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

And so, the two of them continued to crawl downwards inside the giant tomb until they finally reached the surface.

There was already a pile of bones on the ground, indicating that the giant tomb had been dead for some time.

Jiang Hua and Chen Le collected all the bones into their spatial rings.

"Looks like we got a bargain," Jiang Hua said.

"That should be it," Chen Le replied, "but I don't know what it is."

"Wait a minute, let me see," Jiang Hua said.

Then Jiang Hua picked up the pile of bones that were placed on the ground.

After picking up the pile of bones, Jiang Hua examined them carefully, and then her eyes suddenly widened.

"No way. This is...?" Jiang Hua said in surprise, "This is actually a zombie?"

"Zombies? How could zombies appear here?" Chen Le was also very surprised, because all the skeletons Jiang Hua had just seen were zombie skeletons.

“The owner of these skeletons must have been a zombie,” Jiang Hua said.

"How could a zombie die in a tomb, and with so many skeletons?" Chen Le asked. "Did someone go in?"

"It's really hard to say, after all, we're just guessing. But this tomb is probably not simple," Jiang Hua said. "Moreover, the stone tablet inside is probably not an ordinary stone tablet, but an ancient script, and it looks very old. It should be a piece of ancient history, and it should belong to the ancient period."

“Yes. I think so too,” Chen Le said. “If it’s from ancient times, then the things inside this tomb are quite extraordinary.”

“Regardless, we still need to figure it out first,” Jiang Hua said. “I have a feeling there’s something else inside this tomb.”

"You mean someone has been in here?" Chen Le asked. "Could it be that someone else has been inside this tomb?"

"I'm not sure about that yet, but there's a possibility that it exists, because there's nothing else in this tomb except for this pile of bones. Perhaps everything in the tomb was taken away long ago, but the tomb's owner preserved these things."

"That's possible, but we can only deduce that's the case right now, because we can't find any clues at all. If that's the case, even if the tomb's owner emptied everything out of the tomb, we still wouldn't be able to find these things."

"So there's no other way?"

"There's no other way. We can only search slowly. Anyway, we already know the secret of the tomb, so even if we don't find anything else, we're not afraid, since there are so many remains buried with us."

"I don't mind finding a few more items. After all, I'm still missing a few things, so as long as these items are buried with me, I'll be satisfied. As for the others, I'll find them slowly."

Jiang Hua said, "Anyway, we're not afraid of so many skeletons. I don't believe we can't find so many skeletons."

"That makes sense. Anyway, we're not in a hurry."

"Yes, that makes sense."

The two then continued climbing down the white bones on the stone slab.

They continued downwards, climbing for an unknown amount of time, until they finally saw a passage. They continued climbing down the passage until they reached a wide, open flat area.

Jiang Hua and Chen Le stopped, and then Jiang Hua looked around.

This is a huge, open plain surrounded by many stone tablets. Next to the stone tablets is a large stone tablet with four large black characters engraved on it, as well as many other black characters, which looks a bit eerie.

Jiang Hua and Chen Le took a closer look. The black characters were some very ancient scripts, which looked somewhat like ancient Chinese scripts, but not quite.

“These characters look somewhat like Western writing,” Jiang Hua said to Chen Le beside him. “Do you understand these?”

"I don't really understand that; I only know a little bit about it," Chen Le said.

“Well, let’s see what’s recorded on this stone tablet,” Jiang Hua said. “If I’m not mistaken, this should be a tomb.”

Jiang Hua picked up the black stone tablet, opened it, and saw that the black characters were very profound and had a very strong yin energy, which made people feel very uncomfortable. Moreover, the characters also had a strong putrid smell.

However, Jiang Hua was not afraid, after all, he had seen the corpse poison before, so the corpse poison had no effect on him.

Although the rotten smell emanating from the writing made Jiang Hua feel extremely uncomfortable, she could still bear it.

Turning to the third page of the stone tablet, a line of small characters reads: "Yin-Yang Eight Trigrams Formation, where ten thousand ghosts gather."

