48: Chapter 48 Professor Yang's Regret

Command Headquarters

Seminar Hall

Upon hearing that shrill cat's cry, the many experts could not help but feel their hair stand on end, and they shivered violently.

Regardless of anything else, the most taboo thing for the Archaeological Team when exploring and excavating in a tomb is encountering living creatures.

However, this is not because of any bad omen, but because of "Tomb Raider Tunnels"!

If there are no Tomb Raider Tunnels in a tomb, wild beasts generally cannot enter the burial chamber.

But if Tomb Raiders have dug a tunnel in the mountains that leads directly into the burial chamber,

then it is very likely that these wild beasts will pass through the tunnel and enter this ancient tomb.

Just like this cat.

But now, no one has the heart to worry about whether there is a tunnel or not.

The "resurrected" Terracotta Figures before them have already left these experts overwhelmed.

In the corridor,

For some reason, after that shrill cat's cry rang out, the Terracotta Figures before them seemed to have received some order, or perhaps had been injected with hormones.

In an instant, these Terracotta Figures all became crazed.

They were no longer walking slowly, stumbling and swaying as they had before.

All the Terracotta Figures were rushing madly towards the Archaeological Team.

"Thump!" "Thump!" "Thump!" ... The chaotic and heavy footsteps were like heavy hammers, slamming fiercely against everyone's hearts.

Each sound made everyone's breath catch slightly.

... Inside the Seminar Hall, seeing the Terracotta Figures rushing crazily towards the Archaeological Team, the atmosphere suddenly became tense.

Everyone held their breath and stared at the Live Stream Room, not daring to breathe deeply at all.

They were even reluctant to blink, fearing they might miss something.

For a moment, the atmosphere in the entire Seminar Hall was incredibly eerie.

Yet, sitting beside the conference table, a handsome man with slightly furrowed brows was calmly sipping his tea.

He seemed not to take the Archaeological Team, currently in danger on the screen, to heart at all.

It was as if all of this could not affect him in the slightest.

But in reality, back when that member of the Archaeological Team had been frightened to the point of a mental breakdown, Ye Xiao had already sensed something amiss with these Terracotta Figures.

In his view, these experts had actually taken the situation in the tomb for granted.

Or rather, they did not take the dangers within the tomb seriously enough.

Just now, when that team member claimed to have seen a Terracotta Figure open its eyes, Ye Xiao already had some speculations in his mind.

The first thought that popped up was that there must be some hallucinogenic drugs on these Terracotta Figures, which could be inhaled through the nose and mouth, leading to hallucinations.

That is to say, at the time, Ye Xiao believed it was highly likely that the team member had fallen into a hallucination due to the hallucinogenic substance on the Terracotta Figures.

However, at that time, Ye Xiao was not certain about his theory.

After all, these members of the Archaeological Team had been observing the Terracotta Figures for a long time, yet only this one team member had been affected.

This logic certainly could not hold up.

So Ye Xiao continued to watch without voicing his thoughts.

Subsequently, when the Terracotta Figure holding the giant axe opened its eyes and sliced off Little Liu's head,

Ye Xiao truly realized that these Terracotta Figures had likely truly "resurrected."

However, the "resurrection" Ye Xiao knew of was not resurrection from the dead in the true sense.

Rather, it was a kind of... creature capable of parasitizing the human body and controlling human movement.

Earlier, when the Archaeological Team noticed that the air inside the corridor was vastly different from the outside and the temperature was too low, Ye Xiao already had some doubts in his mind.

Then, there was the white jade wall of the corridor!

As everyone knows, materials like white jade, glazed glass, and enamel are all decorative building materials.

Yet they were used here to build an ancient tomb, which was clearly unreasonable!

Then the only explanation was that these seemingly luxurious materials actually only served a decorative purpose.

Beneath the white jade, glazed glass, and enamel, there should be other, more sturdy building materials.

And this material, in Ye Xiao's conjecture, should be a type of Tianshan Cold Rock capable of refrigeration.

This rock is extremely sturdy, and from the time of its formation, a strange chill has always existed within it.

At that time, many dignitaries and nobles in the imperial court used this Cold Rock, which was offered as tribute by small northern states.

Some dignitaries and nobles even used this Cold Rock to build summer resorts.

And in Emperor Jiajing's "Elixir of Immortality," the prescription for one of the ingredients also included this Cold Rock as a raw material.

Putting it all together, Ye Xiao's mind gradually cleared.

It seemed that the bodies of these Terracotta Figures had been parasitized by some kind of creature, and this creature could control human bodies.

This was why these Terracotta Figures appeared to have "resurrected," yet their movements were so eerie.

These parasites must have extremely tenacious vitality and possess incredibly long lifespans.

In the severe cold, these parasites would likely fall into a dormant state.

But the Archaeological Team's torches, as well as the body heat of the team members, gradually raised the temperature here.

Ultimately causing these parasites to be awakened.

Thereby starting to control these Terracotta Figures and attacking the members of the Archaeological Team before them.

These Terracotta Figures were likely so crazed because the nutrients in their bodies had been drained, and they were continuing to search for new hosts.

As for that eerie cat's cry, and the two strange cat eyes like copper bells,

Ye Xiao could not draw a specific conclusion for the moment.

Right now, he still needed to deal with these troublesome Terracotta Figures first.

... At this moment, in the corridor, the Bodyguard Team had already engaged in a firefight with these eerie Terracotta Figures.

The Bodyguard Team fanned out in the corridor, each assuming a combat stance, firing at the Terracotta Figures before them while protecting Professor Yang and the others behind them as they slowly retreated.

However, what made everyone feel terrified was,

the guns in their hands at this moment seemed to have turned into nothing more than fire pokers.

The bullets fired, besides slightly hindering the speed of these Terracotta Figures, could not cause any actual damage to them.

Gunshots exploded in the corridor, and the muzzle flashes almost illuminated the entire length of the corridor.

It illuminated the fierce, malevolent, and eerily blue-black faces of the Terracotta Figures,

and also illuminated the determined expressions on the faces of the Bodyguard Team.

Behind the Bodyguard Team, Professor Yang's face was somewhat pale at this moment.

He looked at these eerie Terracotta Figures, and for a moment, an indescribable, inexplicable emotion stirred within his heart.

He was filled with regret!

If he had taken that Archaeological Team member seriously from the beginning, it seemed none of this would have happened.

It was because he was too set in his ways, too stubborn.

Otherwise... perhaps they might have had a chance to avoid this scene, and Little Liu would not have died before his very eyes!