Chapter 27: The Ghost in the Coffin
Suddenly something unexpected happened and a group of people were locked up in an ancient bronze coffin where one could not see one's hand in front of one's face.

Some of Ye Fan's less courageous classmates had already collapsed mentally. Confusion and helplessness filled their hearts. They were terrified but did not dare to cry out loud for fear of disturbing the dead soul in the coffin.

"Woo."

But their low cries added a bit of horror to the coffin.

"What should we do? Who can come to rescue us?"

"Are we really inside the bronze coffin now?"

"Why is this happening? Is there any way to get out?"

Where there are timid people, there are naturally courageous people. After initially adapting to the darkness, they begin to speak out.

When they heard someone speaking, they seemed to realize that they were not sucked into the coffin alone, but a group of people were sucked into the coffin together, and everyone had someone to rely on.

Then, everyone became bolder.

Everyone took out their cell phones, some started dialing calls, and some turned on the lights of their cell phones, adding a bit of light to the dark space.

Unfortunately, the light from the mobile phone was too dim and was not enough to illuminate the entire space inside the coffin.

There was still some fear in their hearts.

"Don't panic, everyone. Although we can't get in touch with the outside world for the time being, such a shocking incident has happened on Mount Tai. The staff of the relevant departments will definitely come to rescue us as soon as possible."

At this moment, Ye Fan's classmate Zhou Yi, as one of the organizers of their trip to Mount Tai, finally showed a bit of leadership at this critical moment and spoke loudly to comfort everyone.

"Zhou Yi is right. Don't panic. Stay calm to prevent secondary injuries. Everyone take out your cell phones, turn on the flashlight function, and huddle together. Don't be too scattered." The voice of Wang Ziwen, another party organizer, rang out in the darkness.

Their words calmed their classmates down a lot, and they all turned on their phones and gathered in the direction of the light source.

Lin Jia then spoke up to comfort everyone, "Don't panic, it's already happened, there's no point in us being afraid. The most important thing now is to count the people and see if any of you are injured."

Although Ye Fan also turned on his cell phone, he did not gather together like the other students. Instead, he kept scanning the surroundings with the flashlight on his cell phone, as if he was looking for Li Zhi's whereabouts.

His intuition told him that the incident just now might give him the answer he wanted. The dark and mysterious passage constructed by the Tai Chi Bagua diagram kept appearing in his mind. Could it be that this was the ancient civilization that had seen the light of day again?

"Brother Li?" Not seeing Li Zhi around, Ye Fan called out softly.

Perhaps the voice was too soft, or perhaps it was too noisy when everyone gathered together, Ye Fan did not hear Li Zhi's response.

Then, their group began to count heads.

"1, 2, 3, 4,.,28."

The man in charge of roll call said in a trembling voice, "How come there are thirty people?"

There were twenty-nine people in their group, and now there was one more person, which instantly made them feel creepy. Could it be that the person in the coffin stood up?
At this moment, Ye Fan said: "A friend of mine also fell in with us."

Then, he shouted towards the dark area: "Brother Li, please say hello to everyone."

Just as they were waiting for Li Zhi to greet everyone, a majestic figure rose from the ground in the dark corner.

The noise directly attracted their attention.

The black shadow panted and coughed a few times, then got up from the ground and walked towards the light source. Everyone thought it was Li Zhi.

"What a haunted place." The dark shadow muttered as he walked, as if he had just fallen hard.

"Pangbo?" Ye Fan said in surprise after hearing the black shadow's voice.

"It's me." Pangbo responded, then walked up to them and asked, "Are we in a bronze coffin?"

Before everyone could react and ask Pangbo why he was here.

A series of dense and dull sounds of patting the coffin lid suddenly sounded inside the coffin.

"Boom, boom, boom"

Ye Fan's classmates were so frightened that they stood still on the spot.

"Pah, pah" the sound of cell phones falling to the ground continued, instantly scaring some people so much that their limbs became limp.

"what!"

Finally, one of the female students couldn't stand the oppressive feeling anymore and let out a sharp and piercing scream.

In an instant, the crowd that had just calmed down fell into chaos again.

Everyone was trying their best to squeeze together.

They soon squeezed into the southeast corner and kept moving in, fearing to stand on the periphery.

"Don't panic, don't crowd," Zhou Yi and Wang Ziwen shouted in succession.

In the end, everyone huddled together in the southeast corner. Some people were squeezed so hard that they felt chest tightness and shortness of breath, and were almost crushed to death on the spot.

Ye Fan, Pang Bo, Zhou Yi, Wang Ziwen, Lin Jia, Li Xiaoman, and Kaide formed an arc-shaped human wall to protect the other students behind them.

Then, they carefully took out their mobile phones, turned on the flashlight function, and shone it in the direction where the sound came from.

Then, they saw that in the center was a smaller bronze coffin, less than four meters long, less than two meters wide, and less than two meters high.

Moreover, on top of the small coffin, there was a figure with long hair covering his face, lying on the coffin lid, waving his hands and hitting the coffin board continuously.

The "dong dong" sound came from him.

As if feeling the glare of the light, the figure turned his head to look at them, and said impatiently: "Turn off the light, can't you see I'm busy?"

"Da da da da" a sound of teeth colliding was immediately heard from the corner, and a faint smell of urine came from the corner.

"Brother Li?" Ye Fan shouted in some surprise.

"Ye Fan, just play your own games and don't bother me." Li Zhi didn't seem to want to deal with Ye Fan's classmates.

Seeing that Ye Fan seemed to know the disheveled weirdo, Lin Jia, who was standing next to Ye Fan, asked in a low voice: "Ye Fan, who is he?"

"My neighbor Li Zhi." Ye Fan said helplessly as he looked at Li Zhi who kept banging on the coffin lid.

