A comprehensive overview of tombs: starting with the Yellow Weasel's Tomb

Not long after Bai Jing put the lid on, a loud 'thud' came from underground.

Bai Jing ignored the commotion underground and, together with Hu Bayi and Fatty Wang, quickly turned off the switch on the iron cover.

Only then did everyone breathe a sigh of relief.

Bai Jing glanced around and said, "Let's take a break."

Upon hearing this, everyone else also sat down on the ground.

Speaking of which, after leaving that Russian's room and walking for so long, we're all quite tired now.

After resting for about ten minutes, Bai Jing called on everyone to continue their journey.

Bai Jing glanced at the map and then said to everyone, "We're not far from the main research building now, let's hurry on our way."

After speaking, Bai Jing once again stepped forward to lead the way, while Hu Bayi brought up the rear.

After walking through the long corridor, the group finally arrived at the main research building, and what they saw made everyone tense up.

Because there were many corpses lying haphazardly on the ground, and judging from their appearance, their deaths must have been extremely gruesome. These corpses were all covered in bird feathers and dragon scales, just like the Russian man Karev they had seen before.

Of course, it was also very similar to the skeletons they found in the sewers.

However, unlike the Russian Karev, whose death was marked by a sense of relief that could be discerned from his expression.

But the faces of these corpses were filled with terror.

Moreover, these corpses must have experienced a painful struggle before they died.

If you look closely, you can also see that the fingernails of these corpses have all fallen off.

Secondly, their bodies were covered in scratches from fingernails.

Upon seeing this, Bai Jing immediately frowned.

Bai Jing knew that these people's deaths were related to that bronze box.

However, it's unclear what kind of power that bronze box possesses that allows it to kill so many people at once.

What exactly did these people experience before they died?

Suddenly, Fatty Wang looked at the corpses on the ground and asked with some doubt, "Hey, have you noticed? These Japanese devils all seem to have died facing the same direction."

Upon hearing this, Hua Mei glanced at the corpses, seemingly realizing something, and immediately said, "Could it be because they were trying to escape?"

Bai Jing glanced at the map and realized that these people had indeed all died facing outwards from the main research building.

Bai Jing nodded and said, "That's right. Also, have you noticed that these people are all dressed neatly? What does that mean?"

Hu Bayi replied instantly, "This means that these people all died in an instant."

Upon hearing this, Fatty Wang gasped, then asked with a look of astonishment and uncertainty, "That's too bizarre! What could possibly kill so many things in an instant?"

Bai Jing sighed: "Ah, what else could it be but that bronze box?"

At that moment, Yanzi thought of the legends from her hometown and immediately said with doubt, "According to the legends in our area, Huang Daxian used to always open the copper box..."

"He saved lives, but I've never heard of a copper box being able to kill someone."

Immediately following, Old Sheepskin's confident voice rang out: "That must be because the Japanese opened it the wrong way."

Upon hearing this, Thrush turned to stare at Old Sheepskin and asked in a deep voice, "How do you know?"

Upon hearing this, Old Sheepskin turned to Thrush and asked, "Didn't your father tell you?"

As Old Sheepskin finished speaking, Thrush frowned but remained silent for a long time.

The fat man ignored their argument and looked at the corpse on the ground. He hesitated for a moment and said, "Since it's so dangerous here, why don't we get out of here first?"

The moment the fat man spoke, everyone else tensed up.

Yes, that makes sense.

Bai Jing laughed and said, "It's alright, Fatty. Even if there was some kind of sorcery in the bronze box, it should have dissipated long ago after so many years. Otherwise, there's no reason why these people died here, and we've been here for so long without any problems."

Bai Jing's words not only comforted the fat man but also put everyone at ease.

Bai Jing glanced at the direction the corpse had run from, thought for a moment, and then said, "You all rest here for a bit, I'll go ahead and scout the way."

As soon as Bai Jing finished speaking, Hu Bayi immediately stood up and said, "I'll go with you."

The fat man quickly added, "I'm going too!"

Seeing that all three of them were going, Huamei and Ding Sitian also wanted to go.

But in the end, Bai Jing and the other two persuaded them to stop.

After discussion, it was decided that Bai Jing, Hu Bayi, and Wang Pangzi would go out first to scout ahead.

The passage was filled with mummies, and most importantly, these mummies must have died with their eyes wide open, staring at Bai Jing and his companions, because they must have died with their eyes open.

This gave Bai Jing and the other two a strange feeling.

