I Received Messages From Future Self!-Chapter 290 - 286 A Dark Room
Chapter 290: Chapter 286: A Dark Room
Chapter 290 -286: A Dark Room
Tom gave a slight smile and opened the mini fridge.
He took out a tetanus vaccine.
Quickly closing the mini fridge, he feared that lingering would let too much cool air escape, speeding up the battery’s energy consumption.
From the medical kit, he found a syringe.
He injected the tetanus vaccine into Taotie’s body.
Tom discarded the syringe in his hand.
“All done!”
“There won’t be an infection now!”
Tom said cheerfully.
“However, whether these monkeys carry other viruses, well, that I don’t know.”
“We can do a systematic check when we get back. No rush.”
Tom’s ‘however’ scared Taotie for a moment.
Only after hearing Tom’s words did Taotie let out a sigh of relief.
“Princess Your Highness, did you see where these monkeys came from?”
Tom asked with a serious expression.
Tom hadn’t forgotten his earlier speculation.
He wanted to see if, indeed, someone had been conducting experiments here, and the abandoned chemical substances had contaminated these monkeys.
If so, was the laboratory still there?
Who was conducting the experiments?
These were all points of intense curiosity for Tom.
“Yes!”
Fang Xiaocao nodded emphatically.
“These cheeky monkeys came from behind that wall. At that time, the wall suddenly made a booming noise and cracked open, scare me out of my wits.”
Fang Xiaocao pointed to a wall and said to Tom.
Tom was taken aback upon hearing this.
He looked at the wall Fang Xiaocao mentioned with curiosity.
This wall could move.
Not only could it open, but it could also close.
Tom looked at Taotie and asked, “Taotie, do you know what kind of mechanism this is?”
Upon being asked by Tom, Taotie snickered and said, “That’s easy, it’s just a hidden door. Behind the door might be mechanisms or it could be a burial chamber. Since these monkeys could come out from the hidden door, it’s highly likely that there’s a chamber behind it.”
“This chamber might be the kind without traps, extremely safe, and could even have a passage leading outside. Otherwise, these monkeys wouldn’t still be alive.”
Upon hearing Taotie’s words, the three people including Fang Xiaocao all showed expressions of surprise.
“So what are we waiting for?”
“Hurry and open the door, let’s go in!”
Fang Xiaocao said impatiently.
Taotie nodded, extended his large hand, and pressed firmly on the stone wall that Fang Xiaocao had mentioned.
The next second!
There was a soft “click” sound.
A crack appeared in the stone wall.
Taotie raised an eyebrow and smiled slightly.
With his hands on the crack of the stone wall, he pushed hard.
Amidst a “rumbling” dull sound,
a stone gate wide enough for a person to sidle through was pushed open by Taotie, revealing the somewhat dim inner chamber.
Seeing this scene, Fang Xiaocao inwardly marveled how magical it was, such hidden doors she had only seen in period dramas before—this was her first real-life encounter.
“Shall we go in?”
Taotie poked his head towards the hidden door and took a glance inside.
Confirmed there was nothing inside, she turned her head to look at Tom and asked for his opinion.
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At times like these, Fang Xiaocao’s opinions could be ignored. Whether to enter the hidden door still had to be decided by Tom.
“Not so fast, let’s observe first!”
Having said that, Tom took out several glow sticks and, after breaking them, threw them into the hidden door.
The glow sticks brought by Tom were those specially used for outdoor exploration, and they were very bright.
Several thrown together into the dark chamber were like turning on a high-wattage electric light inside, instantly illuminating the whole dark chamber.
Tom peered in, scanning the chamber with his eyes. Aside from some corpses and skeletons, and some decayed weapons and clothing, there was nothing else.
On the other side of the chamber, there was another identical hidden door that was jammed open with a decayed iron sword and not closed.
Otherwise, Tom really wouldn’t have been able to spot that hidden door at a glance.
Tom thought it must have been the work of those monkeys.
The monkeys must have heard the loud noise from the collapsing floor tiles and come through that door, pushing open this one to launch their attack on Fang Xiaocao and the others.
Assured there was no danger inside, Tom nodded, “Let’s go in!”
“There’s another hidden door over there, let’s go check it out. Hummingbird, Taotie, stay alert, and protect Princess Your Highness in case of any sudden incidents.”
Tom made a small action plan.
He then took the lead and walked into the hidden door.
Hummingbird followed closely behind Tom, entering as well.
Fang Xiaocao walked behind Hummingbird.
Taotie brought up the rear and walked into the chamber.
He then turned around and pushed the hidden door shut again.
Tom squatted in front of the corpses to inspect them.
These bodies were old and new.
The most recent corpse was from the past two years.
They were all mummified.
Covered with dense monkey bite marks.
Clearly, these bodies were likely not those who died in this dark chamber but were dragged in here by those crafty monkeys as food.
Tom blinked and stood up to look at Fang Xiaocao.
“Princess Your Highness, the newest of these bodies died within the last two years. The cause of death was a cut to the windpipe by a knife, swift and skilled — the work of an expert with a blade.”
“The oldest body is so decayed that the bones are crumbling. It’s impossible to determine the exact era, but it’s certain that it’s been a long time.”
“Most of these bodies were probably dragged here by monkeys from all corners of the Ancient Tomb as food. Except for those decayed skeletons, they likely didn’t die in this dark chamber,” Tom said.
Fang Xiaocao nodded, “Hmm!”
“So, what should I do next?”
“Go back to the tomb corridor and continue along it, or follow these dark chambers?”
Fang Xiaocao blinked and asked.
Tom pondered for a moment and then looked at Taotie.
“Taotie, you’re more familiar with the Ancient Tomb. From your experience mingling with the Tomb Robbers, which way should we go? Which path is safer?”
Tom felt that it was best to listen to Taotie, an experienced professional, at this moment.
Although he was intelligent, he was certainly not as experienced as Taotie.
Taotie smiled and answered, “Actually, either way is the same; neither is a hundred percent safe. However, I suggest we take the dark chamber route.”
“That corridor outside, I don’t need to mention how many traps there are. If there are pursuers, they will definitely follow that corridor. Unless they’re very confident, they won’t discover this hidden door. By taking the dark chamber route, at least we don’t have to worry about any pursuers catching up from behind.”
Tom’s eyes brightened upon hearing Taotie’s words.
“Good!”
“We’ll take the dark chamber route!”
Tom immediately made the decision.
Fang Xiaocao naturally had no objections to Tom’s decision, and with Taotie’s explanation being so clear, she also preferred taking the dark chamber route.
Not having to worry about pursuers meant half the safety was assured.
