Have you ever been to a tomb? You should film a tomb raider's diary!

Chapter 7 Divergence, Chen Wentao's Death Struggle

The air seemed to freeze at that moment.

The end of science is metaphysics.

When modern instruments, communication devices, and positioning systems begin to malfunction and become paralyzed, a fear of the unknown, stemming from human instinct, instantly seizes everyone's heart.

They were now like the blind and deaf, standing before a cursed ancient ruin, unable to even find the entrance.

"It's over...it's completely over..."

Looking at the flashing red light on the technician's backpack, Ye Zhi Qiu's voice trembled with tears: "No signal, no direction, are we going to be trapped here and die?"

Her words revealed the deepest fear in everyone's heart.

Professor Zhou's face turned ashen, and he barely managed to stand by holding onto the rock wall.

He had spent his entire life doing archaeology and had never encountered such a bizarre and strange situation.

"Don't panic!"

Security captain Wang Meng roared, trying to calm the troops down.

But his own knuckles, gripping the rifle tightly, had turned white from excessive force.

In the midst of this despairing silence, a slightly hoarse but unusually firm voice rang out.

"We haven't reached the point of no return yet."

Everyone turned their heads in unison to look at the source of the voice—Chen Wentao.

Although this geology PhD was also pale, his eyes burned with an almost obsessive flame.

That is the last faith in science held by top scholars in the face of adversity.

"All electronic devices have malfunctioned, but the laws of physics haven't!"

Chen Wentao took out paper and pen from his backpack, and even a small goniometer.

He knelt on the ground, spread out the map, and weighed down the four corners with stones.

"Professor, Captain Wang, look!"

Chen Wentao's finger flew across the map: "These two black mountains are typical intrusive rock formations, weathered and eroded over at least tens of thousands of years. Based on the direction of the rock joints and the distribution of weathering patterns, we can roughly deduce its weakest structural zone!"

As he spoke, he rapidly scribbled calculations on a piece of paper, muttering a string of technical jargon that most people couldn't understand:

"The wind-eroded valley runs from northwest to southeast, with the main wind erosion surface on the windward slope. The rock fracture zones should be concentrated at the stress release points of the mountain structure... that is, the left side, yes, it must be that recessed area on the left!"

Chen Wentao suddenly raised his head, his eyes flashing with an almost fanatical light.

He pointed to a huge shadow on the mountainside to the left, about 300 meters away from the group: "The entrance is right there! The rock structure there is the most unstable, and it's most easily eroded by wind and sand to create a natural passage! This is a law of physics, absolutely true!"

This highly professional and well-reasoned deduction was like a shot in the arm, instantly injecting hope into the desperate ranks.

Professor Zhou's eyes lit up: "Wentao, how confident are you?"

"Ninety percent!"

Chen Wentao said decisively, his tone full of confidence that he would get his revenge.

In the live stream, those viewers who were previously panicked instantly found their anchor.

Holy crap! Dr. Chen is amazing! This is a true academic genius!

[Rock fracture zone? Structural stress release point? I don't understand, but it sounds really impressive!]

Long live science! I knew it! In crucial moments, knowledge is what matters!

Even the off-site geological experts invited by the program team gave Chen Wentao's deduction a very high evaluation after listening to it: "Dr. Chen's reasoning is very clear and completely in line with the logic of modern geological exploration. To achieve this without any instrument assistance is already world-class."

With the experts' affirmation, Chen Wentao stood even straighter.

He glanced subconsciously at Lin Mu standing in the corner, his eyes filled with a hint of provocation and contempt.

See, this is the power of science.

You might win once or twice by luck and so-called ancient remedies, but in the face of real, hard-core knowledge, you're ultimately just a clown trying to attract attention.

However, to his disappointment, Lin Mu didn't even look at him.

Just when everyone's hopes were rekindled by Chen Wentao's scientific deduction, Lin Mu did something that baffled everyone.

He took a step forward, not heading to the left side that Chen Wentao pointed to, but going straight to the opposite side, to the right side, where the huge black cliff looked indestructible and as smooth as a mirror.

"Where is he going?"

Ye Zhi Qiu asked Su Nian Wei in a low voice.

Su Nianwei shook her head, her beautiful eyes filled with confusion.

Lin Mu stopped about ten meters in front of the black cliff.

This is the entrance to the canyon, and also the most turbulent place where the air currents of the two magnetic mountains meet.

A fierce wind whipped up sand and gravel, swirling and howling around him.

Watching Lin Mu's retreating figure, Chen Wentao couldn't help but mock him again: "Lin Mu, that's a dead end! That rock face is made of the hardest granite core of the entire mountain. Forget about a natural passage, you couldn't even blow it open with explosives! What are you trying to do now? Play tricks?"

Lin Mu still ignored him.

Under the bewildered gazes of nearly ten million viewers in the live stream and everyone present, Lin Mu slowly closed his eyes.

Then, he opened his arms.

He let the gale-force wind, carrying sand and gravel, whip his black windbreaker around, the hem of which fluttered in the wind.

His body remained motionless, like an ancient pine tree rooted deep in the earth.

But his spirit, at this moment, extended infinitely, merging with the wind of this world and the pulse of the earth beneath his feet.

The knowledge of geomancy and burial site location provided by the system was put to its fullest potential at this moment.

He sensed the direction of the wind and the faint flow of air deep underground, a flow that only he could perceive.

"To find the dragon vein and divide the gold, look at the winding mountains; each winding mountain is a barrier..."

Lin Mu's lips moved slightly, and he recited an ancient mantra from the Sixteen-Character Yin-Yang Feng Shui Secret Technique in a low voice.

His voice wasn't loud, but it seemed to possess some strange magic, clearly reaching everyone's ears and even drowning out the howling wind.

The live stream chat exploded instantly.

Holy crap! He...he's started chanting a spell?!

[Has the person upstairs been reading too many novels? This is clearly shamanistic magic! I still believe Dr. Chen's scientific reasoning!]

[Screw science! The instruments are smoking right now! I bet a bag of spicy strips that Lin Shen is right again!]

Chen Wentao's sneer deepened as he watched Lin Mu's charade: "Keep pretending! I want to see if you can conjure a flower out of this granite!"

Just then.

Lin Mu suddenly opened his eyes!

Those deep eyes seemed to hold the movement of stars, a clear and bright gaze.

He lowered his arm, his long, slender right index and middle fingers joined together, pointing to an extremely inconspicuous corner on the right cliff.

"The gate to life is here."

Lin Mu's voice wasn't loud, but it carried an undeniable and absolute confidence.