Global Exploration: Starting from Decrypting Chernobyl

217: Tomb of the Sand Sea! Two-Sided Truth!”...” ”Let’s go!” ”Go!” The people around looked at each other.

Gritting their teeth, they adjusted their equipment and jumped into the ’quicksand eye’ where Wu Tian and the others had disappeared!

”Nanfeng...” Wu Xie frowned and looked at Huo Nanfeng. He asked softly, ”Are you sure you want to follow down there too?”

”The tomb chamber below could be buried by this sand at any moment. If you go down... there’s a good chance you won’t be able to come back up!”

”...” ”Heh...” Huo Nanfeng smiled slightly. He turned his head to look at Wu Xie and suddenly asked, ”Why do you want to go down?”

”...” Wu Xie was taken aback. Then, he put away the smile on his face, looked at Huo Nanfeng, and said earnestly, ”I have my own reasons!”

”I can do without the secret of the ultimate, but...” Wu Xie said seriously, ”I want to see what the ultimate actually looks like!”

”...” ”Then can you tell me the specific reason?” Huo Nanfeng chuckled and continued to ask Wu Xie.

Wu Xie frowned. Then he looked at Huo Nanfeng and shook his head slightly. ”No!”

”...” ”That’s right!” Hearing this, Huo Nanfeng beamed and said to Wu Xie with a smile.

”You have your reasons for having to go down, and I can’t stop you, but I also have my reasons for having to go down, and likewise, you can’t stop me!”

”Alright!” ”Little Third Master of the Wu Family!” ”In the time you’ve spent talking nonsense with me up here, we could have already reached the bottom and reunited with Boss Wu!”

”Hurry up!” ”Let’s go!”

”...” ”Then let’s go!” Wu Xie nodded, pushed down the goggles on his face, and without hesitation, took a leap with Wang Meng behind him, diving straight into the fine, grayish-white quicksand like entering water.

By the time Wu Xie and Wang Meng disappeared into the grayish-white quicksand vortex, Huo Nanfeng also expressionlessly reached out to push down his goggles and leaped. He also entered the grayish-white sea of sand.

Next were Chen Jie, Zhao Wu... and finally Third Master Xie, who gritted his teeth and had no choice but to follow.

”...” ”Sshhh...” ”Sshhh!” The sound of the fine quicksand rubbing against his clothes constantly echoed in Wu Tian’s ears. Even with goggles on, all Wu Tian could see in front of his eyes was darkness.

The only thing he could rely on to find direction was the flow of the quicksand. Wu Tian held Fatty with his left hand and Zhang Meng with his right, slowly diving deeper underground along the current of the quicksand!

Swish, swish... The sound of the quicksand rubbing against him was incessant!

It didn’t take long! The sound of the quicksand rubbing against Wu Tian and the others gradually subsided. Then... the three of them simultaneously felt the pressure and friction around them decrease significantly.

After a few more seconds... the pressure on the three of them lightened. At one moment! Whoosh! Whoosh, whoosh!

Their bodies instantly broke through the thick layer of quicksand and plummeted down, following the sand that had already become less dense!

Thud! A muffled sound! Wu Tian landed first. The landing spot was soft, and as soon as he touched the ground, his body sank into the sand beneath him.

Wu Tian frowned. He reacted immediately, rolling away from the sand pile! He rolled onto the hard ground to the side.

Then... before Wu Tian could even look up to check the surrounding environment. ”Plop!” ”Thud!” ”Ouch!” ”Oh my god...”

After two muffled sounds, he heard Fatty say with a pained expression. ”Sister Meng! Could you please get up? What kind of lethal weapon did you pack in that big bag on your back? You almost impaled me!”

”...” ”Huh?” Zhang Meng was taken aback. She then nimbly climbed off Fatty. She reached back and lightly touched her backpack. Suddenly... Zhang Meng’s expression became awkward.

”Uh...” ”What poked you just now must have been that ring-shaped weapon I picked up in the passageway above!”

”...” ”A weapon?!” Fatty was instantly shocked! He made a sudden move, rolling away from the huge sand pile under his backside, and rolled to Wu Tian’s side. Without a word, he stood up and frantically felt his body.

