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Gu Xiaoxi didn’t even think, she looked back at the crowd and shouted, "Everyone, run quickly, run forward!"

As her words ended, the shaking became stronger and stronger.

It was unknown whether it was because the mountains on both sides of the valley were too mighty, but no rocks fell from above.

Instead, a crack split open in the middle of the valley floor during a strong tremor.

Gu Xiaoxi suddenly saw a huge hole about ten meters in diameter not far away.

Zhao Zilong and the people around him fell down without any time to react.

Seeing that the remaining people were safe, she immediately turned to Mo Li and instructed, "Take everyone else to a safe place first, leave this to me!"

Without any hesitation, she jumped down as well.

She had to go down and rescue people.

She couldn’t let everyone just die inside.

Immediately after, Shao Changfeng instinctively jumped down too.

The collapsed hole was very deep, extremely deep, people dropped into it and quickly disappeared from sight.

Zhao Zilong and more than a dozen villagers were instantly swallowed by the hole.

Not knowing how deep it was, Gu Xiaoxi fell for a minute and still hadn’t reached the bottom.

When she saw Shao Changfeng also jumping down, she quickly scolded him, "Why did you follow?"

"Old Zhao fell down, I’m here to rescue him. Moreover, there are so many villagers. An extra person means extra strength," Shao Changfeng grabbed Gu Xiaoxi’s arm as they both plummeted into the pitch-black depths.

...

Over at Yun Xiao and Ai Xiang.

When the aftershock occurred, many rocks rolled down the mountain.

Yun Xiao instinctively wanted to use her ice ability to catch a rock that was hurtling towards her.

Unfortunately, the rocks rolling down the mountain were too fast, too heavy, and the impact was too strong.

She couldn’t catch it and was about to be hit by the rock.

Ai Xiang quickly raised his hand, swung it forcefully and with gravity on his side, pushed the rock away to an open area as if he were moving mountains and filling seas.

His special ability to manipulate objects from a distance was indeed very powerful.

Yun Xiao stared blankly at Ai Xiang, panting with residual fear.

It took quite a while before she recovered, looked at Ai Xiang, and quickly said, "Thank you for saving me!"

"Be more careful next time. If you can’t handle it, can’t you dodge?" Ai Xiang said indifferently, his tone carrying no blame.

Yun Xiao hung her head, not responding further. It was her mistake this time!

At this time, the aftershocks slowly stopped.

The other team members were also unharmed by now.

"Since everyone is okay, let’s continue moving forward," Ai Xiang looked at everyone and ordered.

Jing Haoran, carrying his backpack, also said tiredly, "The aftershock has come again. Fortunately, most have been moved to safety, and those who need medical treatment have been sent to the hospitals."

"Considering the strength of the shaking, the aftershocks are still significant. The upcoming rescue and search operations will become more and more difficult," Che Junqing said.

Afterward, the four had solemn expressions as they quickly made their way towards the village again.

Along the way, Yun Xiao saw many Butterfly Orchids, the vast array of flowers seemed especially fresh after such a life-threatening earthquake.

Yun Xiao casually picked one, remembering how Ai Xiang had previously told her to get lost over a single flower, and she still felt unhappy about it.

Especially when she thought about the person in his heart, she felt a sting in her chest as uncomfortable as a needle prick.

But now was not the time for these thoughts.

She walked at the back and quietly threw the flower away.

What didn’t belong to her, she could never covet.

She had long since come to terms with it! Yet the sorrow in her heart couldn’t dissipate no matter what.

...

Gu Xiaoxi only heard a loud splash and water scattered everywhere.

Then, in the darkness, she and Shao Changfeng also fell into the water.

Underwater again?

The cool water temperature made her shiver involuntarily.

She thought of the last time, the battle at Gu Feng.

"Zhao Zilong, are you alright?" Shao Changfeng took out his flashlight and turned it on.

"Help!" At that moment, one of the villagers who couldn’t swim cried out.

Gu Xiaoxi and Shao Changfeng immediately looked for people and rescued everyone.

Without thinking much, she bit her finger and used her Fire of the Blazing Sun to find a place to land.

A moment later, she spotted, not far from the stone wall’s edge, a stone platform about ten square meters in size.

Without a second thought, she directed everyone, including the villagers who could not swim, toward that cave.

It was a struggle, but everyone finally climbed onto the stone platform.

The panic in her heart then subsided somewhat!

After Gu Xiaoxi settled the villagers, she looked around.

Although it was dark and the water was icy, the place didn’t have the chilling gloom of Hell’s Abyss.

