When Ye Hao inserted the entire Jade Seal into the slot, a resounding clang echoed, and then...

A rumbling sound arose. Upon hearing it, Zheng Guang immediately approached Ye Hao to prevent any unexpected incident.

Tao Feng and the others were intently watching the Absolute Spirit Wall, fearing that there might be some sort of mechanism inside.

Ye Hao's gaze was fixed on the center of the Absolute Spirit Wall, where he distinctly saw a beam of light at the intersection of dragons and phoenixes, as if it were a crack, slowly splitting open the wall.

Gradually, a crack appeared on the Absolute Spirit Wall. Once it emerged, Zheng Guang shouted, "Young Master, step aside for a moment to avoid getting hurt by the apparitions in the underground tomb."

Upon hearing Zheng Guang's words, although unsure of the existence of such strange entities, Ye Hao retreated behind Zheng Guang for safety. After all, from Zhu Yuanzhang's era to the modern age, there was quite a history, and if anything like a corpse transformation happened, it would indeed be terrifying.

Zheng Guang's strength was the greatest present, and having him at the forefront also served as a way to protect those behind him.

Because if Zheng Guang couldn't handle it, he could immediately lead everyone into the ring space to avoid disaster. Otherwise, if Ye Hao were at the front, he'd be the first to get hurt, making it challenging to save everyone.

The few people behind Ye Hao watched with tension. Although they didn't believe in such apparitions, they remained cautious of past emperor's tombs to avoid getting hurt by mechanisms.

The crack expanded, initially only fist-sized, gradually growing to the width of a thigh.

Zheng Guang, with sharp eyes, glanced inside but found it seemingly empty.

"Elder Zheng, did you see anything?" Ye Hao, from his position behind, saw nothing.

"Seems like it's empty," Zheng Guang said uncertainly.

Ye Hao furrowed his brow at these words; how could this be? If it were an empty tomb, why all the complexity?

Then Ye Hao asked Qianqian in his mind, "Qianqian, activate the eighth generation system to probe the inside environment."

"Okay, master."

The eighth generation system probed through the crack in the Absolute Spirit Wall, capturing the scene inside within a minute.

Ye Hao hurriedly reviewed the footage, but upon seeing it, his gaze froze—was this not the end?

In the eighth generation system, Ye Hao saw the inside was empty, but there was a broad staircase extending downward. Even after descending more than ten meters, several Absolute Spirit Walls still blocked any Inner Breath or eighth generation system detection.

"Young Master, shall we go in now?" Zheng Guang asked while Ye Hao was pondering.

"Let's enter, but be careful. There's a staircase down there," Ye Hao instructed.

Though surprised at how Ye Hao knew there was a staircase inside, given the circumstances, it was not the time to ask questions, so they all closely followed behind Zheng Guang.

Zheng Guang jumped through the crack, and Ye Hao instructed Xue Zhaolong and the others to go in first.

While Tao Feng intended to bring up the rear, Ye Hao motioned for him to go in first.

After everyone had entered, Ye Hao swiftly took the "Tai Ming's Realm" Jade Seal from the Absolute Spirit Wall and jumped through the crack himself.

Just as Ye Hao jumped in, not two seconds later, the Absolute Spirit Wall quickly closed up.

Xue Zhaolong, seeing the wall close, touched it and found it was just a solid wall. He asked worriedly, "Boss, it's sealed here. How do we get out later?"

"No rush, if we got in, we can surely get out. Let me first try to establish communication with Lv Dong and the others," Ye Hao responded.

Ye Hao pressed the communication device on his ear.

But after pressing it, only a hissing sound was heard, indicating the signal source was being interfered with.

Outside, He Hua also heard the hissing sound and understood its meaning, so he was not worried.

With Zheng Guang's middle stage innate strength present, if Ye Hao truly ran into trouble, his initial stage innate strength would be of no use, so they stayed at their posts, just in case anyone approached without them knowing.

On the steps leading into Zhu Yuanzhang's imperial tomb, Ye Hao, feeling helpless, said, "The signal source is being interfered with, so it seems we can't contact the outside."

"What do we do next?" several people asked Ye Hao in unison.

"Let's go down for now; since we're here, we should make ourselves comfortable," Ye Hao said, noticing some dampness on the wall, which reassured him, as water usually meant an air source; with air and moisture, survival until they could get out wouldn't be too difficult.

Xue Zhaolong and the others nodded.

Zheng Guang led the way alone. With his innate realm, he could vaguely see some scenes even in these pitch-black areas.

Ye Hao and the others had walked just about ten meters when the path ahead turned completely dark; without the staircase under their feet, they would have thought there was no road ahead.

Ye Hao took out four 100W flashlights from the space; these could illuminate like daylight in the dark night.

Initially, Ye Hao refrained from using flashlights to observe the environment below, but it was too dark, and Ye Hao had no choice but to take out the flashlights.

To avoid bumping into something like a venomous snake, which could become problematic.

Xue Zhaolong, Zhuorong Town, Lu Yunsong, and Tao Feng each took a hundred-watt flashlight. Xue Zhaolong illuminated the path ahead, Lu Yunsong the sides, while Tao Feng covered the rear, and Flying Fish continued marking.

Zheng Guang led the way, Ye Hao followed behind.

With the aid of the light, they quickly descended to the ground.

Below, there were numerous doorways, all identical, resembling a maze.

It was then Ye Hao realized that plundering an emperor's tomb wasn't as easy as one might think. It's no wonder grave robbing became a profession.

Take Wu Mei Niang's or Wu Zetian's tomb for example, with walls of bronze—so far, no grave robbers have managed to open it. Additionally, there's the Qin Emperor's Mausoleum filled with mercury; entering would require draining it, but if the mercury were drained, the entire mausoleum would collapse, leaving the Qin Emperor's Mausoleum only as a remnant of history.

"Boss, with so many doors here, how do we proceed?" Xue Zhaolong asked, using the hundred-watt flashlight to illuminate the ground, revealing a total of seven gates.

"Let me think first," Ye Hao said, frowning at the seven gates.

At this, Zheng Guang was also secretly pondering, thinking how much this location resembled the Luoshu Eight Trigrams.

Thinking for a while, Ye Hao found no clue. The eighth-generation system couldn't detect the environment inside, either.

Ye Hao helplessly spread his hands and said, "I can't make heads or tails of it, but these seven gates must be arranged in some order."

"Hey! Boss, look, there's a slot here," Zhuorong Town said, using a hundred-watt flashlight to look at a corner of one of the gates. (To be continued. If you like this work, please visit Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)

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