”...” ”Geez!” Seeing Fatty’s panicked movements, Zhang Meng, worried that more people might fall from above, rolled down the sand slope and came to Fatty’s side. She smiled, slapped Fatty, rolled her eyes, and said.

”Stop fumbling around on yourself, you look like you’re doing something suspicious.” ”Alright!” ”You’re definitely fine!”

Zhang Meng reached into the backpack on her back, pulled out that ring-shaped weapon, and waved it in front of Fatty. ”See that!” Zhang Meng said with a smile. ”I wrapped this weapon in the skin of the Chang You from earlier, specifically because I was afraid this thing would rip my backpack!”

”Alright!” Zhang Meng put the weapon away and took out a flashlight. Using the light from the flashlight, she began to observe this space. ”Stop dawdling!” ”Quickly, let’s look at this...” ”Find a way to get to the next level!”

”...” ”Right!” Wu Tian nodded. He then brushed the sand off his body, shook the sand out of his shoes, turned on his flashlight, and began to observe the surroundings.

Just as Wu Tian and the others began to observe the surroundings... on the sand dune behind them... muffled thuds of impact against the sand came one after another. ”Thump!” ”Thump, thump, thump!”

After several muffled sounds in succession, Wu Xie and the others also successfully flowed out of the sea of sand.

”...” ”Ptooey, ptooey!” ”Damn it!” As soon as he landed on the sand dune, Wu Xie opened his mouth and spat several times! ”What the hell...” ”Why is this sand bitter?” ”Did it go bad in this enclosed underground space?” ”Damn it!” ”So disgusting!”

”...” ”Boss!” Just as Wu Xie crawled up from the sand dune, Wang Meng, who had fallen down behind him, also slowly stood up, frowning as he tightened the cloth wrapped around his nose and mouth. He frowned and reached out to support Wu Xie. ”Are you alright?”

”...” ”I’m fine!” Wu Xie shook his head. ”Let’s go!” ”Let’s not waste time, let’s follow Wu Tian and the others and observe the surrounding environment.” ”Look for where the ground is the weakest.” ”From that weak spot, we’ll find a way to break through to the next level!”

”...” ”Alright!” Wang Meng nodded. He followed by Wu Xie’s side, turning on his flashlight to observe the surroundings.

Just as Wang Meng and Wu Xie were exploring in another direction, Zhao Wu, Chen Jie, Huo Nanfeng, and Third Master Xie also slid down one by one from the large hole above, following the quicksand.

After everyone adapted for a while, seeing the actions of Wu Tian and the others, they also conscientiously took their flashlights and began to observe the surroundings carefully.

”...” ”Hey...” ”Brother Tian!” The area Wu Xie was exploring was relatively close to Wu Tian. While carefully tapping the ground, Wu Xie asked Wu Tian, who was not far away. ”I feel like I just passed through a fake tomb space!”

”I feel like...” ”We’ve already passed the fake coffin.” ”Now...” ”The stone slab under our feet should be called the ceiling stone.” ”And the one above our heads is called the cap stone!”

”...” ”Yes!” Wu Tian nodded. ”I thought no one noticed?”

”I already felt it when we were in the sea of sand. The fake coffin here had been crushed by the sand above over the years. We passed directly through the fake coffin, and by a stroke of luck, Third Master Xie found the cap stone and blasted through it!”

”Heh!” ”That old guy is really lucky!” ”But...” Wu Xie frowned. ”Are you sure there’s a place on this layer of stone under our feet for us to go down?”

”...” Hearing this, Wu Tian chuckled. ”No!” ”Every layer of stone here was built to seal things off; where would there be a natural passage for people to pass through?”

”...” Wu Xie was stunned. ”Then you...” ”It’s simple!” Wu Tian chuckled. He reached out and patted the big bag on Fatty’s back and said to Wu Tian with a smile.

”Isn’t there stuff in here?” ”Plenty of explosives!” ”Just blast it!”

”...” Upon hearing this, an even more shocked expression flashed across Wu Xie’s face. He glanced at Third Master Xie in the distance, who was sticking his butt out and fumbling around on the ground, then looked back at Wu Tian. Suddenly... a look of admiration appeared on Wu Xie’s face.

”Awesome!” ”Brother Tian!” ”This move of yours is just so... you know!” ”If the third one of the Xie Family finds out, won’t his lungs explode from anger?”

