Ye Hao and his group quietly left Nanling, while beneath Zhu Yuanzhang's tomb, another scene was unfolding...

In a newly excavated passage in Nanling, eight middle-aged men dressed in fiery red stood below, their faces covered with golden masks, hands behind their backs, exuding authority.

The leader of the group glanced at the overseer and frowned, asking, "How much longer will this take?"

"Guardian, just a few more minutes, just a few minutes more. Look, we've already dug out some harder soil here, which likely means the tomb is not far ahead." The overseer, noticing the displeased look on the middle-aged man in red, answered with some trepidation.

"I'll give you a few more minutes. If you don't show me the location of the tomb, I'll deal with you." The leading middle-aged guardian snorted coldly.

"Yes, yes, yes." The overseer, sweating profusely, felt a chill looking at the guardian, calling out sternly to those digging, "Hurry up, open the tomb."

The workers swiftly dug out the soil with their hoes, and after a flurry of activity, more than ten minutes had passed.

Just as the leading guardian was growing impatient, the overseer shouted, "We've found it, we've found it, Guardian, we've found it."

"Where?" The leading middle-aged guardian looked at the wall, not noticing anything, and asked with confusion.

"Right here." The overseer led the guardian to the end of the soil and pointed at the dirt above.

The soil above was black. Based on his understanding of the tombs, the overseer boldly concluded that this was indeed Zhu Yuanzhang's tomb.

"A lump of black soil, what's there to make a fuss about?" The middle-aged guardian snorted coldly, but as the overseer removed more of the black soil above, they all began to feel a bit excited.

Because they saw a cavity, which meant that above was hollow, not solid.

If it's hollow, it implies that above could very well be the tomb.

"Is the tomb above?" The leading middle-aged guardian asked.

"Yes, Guardian, no one would dare deceive you!" The overseer replied nervously.

Hearing this, the middle-aged guardian patted the overseer's shoulder and said, "Well done, keep it up and dig a little deeper, haha."

The overseer, as if having received a great favor, was full of gratitude from the guardian's praise.

Thus, he ordered the workers to dig out the soil with more force.

...

At this moment, Ye Hao and his group had already reached the highway and were heading towards Peng City.

However, at that moment, the warning alarm of the eighth-generation system sounded.

"What's going on, Qianqian?" Ye Hao asked Qianqian in his mind, while driving.

"Master, there's a lot of heat detected underground within Zhu Yuanzhang's tomb," Qianqian communicated.

These detectors are temperature sensors, not the kind with screen monitoring capabilities. This type of sensor can detect heat presence within a rough range, where the heat is defined as human heat, not animal heat.

Upon hearing this, Ye Hao smirked, then picked up his phone and scrolled through his contact list.

He then dialed Xiao Jiu. It had been some time since Ye Hao had spoken to Xiao Jiu, and recently, given the refusal to hand over certain technology to the military, it wasn't convenient for Ye Hao to contact them.

Now, however, to offer a sweet deal of a few billion dollars to the military, and to teach Gao Family's tomb raiding men a lesson, Ye Hao was forced to reach out to the military to intervene! Indeed, the military was the only group with enough influence among those Ye Hao knew; the other groups were too weak.

After a few beeps, a haughty, peremptory voice came through the phone: "Who is it? It's early in the morning. Do you have to be so annoying? If it's nothing, just hang up."

Ye Hao was taken aback by the voice; who was this woman, acting so high and mighty?

He double-checked the number, and it was indeed Xiao Jiu's. Could it be someone from his family?

Ye Hao dialed the number again.

Once connected, Ye Hao quickly spoke, "Hello, I'm looking for Xiao Jiu, General Xiao Jiangjun. May I know who you are?"

"I'm not him. Can't you stop bothering me? You're so annoying!" The person on the other end responded impatiently, snorting at Ye Hao.

"What do you mean you're not?" Ye Hao was puzzled...

"I'm saying I'm not Xiao Jiu. If you need him, then just find him!" The woman on the other side said and then hung up again.

Ye Hao cursed internally, Damn it! I was asking who you are, not whether you're Xiao Jiu, this idiot...

Frustrated, Ye Hao dialed the number again.

"Damn! Do you think you can push everyone around?" The woman on the other end shouted loudly.

"Can you just calm down? Damn it, I'm looking for General Xiao Jiu for something urgent." Hearing the woman yell, Ye Hao got angry too, thinking this woman must be on her period in the morning, acting so irrational...

"My name is Xiao Ting, what are you gonna do about it." The woman seemed intent on arguing with Ye Hao…

Ye Hao cursed internally, this woman must be crazy. Who in their right mind would name someone 'Xiao Ting'?

However, Ye Hao was unaware that the woman was indeed named Xiao Ting, just not the 'Ting' as in 'stop' sound.

"There's nothing I can do. I just need to say two words to General Xiao Jiu." Ye Hao replied.

"No need." The woman finished speaking and hung up again.

Enraged, Ye Hao fumed, this woman must be an idiot, monkey hired...

With no other choice, Ye Hao could only try another contact, Major General Qiao Zongheng. Qiao Zongheng was the commander of the main military district, holding over a hundred thousand soldiers. He could certainly mobilize a large force from the Lingnan military district to protect Zhu Yuanzhang's tomb.

However, Ye Hao was not very acquainted with him. Their only contact had been over dinner, which was arranged by Xiao Jiu.

During the holidays, Ye Hao didn't even greet him, and now unable to reach Xiao Jiu, Ye Hao had no choice but to ask him.

Once the call was connected, a mature, authoritative voice with a hint of majesty came through, "Who is it?"

"Is this Commander Qiao?" Ye Hao asked.

"Yes, it's me. Who are you?" Qiao Zongheng asked.

"Haha, Commander Qiao, I'm Ye Hao! Do you remember we shared a drink last year in Peng City? General Xiao was also there at the time." Ye Hao replied amiably.

"Oh! It's you? How have you been lately?" Qiao Zongheng recognized Ye Hao and responded with a cordial tone. Ye Hao was known for providing advanced weapons, and after testing the power of those weapons, Qiao Zongheng was impressed by their modernity, leaving a good impression of Ye Hao.

"Pretty well, thanks! But Commander Qiao, the reason I'm calling today is to inform you of something." Ye Hao got straight to the point.

"What is it?" Qiao Zongheng asked.

"Commander Qiao, there's a group of people illicitly excavating soil in Nanling, suspected of grave robbing. These people..." (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, feel free to vote for it at Qidian (qidian.com). Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)

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