Divine Lucky Star-Chapter 181 -

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The hidden cave entrance wasn’t large, only about one meter wide and two meters tall; yet once inside, it revealed a completely different world. The walls around were clearly artificially carved, even bearing the marks of sculpting. And the further they walked, the more spacious it became. From the initial meter wide and two meters high doorway, they soon reached a width of two meters and a height of three meters. The entire passage felt like it was winding downwards, yet it wasn’t stuffy at all—it was evident there were air vents.

Having walked over a thousand meters, suddenly, the space ahead dramatically widened, and they had entered a large underground hall.

“Look quick!” Bai Yaning exclaimed, “There’s a huge door ahead!”

Everyone shone their flashlights in that direction, and with that illumination, they were all stunned.

“What a massive door!” They all gasped.

It was a giant iron door, four meters wide and six meters tall, dark and imposing, standing in this open cave, looking terribly forbidding, as if opening it would lead directly to hell itself!

“How could we possibly open such a big door?” Fang Wenbin nearly despaired. Such a massive door, not to mention just them, even with ten times their number it might not budge!

“Don’t panic, let me take a look first,” Wang Hao stepped forward, shining the flashlight bit by bit over the door. He soon noticed something unusual—there was no lock on the door. Instead, right in front of him, there were five delicate objects scattered and embedded on the door, and among these five objects was a circle with a five-pointed star in the center!

“Brother Hao, what is this?” Zhao Zhenhao asked quietly, “It looks like some sort of mechanism?”

“You’re right, it is indeed a mechanism,” Wang Hao nodded, “If I’m not mistaken, this should be the Five Elements Lock!”

“The Five Elements Lock?!” Everyone exclaimed.

“As Tomb Raider Captains, we must understand the Five Elements and the Bagua,” Wang Hao didn’t let everyone down and began to show off decisively: “The Five Elements generate each other: Metal generates Water, Water generates Wood, Wood generates Fire, Fire generates Earth, and Earth generates Metal. The Five Elements also overcome each other: Metal overcomes Wood, Wood overcomes Earth, Earth overcomes Water, Water overcomes Fire, and Fire overcomes Metal. Therefore, whenever you encounter something related to the Five Elements in a tomb, you mustn’t get it wrong. It’s very dangerous!”

Everyone nodded in agreement. Zhao Zhenhao was deeply impressed by Wang Hao’s knowledge and asked, “Brother Hao, I’ve heard of the generating and overcoming aspects of the Five Elements, but why they generate and why they overcome, I don’t understand. Could you explain?”

Wang Hao asked, “Explain?”

Everyone nodded again, “Explain!”

“These Five Elements, oh there’s a lot to say,” Wang Hao started, “Wood generates Fire because wood has a warm nature, with fire hiding within it. By drilling wood one can start a fire, hence Wood generates Fire. Fire generates Earth because fire is so hot it can burn wood, and the burnt wood becomes ashes, ashes is Earth, therefore Fire generates Earth. Earth generates Metal because metal needs to reside in stone, relying on mountains, moistened to form. Soil gathers to form mountains, and where there is a mountain, there must be stone, hence Earth generates Metal. Metal generates Water because the nature of metal is moist and flowing, metal comes to life through water, and smelted metal can also be turned into water, hence Metal generates Water. Water generates Wood because water moistens and allows trees to grow, therefore Water generates Wood. Now you all understand, right?”

At this moment, everyone was utterly in awe of Wang Hao. He was simply invincible!

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“What about the overcoming aspect?” Bai Yaning, who always enjoyed Wang Hao’s eloquent speeches, asked with a smile, “Can you explain that too?”

“Sure,” Wang Hao continued to boast, “Because the nature of heaven and earth is that abundance overcomes scarcity, hence Water overcomes Fire. Essence overcomes solidity, hence Fire overcomes Metal. Rigidity overcomes flexibility, hence Metal overcomes Wood. Focus overcomes dispersion, hence Wood overcomes Earth. Substance overcomes emptiness, hence Earth overcomes Water.”

—Can you actually understand any of that?

