Chapter 1713 - 2015: The Mysterious Coffin (2)
"Disappearance?" Ling Chen slightly frowned and said, "If it’s a disappearance, then why did Zhu Yuzhi construct a secret chamber beneath the hall and place his coffin inside? The critical question is, if Zhu Yuzhi is dead, who put his body in the coffin?"
Ling Chen’s words suddenly caused the people present to look at each other; indeed it was a problem, if Zhu Yuzhi were dead, he surely couldn’t have locked himself inside.
"Ling Cheng, this is a matter from hundreds of years ago, merely relying on these records won’t reveal much. I think we don’t need to be too entangled with this issue. As for that coffin, if you think it’s dangerous, we might as well not touch it." Xu Ming spoke up.
"I’m just being cautious." Ling Chen said, "Because I’ve encountered similar things before, very mysterious, and I don’t want the same thing to happen again." Pausing a moment, he continued, "If everyone is interested in that coffin, why don’t we transport it back then conduct research? In the current situation, we don’t have the right tools and equipment and can’t determine what’s inside the coffin; there might be formidable mechanisms hidden within."
Qiu Yong nodded in agreement and said, "What Ling Cheng says makes sense, I agree with his proposal. For safety’s sake, it’s best if we make thorough preparations."
"Alright then, I’ll arrange for someone to bring up that coffin." Having said that, Wei Jiahao headed straight towards the hall.
After spending half an hour, with the combined efforts of over ten people, the coffin hidden in the secret chamber was finally lifted to the surface. Taking this opportunity, Ling Chen searched the entire secret chamber again, aside from statues and the coffin, there was nothing else.
Looking at the coffin that was brought up, Ling Chen stroked his chin, circled around the coffin, observing it carefully. Previously in the secret chamber, visibility was poor because of lighting issues. Now, under the sunlight, the size, shape, and engraved patterns on the surface of the coffin were all visible.
This coffin is approximately two meters long, around one meter wide, and about half a meter high, made from a special type of stone with an appearance of black color. In addition, this coffin weighs several hundred kilograms, very heavy, it took the team a lot of effort to transport it from below.
"Ling Cheng, this coffin is so heavy, how do you plan to transport it back to East Sea City?"
"The main challenge is the trail; it’s difficult to traverse, one slight mistake, and something might happen."
Ling Chen smiled slightly and said, "No need to worry about this issue, I’ve already contacted a few friends, they will dispatch a transport helicopter directly."
While waiting at Dangyang Sect for a few hours, an armed transport helicopter slowly flew in, appearing in everyone’s sight. As the transport helicopter landed at the mountain top, Ling Chen quickly ran up to assist in opening the cockpit door.
"Old Tang, thank you for your hard work."
"It wasn’t too much trouble, just a bit rusty as I haven’t piloted this type of helicopter for a long time." With that, Tang Yuan jumped out of the cockpit and asked, "What do you need transported back?"
Ling Chen pointed to a large wooden box not far away. For safety’s sake, he surrounded that coffin with wooden boards so no one could see what was inside.
Seeing Ling Chen was unwilling to elaborate, Tang Yuan wisely didn’t ask more questions, directly helped load the big wooden box underneath the helicopter, and secured it with ropes.
Once everything was prepared, everyone boarded the helicopter and headed straight to East Sea City.
At nine o’clock at night, the transport helicopter slowly landed on an open plot of land outside the suburbs of East Sea City. Kaelina, who had received the notification already, had arranged for a large truck to be waiting there. As soon as the helicopter arrived, everyone immediately loaded the large wooden box into the truck.
After bidding farewell to Tang Yuan, Ling Chen personally drove the truck, leading everyone to the base. Looking at the coffin that was carried out again, Ling Chen gestured to Hu Fei, who immediately took his team and equipment to start scanning the coffin.
During the scanning process, after receiving the news, Tong Zhentian also arrived, as curious about the coffin discovered in the secret chamber of Dangyang Sect as everyone else was.
After Hu Fei completed all the testing, Ling Chen pulled Hu Fei aside from the crowd and whispered, "Fatty, if there’s a living person lying inside the coffin, can you detect it?"
Upon hearing the inquiry, Hu Fei looked puzzled and said, "You haven’t gone bonkers, have you? Who would lie inside a coffin for no reason?"
"Stop asking so much, just tell me if it’s possible."
"Of course, as long as it’s a living person, their body will have temperature..."
Before Hu Fei could finish speaking, Ling Chen immediately interjected, "That won’t work, is there any other way?" Although a human body would have temperature, if a person enters a long-term deep sleep, their body temperature would become too low to detect. In foreign countries, a form of yoga practiced to its extreme can achieve this.
"Another method?" Hu Fei scratched his head, seriously considered and said, "A living person would have a heartbeat, I can detect that using equipment."
"Alright, then give it a try."
With Ling Chen’s urging, although Hu Fei didn’t really understand what he was trying to do, he obediently followed through. After several minutes of testing, Hu Fei looked at the results and shook his head, saying, "No life signs detected inside the coffin."
His words allowed Ling Chen to relax a bit.
"Ling Cheng." At this moment, Qiu Yong walked over and asked, "Can we open the coffin now?"
"No rush, we still have some preparations to complete." As soon as the words were spoken, Kaelina came over with a few people, carrying several iron frames from outside. Once pieced together, these iron frames immediately formed an iron cage, surrounding the coffin inside.
Xu Ming stepped forward, touched the material of the iron cage, and asked in surprise, "Ling Cheng, what are you trying to do?" This iron cage was made of pure steel, extremely sturdy and impossible to break even for experts like him.
Ling Chen smiled and said, "Just to be cautious." After speaking, he called over Chen Junfeng and Tong Zhentian, and the three of them together entered the iron cage.
The coffin lid was very heavy, but with the combined effort of the three, the lid was soon lifted and placed aside. As the coffin lid opened, everyone gathered around the perimeter of the iron cage, carefully examining inside the coffin.
Inside the coffin was a pure wooden casket, entirely red, though having a history of several hundred years, the casket was remarkably well-preserved. Looking at the casket before him, Ling Chen took a deep breath and then gestured to Chen Junfeng and Tong Zhentian.
The two understood his signal, each holding onto the ends of the casket and applied a slight force. Unlike the heavy exterior coffin lid, the casket lid was easily lifted with the cooperation of three people.