After being bound to the learning system in my mother's womb, I became the empress

Chapter 276 A half-dead and half-alive girl
Ji Qiu followed the instructions of the door owner and placed his hand on the fingerprint of the bronze door.

There was a stinging pain in the palm of my hand, as if I had been bitten by something.

She retracted her hand, and a drop of bright red blood appeared in her palm. A piece of worm was exposed and was burrowing into her palm.

"Ah!" she exclaimed.

Lin Xi threw the Seven Star Frog over.

The seven-star frog's tongue stretched out like lightning, rolled out the insect that was about to get into Ji Qiu's palm, and ate it with a squeak.

Frogs eat bugs, that's natural.

"Well done, Xiaoxing." Lin Xi praised.

Another ball of bread was thrown in as a reward.

The Seven Star Frog happily rolled the bread into his mouth and ate it.

Lin Xi checked Ji Qiu's hand and said, "It's okay. This bug is not poisonous."

Ji Qiu breathed a sigh of relief.

He took out the handkerchief and wiped the blood from his palm.

There was a sound of rattling gears coming from the bronze door.

Immediately afterwards, the door opened.

The door opened inward, revealing a long and narrow corridor about two meters wide.

There are thick stone walls on both sides of the corridor.

On the stone wall, a bronze beast-headed wall lamp was found. The lamp contained lamp oil, which was the same as what Lin Xi had seen through mental scanning before.

Lin Xi did not take the Seven-Star Frog back, but let it take the lead and explore the way ahead.

The seven-star frog croaked and jumped into the corridor.

Lin Xi took out the Ruyi Pearl for lighting and followed closely.

"Ji Qiu, follow me."

"It's the door master."

The moment Ji Qiu stepped in, the bronze door closed behind her.

She looked back and quickly followed the door owner.

Lin Xi released her mental power and walked and scanned to avoid accidentally touching the mechanism.

But the strange thing is that until they reached the end of the corridor, there was no danger.

This actually made her heart lift.

The absence of danger often means that there is greater danger waiting for them later.

After walking out of the corridor, a huge square appeared in front of them.

The square is actually paved with pure white jade. When you shine the Ruyi Orb on it, the ground will glow like water.

"Door, door master, there is someone there." Ji Qiu approached the door owner and said in a trembling voice.

"That's not a human, it's a human figurine." Lin Xi handed her the orb, "Look again."

Ji Qiu took the orb and raised it as high as she could. The light of the orb shone farther, allowing her to see clearly the "people" in the square.

Tall figures wearing black armor stood in the square, forming neat formations.

At a cursory glance, there may be no less than tens of thousands of people.

The figurines stand with their backs to them, facing the palace in front.

Walking into the phalanx of the army of human figurines, Ji Qiu looked up at a human figurine and was startled.

It’s not because the human figurines are so hideous. On the contrary, the human figurines are quite good-looking, even handsome.

However, it was so human-like, as if a living person had been frozen there.

The more inhuman things are, the more terrifying they become. This is the uncanny valley effect.

At this moment, this human figurine gave Ji Qiu a very scary feeling.

I wish I could follow the door owner.

"Master, let me hold you. You must be tired after walking for so long."

Lin Xi knew that she was afraid and wanted to stay close to him, so she didn't refuse.

Holding the door owner's soft and fragrant little body in her arms, Ji Qiu felt like she was hugging the whole world.

My courage suddenly increased, and I wasn't afraid at all when I looked at those human figurines.

Lin Xi glanced across the human figurines.

She was also surprised by these lifelike human figurines.

If it weren't for the fact that they had no breathing or heartbeat under the mental scan, she would have thought these were real people.

The Seven-Star Frog was jumping in front of him. Ji Qiu held the orb in one hand and hugged the door owner in the other and chased after him.

Directly in front of the square, stairs appeared.

Layer by layer, it extends high, with a total of 81 levels.At the top of the steps is a large platform. After the platform, a majestic and majestic palace comes into view.

Lin Xi suspected that the entire interior of Songshan had been hollowed out. Otherwise, how could such a large and tall building be built?
The palace gate is open, and tall pillars carved with phoenixes stand upright, supporting a high and wide dome.

There are also human figurines standing in the hall.

The figurines wear black official uniforms with red patterns embroidered on them.

There are flowers, birds, insects, fish, the sun, moon and stars, and there are also strange birds and beasts, like the strange beasts in the Classic of Mountains and Seas.

Most of the human figurines that look like courtiers are women.

Lin Xi felt that her previous guess was probably right. This was the tomb of a certain empress of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

In all dynasties of the Great Zhou Dynasty, women were the emperors, and there were many female officials, ministers, and generals in the court.

Moreover, Da Zhou advocated black (black), and the totem was the phoenix, not the dragon.

These elements can be seen everywhere in the temple.

Between the tall phoenix pillars stands a heavy bronze tripod.

On the deepest steps of the hall is a wide chair carved with a phoenix.

The phoenix chair is empty.

Ji Qiu asked: "Master, I don't know why, but as soon as I walked into this hall, I felt very uncomfortable...uncomfortable...suffering..."

The hall was too high and wide, and her voice echoed, very ethereal.

She couldn't help but be startled.

Lin Xi: "Maybe it's because there are countless bones buried in this hall."

Just under their feet, under the floor tiles, were piles of bones.

A chill ran down Ji Qiu's back, and she always felt like there were countless pairs of eyes staring at her in the dark.

"Come on, go to the next place."

Walking around the corridor to the back of the main hall, there is another square. In this square are hundreds of palace-like figurines standing.

There are some small palaces on both sides of the square, each of which is blocked by a bronze door.

Lin Xi's mind was lifted when she reached in with her mental energy.

These palaces are treasure houses!

The first treasure house contains boxes after boxes of gold and silver jewelry.

In the second room, there are a large number of bamboo slips and scrolls.

The third room, weapons depot...

There are also various ores crammed in the back, such as coal, iron, copper, tin...

Lin Xi scanned each room, feeling ecstatic inside.

She just said that there was a lack of raw materials for making steam engines, so when she opened a mausoleum, she had all these things at once.

But she was obviously happy too early.

The bronze doors of those treasure houses are so thick that they cannot be opened by brute force alone.

Gotta use a key.

Where would the key be hidden?

On the north central axis, there is the second palace.

Unlike the previous palace, which was obviously used to attend court, this palace has a richer atmosphere of life.

It's obviously a dormitory.

Arriving at the entrance of the palace, Lin Xi was shocked when she saw the situation inside.

Ji Qiu was so frightened that her heart felt like it was going to jump out of her chest.

There is a bed in the hall, a jade bed.

There was a woman lying on the bed, a girl to be precise.

The girl's face was beautiful, her skin was like jade, and she looked like a stranger.

As if just asleep.

How could it not be scary to see a living person appear in such a suspected mausoleum?

Ji Qiu: "Sect, sect master, is she alive?"

She stood at the door and didn't dare to go in. She asked with trembling teeth.

Lin Xi: "Not alive, but not dead either, but in a strange state of half-dead and half-alive."

Ji Qiu: "?"

Lin Xi jumped off her body and walked in. Ji Qiu hurriedly followed.

(End of this chapter)