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[Candle in the Tomb]
[Episode 17]
Why are the pillars and the ground black?
It's so sinister.
These are all rocks from the magnetic mountain.
It's not weird that you think it's sinister.
The carving on this stone is realistic.
The workmanship was exceptional.
Professor Chen.
Why is the carving on this pillar different from those down there?
What does it mean?
I'm also pondering over this right now.
But I can't think of any reason yet.
Let's go up and see.
We must find the entrance to the queen's tomb.
I know. Don't get anxious.
Open your eyes and pay attention to your surroundings.
What are you worried about?
Will there be more monsters?
Anything is possible.
Don't be scared. We have AKs!
Hu, hurry over here.
I thought of something.
Generally speaking, supernatural beings guard shrines.
But this place is completely different.
I think the order of these stone pillars must mean something spiritually.
There are distinctive ranks
Going from low to high is like going from lower class to high class.
The front line is livestock.
The second line is commoners
which includes all the Hu people in the western regions.
Their rank is higher than that of livestock.
They're equivalent to slaves.
In this line of pillars are people with large pupils.
According to this arrangement
the higher you go, the higher the ranks are.
Hu, doesn't this mold look like the weird snakes we ran into at the mountain pass?
This mold is sinister and imposing.
It should be a patron saint.
Its head also has something that looks like an eye protruding from it.
It looks like the eyes are the source
of all power according to Jingjue civilization.
If eyes mean so much in Jingjue civilization
then the eyes of the Jingjue queen
might actually have a power that ordinary people couldn't explain.
You mean she could really make someone disappear by looking at them?
They go to another dimension.
That's just a lie from the ruling class.
I think there's another possibility.
That the Jingjue queen is an alien?
You think so too?
He felt that you wouldn't think of any other explanation.
Don't mock him.
It's not impossible.
Afterall, there are still many unknowns in our world.
Just like how we believe in science over superstitions
in the future, our science may just be superstitions.
So we shouldn't disregard explanations from other angles, right?
Professor, I've always thought that. Thank you.
No, I should thank you.
The whole journey, your thoughts made me think of new things.
Hurry and come look at this.
Why is there nothing here?
There are only stands but no pillars.
Could it be that
this shrine wasn't completed before Jingjue Kingdom got destroyed?
That's absolutely impossible.
According to Professor Chen's analysis these would be the highest-ranking ones.
It's impossible that there would be nothing for the most important part.
I have a thought.
Is it aliens--
It's really not what you're thinking. Go ahead, Hu.
An imaginary dimension.
- What dimension? - Imaginary.
The American boy that Miss Yang mentioned earlier.
He could connect to a dimension that we couldn't find.
You mean that this represents the imaginary dimension?
Hu, when did you start believing in the concept of the unknown?
Professor Chen's lecture was enlightening.
Hu, your way of thinking changes really fast!
Professor Chen, I'm just learning.
What you said made a lot of sense.
In the fourth row of patron saints
are unknown beings from an imaginary dimension.
The power that Jingjue civilization worshiped the most
was placed here to control this space.
Could a dimension that can't be explained really exist?
And the eyes of the Jingjue queen control that dimension.
Could she really be a monster?
Good thing she's already dead.
The ball on top is an eye.
It's like it's looking at us.
It's the queen's eye.
How is that possible? Whose eye can be that big?
Science has advanced so much but a lot is still unknown.
Let's go and take a look.
Don't move. Don't move it.
Professor Chen, this is jade, right?
It must be. It's of the highest quality.
It is so amazing that they were able to make such fine jade 2000 years ago.
How much is this huge piece of jade worth?
Wang, it's a priceless treasure.
You can't put a price on it.
Yes, yes, yes, it's a priceless treasure.
Trying to put a price on it is vulgar.
Xiao Sa, Xiao Chu, record everything quickly.
Don't worry.
The people Jingjue Kingdom are mostly Devil's Cave Dwellers.
This group died out long ago
so we didn't know much about their origins and background.
But today...
Wang!
But today, we can be certain that
Devil's Cave Dwellers used eyes as totems.
This is a breakthrough discovery
in the archaeological study of western culture.
What a magnificent sight.
The discoveries we made today
are so important to the study of ancient western culture.
It is extremely significant.
I believe that there must be
an underground palace and a river below this shrine.
In other words, the Jingjue queen's tomb is underground.
It's very likely.
All ancient kingdoms in the western region
frequently put the tombs of the royal family in the city center
unlike the Han people of the central plains
who make a tomb out of the mountains.
Gumo prince's tomb was built in the old city center around the well.
A moment ago, Hu had said that this was a good place for a tomb.
