The Informal Tomb Raiding Diary: She is the occupant of the tomb!-Chapter 341 - 280: The Empty Coffin

But not only have I not shed my skin, Cheng Xuelin is also standing in front of them unharmed.

"Did you guys not get far? Are you kidding us?" Qian Yu, very confident in his abilities, naturally assumed that the problem lay with us.

"Yes. Just kidding you." I smiled and handed my phone to Cheng Xuelin, "Take a look at what’s written here."

Cheng Xuelin was about to speak, probably to explain, but my gesture interrupted him. His attention was immediately diverted as he earnestly looked down at the photo on the phone.

"What have you discovered? Report it." Lilith unceremoniously asked.

She no longer pretended to be polite, and although her tone wasn’t harsh when speaking to me, it always carried a hint of ’leadership’ aura.

"There’s no one in the main tomb chamber, no corpses either. Underneath the chamber, there’s a deep well from which many scorpions crawled out. We hid for a while, and now they’re gone; not sure where they went." I didn’t mind ’reporting’ to her since everyone should be updated on the current situation, my words were intended for everyone.

"The main tomb chamber doesn’t have the tomb owner’s body?" Zhao Zhenghua focused on this point. 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

"No, the coffin lid was pushed open from the inside." I said just enough.

"There’s a zongzi in the tomb!" Zhao Zhenghua’s expression became slightly serious.

Apparently, they didn’t know Qinghan’s real purpose here?

I quickly recalled everything, and it seemed like the captain really didn’t mention that Qinghan came to speak with the tomb owner. He only said Qinghan was looking for a mummy, not a living mummy.

"Oh right, the coffin is a double one, there should be two bodies inside, both are gone." I added.

"Wasn’t it said that the tomb owner was unmarried? Even if it were a queen, they would be buried separately in two chambers. Such a joint burial is really rare." Li Du said.

"Captain, I know who was buried with the tomb owner!" Cheng Xuelin exclaimed in surprise.

He translated the texts on the wooden house and coffin, which roughly said that the tomb owner saved a Heavenly Maiden. In gratitude, she was willing to marry him, but this was obstructed by the gods. The Heavenly God imposed a punishment, and the tomb owner suddenly died tragically.

The Heavenly Maiden was heartbroken, fled the Heavenly Realm, and was buried with the tomb owner. She used a spell to curse the ancient tomb so that no one entering would leave alive.

"That’s it? Nothing about resurrection?" I asked as I saw Cheng Xuelin pause.

"It said the tomb owner possessed a treasure that grants immortality."

"Hmph, we’ve heard such tales plenty of times." Liang Ruidong said dismissively.

"If the tomb owner and the Heavenly Maiden are truly alive, then what’s written here might be true," Zhao Zhenghua said after a moment of contemplation.

"Could they have already escaped?" Li Du guessed, eyes wide.

"Anyway, Qinghan and his team aren’t here, we must leave quickly, we’ve been delayed too long." Lilith said.

"Then you continue digging; I’ll check the lower chamber."

"You’re going alone?" Li Du looked at the others hesitantly and asked.

"Yes, let Cheng Xuelin stay and help with digging too; time is precious, let’s hurry." I smiled at Lilith, and she frowned slightly but couldn’t find words to refute.

She hadn’t personally engaged in the digging, and was perhaps reluctant to leave me to dig with the other men. I used her own words to silence her.

Since she was in such a hurry to leave, clearing the path was naturally most important.

"We are a team. If you act alone and something happens, who’s responsible? You’re the captain." Lilith retorted within two seconds.

"Me! I’m the captain. If I die, it’s my own fault. You all just get out, don’t worry about it, others will understand." I said nonchalantly.

The captain is responsible for the mission, and in the event of any team casualties, the captain bears the responsibility, including for himself. If something happens, they can report to superiors that I acted selfishly and without team spirit, causing my own demise. No problem.

"You! This is not a joke." Lilith clearly didn’t expect me to say something like that.

"I take full responsibility for every word I’ve said, you all are witnesses." She thought I was talking out of anger, but I was speaking the truth.

"Got it, we’ll stay back, won’t cause any trouble for you." Cheng Xuelin handed back the phone, his face bright with a smile.

"Block this entrance with stones, in case the scorpions come back." There’s no door at the passage entrance, and if a swarm of scorpions slips over here, they’d be trapped in a dead-end, with no escape route.

"Okay." Cheng Xuelin nodded gladly and immediately turned to move the rocks from the collapse.

Just as I stepped into the maze passage, I heard Liang Dandong ask, "What’s your situation?"