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[Candle In The Tomb]
[Episode 7]
Pull this together. Make sure that it stays tight.
- I get it. - Xiao Chu.
Be sure to buckle it tightly.
Rest assured, Brother Hu.
Sister Yang, let me help you.
Sure.
Leave that to me, Brother Hu.
Be careful.
Xiao Chu, Xiao Sa!
Be cautious.
- Yes, Professor. - Don't worry.
Professor, is it tight enough?
It's all right.
Fatso!
Will you be all right?
Sure!
Don't put on a strong front.
I know that you are afraid of heights.
Just wait here for us if you can't make it.
I'm all right!
After you go down there I'll follow right behind you.
Are you sure?
Yes, I'm sure!
Xiao Liu, we'll have to quickly adjust the equipment accordingly.
Sure.
Professor Chen!
Apart from Ye Yi Xin, let me know now if there are others
who aren't physically or mentally fit to go down there.
It's necessary to have them wait up here for us.
I've already asked and everyone else is fine.
Since we're already here everyone wishes to take a look.
After all, this is a very rare opportunity.
This might be once in a lifetime.
All right.
Listen up!
Keep in mind what I reminded you about over and over!
No one knows what will happen after we get down there.
There might be bizarre events and strange creatures.
Or even corpses.
Whatever unexpected situations occur
we must all stay calm and act accordingly.
You don't have to be nervous.
Titan and I are the sharpshooters in our company.
We guarantee your safe return.
All right, let's make the best of our time to get ready.
- Sure. - Yes.
Ga Wa, how is it?
I'm fine.
Professor, climb steadily!
Be sure to grab on to the cables tightly!
Wang!
- Brother Wang, are you okay? - Are you okay?
Fatso! Are you all right?
I'm all right!
Slowly.
Ga Wa, let's check out the surroundings.
Let's go.
Could you be more careful?
It gave me such a fright.
- You and your guts. - Professor.
Look at her.
Xiao Chu, how are you?
She the determination to fly down.
I've observed her. She's professionally trained.
Here.
I'll undo the cables for you.
Did you bring it?
You're scared?
Why would I be?
It's to keep the evil spirits away.
A corpse!
There's a corpse!
Don't touch it!
Beware of the fire bugs!
The beetle of fire.
Yes, those beetles of fire.
Hu.
Was he your comrade?
No, that's not their outfit.
This looks like a member of my father's expedition.
They had similar gear.
I saw it before.
How did this man die?
He definitely wasn't attacked by the beetle of fire.
All they leave behind after an attack is ashes.
In my opinion, this isn't terrible.
It at least proves that the location of the distress signal
you received was accurate.
Yes.
Team Leader Hu.
We have already checked out the surroundings.
There's only one path we could take.
All right.
Sister Yang, I'll shield you should any danger occur.
- How? - I'm a sharpshooter.
Ms. Yang.
I can tell you're familiar with handling guns.
You can keep that gun.
But stay cautious.
Sure, I'll take the rear.
Professor Chen.
How are you feeling?
I'm all right.
Thanks for your concern, Comrade Hu.
Brother Hu, the signals are working well.
Good.
Let me remind you again.
We can't be too scattered. Keep the team close.
There are lots of mysterious places in Karakoram
and unknown creatures.
Be sure to refrain from making loud noises and keep your voices low.
Anyway, I just want everyone to stay safe.
Clean up and get going.
- Yes. - Sure.
Here, Ai Guo.
Professor, leave it to me.
Xiao Liu, get over here!
We have a signal!
Look, we have a signal.
This means that Professor Chen and the team are doing well.
That's great. I'll report back to base.
Calling temporary base.
This is Research Team. Answer if you hear me.
Copy that. We hear you.
Please speak, Research Team.
Research Team has successfully received the signal from Archaeology Team.
All is well, over.
Keep communication open! Over!
Roger that! Research Team got it.
Great
A good start brings us halfway to success.
Exactly.
Sister Yang, be careful.
This is south.
This crack is the crevice between two mountains.
This is east.
If we keep going forward we'd be right underneath the glacier.
There's so much mica (a mineral, sounds like mouse) in here.
Mickey? Minnie?
It's not some mouse. It's a kind of crystallized mineral.
Mica and crystals are usually formed on the same layer, like that.
These mica are dark in color.
It means that they were once grown a lot deeper than they appear here.
We only get to see them at this altitude because of the tectonic plate movements.
Keep up!
Ga Wa, keep an eye on the rear.
Don't worry.
Is this stuff valuable?
Comrade Ye.