Lin Jia asked curiously, "What is he doing?" "I don't know." Ye Fan shook his head.

After hearing the conversation between the two, the classmates who were huddled together behind them seemed to understand something. The man with disheveled hair was sucked into the huge bronze coffin just like them.

A surge of anger suddenly rose in the hearts of some people.

Ye Fan said to Lin Jia: "I'll go over and take a look first."

Pangbo, who was standing on the other side of him, also said, "Ye Zi, I'll go with you."

Ye Fan nodded, and walked to the central area with Pangbo, near the small coffin.

Only when they got closer did they see clearly what Li Zhi was doing.

Li Zhi was actually copying the patterns on the inner coffin.

"Brother Li, what are you doing?" Ye Fan asked with some confusion.

Li Zhi said without even turning his head: "Can't you see? I am copying the greatest miracle in the universe."

At this time, Pang Bo, who was standing by, seemed to recognize Li Zhi and said in surprise, "You are Mr. Li from the Gufeng Jewelry Store."

Li Zhi turned his head and glanced at him, saying, "Pang Bo, you have also caught up with this amazing opportunity."

"A stunning opportunity?" Pang Bo was a little confused.

At this moment, Zhou Yi and Wang Ziwen also walked over with their classmates.

"This is an inner coffin, right?" Zhou Yi began to share some knowledge about coffins with everyone.

Seeing that Li Zhi actually dared to lie on the inner coffin to make rubbings, the fear in everyone's hearts seemed to dissipate a lot, and a sense of curiosity arose.

Seeing more and more people gathering around him, Li Zhi said to Ye Fan, "Ye Fan, please do me a favor and make a rubbing of the coffin lid for me. I have to hurry up and make rubbings for the walls."

Ye Fan took the bag handed over by Li Zhi, and then continued to pat it in Li Zhi's direction, and asked: "Brother Li, why do you have these things on you?"

"Didn't I tell you? The reason I came to Mount Tai this time is to investigate a cave left behind by an ancient monk. Of course, I have prepared everything." Li Zhi continued to take out other papers and rubbing bags from his bag without raising his head.

Some of Ye Fan's classmates looked at them with suspicion.

The word "tomb robber" appears in many people's minds.

Lin Jia walked up to Ye Fan and asked, "Ye Fan, when you went up the mountain before, you were looking for him, right?"

Before Ye Fan could answer, Li Zhi shouted at the people who had surrounded the small coffin, "All of you step aside and don't block my work."

"My friend, can you tell us what this is? And what is the Nine Dragons Pulling Coffin outside?" Wang Ziwen is a smart person. From Li Zhi's slightly impatient mood, she can tell that it seems that the time they can get in touch with the bronze coffin is very short.

"Ha! You want to know? Wait until you become the emperor." Li Zhi said with a smile, but there was no intention of stopping his hands.

Spraying water, applying stickers, brushing, and rubbing are all done in one go. The movements are so smooth and swift that some of them are just a shadow in their eyes.

"My friend, we are all in trouble. Why do you have to play guessing games with us?" Someone in the crowd shouted to Li Zhi.

"In trouble? Who told you that I was in trouble?" Li Zhi laughed directly.

They realized that Li Zhi must know some truth that they didn't know, but he didn't intend to tell them.

People are like this. They feel fear when facing unknown things, but when dealing with known secrets, apart from curiosity, they don’t feel much fear.

With just three glances and a few words, most of the fear that had been lingering in their hearts disappeared.

"You are a tomb robber, yet you dare to mock us. Aren't you afraid that after we get out, we will arrest you and hand you over to the police?" At this moment, someone in the crowd shouted at Li Zhi.

"Snap!" A crisp sound rang out in the dark coffin.

"Ah!" followed by a scream of pain, and then the man yelled: "How dare you throw a tomato at me."

"You deserve a beating for your rude remarks." Li Zhi said coldly.

Zhou Yi, Wang Ziwen, Lin Jia, Li Xiaoman and others who had just seen Li Zhi take action widened their eyes.

Li Zhi's throwing speed is almost twice as fast as those of professional baseball players, and his accuracy is also amazing.

There was no sign of him aiming, it seemed as if he simply swung his hand and threw a bright red fruit over, and the fruit hit the classmate's mouth very accurately.

For a moment, the atmosphere in the coffin became somewhat subtle.

Low whispers were heard in the crowd, and it seemed that several people were discussing how to teach Li Zhi a lesson.

At this time, Pang Bo shouted, "Li Changqing, didn't your father teach you that you can eat whatever you want but you can't say whatever you want. You don't need to say anything about who Boss Li is."

Ye Fan also looked at Li Zhi in surprise and said, "Brother Li, I haven't seen you for ten months. Your strength has greatly increased."

Li Zhi said: "Being trapped in Mount Tai for such a long time, it is hard not to grow."

Ye Fan asked again: "Have you told your sister-in-law about your escape?"

Li Zhi said: "Your sister-in-law already knows that we have left the earth."

"Leave the earth?" Ye Fan looked at Li Zhi with horror.

"Otherwise, do you think we are still on Mount Tai?" Li Zhi said.

Just when Ye Fan was about to ask something, the bronze coffin suddenly made a loud "bang" sound, as if it hit something.

Everyone felt dizzy for a moment, but before they could react, they stood firm again.

However, Li Zhi and Xiaoguan, who had been surrounded by them just now, suddenly disappeared, and some people began to feel uneasy.

"Look, there is light." Li Xiaoman suddenly pointed in a direction and shouted.

Then they rushed like a tide towards a ray of light that appeared more than ten meters away.

As for the mysterious Li Zhi, they decided to just stay as far away from him as possible.

(End of this chapter)