Chapter 91

Who doesn't like gold?

After learning that this entire area was all gold bricks, everyone's mind went blank; after reacting, they breathed heavily.

【My goodness, I've made it, I actually saw gold bricks!】

【With so many gold bricks, would it cost several tens of millions?】

【Several tens of millions? More like several billion, not counting the other things in the middle gate. Good heavens, back then I only knew Yuan people loved gold, had no concept, today I finally know!】

【The Yuan dynasty's love for gold is recorded; the great figure who established the Great Mongol State, also called the Golden Tent Royal Court, isn't that obvious enough?】

【Grassland big brother, how are you feeling now?】

The stunned Cao Yuan Zui Mei De Hua glanced at this comment, quickly came to his senses, and when he spoke again his voice was completely hoarse: "Streamer, I, I will stay here first, waiting for people to come."

Ling Yue nodded, but the livestream room was in an uproar.

【Streamer, I am Professor Wang Minzhi of the Archaeology Department at Jing Shi University; could you let him hold the phone and pan around?】

【The big shot has come out!】

This is just the beginning; for this suddenly appearing tomb, almost all industry professionals' attention was focused. If said at the beginning, they actually weren't paying too much attention, because Yuan dynasty tombs had been excavated before, but most were clan tombs; it was only later, when a large number of gold bricks were suddenly discovered, that everyone's attention was completely drawn.

Before and after the founding of the Yuan dynasty, the rulers prevailed in gold worship; such a large quantity of gold reserves, even if not the emperor, must certainly be some royal noble; moreover, this is only the exterior.

Anyone with eyes can see that this is the exterior of the burial chamber, not yet entered the core area.

In the following time inside the door, countless big shots reported their affiliations; net police followed the signal, directly locking onto the living area of Cao Yuan Zui Mei De Hua; local police bureau, cultural relics bureau, tourism bureau and other government departments heard the news and sprang into action, swiftly.

They couldn't help but take it seriously; if it truly is that person's tomb, not just domestically but internationally, it would be a huge upheaval!

That is, in their five-thousand-year history, the only one who crossed the border and directly struck the Danube River basin in Germany, showing that this person is absolutely a tough guy!

He campaigned in all directions, but the spoils of his plunder have always been a mystery.

Because the burial practice of this dynasty, compared to other dynasties, is completely an anomaly.

After the rulers were buried, they used horses to trample back and forth until there was no trace on the ground, and they would not leave a tombstone.

Cao Yuan Zui Mei De Hua saw the comment, hesitated for a moment, then immediately thought of something; his gaze fell on the wine vessel with a separated lid, he carefully lifted it, fortunately the flashlight still had light, driving the sheep flock away from the area.

He said with difficulty: "Everyone look, I didn't move randomly; I just drove these sheep away to make space for the coming experts."

【This is the exterior of the burial chamber, not yet reached the core area; as long as you're careful not to touch the relics.】

Cao Yuan Zui Mei De Hua couldn't help but nod, yet his speed quickened.

The driven sheep flock made a "baa baa baa" sound.

"Good heavens, what to do, even the nest was taken away by the owner in one pot!"

"I'm so scared, I regret it, the owner won't roast me whole, will he? I haven't even grown up yet!"

"In the human world there's also roasted suckling pig; maybe there's roasted suckling lamb too."

The little lamb shrank back, hearing its companion's words, frightened it fell to its knees with a thud.

The sheep's spirits were very low; Ling Yue furrowed her brows: "Wait a moment, don't rush, take it slow, they're very nervous."

Just as the words fell, the previously trembling little lamb directly rammed into Cao Yuan Zui Mei De Hua, who immediately went on guard; the next moment, the little lamb slipped and dashed behind him.

In an instant, the door disappeared from the camera.

The netizens who saw this scene.

【!!! Holy shit, a fake move!】

【Mommy, this is too smart; if this continues, they'll become spirits!】

【No, why are you obsessing over this; the point isn't that the sheep are missing?!】

【So, where is the little lamb now?】

【It seems…… it went in……】

Cao Yuan Zui Mei De Hua's face turned deathly pale in an instant; Ling Yue, however, turned her gaze to the Dirty Sheep, which was it, just now speaking with the little lamb; Ling Yue clearly heard it say: "Go to the place I just took you to; after these people leave, you can escape."

