Tomb Raider: Evolution of the Red Dragon, Starting from the Ancient City of Jingjue

After hearing what Jiang Hua and Yun had to say, Qin Feng sighed silently.

Now that they had fallen to the side, they could see that there was indeed a path beneath the coffin.

The road also has stairs that slowly descend, but below is pitch black.

As for where this journey is headed, that remains unknown.

"We won't go in and never come out again, will we?"

Qin Feng glanced at the situation inside and took two steps back, afraid that he might accidentally fall in.

"This should be the exit."

Jiang Hua leaned closer and took a sniff of the smell inside.

The air inside didn't smell stuffy or damp; instead, it had a slightly fresh scent.
If it truly led to a dead end, the air would be extremely stuffy and humid.

Because there was water above, and water inevitably makes the inside smell damp, but the inside was very dry, Jiang Hua guessed that this was the passage they were looking for.

"really?"

Qin Feng and Yun perked up immediately upon hearing Jiang Hua's words, staring intently at him. They also moved closer to the passage to examine its condition.

"It really does seem to lead to the outside."

I wonder if it was because of Jiang Hua's words that Qin Feng...
"Looking at this passage now is like seeing hope," he said excitedly.

However, Yun, who was standing next to her, was still completely bewildered and had no idea why Jiang Hua had said that.

"Take a sniff of this passage. Logically speaking, if there is water covering it, the smell inside should be stuffy, but the air inside is very fresh, as if it is constantly exchanging with the outside air."

Seeing Yun's puzzled expression, Jiang Hua knew that she was struggling with something.

So he immediately explained to Qin Feng and the two of them, and upon hearing Jiang Hua mention Qin Feng and Yun, he immediately nodded to indicate that he already knew.

"Jiang Hua is really something else. If I had followed Qin Feng, I might have already died there."

As Yun spoke, she stuck out her tongue at Qin Feng, as if expressing her extreme dislike for him.

Seeing Yun's disdain for him, Qin Feng was not to be outdone and stuck out his tongue at Yun as well.

“Take out the tinderbox. We don’t know if there are any traps inside; it’s not going to be that easy.”

As Jiang Hua spoke, he also took out a tinderbox from his pocket.

Qin Feng and Yun nodded in agreement, and the scholar Jiang Hua took out a tinderbox from his pocket and held it in his hand.

After seeing that they were ready, Jiang Hua first took a look at the passage and confirmed that the staircase was sturdy before slowly stepping inside.

All that could be seen were the walls on both sides; the area in front remained pitch black, making it impossible to see what was there.

Jiang Hua kept the dagger in hand, just in case something suddenly appeared.

The journey was quite peaceful, a stark contrast to the sudden events that had occurred earlier.

The calm was almost unsettling, and Jiang Hua remained cautiously observing his surroundings. They then arrived at a flat area with nothing around them, just a space.

Besides Jiang Hua and the other two, there was only the wall in this space. Jiang Hua walked to the wall again, and this time the wall was very different from the previous one. This time the wall was made of stone, which is usually used by the residents.

"Jiang Hua, look here, there's a protruding brick!"

Qin Feng spotted a protruding brick and immediately shouted excitedly to Jiang Hua beside him.

Upon hearing Qin Feng mention the bricks he had spat out, Jiang Hua felt a pang of panic and immediately went to Qin Feng's side.

Suddenly, a brick appeared out of the wall in front of them, its height roughly the same as Jiang Hua's.

It seemed as if it was deliberately designed to make it easy for people to press, and even Yun could easily touch the brick.

"The soil around it is still a little soft." Jiang Hua brought the tinderbox close to the brick and found that the soil around the brick was very soft.

It seemed as if the brick could be easily pulled apart, but Jiang Hua did not act rashly.

"Take a look around. Are there any other protruding bricks like these?"

Qin Feng nodded in agreement upon hearing Jiang Hua's words, and carefully examined the surroundings along the wall with a tinderbox in hand.

After looking at it for a while, the three of them noticed that there were four protruding bricks around the wall, and the height and position of the protrusions were exactly the same, as if it had been done on purpose.

"Could this be a formation?"

Qin Feng looked at Jiang Hua with some concern and said.

Jiang Hua was also frowning, unable to determine for a moment whether it was a formation or not.

After all, the protruding parts of these stones are so similar, it's almost frightening.

Jiang Hua cautiously approached the center surrounded by these stones and discovered that there was actually a circle there, and this circle was not drawn on.

Instead, it has its own ravines.

"This isn't for a sacrificial ceremony, is it?"

Qin Feng couldn't help but tremble, and quickly took a few steps back, keeping a certain distance from the circle.

Yun was also a little scared, but he still looked around cautiously, trying to find some clues from the side.

"Look, there are words in the middle of this circle!"

After Jiang Hua squatted down, he discovered that the circle was not as simple as it seemed at first glance. There were two words written on it, and these two words made people frown.

"hell.…….."

Qin Feng's voice trembled again as he looked at the word "Hell," and he looked around with some concern.

"This road is the road to death. We're really not going to get out of here now!"

Jiang Hua could understand Qin Feng's fear, but he still patted Qin Feng on the shoulder to tell him not to worry too much.

“I told you the air here isn’t stuffy, this isn’t a dead end.”

The two words engraved on it did indeed send a chill down my spine.

Jiang Hua glanced around and found that there were indeed other patterns around.

Like a formation, it trapped the three of them in the middle, and Jiang Hua couldn't help but frown when he saw this.

After glancing around, Jiang Hua pulled Qin Feng and the other two up, because it felt a bit strange to stay in this formation any longer.

Qin Feng and Yun were suddenly pulled up by Jiang Hua, and they looked at Jiang Hua with some confusion, completely unaware of why Jiang Hua had suddenly pulled them up.

"I always felt that the three of us in the middle of the formation were like sacrificial offerings."

Hearing Jiang Hua say this, Qin Feng and the other two immediately realized that the three of them were indeed a bit strange in the middle.

"But there's nothing here except this formation. Where does this fresh air come from?"

After glancing around, Qin Feng couldn't help but continue asking Jiang Hua questions.

Jiang Hua was a little confused when he heard Qin Feng say that. He could indeed smell that the air had a bit of an outside smell.

However, after looking around, they found that the entire area was sealed off, with no exits indicating that there was anywhere to get fresh air.

This left Jiang Hua completely dumbfounded. (End of Chapter)