Chapter 522: Chalegai and the Guide's Tomb Chamber Vanish! Half-Section Li's Legs Are Broken!

"This smell is very distinctive — once you've smelled it, you'll never forget it. It's the same unique damp scent that came wafting out of the tomb passage the moment the tomb wall was opened."

"Catching that strange smell a second time gave Half-Section Li some ideas."

"He slowly pressed his ear against the wall of the tomb passage, wanting to listen for the sound of water inside!"

"His reaction was the same as any ordinary person who touches a damp tomb-passage wall and smells the moisture."

"Half-Section Li assumed the outer perimeter of the tomb passage was surrounded by groundwater."

"Because the tomb passage blocked it off, and the ancient tomb itself was so sturdy, over a thousand years the groundwater had never seeped in."

"But the tomb-passage walls are in constant contact with water, which is why they feel cold and damp to the touch, and give off that distinctive smell!"

Half-Section Li's line of reasoning drew nod after nod from the audience.

So far, this looked like the most reasonable explanation.

If that were really the case, it meant the distinctive smell was nothing to worry about — Half-Section Li had been overthinking it.

And so, with a pot strapped to his back as he went into the tomb, the more you looked at him the more he seemed like a lunatic!

Zhang Lin paid no attention to the buzz of discussion below the stage, and instead went on: "Because Half-Section Li had been studying the walls the whole time, he walked very slowly."

"When he looked up again at the tomb passage ahead, he found that the pitch-dark passage now held only him alone."

"After all, it was his first time inside a tomb, and fear still lingered in his heart. Finding himself the only one left, Half-Section Li couldn't help but shiver."