Many of the stone wall locations above were blackened by smoke.
He couldn't help but feel a pang of sympathy.
"Alas, wouldn't it be a shame if there were still murals here?"
"So many things haven't been seen yet."
Huo Qi felt very distressed seeing this.
"There's nothing that can be done about it. Some people have poor character and have ruined our Great Xia's artifacts by bringing them along."
The metaphysics professor also felt heartbroken and could only sigh.
The students behind them could only take simple photos of these things.
Stepping on the lava, the group soon had dust on their bodies and pants, and their shoes felt faintly warm.
As they walked through this corridor, a huge stone door appeared before them. This stone door still had an eye carving on it, but next to the carving, there were two giant pythons.
These two pythons were coiled around the stone pillars, with their mouths agape, revealing sharp fangs and forked tongues.
The carving was so lifelike that even the eyes seemed to have been quenched with venom.
It gave one a chilling feeling.
Huo Qi, the metaphysics professor, and the students behind them all shivered when they saw the pythons.
"What kind of snake is this? It looks so scary!"
Huo Qi couldn't help but ask.
"Isn't this snake a cobra? But what's with the eyes? I seem to see another one above?"
The metaphysics professor thought he was mistaken and quickly shone his flashlight. He saw that on the forehead of the cobra, there was indeed an eye, but this eye looked a bit strange.
Both eyes were malicious and fierce, but this one looked very much like a human eye.
This eye was not as wicked as the previous two.
"Are these eyes also from the Demon Kingdom?"
Professor Fang took out his camera, took a few quick photos, and looked at Zhou Lin suspiciously.
Zhou Lin was looking at the stone door, which also had many eyes on it. There were black stones on these eyes, and these stones were covered in dust.
If these were gems...
Wouldn't that be money?
In the livestream.
"Oh my god, this thing looks so terrifying."
"Yeah, why does it make my hair stand on end? We feel scared just looking at it, what must the people there be feeling?"
"Why does the big shot look wrong? He looks like he's struck it rich."
"Your professor is so greedy, I don't know how he became a professor."
"That's right, people from your Great Xia are so pitiful, why don't they give money?"
"You're not greedy, what's the use? You're still a drain on resources and have to pay extra? Are all the people in your country poor?"
"You still dare to mock others?"
...
In the dean's conference room.
"This snake seems to have been produced by a form of curse."
One of the professors said slowly, looking at the image on the big screen.
"Hmm? How do you know?"
Professor Hu and Professor Wen said in unison.
"This is a topic that the metaphysics professor once discussed. I saw the information about this. Many curses eventually generate many species, and this is one of them."
The professor explained slowly to Professor Hu and Professor Wen.
"So, does that mean the front is a cursed place?"
The dean looked at the big screen and couldn't help but worry.
"Yes, you could say that, but with Professor Zhou Lin there, nothing should happen."
The professor recalled the explanation that the metaphysics professor had once used.
"Dean, don't worry about Professor Zhou Lin, he'll be fine."
An expert next to him quickly said.
"You've misunderstood. He's not worried about Zhou Lin; he's worried about the archaeological team and the students. The curse might be ineffective against Zhou Lin, such a powerful person, but it's still very dangerous for the archaeological team."
Professor Hu glanced at the dean and quickly explained.
"No, I was thinking... if this is a curse, will the gems on the stone door also be affected?"
The dean said subconsciously, looking at the scene before him.
Upon hearing this, everyone's mouths twitched in unison.
Have you been infected by Zhou Lin?
Why are you also so greedy?
Inside the tomb.
"Professor Zhou Lin, what are you doing?"
Huo Qi watched as Zhou Lin didn't rush to open the door but approached the side of the door and ran his hand back and forth over the eye carvings.
Finally, at the location of the eyes, red gems appeared, but they were covered in dust.
Their original appearance could not be discerned.
"Are these gems?"
Huo Qi was a little surprised by the scene.
"These are pigeon's blood rubies, used to replace blood. You can't touch them, not for now."
Zhou Lin's tone changed, and he glanced at the people from Sakura Country behind him.
The people from Sakura Country were initially overjoyed when they heard about the gems, but after hearing Zhou Lin's words, their expressions became a little dejected.
The matter of the night-shining pearls was still fresh in their minds.
"So, are we going in or not?"
The metaphysics professor felt a little uneasy. Pigeon's blood rubies replacing blood, this...
Isn't it dangerous in there? Isn't it life-threatening?
"We're going in."
Zhou Lin gently patted the door, and with just one pat, he easily opened it, looking very casual.
Everyone: ...
The people from Sakura Country: ...
Are you showing off that you're a strongman? Why did you solve it so easily?
Captain Zhao and the other mercenaries were speechless.
Is it really okay for you to open it like this? This stone door is over ten meters high.
It weighs at least several tons, and you solved it like swatting a mosquito?
"Let's go."
Zhou Lin looked at them very casually.
He walked in first.
Huo Qi, the metaphysics professor, Professor Fang, and the students from the archaeological team followed closely behind.
The people from Sakura Country behind them hesitated for a moment as they looked at the stone door, but recalling Zhou Lin's earlier words, no one spoke and they walked straight through.
The lights suddenly turned on, illuminating the darkness of the entire space.
A huge altar appeared before them. In the center was a large stone platform, and next to the platform were several large snake statues. Unlike the ones outside the door, these snakes had different forms.
However, these snakes did not resemble cobras but rather pythons, and their scales were also different.
There was something hanging from their fangs.
At the bottom of the snake bodies, five mummified corpses were bound.