Do you regret not being able to be at the forefront of the team?
Honestly, I am.
However, everyone is concerned about my health.
I'm very fortunate to be exploring with an expert like Professor Chen.
Research Team!
This is temporary base calling! Please answer!
Roger that. Temporary base, please advise.
According to our latest weather forecast there's a snowstorm in three hours.
Please evacuate after escorting the Archaeology Team safely.
Please rest assured.
We will accomplish the mission accordingly. Over.
Slow down.
That sounds like flowing water.
Could there be a subterranean river?
I've never seen one.
This is such an amazing place.
It's huge down here. Why didn't we build a secret base here?
Ga Wa, you should know when to shut your mouth.
Brother Hu.
Have you been here before?
I'll tell you all about it when we get out of here.
Even if you haven't told me even my pinky toe could guess
that you have been here before.
- You're no ordinary man. - How smart.
Your pinky toe can think?
Our political party asks us to liberate our thoughts
But you should stick to the facts.
Let go of me!
You have to treat comrades kindly.
Enough nonsense. Get back to the rear.
The rear!
Hu.
This is the subterranean river?
Professor Chen.
We would have to go through the river.
Take a break first.
- I'll take a look with Fatso. - Sure.
Brother Hu!
Bad news! Sister Yang is missing!
I told you to keep watch at the rear, but you had to come to the front to chat!
Stay calm. Don't panic.
Stay alert.
Yes!
Comrade Hu, could Ms. Yang get caught in some accident?
- Could it be aliens? - Nonsense!
Here she is.
Sister Yang, where did you go? You gave us such a fright!
I find it quite beautiful over there so I went to take a few photos.
If not, there's nothing to report back to the publisher.
Shirley, you gave us such a fright.
Be sure to inform everyone about your actions.
I'm sorry to worry you.
Have you found something and kept it from us?
- I didn't. - It's fine that she's okay.
Take a break right here.
Fatso and I will check out the depth of the water.
- Sure. - Okay.
Hu...
I find that American woman suspicious.
I understand that Professor Chen is here for archaeology.
But that She Li...
Buddhist relic?
Quit joking!
I mean that American woman.
She might look Chinese, but she's actually an American.
Why does she have to sponsor our archaeology team?
She must be after something.
Listen up. Don't forget we only received the deposit.
There is a remainder.
Don't just think about the money.
Is the river deep?
It shouldn't be.
Anyway, listen up.
Should anything go wrong watch that American woman like a hawk.
Hand me the ice pick.
Here.
Slow down.
Come over here!
Hurry up!
What's the matter?
Hu.
What are those characters?
How would I know?
You didn't come across this when you were here?
No.
But why do I find them so familiar?
Familiar?
Comrade Wang.
What is it?
Could you show me your jade pendant?
Sure.
Let me have a look.
What are you doing? I'm a human not some dog on a leash.
Hands off.
Professor.
Why do I think that the characters on my jade pendant
are similar to those on the cave wall?
It's not just similar. It's identical.
They are characters of Devil's Cave.
What devil?
These characters are used in Jingjue Kingdom.
They're called the Devil's Cave characters.
Jingjue Kingdom was once a nation in Western Regions during West Han.
Wang, I remember when we first met you said that
you got this jade pendant for suppressing bandits.
Yes, it was in Niya Oasis.
I had those bandits running for their lives.
- I even killed their leader... - Stop.
Professor Chen, you mean to say that
these characters are related to Jingjue Kingdom?
At least, they share the same characters.
Professor, which country was it during West Han?
My jade pendant is worth more than those from the Liao and Jin Dynasties?
Professor Chen.
It means this place will lead us to discover the Jingjue Kingdom?
Absolutely right, Comrade Hu.
This new discovery shall start a new chapter
in the archaeological research of Western Regions.
Shirley.
It seems that your father was right
to take a detour to the glacier of Karakoram.
I expect to find that diary he had from the Jingjue Kingdom.
Ai Guo, get the students to record all the characters on the walls.
- Got it! - Team Leader Hu.
Let's make the best of our time to keep exploring ahead!
- Let's keep going forward. - Sure.
Okay.
Xiao Sa!
You can't use the flash! Turn it off!
Turn it off.
Research Team...
You must evacuate in one hour.
You must evacuate. Over!
Roger that!
- Fatso. - Yes?
- Help out the others. - Okay.
Slowly.
Be careful, Professor.
Watch your step.
- Slowly. - Chu Jian!
Keep the gear steady on your head!
Are you observing me?
Just speak your mind.
