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Chapter 427 Ancient Site Excavation
Akihabara City Survey Bureau, Director's Office.

After finishing his phone call with the General Administration, Chi Hongqiao's face was solemn.

Seeing this, Lin Yibo, the top team leader, asked, "Director, what happened?"

Chi Hongqiao got up and walked to the sofa to sit down.

"The General Administration has given us a clear message: the excavation of historical sites and ancient tombs in and around Akiha City will be led by our Bureau of Investigation."

"Hmm? Ancient site excavation? We're in charge?"

Lin Yibo looked astonished.

"Yes, those experts and scholars will then cooperate with us to carry out brute force development."

Chi Hongqiao said.

Lin Yibo frowned and said somewhat awkwardly, "Is it because the General Administration thinks that Qiuye City is relatively better than many other cities in Great Xia, so they're giving us jobs?"

Chi Hongqiao smiled.

What are you talking about?

Lin Yibo sat up straight.

"Think about it, Director. Of all the cities in Daxia, nine out of ten have Netherworld Rifts. Some of them are self-generated, while others are opened by those guys from the Divine Envoys. How many cities like our Qiuye City have no Netherworld Rifts, either inside or out?"

"In addition, Director, you used the special equipment from the underworld and the warm sun equipment to arm the city, reducing the probability of supernatural events in the city to less than ten a day. There are probably very few like this in our Thirty-Six Heavenly Generals Bureau, right?"

"I guess the General Administration saw that we were too idle, so they gave us something to do."

"What business is it of ours to excavate ancient sites and tombs? In the past, given the situation with those scholars and experts, we only needed to send one or two specialists to oversee it. Now, it's outrageous that we're leading the violent excavation? Isn't this just a case of not having enough idle people around?"

Chi Hongqiao listened quietly to Lin Yibai finish speaking, and then smiled and said, "What if this task were assigned to all cities within the territory that have historical sites?"

"Huh? What? Does that mean those cities that already have one or two Netherworld Rifts within their borders are also going to do this?"

Lin Yibo asked in surprise.

Seeing Chi Hongqiao nod, he leaned back on the sofa.

"Then I have nothing to say. But why is the General Administration doing this?"

"If those cities within the territory that already have Netherworld Rifts were to dig something out, wouldn't that make things even more chaotic?"

Chi Hongqiao took a sip of tea, leaned back in his chair, and said, "This is confidential. You'll find out if you get promoted to a Star-Level Specialist."

"..."

Lin Yibo stood up.

"What are you going for?"

"Find a Black Abyss beast with only ferocious strength, kill it, and become a Star-level Specialist!"

Watching Lin Yibo leave, Chi Hongqiao shook her head.

Because Akihachi City has always had good public security, and because the bureau chief is easy to talk to, the atmosphere in the bureau has always been quite good.

This is also what Chi Hongqiao hoped to see.

After all, becoming a pollster is already so difficult; if you're not in a good mood, then it's going to be even more difficult.

"But is the General Administration serious? To want to find something like the underworld in ancient sites and tombs... is that even possible?"

Chi Hongqiao didn't understand, but the General Administration's orders had already been issued, so he didn't need to worry about it himself; he just needed to do as required!
With that in mind, Chi Hongqiao returned to her desk and prepared to plan the personnel arrangements for the coming period.

There are six historical sites within Akiha City, two inside the city and four outside.

The two sites within the city are an ancient architectural complex and a Taoist temple, but according to the General Administration, these types of historical sites that have already been explored are not the focus.

The focus is on places where development is slow due to the need to protect historical sites.

There are two such historical sites outside the city. One is the mausoleum of a famous calligrapher from ancient times.

The ground-level portion of the cemetery has been designed as a garden and is open to the public, serving as a revenue-generating attraction for Akiha City.

However, in the past six months, the number of tourists from other places has decreased, while many locals have gone there.

