<h4>Chapter 1344: Chapter 1652: The Strange Ancient Tomb (Part 2)</h4>


    Following the stairs all the way down, Ling Chen quickly saw mes flickering in the tomb passage at the bottom.


    "Miss Su!" Ling Chen shouted toward the direction of the mes.


    "Ling Chen?" Soon, Su Lin’s surprised voice came from inside. Confirming Su Lin’s location, Ling Chen immediately quickened his pace and rushed over.


    Arriving at the source of the mes, Ling Chen looked around and saw Su Lin standing in front of a stone table, holding an ancient book with yellowed pages in her hand. The room wasn’t veryrge, only about ten square meters, but it was filled with papers and books scattered everywhere, looking very messy.


    Seeing that Su Lin was safe and sound, Ling Chen couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief and said, "Finally found you."


    Su Lin asked in astonishment, "How did you end up here?"


    "Your sister said something happened to you here, so I came over to help." Ling Chen replied with a teasing smile, "Miss Su, knowing you for so long, I didn’t expect you to be so brave, staying in an ancient tomb alone without fear."


    "I never said I wasn’t afraid. When I first got trapped in here, I was scared to death, especially seeing so many ancient corpses. However, fear aside, I’m now more curious." Su Lin said, pointing to the scattered papers in the room, "Ling Chen, do you know what I discovered? You definitely won’t believe it, but there are people in this world who can live for hundreds of years, even longer."


    Hearing this, Ling Chen was taken aback, "How do you know that?"


    "There are many notes left by the tomb owner here, if you don’t believe me, you can take a look." Su Lin handed the ancient book in her hand to Ling Chen.


    Looking at the record, Ling Chen’s brow furrowed. As Su Lin said, the tomb owner lived for at least several hundred years. Not only that, but they also conducted many experiments on themselves to discover the secret of their longevity. There are many well-preserved ancient corpses in the tomb, all of which were the tomb owner’s test subjects. Ling Chen couldn’t help but admire them, wondering what method they used to preserve those ancient corpses intact for so many years.


    "These are all the tomb owner’s experiment records, I’ve only read some, and there are still many more I haven’t finished." Su Lin pointed to the thick ancient books beside her.


    "Alright! Let’s not worry about these for now. You’ve been in this tomb for so long without eating or drinking, you must be hungry. Come on, I’ll take you out first, Wanqing and the others are outside."


    "What about these materials..."


    "Leave them here, I’ll call someone inter to organize them."


    At this moment, Tang Yuan already led dozens of soldiers into the tomb, installing lighting equipment at various locations in the tomb. Soon, the bright lights dispelled much of the tomb’s gloom. Meanwhile, under Tang Yuan’s lead, Hao Dongnan and Nanrong Wanqing and others arrived at the main burial chamber.


    "Old Tang." Ling Chen greeted Tang Yuan as he came out of a dark passage under the stone coffin.


    Seeing Su Lin appear safe and sound, Nanrong Wanqing quickly ran over, holding Su Lin’s hands, her face full of joy, "I was worried sick."


    Su Lin smiled, eager to share her discovery with Nanrong Wanqing, "Cousin, let me tell you, I found something down there..."


    "Miss Su." Before Su Lin could finish, Ling Chen immediately interrupted her, "Wanqing, Miss Su is already tired, I’ll have someone take her out to rest first." With that, Ling Chen called Tang Yuan over and whispered a few instructions.


    "Don’t worry, I’ll handle it." Tang Yuan nodded, called over a few soldiers, and sent the unwilling Su Lin out.


    "Professor Hao, you’ve been working for so long, you must be tired, please go out and rest for a while." Tang Yuan said to Hao Dongnan, who was conducting archaeological research.


    Hao Dongnan replied without looking up, "It’s nothing, we’re not tired, these artifacts are of great archaeological value, we..."


    "Professor Hao!" Tang Yuan’s tone grew slightly heavier, "From now on, this tomb will be managed by the military, without our permission, no one is allowed to conduct research on this tomb. Now, please take your team and leave immediately."


    Hearing this, everyone’s gaze focused on Tang Yuan, even Nanrong Wanqing felt surprised. Just now, Ling Chen suddenly stopped Su Lin’s words, which made her feel odd. Now, seeing Hao Dongnan and others being forcibly ’escorted’ out of the tomb by soldiers, she felt even more puzzled.


    How did Tang Yuan’s attitude change so suddenly, and what did Ling Chen say to him?


    After thinking for a moment, Nanrong Wanqing asked, "Ling Chen, what on earth is going on?"


    "Wanqing, it’s not something that can be exined in a few words. In short, the things in this tomb are extraordinary, it’s better that you don’t know." Pausing for a moment, Ling Chen continued, "I’ll exin it to Miss Suter, but until then, please don’t meet with her."


    Seeing Ling Chen’s serious expression, Nanrong Wanqing realized the matter was far from simple. Otherwise, Ling Chen wouldn’t treat her and Su Lin this way.


    "Alright, I’ll go back to the tent first."


    After watching Nanrong Wanqing and others leave, Tang Yuan came to Ling Chen’s side and asked, "Tang Yuan, I’ve done everything you asked. But are you sure you want the military involved in this?"


    Ling Chen nodded, "You’re not aware of the seriousness of this matter. In any case, this must remain confidential, currently, only Su Lin knows about the secret of this tomb, so we must keep a close watch on her, not allowing her to contact anyone, or usemunication devices."


    "What exactly is the secret of this tomb?" Tang Yuan asked curiously, "Did you discover something down there?"


    "That’s right! Come with me, I’ll show you something." With that, Ling Chen called Tang Yuan along and re-entered the room at the bottom of the stone coffin.


    After looking through a record left by the tomb owner, Tang Yuan stood in ce, mouth agape, enough to fit an egg. It took him a while to recover from the shock.


    "Tan... Tang Yuan, is this real?" Tang Yuan asked in disbelief, "There shouldn’t be such things in this world."


    "Just because you don’t know doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist, I can assure you, this is real."


    "Why?" Tang Yuan looked at Ling Chen, puzzled, "Why are you so certain?"


    "You don’t need to ask too much about that. Old Tang, can you give me a day? I need to go through all these materials."


    "Since you’ve had the military take over this tomb, this matter must be reported."


    "I know, I just want to make a copy of these materials. Once I’m done, you can report it. However, I would like to ask you to keep this a secret, don’t tell anyone."


    "This..." Tang Yuan hesitated for a moment, then slowly nodded, "Alright, for the sake of our friendship, I’ll keep it a secret, but I have one condition, you can’t keep things from me."


    "Deal!"