Reborn As Super Heiress

Chapter 1565: Chapter 1549: Poisoned

A blind cat stumbled upon a dead rat, unexpectedly hitting the mark!

Huo Sining’s eyes showed a look of surprise, realizing that this mechanism required such a method to open.

But soon, her mind was filled with immense confusion.

Because this bead was exactly what Lady Yan had deposited at her Jubao Pavilion, along with this bead, there was a Classic of Mountains and Seas filled with strange writings.

Huo Sining felt a tightness in her heart, as numerous thoughts flooded her mind.

The script on that Classic of Mountains and Seas was identical to the script on the four pieces of parchment she held, but the parchment also had a Bagua Chart. Now, the Cold Light Source Bead placed with the Classic of Mountains and Seas turned out to be a key to this stone wall mechanism. Could it be that all these things are connected?

But if all these things are connected, then what about Shen Wansan’s nautical chart? What about the landscape painting and those texts inside that lampshade? What exactly is happening here?

Huo Sining felt her brain was about to tie itself into knots.

At this moment, however, Mr. Huang was thinking even further, immediately grasping the most critical issue.

”Miss Huo, although I’m curious about how you got this bead, I don’t intend to press further. Clearly, you’re not the only one with this bead; someone in the Oil Rat group must have one too.”

Seeing the stone door open, Mr. Huang’s gaze instantly darkened.

Huo Sining was taken aback but quickly understood Mr. Huang’s implication.

Oil Rat and Gao Yuyuan managed to enter this cave smoothly; clearly, they had already opened this mechanism, which means they also had the code to unlock the stone wall mechanism.

Never mind how they knew the Bagua secret, just the fact that the circular hole required passing through this process to trigger the mechanism.

The code for the fourth position is ’circle’; without this Cold Light Source Bead, the stone door can’t be opened at all.

Thus, it could be deduced that the Oil Rat gang likely also had a similar bead in their possession!

This assumption made Huo Sining feel subtly anxious and uneasy. If the bead wasn’t unique, does it mean that the specially scripted Classic of Mountains and Seas isn’t unique either? What about the Bagua Chart on parchment and the nautical chart? Could others also have them?

Originally, Huo Sining never considered this problem, because those things were acquired almost by luck, so she naturally assumed that the charts in her possession were unique. But now it seemed, things might not be as perfect as she imagined.

Huo Sining unconsciously furrowed her brow, looking at the dark cave ahead with a glimmer in her eyes.

Could it be that this cave holds the secret hidden on those pieces of parchment?

”The door is open, sister, let’s go in quickly!”

The fearless Qibao child had no worries, running ahead as soon as the door opened. Mr. Huang and Miss Yue had no objections, as they came for what’s inside the mountain, not overthinking things. So, the three of them followed Qibao inside.

Huo Sining and Gu Xu exchanged a glance, both showing a hint of concern in their eyes, but seeing Qibao already in, they had no choice but to follow.

When facing the unknown, there’s always a sense of caution.

Inside the cave, there were steps downwards. The group, filled with curiosity and caution, followed the stairs deeper into the cave.

Mr. Huang, being a northern school tomb raider expert, perhaps due to his profession, was accustomed to the dark. His vision in the cave was better than others, so he led the way.

After descending about fifty steps along the stone path, the group finally reached flat ground.

The previously narrow path that fit only one person gradually began to widen.

After just a few steps, Mr. Huang, at the forefront, suddenly halted, staring intently at a spot on the flat ground not far ahead.

Those behind were compelled to stop as well.

Qibao, just behind Mr. Huang, full of curiosity, couldn’t resist asking when he saw Mr. Huang standing still:

”Uncle Huang, why aren’t we moving?”

Speaking, the mischievous child aimed his flashlight in the same direction as Mr. Huang’s gaze.

In that instant, the flashlight beam revealed a dark figure lying just a few steps away on the ground.

”Oh, there’s someone over there!” Huo Sining and Miss Yue were both startled.

”Who’s there?!”

The bolder escort with Mr. Huang and Miss Yue, seeing the unmoving shadow, was ready to step forward and confront it.

But even a single step was stopped as Mr. Huang yanked him back!

”Be careful! Don’t act rashly! And don’t touch anything!”

Mr. Huang’s expression was grave: ”This place is like a Thousand-Year Ancient Tomb, filled with mechanisms!”

The escort, upon hearing this, snapped back to reality. Tasked with guarding the immobile shadow, he paused, seemingly understood something, and his face turned a shade paler.

Mr. Huang took the flashlights from everyone and focused four or five beams together on the dark figure, immediately illuminating the scene.

Sure enough, lying on the ground was a man.

The man had four arrows stuck in him, with wounds on his chest, back, and arms!

When the light shone on his face, they realized that his face was ashen, with black blood seeping from his eyes, nose, and mouth, his whole body painfully curled up!

”Poisoned, he’s already dead!”

With just a glance, Mr. Huang determined the cause: ”Shot by a mechanism, the arrows were poisoned!”

The group was astonished, with the escort paling further, a tinge of fear in his eyes.

”Is he from the Oil Rat side?” Huo Sining couldn’t help but ask. Judging by the man’s condition, he hadn’t been dead for long, likely just entering not long ago.

”That’s right!” Mr. Huang’s expression turned cold, ”This guy is Li Jiandong, nicknamed Winter Melon. Used to be part of the same tomb raiding team as Oil Rat, later said to be going solo, separated from them. Didn’t think he’d be conned back by Oil Rat again!”

Huo Sining already knew Oil Rat was dishonest but didn’t expect him to be ruthless enough to use a teammate as bait. Her understanding of this tomb robber darkened further.

She glanced at Li Jiandong, a hint of pity and sympathy in her eyes.

Perhaps this is the consequence of trusting your teammates too much, because the brother you fully trust might push you into the line of fire at a critical moment.