Divine Lucky Star

Chapter 184: Chapter 184: Bad Luck Now!

Wang Hao was absolutely right, the significance of the Dust Bead was more symbolic than practical.

An ordinary jewel wasn’t very expensive, and no matter how valuable it could at least be priced. But symbolic items like this were different. Take the Dust Bead, for instance—it wasn’t about the amount of money anymore, it was truly priceless!

Now that everyone knew that the gemstone on Cao Cao’s hat was the Dust Bead, they were all very excited. Fang Wenbin anxiously said, “Brother Hao, we don’t need anything else from this tomb, but we must take the Dust Bead!”

“Of course, but we can’t just act recklessly,” Wang Hao pondered and said, “Think about it, that thing was on Cao Cao’s head when he died, you can imagine how important it was to him. According to historical records, Cao Cao suffered badly from migraines, the crippling kind, and this Dust Bead might have been his remedy for the pain. Still wearing it after death shows he was terrified of the pain, hoping it would prevent headaches even after death—with Cao Cao’s personality, this thing was definitely as protected as his own life. If you touch it carelessly, who knows what might happen!”

His reasoning was absolutely sound, anyone could tell this was a priceless treasure, yet no one dared to touch it lightly.

Fang Wenbin said, “Alright, Brother Hao, what you said makes sense. Now that we’ve found the treasure, how are we going to get out?” Fang Wenbin looked around and said, “The giant snake has blocked the door…”

“Yes,” once the giant snake was mentioned, everyone panicked again: “Brother Hao, quickly think of a way, how can we get out?”

Actually, these people were mostly from wealthy families and had seen their fair share of troubles.

But when it came to life-and-death situations, not everyone could remain as composed as Wang Hao…

“Don’t panic, let me think,” Wang Hao said as he searched the room with his flashlight, “I’ll see if there are any other exits.”

Though he said this, he was thinking, “That large snake outside, I don’t even know if it’s gone, and I don’t know if there’s a secret door here. After such an exciting adventure today, it can’t be that we’ll just end up trapped here, right?”

However, despite searching for quite some time, he found nothing unusual—clearly, something was off.

“No way, we’ve been so lucky today, how can we come in and not be able to get out?” Wang Hao continued to search around and suddenly remembered something extremely important, which made him break out in a cold sweat!

He looked at everyone and asked fearfully, “Who has a watch? Quickly, what time is it?”

A watch… he hadn’t bothered to wear his, but all these wealthy young masters and mistresses surely had them. Zhao Zhenhao looked and said, “Twelve oh nine in the morning, why?”

Twelve oh nine in the morning! Damn it!

Before, we managed to turn danger into safety, mostly due to extremely good luck! But now it was already twelve oh nine in the morning! My extremely lucky day had passed, damn it!

Wang Hao felt like crying without tears, “Everyone, let’s find a place to rest for a while, and remember, don’t touch anything carelessly!”

Without super good luck to protect him, Wang Hao didn’t dare to mess around—any accident now could be fatal!

With these worries in his heart, others didn’t know, and everyone looked to him to lead, so since he said to rest, they complied.

So, they found a flat spot, sat down, and Wang Hao, holding the Compass, muttered, “Seeking dragon to divide the gold, watch the wrapped mountain, each layer of wrapping is another layer of barrier…” and he wandered far away.

Now with no one around, Wang Hao hurriedly took out his luck dice, praying non-stop, “Dice, please be powerful! Right now, there’s no way to heaven, no door to earth, and there’s a giant snake outside, just give us good luck to get out of here! I dare not ask for too much, please, please…”

As he spoke, he threw the dice on the ground, and after several turns, Wang Hao was stunned by the two characters he saw on top—

“Bad luck”!!

Bad luck at this time, damn it! This really could cost us our lives, shit!

Wang Hao felt utterly heartbroken! Instantly he felt awful—this was bad luck, everything would depress you to death even drinking cold water could choke you, this kind of bad luck!