So the little lamb would directly go in; through this sentence, Ling Yue instantly understood, fearing that this tomb chamber had already been discovered, even becoming a secret paradise for a flock of sheep.

And the cause was merely because the tomb owner had prepared wine for himself.

Ling Yue sighed; as for the Dirty Sheep's saying to wait for people to leave, it's unlikely to happen within the next half year.

She had observed the little lamb's escape cave; calling it a cave is more like a dog hole, extremely narrow, someone as rugged and strong as Cao Yuan Zui Mei De Hua could never squeeze in.

Only nimble small animals like sheep could get in.

Many people worried about the frightened little lamb, and even more worried about provoking the Cao Yuan Zui Mei De Hua, after all, that was his doing.

Cao Yuan Zui Mei De Hua also turned deathly pale; he had caused trouble, he knew he had definitely caused trouble!

Because that hole was too small, how could he have completely missed it! If he accidentally kicked and broke some burial goods… His heart jolted, and in a daze he heard Ling Yue's voice at the door: "The most beautiful flower on the grassland, take your phone to Zangzang Yang's side, I have something to say to it; maybe I can bring the little lamb out."

The most beautiful flower on the grassland was already at a loss, in utter chaos; Ling Yue's words were like the last lifeline, the last ray of heavenly light. He immediately complied; his squatting form startled Zangzang Yang.

Master, Master?!

It was still wondering which link it had missed, having been found by its master here; it lifted its head and saw the other's big fat face, scaring the sheep to death! It was still a nine-month-old lamb baby.

Zangzang Yang, oh no, should be Xiao Huang, I can understand your words...

As soon as the words fell, the netizens in the live-stream room could swear they saw a look of terror on the sheep's face.

Ling Yue spoke up, saying that this tomb had already been reported and would soon be swarmed with people coming for archaeological excavation; Zangzang Yang grew even more uneasy, its pretended rest completely dropped, it flicked its hooves and stood up—clearly it was smarter than the other clueless sheep.

Zangzang Yang bleated, looking at her warily: "What do you want?"

Call the little lamb out, the most beautiful flower on the grassland—no, to be precise, it's your master, and it won't harm you.

Zangzang Yang hesitated for a moment: "Really?"

Actually, killing me wouldn't matter; we've long known what our fate is. Without a master, we can't even survive. But that little lamb is still small; it's a child I've watched grow up.

So, is what you're saying true?

After Ling Yue repeated those words, the most beautiful flower on the grassland slapped itself in the face: "I apologize, I promise I won't kill it; please let it out quickly."

Those cultural relics, even if it cost his life, couldn't compensate for them.

Dirty Sheep, under Ling Yue's explanation, finally understood what was going on, and Dirty Sheep immediately shook its head: "Impossible!"

"A little lamb would absolutely not mess around with the things inside."

Hearing its firm words, Ling Yue blinked slightly: "Why do you say that?"

Dirty Sheep sighed: "I also know this is a tomb, and I was the first to discover it. Inside it's huge and chaotic, with various passageways; only one place is relatively large, filled with glittering golden things, and there's also a huge horse that scared us to death!"

"There's also a pile of iron and copper, all kinds of miscellaneous stuff I can't identify, but I know these are human things, and we dare not touch them."

Ling Yue nodded, and after repeating it, Caoyuan Zuimeide Hua, at the moment the door, let out a sigh of relief.

Inside the live broadcast room door, countless netizens held their breath, and many had already guessed whose tomb it might be, the most guesses being that of that important figure. So when they listened to Dirty Sheep's description, it immediately sparked everyone's curiosity.

【If only we could go in and take a look.】

【That's a nice thought, but how could it be possible? Without professional equipment, how could we see? We'll probably only hear news a year or two after the broadcast ends.】

【Meeee, those sheep would be fine; I'm not even as good as a sheep!】

Upon seeing these comments, Ling Yue flashed a hint of contemplation in her eyes.

