The Lost Tomb Vol. 3

Chapter 34: People From the Bottom of the Sea

I still had internal injuries from my fall before, so when I saw this photo, I was so shocked that I spat out a mouthful of blood. Everyone was startled by my strange reaction—even though they had heard me mention it before, they had never actually seen the photo for themselves, so it was only natural that they didn't recognize it. Fatty hurriedly wiped the blood from my mouth and asked me what was going on.

Trembling, I lifted up the photo and pointed to where Poker-Face and Uncle Three were standing in the photo. After taking a closer look, the others' expressions suddenly became even uglier than mine, and no one said a word.

Unable to believe that it was true, I quickly turned to look at the corpses on the side, my heart a chaotic mess.

There was no way this photo would be in the hands of people who had nothing to do with this matter. So, did that mean that the mysterious team that entered Changbai Mountain ten years ago and died here was actually the same team that entered the undersea tomb? Were Chen Wen-Jin and Li Sidi among these corpses?

With trembling hands, I flipped the photo over and saw some faint writing on the back: Xisha Archaeological Team. Memento for Li Sidi.

It seemed to be true. There was no way an unrelated person would carry this commemorative photo around with them, which meant that the person who brought it here must have been directly involved in the matter... No wonder Uncle Three couldn't find them no matter how hard he searched—they had died here long ago!

Their clothing style did seem to match that time period, and there was also the presence of this photo, but why did these people come here? Did they find something in the undersea tomb that lured them to Changbai Mountain?

Wait a minute...I suddenly thought of Uncle Three and Poker-Face. My God, almost everyone who went to the undersea tomb was now in the Heavenly Palace on the Clouds. These people came here ten years ago, and now Uncle Three and Poker-Face had also arrived. Why on earth did they all come here?

The mysteries that had been forgotten in my heart suddenly came back to life, and my mind was flooded with countless questions.

Pan Zi and the others, not knowing about Uncle Three's past, were more shocked seeing the photo than I was, so I had to patiently explain the whole thing to them. After listening in stunned silence, Fatty eventually said, "No way. Hold on a second. If you think about it, it seems that everyone who went to the undersea tomb, including A Ning and us, have also come here. Is there a curse in that place that compels people to climb Changbai Mountain...? No, that doesn't make sense."

Fatty was obviously spouting nonsense, but I couldn't help but feel a chill run down my spine as something became clear in my heart—it seemed that the undersea tomb wasn't the key to this whole mystery. The key was here, and the undersea tomb was just a springboard to get to it...

I rummaged through everything I could find on the bodies, but there weren't any additional clues. Being unable to figure out who these people were left me feeling so distraught that I started to walk towards the tomb passage without even taking a flashlight with me.

Fatty quickly grabbed me and told me to calm down, saying that it was useless to be so anxious. Weren't these people trapped here? When I died, I could ask their souls what happened to them, but it would be too late for me by then.

Under the weight of his grip, I sat down, breathing heavily. As I gradually calmed down, there was only one thought left in my mind, I must get out. I must find Uncle Three and make him explain everything to me. Otherwise, I'll never be at peace even if I die.

"But we haven't found any clues to prove that any of them successfully escaped," Fatty suddenly said. "We can't ignore the possibility that this is an enclosed space and there's no way out of here."