Beneath the garden lies the calligrapher's tomb, which is quite large; the experts have only excavated half of it so far!
The entire mausoleum is estimated to be exactly the same size as the garden above it!
That's why the experts treasured this tomb so much. After all, why would a calligrapher build such a large tomb?
Besides the calligrapher's mausoleum, there is also a village.

The village is called Lijia Village, named after 'Li', one of the six surnames of the Great Xia Dynasty.

Of course, it's not to say that everyone with the surname Li is related to the six surnames of the Great Xia Dynasty, but this village does seem to have some history.

The Li family members in the entire village never leave. Men marry women from other families and women marry men from other families. If they cannot find a match, they follow the family genealogy and find the two families with the most distant relationship to arrange a marriage.

You say arranged marriages still exist in this day and age? But in Lijia Village, they certainly do!

Did anyone resist?

Of course there are. How could young people in the new era be bound by old ideas?

The result was that he was beaten and taken back to the village. Every time this happened, someone from Lijia Village would come forward to confess, so even the authorities had nothing to say.

This situation means that if young people in the village don't want to be forced into arranged marriages according to the village's rules, they have no choice but to find someone willing to marry into the village or become a son-in-law before they turn twenty-five.

Fortunately, under the leadership of its clan chief, Lijia Village has been developed into a tourist town, so the living standards of the people in Lijia Village are not bad.

Even among the top ten richest people in Qiuye City, three of them share the surname Li!

So it's not difficult to find a son-in-law who will live with you. At least many families in Akihachi City are willing to 'marry' their sons there. After all, the distance isn't far, and you can live a better life there. Why not?
As for the historical sites in Lijia Village?
It's a tower!

The tower is located in the cemetery established by the Li family village itself, behind the Li family ancestral hall.

The cemetery was built in the last ten years or so. Before that, it was full of graves from Lijia Village. It wouldn't be accurate to call it a mass grave, but it was still quite eerie to see when you passed by in the evening.

As for that tower, it has seven stories.

The people of Lijia Village say that there are seven more floors beneath the tower, where the first clan chief of Lijia Village is buried.

According to the genealogy of Lijia Village, the clan chief can be traced back to eight hundred years ago!

A village that has lasted for eight hundred years, an ancient pagoda that has been preserved for eight hundred years—what else could they be but historical sites?
However, while the calligrapher's mausoleum can be excavated, the ancient pagoda in Lijia Village is not so easy to excavate!

Isn't this equivalent to digging up someone's ancestral grave?

Given the situation in Lijia Village, if things escalate, there will inevitably be bloodshed. We don't want the death toll from the paranormal events in Qiuye City in a month to be less than the death toll from this conflict.

Therefore, we need to observe the situation in Lijia Village further.

Our first goal is the cemetery of that great calligrapher.

After making the decision, Chi Hongqiao began to select a specialist to be in charge of the matter.

The first thing he did was to get Lin Yibo under his wing. This guy was always running to his office when he was bored, so he made Lin Yibo take charge and his office was quieter.

The excavation of the ancient site began that afternoon.

Lin Yibo led the team, which included five Yang Xiu specialists, five Yin Xiu specialists, ten technical and logistical staff from the Bureau of Public Opinion Investigation, and five experts.

And so, an excavation team was formed.

However, when Lin Yibo arrived at the cemetery, he still encountered problems.

The experts and scholars who had previously worked on the site blocked them from entering the mausoleum.

"I disagree! Who are you people? Do you have any relevant excavation experience? Do you know how big the impact would be if the tomb were damaged!"

"Get out of here! A bunch of complete novices, what makes you think you can get involved in the excavation of ancient sites? Are you crazy for political achievements?"

"Show me your identification! I suspect you're impersonating government officials!"

Lin Yibo remained expressionless as he watched the angry shouts of the elderly men and women in front of him, but he felt extremely disgusted.

They must have been notified beforehand, but these old men still refused to leave.

They say they want political achievements?
Perhaps these old men just want fame!
After all, if you can discover something here, it will definitely be a very impressive resume.