If the Jingjue queen's tomb is under the shrine in the underground palace
it wouldn't be strange at all.
There must be a hidden passage in the shrine
that leads directly to the underground palace.
Let's look for it.
Okay.
Fatso!
What are you doing?
Let go!
I was... studying it.
Wang, how can you use brute force on such a precious artifact?
What if you break it?
Fatso, tell us honestly. What were you studying?
No, look at it.
Isn't this weird?
This isn't that round. There's also a groove over here.
Fatso, your jade pendant... is also a heptagon.
This is inconceivable.
Wang, tell us about your jade pendant.
I was sent to Xinjiang...
Be honest.
It was my dad.
His comrade led his army to Taklamakan Desert.
They ran into bandits.
After an intense battle, he took this from a dark bearded man.
And then when I was born, he gave me this jade pendant as a wedding gift.
No, I mean as a gift for my birth.
Is he still alive?
Did he give you any specific details?
He died of illness long ago.
I heard about this from my dad.
It looks like we won't have any way of knowing.
It's ridiculous that this important relic has been passed around.
It should have been handed over to the state!
Wang, what are you doing?
- What are you doing? - Put it down!
Hurry and put it back!
This eyeball is mine!
I'll fight whoever tries to take it from me!
Don't blame me later.
Wang, stop messing around!
Put it back! Put it back!
Hu knows I've had this jade pendant with me since I was young.
And you guys saw how it fit perfectly with this eye.
That means this is mine!
That's a historical relic. How is it yours?
Rubbish! If it weren't for my jade pendant, you couldn't move the eyeball!
- According to the rules-- - Fatso!
What's with all this nonsense?
Xiao Sa is right.
This is a historical relic.
It must be handed over to the state.
- Yes, that's right. - Yes, that's right.
Professor Chen.
Could this be the mechanism that opens the underground passageway?
That's entirely possible.
Wang, hurry and put the jade eye back.
Hu.
Fatso, give it to me.
Be careful. Be careful.
Be careful!
Snake!
Get out of the way!
Everyone, be careful!
See if there are any other snakes!
This was a priceless treasure.
I can't believe...
Why wasn't it durable?
Professor Chen, Hu didn't do it on purpose.
I'll think of something... I'll see if we can glue it back together.
If it's shattered, then it's shattered.
It's not like you did it on purpose.
There are too many pieces.
Try to think of some other way.
Xiao Sa, look.
Hurry and look!
The eye... the eye is moving!
It's really moving.
Hurry! Get out of the way!
- Run! Run! - Run! Run!
Get behind me!
Hurry, run!
These snakes are afraid of intense lights!
Flare!
Be careful with the historical site! Be careful with the historical site!
I'm sorry, everyone! Hurry and run!
Did I see wrong?
It just turned around and flew over there?
No, Hu hit it over there.
Hu, you hit it over there?
Brother Hu, you're incredible.
Incredible? I destroyed a priceless treasure.
You can't be blamed for that.
We can only blame the black snakes.
Hu, you're incredible.
All right.
Pay attention to our surroundings. Be alert.
Professor Chen.
We must get out of here quickly.
Hu, we can't give up now.
I firmly believe that there's an underground palace and a river here.
But it's too dangerous here.
I must take everyone's safety into consideration.
Look.
Did that platform change?
It seems taller.
It seems so.
Where are you going? Come back!
Shirley, come back here!
There's definitely something about this platform.
Nobody move.
- Fatso, stand guard here. - Okay.
Hu! Hu! What are you two going to do?
You must be careful.
I hope there are no snakes who managed to escape.
Look.
It's a little higher than it was a moment ago.
The base is a circle.
It can be separated from the platform.
We should be able to turn it.
- Then let's-- - Don't move anything recklessly.
You and Professor Chen both said
there's a passageway leading to the underground river and tomb.
Yes.
But if we turn it the wrong way and set off some trap
there will be another disaster.
Hu, what are you doing?
Professor Chen.
I noticed that the arrangement of the 16 stone pillars
matches the arrangement of the 16 ground-penetrating dragons.
It coincides with the number of gates.
Some tombs from the Han dynasty use these mechanisms to set traps too.
Did you find the mechanism?
Fatso, don't come over!
Everyone, step back.
Come on. Step back, step back.
Do you trust me?
Yes.
Then listen to me.
Clockwise and counterclockwise.
Nothing more and nothing less.
Hu, be careful!
Hu, you don't regret it?
Didn't you save me?
At worse, I'll just be returning it.
What?
You don't trust my ability?
I trust you.
Come on. We'll each take a side.
Fatso! Take everyone behind the pillar.
If there are any problems, hurry and run! Don't hesitate!
He's gone mad.