In another corner of the internet, big shots from all over gathered via modern technology, all in a single video conference, their faces showing mixed joy and worry.

"Our people, even at the fastest, would take half a day time door to arrive; now the news has already spread out—could there be someone…"

He didn't finish his remaining words; the blank space left is enough for people to speculate.

Finally, a big shot settled the matter with a single remark: "So, what we urgently need to do now is conduct a rescue excavation!"

"But according to the information we received, many of the tomb passageways inside have already collapsed, and they're extremely fragile; I'm afraid that by the time we get there, they'll have already been destroyed by someone."

They never dared to underestimate the speed and destructive power of those tomb robbers.

"It's probably the same for anyone; these big shots are actually keeping watch outside a live broadcast room door, anxiously looking at the screen, hoping the police will arrive quickly."

At this moment, Ling Yue suddenly spoke: "Although that's the case, the little lamb staying inside is also a problem; I've communicated with Dirty Sheep, and it is willing to personally bring the little lamb out."

The first sentence was still normal, but the second sentence suddenly reversed; Ling Yue asked: "So, should we livestream?"

"The netizens of the live broadcast room door, at the moment the door, were stunned; a bold guess floated into these people's minds."

【Ahhh, is that the livestream I was thinking of?】

【My mom, my brain, how did I not think of this?! I want to watch the livestream!】

【I also want to watch the livestream+1】

【Livestream looking for sheep? No, livestream going into the tomb!】

【Holy crap, the streamer knelt for you; the big shots of the live broadcast room door widened their eyes, looking at our streamer's proposal, which will absolutely cause no harm to the tomb and can even give you a head start in scouting!】

Now even those big shots were stunned, looking at Ling Yue's bold guess—livestream, tomb descent?

It's absurd enough to be unbelievable, but upon second thought, it actually makes some sense; they would have to endure utter exhaustion conducting a rescue excavation, and it would cause irreversible damage to the tomb—what about these small animals?

According to previous livestream content, these little sheep have already figured out the tomb; they've even been to the chambers storing funerary goods and the main burial chamber, all unharmed—this alone is enough!

Just now, the video conference room door, which had been overcast, was now relaxed; Wang Minzhi spoke first, directly speaking in Ling Yue's live broadcast room door——

【I agree.】

【I also agree; it's not something shameful, let's livestream.】

【I agree.】

【Agree.】

Just as that old grandmaster said, livestreaming would actually benefit them; afterward, they could still follow the diagram to precisely repair it, avoiding unnecessary mistakes.

Ling Yue looked toward Caoyuan Zuimeide Hua, who had prepared a rope and fixed the flashlight and phone entirely onto the sheep.

"Click."

The flashlight's strong beam switched on; Dirty Sheep shook its body, and the camera shook along, yet the position remained completely still.

Dirty Sheep gazed at the narrow passageway and slowly walked in; even with the strong flashlight, it could only illuminate a short stretch of the passage, but even that was already enough to give everyone a feast for the eyes.

【So excited, so excited; I never expected to actually experience the tomb robber's first-person perspective on a sheep—awesome!】

【Thanks for the invitation; the sense of immersion is strong, I've already started dreaming.】

【Hahaha, I just love this kind of adventure; are there still gold pieces inside? Definitely there; if not, I'll break my own leg!】

【Whether there's gold is uncertain, but high energy seems…… to have arrived!】

Dirty Sheep and Ling Yue reached an agreement; whenever they passed something, they would first shine a light on it, so it lowered its head.

A skeleton, white and eerie, its clothes already aged, leaving only a thin bit.

The comments turned into a chorus of 'ahhh', like a flock of screaming chickens, while the real big shots were analyzing the age of this corpse.

【It's a kind of polyester in synthetic fabric; wearing it isn't very comfortable, but it's very wear-resistant and sturdy, so we can confirm this is a modern person.】

【I was fuzzy hearing the earlier part, but I finally understood the last modern person—doesn't that mean……】

【Whoa! Tomb robbers?!】

【It should be a gang of tomb robbers with the corpse outside; this guy ran inside—the tomb is in danger!】

【Ahhhh, no!】

Fortunately, the subsequent discovery gave everyone another reassurance pill, because at the end of this passageway's exit lay another skeleton, likewise made of polyester fabric.

