Mysterious resurrection, something's wrong with this guy.

Chapter 2: Making a fortune from seeing a coffin

The underground tomb was quite large, probably even bigger than the Ping An Building on the surface. It was pitch black, so dark you couldn't see your hand in front of your face. If it weren't for the headlamp, you wouldn't be able to move at all. It's a pity that they didn't dare to organize this kind of tomb raiding. The fewer people who knew about it, the safer it would be. They didn't even dare to let anyone connect the electric lights.

"Ugh, I feel chilly, it's getting colder and colder, I'm getting goosebumps."

The middle-aged man rubbed his arms, feeling somewhat uncomfortable in the chilly environment.

"This is more than ten meters underground. It's dark and damp all year round, so the low temperature is normal. Be alert."

Su Qin explained to the middle-aged man in a low voice, while also feeling a little uneasy. Something seemed off about this place. It was pitch black everywhere, damp and gloomy, making him shiver involuntarily. He also had a sense of unease, as if there was something unknown in the darkness. A strange, foul smell wafted in the air, making him feel very uncomfortable.

"What are you two whispering about? Quiet down and watch your mouths. This is tomb raiding, not child's play. There are some taboo things you must never mention, or I'll kill you both myself."

Pao Ge turned around and gave Su Qin and the other a fierce warning. As a professional tomb raider, he naturally believed in some superstitious things. There are many rules in the tomb raiding circle, and there are many taboos once the work begins. But one of them is an absolute taboo, which is that you must never mention anything about gods and ghosts in the tomb.

Although Su Qin didn't know anything about tomb raiding, he had read many similar novels and knew that there were many rules involved. He didn't dare to say anything, but this Brother Pao seemed to be quite professional, so listening to him shouldn't be a mistake.

"Damn it, did you pee or poop? The air stinks." Daozi frowned and cursed at the security guard next to him. This coward probably peed his pants, otherwise why would he smell so bad?

"No, whoever pulls that is a grandson."

The security guard followed the knife, trembling, and hurriedly offered a weak explanation. His pants were indeed wet, but no one noticed.

Since entering the tomb, Pao Ge had been staring at the compass in his hand, fiddling with it constantly, his face growing increasingly solemn.

He also sensed something was wrong. This tomb was unlike any he had handled before. There were no traps or hidden weapons, no miasma or poisons. It was empty and pitch black, with only endless silence and an unusual chill. The deeper one went, the more terrifying it became.

However, all the metaphysics and experience he possessed told him that there was nothing unusual here, and he began to doubt whether he was not skilled enough.

The tomb passage was designed very simply, leading directly to the main burial chamber. Looking at the empty and simple main burial chamber, Pao Ge's face turned very ugly, and the corners of his mouth twitched involuntarily.

"Damn it, this is a huge loss. I should have known better than to agree to the 50/50 split. It's another losing proposition."

The simple and empty main burial chamber suggests that the tomb owner was not a very important person, and the burial goods were probably not many or of high value. All that can be done now is to pray that there are some valuable items in the coffin.

Almost simultaneously, the five people looked at the lone coffin in the very center of the tomb.

"You three, go and pry open the coffin."

Su Qin and the middle-aged man stared at each other, and after some hesitation, Su Qin reluctantly took out tools from his knife bag and prepared to pry open the coffin.

There was no other way; they weren't professional tomb raiders, so these manual labor tasks were their job, otherwise they would lose their value.

"Damn, this is heavy. I want to see what's in here." The middle-aged man muttered as he strained.

The outer layer of the coffin was inlaid with stone, and it took the three of them a lot of effort to pry the stone open.

"Damn, what is that? It's blindingly bright!"

The middle-aged man stared blankly at the contents of the coffin. They were golden and gleamed under the headlamp. He rubbed his eyes vigorously, afraid that he was seeing things, but no matter how much he rubbed, he saw the same thing.

The others' eyes were also fixed on the coffin; from the moment it was opened, they couldn't look away.

Knife immediately shouted excitedly.

"I'm rich! I'm rich! I'm struck it rich this time! Gold, all gold! There must be several tons of it! Forget about splitting it 50/50, I'd quit this business if I got even 10%."

What comes into view is a coffin, a golden coffin. With such a large volume, even if it were thin, it would probably weigh one or two tons and be worth over a billion dollars. How could this not excite people?

Even Su Qin couldn't help but get excited. Although he knew that this thing belonged to the big boss, as long as he didn't do anything reckless, he would at least get a few hundred thousand in hush money.

Daozi excitedly winked at Pao Ge, and secretly made a throat-slitting gesture. Pao Ge immediately stopped him and flicked him on the head.

It was too tempting, and Daozi couldn't help but have wicked thoughts. This wasn't the first time they had done something like this, but this time Paoge had no such intentions at all.

They didn't even dare to think about splitting the profits 50/50. This was different from before. In the past, they would steal chickens and dogs in the wilderness. As long as they handled it cleanly, no one would find out. But this time it was different. The partner was the big boss of a construction company, and the location was a construction site in the city of Dajing. If that big boss was not satisfied, not only would it be impossible to transport this golden coffin out, but it would also be impossible to leave the construction site safely.

With a gold transaction involving billions of dollars, they simply didn't have the means to dispose of the stolen goods. Even if they could, they would be arrested for tomb raiding, with no chance of escaping punishment.

He even suspected that these three were sent by the construction company boss to sabotage him, and that they would all be finished if anything went wrong.

Knife, who had been woken up by Pao Ge's slap, calmed down, but still couldn't suppress his excitement.

"Quickly open it and see what good stuff is inside! If a coffin is made of gold, there must be even more and better treasures inside!"

