Asked you to write a book, not to confess your criminal record!

Chapter 226: Chapter 174: Increase the Severity of the Crime? (5000-Word Chapter)

Qin Sisi turned off the chat window with Shen Qianqian, pondered for a moment, then reopened Lin Chuan's novel.

— "Touch Gold Notes" Volume One.

She wanted to see, how the description of the tomb chamber was depicted in Lin Chuan's novel.

'The unusual brick wall immediately attracted our attention.'

'Inside the brick wall was a theft-proof interlayer, all the bricks needed to be removed outward.'

'Moreover, the wall was filled with strong acid; if broken, the acid would pour out instantly, turning a person into a blood corpse.'

'...'

Until deep into the night.

Qin Sisi fell into a deep sleep, but even in her dreams, she was surrounded by scenes of the Seven Stars Lu King Palace tomb chamber.

Huh—

The next day, early morning.

A gentle breeze brushed across the mountains, and the mist among the mountains, like a light veil, drifted and gradually dissipated under the morning light.

The distant mountain ranges were faintly visible, their contours soft and mysterious in the morning fog, like a shy girl half-concealing, half-revealing her face.

The sound of birds and beast roars sounded by the ears of the people.

This time into the mountains, there were a total of six off-road vehicles.

The ninth Archaeological Team, the Linyi Cultural Relics Bureau, and the Linyi Police Station, each with two vehicles.

Following the path of the previous day, the group hurried to the Ancient Tomb site before the morning mist had cleared.

The site was sealed off from the previous day, and no one had trespassed.

The arrival of the Cultural Relics Bureau and the police hadn't served any substantial purpose, they were more witnesses and collectors of evidence.

There were also cameramen filming.

This was a mark of work.

The main force was still the ninth Archaeological Team and Professor Qi.

"Dig from here!"

After a round of geological and tomb exploration, Old Yao, experienced as he was, decided to carry out protective excavation on the Ancient Tomb underground.

This place had been visited by Tomb Robbers.

Protective excavation needed to be done quickly.

The archaeologists immediately sprang into action, and both police and cultural heritage workers joined the excavation.

Archaeological spades danced up and down.

Loads of earth were moved to a distance, and stones were also piled up nearby.

Not long after.

A wide hole was uncovered not far from the thief's hole, about eight or nine meters deep, and the brick wall layer was exposed to everyone.

Qin Sisi was a powerhouse in the excavation team, and she looked at the brick wall as soon as it was revealed, furrowing her brows immediately.

"Qin, spotted anything?"

Old Yao hadn't approached yet, but seeing Qin Sisi's expression, he asked.

Qin Sisi didn't answer right away, instead she knocked on the brick wall, which made a thudding sound.

Her thoughts raced with each thud.

'Inside the brick wall is a theft-proof interlayer; therefore, the bricks on the brick wall can only be removed outward, not pushed inward.'

'The brick wall was covered with a layer of wax, filled with strong acid, which would pour out instantly if opened rashly.'

'The strong acid is highly corrosive; once poured on a person, the whole body would corrode.'

'...'

The passages from "Touch Gold Notes" immediately flashed in her mind.

It was too similar!

She leaned in and sniffed, but couldn't smell any strong acid, possibly because the wax layer sealed off the scent.

At this moment, she was eager to break open the brick wall to see if it was as Lin Chuan had described.

The theft-proof interlayer, the strong acid.

Therefore, she looked at Old Yao and immediately said, "Captain Yao, my preliminary estimate is that this is the theft-proof interlayer. The bricks can only be removed outward, not pushed in, and there is a high likelihood of strong acid, so we need to be especially careful."

Old Yao came over to her side and nodded solemnly, "Let me do it."

As an experienced captain, he naturally knew how to handle this.

His index and middle fingers were long, but he did not possess the art of the Double Finger Probe. Instead, he took out a military knife and started to pry gently along the seams of the brick wall.

Crack crack.

One by one, the bricks were passed out by his hands.

Indeed, this was a theft-proof interlayer, and as expected, a wax layer appeared before them.

However, there was no red liquid strong acid under the wax layer.

Qin Sisi breathed a sigh of relief, this was likely unrelated to Lin Chuan.

But in the next instant, Lin Chuan's suspicion grew.

Because, in Lin Chuan's novel it was described, after breaking through the brick wall, they used needles and plastic tubes to divert the liquid strong acid into a straight well.

With time, the soil around here would have been acidified by the strong acid and would be much more acidic than the soil in the same area that had not encountered strong acid.

Qin Sisi immediately took out pH test paper.

She began comparing the acidity of several samples of soil.

Sure enough.

The soil near the thief's hole was far more acidic than that of other places.

This...

Before even entering the tomb, Lin Chuan's suspicion had increased again.

Meanwhile.

Old Yao and the others had broken through the brick wall and the wax layer to discover a pitch-dark Underground Palace.

After professional equipment tested for toxicity and air quality, confirming it was safe, the people, equipped with the necessary gear, immediately entered the Underground Palace.

Qin Sisi took a deep breath, already praying silently that the layout inside the tomb chamber wouldn't be the same as what Lin Chuan had recorded.

But!

As she entered the Underground Palace, illuminated by the lighting equipment, sweeping her gaze around, her heart felt cold.

It was utterly chilled!

At this moment, she essentially pronounced Lin Chuan's sentence.

The sentence for Tomb Robbing varies according to the damage done to the tomb chamber, the losses incurred, the cultural relics stolen, and the impact caused. It could be as short as a few years or as long as life imprisonment.

Even a round of peanuts could be in order.

biubiubiu!

Anything could happen!

"Writer Lin, I hope your sentence will be a little shorter," Qin Sisi sighed, her gaze resting on the Underground Palace.