Lin Yibo didn't say much. He reached into the briefcase of the person next to him, pulled out a document, and placed it in front of the old man at the head of the group.

"Did you see clearly? If you saw clearly, then leave."

"I won't look! I'm reporting this! You can't investigate now, wait for my report!"

Lin Yibo rolled his eyes, waved his hand, and several specialists came out from behind him.

“Take him out, and if he causes trouble again, knock him unconscious and lock him up for a week.”

The specialists were quick and decisive in dealing with vengeful ghosts, let alone some old men.

The old men were immediately carried away.

After the shouting and cursing subsided, Lin Yibo called the experts he had brought to the front to lead the way.

After witnessing what had just happened, Zhuang Ye, who was leading the way, felt fortunate. It was only because he reacted quickly and joined the new excavation team that he was thankful; otherwise, he might have been carried out along with those old men.

Although they are no longer leading the excavation, being able to participate is still better than those old men outside.

Soon, Zhuang Ye led Lin Yibai and his group to the excavation site of the ancient tomb located 20 meters underground.

"This is our latest progress so far, which is about 60% of the entire tomb. After this part is excavated, the progress should reach 70%!"

"Based on our previous experience with mausoleums, we estimate that the remaining 30% will be the main burial chamber area. The answer to why this mausoleum could be built the way it is!"

When the topic of the tomb came up, Zhuang Ye broke his previous silence.

But just as he began to explain the situation to Lin Yibo and the others, Lin Yibo interrupted him.

"Alright, just tell me which direction we should start digging."

Zhuang Ye was taken aback and took out a preliminary map of the tomb.

"We are here, and the main burial chamber is in this direction."

Lin Yibo took the picture, glanced at it, and then handed it to the person behind him.

"Take a look, everyone, so you don't dig off course!"

Hearing Lin Yibo's words, Zhuang Ye was a little puzzled, but he didn't say anything.

He was even more puzzled when he saw that after those people looked at the picture, five of them walked down without taking anything.

Is this for a survey?
Zhuang Ye exchanged glances with his former colleagues and saw the same confusion in their eyes.

Just then, the five people who had gone down into the pit arrived at their destination and began their operation.

Then, Zhuang Ye and the others stared wide-eyed.

From the bodies of the five people who went down into the pit, some emerged threads, some extended branches, and some even transformed their hands into sharp claws!

Five people, five directions, and in a way that Zhuang Ye never expected, they began to excavate the ancient tomb!
"What, what, what is this?!"

Zhuang Ye took a few steps back, his face filled with horror!
Lin Yibai, who was standing to the side, looked at Zhuang Ye and the other senior experts and had someone bring them chairs to sit down.

"Don't be surprised, just watch."

Lin Yibo was too lazy to explain, so he just squatted by the pit and watched the five Yin cultivators below make their move.

In terms of diversity, Yin Xiu is still more convenient.

Unfortunately, the tide has turned against Yin Xiu.

An hour passed.

The progress jumped from 60% to 70% in no time, and the door to the main burial chamber was discovered.

If Zhuang Ye and his team were to use small shovels and brushes to excavate, it would take at least a month.

What stunned Zhuang Ye the most was that when these five people were digging, it was as if they knew what was behind the soil. Every time Zhuang Ye tried to warn them, they had already avoided what was behind the soil.

Although it's rough compared to theirs, the main parts weren't actually damaged!

"Expert, is the main burial chamber behind that door?"

"Uh, yes, now that we've dug up the door, we're pretty much done. If we want to continue exploring, we can follow the door to excavate the entire exterior of the tomb."

Lin Yibo nodded.

"Then come in."

Lin Yibo said something to the technicians behind him.

Ten technicians then took the equipment and went downstairs.

Because the next step involved the use of special equipment and warm sunlight equipment, the five Yin cultivators came out of the pit.

Ten technicians, each carrying different tools, led the way. Once they found a gap in the tomb door, one of them placed ten mechanical insects through it.