Logically speaking, there must be something even more valuable inside the golden coffin.

But Su Qin began to have doubts. A golden coffin? Could there be something extraordinary inside?

His first thought wasn't about whether there were any valuables inside, but rather whether there might be anything unclean inside. Mainly, he'd been engrossed in reading a novel lately, and something just didn't feel right.

The middle-aged man and the security guard tried to pry the coffin lid open with shovels, but it wouldn't budge. The three of them then circled the coffin for a while, studying it closely.

"It looks like the gaps were sealed shut with molten gold; we'll have to cut them open."

Seeing this, Su Qin became even more uneasy. Why was it so securely built? Was it to prevent something from escaping? Could there really be something unclean inside?

A giant rice dumpling?

Thinking of this, Su Qin couldn't help but shudder and dared not think any further.

"I have a cutting machine here! Cut along the seam."

Daozi took a new small cutting machine out of his backpack, along with two large batteries. He was still glad that he had the foresight to think that since explosives were not needed in the city, this kind of machine was essential and would finally come in handy.

The middle-aged man took the cutting machine, plugged it in, and started cutting along the seams of the coffin. It took him half an hour to finish.

"Open the coffin!"

With the three of them pulling at the same time, the coffin lid was pried open without any resistance.

With a creak, the coffin lid was pried open, and everyone was eager to see what was inside.

boom~

The coffin fell heavily to the ground, and everyone could see what was inside. There were no jewels or paintings, only a corpse lying stiffly inside.

Judging from the style of the clothing worn by the corpse, it should be from the Ming or Qing Dynasty, but the corpse seems to be quite well preserved.

Looking at the well-preserved ancient corpse, Su Qin suddenly felt a chill run down his spine. He finally understood what the strange smell in the air was—it was the stench of the corpse.

The surrounding temperature seemed to drop several degrees suddenly, and Su Qin could clearly feel his teeth chattering involuntarily. He didn't know if it was because of the cold or because of unease.

He stared intently at the corpse, slowly backing away, afraid that it might suddenly spring to life. Not only him, but everyone who saw the corpse felt a chill run down their spine.

There's something wrong with this body.

Before everyone could recover from the huge psychological shock, the corpse suddenly stirred.

It didn't move; the corpse remained lying upright. But its flesh suddenly decomposed at an incredible speed. In just a few seconds, the entire corpse decomposed into a cloud of foul-smelling miasma that drifted into the air.

This startled everyone, who quickly covered their mouths and noses and moved far away, afraid of inhaling such disgusting stuff. Su Qin hurriedly took out his usual dust mask from his pocket and put it on, while keeping his eyes fixed on the inside of the coffin.

There was indeed a problem.

Inside the coffin, only a dark skull remained. This was very strange. The flesh and other bones were gone, leaving only the skull. This was completely illogical and felt wrong no matter how you looked at it. The skull gave off a more profound and chilling feeling than the previous corpse.

Before they knew it, everyone felt colder, goosebumps rose all over their bodies, and they even felt a chill on their backs, as if a faint, eerie wind was brushing against them. Everyone shivered.

Su Qin felt increasingly uneasy. The underground tomb seemed to be shrouded in fog, and visibility within the range of his headlamp was far less clear than before, enveloped in a gray mist that was growing thicker and thicker.

Something's wrong. I have to leave immediately; something bad might happen.

Su Qin didn't want to stay here for even a second longer. He had to get the gold from Tamar, even if the boss killed him afterward, he had to leave immediately.

He then carefully pulled the middle-aged man back. The middle-aged man understood his thoughts and retreated quietly without making a sound. This was something they had decided beforehand: if anything happened, they would run away together and look out for each other.

The fog grew thicker and thicker. By the time the others realized something was wrong, their vision was also affected, and everything around them was blurry. By the time they realized what was happening, Su Qin and the other person's figures had already disappeared.

The group panicked and started running outside. By the time they reached the cave entrance, Su Qin and the other person had already climbed out using ropes.

"Hurry up, something's wrong here!"

As Pao urged him on, he pulled on the rope and started climbing, but as he climbed, he felt something was increasingly wrong.

"Something seems off with Pao-ge! Why does this pit feel like it's getting deeper and deeper, and the rope is getting longer and longer?"

"Hey, listen, there seems to be some movement down there."

The height of about ten meters was not high to begin with, and it would not have taken long to get out, but they climbed for quite a while and were still in mid-air, surrounded by fog that seemed to stretch endlessly.

"Don't talk nonsense, isn't that the cowardly security guard down there?"

Footsteps came from the mist below, slow and low.

Pao Ge heard the voice too. He thought it was the security guard, but the next moment the guard's trembling voice came from beneath him.

"No, no, it wasn't me. I wasn't down there."

The security guards are here, so who's down below? The thought sent chills down my spine.

"Damn it, you coward, are you trying to scare me to death?"

Pao Ge couldn't help but curse a few times.

stomping on...

The dull footsteps grew closer and closer. Strangely, the sound didn't seem to be coming from the ground below, but rather from behind. However, there was nothing behind him, so how could footsteps be coming from there?

"Hey, Cannon Brother! Something looks like it's behind me."

Daozi was trembling all over and could barely speak. He felt something slowly approaching behind him, but he didn't dare to turn around.

Not only the knife, but Pao Ge and the security guard also sensed something behind them. The chilling feeling that gave them goosebumps was very obvious, and they could even smell the strong stench of corpses behind them, as if something was about to crawl on them.

Whew... Whew...

All three of them simultaneously felt a chill on their necks, as if something was blowing cold air on them intermittently.