Xin Ye shouts loudly, causing Yi Chen and Li Hua to stop.
"She is in danger!", Li Hua says.
"Y..you go inside the car. I will go to save her.", Yi Chen says.
"I will come too!", Li Hua says.
"I can't put your life in danger. Go.", Yi Chen says.
Li Hua listens to Yi Chen and leaves in the car. Yi Chen runs and reaches where Xin Ye has fallen.
A huge tree is about to fall on Xin Ye, but before that, Yi Chen goes to her and pulls her up, saving her life.
"Are you alright?", Yi Chen asks.
"Y...yes! Let's go!", Xin Ye says.
Yi Chen and Xin Ye run together and get inside the car, where they are not afraid of anything. Xin Ye breathes heavily, remembering how she was pulled by an unnatural force.
"I...felt something there.", Xin Ye says.
"What?", Li Hua asks.
"Y..yes something pulled me there. We can search there.", Xin Ye says.
"Hmm!", Yi Chen replies.
They all stay inside the car for half an hour. The weather has cleared up completely, with no rain, no clouds, and no wind. It doesn't seem like there was a storm here just a short while ago.
They gets out of the car, a little hesitantly. She looks around. Everything is fine. Xin Ye brings her friends to the same place where she fell.
"I... it's the place.", Xin Ye says.
The tree is still lying there. Without wasting any time, they quickly retrieve their equipment and begin exploring and excavating.
Yi Chen gets some strong signals from his metal detector. He starts digging at the spot.
"If we find anything related to the Kingdom of Chao Xiang, what will we do with it?", Yi Chen asks.
"If we find anything, we won't inform anyone. We'll quietly take the stuff with us. If we tell anyone that we found something related to Chen Xiang, it can create trouble.", Xin Ye says.
"You're right! Chronofang is very dangerous. We can't hand it over to anyone. We don't know whose intentions are bad. If someone misuses it, there will be a problem.", Li Hua says.
Suddenly the earth shakes. Everyone falls to the ground.
"Is it an earthquake?" Xin Ye asks.
"No... There's no chance of earthquake in this area.. maybe it's again trick. This forest isn't letting us to search the lost kingdom.", Yi Chen says.
After a while, the ground stops shaking. Everyone gets up and lands back on the same spot they were digging. They are shocked to see a huge hole in the ground.
"W..what?", Li Hua asks and widens her eyes.
"I think it's the way to go inside.", Yi Chen says.
"Inside? No! It can be risky!", Xin Ye says.
"I have something. Wait here.", Yi Chen says and he leaves.
A little while later, Yi Chen arrives, holding a mini robot with a camera attached to it. He turns on his robot and sends it inside the big hole.
Yi Chen controls the robot with a remote. He watches the video of everything inside on his phone. As it gets dark, the robot turns on the lights so it can see everything clearly.
There is a route inside the hole through which the robot moves and stops at a place.
"Why it's not moving? Is it the end?", Li Hua asks.
Yi Chen seriously looks at the hole and starts digging. Unknowingly, a surge of energy surges within him, making him exert himself beyond his strength.
Li Hua and Xin Ye join him. They are both shocked by Yi Chen's strength. Yi Chen glances at Xin Ye and then digs in again.
After a while, Yi Chen stops digging. His body feels relaxed, as if something inside him has gone. He feels dizzy.
"Chen! Are you alright?", Li Hua asks.
Yi Chen looks at his girlfriend and then looks at the place where he dug.
"I don't know what happened to me suddenly?", Yi Chen mumbles and scratches his head in confusion.
Xin Ye sees a coffin-like box. She removes the soil with her hand and finds a very large box. There is something written on that box which leaves her shocked after reading it.
"Li Hua! Yi Chen! Look here.", Xin Ye says.
Xin Ye has a huge smile on her face. Her eyes sparkle, as if she's finally achieved something truly special. But can't say whether this is true or not.
"OMG! Is it a coffin? But it doesn't look like a coffin!", Li Hua says.
"Chao Xiang's name is written here!", Xin Ye says.
They all try to pull the coffin out but it's too heavy. Yi Chen ties a chain to the car and ties the other part of the chain to the coffin.
Yi Chan drives the car, causing the coffin to slowly roll out. Everyone breathes a sigh of relief and approaches the coffin.
"Is this really a sculpture of Chao Xiang? His real body that was transformed into a sculpture due to a curse?", Yi Chen asks.
"Many unnatural events have happened to us. Maybe this is because of this.", Xin Ye says.
"Why hasn't anyone found it yet? We found it so easily, but why couldn't anyone else find it? Why only we found it?", Li Hua asks a logical question.
"Yeah! But only a few people knows about it and from then only few people dare to come here for this. Maybe it's the reason.", Xin Ye says.
Li Hua nods her head. Yi Chen bends towards the coffin and looks at it closely.
"Be careful!", Li Hua says.
"Nothing will happen to me!", Yi Chen says but in a different voice.
"We will search Chronofang too!", Xin Ye says.
"No! It's not here.", Yi Chen says.
"How do you?", Li Hua asks.
"I know it's not here. And it's not the lost Kingdom of Chao Xiang. It's just a place where his sculpture was buried by his father.", Yi Chen says.
"Yi Chen! How do you know? Since when did you know about it?", Li Hua asks surprisingly. She knows that her boyfriend has little idea about it but how come he knows this much.
"It's written here by Chao Xiang's father. See.", Yi Chen says.
Yi Chen shows them both. There's something written on the side of the coffin. It was written by Chao Xiang's father. There is not much information there but it is written that Chao Xiang's father had buried him and the Kingdom is somewhere else.
"We would take it to our building. Let's do fast.", Yi Chen says.
"I am hungry. Fist eat something. Let's have meal in nearby restaurant.", Li Hua says with a pout.
They all look at the coffin because they can't leave it alone.
"Where we I'll hide it? We can't keep it inside the car.", Xin Ye says.
"Truck.", Li Hua says with a winning smile.
Xin Ye smiles too and hugs her friend. Their work has become so easy. Yi Chen grabs his robot and keep it inside the car.
They all come to the restaurant and have their meal. Li Hua and Xin Ye notices that Yi Chen is eating a lot than usual. They look at each other in confusion.
"I think he is so much hungry.", Li Hua says and gives an awkward smile.
Xin Ye doesn't mind much and continues eating her food. She's about to hold the glass when Yi Chen moves his hand toward it, causing their hands to touch.
Yi Chen and Xin Ye look into each other's eyes. For the first time, she feels that Yi Chen is quite different. She takes her hand back and holds another glass. Li Hua hadn't noticed.
After paying bill, they leave the restaurant. Yi Chen talks to a truck driver and pays him. The truck driver then agrees to deliver their goods.
In the forest, they load the coffin into a truck. Yi Chen stays in the truck. Li Hua and Xin Ye come to the car. Yi Chen looks at the coffin and smirks.
To be continued.....