I know that you have your own motive in coming here.
However, I'd like you to know it's very dangerous here.
We could take chances but you shouldn't be indifferent
to the dangers lurking around us.
Everyone's safety should come first. Don't just think of your interests.
Hu, it's much warmer in the cave.
I thought that the waters would be extremely cold.
Who knew that the temperature is quite mild?
There could be a source of geothermal heat from tectonic plate movement.
But this isn't really much of a good news.
What do you mean?
If you find this comfortable so would other creatures.
You're worried that beetles of fire would dwell here?
It isn't just those beetles of fire.
There might be some other creatures?
For example, if there are piranhas...
Stop making this so tense.
We're already very nervous.
Professor Chen, are you all right?
Yes, we're all fine.
Don't move.
Titan and I will take a look.
Let's go.
Don't shine the light on it.
Hu!
What is going on?
Turn the lights on your hard hats off.
Don't flash the lights directly ahead.
Ga Wa.
You're in your uniform and you still act so superstitiously?
Get up.
What the heck is this place?
So many people died in here?
This is the legendary "Nine-tier Phantom’s Tower."
Nine-tier Phantom’s Tower?
This is the burial format of kings in the Demon's Land of ancient times.
Professor.
I've read about it on the books.
There's also historical remains of a similar tower to this Phantom's Tower
in Xuewei of Reshui Township in Qinghai Province.
You're right.
Unfortunately, when the Demon's Land was vanquished
the Phantom's Tower was destroyed by the hero, King Gesar.
The Phantom's Tower is also a huge mausoleum?
Did I get that right?
Exactly. We have done research on it our entire lives.
But no one has ever seen one that is so well-preserved.
There must be a lot of antiques in it.
Not only are there antiques, but everything about it is worth researching.
Shirley.
This trip is totally worthwhile.
Perhaps, your father came for this Nine-tier Phantom's Tower.
Let's not disturb them from their sleep.
Who?
The dead?
No.
Beetles of fire.
The bug that sets things on fire?
Exactly.
We didn't run into any on our way here so I thought we could by pass them.
Who knew that we'd end up right in their nest?
This blue glow comes from those beetles?
Yes, exactly.
What is this?
Professor, slow down.
Don't move.
Don't touch that.
Professor.
He must have been attacked by the beetles of fire.
Ms. Yang.
Frankly speaking, your father's expedition team could have...
I understand.
I already planned for the worst.
We will have to retreat.
- Hu... - Professor Chen.
I mean that we have to make this situation clear to everyone.
It's perilous in here. We must leave immediately.
Comrade Hu.
What brings us here in the first place?
What is our goal?
What we're searching for matters too much.
Since we finally made it here
we have to do our best to keep searching.
Comrade Hu, I hoped that you could understand.
This is an opportunity that generations of Western researchers have waited for.
Don't look at me.
I'll follow your orders.
Shirley Yang! What are you doing?
Stop right there!
Leave me alone!
Professor, you don't have to come with me.
- Fatso, let's go. - Sure.
She keeps making us worry.
Xiao Liu, I have to go down there to inform them.
We're not aware of the situation down there.
It will be more complicated if you get into danger!
We can't just keep waiting here!
Don't panic.
Let me ask the base for instructions.
Calling Temporary Base.
This is Research Team. Please answer.
Calling Temporary Base.
Do you know how dangerous these things are?
I do.
Let's split up to search.
Fatso.
Go and stop them.
- Don't let them go down the ditch. - Okay.
Chu Jian.
You must record this in detail.
We might be able to figure out the status and position of the tomb's owner
by the amount and quality of its burial artifacts.
I understand, Professor.
Hold this.
If I hadn't witnessed this in person
who would believe that such an intricate man-made architecture exists down here?
Could this be built by aliens?
Our ancestors built great architectural works
like pyramids and Great Wall of China.
What's the big deal in building something like this?
Foreign researches pointed out that
pyramids are highly likely to be built by aliens.
You major in archaeology. Stop thinking about studying aliens.
- But, Professor... - Enough. Hold this light for me.
This burial sacrifice is so brutal.
Back in those days, fate rendered everyone helpless
because of class differentiation.
Archaeology and sociology are closely related.
In order to do well in the research of archaeology
it isn't enough to study only in your specialized field.
Give this to Chu Jian for safekeeping.
Grab on to me.
Leave! Leave now!
Ai Guo, is Chu Jian all right?
He's fine.
Put that down.
Hu...
Give me the bag.
Give me the bag!
Why should I?
Stop right there!
Give me the bag...
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