"No problem, we requested air support when we came in, they should have arrived by now."

Gunpowder said as he looked at a man beside him, "Take off your equipment and give it to the Guardian, go outside and explain the situation here in detail."

"Yes."

The man had no hesitation.

But Xia Liang waved his hand.

"I don’t need this stuff, forget it."

Seeing Xia Liang say so, Gunpowder did not insist.

"Speaking of which, we have to thank the Guardian, otherwise we wouldn’t have arrived here so quickly."

Gunpowder said with a smile.

Along the way, if it weren’t for the marks Xia Liang left behind, they would’ve lost their way.

Especially the maze outside, they managed to pass easily thanks to Xia Liang’s marks, otherwise, they would have been going around in circles for hours like Kawai Matsutake and the others.

"No need to thank me, since these guys dared to cause trouble on Dragon Country’s territory, there’s no way we could let them off."

Xia Liang said, smiling.

"Moreover, I’m counting on you guys to come in and rescue me."

"Rescue you? We saw many of those guys’ corpses along the way, you must’ve done it, right? If we’d arrived any later, you certainly would’ve dealt with them all."

Gunpowder curled his lip.

"I think you just wanted to play with them, otherwise they would’ve been all dead by now."

Xia Liang didn’t explain.

"Let’s go, let’s handle the task at hand first."

Xia Liang said as he looked towards the opposite side, at this moment, several others had shot rope guns, building five ropes to connect to the other cliff.

Gunpowder nodded and then gave an order, including Xia Liang, five team members simultaneously headed towards the opposite side.

"They left less than half an hour ago, we should still be on time."

Arriving in front of the Stone Gate, Xia Liang looked at the cave ahead.

"But the inside is definitely very dangerous, everyone be careful."

The group nodded and then cautiously moved deeper into the cave.

At this time, Kawai Matsutake and the others had also gone deep into the tomb, having faced numerous dangers along the way.

Various traps and mechanisms were triggered, including a ground collapse once. Without quick reactions and a remote car scouting ahead, they would have all died.

Yet even so, they were not in good shape, everyone was injured, and Ozawa Ria’s two arms were pierced by an arrow, though bandaged, blood still kept oozing.

"Be more cautious from here on, there’s no remote car to scout anymore."

Kawai Matsutake’s face bore a deep scar, the flesh turned white, looking both touching and alarming.

"I’ll go ahead, these arrows should be poisoned, I fear I won’t live much longer."

Ozawa Ria stepped forward, her face pale as she spoke.

The blood that oozed bore a touch of black, her face also pale.

Even if the arrows weren’t poisoned, the thousand-year-old rust was enough to infect the wound, unless treated at a hospital immediately, she would surely die.

"Ozawa, thank you."

Nakamura Komachi took a deep breath and said, he had cultivated many loyalists but the most faithful ones were all brought here this time, and most already died along the way, knowing he’d lose another pained him.

"To sacrifice my life for Mr. Nakamura is my honor."

Ozawa Ria said as she walked forward while Kawai Matsutake and others kept a distance, following behind.

They encountered more dangers, but Ozawa Ria managed to dodge them easily, though her complexion grew ever paler.

After walking for about ten minutes, their view suddenly opened up, revealing a chamber.

The chamber was not big, only around fifty square meters. The surrounding walls were engraved with ancient patterns and murals, and in the center, there lay a stone coffin, two meters long and half a meter wide. It too bore various patterns, in front lay items resembling candles and paper money, suggesting past worship.

Besides the stone coffin, around the chamber were pottery artifacts, likely burial items.

But compared to the gold and silver treasures seen outside, these burial items seemed insignificant.

"Could this be Zhuge Liang’s sarcophagus?"

Kawai Matsutake asked, surprised, although acknowledging the dangers faced, everything seemed too easily reachable. 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

The stone coffin had no text around it, making it impossible to confirm whose it was.

"Probably not, but can’t rule it out."

Nakamura Komachi shook his head, knowing it likely wasn’t Zhuge Liang’s sarcophagus, but couldn’t miss the opportunity, especially since there were no other paths around, leaving this coffin as unique.

"Mr. Nakamura, you all should step back, I’ll take a look."

Ozawa Ria said weakly, though she had medicine, the wound didn’t seem healed.

Her arm wasn’t bleeding now, but the veins turned black, and even her face had a black pallor.

Nakamura Komachi nodded and then, along with Kawai Matsutake and Kurokawa Kiseki, retreated from the chamber.

Ozawa Ria came to the coffin, took a deep breath, forced herself to gather her spirits, and with both hands, pushed open the coffin lid.

Despite the stone coffin’s heavy appearance, under Ozawa Ria’s strength, it slowly opened.

This surprised Nakamura Komachi and the others, for a coffin should be sealed, yet it clearly wasn’t, otherwise Ozawa Ria couldn’t have opened it.

"Uhm..."

The friction between the lid and coffin body issued a dull sound, extremely piercing in the silent chamber.

"Squeak..."

As the lid opened, a sound echoed, revealing a passage in the wall at the side.

"Indeed, another path, looks like the coffin is the switch," Kawai Matsutake sighed in relief, thinking there’d be no path.

Seeing no further danger, Ozawa Ria relaxed slightly, casting a glance at the coffin.

Inside lay a skeleton, surrounded by jade as burial items, yet nothing else.

"Mr. Nakamura, this is not Zhuge Liang’s remains, nor did we find the Seven-Star Lamp."

Ozawa Ria looked at Nakamura Komachi.

"Hmm, Zhuge Liang’s tomb should be further in, these remains might just be a boy from his side."

Nakamura Komachi nodded.

"Then let’s hurry inside."

Ozawa Ria said as she headed towards the newly opened passage; she felt she wouldn’t last much longer, dizziness setting in.