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72: The stone statues were returned to their original positions, and the entrance to the tomb was revealed.
Zhang Dada ignored their gazes and looked at Ye Bai.
"Ye Bai, I had a misunderstanding about you before. Please don't mind. You haven't eaten anything yet, have you? Take this; consider it my thanks and apology."
Ye Bai heard Zhang Dada's words but had no intention of responding.
Zhang Dada wasn't annoyed either; he didn't mind Ye Bai's behavior of ignoring him at all.
"Ye Bai, how old is your Third Uncle this year? From what you've said, he sounds really amazing. He seems to know a lot about tombs. Could you introduce me to him if there's a chance?"
"I'm very interested in tombs and such."
Zhang Dada continued prattling on, his words all revolving around Ye Bai's Third Uncle.
Yang Mi, Bai Lu, and Reba frowned upon hearing Zhang Dada's words.
"Since when did Zhang Dada become so interested in Ye Bai's Third Uncle?"
Reba said in a low voice while eating the bread in her hand.
"I think he has an ulterior motive. This guy might be planning something bad."
Yang Chaoyue didn't have a single good impression of Zhang Dada.
Cai Xukun, Hua Chenyu, Huang Zitao, and Wu Jing listened to Zhang Dada's non-stop chatter, while Ye Bai just sat there without saying a word.
It had to be said, Ye Bai really had great composure.
"Alright, everyone, hurry up and rest. There are things to do in the middle of the night."
Wu Jing directly interrupted the speaking Zhang Dada.
Zhang Dada wanted to say more, but he was intimidated by Wu Jing's gaze. He had asked for a long time without getting any information, wasting a lot of breath.
Zhang Dada was secretly deciding in his heart that as long as he found evidence that Ye Bai and the others were Tomb Robbers, he would have rendered a great service to Great Xia.
Late at night.
Yang Mi, Wu Jing, and the others leaned against the wall to sleep. Reba had even specifically set an alarm.
Beep beep beep!!!
As the alarm bell rang, Ye Bai was the first to open his eyes and then stood up.
His gaze fell directly on the positions of those statues.
Yang Mi and Reba packed their things and stood behind Ye Bai, following his gaze. Only then did they notice that moonlight was actually falling onto the heads of these statues.
Cai Xukun, Zhang Dada, and the others all had a bit of morning grumpiness. Hearing the alarm, they sat up somewhat irritably.
It took a moment for them to remember that there was important work to do now.
Ye Bai first walked to the side of a statue, looking up at the moonlight falling from the palace ceiling onto their heads, which also contained corresponding stars.
Ye Bai watched as the stars continued to shift in a complex and intricate manner.
After a long while, Ye Bai saw the correct alignment of the stars and began to turn the mechanism. The Taiji symbol rotated slightly, the sphere dropped down, and then a square grid appeared.
Corresponding to it was a Nine-Palace Grid.
Ye Bai looked at the Nine-Palace Grid before him, his gaze deepening. He then reached out and slightly pushed the stone blocks inside.
Boom!
Pushing the stone blocks was not easy; it felt as if they weighed a thousand jin.
As Ye Bai pushed the stone blocks, the statues outside also moved slowly along with the movement of the blocks.
"They're moving, they're moving!"
Hearing the sound, Reba hurriedly looked over. At this sight, her eyes instantly widened, showing a look of shock.
The stone statues were moving bit by bit, shifting back and forth according to the stones Ye Bai was pushing.
Not only was Reba surprised, but Yang Mi, Zhang Dada, and the others were equally astonished.
They really moved!
And it was during the Hour of the Rat... everyone on the scene was stunned.
The number of people in the Live Stream Room not only didn't drop but instead had an upward trend.
They were all waiting to see if what Ye Bai said was true.
The result... [Holy crap! Holy crap! Is this for real? They actually moved, and without anyone pushing them...]
[I was exhausted before, but now I'm instantly wide awake. This is practically a miracle! Ye Bai isn't just boasting; I'm becoming a fan right now!!]
[Ahhh!! So handsome! Especially at this moment, seeing Ye Bai's serious expression, I'm just totally captivated!!]
[I have to say, Ye Bai is really cool!!!]
[So now that the time, place, and people are all in alignment, he's just moving those statues?]
[Wow! Wow!! Now that the statues are solved, will we be able to find the tomb entrance? Will I be able to see the situation inside the tomb in a bit?]
Seeing this situation, the fans were so shocked they kept sending bullet commentss.
Their admiration for Ye Bai also rose to another level.
Because of this, he gained many fans.
The archaeology professors keeping watch in the Live Stream Room.
Everyone was so shocked they couldn't speak, their eyes fixed on Ye Bai's operations.
"He... he actually moved them..."
One of the professors looked at the large screen in surprise, his lips trembling several times before he could say this sentence.
Asking themselves, if it were them, they might not have been able to find the trick in such a short time... he really did it.
"Ye Bai is truly amazing. No wonder Professor Wang wants to pull him into the Archaeology Academy. This time when we go to find Ye Bai, maybe we can build a relationship with him."
"This person is truly a treasure trove!!"
"We can't miss this opportunity. This person must join the Archaeology Academy! This is the talent we need most!!"
Many professors also came to their senses following that professor's voice, each of them standing up in excitement.
The way they looked at Ye Bai was like looking at the God of Wealth, friendlier than anyone else.
Inside the Forbidden Ground.
As Ye Bai returned the last stone statue to its position.
The floor in the very center of the open space slowly opened, and then a pitch-black secret passage appeared.
A blast of cold air emerged from inside the passage, along with a faint foul smell.
When Yang Mi and Wu Jing saw the secret passage appear, they were first stunned, then came to the entrance. Looking at the dark passage and the stone steps inside, it gave off a visual sense of an entrance to an abyss.
"Is this the entrance to the tomb?"
Yang Mi looked in astonishment at Ye Bai, who was walking toward her.
"Ye Bai, you're really something. How could you even know this? Have you been here before?"
Wu Jing looked at the tomb entrance with excitement, but his hand gave a thumbs up in praise of him.
Ye Bai did not reply.
His memories of this place weren't very clear, nor were Zhang Qilin's.
Zhang Dada, Cai Xukun, and Huang Zitao followed closely behind. When they saw the secret passage, all four of them were dumbfounded.
Their minds were in a mess.
They really hadn't expected Ye Bai to actually find the entrance.
Inside the Live Stream Room—
[Holy crap, holy crap, holy crap!!!]
[Oh my crap!! There really is a tomb entrance! It was really found by Young Master Ye Bai!!]
[Ahhh!! I can see the tomb! Shall we go in now?]
[Go in? How can that be okay? The Archaeological Team is on the way. If they go in now, wouldn't that make them Tomb Robbers? That's not appropriate!!]
[What's not appropriate, what Tomb Robbers? This is a live broadcast. Have you ever seen a Tomb Robber who live streams?]
Just then—
A red bullet comments appeared in the Live Stream Room!