Chapter 572

Didn't explain anything clearly, just came out with "there's a tomb" — even a regular idiot wouldn't say it like that!

The others busied themselves with their own tasks as well, and seeing this, Young Master Zhao was so anxious he was hopping from foot to foot.

"There's really something here, just you wait."

Young Master Zhao was about to go grab a shovel and dig it open himself to prove it, but before he'd taken two steps, a black shadow flew over and slammed right at his feet.

It startled Young Master Zhao badly — it was a military shovel.

If the spot had been any further off, or if he'd taken one step faster, that military shovel would have slammed right into his knee.

He looked up and saw Wang Kaixuan grinning at him.

"You son of a—"

"Hey! Don't get angry, Young Master Zhao. I kindly lent you a shovel, and if there really is a tomb, I deserve some of the credit, don't I?" Wang Kaixuan said in a loud, careless manner.

Young Master Zhao figured now was absolutely not the time to lock horns with the guy, so he swallowed his anger, picked up the shovel, walked to the depression, and without a word started digging.

【Go, Young Master Zhao! We believe in you!】

【Ignore that fatty. When the tomb gets dug up, it'll slap everyone in the face.】

【Can you guys use your brains? Even if that compass really works, it can't be that magical — spin it twice and find a tomb? Wouldn't that make everyone an archaeologist?】

Meanwhile, on Young Master Zhao's side, after two shovelfuls, the third shovel struck with a crisp sound.

Excitement flashed across Young Master Zhao's face. He scraped away the dirt as he spoke: "I told you there was something here, but you wouldn't believe me."

The expressions on everyone were very odd. Wang Kaixuan was the first to rush over.

A stone statue's head was plainly visible.

The first to be stunned was Wang Kaixuan. He thought to himself, could there really be a tomb down there?

Young Master Zhao burst into laughter, somewhat beside himself: "I told you the compass would work. Otherwise wouldn't my one million have been spent for nothing? Zhang Lin truly does not deceive me."

【Worthy of Mr. Zhang — he can come up with anything. It's too miraculous.】

【Sigh — we always just hear Mr. Zhang telling stories. I wonder if, in my lifetime, I'll ever get to see the day Mr. Zhang takes action himself.】

【Pfft! Mr. Zhang wouldn't bother with a little place like this. If he ever makes a move, it has to be some earth-shattering tomb.】

【Like what?】

【Sun Wukong's tomb, the Jade Emperor's tomb, and so on—】

【Get lost!!!】

With a few hands and feet, half of the stone statue's face emerged.

Nothing else stood out much, but the stone statue's pair of enormous eyes, utterly out of proportion with the rest, were especially striking.

Zhang Lin, who was watching the livestream, gave a sudden start.

"Giant-eyed stone statue?"

Finding a giant-eyed stone statue upon entering the Taklamakan wasn't strange in itself — the key was this particular location.

The archaeological team's guide frantically pushed into the crowd, and the instant he saw the stone statue, he dropped to his knees in terror.

He kowtowed repeatedly, saying: "You can't dig any further. You'll anger the gods."

Zhang Lin wholeheartedly agreed with those words — indeed, they could not dig any further.

By this point the others had already brought tools, and the guide who tried to stop them was politely escorted away.

A rope was rigged up in no time, and the excited Young Master Zhao, taking the lead, began pulling upward.

"One! Two! Three!"

Yang Lu, for her part, didn't believe there was any tomb underground, but the stone statue itself was still worth studying. She went straight back to get her own tools, intending to take a good look once the statue was hauled up.

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