Wu Tianzhen looked around, his heart pounding.
He would definitely grow a lot from this battle.
"I remember my grandfather's diary mentioned that every tomb chamber had a self-destruct mechanism, designed to prevent anyone from stealing the contents."
"This is the final tomb chamber, and it must have one too."
"Fatty, you keep the zombie occupied, and we'll look for that device."
There was a tremor in Wu Tianzhen's voice.
This tomb held too many secrets—San Shu's secrets, Xie Lianhuan's secrets, even Wang Canghai's secrets, none of them had been uncovered.
Wu Tianzhen didn't want to die.
"No, if we do that, these cultural relics will be destroyed!"
Professor Chen was somewhat agitated.
"But, is life more important, or is this place more important?"
Fatty yelled, his eyes fixed on the approaching zombie.
He threw a porcelain vase at it.
The thousands-of-years-old porcelain shattered, successfully attracting the zombie's attention.
Behind them, the white-haired Hanba was incredibly fast. Before anyone could react, she launched her attack.
Almost instantly, a team member lost their life.
Seeing that a team member had already been killed by the white-haired Hanba, Professor Chen's heart suddenly panicked.
He could die himself, but he couldn't bear to drag others down with him.
"Everyone scatter and run! Brother Wu, I'm counting on you..."
Professor Chen said helplessly. Wu Tianzhen nodded, his gaze turning to Shirley Yang.
"Miss Shirley, you know demolition. We can try to detonate it."
Wu Tianzhen said. As he spoke, two more team members died.
Shirley Yang nodded, and the two of them quickly looked around. Finally, Wu Tianzhen found the central control point of the tomb chamber in the middle.
Shirley Yang also placed a bomb on it.
Once the bomb detonated, they might be able to escape the tomb chamber through some cracks.
"Bomb it quickly!"
Wang Banyue was already cornered by the zombie, a piece of flesh even being torn from his arm.
Fatty was on the verge of tears.
Professor Chen watched his team members being killed one by one by the white-haired Hanba, with no power to fight back.
His heart sank even deeper.
If he could, he would never have come to this place.
Of the more than a dozen team members, only five remained, and each of them trembled in their legs.
Clearly, they were terrified.
Shirley Yang did not hesitate and pressed the button. The bomb began its countdown.
The live broadcast was originally focused on Zhang Tian, but Zhang Tian intentionally switched the feed to Professor Chen's side.
After all, Professor Chen later recounted their story to Zhang Tian, and Zhang Tian could present it in the form of memories.
When everyone saw Professor Chen's tragic situation, their hearts pounded.
But when they saw the preparation for demolition, countless people were stunned.
"Aren't we supposed to protect the cultural relics? What's going on?"
Chen Xi, in particular, was dumbfounded.
"Three, two, one..."
"Everyone, take cover!"
Shirley Yang shouted. Then, with a roar, the tomb chamber's core collapsed.
The entire tomb began to cave in.
The zombie in front of Fatty was actually smashed to death.
Countless stones fell, and cracks appeared in the surrounding walls, with seawater pouring in.
Seeing this, Wu Tianzhen quickly urged everyone to escape.
At this moment, Zhang Tian and the others, who were about to exit the tomb passage, were also in disarray.
"Boss, why did the tomb collapse?"
"Why did that guy bomb the tomb?"
Fatty exclaimed in fear.
"Good heavens, how am I supposed to clear my name now? Won't I be convicted of destroying the tomb?"
Even Hu Bayi was a bit stunned.
"Damn it, let's go! The tomb is collapsing. If we don't get out, we'll be buried here!"
Hu Bayi yelled, and everyone quickened their pace.
Zhang Qilin, seeing that everyone was too slow, even took the initiative to speed them up.
Zhang Tian's entire head was buzzing.
He had thought that he had arranged the tomb so meticulously, but he never expected it to be bombed in the end.
This was like a cow eating firecrackers – the cow was ruined.
"It's over. I was planning to clear my name, but how can I do that if the tomb is gone?"