Now we’re doomed!

It took him a while before he finally returned to where everyone was, he slumped down and dejectedly said, “Everyone, let’s wash up and sleep. I’ve wandered around for a long time and didn’t discover any secret doors.”

He really had no other options. Before, finding secret doors was all thanks to extremely good luck! The kind of fortune where you could get hit by a pie walking down the street!

But now they were just unlucky, touching anything could trigger traps!

“Brother Hao… Brother Hao, really?” When Wang Hao said this, everyone was stunned, “Is there really no hidden door or anything?”

They were all relying on Wang Hao to lead the way now. If Wang Hao said there was no hidden door, they were even more out of luck!

“Stop thinking about it,” Wang Hao also had no choice but to take it one step at a time, “Let’s eat something first, get a good night’s sleep, so we have energy to run tomorrow. Otherwise, even if we find the hidden door, we won’t be able to move, which would be even worse.”

It had to be said that his words made sense. Working on an empty stomach wasn’t a wise choice; even if they truly found a way out, if they encountered any danger and couldn’t even run, that would be the worst-case scenario.

So everyone started munching on various dry foods they had brought.

The only consolation was that they were inside Cao Cao’s Tomb. Although Cao Cao’s skeletal remains were right next door, at least there was no other danger present. As long as they didn’t touch anything recklessly, it should be fine to get a good night’s sleep.

Everyone then lay down in their clothes, and Bai Yaning, who had kissed Wang Hao earlier, naturally leaned into Wang Hao’s arms and slowly drifted off to sleep.

Well, even though they were unlucky, the fragrance of the hair of our big star really smelled nice, a light orchid fragrance, always never enough to smell.

The night passed without words.

The group woke up after about six hours of sleep; there really was no enduring the hard stone brick floor for too long…

“My waist is sore, my back hurts, and my legs are cramping…” Zhao Zhenhao struggled to get up, lamenting, “This really isn’t a place for humans to sleep…”

Everyone gave him a sideways glance, and Fang Wenbin sneered, “No kidding, this is a tomb. Of course, it’s not a place for living people—it’s for the dead!”

Zhao Zhenhao: “…”

“Alright, stop nagging,” Wang Hao huffed, “Everyone go find a spot to relieve yourselves first. Otherwise, once we really get ready to leave later, there might not be an opportunity.”

Eating, drinking, peeing, and pooping – these are the major concerns in life. Everyone understood the importance and each found their own spot to relieve themselves—fortunately, the main room was spacious enough and very dark, so it wasn’t too inconvenient.

Soon after everyone finished, Wang Hao then solemnly said, “Alright, everyone gather around, I have something to say.”

Hearing Wang Hao speak solemnly, everyone instantly held their breath and listened attentively.

“First of all, I regret to inform you,” Wang Hao said in a deep voice, “that it’s very likely there is no hidden door here. When Cao Cao built this place, he probably never intended for anyone who came in to be able to get out, which fits his character.”

His reasoning made sense; knowing Cao Cao’s character, if you dared to rob his tomb, he would certainly not let you off alive, let alone provide an escape route. How could that be possible?

“Brother Hao, so we… really can’t get out?” Several people instantly sweated coldly, shivering, Li Mingzhe’s body even felt a bit weak, he said, “Brother Hao, you must think of something, Brother Hao!”

“I definitely know we need to think of something,” Wang Hao shook his head, “But unfortunately, I thought about it all night and didn’t come up with any good ideas.” He sighed, “This is Cao Cao’s Tomb, and that guy definitely didn’t leave a door for tomb raiders when he built this place!”

Everyone knew Wang Hao was making sense, but nobody wanted to admit that what Wang Hao said was correct.

“That guy still harms people even after he’s dead!” Fang Wenbin grumbled, “I really want to kick him hard!”

Everyone looked at him—did he invite you to tour his tomb?

“Now talking won’t help,” Wang Hao said, “So now we can only go back the way we came and look for another route.”

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