【Tomb robbers -3】

The strong flashlight became the only light in the tomb; even the netizens of the live broadcast room door looked terrified, despite it being broad daylight, chills ran up and down their bodies, almost enough to scare someone to death.

Dirty Sheep bleated: "Scared?"

"What's there to be afraid of? I've been here a long time; I could walk the whole route with my eyes closed."

As it walked, it called for the little lamb; tomb passageways appeared one after another, and the netizens nervously prayed for protection, hoping the tomb robbers wouldn't find the main burial chamber!

Suddenly, Dirty Sheep stopped; the strong flashlight shone on a side wall, and the pitch‑black darkness where you couldn't see your fingers was instantly dispelled, and they finally saw what was on the wall.

【Holy shit holy shit holy shit!!!】

【This is——total annihilation?!】

On the wall, several corpses were nailed to it, the scratches from before death still clearly visible, yet they couldn't break free; at the base of the wall there was also a patch of deep black bloodstain, thick as undissolvable ink.

Many online friends felt a chill watching.

【Again timid but wanting to watch, ahhh I'm done for, tonight I won't be able to sleep!】

【It's me, look, look, isn't it just not daring to sleep? I sleep in the same room as my husband.】

【I feel like a dog walking down the road, suddenly someone kicked me, what did a single dog do to deserve this!】

Ignoring the skewed comments nobody knows where they're from, quite a few people are still seriously analyzing; based on the discarded rusty tools below, this group of tomb robbers was probably wiped out.

But we can't rule out that someone fled in panic from fear, though the possibility is extremely small.

At that moment, the Dirty Sheep suddenly lowered its head, crawled forward on its knees, the opening became even smaller, the strong flashlight shone into the passageway, and from inside came a bleating sound.

Ling Yue: "That's the little lamb testing with its call."

The Dirty Sheep immediately bleated, first responding to the little lamb's call, then telling Ling Yue: "This is the final stretch; we'll reach that big house right away."

As Ling Yue translated, almost all the online friends in the live‑stream room held their breath; the Dirty Sheep then peered in, and in an instant the flashlight beam lit up the walls of the tomb chamber.

【Hahaha!!!】 At that moment, a goofy online friend provided the spontaneous dubbing.

Deathly silence.

Frame after frame of images that existed only in imagination appeared on the screen; the four golden walls emitted a dazzling light, like a special effect from a TV anime, and the moment it appeared in reality everyone heard a tinkling sound.

Inside the rotting wooden crate lay a mountain of gold and silver jewels, and before them stood a pair of unmatched handsome horses, their bodies entirely cast in gold, the gaudy gold blazing so bright it blinded everyone's eyes.

【I heard he also loved war horses most, and had once set up a golden tent for his war horses.】

【Holy crap, what is this, a giant figurine? Compared to it, mine are nothing!】

In the center lay a coffin.

On either side were stacks of sealed books; as the Dirty Sheep approached, ancient script appeared before everyone's eyes.

【Longevity Pill Classic? What is that?】

【Qiu Chuji's "Longevity Pill Classic"!! The scripture compiled by the sect leader of the Quanzhen Sect; it's said he relied on it to live to eighty, which, calculated with contemporary medical conditions, would be about 180 years old today. But that fellow who loved war probably had no time to study it, and then suddenly died, and this scripture was lost as well—yet here it appears now… I… 【gasping】. JPG】

【180 years old?! It revealed the eyes of a frog at the bottom of a well—I'm ignorant, totally ignorant!】

【I felt a little bit moved.】

【I feel it's a bit unreal; we need someone to prove it, like me.】

Suddenly the view shifted, and the online friends who had just been immersed in the shock were hit hard—behind the pile‑high jewels lay a ground covered in ghastly white bones, with some ornaments scattered in the middle, while most had weathered into a heap of powder.

【Holy crap, so many white bones!】

【Actually I'd thought of that earlier—back then it was a slave society, human lives were worthless, a person wasn't even as important as a horse.】

【Waaah, how horrible—clinging to the motherland's thigh, I'm really happy now!】

Besides that, the Dirty Sheep stopped streaming and led the little lamb out of the passageway.