Hide behind the pillar.
Let's go. Let's go.
Can you count?
Of course I can.
Yang five beats, yin one beat. Start turning.
Come on. Let's start turning it.
Wait.
Can you say something that I can understand?
Oh, it means clockwise five times.
Counterclockwise one time.
Come on. Start turning.
Come on. Again.
Again.
One, two.
Three.
One, two.
Four.
One, two.
Five.
Fatso, hurry over here!
Yes!
There's nothing dangerous. It's safe.
Hu, you've done a great service for researchers of the western region.
Professor Chen, don't exaggerate.
Brother Hu, how did you know how the mechanism worked?
It's miraculous.
It's because Miss Yang noticed that the platform changed.
Hu, you're incredible.
How did you know how many times to turn it left or right?
The relevant arrangement of the 16 ground-penetrating dragons
is a matrix of the large gates passed down from the ancient days.
The reason they're called large gates
is because the mechanisms are usually used
on the gates of large ancient roads.
And the method of counting is according to the Luo count
and the arrangement of the stars.
What's the Luo count?
What is the Luo count?
It's really profound.
Even if I tell you, you wouldn't understand.
Tell us.
If you don't tell us, how can we know? Right?
What are you saying?
Let's hurry down there to find water. I'm dying from thirst!
Yes. Professor Chen, let's hurry and go down there.
The road might be a bit long.
Everyone, pay attention to safety.
- Okay. - Okay.
Xiao Sa, help the professor.
Okay.
Let's go.
Hu, slow down.
Don't worry about me.
Everyone, watch your step.
- Okay. - Fatso, you take the back.
Yes, Fatso. Watch your step.
If you slip and fall, everyone will fall and roll down with you.
Hey! You two sure have chemistry.
Shut up.
Be careful.
Do you all feel the air getting heavy from moisture?
Yes. I felt it when we first came down.
There must be an underground river.
That's great. We'll get water soon.
Everyone, watch your step.
Hey, why did you stop?
Listen.
What do you hear?
You can't hear the sound of water flowing?
We're very close to the underground river.
- We'll get water soon. - Really?
Where is the sound of water coming from?
Stop pretending. Are you deaf?
I really can't hear it.
Stop teasing me, Hu.
Go to the back.
With your ears, get in back.
You really can't hear it?
I really can't hear it.
What's going on?
Am I too exhausted?
Xiao Ye, hang in there.
Hu!
Even though you can't hear it, you can see it, right?
I see it.
We finally have water to drink.
This is great.
Xiao Ye, here. Drink some more.
Xiao Ye, wait, wait! Don't drink it yet.
You have dehydration. You can't drink it like this.
I have to add some salt to it for you.
- Brother Hu, here. - Spring water of the borderland...
- Miss Yang. - Thank you.
Clear and pure...
Song of the borderland
- warms the heart... - Enough. Stop singing.
Come and walk around with me.
Let's rest for a bit.
Even Miss Yang says that we need get some rest now.
Enough nonsense. You can rest when we get back to Beijing. Get up quickly.
Chu Jian, fill up all the canteens with Xiao Sa.
And then everyone should eat something and get some rest.
- Okay. - Let's go.
Professor, the river flows really fast and it's really deep.
Could it be the Zidu Subterranean River that disappeared?
Yes.
The Zidu Subterranean River never dried up.
It was able to flow for thousands of years under the sand.
This is a miracle of nature.
Xiao Sa, Xiao Chu, when you're done eating, get a sample for records.
Shirley, did you find anything?
No.
- Miss Yang, here. - Thanks.
Sit down and rest.
- Miss Yang, here. - Thanks.
Xiao Ye.
Professor!
What is it, Hu? Did you find anything?
Everyone, come with me.
What did you find?
Look.
Chu Jian, flashlight.
There's a door over there.
Yes, it should be a sluice gate for 1,000 catty of water.
It must be an entranceway. We must go over and take a look.
Wait.
We don't know how deep this is and what's inside.
You can't just blindly cross.
Hu, what are you looking for?
I think there's definitely a mechanism here.
Chu Jian.
Flashlight.
We should be able to turn this.
Fatso, give me the shovel and crowbar.
Fatso.
Fatso!
- What are you doing there? - Brother Wang!
No need to turn anything. It's not that complicated.
There's a secret bridge here. Look!
There's a secret bridge.
Come back! Come back!
I understand.
This secret rock bridge uses the same mechanism I had talked about.
Someone has opened it.
Nobody move.
I'll go over and take a look first.
Hu, but I--
I'll go with you.
Hu! Hey!
Go back.
Protect the professor and the others. Go back!
Be careful!
Slowly.
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