36: Chapter 36 The person isn't even dead yet, and they're already preparing for a feast?

If they wanted to save the Archaeological Team, the only way was to crack the mechanism causing the stone steps to disappear.

Often, craftsmen building tombs would also install devices within the tomb to stop the mechanisms, in order to prevent accidental injury.

Unless the craftsmen of this tomb only intended to be buried along with it.

According to Ye Xiao's deduction, this device to stop the mechanism should be located within the bluestone slabs on the ground.

Ye Xiao narrowed his eyes slightly and muttered to himself, "Qian is three unbroken lines, Kun is six broken lines, Zhen is an upward-facing bowl, Gen is an overturned bowl..."

"Gen..."

At this point, Ye Xiao suddenly opened his eyes wide, and a flash of brilliance erupted from them!

"Gen is the life gate, located in the northwest!"

With that thought, Ye Xiao suddenly looked up, stared at the large screen in the center, and pressed the button on his headset.

"Take one step forward to the left!"

The voice, accompanied by a "crackle" of static, reached the ears of the Bodyguard Team Captain.

Although he was somewhat confused by what Ye Xiao said, he did not ask any further questions and followed the instructions directly.

After taking this step, everyone, including Ye Xiao, couldn't help but hold their breath, waiting quietly for two seconds!

However... nothing happened.

The Bodyguard Team Captain turned the camera, and the steps below were still disappearing continuously, already about to reach the feet of Professor Yang and the others.

"There's no time left!"

The Bodyguard Team Captain furrowed his brows tightly, speaking with undeniable worry.

Ye Xiao also furrowed his brows slightly, muttering to himself, "No reaction? How is that possible? The position of the life gate was calculated correctly!"

He went over the Eight Trigrams positions in his mind again; there was clearly no error.

"Wait a second!"

Looking at the large screen in the center, Ye Xiao's mind suddenly became clear!

"The live stream mirror effect! How could I have forgotten about that?"

It turned out that the footage transmitted from the camera to the Live Stream Room actually had a mirror effect.

In other words, the directions within it were actually the opposite of what Ye Xiao saw with his own eyes.

Therefore, even though Ye Xiao had calculated the life gate correctly, the step the Bodyguard Team Captain took was actually slightly off from the direction he had commanded.

In an instant, Ye Xiao understood completely and immediately pressed the button on his headset again, saying urgently, "Retreat to the previous position, then take one step forward to the right, quickly!"

The Bodyguard Team Captain heard this and hurriedly followed the instructions.

When he stepped forward to the right and onto the bluestone slab, his foot sank down along with the slab—he had triggered the mechanism!

Sure enough, as the mechanism was triggered, the "rumbling" tremors of the entire staircase stopped immediately.

The Bodyguard Team Captain hurriedly turned around and aimed the camera at the Archaeological Team behind him.

However, just as the camera turned, everyone saw a horrifying scene.

The steps beneath Professor Yang, who was at the very back of the team, and the two bodyguards supporting him, had suddenly disappeared.

The three of them had nothing to hold onto and plummeted straight down, disappearing from everyone's sight.

In front of Professor Yang, several Archaeological Team members also clearly saw this scene and immediately roared in horror, their eyes splitting with rage, "Professor Yang!" "Teacher Yang!"

Immediately, several Archaeological Team members disregarded everything and rushed towards the rear steps.

This scene made everyone's breath hitch slightly.

The audience in the Live Stream Room felt no joy of surviving a disaster; for a moment, the atmosphere was incomparably heavy.

"I didn't expect... Professor Yang actually sacrificed himself too!"

"Sigh, the losses are too heavy; we haven't even entered the ancient tomb yet, how could this happen?"

"It's too terrifying! Why must such a terrifying ancient tomb be built? For what purpose?"

"Actually, this is quite normal. No one wants to be disturbed while they are resting in eternal sleep; this is perfectly understandable!"

"I can't bear to see life and death separations! Wuwuwu!"

The audience in the Live Stream Room looked dejected, sorrow arising from within.

Meanwhile, a sorrowful atmosphere was spreading throughout the Seminar Hall.

Professor Yang's sacrifice made everyone feel a sense of shared grief, and their moods inevitably became somewhat low.

Professor Zhou, seeing this, although still somewhat choked up, forced a smile and comforted everyone, "Everyone, cheer up! For thousands of years, countless archaeologists have sacrificed themselves in ancient tombs; this is our long-cherished wish!"

"Although Professor Yang has sacrificed himself, our other team members have survived! We cannot let him sacrifice himself in vain, this..."

Just as Professor Zhou was speaking, Ye Xiao's voice suddenly rang out, interrupting him: "The man isn't dead yet, and you're already preparing for the funeral feast?"

Hearing this slightly playful voice, the many experts present couldn't help but be slightly stunned, and then they all turned their gazes to the large screen in the center.

They saw that on the rearmost steps, several archaeological scholars were scrambling to support an old man, slowly lifting him up.

And this old man was none other than Professor Yang!

As Professor Yang came up, the two bodyguards who had originally been supporting him also slowly crawled up from below the last step.

Only then did everyone understand.

It turned out that just now, when the steps were falling, one bodyguard had grabbed the edge of the steps at the critical moment.

The other one had grabbed the bodyguard's ankle with one hand and Professor Yang, who was falling, with the other, successfully saving Professor Yang.

The Bodyguard Team Captain, who was holding the camera, saw this and immediately let out a long sigh of relief.

And the audience in the Live Stream Room, at this moment, could no longer suppress their cheers, as if it were them who had just survived the disaster.

"My god! That was so cool, ahhh! Everyone survived, everyone survived! That's great! Wuwuwu!"

"Wow! I'm so excited! Everyone is still alive!"

"Is this... is it okay now? The stone steps have stopped disappearing!"

"It must have worked! The Bodyguard Team Captain must have stepped on the mechanism just now, and the stone steps stopped disappearing!"

"It's simply a miracle!"

The audience in the Live Stream Room were all incredibly excited, spamming the chat frantically.

Meanwhile, in the Seminar Hall, the previously tense and heavy atmosphere finally eased at the moment Professor Yang was saved.

All the experts simultaneously let out a long sigh of relief.

If Professor Yang had also died in this mechanism, it would have been too huge a blow to everyone.

Professor Zhou stared at the large screen in the center, and two crystal-clear tears flowed from his reddened eyes again.

However, this time they were tears of excitement.

Ye Xiao stood to the side, watching this scene, and couldn't help but smile knowingly.

Subsequently, Ye Xiao turned around, returned the headset in his hand to Professor Zhou, and returned to his original position.

And the excited Professor Zhou, as he took the headset, couldn't help but have his expression stiffen slightly.

The situation had been critical just now, and Professor Zhou had only been able to choose to leave everything to Ye Xiao.

So, no matter what Ye Xiao was doing just now, even though he had countless doubts in his heart, Professor Zhou had never asked.

He had just silently broken into a cold sweat for Ye Xiao and for the Archaeological Team.

But now, recalling it, Professor Zhou suddenly felt a chill down his spine!