Chapter 2711 — Zhang Lifeng Is Not Dead?
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"Very well." Wei Zhao did not insist further, and instead began carefully examining the ground where the stone coffin had once lain...
Now that he had calmed down, Wei Zhao had thought of some important questions. Most crucially: even if a Heaven-rank expert had invaded this place and carried off Yu Xiaoke, why had Wei Zhao's jade pendant given no warning?
Yu Xiaoke counted as one of the members of Wei Zhao's current expedition team, and whenever any member of the team was in danger, the jade pendant would warn him in advance. Now Yu Xiaoke had disappeared and the pendant had given no warning—which meant that Yu Xiaoke had not encountered danger?
Or perhaps Yu Xiaoke had not been taken at all, but had left of her own accord? Only such an explanation could hold; otherwise, why had the jade pendant shown not the slightest reaction?
Calming himself, Wei Zhao began to observe carefully. The ground here was no different from the ground nearby, but the more he looked, the stranger it seemed. If a stone coffin had once rested here, then the dust on this patch of ground should be noticeably thinner than elsewhere around it.
There ought to have been the outline of a stone coffin traced here—but there was none. That meant dust settled here regularly as well, which was why it looked this way.
In other words, the scene before him now made it seem as though no coffin had ever been placed here at all. This stone chamber was more like an empty tomb chamber!
Yet just as Wei Zhao was searching, a coffin suddenly appeared again, as eerie as before! It materialized out of thin air before Wei Zhao and White Leader—and standing atop the coffin was none other than the missing Yu Xiaoke!
Bold as Wei Zhao was, even he was badly frightened. Still, Yu Xiaoke's return at last made him breathe a sigh of relief. "Xiaoke, you're finally back. Just now, you..."
"Hey, grave robber, I found a mechanism—a great secret about this ancient tomb!" Yu Xiaoke's face was radiant with excitement. "The ancient tomb we're in is only the first level. Beneath this level, there are more structures!"
"What? You mean you just went down to the level below this ancient tomb?" Wei Zhao was startled. His eyes went wide as he stared at Yu Xiaoke in disbelief.
What Wei Zhao had never expected was that there was another world hidden beneath this ancient tomb! He had never even imagined such a thing, let alone discovered it himself—yet Yu Xiaoke had stumbled upon this secret!
"Yes. This coffin isn't really a coffin at all—it's an elevator. Through this elevator, you can get to the level below." Yu Xiaoke said. "Of course, that's just an analogy. This thing probably doesn't run on electricity."
"So this thing is a mechanism similar to a transport lift, is that it?" White Leader was also astonished, and he looked at Yu Xiaoke with admiration. "How did you discover it?"
"You two were over there reading the writing on the wall, and I had nothing to do, so I thought I'd see whether there was anything valuable in this ancient tomb to take back with me..." Yu Xiaoke said, a little embarrassed.