499: Chapter 499 Underground Palace Image Synthesis

"Then why did Qin Emperor send out 99 pairs of virgin boys and girls?"

"Naturally, it was to protect this place and tell those who attempted to excavate the Mausoleum not to do so," Old Qin replied.

"So, you are a descendant of one of those 99 pairs of virgin boys and girls? And you have been passing down the secret of the Mausoleum and guarding its safety?" Oriental Chen asked.

"That's right!" Old Qin nodded.

"Old Qin, you're going a bit too far!" Oriental Chen feigned a complaint.

"How am I going too far?" Old Qin asked, puzzled.

"Please make your logic a bit more rigorous next time you make up a story. Honestly, your story can only fool elementary school students. Any middle school student wouldn't believe it," Oriental Chen replied.

"Why?" Old Qin was very surprised.

"It's simple. The Qin Emperors Mausoleum is unknown to us, not an open secret. The premise of your story itself is problematic. Since it's very dangerous down there, just tell everyone directly. Why hide it? Don't you know that the more you hide something, the more it sparks people's curiosity?" Oriental Chen explained.

"Commander, scan complete," Xiao Lin reported.

"Transmit the image to the Digital Eye!" Oriental Chen said excitedly.

The message was sent through the Digital Eye, so Old Qin didn't hear Oriental Chen's voice.

"What's wrong with you?" Seeing Oriental Chen's excited expression, Old Qin suddenly had a bad feeling.

"Oh, nothing, Old Qin, please continue," Oriental Chen replied perfunctorily, not having time to bother with him.

"I'm done!" Old Qin was baffled.

"Uh... Old Qin, this story is really too simple. Could you make up... oh no, what I mean is your reason is too fake. I still need to investigate it myself," Oriental Chen said.

He wanted to assign Old Qin something else to do.

By the time he finished making up another reason, he would have a basic grasp of the underground palace's situation.

"Hmph, you little brat, you're not intentionally stalling for time here, are you?" Old Qin started to catch on.

"How could I, Old Qin? I wouldn't dare unless you spoke first!" Oriental Chen replied perfunctorily.

At this moment, his entire focus was on the three-dimensional projection in front of him.

From the synthesized projection, it was clear that the structure of the Qin Emperors Mausoleum was a standard inverted pyramid.

Most of the upper areas were passages, extending downwards in a spiral shape. Between the passages were individual burial chambers.

Oriental Chen didn't pay attention to the various messy burial objects in the upper chambers; what he cared most about was the underground palace at the very bottom.

"Hmm?"

As soon as the angle switched to the entrance of the lowest underground palace, a line of text appeared before his eyes.

These characters were standard small seal script, already very similar to modern characters, so he instantly knew what was written on them.

It was precisely the six characters Old Qin had mentioned: "Those who enter the Imperial Mausoleum without permission shall die."

Seeing these characters, Oriental Chen's heart skipped a beat.

The story Old Qin made up might be false, but it couldn't be such a coincidence that he guessed these characters correctly.

He thought back.

Old Qin told him that when the excavation first began, a stone tablet was found in the terracotta warrior pit with these characters written on it. But later, the stone tablet disappeared without a trace.

Oriental Chen originally thought this intimidating statement was just something Old Qin made up and didn't take it seriously at all.

But now it seemed the story of the stone tablet was false, but the content was true.

This was very strange.

Oriental Chen switched his perspective to the upper level. Although the burial chambers had collapsed and the items were arranged messily, there were indeed many rare treasures. This indicated that no one had ever entered here.

That meant Old Qin's story about this place being plundered by invaders was false, and the archaeologists' claim of conducting emergency excavations here was also false.

That meant these six characters should not have been seen by anyone.

So how did Old Qin know?

While he was puzzled, Old Qin was already anxious.

"You don't dare? What do you not dare to do? Move aside, get out of my way!"

"Hey, hey, hey, Old Qin, don't rush! Don't get yourself sick!" Oriental Chen was pulled aside, and Old Qin pulled open the door and walked out.

Oriental Chen was helpless and quickly sent a command to turn off all screens inside the battleship.

At the same time, he sent a command to all Special Operations Team members, telling them they saw nothing.

When Old Qin rushed into the hall in a hurry, all the Special Operations Team members were standing there, looking bewildered.

"Oh no!" When Oriental Chen ran in behind him, he remembered that the few Soldiers Old Qin brought were also in the hall.

They had also seen the image of the underground palace.

"Old Qin, you're really in good shape. I can't even keep up when you walk!" Oriental Chen teased awkwardly.

"What's going on? Why are all these screens off?" Old Qin demanded, pointing to the screens around the hall.

"Ah? They were off to begin with! If you don't believe me, ask them," Oriental Chen said stubbornly, gritting his teeth.

Old Qin looked at the Special Operations Team members.

"Uh... yes, yes, yes, they were off," the Special Operations Team members said awkwardly.