My Dreams Connect to Ancient Times-Chapter 110 - 94: Opening the Coffin! An Unexpected Surprise
Alarms blared throughout East Sea City.
City Hall.
Ji Bochang shakily wiped away his sweat. Just a short while ago, he had been ecstatic about not having to go to the ruins. But his joy was short-lived—a perfect example of pleasure turning to pain.
"What’s the situation?" the mayor asked, his expression grave.
"It’s not good."
Ji Bochang took a deep breath and began to explain in a low voice:
"I’ve already had my people try. There’s no way to leave East Sea City. And that’s not all. We’ve discovered a growing number of people approaching from outside the city. They’re all dressed in black clothes and robes. We suspect... the Evil Cult!"
The mayor’s heart pounded in his chest. He walked to the window and looked up at the brilliant Great Sun in the sky, its form impossible to conceal even in the torrential rain. His expression was utterly grim.
"A... True Immortal!"
The words were almost a lament. Despair washed over his face, and his whole body began to tremble.
Yes, that being in the sky had to be a True Immortal.
Only a True Immortal could manifest such a grand phenomenon: swirling purple qi, a rain of celestial flowers, and golden lotuses blooming one after another.
A celestial melody played on, weaving into a magnificent symphony that echoed in all directions!
With a True Immortal bearing down from above and Cultists swarming the city from all sides, their purpose... was self-evident.
The mayor murmured in despair:
"They intend to use East Sea City as an offering for a grand sacrificial ritual..."
Ji Bochang swayed, his face deathly pale. He asked:
"But the city... aren’t there so many Celestial Humans and even Earth Immortals here...?"
"What good are they? With that True Immortal bearing down on us, what do Celestial Humans and Earth Immortals... even amount to?"
The others in City Hall fell silent, sinking into despair as well.
The Federation had suppressed news of previous city-wide massacres, but these officials were part of the system. They had all heard whispers. Still, they never imagined something like this would actually happen to them!
After a long silence, Ji Bochang sighed in resignation.
"I’ll go organize the Inspectors to evacuate the citizens... Have everyone gather in the city center. We need to prepare our defenses."
An official gave him a bleak look.
"Will that do any good?"
"It might not, but if we can buy ourselves a little time, we must," the mayor said. He coughed quietly and sighed.
"I’ve heard things... rumors. Every year or two, somewhere in the world, one of the supreme powerhouses conducts a grand sacrifice like this. But they never personally slaughter the common people. Instead, they have their subordinates kill everyone. Only then does the true ritual begin..."
He paused, then smiled bitterly.
"If we can repel the Cultists, we’ll certainly live a little longer. At least, until that being in the sky grows impatient."
Everyone in the conference room fell silent. His face pale, Ji Bochang rose and walked out into the downpour.
The alarms shaking all of East Sea City grew even more piercing.
......
「Deepest part of the great tomb.」
"This is..."
The group had now passed through the Heaven-Reaching Gate. The scene before them changed abruptly, and everyone began to look around.
They were in a massive hall. In the very center, instead of a throne, there was a stone platform. On the platform stood eighty-one armored bronze statues, each as tall as a person.
"This stone platform... haven’t we seen it before?" Chu Han asked quietly.
"Correct." The speaker was the Qingxin Temple Master. He stared intently at it. "This platform did indeed appear in a previous chamber. In fact..."
He seemed to find it unbelievable, scrutinizing it from top to bottom for a moment before continuing:
"In fact, this appears to be the very same platform!"
"Huh?" someone exclaimed, completely baffled. The same platform, in two different places??
Lu Xuan, who was standing to the side, was a little lost. He had fallen directly into the [Origin] earlier and hadn’t gone through the other tomb chambers, so he had never seen this stone platform.
But soon, the Celestial Human named Zhong Wuhe explained, recounting their prior experiences to him.
"So..." Lu Xuan said thoughtfully, "if you’re certain this platform appeared before, could it be that we’re now directly above or below the chamber you were in previously?"
He pointed to the platform and added:
"There are mechanisms around the stone platform. If I’m not mistaken, they should control its ascent or descent. Perhaps the platform’s mechanism activated when the gate opened?"
As he spoke, Lu Xuan slowly walked forward to observe the bronze statues more closely. His heart skipped a beat.
The faces of the bronze statues were clear, but he didn’t recognize any of them. However...
The Armor and weapons on these statues were identical to those of the Eighty-One Armors sent by the Celestial Son of Zhou in his dream—the ones tasked with protecting him!
And since there were exactly eighty-one of them, a certain theory began to form in Lu Xuan’s mind.
After observing them for a long moment, he looked up and gazed past the platform. Behind it was an enormous Coffin and Casket!
Engraved upon the Coffin and Casket were all sorts of incredibly profound runes, seemingly expounding upon the myriad Truths of Heaven and Earth. It also bore images of mythological creatures like dragons and phoenixes, and beneath them were carvings depicting countless people making offerings.
"If I’m not mistaken, that must be the tomb owner’s Coffin and Casket!" Wang Zhiyao swallowed hard, a chill running down her spine as she spoke in a trembling voice.
"The Coffin and Casket of... of an Upper Celestial Venerable... What could be lying inside...?"
No one answered. No one dared to even think about it; the thought was too horrifying.
In contrast, Lu Xuan appeared the calmest... and in truth, he was.
He didn’t care whether or not there were remains inside the Coffin and Casket. If it was empty, it was empty. If there was a body, it was just a corpse. It wouldn’t reanimate. ’And if it did reanimate...’ he thought, ’that would be perfect!’