Upon seeing these words, Jiang Hua was stunned. "What does this mean?" Chen Le asked疑惑地问道, "Yin Yang Bagua Formation? What does this mean? What is a Yin Yang Bagua Formation? What is this formation used for? And how do we find this Yin Yang Bagua Formation?"

"The owner of this tomb should be a master of tomb construction."

Jiang Hua analyzed the words on the stone tablet, "The owner of the tomb must have been a master of tomb construction, and his strength was extremely powerful. That's why the owner of this tomb was able to set up such a terrifying and evil formation."

"I see. So, the owner of this tomb must have been a very powerful master of tomb construction? Then what exactly is inside this tomb?" Chen Le asked, puzzled.

"I'd like to know that too, but I don't know exactly what it is. I only know it's a very powerful tomb," Jiang Hua replied.

"However, since it is a very powerful tomb, it should be a burial chamber or something similar. We should start by searching inside the burial chambers. We might find something else."

“Okay, let’s do it your way.” Chen Le agreed. “Since this is a tomb, and such a powerful one at that, we might actually have a chance to get some good stuff from inside. After all, this is an ancient tomb.”

After listening, Jiang Hua nodded, and the two of them began searching through the tombs.

Soon, Jiang Hua found the entrance to a tomb in a relatively remote corner.

"This is it," Jiang Hua said, then walked towards the entrance.

Chen Le followed closely behind.

Upon entering the tomb, Chen Le and Jiang Hua felt a chill. They then proceeded to the entrance of the tomb.

The burial chamber of this tomb is circular, and many coffins are placed inside.

"Huh. This looks like a tomb within a tomb," Chen Le said, noticing the coffins.

“That’s right, these are the coffins,” Jiang Hua said.

"Moreover, these coffins are not simple, and the carvings on them are exquisite. Moreover, there is a strong spiritual energy inside each of these coffins. Ordinary coffins should not have such spiritual energy. In other words, these coffins must contain something very unusual."

"Well, let's get started quickly. Otherwise, we might miss this opportunity and lose this treasure," Jiang Hua said. "Let's dig out everything from these coffins as soon as possible."

After saying that, Jiang Hua and Chen Le started to work. Jiang Hua took out his sword and began to select from the coffins inside the coffins.

"Huh. This coffin is actually made of gold." Jiang Hua picked up a gold box and said in surprise. Then he opened the gold box and immediately saw that it was filled with all kinds of antiques.

"Wow!" Chen Le exclaimed upon seeing the antiques before him. "These antiques are all extremely valuable."

Chen Le was not a greedy person. Although he wanted to collect more antiques, these antiques were too precious. Chen Le dared not embezzle so many things. If he were discovered, he would suffer the consequences.

Therefore, under these circumstances, Chen Le naturally dared not make any rash moves.

"Let's collect these antiques first, and then slowly search for them after we leave the tomb. Let's gather these antiques now, and then carefully search for them after we leave the tomb."

Jiang Hua said, "These antiques will definitely be very valuable at that time."

“Yes, you’re right,” Chen Le agreed. “These antiques are indeed very valuable.”

So Jiang Hua began to carefully search for these antiques, while Chen Le carefully observed them from the side, but Chen Le did not touch them.

Instead, they were observing the coffins. Although the coffins looked very old, the patterns carved on them were exquisite and quite unique.

Chen Le couldn't understand what these patterns meant at all.

"What's inside these coffins? They look like coffins, not ordinary ones, and the patterns on them are very exquisite. What could they be?" Chen Le asked, very curious.

"No matter what it is, we must not give up, otherwise these things will become a lifelong regret," Jiang Hua said.

After listening to Jiang Hua's words, Chen Le nodded in agreement.

After seeing that Chen Le had agreed to his request, Jiang Hua immediately began to take action.

Then Jiang Hua began to carefully inspect each of the coffins, examining them meticulously one by one.

Hopefully, we can find something valuable or some clues within it. (End of Chapter)