Reborn As Super Heiress

Capítulo 1567: Chapter 1551: Fake Map

Long Shan Zhang gratefully glanced at that Oil Rat, took the pathfinder, and led the way into the tunnel.

The rest naturally followed without hesitation. These people either had nerves of steel or felt emboldened by having guns, showing not a hint of indecision as they entered the tunnel.

Though Oil Rat was not as skilled in tomb raiding as Mr. Python, he was exceptional at digging tunnels, which is why Gao Yuyuan had called him over.

After his survey ensured no problems, the group proceeded deeper into the tunnel.

They had expected to encounter many dangers here, but to everyone’s surprise, the journey was unexpectedly safe.

Until they had walked about ten meters, reaching a spacious platform. The tunnel had reached its end, and before them were two tunnel entrances.

“What happened?”

Gao Yuyuan, behind them, saw Long Shan Zhang and a few others stop abruptly and couldn’t help but ask.

“There’s a fork ahead.”

Long Shan Zhang’s face was pale. He stared intently at the fork, then looked at the Maze Map in his hand, feelings of doubt and uncertainty in his heart:

“How could this be? It’s not supposed to be like this.”

Those behind sensed something was off, and a man wrapped tightly couldn’t help speaking, his voice rather cold:

“What fork?”

Long Shan Zhang dryly looked at Gao Yuyuan behind him: “Mr. Gao, your map seems different from the cave’s route.”

Long Shan Zhang spoke tactfully, but anyone with a bit of intelligence understood—Gao Yuyuan’s map had problems!

“What did you say?!”

Gao Yuyuan’s face suddenly changed upon hearing this, and he rushed to Long Shan Zhang, snatched the map made of parchment from his hand, looked at the route on the map, then raised his head to look at the fork ahead and was instantly dumbfounded!

“That damn Old Mr. Zhong! How dare he trick me!” Gao Yuyuan’s face twisted in rage, his eyes almost spewing fire.

To acquire this map, Gao Yuyuan had spent considerable effort over the years. After obtaining the map, he worried it might be fake, so he specifically had it appraised, and only after receiving confirmation did he report it confidently.

Never did he expect he was just being led around in circles by Old Mr. Zhong, whom he believed he had gained trust from.

It was only now that Gao Yuyuan realized that Old Mr. Zhong was not only adept at antiquing but matched him in intelligence.

All those so-called clever tactics were likely seen by him long ago, and he had been merely playing along all these years.

In fact, Old Mr. Zhong had been wary of him from the start. The map he painstakingly acquired was indeed a millennia-old map, not one artificially aged by Old Mr. Zhong. However, it was merely a map of the Emperor’s tomb, unrelated to the maze map of this cave.

“What’s going on?”

The others also came up, hearing Gao Yuyuan say he was tricked, causing the man in a robe’s intimidating aura to erupt instantly, making not just the others but even Gao Yuyuan and Oil Rat shiver involuntarily.

“Master…”

Gao Yuyuan’s lips trembled, showing fear and tension in his eyes. He tentatively said, “I didn’t expect this to happen. Old Mr. Zhong has trusted me a lot these years, and since he wasn’t guarded, I stole the map from him, but I didn’t expect issues with the map…”

The robed man sneered, “I told you before, Old Mr. Zhong is not easy to deal with. You should have been more clever. It seems when you approached him, he already suspected our intentions. This guy is not ordinarily cunning!”

Though Long Shan Zhang hung his head, internally, he was astonished.

From entering the Miao Village to sneaking into the cave, this man called ‘Master’ had been stingy with words, often saying just a few at most.

Hence, this was the longest speech Long Shan Zhang had heard from the robed man since joining Gao Yuyuan’s group.

At this moment, Long Shan Zhang was not thinking about who this Old Mr. Zhong was, but rather, judging by the man’s voice, it seemed he was only in his thirties or even younger.

This puzzled Long Shan Zhang, as the people here, including Oil Rat and Gao Yuyuan, seemed afraid of the robed man. What abilities did such a young man have to command such loyalty and submission?

Long Shan Zhang began silently speculating about the robed man’s identity.

Gao Yuyuan didn’t notice Long Shan Zhang’s odd expression. After being scolded by the robed man, he felt humiliated but still cared about the man’s safety, asking worriedly:

“Master, should we perhaps retreat first and return later with the real map?”

Upon hearing this, the robed man’s predatory gaze swept over, causing Gao Yuyuan to quickly lower his head.

The robed man sneered, “So what if the map is fake? Since we’re here, I’m not leaving empty-handed! A Ken!”

The robed man’s other bodyguard understood, grabbed a suitcase from behind, and unzipped it.

Oil Rat and others quickly turned around to look into the suitcase, and once they saw what was inside, they were all stupefied.

The suitcase didn’t look big, but aside from tomb raiding tools, it contained a small arsenal with pistols, grenades, and even plastic explosives.

The robed man’s eyes flashed with fierceness and resolve. He looked up at Oil Rat:

“Oil Rat, my friend, these tomb raiding weapons were specially configured, definitely superior to what’s in your backpack. Feel free to use anything if needed.”

After pausing, the robed man stared coldly at the forked tunnel, madness in his eyes:

“Since we’ve broken in, there’s no reason to leave empty. Even without a map, we’ll find the object—even if it means blowing open the mountain to get it!”

“This—”

Upon hearing the robed man’s words, Oil Rat became anxious:

“Mr. Fujiwara, we should carefully plan. Before coming in, you never mentioned bringing so many weapons! Explosives aren’t toys. If something goes wrong, we could be buried alive here—”