22: Chapter 22 The Most Ominous Person

Compared to the liveliness of the Live Stream Room, the Seminar Hall was relatively quiet.

Many experts were slightly stunned, looking at Ye Xiao in astonishment, not knowing why he had suddenly said that.

Upon hearing this, Professor Zhou could not help but frown slightly.

Then, as if realizing something, Professor Zhou turned his head to look at the large screen behind him.

In an instant, Professor Zhou's brows knit together tightly!

"It actually is... a Bagua Mirror!"

The moment he saw the Bagua Mirror, a series of memories flooded into Professor Zhou's mind.

At that time, Professor Zhou was just an inexperienced archaeological scholar.

By chance, Professor Zhou had the opportunity to follow an Archaeological Team to learn, and they arrived at a Western Zhou ancient tomb located in the mountains.

Inside, Professor Zhou and his team discovered countless bronze and jade artifacts, several of which could be considered national treasures.

Everyone was extremely excited.

Because in that era, such a magnificent ancient tomb that had not yet fallen into the clutches of Tomb Raiders was almost unheard of!

Therefore, at the time, the members of the Archaeological Team believed that the protective measures of this ancient tomb were so perfect that Tomb Raiders could not find, let alone enter, the tomb.

Even he believed so.

But later, they arrived at the main passage of the tomb chamber, and at the end of the passage was a great hall.

Inside... a bronze coffin was placed.

To everyone's disappointment, this coffin had already been opened; the pry marks on it were extremely obvious, having been forced open with brute strength.

They had originally thought that this tomb chamber had been looted by Tomb Raiders and there were no salvageable artifacts left.

But strangely, almost none of the funerary vessels and jade ornaments in this tomb chamber were missing.

The only thing missing was the corpse inside the coffin.

During the search, the Archaeological Team eventually discovered an old tomb-raiding hole in the northwest corner of the chamber, along with four or five corpses that had already turned into skeletons beside the hole.

However, what made one's hair stand on end was that these corpses all shared a common feature.

That was, on the cervical vertebrae of all the corpses, there was a row of deep tooth marks, as if their necks had been crushed directly by a wild beast.

And in the hand of one of the corpses... it was clutching this Bagua Mirror tightly!

Even now, whenever Professor Zhou thinks of it, he cannot help but shudder violently.

Even though the conclusion later given by the Archaeological Team was that a wild beast had entered through the tomb-raiding hole and eaten the corpses inside.

But clearly, if one thinks about it carefully, this conclusion does not hold water.

What kind of wild beast could enter such a narrow tomb-raiding hole and directly crush a person's cervical vertebrae?

This matter had always remained a mystery, buried in Professor Zhou's heart.

Later, Professor Zhou wanted to explore this Western Zhou ancient tomb again, but the result left him incredibly shocked and panicked.

Because it was said that the Western Zhou ancient tomb from back then had collapsed due to a mudslide, and the entire tomb had caved in.

This series of events made Professor Zhou feel increasingly that it was abnormal.

Now, seeing the familiar Bagua Mirror again, for some reason, an ominous premonition suddenly rose in Professor Zhou's heart.

His lips trembled slightly, and he turned around abruptly to stare intently at Ye Xiao.

Professor Zhou had previously felt that the mystery of the Bagua Mirror might be taken into the coffin along with him.

But now, looking at Ye Xiao, Professor Zhou suddenly felt that the puzzle that had troubled him for decades might be solved today.

For a moment, Professor Zhou's hands could not stop trembling, and he was so excited that he could not even speak!

Ye Xiao pondered for a moment, then spoke slowly with a serious expression:

"Professor Zhou, please notify the Archaeological Team members underwater, under no circumstances should they touch this Bagua Mirror! Otherwise..."

When he said "Otherwise," Ye Xiao's brows could not help but furrow slightly.

Along with him, the other experts' hearts skipped a beat.

What exactly lay behind this "Otherwise," they could realize, but they dared not imagine.

Upon hearing this, Professor Zhou could not help but tremble slightly, then said tremblingly:

"Okay, okay..."

Then, he pressed the button on his headset and conveyed the order to the Archaeological Team at the bottom of the well.

Meanwhile, the audience in the Live Stream Room was completely confused and did not understand what had happened at all.

"Why can't they open the coffin? I still want to know who is in this coffin! It was actually thrown into the water and submerged for so many years!"

"Yeah! Is there some concern, which is why they can't open the coffin?"

"Stop joking, it's already 2021, and you're still doing that metaphysics stuff?"

"But seriously, this bronze coffin is really quite scary! Maybe Ye Dao discovered something!"

"Hiss! I have an ominous feeling!"

Command Headquarters

Seminar Hall

It was quiet here; all the experts present had stopped discussing, and everyone's eyes were focused on a young man.

And this young man was Ye Xiao.

At this moment, Ye Xiao's gaze was fixed on the large central screen, his brows slightly furrowed, as if he were pondering something.

The atmosphere at the scene became increasingly tense.

Not even an expert dared to breathe heavily; all of them were holding their breath slightly.

They, too, had seen some clues from Professor Zhou and Ye Xiao, and thus guessed at the mystery that existed within this coffin.

Suddenly, as Ye Xiao's gaze sharpened and the furrow between his brows smoothed out, the tense atmosphere at the scene suddenly vanished.

But next, a sentence from Ye Xiao made everyone present turn pale with shock.

"I might know who is buried in this coffin!"

Ye Xiao's voice was low, yet it felt like a large hammer, smashing heavily into everyone's heads.

It left the experts present slightly stunned.

For a moment, they hadn't quite reacted.

"W-what???"

After they reacted, expressions of disbelief appeared on everyone's faces.

Everyone stared blankly at Ye Xiao, as if they were looking at a monster.

Ye Xiao nodded slightly and said slowly:

"According to ancient funeral coffin systems, bronze coffins are generally used to bury emperors, royalty, or nobles!"

Once these words were spoken, everyone present nodded slowly.

They knew this point too, but what puzzled them was, could they know who was buried in this coffin based solely on this?

However, before they could voice their confusion, Ye Xiao's voice sounded again:

"But... besides these three types of people, there is another type that also needs to be buried in a bronze coffin!"

As he spoke, Ye Xiao scanned everyone present, and finally, his gaze settled on the bronze coffin on the screen, and he said again:

"That is—A Person of Great Ominousness!"