Chapter 593

Chapter 593: Theft or Tomb Robbing

Yunzhong Mountain Range

Five people quietly entered the cave, they continued forward along the cave and reached a cliff. They released a rope ladder and descended below the cliff.

"Big brother, is there really a tomb here?"

"Definitely. The last time I was being chased, I entered here and saw many artificial carving marks."

"Big brother, none of us have robbed a tomb before. Will there be zombies?"

"Don’t worry about reading novels. There are no zombies. Even if there are, I can easily defeat them with a gun."

The leader took out a revolver, showing their confidence. Even if there were zombies, with this weapon, they could still defeat them.

The five people crossed an underground river and indeed found many signs of human activity. Some of the stone walls clearly showed signs of fire.

"Look, it’s a stone door, we’re going to be rich!"

They saw a stone door on the wall and instantly felt ecstatic. This kind of stone door was definitely man-made, not natural. Behind the stone door must be an ancient tomb.

"Old Five, do your thing."

"No problem, big brother."

Old Five nodded, took out two bundles of explosives from his backpack, and set them up on the stone door.

"Boom!"

A few seconds later, an explosion sounded, blowing open the stone door. In the smoke and dust, the five people turned on their flashlights and sent two pigeons into the space behind the stone door.

The pigeon flew around inside, then flew out of the stone gate. It didn’t know where to go, but the goal of the people was met. The pigeon could test if there was oxygen inside and some mechanisms.

After making sure everything was fine, the five people walked into the cave behind the stone gate. With a few flashlights, they immediately saw several boxes and a large stone platform in the middle, on which there was a stone coffin.

"Big brother, come and see!"

The group went to the side of the boxes, and the eldest brother checked them. They saw that the boxes were almost rotten and it was unknown how long they had been there.

"Gold, these are ancient gold coins."

"And silver, porcelain. Which dynasty is this porcelain from?"

Opening the boxes, they found piles of gold and silver, including gold and silver ingots, as well as many gold and silver coins with dark colors, but they could tell they were real.

"At least a few dozen pounds! Wow, we won’t have to worry for the rest of our lives."

"We’re going to be rich!"

Five people each took out their backpacks and stuffed things into them. The backpacks were already full, but there was still a lot left that couldn’t fit in.

"Elder brother, there is a stone coffin here, shall we open it?"

"Yes, with so much gold here, there must be something good in the stone coffin."

"Elder brother, I suddenly remembered something."

"What is it, third brother?"

"Last time I went to the city, I heard an interesting story from someone. They said a tomb raider went to rob a tomb, and the person in the coffin was alive. They caught him and took him to the authorities. The officials wanted to sentence him for tomb robbery, but he protested and said that since the dead person was alive, it should be considered theft, not tomb robbery. It left the officials speechless."

"What do you think that means, third brother?"

"Elder brother, I was just thinking, if the person in this stone coffin is also alive, would we be stealing or tomb robbing?"

"I…"

The leader became silent, then he was about to hit someone.

"Don’t hit me, please don’t! I’m serious, I have read books. Stealing can get you three years in jail, and grave robbing can get you killed."

The third brother was heavily beaten by the leader, everyone was shocked, you’re really playing for keeps, kid.

"Haha…"

As the beating continued, the leader suddenly stopped because he heard laughter.

"Who’s laughing? Second brother, fourth brother, fifth brother, was it you guys?"

"Not me, big brother, I didn’t laugh."

"Big brother, I didn’t laugh either."

The third brother quickly said, he also heard someone laughing.

But the other four people immediately changed their facial expressions, their hairs stood up, they really heard someone laughing.

Several people used flashlights to shine around, but they didn’t see anyone. Finally, the flashlights all shone on the stone coffin on the stone platform. The leader swallowed nervously, glanced at the others, and then they each took out a knife and slowly walked up to the stone platform.

The atmosphere suddenly became eerie. As they slowly peered into the stone coffin, they were shocked to find it empty.

"Th-this…"

They all stuttered, seeing this scene, they didn’t think that the coffin was originally empty, but instead worried that the person inside had come alive and was hiding.

"Run!"

The leader roared angrily, then jumped off the stone platform, heading towards the door.

"*CRASH*"

Before reaching the door, the person fell to the ground, screaming in agony from the pain in his leg.

Not just him, but a few others also fell to the ground, all with injured legs. This made them angry, and five of them started shooting wildly with three guns, one revolver, and two old-fashioned guns.

The sound of guns quickly stopped as they ran out of bullets. As they were reloading, they suddenly felt someone behind them. Before they could see clearly, everything went black, and they lost consciousness.

"They are using old-fashioned guns, very outdated. The revolver looks more modern, with a flashlight attached. What era are we living in?"

Lin Jiang emerged from the darkness and looked at the equipment on the five people, trying to figure out the world outside.

Lin Jiang was awakened by an explosion and quickly hid in a dark corner. Checking the time, he realized he had overslept by more than 30 years. He had been asleep for over 1,900 years this time.

If it weren’t for the third thief in the tomb robbers telling a joke that made him laugh, they wouldn’t have noticed him at all.

Lin Jiang walked up to the stone coffin, inspected it, and became furious. The coffin was damaged, with cracks in the ancient patterns, possibly from the gunshots or previous damage.

This made Lin Jiang very angry because he couldn’t repair it. The stone platform and coffin were relics from the era of cultivating immortality. If it were still that era, he could easily repair them. But now, he couldn’t find the materials needed, and even if he did, he didn’t have the ability to repair them.

"Damn it, they all should die."

Lin Jiang immediately felt very angry, he realized that without the spiritual energy of the world, he wouldn’t be able to sleep peacefully in the future.

Not being able to sleep was a big problem for Lin Jiang. Even though Lin Jiang had a long life ahead of him, not being able to sleep would drain his energy and make him bored, which was a big issue for him.

"Clap, clap, clap"

Lin Jiang grabbed the leader of the tomb robbers and slapped him hard a few times, waking him up. The leader looked at Lin Jiang with great fear.

"You…"

"Don’t talk too much. Answer my questions truthfully, or I’ll punish you."

"Yes, yes, yes"

The leader’s mind went blank, feeling dizzy and scared, losing control of his senses.

"What’s happening outside right now, which dynasty is in power, who is the emperor, and do they still use the Xia calendar?"

"You…"

"Speak."

"Yes, um, now there’s no dynasty, no emperor, only a council, we call it the Huaxia Federation, we still use the Xia calendar, it’s now the year five thousand eight hundred and seventy-six in the Xia calendar, but foreigners don’t use it, they use a global calendar."

"Federation, when did the emperor cease to exist, how many years in the global calendar?"

"I, I, I don’t know."

"Not speaking?"

"I really don’t know, I only went to school for a year, I only know a few hundred characters."

The leader was about to cry, don’t make things difficult for the illiterate, he really doesn’t know, if he was well-educated, he wouldn’t be here robbing tombs, who with a future would do these things?

Lin Jiang woke up the other tomb raiders and questioned each of them, all five of them were country bumpkins, they didn’t know much, only knew that there’s indeed no emperor now, when it disappeared, they didn’t know either, they hadn’t been to far places, limited knowledge.

But they also shared an important message that there is a war going on outside between Huaxia Federation and other countries. Huaxia Federation is recruiting soldiers, but they don’t want to join the army. So, they became deserters and couldn’t find regular jobs, so they had to resort to some shady dealings.

Lin Jiang drained them of what they knew. Whether it’s because they damaged the stone sarcophagus or to keep the secret, they had to die. After dealing with them, Lin Jiang decided to go outside and have a look around.