Category: Nine Rings

Chapter
Nine Rings C26
by MarineTL — Chapter 26: Bug Hunt The two of us huddled together and drank a little water. Worried that the Coffin and Outer Coffin behind us might have been pried open by those bugs, we crawled forward for another half an hour. The tunnel was narrow—whoever carved these passages must have been unusually short. I kept banging my head or scraping my back, making every inch of progress a struggle. The tunnel twisted and turned. Though there were no sheer drops or vertical climbs, a few steep slopes angled at nearly…
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Nine Rings C25
by MarineTL — Chapter 25: A Twenty-Six-Year-Old Minor I smacked He Yu hard on the shoulder. “Don’t just stand there! Move!” The slap snapped him out of it. The two of us crouched low, eyes on the ceiling as we hurriedly backed toward the Coffin and Outer Coffin. We’d barely taken two steps when a beam of flashlight flickered—and in that brief flash, I saw it. A pale corpse clinging to the rock wall, gliding sideways like a spider. “Shit! Is that a Corpse Reanimation?” He Yu clearly saw it too. He…
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Nine Rings C24
by MarineTL — Chapter 24: Hanging Corpse Banner If He Yu hadn’t been blindly crawling through holes and just happened to run into me by sheer dumb luck, I might’ve been stuck here for the rest of my life. In a place like this, phones are completely useless—no wonder He Yu only brought a watch. That watch had an extremely precise timer, was waterproof, and practically indestructible. The ticking hands reminded me that I’d already been trapped in this cavern for a full three hours—and I hadn’t even realized…
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Nine Rings C23
by MarineTL — Chapter 23: A Number of Caves He Yu was inside the coffin! The moment that thought struck me, I rushed forward and jammed the shovel under the coffin lid. In ancient times, coffins and their outer casings were sealed extremely tightly to prevent decay—leave a living person in there long enough, and they'd suffocate to death. The more I thought about it, the more anxious I became. I picked a spot and pushed upward with all the strength I had. The nested coffin lid, which normally would take two or…
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Nine Rings C22
by MarineTL — Chapter 22: Falling into the Deep Pit The sand beneath the Terracotta Figures gave way completely, collapsing in a sudden landslide none of us had anticipated. So when we fell, the three of us were caught completely off guard. The cavity below was massive. Sand flooded into my nose, pushing me downward. My chin slammed into a rock, sending a sharp jolt of pain through my body. It felt like I hit the bottom almost instantly. I landed hard on my backside and sat there for a while, aching all over, bruises…
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Chapter
Nine Rings C21
by MarineTL — Chapter 21: Breaking the Deadlock Tian Yuqing couldn’t determine our exact location, but he kept casting divinations again and again to confirm the direction of the pit wall. We leaned against it to rest. Both teams had been wandering around the bottom of the pit for six hours straight, and the moment we sat down, exhaustion hit us like a wave. Withered roots of plants dangled from the pit walls, their tendrils poking out of the soil. The temperature was steadily dropping, and our jackets weren’t…
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Nine Rings C20
by MarineTL — Chapter 20: The Terracotta Array It wasn't until I saw Tian Yuqing's reaction that I realized my sensitivity to danger was far too low. I was still wondering if this Tomb Raider had suffered severe injuries before dying here, but a little thought would tell you that couldn't be the case—there wasn't a single fatal wound on the body. I tightened the straps of my backpack and stood up alongside Tian Yuqing. He clearly had no interest in the Mummified Corpse on the ground anymore. "In ancient times,…
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Chapter
Nine Rings C19
by MarineTL — Chapter 19: Burial Pit Lu A'yao walked back to me and handed me a bottle of water. He told me that the pulley had gotten stuck halfway down, causing several people to lose their grip while trying to fix it. Suddenly, the pulley started working again, and several people above stumbled, letting go of the rope, and I plummeted down. Thankfully, the rope attached to my harness was long enough, and halfway down, the buckle got caught in a crevice. Otherwise, I would have been seriously injured. Sitting on…
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