Zhang Tian was on the verge of tears.
If he had known, he would have knocked out Wu Xie Di and thrown him onto the reef back then.
It seemed his identity as a donor of cultural relics was about to turn into that of a cultural relic destroyer.
At this moment, in the courtroom.
When they saw Wu Tianzhen bombing the tomb, and with Professor Chen's consent, countless people were bewildered.
"My grandfather actually destroyed cultural relics?"
Chen Xi was completely beside herself.
So the clown was herself all along.
She had thought that Zhang Tian was the tomb robber and the destroyer of cultural relics.
Good heavens, in the end, he donated cultural relics and even protected them, while her own grandfather blew up the tomb.
Chen Xi could not accept it.
This completely overturned her long-held beliefs.
[So many cultural relics in this tomb, and they're all gone like this?]
[Where is that Wu Tianzhen? Hurry up and let him come out to reason!]
[To the previous commenter, put yourself in their shoes. This was the only way to save their lives. If they hadn't bombed the tomb, their only exit, did you have any other way out?]
[That's true. In this situation, bombing was the only option.]
[Why didn't Zhang Tian and the others stay with Professor Chen? Then this tragedy wouldn't have happened.]
[Are you stupid? Professor Chen and his team are no match for a chicken. Bringing them would just be a burden, right?]
[Good heavens, the bad guys didn't destroy cultural relics, but they blew up the tomb...]
[Who is that young man? He actually bombed the tomb?]
[It seems to be Ancestor Wu, right?]
[Not sure, let's keep watching.]
For a moment, the entire audience was shocked.
If Chen Xi could, she could have dug a magical castle with her toes.
She had nothing to say; this was the truth, and she couldn't argue.
Unless she admitted that her brain machine was useless and that these scenes were fake.
But that was clearly not the case. The previous scenes had been confirmed to be true, which meant this scene was also real.
"Grandpa, what exactly did you do..."
Chen Xi murmured. She only hoped that her father would not be too heartbroken.
"Boss, your trick is brilliant. Showing all the scenes, I don't believe this girl won't apologize to us."
Fatty said with a sly smile.
Zhang Tian gave Fatty a sideways glance.
"Your beard needs to be shaved. Also, you look really ugly with that fake white beard glued on."
Zhang Tian complained. They had bought fake beards to wear for the trial, and Zhang Tian had even bought one for Zhang Qilin.
After all, it wouldn't make sense for them to look ageless after hundreds of years.
Then, the scene continued.
Zhang Tian and the others sprinted, finally emerging from the small passage after the tomb completely collapsed.
Standing in the sea, Zhang Tian looked at the tomb chamber that had completely caved in.
He felt a sense of emotion.
At the same time, he looked around. The forbidden spirits had already reincarnated.
After breaking the curse last time, the forbidden spirits had left. However, Zhang Tian had also gained an "E Stone" for free.
That was quite good.
Then, in the darkness, Zhang Tian saw the expert team and others emerging from the cracks of the tomb.
However, of the original more than a dozen members of the expert team, only five remained.
"Boss, they must have gone through a lot."
Fatty said with some emotion from the side.
"Alright, let's go."
Zhang Tian shook his head. Going down into a tomb was inherently dangerous. Without the skills, death was inevitable.
Soon, they reached the shore. Zhang Tian's fishing boat was waiting not far away.
Zhang Tian and the others boarded the boat.
It was the same captain, and Zhang Tian was not surprised. He went inside to change his clothes, and when he came out, the expert team also began to board.
Each person had a somber expression.
Inside the cabin, as Zhang Tian and the others changed clothes, Hu Bayi couldn't help but ask.
"Boss, were the corpses in the tomb before Wang Canghai's?"
"Don't know."
Zhang Tian shook his head. Wang Canghai was very mysterious, and his corpse was likely not here.
Zhang Tian looked into the distance. The expert team had returned, and Wu Tianzhen and the others were also standing on their boat.
"It's over."
With a long sigh, Zhang Tian put on his clothes and walked out.