”...” ”Huh?” Wu Tian feigned an innocent expression and said to Wu Xie. ”Lungs exploding from anger? How cruel!” ”But...” Wu Tian’s expression suddenly changed. He looked at Wu Xie and gave a cheeky smile. ”What does that have to do with me?” ”Hee hee!”

”...” Wu Xie looked at Wu Tian and also revealed a cheeky smile. ”Yeah!” ”What does that have to do with us?” ”Workers have the happiness of workers!” ”Why don’t we make the happiness of the worker last a little longer?” ”Heh!”

The group of seven or eight people groped between the ceiling stone and the cap stone for about ten minutes, and almost everyone had carefully screened this layer of ceiling stone under their feet.

They had to avoid the places where sand was leaking from above, and find a place where the ground beneath was relatively weak, but the cap stone above was relatively hard. This indeed took a lot of effort from everyone.

Moreover... the supply of batteries for everyone in the dim environment was also limited. If they delayed any longer... I’m afraid that even if they could get down into the real main tomb, the flashlights in their hands might not be able to support them getting out of this tomb!

This... added a lot of anxiety to everyone’s hearts.

”...” ”Did you find it?” After having his black cloak removed by Wu Tian, Third Master Xie no longer bothered to hide, exposing his pale face to everyone’s sight. He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. Third Master Xie frowned and asked Zhao Wu, who was beside him, in a low voice.

”No.” Zhao Wu didn’t want to pay any attention to Third Master Xie at all, shook his head, and walked away from Third Master Xie.

”...” Third Master Xie choked. But he didn’t say anything. He just shot a vicious look at Zhao Wu, then bowed his head and began searching in other places again.

”...” Suddenly! The light from the flashlight on Chen Jie’s side began to sway. He shouted loudly. ”Brother Tian!” ”Hey, Brother Tian!” ”Come take a look!” ”I found something!” ”There seems to be a spot here that sounds wrong when I tap it; it seems very weak!”

”...” Everyone was stunned. They immediately stopped what they were doing and quickly gathered towards Chen Jie’s side. Seven or eight people were suddenly crowded into a very small space.

But no matter how crowded it was, everyone still left enough space for Wu Tian, the Fatty behind him, and Zhang Meng. ”Whew...” ”Where?”

Wu Tian walked through the path cleared in the crowd, rubbed his hands together, and asked Chen Jie, ”...”

”...”

”Here!” Chen Jie chuckled.

He reached out and tapped a section of the stone surface.

”Tap, tap!”

The sound was exceptionally hollow!

It sounded like... the stone here was indeed very thin.

Wu Tian nodded.

Then, he reached out and lightly tapped on the stone surface himself.

”Tap, tap!”

Listening to the crisp, hollow sound coming from beneath his hand, Wu Tian smiled faintly, then slowly stood up.

He said with a smile, ”Not bad!”

”The ground here is much thinner than other places!”

”But there is one more problem!”

Wu Tian stood up, stood on his tiptoes, and reached up to touch the stone slab above his head.

”The floor slab is thin so we can easily open it, but the ceiling slab must be exceptionally sturdy.”

”Otherwise, if the explosion causes even the ceiling slab to crack or collapse!”

”The danger level for us down below will increase sharply!”

”...”

”Bl... blow it open?”

Suddenly, Third Master Xie on the side was somewhat dumbfounded.

Then, looking at Wu Tian, he confirmed again, ”Boss Wu!”

”Are you sure... it’s to blow it open?”

”...”

”Yeah!” Wu Xie nodded matter-of-factly.

”Blow it open!”

”What else are we supposed to do?”

Wu Xie chuckled.

”This is a stone slab under our feet. Unless you want to use explosives, are you going to pry it open with your bare hands?”

”...”

”Bu... but!” Third Master Xie immediately bristled.

”But didn’t you tell me earlier that the explosive you gave me was the only one our entire team had?”

”You...”

”Are you f***ing messing with me?!” Third Master Xie’s face turned red.

”Hey~” The smile on Wu Tian’s face didn’t fade. He waved his hand lightly at Third Master Xie and said with a smile, ”How can you call that messing with you?”

”Think about it!”

