Chapter 97
It was not because dust had blinded his eyes.
It was because his heart burned with frantic urgency.
After everything had settled into dust.
In the live broadcast's feed.
Professor Ding Lao stood as if turned to stone, staring blankly at the tomb gate before him.
"How... how could this be!?"
His voice trembled, his eyes wide as saucers.
His tone was filled with disbelief and astonishment.
He had merely tapped it lightly with a rubber mallet.
The force had not been very great.
How could it cause the entire tomb gate to collapse!?
At this moment.
The elderly Professor Ding Lao nearly fainted.
Several young students rushed forward, hurriedly and carefully supporting Professor Ding Lao.
Only after he had inhaled pure oxygen several times did Professor Ding Lao recover.
He pushed away the young man beside him.
Then, carefully, he approached the entrance of the tomb.
A stroke of luck amidst misfortune...
Only the gate had collapsed; the tomb chamber inside remained intact.
It was merely that dust and debris had scattered.
However, very quickly.
When Professor Ding stretched his neck to look inside.
After wanting to see what was inside.
Before the lens.
His entire body seemed as if it had been struck hard by something.
Professor Ding Lao's body swayed, nearly throwing him backward.
After breathing rapidly for a few seconds.
The entire live broadcast was filled with Professor Ding's wretched cry.
"Ah—"
The sudden wail startled everyone.
【Holy crap!? What's going on!】
【Is Ding Lao crying tears of joy?】
【Why does that smile look like crying?】
【Could he have seen the legendary national treasure?】
【Could it be the legendary Seven-Star Precious Blade?! The Tiger Tally?!】
【But that cry was too wretched! What's happening!】
【Damn, the thick smoke is so heavy; nothing inside is visible...】
Yet, contrary to everyone's expectations.
In the live broadcast's feed.
Professor Ding widened his eyes and pointed at the tomb in disbelief.
His voice, filled with despair and loss, trembled as he roared:
"Where are the things!?"
"Where are the things inside!?"
"Ma Lei Gobi! No wonder the tomb gate was so loose..."
"This tomb has been visited by grave robbers!"
"It's empty!"
"It's empty inside!"
At this moment.
The on-site staff, cameramen, students...
All stood frozen.
Countless people held their breath, shocked by this news.
At the moment the dust slowly cleared.
What was inside appeared before everyone.
It was...
A few bottles of mineral water.
A pack of Huazi and several cigarette butts.
Two boxes of Kang Master beef noodles...
Silence fell over the scene.
Half an hour later.
A piece of news shot to the top of the entire internet's trending searches—
【Cao Cao's Tomb Robbed!】
Countless related spin-off topics directly occupied the trending lists on every major platform.
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#Tomb Robbers, Have Some Shame! #
#National Treasures Stolen#
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#Cao Cao's Tomb Is Empty, Cao Cao Himself Was Even Stolen! #
#Professor Ding Lao Hospitalized for High Blood Pressure#
Similar trending searches…
Directly occupied the top ten trending lists on every major social media platform.
The entire internet was stunned.
No one had expected that the famous Cao Cao's tomb had already been visited by tomb robbers long ago.
Now netizens across the country could not sit still.
Countless people were filled with righteous fury, determined to catch the tomb robbers.
Very soon.
An industry insider broke the news.
Through cooperation with archaeological personnel, the police had discovered traces left behind by a gang of tomb robbers.
And while this gang's tomb-robbing skills might be extremely high,
their counter-surveillance ability was honestly just average.
Over the next two days.
Under the police's tireless pursuit.
The tomb robbers' escape clues were painstakingly peeled apart, layer by layer.
Very soon.
The first fleeing tomb robber was caught.
Then the second and third tomb robbers were also caught one after another.
By the time the fourth tomb robber was caught.
And right at this juncture.
The police-affairs livestream program "Live at the Scene" and the archaeology livestream program "Archaeology Today".
Two programs from completely different fields actually did a dream crossover.
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