Tomb Raider: The comprehension is against the sky, and the achievement is indestructible

Chapter 77: All the priceless artifacts were picked by Su Mo

As the coffin lid opened, a foul odor instantly hit us in the face.

When the old shopkeeper was found, he had been dead for several days. His body was stinking all over the street. He was put in a coffin and the stench was sealed by a lid. Now, as soon as the lid was opened, the stench seemed to be able to lift the top of a person's head.

Even though Su Mo's physique was far superior to that of an ordinary person, he could only hold his breath to avoid breathing in the stench, and then quickly put his right hand into the coffin.

He wanted to confirm whether this guy was a member of the Wang family, as well as some clues about the Wang family.

The old shopkeeper died suddenly, most likely from some acute illness, so he didn't have time to find a doctor or notify the organization. He must have had something on his body that hid clues.

The corpse was already decayed. Although Su Mo wore gloves, he still felt uncomfortable touching it.

He quickly searched the old shopkeeper's body and soon found a small tag around the waist of the corpse.

Su Mo quickly closed the coffin lid, then stepped aside a few steps before he dared to breathe.

He looked down at the object in his hand, which turned out to be a small black plate made of cast iron. One side was embossed with a few clouds, and a palace was vaguely visible among the clouds, which seemed to be the Cloud Top Palace.

On the other side are two words engraved:
Wang Li!

It seems that this plaque is the token of the Wang family. The pattern of the Cloud Palace engraved on one side is the spiritual totem of the Wang family. It is also the tomb that Wang Canghai finally built for King Wannu.

The two words "Wang Li" engraved on this side seem to be the old shopkeeper's real name in the Wang family!
Blind Chen came out from the darkness and whispered:

"Did you find anything?"

Su Mo handed the iron plate to Blind Chen, who touched it and sneered:
"It turns out his last name is Wang! Interesting!"

Su Mo whispered:
"Just watch, I'll go down first!"

Blind Chen nodded:
"be careful!"

Su Mo then turned around and jumped into the dungeon. He quickly entered the first level of the cave along the ramp below and soon arrived at the stone house.

This stone house seems to be a temporary resting place for the old shopkeeper while eating razor-sharp viperfish. The militiamen found a stone box here before, which contained six jade beasts. This thing should also be from the ancient Dian Kingdom. It was brought here by the old shopkeeper, but unfortunately it has been taken away by Professor Sun.

There was nothing valuable here, so Su Mo did not stay in the stone house. He turned around and went down from the middle of the stone house to the space below, and soon arrived at the pool.

Su Mo had already looked at this pond during the day. There was no precious light in it. This should be the place where the old shopkeeper used living people to raise the razor-sharp viperfish.

The Wang family used the excuse of delivering coffins to transport funerary objects and treasures, so they must have known very well that the old shopkeeper fed the razor-sharp viperfish with human flesh, but they did not interfere. I guess these Wang family members are quite evil!

Su Mo did not stop and continued walking forward along the slope on the side of the pool.

The slope was very gentle, but the passage gradually became winding and narrow, and many places could only accommodate one person. After walking forward for more than ten meters, a lot of gravel appeared in front.

There is a difference of two meters between this cave and the space in front, and there is water seepage on the ground. Professor Sun and another archaeological team member were surveying the stone tablet here when they suddenly encountered a landslide and were trapped here. It took them a long time to dig out the collapsed stones. They happened to hear the militia firing and knew someone was looking for them, so they ran out.

After Su Mo entered this space, he saw the cave full of stone tablets and couldn't help but frown.

The environment here is obviously not suitable for storing funerary objects. If ordinary antiques are placed here, they will definitely decay severely. There must be other space!

He concentrated and used the Taiyin visualization method, the secret technique of mechanisms, traps and formations, as well as the Yin-Yang Liu Ren technique to carefully observe the situation in the cave. He indeed discovered that several of the stone tablets contained mechanisms, formations and the principles of Yin-Yang Liu Ren, and were arranged according to the Bagua formation.

He then walked to one of the stone tablets and moved it with force.

There was a slight crackling sound from under the stone tablet.

It can be moved!

Su Mo then used his strength to move several stone tablets according to the principles of the Bagua formation, and then arranged them to create a life gate.

As the stone tablets moved and rearranged, a slight sound suddenly came from the stone wall in the corner of the cave, and then a stone on the wall sank inward by several inches.

Su Mo was delighted, and he walked over there, pressed his hand on the stone and exerted force, and the stone really moved back.

There was indeed a secret passage behind it, and behind the stone gate was a secret passage that sloped upward.

Su Mo couldn't help but feel happy.

That's right. The place where the old shopkeeper stores the funerary objects must be far away from the dark and humid space below to prevent the funerary objects from being corroded and damaged by water vapor!

The secret passage spiraled upward at a 45-degree angle. Su Mo walked up the secret passage for more than ten meters, and the view in front of him suddenly became clear, and an enclosed space appeared in front of him.

This is a cave of almost the same size as the one below. There are many funerary objects placed in the cave, from almost every dynasty. The most recent ones are some silver dollars from the Republic of China period, all packed in jars. It is roughly estimated that there are at least hundreds of thousands of them. According to the value at that time, these silver dollars alone are worth at least tens of millions.

The funerary objects are from various dynasties, including gold, silver and copper utensils, as well as some ancient paintings, all of which are well preserved.

The stone tablet shop is very remote, so the Wang family used it as a storage place for these funerary objects. Many of the funerary objects transported here over the years were left here and had not yet been transported. The old shopkeeper died suddenly, and apparently the other members of the Wang family had not received the news, but Su Mo secretly took advantage of the situation.

Su Mo knew that these artifacts were all ill-gotten gains that the Wang family had obtained from various places. They would definitely use them as funds for the entire organization, so it would be a waste if they didn't take them!

Thinking of this, Su Mo immediately reached out to the box of ancient paintings in front of him.

As his thoughts turned, a box of ancient paintings was instantly sucked into the system space.

Su Mo's system space is not only extremely large, but also has a constant temperature and is dry, making it the best place to store these artifacts.

After a while, he collected all the artifacts in the cave into the system space.

Although Su Mo had obtained some funerary objects in the Prince of Lu's Palace before and gained a lot of wealth in the capital, it was just a drop in the bucket compared to the value of the funerary objects here.

It’s ridiculous that the Wang family brought so many artifacts and treasures from all over the place, but in the end, Su Mo reaped the benefits!
There was nothing else in the cave except for the funerary objects. It seemed that the old owner of the coffin shop was just a warehouse keeper and was not responsible for the main affairs of the Wang family. He only had an account book to record the number of funerary objects coming in and out and a badge to prove his identity.

Seeing that there was nothing left in the cave, Su Mo turned around and walked out of the cave quickly, returning to the ground along the same path.

(End of this chapter)