”When I told you there was only one explosive, didn’t Fatty hand me one?”

”...”

Third Master Xie was stunned.

”Think about it again!”

”Fatty has been carrying that bag the whole time; when have I ever looked into that bag?”

”So, at that time, I naturally thought there was only one explosive, right?”

”...”

Third Master Xie was completely dumbfounded.

”Then you...”

”...”

”Why is there one now, right?”

Wu Tian tilted his head, looked at Third Master Xie, and smiled slightly.

”That’s very simple!”

”I didn’t check the bag before, so I didn’t know, but now that I’ve checked the bag, don’t I know now?”

”Old brother!”

”Don’t worry about those details!”

”Who cares how many explosives are left; the point is that we can get down there, that’s what really matters!”

”...”

Wu Tian’s words left Third Master Xie stunned.

Then, Third Master Xie hesitated and slowly nodded.

He said in a low voice, ”Yeah!”

”You’re right!”

”As long as there are explosives and we can get down, that’s a good thing...”

”...”

”Hey!”

”That’s it!”

Wu Tian chuckled, reached out to take the backpack from Fatty’s hand, and then pulled out another small piece of clay explosive from the bag.

After molding it into a cone shape in his hands, he pressed the tip directly onto the ground.

”Wait... no...” Third Master Xie collected himself, only then realizing something was wrong.

Regardless of anything else... he had been tricked!

And looking at Wu Tian’s attitude, he was clearly being a rogue!

”You...” Third Master Xie squeezed in front of Wu Tian.

He extended a finger, preparing to question the latter.

”What’s that?” Wu Tian looked at Third Master Xie who had squeezed in, and suddenly stopped his actions.

He asked the latter with great surprise, ”You mean you want to come up and install the explosive and detonate it yourself?”

Third Master Xie was taken aback.

He immediately waved his hands to refuse!

”No...”

”That’s not what I meant!”

”...”

”Oh?” Wu Tian’s eyes lit up.

”You mean you don’t need any of our help or worry, and you can handle it yourself?”

”Fine!”

Wu Tian, with lightning speed, finalized the person to install and detonate the explosive.

He smiled at Third Master Xie with satisfaction.

”No problem!”

He forcibly stuffed the explosive in his hand into Third Master Xie’s arms and smiled slightly at him.

”It’s yours!”

”Good luck!”

”Don’t let us down!”

”...”

Third Master Xie: ...

”F***!”

”I can’t do this, don’t talk nonsense, I really can’t...”

”I!”

”...”

”Done!”

”Brothers, Third Master Xie has volunteered to help us install the explosive here and detonate it, so why are you all just standing there?”

”Hurry and leave this place!”

”It’s dangerous here!”

”Don’t let Third Master Xie’s good intentions go to waste!”

”Quick!”

While smiling, Wu Tian pointed at the triangular corner between the cap stone layer and the ceiling stone layer.

”That spot is the safest place on this entire level.”

”Let’s move quickly and hide in there!”

”Give Third Master Xie enough room to operate!”

”...”

”Alright!”

”No problem!”

”Let’s go, let’s go!”

”Hurry!”

Chen Jie and Zhao Wu exchanged smiles, and the two of them walked with brisk steps directly into the two corners.

Then, Huo Nanfeng also nodded without hesitation.

Following closely behind, he also rushed into the corners.

Then came Wu Tian and Fatty’s group.

In just a few short seconds...

Wu Tian led everyone to rush into the two corners.

Hiding in the dark and safe corners, he looked at Third Master Xie, who was holding the explosive pack not far away with a lost and dumbfounded expression, and chuckled.

Wu Tian raised his hand towards the latter.

”Quick!”

”Hurry up!”

”We are all ready!”

”You, hurry up!”

”Don’t worry!” Wu Tian said with a determined look.

”You install the bomb first, then run over here. I’ll leave you enough time for the explosion!”

”Before you run over, the bomb definitely won’t explode!”

”Please...” Wu Tian looked at Third Master Xie earnestly and said, ”Trust me!”

Third Master Xie: ...

After a few seconds of silence, Third Master Xie gritted his teeth and accepted Wu Tian’s proposal, because in the last few seconds, he had been constantly asking himself in his heart: Is there any other choice?

The answer was... No choice!”

