My understanding is incredible: I gained enlightenment and immortality in the Kunlun Demon Kingdom

Chen Ze cut the belly of the corpse, and the poisonous insects crawled out.

Chen Ze picked up the dagger on the ground and stabbed it hard into the corpse's abdomen.

Puff! Blood gushed out. Chen Ze pulled out the dagger and put it to his nose to smell it. After confirming that he was not contaminated by the smell of blood, he put the dagger back in. Then he turned the body over and prepared to cut open the stomach to see if any internal organs were alive. If so, he could dig them out along the intestines and treat them.

Chen Ze picked up the dagger, cut the abdominal muscles of the corpse with it, and took out the contents.

"Wow!" Zhang Qiling couldn't help but exclaimed in surprise.

There were actually many small insects growing in the belly of the corpse. The insects were as big as an adult's palm, and were green in color. They were densely crawling all over the body.

Chen Ze cut the belly of the corpse, and the poisonous insects crawled out.

The ancient tomb seemed to become even more gloomy in an instant.

Chen Ze quickly put down the dagger, took out two candles from his backpack, lit them and threw them next to the corpse.

Only after doing all this did Chen Ze breathe a sigh of relief.

"This... is so disgusting?" Chen Wenjin and Zhang Qiling were also frightened by the situation inside the corpse.

"Do you remember what I said?" Chen Ze asked.

The three of them thought about it and shook their heads.

"That's right, you haven't heard me say it, because I only told you once. But I believe it has been firmly engraved in your minds, just like now, you only need me to remind you, and you will immediately understand what to do next." Chen Ze said.

The three of them still looked at Chen Ze in confusion, obviously not understanding what Chen Ze said.

"I once said that the ancient tomb is an extremely dangerous place. If you are not careful, you may lose your life. At the beginning, I told you that this tomb has many mechanisms and secret compartments and various traps. I originally planned to take you to find those mechanisms and secret compartments, but I was worried that you would encounter other dangers. So, I decided to change the plan to rescue you first, and then slowly explore this tomb after you get out. Unfortunately, I underestimated the degree of danger in here, which led to your disappearance." Chen Ze recalled.

Chen Ze paused and continued, "My original plan was to let you leave and then come back. After all, you are safe now. But I didn't expect that the news of your death would spread right after we left. So I had to take the risk and come in, hoping to find you in the tomb."

"As a result, I actually found your bodies. Fortunately, I discovered the abnormality of the bodies and took timely measures to protect the secret of the bodies."

"So that's how it is. I was wondering why someone would die inexplicably!" Chen Wenjin suddenly realized.

"Then what should we do? Should we go back?" Zhang Qiling asked.

Chen Ze pondered for a moment and said, "Since we are already here, we must explore it thoroughly. If you encounter the same situation outside, you can deal with it in time. In addition, we must leave this tomb as soon as possible, otherwise, this tomb will soon attract other tomb robbers. By then, I am afraid we will not be able to escape."

"Well, you are right. We must leave here as soon as possible, otherwise if someone breaks in, we will really not be able to leave!" Zhang Qiling agreed.

Chen Wenjin was a little hesitant. She wanted to stay and continue studying the ancient tomb. After all, this ancient tomb was too magical. Maybe she could learn something from it?
"Captain, I want to stay and continue my research!" said Chen Wenjin.

"No!" Chen Ze refused directly. He would never allow Chen Wenjin to stay in this damn place.

Why? I think this ancient tomb is quite magical. I want to know more about it so that if we encounter a similar situation in the future, we can take precautions in advance!" Chen Wenjin said unconvinced.

"This is not something you should study, and there are viruses in your laboratory waiting for you to conquer. Don't waste your time." Chen Ze advised seriously.

“But I still want to study…”

"I don't agree. It's settled. If you insist on staying, then you can do it alone." Chen Ze said firmly. This matter was not negotiable. "You two should leave first!" Chen Ze said to the two.

Although Zhang Qiling and Chen Wenjin were extremely reluctant, they finally obeyed Chen Ze's instructions and retreated more than ten meters, then turned around and left.

After the two men walked away, Chen Ze began to dig a hole with the dagger in his hand, preparing to bury the body before leaving.

Soon Chen Ze dug a hole about 10 square meters in depth, then buried the body in it. Then he stood up, clapped his hands and left.

After coming out, the three of them gathered together again and continued to walk towards the lower level of the ancient tomb.

"This ancient tomb is really huge. We have walked so many steps and still haven't reached the bottom." Zhang Qiling complained.

"Yeah, me too. Not only that, the air gets worse the deeper you go into this ancient tomb. It feels like it's difficult to breathe." Chen Wenjin said.

"This underground palace was built in imitation of the Western Han Dynasty emperor Liu Che. Liu Che liked to build mausoleums, and his tombs are usually in the main building of the underground palace. So the passage we are walking in now should lead to the core area of ​​the mausoleum, otherwise there would not be so many branch roads." Chen Ze analyzed.

"Oh! So that's how it is." Chen Wenjin suddenly realized.

"Then let's speed up and try to find Liu Che's treasure before dark." Zhang Qiling said urgently.

"Okay!" Chen Ze responded.

The three of them then sped up a lot. After all, the structure of this ancient tomb was too complicated, and Chen Ze was not familiar with it. In addition, the three of them were very hungry and did not dare to stop, for fear that they would accidentally touch some mechanism and be unable to get out forever.

It took the three of them half an hour to reach the location indicated on the map. This was the central area of ​​the underground palace that Chen Ze had mentioned, where a huge sarcophagus was placed.

"This should be where the ancient corpse is lying." Chen Ze said, pointing at the sarcophagus.

"Brother Chen, who do you think is in this ancient coffin?" Zhang Qiling asked as he approached the sarcophagus.

"Who knows? Maybe it was Liu Bang, Xiang Yu and the like!" Chen Ze guessed.

"Isn't this nonsense?" Zhang Qiling rolled his eyes, "I'm just asking you, is it Liu Bang?"

Chen Ze thought about it seriously and said, "It is possible that it was Liu Bang!"

"Who is Liu Bang?" Chen Wenjin asked. As an ordinary academic, she did not pay attention to history.

"Liu Bang is the ancestor of the Liu clan and the monarch during the Tang Dynasty." Zhang Qiling explained patiently.

"So amazing?" Chen Wenjin exclaimed.

Chen Ze nodded: "Yes, but there are not many antiques here, basically they are all burial objects."

"Hey, isn't that a portrait of Liu Bang? Why isn't this portrait hanging on the wall?" Suddenly Chen Wenjin discovered a portrait floating alone in the sarcophagus.

"Let's go and take a look!" Chen Ze was also curious about the origin of this portrait.

Chen Ze and the other two came to the portrait and Chen Ze observed it carefully. The portrait was covered with red cloth, but because of its age, a crack had appeared on the red cloth.

Chen Ze reached out and tugged at the red cloth. (End of this chapter)