Not long after they left, the sky rumbled loudly; the most beautiful flower of the grassland grabbed her phone and ran out, lifted her head, and the surrounding waist‑high grass swayed softly.

A military aircraft hovered at the edge of the sinkhole, its boarding ramp lowered, and police in uniform rushed down.

Ling Yue's eyes flickered: "It's over."

The next moment, the live‑stream connection was cut off instantly.

The online friends in the live‑stream room also lay down.

【It's over, it's over—this is the first time I've seen so much gold, I've become a gold fanatic!】

【Hahaha, who doesn't love gold? I'm going to love it to death!】

【Thanks to the streamer.】

【Thanks to the streamer.】

The online friends in the live‑stream room were confused, but only Ling Yue knew—she had the Dirty Sheep guide the newcomers, and there was a small, alert creature very familiar with the tomb environment that would be a huge help for the upcoming salvage excavation.

"Are you tired? Let's rest a bit and talk about what happened earlier."

The online friends in the live‑stream room were all startled; looking again, the streamer had disappeared from the screen, then reappeared with Ling Yue holding several cute little sachets embroidered with pretty cats and dogs.

【!!! What is the streamer up to?】

【Waaah, so cute—why are these little animals so adorable? Is the streamer selling them? I want to buy a hundred!】

Ling Yue blinked: "These are the giveaway gifts I prepared earlier."

"One hundred and two cute‑pet insect‑repellent sachets, their designs based on the cats and dogs I've adopted, with no infringement."

She highlighted the sachets' insect‑repelling effect, and at the mention of any bug everyone's eyes lit up.

【Can it work on mosquitoes and flies?】

【What about cockroaches? Those big flying ones—could you ride them to school? QAQ】

【What the heck, what's a cockroach? Ride it flying—I'll bet a pack of spicy strips, the people upstairs are definitely from Liangguang!】

Ling Yue: "All of them work—about a twenty‑meter diameter; after modification the function is weakened to mere repulsion, effective only against bugs, and within twenty meters you won't see a single live bug, dead ones excepted."

【If there were, could you compensate me with a streamer?】

【What are they dreaming upstairs? I can't even imagine!】

Ling Yue repeated the taboo: "Don't open it, don't open it, don't open it!"

Just this one.

Facing the other questions raised by the online friends, Ling Yue smiled: "It's fine."

"If it gets wet or burns, I lose!"

The online friends in the live‑stream room encountered this gift for the first time, finding it very novel; their only dissatisfaction was that there were only one hundred and two—oh, I forgot to mention, two had already been drawn earlier in previous streams.

Soon a hundred lucky winners appeared; those who didn't win felt especially disappointed, clutching money and shouting they wanted to buy—first a thousand, no, a hundred thousand!

Ling Yue: "……"

"Overthinking—let's just wash up and go to sleep early."

The netizens at the live broadcast room door let out a burst of wails; after the lucky ones who received the goods conducted their experiment, they were even more envious. Have you seen those disabled but determined insects that would crawl out even with broken legs? I have!

Have you seen the scene of a mass insect escape within a twenty‑meter radius of where they have passed? I have!

Of course, that will all happen later.

Getting back to the point, Ling Yue gave a light cough, intentionally changing the topic: 「Let's continue the draw, please welcome the next fated pet. 」

The netizens at the live broadcast room door——

【Stop pretending, do you think we'll compromise just because you're doing a draw? Streamer, hurry up and start an online shop!】

【Ah ah ah, streamer, I really want this little pouch, please please please please~】

【Streamer, if you don't mention it I dare not say; others have been streaming half a day, what about you? You just draw two fated pets, or is it weekly updates? You're a loser among top streamers, right? Heartbroken. JPG】

【Choose between opening an online shop and streaming, otherwise I… I'll kneel and beg you!】

Ling Yue: 「…Cough cough, we'll talk about that later. 」

She suddenly raised her voice, exaggeratedly saying: 「Wow, the lottery result is out! 」

「Congratulations Tian Lanlan, may I ask what you want to consult? 」：，，.