This was probably an underground cavity that stored groundwater, which partially collapsed due to the earthquake.

As for how to get out?

Gu Xiaoxi glanced around a few times, the area they had fallen into was simply not scalable.

As for this space, spanning a few hundred meters, it wasn’t very large, but it wasn’t small either.

Standing on this stone slab, the rock wall overhead was ten meters high.

Gu Xiaoxi counted the number of people and thankfully found that besides herself, Zhao Zilong, and Shao Changfeng, the other twelve villagers were there.

Although the villagers were panicked, they had no choice but to calm down.

"Girl, why did you jump down here? With the hole this deep, how are we supposed to get back up?" a middle-aged uncle worriedly exclaimed.

"As long as we’re not dead, I will definitely lead everyone out!" Gu Xiaoxi promised solemnly.

The villagers felt uncertain, but Gu Xiaoxi’s courage and solidarity in jumping down with everyone at a crucial moment touched everyone deeply.

At that time, everyone was surveying the surrounding cave.

The water flowed soundlessly in pitch darkness.

Shao Changfeng, holding a flashlight, suddenly spotted a stone gate not far away adorned with a Divine Beast carving.

On its left and right were the totems of a Phoenix and a Divine Dragon, appearing lifelike.

Even standing before this stone gate, one could feel the sacred aura emanating from the beasts in the carvings.

"Gu Xiaoxi, come over here and take a look, how could there be such a thing so deep underground?" Shao Changfeng called out hastily, his eyes full of confusion at the time.

The villagers then gathered around as well.

"A Divine Beast Totem? Could this be an ancient tomb!" exclaimed a man in his twenties from among the villagers, as he ran forward the most excitedly.

Because he was so excited, his fingers trembled, and he stumbled a few times as he walked.

The villagers exchanged glances before one of them stated solemnly, "I’ve heard there’s a large tomb in the Liangshan area. Archaeologists have searched for it many times but never found it. Could it be this one right before us?"

Gu Xiaoxi, upon hearing this, also walked forward, very curious.

For now, since they couldn’t get out, she had to check out the gate now that it had been discovered.

If it was an ancient tomb, that was even better.

Because where there is an ancient tomb, there must be an exit.

The two stone gates were tightly closed, with a Phoenix carved on the left and a Divine Dragon on the right, every feather and scale on the bodies of the Divine Beasts was carved very clearly.

Gu Xiaoxi had never seen such things before and had no knowledge about these peculiar items.

She reached out to push against the stone gate.

The young man who had been so excited just moments before immediately stopped her, "Don’t touch it! If this is truly a grand tomb, be careful of traps that might be on it."

Gu Xiaoxi turned around puzzled, shining her flashlight on the man.

She saw a man in his twenties, with a square face and thick, brooding eyebrows, projecting an imposing aura.

Gu Xiaoxi paused and looked at him as she asked, "Do you have a lot of knowledge about this?"

"Yes! Not to hide it from you, young lady, I am Tomb Raider, the nineteenth successor, Mu Fei!" he said, his eyes brimming with pride.

Gu Xiaoxi laughed lightly, nodding in understanding, "Oh, so you’re a tomb robber! That’s illegal!"

"Heh heh!" Mu Fei laughed awkwardly, "Although I’m the nineteenth-generation descendant, I’ve never actually robbed a tomb. All the ancient tombs that could be found nowadays have been visited by scientists, and there’s nothing left inside.

I also suspected that there might be a grand tomb around here.

However, my skills are not deep enough to deduce the exact location.

Today I’m fortunate to have come across it here. "

As he spoke, his excitement made him flush with exhilaration.

Gu Xiaoxi and the others were rendered speechless.

They had encountered an earthquake and fallen here, and there was nothing more unfortunate than that.

Yet, he still spoke of being lucky.

Shao Changfeng looked at the stone gate, his eyebrows furrowed, and asked, "Mu Fei, how do we open this gate? Can we get back to the surface through the passage behind this gate?"

Mu Fei pondered affectively for a moment before nodding and saying, "If we can break the trap on the gate and successfully disarm the traps in the passageway as well, we should be able to return."

"And what if we can’t?" Zhao Zilong asked.

Although they didn’t understand these exotic and strange objects, they had heard some things about them.

Every major tomb not only contained gold, silver treasures, antique jade art pieces, but also many ancient books of incalculable scientific value.

At the same time, the dangers inside were innumerable.

Once, when opening a thousand-year-old emperor’s tomb, a large number of people died.