”...”

”Sigh!” With a soft sigh, Third Master Xie looked at Wu Tian and the group of people gathered around him, nodded slowly, reached out, and inserted the clay explosive Wu Tian had molded, tip-down, into the crack in the rock.

Then... Third Master Xie, with a look of utter hopelessness, connected the various wire groups.

After testing that all the wire groups were fine, Third Master Xie made an OK gesture toward Wu Tian, then stood up and ran quickly toward Wu Tian and the others.

While running, Third Master Xie shouted to everyone, ”Don’t rush!”

”Don’t be in a hurry!”

”Wait until I get over there, then press the detonation button!”

”...”

”What?” Wu Tian, who was talking to Zhang Meng beside him, was stunned and subconsciously leaned his body forward.

”Click...” Just like that, he moved a step. Wu Tian’s right foot stepped directly onto the remote control pad not far ahead.

Wu Tian was stunned.

Third Master Xie, who was running toward this side in the distance, was also stunned.

Then... Third Master Xie’s eyes widened, and he ran even more vigorously!

While running, he cursed, ”F***! Wu Tian, you b*stard!”

”You tricked me again!”

”Boom!” A huge explosion instantly resounded in the small space. A massive amount of shockwave was compressed by the narrow space and, bearing the brunt, rushed directly toward Third Master Xie, who was the closest.

Bang! A huge impact struck.

”Ugh...”

Third Master Xie’s expression changed, and then his whole body was lifted by the huge shockwave and flew toward Wu Tian and the others.

His thin body was like a kite with a broken string, drifting rapidly!

”...”

”Uh?” Wu Tian was stunned.

Then, watching the miserably pathetic Third Master Xie flying through the air toward them, Wu Tian smiled awkwardly and shouted loudly at Third Master Xie, ”Um... Third Master Xie!”

”If I say I really didn’t mean it, that pressing the remote control just now was really just a momentary oversight, do you believe me?”

”...”

Then! After speaking, Wu Tian, resisting the huge shockwave, reached out and pulled at Third Master Xie in the air!

Rip! Wu Tian’s right hand grabbed Third Master Xie’s clothes.

”Hehe... Gotcha!”

”...”

”Huff, huff...” Looking at Wu Tian below his body and feeling the shockwaves still coming from all directions, Third Master Xie’s face turned black.

He opened his mouth and cursed at Wu Tian, ”Do I believe you? I believe in my a**!”

”I don’t care if you did it on purpose or not, I’m not doing this job anymore!”

”Next time... you can go find whoever you want!”

”Don’t talk to me anymore!”

”You dog!”

”Let me tell you, I really want to...”

The more Third Master Xie spoke, the angrier he got.

Just as he was preparing to struggle and drop from Wu Tian’s hand to the ground to properly argue with Wu Tian... Rip! A crisp sound.

With Third Master Xie’s eyes wide open, the piece of clothing on him that Wu Tian was holding couldn’t bear the weight and was torn open!

”I...”

”F***!” Third Master Xie’s eyes widened.

He only had time to shout one curse before his whole body smashed into the wall behind him!

”Boom!” A loud noise!

Third Master Xie slammed into the wall with his back, the massive force making his eyes bulge out!

His internal organs felt a wave of discomfort, as if they had been shattered!

”Cough, cough...” Third Master Xie slowly slid down from the wall.

While coughing, he pointed righteously at Wu Tian and cursed loudly, ”Wu Tian! That’s impossible!”

”Even if you want to kill me, I will never install another explosive ever again!”

”Really! Wu Tian!” Third Master Xie looked at Wu Tian through gritted teeth and roared, ”Don’t you dare go too far!”

”...”

Half an hour later... On top of the Waist-Blocking Stone...

Third Master Xie, with a look of despair, was sticking his butt out, assembling explosives on the stone surface.

In the glances he occasionally raised, the look he gave Wu Tian was full of resentment and hatred!

”What are you looking at?”

”Hurry up!”

”Install it quickly, our flashlights are almost out of power, and you’re still dawdling there. Do you believe I’ll smack you?”

Wu Tian’s face turned black. He pointed at the latter’s nose and cursed him out!

Third Master Xie: ...

”Fine!”

”I... I’ll speed up...”

”...”

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