining of her clothes, and a headache suddenly struck her.