Chapter 594: 594 Insight
Su Yuanyuan calmly jotted down these symbols in her notebook.
"Yuanyuan, did you remember all of them?"
"Yes, it’s not that difficult. There’s a certain pattern to it."
Zeng Hongling exaggeratedly sighed, lying on the table and staring at Su Yuanyuan.
"Grandpa, actually only someone like Su Yuanyuan matches the image of your ideal granddaughter, right?
Yuanyuan, you’re such a blow to me. You know, I’ve been studying this for five years, five whole years. I felt like those five years were pure torture,
and now you tell me it’s not hard, that there’s a pattern."
Su Yuanyuan glanced sideways at Zeng Hongling, "Maybe I’m just smarter than you."
Zeng Hongling buried her face in her arms, feeling too ashamed to face anyone. Really hit by a blow, what kind of demonic genius is this? God, please take her back, she’s too much of a blow.
Zeng Yaozu leaned over, standing behind Su Yuanyuan, looking at the symbols she was noting in her notebook, feeling a myriad of emotions. Even his proudest grandson fell far short.
"Xiao Su, if you’re interested in this, you can come to my house sometime. We might have something you like there."
"Thank you, Mr. Zeng. I’ll have a look when I get the chance."
Wei Guangxiang was also quite shocked. This kind of writing was only known a little by his master, who taught him. It couldn’t compare with the Zeng Family. They truly had such records at home, but this young lady just looked at them a few times, understood the explanations, and now she can learn it?
Then, the group began discussing the possible dangers in the passageway.
They each had their own experiences, especially Wei Guangxiang, who had seen a lot and also heard from his master.
But none could completely disclose them, although Su Yuanyuan already knew most of it.
The Zeng Family indeed knew something, but just a little, since these were passed down orally. Things passed down like this end up lacking a lot.
Shao Hongming returned and called out Su Yuanyuan.
"The leaders decided in the meeting that we should find a way to get in."
"Hmm, I guessed it would be like that. Earlier, Zeng Yixin and Wei Guangxiang from the Zeng Family wanted to go in, but the two archaeologists won’t go in."
"Okay, I get it. I’ll take one person, so it’ll be the four of us going in. You stay here for support."
"Shao Hongming, let me go instead. Although I don’t have combat abilities, I have good luck and can protect myself."
"No, it’s too dangerous. I’ll go in."
"Stop arguing. You stay outside, honestly, I can really protect myself."
Shao Hongming felt deeply conflicted. The leaders had told him if Su Yuanyuan wanted to go, let her. She was someone undeniably capable.
But how could he let a woman take such risks?
"I’ll go, you stay. It’ll just be the three of us going to check it out, and if it doesn’t work, it’s easier to retreat."
"Let’s go together. I’ll have them send over some people. Let Zheng Xiaodong oversee things for now."
"It’s simply impractical for both of us to go."
"If you go, Su Yuanyuan, then I’m definitely following. Or else you stay here."
Su Yuanyuan said nothing, letting him decide however he wanted.
Shao Hongming quickly left to make phone calls and arrange for Zheng Xiaodong.
Su Yuanyuan returned to the meeting room, and everyone looked at her, but she said nothing, calmly sitting down to continue recording those symbols.
Everyone understood they were waiting for Shao Hongming’s announcement, but after waiting for a while, he didn’t come in.
No choice but to continue waiting.
When Shao Hongming came back, he directly announced that the action would be in the afternoon, and this time it would be the four of them, with others arranging around Zheng Xiaodong’s instructions above.
The Zeng Family returned to their tent. "Yixin, you must stick with Su Yuanyuan; only by her side will you be safe."
Zeng Yixin, knowing his sister’s capabilities, nodded seriously.
After lunch and an hour’s rest, the four went down again, each wearing self-made protective gear with spares on hand.
They had already figured out how to open this big door. This kind of task was handled by the three men.
Su Yuanyuan felt that there shouldn’t be any danger now. The door creaked open, releasing a pungent smell from inside.
Su Yuanyuan’s Divine Sense explored first; it was pitch black, and she felt nothing.
The first person to enter was Wei Guangxiang. The second was Zeng Yixin, the third was Su Yuanyuan, and the last was Shao Hongming. This sequence had been pre-arranged.
Once inside, Su Yuanyuan felt she could hear everyone’s heartbeat; it was too quiet, eerily quiet.
All four held flashlights. Su Yuanyuan’s flashlight beam was the brightest since she had brought it from abroad.
The two professionals in front began examining the stone walls, which still had some symbols on them.
But strung together, they made no sense. Moreover, there weren’t many symbols.
Su Yuanyuan’s Divine Sense didn’t perceive any danger.
"Could it be we haven’t triggered any mechanisms?"
After she asked, the two in front paused a bit, but were even more cautious of their steps.
They walked over a hundred meters with no changes.
Su Yuanyuan grew tense instead; her Divine Sense detected several corpses. How could these people have died here? Could there be danger ahead? It should be so.
Su Yuanyuan slowed down, "Be more careful, I don’t feel good about this."
Zeng Yixin was particularly sensitive to the word "feel." Growing up, whenever his sister mentioned feelings like that, there was indeed danger.
So he was extremely careful and rather nervous, his heartbeat quickened.
Wei Guangxiang was also very alert. This was the first time Su Yuanyuan mentioned danger, so it couldn’t be ignored.
Suddenly, many spears jutted out from the left wall.
Su Yuanyuan was startled; did someone trigger something, or was it just that they reached this point?
After hundreds of years, these spears remained sharp, although less threatening than before, still somewhat dangerous but not enough to pose a real threat. They dodged easily. After fewer than fifty steps, a lot of smoke suddenly appeared.
Su Yuanyuan knew the cotton masks they wore would be useless. She had a disposable mask underneath, which was slightly better than theirs.
They quickly retreated, but Shao Hongming suddenly spoke up, and even denser spears shot from behind.
Su Yuanyuan didn’t feel much affected. Nevertheless, she observed the other three seemed somewhat sluggish.
That was not a good sign. Absolutely not okay.
She swiftly took out a rope, grabbed Shao Hongming’s hand, and tied it directly.
Shao Hongming trusted her absolutely, so he cooperated fully.
Su Yuanyuan then grabbed Zeng Yixin’s hand and tied it in the same way, placing herself behind Wei Guangxiang. The smoke was getting thicker now.