Chapter 319 - 122: Found the Countryman’s Treasure

Chapter 319: Chapter 122: Found the Countryman’s Treasure

The Angelo Region wasn’t particularly vast.

Lynch led his Undead Corps on a forced march, and after just over half a day, they arrived at the location indicated by the coordinates.

However, the location of the coordinates was nothing more than an unremarkable stretch of rolling hills, the kind you could see anywhere.

Lynch circled the coordinate point several times on Red Rabbit and even sent a Ghost Unit into the air to scout, but he found no signs of man-made structures or any obvious markers like residual Magic fluctuations.

’Alright, my fellow countryman sure hid this thing well.’ Lynch wasn’t discouraged. In fact, he felt that the more hidden it was, the less likely it was that someone would accidentally stumble upon it while digging randomly.

He immediately gave the order, "Start digging! I want you to tear this place apart!"

The Undead Army instantly transformed into a tireless construction crew. The zombies clawed at the earth with their sharp talons and brute force, while the Skeletons used their weapons to dig. Their efficiency was astounding.

In less than half a day, after turning over all the earth around the coordinates, Lynch finally hit a hard stone slab several meters underground.

After clearing away the dirt, a line of clear Chinese characters in regular script was revealed, carved into the slab: "The treasure is at this location. Keep digging. —Lester."

Lynch: "..."

’Okay, this must be a friendly tip from my fellow countryman, in case his successor started digging in the wrong spot or gave up.’

With a precise location, the excavation work became much easier.

The zombies continued to dig downward and outward. It wasn’t until they were over ten meters deep that the undead construction crew hit a stone roof bearing clear signs of artificial craftsmanship.

The next step was to expand outward along the stone roof in search of an entrance.

This was no small task. It took another two full days before the undead construction crew unearthed what appeared to be a vertical stone wall with a door-like structure on one side.

After washing away the accumulated dirt with water, the stone wall’s true face was revealed.

It was a massive stone door, inlaid with square stone blocks about a foot wide. A complex character was carved on the surface of each block.

Lynch leaned in for a closer look. ’Holy cow!’

Hydrogen, Helium, Lithium, Beryllium, Boron, Carbon, Nitrogen...

’Isn’t this the fucking periodic table?!’

’And it’s written in standard Chinese characters!’

Beside the stone door was a small inscription, also in Chinese: "Arrange the first thirty-six in order, and the door will open. Forcing it will activate the self-destruct mechanism. —Lester"

Lynch was speechless for a moment.

’Looks like my fellow countryman was determined that only another Transmigrator could claim this treasure.’

’He didn’t make it too difficult for his fellow Transmigrator, though, only using the first 36 elements for the password. I guess that lowered the difficulty a bit.’

’Bro, why’d you have to make it so complicated... Wouldn’t a password like "Moonlight before my bed" or "Hoeing grain in the midday sun" have been better? Did you really have to test my chemistry...’ Lynch couldn’t help but complain, suspecting Lester must have been a chemistry teacher before he transmigrated...

Fortunately, as a former science and engineering student in his past life, the first thirty-six elements of the periodic table were basic knowledge for Lynch. Although his memory had faded after so much time, he could still piece together the general order.

Of course, complaints were one thing, but he couldn’t afford to let his guard down.

Lynch immediately rode Red Rabbit back several dozen meters, had layers of his Skeleton army and zombie guards protect him, and took out the Tide’s Tear pendant, holding it tightly, ready to activate the Water Curtain Shield at a moment’s notice.

Only then did he use his mental link to remotely control Bone Valor, sending it forward to begin pushing the stone blocks engraved with elemental symbols into order according to his memory.

Hydrogen, Helium, Lithium, Beryllium, Boron... Carbon, Nitrogen, Oxygen, Fluorine, Neon... Sodium, Magnesium, Aluminum, Silicon, Phosphorus...

Bone Valor’s movements were quite stiff, and it pushed the wrong block several times.

It took the better part of half a day before he finally finished arranging the first 36 elemental symbols on the stone door in their approximate order on the periodic table.

The instant the last elemental symbol, Krypton, was pushed into its designated position...

"CLICK... CLICK-CLACK..."

A series of heavy and precise mechanical whirring sounds came from within the stone door.

Immediately after, the entire massive stone door began to vibrate slightly, and dust fell from its surface in a fine shower.

"RUUUMBLE~!!"

Amid a dull, earth-shaking roar, the long-dormant puzzle door slowly sank inward and slid open, revealing a pitch-black passage behind it.

"It opened!!"

Lynch was instantly overcome with ecstatic joy.

At this point, he was both nervous and full of anticipation.

After going through so much trouble to finally get inside, he had no idea what kind of amazing treasure his fellow countryman, Lester, had left for him.

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