The passage wasn't long, only about ten meters. Soon, Bai Jing and the other two passed through the passage and saw what was in front of them.

This is a row of rooms labeled with numbers.

I have no idea what these rooms are used for.

Bai Jing looked at Hu Bayi and Wang Pangzi and said, "Let's split up and check what's in these houses. If we find anything suspicious, shoot immediately, understand?"

Hu Bayi and Fatty both nodded in understanding.

After dividing the tasks, Bai Jing searched from the middle to both sides, Hu Bayi searched from the far left to the middle, and Wang Pangzi searched from the far right to the middle.

Bai Jing went to the middle to ensure rapid support should anything happen on either side.

Bai Jing walked to the middle door, opened it, and found that the room was full of miscellaneous shelves, on which were placed all sorts of random things.

Bai Jing glanced at it briefly but didn't find anything useful.

Immediately, Bai Jing began to open the second door.

Just then, Bai Jing heard the fat man shout, "Old Bai, Old Hu, come quick, there are coffins in here."

Upon hearing this, Bai Jing looked at Hu Bayi on the other side, exchanged a glance, and quickly went to the room where the fat man was.

This room was almost identical to the one Bai Jing had opened before, with two rows of shelves on either side. The only difference was that there were quite a few coffins placed in the middle of this room.

Most of the coffins were made of wood, but Bai Jing could tell that some of them appeared to be made of metal.

It is very likely a bronze coffin.

Then, the fat man opened a box on the shelf next to him and took out a palm-sized jar from the box.

Chapter 67 Strange Smell

Bai Jing looked at the jar in the fat man's hand.

I discovered that although this jar is made of pottery, its design is exquisite.

Moreover, the jar was densely covered with various characters that looked like talismans.

Bai Jing didn't recognize the characters, but he could tell from their shapes that they were Xianbei script from the Northern and Southern Dynasties period.

Putting everything else aside, the inscriptions on this pottery jar alone are probably worth more than the nearly one thousand horses in the old sheepskin.

It should be noted that although some artifacts related to the Xianbei people have been unearthed before, there have never been so many artifacts with so much writing.

This single item alone is enough to be treasured as a national treasure in a provincial museum.

Seeing that Wang Pangzi had no idea how valuable the item was, Bai Jing immediately stepped forward and took the pottery jar, saying, "Hey Pangzi, be careful. Calling this a national treasure wouldn't be an exaggeration. Don't break it."

The fat man initially thought it was just a clay pot, not even porcelain, and assumed it wasn't anything valuable.

But seeing Bai Jing's cautious demeanor, it didn't seem like he was just talking nonsense. He immediately asked with some doubt, "Old Bai, is there any special meaning to this? It's just a pottery jar, isn't it? Don't people say that pottery isn't worth much?"

Upon hearing this, Bai Jing glanced at the fat man and said, "Tao's writing is indeed worthless, but the words themselves are valuable."

Seeing Hu Bayi and Wang Pangzi's puzzled looks, Bai Jing immediately explained: "There are many types of cultural relics, including bronzes, porcelains, pottery, jades, metalwares, calligraphy and paintings, and so on."

Among these, there is a very special type of cultural relic that may not be of high intrinsic value, but is the most precious to archaeologists and historians: artifacts with inscriptions.

Take a bronze sword, for example. Without inscriptions, it might only be worth a hundred or so dollars. But once it has inscriptions, its value increases several times over. If it has enough inscriptions, its value is immeasurable.

As he spoke, Bai Jing picked up the pottery jar with the inscription and continued, "Look, I counted the characters on this pottery jar, and there are no less than a hundred characters, all of which are in Xianbei script. The content on it is very likely to record something."

Such objects are extremely important for studying ancient life and activities.

Hearing Bai Jing's words, Hu Bayi and Fatty Wang roughly understood what was going on.

Then, Bai Jing put the pottery jar back on the shelf and looked at the other boxes.

After a quick look, Bai Jing discovered that all of these items were ancient artifacts from the Xianbei people.

Then Bai Jing and the others looked at the coffins and found that they had all been opened.

Based on the items on the shelves, it's reasonable to conclude that the items on the shelves were most likely taken from these coffins.

Then Bai Jing and Hu Bayi looked at the remaining rooms.

Besides the room that Fatty Wang discovered, there was another room with similar contents, while the other rooms contained the other party's experimental supplies or miscellaneous items.

Immediately, Bai Jing sealed off the two rooms filled with antiques, marked them, and then, together with Hu Bayi, pulled Yi...

Reluctantly, Fatty Wang returned to the group.