Each of the ten insects has a small piece of Yang Stone on it, and each insect has a chip that detects changes in the energy inside the Yang Stone.

If there is yin energy in the tomb, it will consume the energy in the yang stone, and then the energy will be fed back to the technician's equipment.

As for the ten insects, they don't need to be controlled. They are similar to robot vacuum cleaners; when they encounter obstacles, they will choose a new direction and continue crawling.

About ten minutes later, the technician with the equipment reported the concentration of Yin energy to Lin Yibo.

"Team Leader Lin, the area inside is about 200 square meters. It's possible that there are some obstacles that we haven't detected."

"The concentration of yin energy inside is mostly at level 2, with a small portion at level 1, and there may be wandering spirits present."

Lin Yibo ignored the words "Level 2" upon hearing them.

The Bureau of Investigation divides the concentration of Yin energy into 10 levels. Level 10 is the concentration of Yin energy that can nurture Black Abyss-level ghosts, which is also the concentration of Yin energy in most areas of the Yin and Yang realm.

Level 2 can nurture wandering souls, but not necessarily.

What can be said about a wandering soul?

"continue!"

Next, the technician opened the door.

Although these technicians are not as skilled as Yin Xiu and their professional abilities are not as good as the experts, their tools are very advanced.

Within five minutes, the two stone doors were opened, leaving few traces on them.

After the door opened, a technician threw several drones inside. As soon as they went in, the drones emitted a warm light.

This is because a miniature version of the sun is placed on it.

This light can dispel yin energy, directly dissolving the souls of wandering spirits, and even vengeful ghosts can be drawn out by it.

However, it seems there are no vengeful ghosts at present.

Finally, two more technicians brought out a drone. This time, the drone emitted light, but it wasn't the warm glow of the sun.

The drone dropped dozens of marble-like orbs of light onto the floor of the tomb.

The light sphere was soft and bright, illuminating the tomb chamber without being glaring.

After completing these tasks, the technicians left the area near the doorway.

Lin Yibo glanced at the five Yang cultivators behind him and tilted his head.

"You guys go ahead, I won't go to this level."

The five of them didn't say much.

They were all at least ordinary group leaders, and two of them were even senior Yang cultivator group leaders. What was there to worry about in dealing with an area where the highest Yin energy concentration was only level 2?

Seeing that everyone had left, Lin Yibo pulled out a portable bed that belonged to someone else, opened it, and lay down on it.

"boring."

Muttering something, Lin Yibo closed his eyes.

After half an hour.

Inside the main burial chamber.

Zhuang Ye and the others had already been called inside. At this moment, they were wearing gloves and carefully examining a stone tablet in the tomb.

This describes the life of the tomb's occupant.

Zhuang Ye was very excited about this.

He had already forgotten about Lin Yibo and the others.

He stared at the words with great eagerness, searching for ancient texts to compare them with.

"Move aside, move aside after you're done reading!"

Zhuang Ye was pushed aside by a colleague, but he wasn't annoyed.

He searched for an unfamiliar character he had just encountered in a corner.

But as he continued his investigation, Zhuang Ye wondered if it was just his imagination, but he thought he heard the sound of water.
Why is there a sound of water coming from inside the tomb?

He thought he had misheard and was about to continue doing his own thing.

Just then, he caught a glimpse of the wall next to him out of the corner of his eye.

A fluorescent glow appeared on the wall there!
In a moment of stunned silence, the fluorescent light suddenly grew larger and more numerous, and then burst through the wall!
Hua Hua Hua~
The sound of flowing water echoed in the tomb chamber. Zhuang Ye collapsed to the ground, watching the fluorescent river, which was at least two meters wide and one meter deep, flow over his head, sweeping away his old colleagues and a senior team leader around the stone tablet, and then disappearing across the entire tomb chamber into another wall!
At the same moment, all the yin energy detection devices placed in various corners of the room turned red!

……

(End of this chapter)