Tomb raiding: A mere 20 is nothing!

On the way, Shen Mingchao sniffed; an indescribable odor assaulted her nostrils. She whispered to the people beside her, "Have you smelled anything strange?"

She had been faintly smelling this odor since she entered the wooden door. At first, she thought it was just the decaying smell unique to old buildings, so she didn't pay much attention to it. But now the smell was getting stronger.

"Yes, I smelled it a while ago."

Xie Yuchen's voice came from the side.

Just as Shen Mingchao was about to ask Qi Qiu another question, Belyak suddenly stopped in front of him.

They came to the end of the road, where there was a room that looked like a bottomless pit.

The room was obviously very large. They stood at the door and couldn't see the bottom even with two flashlights. Judging from the scattered furnishings, it was probably a place where a large temple was used for preaching.

Just then, Belyak suddenly turned around.

The man's deathly pale face bore a ferocious smile, which, combined with his pink eyes, resembled a face-killing scene from a horror game under the light.

what--

Shen Mingchao was startled and almost blurted out a phrase about national essence, but luckily she had the professional qualities of an "actor" and swallowed it back.

"Yuri, let's go, God is inside."

Shen Mingchao glanced at the people on both sides. Xie Yuchen's expression was solemn, and she had already gripped the dragon-patterned staff tightly in her hand. She had no doubt that if Belyak made any move, this staff would definitely hit Belyak's brain-dead head.

Qi Qiu shook his head and only said to her, "Don't worry, we're here."

Excellent, both scholarly and martial, providing a strong sense of security.

Trusting his teammates, Shen Mingchao immediately calmed down, smiled, and replied, "Okay, Belyak, let's go in. Don't keep it waiting."

It wasn't until she entered the room that Shen Mingchao discovered that the entire floor was made of Japanese tatami mats. Perhaps due to its age, many of the mats were rotten and felt soft and squishy underfoot, somewhat like a sponge soaked in a floatation bag, which made her feel very uncomfortable.

Fortunately, they stopped after walking for a short while.

The three men watched Belyak warily, fearing he might cause some trouble. Unexpectedly, the tall man suddenly knelt down and made a strange worship gesture in a certain direction, while muttering incantations.

I can't understand it at all.

It's like she accidentally clicked into a postgraduate entrance exam math course back then, only to find that all she heard was gibberish.

Shen Mingchao's eyes gradually lost their luster under this mental attack. She looked at this brain-dead religious believer with dead fish eyes, wanting to take out the "53" textbook from her crossbody bag and slap him on the head! Let him feel the power of knowledge!

Just as Shen Mingchao's hand was reaching for the bag, the chanting suddenly stopped. Belyak looked up at her, puzzled, and asked, "Yuri, aren't you going to pray?"

"..."

Your IQ seems to have returned to normal now, right?

Shen Mingchao closed his eyes and felt a large "endure" character on his forehead.

She slowly bent her knees—

He squatted down.

What kind of person is she, daring to make her kneel? Doesn't she know that a woman's knees are worth their weight in gold?! She's being lenient by not giving you the middle finger!

Shen Mingchao was inwardly complaining when Belyak went a step further and asked her, "Yuri, why aren't you doing the sacrificial gestures and reciting the incantations? You were the one who taught me those things."

"..."

Shen Mingchao tilted her head back. Xie Yuchen and Qi Qiu, who were standing next to her, wanted to help her out, but she gave them a reassuring gesture, meaning: Don't worry, I can handle it.

She gave Belyak an ultimatum: "Are you sure you want me to perform the ritual?"

Belyak was clearly puzzled, but he nodded nonetheless.

"Alright, I'll grant your wish."

That's so satisfying, sister!

Shen Mingchao took out the "53" textbook, held it in front of him, took a deep breath, and began to recite the core socialist values ​​from memory.

"Prosperity, democracy, civility, harmony, freedom, equality, justice, rule of law, patriotism, dedication, integrity, and friendliness."

"Great God of '53,' show me your true power and bless me to get into a 985 university!"

After saying that, Shen Mingchao started reciting classical Chinese poems and prose, such as "Free and Easy Wandering," which are essential for the college entrance examination. As a pure high school senior, she declared: Come on! Who's afraid of who! She has a ton of memorized poems and prose!

At that moment, the world fell silent except for Shen Mingchao.

Xie Yuchen and Qi Qiu were both dumbfounded.

Belyak was also completely bewildered. He and Yuri had been to Tibet, China, and during that time he had learned some Chinese sporadically, but he still couldn't understand what "Yuri" was saying.

He simply took it as a new incantation for worship.

The two of them then engaged in a magical duel, each so engrossed in their own art that they lost all sense of the world around them.

Xie Yuchen and Qi Qiu exchanged a glance, both seeing deep confusion in each other's eyes, and ultimately fell silent.

They were all people in the underworld, and they never imagined that one day they would witness such a shocking scene!

Of course, they couldn't just sit idle; they planned to take this opportunity to observe the entire room.

Xie Yuchen shone his flashlight in the direction the two were facing, and with a flicker of the light, they saw a huge Russian word on the wall that looked like it had been carved by someone.

The scratches are very deep; it seems someone made them haphazardly with a knife.

He was about to take out his phone to look it up in an offline dictionary when Qi Qiu's voice came first.

"The name of this evil god is Stink."

"Its true form has no shape; it has a strong, foul odor."

"At the same time, it also feeds on fishy and foul-smelling substances."

Listening to Qi Qiu's explanation, Xie Yuchen shone his flashlight down and discovered a pile of rotting fish at the bottom of the wall. These fish had obviously been marinated with a special solution, which was probably the source of the strange smell they had been smelling along the way.

"Master Hua, take a look at this."

Qi Qiu continued.

Upon hearing this, Xie Yuchen looked in the direction Qi Qiu's flashlight beam was pointing, and Shen Mingchao also curiously glanced over out of the corner of his eye.

It was a huge Chinese-style coffin.

Shen Mingchao: "......"

So she can't escape it after all? She didn't even go underground, and she can already see the coffin on the ground? Should she be glad Wu Xie didn't come with her?

Ugh.

Since she couldn't avoid it, she could only silently repeat a few more times:

"Seeing a coffin brings wealth and great fortune."

"Seeing a coffin brings wealth and great fortune."

"Seeing a coffin brings wealth and great fortune."

Qi Qiu glanced at Shen Mingchao, chuckled helplessly, and then walked to the coffin to examine it carefully.

This is an ancient coffin with bronze horns. The outer wooden shell is badly decayed, but the inside is still very sturdy. The head of the coffin is intricately carved with patterns, which look like a phoenix and a monkey, carrying a person up to the sky.

Riding a phoenix and a monkey?

"Qi Qiu, what did you find?"

Hearing Jie Yuchen's voice, Qi Qiu came to his senses and pointed to the patterns, saying, "This coffin is from the Ming Dynasty, and the person inside has the element of Yi Wood in their birth chart. The chart shows that Metal controls him, and Fire strengthens him. If we follow normal thinking, this coffin should have been burned long ago, instead of traveling across the ocean to be here."