Book 3: Chapter 17: Strange Hole

Book 3: Chapter 17: Strange Hole

There was no use thinking about it. I also knew that I could never follow in Uncle Threes footsteps. Of course, it was a very heavy sacrifice to bear someone elses fate without being able to tell them about it, but I had never seen the concerned party actually escape because of it. In most cases, it was just like what I had gone throughescape was unsuccessful, the situation was unclear, and too many emotions and years had been wasted.

I didnt want to deny this kind of sacrifice and love, but as a concerned party, I had to show myself and say that at this time, the most correct choice was to tell the truth and then face the problem together.

So, I looked at Fatty and then woke Poker-Face up. After hearing the whole story, he looked up at me but didn't give any other reaction. All he said was, "Understood."

"Do you have any warnings?" I asked him. Since its so dangerous, can you tell us more? He shook his head and made a gesture that the three of us had to act in unison. I nodded and glanced at Fatty, who saluted the sky, "May Tengri (1) bless us."

Since Poker-Face felt that we had to be extremely careful in that place, we wouldnt get to show off how clever and resourceful we were. In short, we had to make sure that we were fully prepared.

After Fatty finished paying his respects, he looked at my determined eyes and laughed, "Is Mr. Nave getting all motivated by himself again? Let me ask you a question: wheres the worlds second most valuable tomb? Have you found it?"

I told him that although it didnt seem like I had made much progress, I should be close. Fatty was surprised, You were staring at the flatbread in a daze. I didn't see you doing any constructive work at all. How are you suddenly so confident? Are you really as enlightened as Old Jin said you were?

I looked at the fragment of the ceramic figurines face and asked Jin Wantang, "Is there a woman in any of the teams you recruited?"

Fatty thought it was a strange question to ask. "Mr. Nave, you have to concentrate. Now is not the time to think about this."

"Service personality," I mouthed at Fatty.

Fatty nodded and mouthed back, "This is a clear break in the industry. If your Uncle Three was like this, I'm afraid you wouldve never ended up like this. Youd have finished your journal in three pages."

With the help of Shen Qianjue's extremely detailed explanation, we finally knew what exactly had happened before we arrived here. It was as clear as the sound of a silver bell, but it still seemed more and more strange to us.

"Youre right, we didn't find the worlds second most valuable tomb, she said to us. Theres something very wrong with that grassland. The key is the third night. The third night after you arrive in the woods is the most terrible night."

"What did you see?"

"A hole. A burial hole. Everything happened in that hole."

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TN Notes:

(1) Per Tiffany: Tengri is one of the names for the primary chief deity of the early Turkic and Mongolic peoples. Since they were in the Mongolia area, Fatty prayed to a Mongolian deity. Wiki link here.