Transmigrator's Guide to Conquering Another World-Chapter 477 - 441: Digging Up the Grave!

In the forested mountains.

The moment the black hole appeared.

The numerous warriors on site quickly formed a three-layer defense formation.

The ferrous microcrystalline array was also on high alert, ready to activate at any moment.

Soon.

When Director Feng arrived, among the several operating devices, it was the positive pressure gas analyzer on the far left that yielded results first.

A casually dressed technician hurried over to Director Feng:

"Report, based on equipment detection, there is no harmful gas leakage near the entrance, and the internal oxygen content is almost the same as outside!"

Director Feng politely thanked him, then thought for a moment and said:

"Then let's send in the mechanical dog first, and also add the chemical sensors."

The mechanical dog Director Feng mentioned wasn't referring to a solitary mechanical engineer.

But rather, a machine-powered rescue dog gradually being standardized in small-scale search and rescue operations.

Of course.

In a sense, both kinds of mechanical dogs are the same, meaning neither have a partner.

Ahem...

Soon.

A mechanical dog was debugged and ready.

This entrance was an oval shape wider on the sides and narrower on the top and bottom, about three meters at its widest and roughly 2.4 meters at its narrowest.

The entire opening slanted down towards the base of the tombstone, judging by the angle, it should lead beneath the tomb mound, at about a 30° angle.

This shape gives a somewhat eerie feeling, as if ready to devour anything in its path.

Near the entrance.

Knowing the mechanical dog was on standby, Director Feng didn't delay further.

He nudged a small centipede on the ground aside with the tip of his shoe and ordered:

"Enter the hole!"

Then, under the technician's control.

The mechanical dog scuttled into the cave, beginning to transmit images in real-time.

The mechanical dog initially progressed smoothly, transmitting a fair amount of data useful for research.

But just as it advanced about twenty meters, there was an abrupt burst of static noise from the equipment station.

A moment later.

A technician raised his head, regretfully saying:

"Report, the mechanical dog has lost contact, missing at approximately twenty-three meters from the entrance.

Judging by the last bytes returned by the sensors, the signal was likely blocked, rather than disrupted by external force."

Hearing this, Director Feng glanced at Wei Fan:

"Instructor Wei, what do you think?"

Wei Fan first probed the entrance with his spiritual sense, then raised his eyebrow and uttered a light, "Hmm," saying:

"Director Feng, there seems to be some kind of shielding array below, likely causing the mechanical dog to go out of contact.

However, this array is quite ancient. Without any surprises...

With my cultivation level, I should easily be able to break through it."

Wei Fan's words subtly indicated his stance, but Director Feng noted another word:

"Ancient?

Instructor Wei, can you roughly estimate when it might have been left behind?"

He then thought of Zhang Daoling from Qingcheng Mountain Celestial Palace and added:

"For instance, can you discern if it predates or postdates two thousand years ago? Around the time when Zhang Daoling was active?"

"It should be even older than two thousand years."

Wei Fan pondered carefully before explaining:

"Back when we discovered a Tier Three Cloud Concealment Talisman at Qian Gu Mountain, it could only last a hundred years before becoming ineffective.

This might have been due to Mo Peidong believing he would soon return to Qian Gu Mountain, so he only used talismans to obscure the Qian Gu Mountain altar.

Compared to talismans, arrays have a much longer lifespan.

Generally speaking.

As long as there are enough spirit stones, sustaining a small defensive array for one to two thousand years is quite simple.

The array beneath the entrance is at least above Tier Three, yet now it's dilapidated, even breachable by a cultivator like me who's just entered the Foundation Establishment Realm.

This indicates it's been around for a very, very long time.

Three thousand, four thousand years, or even longer, is possible."

Upon hearing Wei Fan's latter statement, Director Feng's pupils slightly contracted:

"What? Three or four thousand years?

That would be at least during the Western Zhou period, maybe even tracing back to the Shang or Xia?"

Xia,

Shang,

Zhou.

Anyone knowledgeable in history should know, these are three dynasties considered to be of the ancestors' level.

According to historical records.

Over four thousand years ago, Yu passed his position to his son Qi, who founded the Xia Dynasty.

This act changed the original tribal succession system and started nearly four thousand years of hereditary rule in Huaxia.

The "family world" in Huaxia history began with the founding of the Xia Dynasty.

As for the subsequent Shang and Western Zhou, more need not be said, they are considered the beginning of Huaxia civilization.

The tombs left behind from that era, coupled with obvious Extraordinary forces...

This is somewhat spine-chilling upon closer thought.

Thus, Director Feng didn't dare to neglect, promptly reporting the situation to the core level.

Soon.

While the core level indicated experts would be organized to decipher texts, they also issued a new directive:

Form a seven-person cultivator team to descend into the tomb and explore!

Fifteen minutes later.

A temporary team, led by Wei Fan and assisted by Chen Haiyang, deputy captain of the Ju Mang Base's local cultivator team, was officially formed.

The team members are currently the absolute elite at home, with the lowest level being Fourth-Layer Qi Cultivation, a realm capable of using spiritual sense.

Though spiritual sense might not rival precise instruments in accuracy, it can't provide precise results down to four or five decimal places, for instance.

But in environments with Extraordinary forces, the utility of spiritual sense is greatly amplified.

So the group didn't equip many rope devices, instead entering the tomb directly with gas masks and spiritual energy shields.

The entrance to the tomb was large, and the group soon entered the cave one after another, beginning their exploration.

As they proceeded.

Chen Haiyang's brows gradually furrowed:

This pit is really too 'plain.'

Inside, there's not even a trace of exquisite stone carvings, or any signs of renovation.

When lifting your head or reaching out your hand, you can directly see or touch the exposed, damp rock walls.

This obviously differs from ancient tomb customs, especially the ancient relic customs in the Rongcheng area.

As a seasoned local military officer.

Before stepping into cultivation, Chen Haiyang had already been involved in several archaeological-related matters.

For example, Sanxingdui, which is very close to Rongcheng.

During the previous archaeological excavation, Chen Haiyang had led a team in charge of security.

Back then, he had seen the interior of a pit corridor with his own eyes, not overly luxurious or extravagant.

At least, one could see it was a well-decorated burial corridor.

Various stone carvings were arranged, and occasionally, one could see some lamps.

In simple terms, the ambiance was fully set.

It was like this for ordinary mortals, let alone the Extraordinary.

With this strange sense of discord, Chen Haiyang's expression and mindset remained somewhat heavy and cautious.

Tat-tat-tat—

This pit wasn't long, and soon the group reached the vicinity where the mechanical dog went missing.

At this moment, it was visibly apparent.

About four or five meters in front of them, a verdant green array was flashing continuously.

Seeing this, Wei Fan turned to exchange a glance with Chen Haiyang.

With tacit understanding, Chen Haiyang gestured to the team, forming a standby rapid response formation.

Then Wei Fan took a deep breath and released an incantation.

This was a commonly seen obstacle-breaking dao technique in the Damo Realm, allowing breakthrough from the array's nodes.

Under the impact of the dao technique.

In less than no time.

The array was completely shattered, revealing the path ahead.

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