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In Forest
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Xin Ye shouted loudly, causing Yi Chen and Li Hua to stop.
"She is in danger!", Li Hua said.
"Y..you go inside the car. I will go to save her.", Yi Chen said.
"I will come too!", Li Hua said.
"I can't put your life in danger. Go.", Yi Chen said.
Li Hua listened to Yi Chen and left in the car. Yi Chen ran and reached where Xin Ye fell.
A huge tree was about to fall on Xin Ye, but before that, Yi Chen went to her and pulled her up, saving her life.
"Are you alright?", Yi Chen asked.
"Y...yes! Let's go!", Xin Ye said.
Yi Chen and Xin Ye ran together and got inside the car, where they were not afraid of anything. Xin Ye breathed heavily, remembering how she was pulled by an unnatural force.
"I...felt something there.", Xin Ye said.
"What?", Li Hua asked.
"Y..yes something pulled me there. We can search there.", Xin Ye said.
"Hmm!", Yi Chen replied.
They all stayed inside the car for half an hour. The weather had cleared up completely, with no rain, no clouds, and no wind. It didn't seem like there was a storm here just a short while ago.
They got out of the car, a little hesitantly. She looks around. Everything was fine. Xin Ye brought her friends to the same place where she fell.
"I...it's the place.", Xin Ye said.
The tree was still lying there. Without wasting any time, they quickly retrieved their equipment and began exploring and excavating.
Yi Chen got some strong signals from his metal detector. He started digging at the spot.
"If we find anything related to the Kingdom of Chao Xiang, what will we do with it?", Yi Chen asked.
"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 said.
"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 said.
Suddenly the earth shook. Everyone fell to the ground.
"Is it an earthquake?" Xin Ye asked.
"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 said.
After a while, the ground stopped shaking. Everyone got up and looked back on the same spot they were digging. They were shocked to see a huge hole in the ground.
"W..what?", Li Hua asked and widened her eyes.
"I think it's the way to go inside.", Yi Chen said.
"Inside? No! It can be risky!", Xin Ye said.
"I have something. Wait here.", Yi Chen said. and he left.
A little while later, Yi Chen arrived, holding a mini robot with a camera attached to it. He turned on his robot and sent it inside the big hole.
Yi Chen controlled the robot with a remote. He watched the video of everything inside on his phone. As it got dark, the robot turned on the lights so it could see everything clearly.
There was a route inside the hole through which the robot moved and stopped at a place.
"Why it's not moving? Is it the end?", Li Hua asked.
Yi Chen looked seriously at the hole and started digging. Unknowingly, a surge of energy surged within him, make him exert himself beyond his strength.
Li Hua and Xin Ye joined him. They were both shocked by Yi Chen's strength. Yi Chen glanced at Xin Ye and then dug in again.
After a while, Yi Chen stopped digging. His body felt relaxed, as if something inside him has gone. He felt dizzy.
"Chen! Are you alright?", Li Hua asked.
Yi Chen looked at his girlfriend and then looked at the place where he dug.
"I don't know what happened to me suddenly?", Yi Chen mumbled and scratched his head in confusion.
Xin Ye saw a coffin-like box. She removed the soil with her hand and finds a very large box. There was something written on that box which left her shocked after reading it.
"Li Hua! Yi Chen! Look here.", Xin Ye said.
Xin Ye had a huge smile on her face. Her eyes sparkled, as if she had finally achieved something truly special. But couldn't say whether this was true or not.
"OMG! Is it a coffin? But it doesn't look like a coffin!", Li Hua said.
"Chao Xiang's name is written here!", Xin Ye said.
They all tried to pull the coffin out but it was too heavy. Yi Chen tied a chain to the car and tied the other part of the chain to the coffin.
Yi Chan drove the car, causing the coffin to slowly roll out. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and approached 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 asked.
"Many unnatural events have happened to us. Maybe this is because of this.", Xin Ye said.
"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 asked 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 said.
Li Hua nodded her head. Yi Chen bent towards the coffin and looked at it closely.
"Be careful!", Li Hua said.
"Nothing will happen to me!", Yi Chen said but in a different voice.
"We will search Chronofang too!", Xin Ye said.
"No! It's not here.", Yi Chen said.
"How do you?", Li Hua asked.
"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 said.
"Yi Chen! How do you know? Since when did you know about it?", Li Hua asked surprisingly. She knew that her boyfriend had little idea about it but how come he knew this much.
"It's written here by Chao Xiang's father. See.", Yi Chen said.
Yi Chen showed them both. There was something written on the side of the coffin. It was written by Chao Xiang's father. There was not much information 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 said.
"I am hungry. Fist eat something. Let's have meal in nearby restaurant.", Li Hua said with a pout.
They all looked at the coffin because they couldn't leave it alone.
"Where we I'll hide it? We can't keep it inside the car.", Xin Ye said.
"Truck.", Li Hua said with a winning smile.
Xin Ye smiled too and hugged her friend. Their work had become so easy. Yi Chen grabbed his robot and kept it inside the car.
They all came to the restaurant and had their meal. Li Hua and Xin Ye noticed that Yi Chen was eating a lot than usual. They looked at each other in confusion.
"I think he is so much hungry.", Li Hua said and gave an awkward smile.
Xin Ye didn't mind much and continued eating her food. She was about to hold the glass when Yi Chen moved his hand toward it, causing their hands to touch.
Yi Chen and Xin Ye looked into each other's eyes. For the first time, she felt that Yi Chen was quite different. She took her hand back and held another glass. Li Hua hadn't noticed.
After paying the bill, they left the restaurant. Yi Chen talked to a truck driver and paid him. The truck driver then agreed to deliver the coffin.
In the forest, they loaded the coffin into a truck. Yi Chen stayed in the truck. Li Hua and Xin Ye came to the car. Yi Chen looked at the coffin and smirked.
To be continued...