Seeing the expressions of the crowd, Wang Hao knew they hadn’t understood and explained, “Fire overcomes Metal because the indestructible gold melts drop by drop under intense fire, hence Fire overcomes Metal. Metal overcomes Wood because metal can be made into swords, axes, and other tools that can chop down trees, hence Metal overcomes Wood. Wood overcomes Earth because when trees grow, their roots extend endlessly through soil and stone, clinging to the earth and absorbing moisture to their fullest ability, hence Wood overcomes Earth. Earth overcomes Water since earth can be used to build walls or embankments that act as barriers against water flow, this is the so-called ‘when water arrives, earth covers it,’ hence Earth overcomes Water. Water overcomes Fire, and this principle is quite straightforward; any blaze, any spark, can be reduced or even extinguished when water is poured on it, hence Water overcomes Fire.”

With that explanation, everyone suddenly understood and nodded together, “Amazing!”

Having listened to Wang Hao explain the principles of the Five Elements generating and overcoming, Zhao Zhenhao promptly asked, “Brother Hao, can you open it?”

“It should be possible,” Wang Hao couldn’t know for sure if this was actually the Five Elements Lock, but looking at the pattern and the colors of those five little objects, it seemed likely enough—or at least, he was feeling lucky that day, so why not give it a try?!

“Everyone be careful, there could be danger when opening the door,” Wang Hao said, “You all step back, spread out to the sides, I’ll try to unlock it.” As he spoke, he put on a homemade gas mask, covering his eyes as well, leaving not a bit of his skin exposed. Then he manipulated the five small devices with his hand. These five objects were made in the colors red, yellow, blue, green, and white. Using the principles of the Five Elements generating and overcoming, Wang Hao rearranged them—a blue representing Water on top, green for Wood to the right, red for Fire at the bottom right, yellow for Earth at the bottom left. Once he placed the white representing Metal on the left side, a series of springs and gears sounded, and to their astonishment, the door really opened!

“Clang—” Perhaps due to the extreme age, opening the door stirred up a cloud of dust!

Bai Yaning: “…”

Zhao Zhenhao: “…”

Fang Wenbin: “…”

Others: “…”

Holy shit, it actually worked!

Everyone cheered together: “Brother Hao is mighty!”

Hahaha! Today my luck really is unbeatable, hit the nail on the head!

The passageway behind the door was noticeably wider, and the floor began to be paved with stone slabs. As everyone walked and observed, suddenly Fang Wenbin pointed ahead and called out, “Brother Hao, what is that?”

Everyone looked and saw something that appeared to be a liquid not far ahead; when the light shone over, the liquid was clearly silver-white…

“It’s mercury!” Wang Hao exclaimed urgently, “Everyone, put on your masks and goggles!”

Damn, this stuff is really here. Lucky I came fully prepared, or we’d all be dead this time!

After everyone donned masks and goggles, they continued inside. Not much further, they entered another large space, completely different from the previous ones, with nothing in it except for six holes arrayed side by side on the wall!

Everyone was completely baffled!

Six holes, which one should we enter?

“Brother Hao…” They didn’t know how many times they had called for Brother Hao along the way; there was no harm in calling…

“Don’t panic,” Wang Hao looked around, then took out the Compass and started muttering, “Seek the dragon, divide the gold, observe the winding mountains, each twist is a barrier…” While he was chanting, he thought to himself, “Six holes, which one should we enter…”

He didn’t know anything about Gold Division and Positioning, he kept muttering while fondling the dice in his pocket, thinking to himself, “Dice, show me a clear path…”

The luck dice actually responded, trembling once!

Hahaha! Now that makes things easier!

Wang Hao began using the Compass to measure against each door, and at that moment, he was a complete charlatan: “If a door has a thousand locks, surely princes dwell within.”

Soon, when he aligned the Compass with the second hole from the left, the luck dice clearly trembled again, and Wang Hao immediately pointed, “This is the one!”

Everyone was like drowning people clutching at their final lifesaver. They thanked him in unison: “We kneel before Brother Hao!”

Now that Wang Hao had chosen a hole, everyone was getting ready to depart. Duan Yunyun asked, “Brother Hao, are we going to enter this hole next?”

“Pretty much,” Wang Hao replied, “But remember, don’t rush anything. There could be many forks in these mountains, and it’s easy to take a wrong turn and never find your way out if you hurry, so listen to my command. Tie yourselves with ropes and don’t get separated!”

This wasn’t a game—getting separated could mean death.

Everyone’s expression turned serious. They took rope and tied it around their arms, linking one to another with Wang Hao leading and Fang Wenbin bringing up the rear, they entered the hole to begin their expedition.

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