Tomb raiding: It all started with shocking the archaeological team.

Chapter 213 The Golden Palace! The Golden Coffin!

At this moment, Chen Yibai was located directly south of the Corpse Tower, with the Death Gate to the southwest just five meters away.

Just as Chen Yibai was about to squeeze through the gaps between the densely packed stone statues, a stone statue directly in front of him suddenly moved its wide-open eyes, and then its raised arm slammed down on Chen Yibai, with stone chips falling from its body.

"This stone statue really can move!"

Fortunately, Chen Yibai remained vigilant and had made preparations and predictions in advance, so he quickly pulled back the foot he had just stepped out.

The stone statue is made of the same material as the stone coffin, and it must be as hard as diamond. Even the Crimson Ancient Sword couldn't cut it, so it's definitely not feasible to try and force it.

But as Chen Yibai withdrew his foot and retreated, the stone statues on both sides behind him suddenly moved, waving their arms and attacking Chen Yibai from both sides.

It is obvious that the placement of these stone statues was precisely measured. Although their feet are fixed and their positions do not move, their waving arms strike simultaneously, like a sophisticated linkage mechanism, leaving almost no blind spots in their attack.

As the saying goes, "Preparation is the key to success, and lack of preparation leads to failure," Chen Yibai took precautions in advance. He quickly kicked off the stone statue, used the momentum to perform a graceful somersault, and climbed onto the more than two-meter-high statue. With his feet on the statue's shoulders and head, as if walking on plum blossom stakes, he quickly rushed straight towards the spiral staircase in the direction of the death gate.

Breaking this stone statue formation won't be easy, and Chen Yibai certainly won't focus his energy on breaking it. If he could just charge straight through from above, that would be the best outcome.

However, this also carries a great risk. If you were to get your ankle caught by the statue or fall, the consequences would be absolutely unimaginable.

Fortunately, Chen Yibai's steps were quick and steady, and the spiral staircase was not too far away. He stepped on the head and shoulders of the stone statue and rushed to the spiral staircase in one go.

This spiral staircase is similar to the spiral staircase on the first floor of the Tower of Corpses, but it is steeper and higher.

Chen Yibai didn't have time to think too much and climbed up the spiral staircase.

Guan Yunlong and Wu Daoshan, sitting on the Blood Vine Coffin, watched Chen Yibai's disappearing figure with furrowed brows and puzzled expressions. They wondered why he would risk turning back when he could have gone back.

For Guan Yunlong and Wu Daoshan, the most likely possibility is that Captain Chen knows the secret of immortality in this ancient tomb.

"President Guan, are we... just going to sit here and wait to die?"

Wu Daoshan suddenly looked at Guan Yunlong, frowned, and asked in a low voice.

"Otherwise, do you have a way to leave?"

Guan Yunlong glanced at Wu Daoshan beside him and said coldly.

Wu Daoshan grinned, then fell silent, glancing around furtively as if trying to think of a way to escape.

Ever since he felt Chen Yibai's cold gaze, Wu Daoshan felt that he was less than a dog in Chen Yibai's eyes, so he placed all his hopes for survival on Chen Yibai, which was really a mystery.

So we still have to find our own way to save ourselves!

On Chen Yibai's side.

After spiraling upwards several times, the staircase led directly to the eighteenth floor, the very top of the Corpse Tower, where a golden door blocked its way.

This golden gate is only a little over a meter wide and nearly two meters high. It is carved with two ghostly statues that resemble door gods. The figures are vivid and lifelike, especially their fierce eyes, as if they would come out of the gate if you looked at them too long.

Chen Yibai carefully placed his hand on it and tried to push it with force.

Rumble…

The Golden Gate in front of them then made a rumbling sound, and cracks appeared on both sides.

This is a flip door with the hinge in the middle.

Seeing that there were no mechanisms or hidden locks on the door, and that it was easy to push open, Chen Yibai pushed it open completely in one go, gripped the crimson ancient sword in his left hand, and carefully walked inside.

Behind Kinmen is a narrow passageway, about twenty meters long.

The walls on both sides of the passageway were smooth, without any carvings or decorations.

After passing through this passageway, directly ahead is the main hall of the eighteenth floor of the Corpse Tower!

Although Chen Yibai possessed night vision, he still took out his Wolf Eye flashlight to see more clearly.

This also made the live stream image clearer.

Upon arriving at the entrance of the main hall, Chen Yibai first shone the wolf-eye flashlight around.

The main hall on the eighteenth floor also has eight corners, but the space is significantly smaller than that below, and there is only one entrance to the entire main hall.

This confirms Chen Yibai's earlier prediction: of the eight spiral staircases below, only the one leading to the Death Gate leads to the main hall above, while the other spiral staircases lead to the outer ring of the main hall!

If you choose the wrong path, there will be no turning back!

Besides, Chen Yibai looked around the main hall and his first impression was that it was magnificent and resplendent!

Everything was golden, including the floor, the walls, and the eight pillars at the eight corners, all gleaming under the bright beam of the wolf-eye flashlight!

If it were any other ancient tomb, Chen Yibai might question whether the main hall was completely covered in gold leaf.

But the Ancient Gu Kingdom is different. With the wealth of the Ancient Gu Kingdom, Chen Yibai has reason to believe that everything in the main hall is pure gold, making it a real golden palace!

But what shocked Chen Yibai the most was not just that.

In the very center of the Golden Hall, there was a huge golden coffin, almost identical in shape to the blood vine coffin outside, but noticeably smaller, only about two meters high and a little over four meters long. Due to the angle of view, it was impossible to determine its width.

From the front, the golden coffin is engraved with many complex characters, which look like densely packed tadpoles. These are characters that have never appeared in archaeological history, and Chen Yibai doesn't quite understand them either.

Besides the obscure and difficult-to-understand characters, there are also some complex patterns.

Chen Yibai could barely recognize these patterns, which resembled the totem patterns of the Jiuli clan in ancient times.

The leader of the Jiuli clan was Chiyou.

This also confirms that the Gu clan is a branch of the Chi You lineage.

Coincidentally, the golden coffin was placed directly above the blood vine coffin.

Two extremely unusual coffins, one above the other.

This made Chen Yibai frown and start to wonder.

If the Gu King is lying in the blood vine coffin outside, then who is lying in this golden coffin?

Logically speaking, a golden coffin would be more in line with the high-class status of the King of Gu.

But what is the purpose of the blood vine coffin outside?

It couldn't possibly have really been prepared for Yan Xuefei, could it?