CHAPTER 601: 601 PREPARATION

After dinner. Zeng Hongling suddenly came over. "Yuanyuan, I want to go out for a bit, I have to go to the bathroom. I’m really not used to this."

"If you’re really in a hurry, you have to go by yourself. I can’t leave here; I have to wait for Shao Hongming to come over."

"I’m waiting for you; let’s go take a bath."

Su Yuanyuan thought this girl just wanted to take a bath.

"Alright."

When the two girls finally reached the surface, they both went back separately.

Su Yuanyuan also took a bath and changed clothes. To be honest, being around dead people was a bit unsettling.

After getting everything sorted, she drank a cup of Spiritual Spring Water and then lay down.

She had already made an agreement with Shao Hongming. Tomorrow, she’ll substitute for him; outside, everything is under Shao Hongming’s official name, and she holds no position, making things inconvenient.

After Zeng Hongling took a bath, she lay on her bed. "Dad, Su Yuanyuan is a woman who had three children with a man, but her husband and children are no longer here."

"What do you mean by ’no longer here’?"

"Dad, didn’t you get some news before? A leader and his three children had an accident at sea?"

Zeng Zhixuan nodded. "Right, but the information we got was very limited. It was a very strange matter."

In fact, if no one had come asking for money, they wouldn’t have had any channels to know about it.

"I think that should be Su Yuanyuan’s husband and children."

Zeng Zhixuan nodded. It was indeed very possible.

"Dad, Su Yuanyuan shared some insights on longevity. I agreed with what she said."

"Sigh, your grandfather is too obsessed."

"There’s nothing dangerous inside now. Let’s just wait. Maybe in the end, grandpa will let it go."

The father and daughter both fell silent. This was the old man’s lifelong pursuit.

Actually, Zeng Hongling thought it might be better to just live a good life now.

"What did Su Yuanyuan tell you?"

"She just told me that sometimes living too long is not a good thing either.

Besides, our ancestors did not succeed; they still died, which means their methods were also incorrect."

"Yes, your grandpa just can’t figure it out. Never mind, let’s wait. In the end, when there’s no hope, he might slowly come to understand."

"Dad, I think Su Yuanyuan is a very good person, but I fear my brother has no hope with her."

"That’s something we won’t get involved in. Yixin has to strive for it himself."

A woman like her is not easy to win over. Having been through it himself, he could see Shao Hongming’s intentions.

But looking at the girl’s minimal relationship with Shao Hongming, he understood that the woman didn’t have that intention.

Though he considered his son very outstanding, when compared to Shao Hongming, he still fell short in some aspects.

"Dad, in the future, I will become good friends with Su Yuanyuan."

Zeng Zhixuan said nothing. This was the children’s own decision.

He himself had been controlled his entire life, so he gave his children the utmost freedom.

The next day, the two girls followed along with the meal delivery.

Su Yuanyuan looked at the many boards that had already been set up here, not sure if they could be used.

"Su Yuanyuan, be careful."

"Hmm, don’t worry, I know. With so many professionals here, there’s no need for me to do anything."

She sat there continuing to examine the characters that had been imprinted.

Now, there weren’t many left that hadn’t been imprinted.

Someone was arranging to lay planks; it was not an easy task.

However, Wei Guangxiang was truly remarkable, being put in charge in the end.

Su Yuanyuan watched from the side, considering the distance was about fifty or sixty meters.

The entire morning was spent in constant testing.

By noon, everyone received an antidote injection, but Su Yuanyuan didn’t use hers.

Actually, she felt it was purely psychological. The antidote was useless against mercury poisoning.

After lunch, Wei Guangxiang continued his testing, and it was almost successful, which was good news.

By three in the afternoon, the first plank was finally in place. Everyone in the tomb chamber burst into excited laughter.

Now that they had the first one, the rest would follow quickly; only three planks were actually needed.

Now it was a matter of deciding who would go over; not everyone could cross.

Wei Guangxiang was one, Zeng Yixin was another, and Su Yuanyuan was also counted.

Two archaeologists were included, and the rest were some workers.

Zeng Yaozu spoke up, "I want to be counted as well."

The two archaeologists didn’t object, nor did anyone else.

So they prepared their tools and waited for the food to arrive.

Since Wei Guangxiang had already crossed once, he wasn’t worried about safety now.

He came to sit beside Su Yuanyuan directly.

"I just went over there. The stone platform is no longer as secure."

Su Yuanyuan turned her head to look at Wei Guangxiang. "What do you mean?"

"I’ve already discussed it with the two gentlemen. It’s better to move things here first; the risk would be much lower."

"Hmm. But how would you move it here? I guess the plank can only support the weight of one person. How will you bring the coffin over?"

"I don’t know either, but in the end, it was decided that we need many more planks."

"That’s one way, but it’s still just as dangerous."

"Yes." This well-encased woman remained calm and collected as ever.

"Based on my experience, there should still be other coffins inside the sarcophagus, a series of them."

"That should be the case. I don’t understand much, but I know that with such a grand setup, there couldn’t be just one sarcophagus alone."

"Let’s cross over first."

Su Yuanyuan had no objections and nodded. She also knew he had no intentions of hurting her. Actually, it didn’t really matter since she would have to cross eventually.

When the meal was delivered, they were told that the wood would be brought soon.

Su Yuanyuan asked the person responsible for delivering food to inform Shao Hongming to have Zheng Xiaodong come over and handle the plank matters.

Then she stealthily put a safety rope in her bag.

And she started looking for something to hook onto.

After all, who could say there wouldn’t be any danger? So it’s best to be prepared.

Actually, even if they all faced trouble, she herself would be fine.

She could completely enter the space and navigate through space.

But with people around, she absolutely couldn’t do that.

Wei Guangxiang walked to Su Yuanyuan’s side, understanding her intentions.

He took out his tools, "You step back, I’ll handle it."

He directly made a hole in the stone wall.

Then he set a piece of timber securely there.

Su Yuanyuan looked and tested it with her hand. "It’ll do. I have a rope here, and if there’s real danger, we’ll have to use this."

"I’ve made my preparations too."

Having been trained from a young age, he definitely learned how to prepare for contingencies. In fact, they had systematically studied tomb raiding.