The space was quiet.
Only the sound of Chen Fan digging.
After the third Soul-Summoning Lamp was dug out, the bronze coffin remained motionless.
“Is it really a zombie?”
“I’ve made such a big fuss, and it hasn’t come out.”
Chen Fan wasn’t disbelieving the system, just a little puzzled.
Not long after, the fourth lamp was unearthed.
The bronze coffin remained still, completely motionless.
“Could it be that the bronze coffin is too well-sealed, too soundproof…?”
After the fifth lamp was unearthed, more than half of the bronze coffin was exposed.
Soon after, the sixth lamp came out, and the entire area around the bronze coffin had been excavated.
After the debris fell, the lamps were still distributed around the coffin.
“Something’s not right…”
“The coffin lid has clearly cracked slightly…”
Chen Fan shook his head.
Now, he was much more relieved.
He had dug so much, for so long, only the seventh lamp was left.
The bronze coffin still remained motionless.
If it weren’t for the system’s prompt, he would have thought the bronze coffin was empty.
“Crack…”
He continued digging, but this time he didn’t find a lamp, but a plaque.
Covered in green rust.
Chen Fan picked it up, slightly surprised.
Rows of characters were engraved on it, not Hanzi, but they were characters that Chen Fan had learned.
“It’s a spirit tablet?”
“What kind of world’s custom is it to have a spirit tablet in a tomb…?”
After studying the characters, Chen Fan obtained startling information.
“Zhou Wu Empress Deity…”
Chen Fan read slowly.
“Zhou Wu Empress?”
“Same name, different number?”
Clearly, this Empress wasn’t Wu Zetian.
After all, the characters were different.
Moreover, the burial customs were clearly not from the same world.
“Deity?”
“Just a title, I guess.”
“Otherwise, it would be exaggerated…”
Unable to research much more information, Chen Fan put the spirit tablet into his storage ring.
He felt a bit strange. He had dug so much and only found six lamps and a spirit tablet.
There wasn’t even a single other burial item.
Taking a deep breath, Chen Fan continued digging.
However, even after he dug out the entire area around the coffin, he still couldn’t find the seventh lamp.
“It should be under the coffin…”
Looking at the last bit of soil and some bluestone pressed down by the bronze coffin, Chen Fan guessed silently.
“Zhou Wu Empress, I apologize for the offense!”
After thinking it over, Chen Fan decided to move the bronze coffin away.
So, he bowed slightly to the bronze coffin.
The coffin remained silent, without any response.
Chen Fan didn’t hesitate anymore, placed his hand on the coffin, and pushed hard.
“Boom!”
The pile of dirt collapsed, the heavy bronze coffin slammed to the ground with a loud noise.
As the coffin tilted and fell, Chen Fan saw the last lamp, quickly picked it up, and without wiping it, stored it in his storage ring.
“Boom!”
At that moment, the loud noise continued.
In Chen Fan’s line of sight, the coffin lid flew out, rolling several times on the ground.
“Finally… awakened…”
Chen Fan mumbled, because the coffin was facing away from him, he couldn’t see the zombie inside the coffin.
However, he wasn’t panicking at all.
From the coffin lid being knocked flying, Chen Fan could infer that this zombie was very powerful.
At least, it had great strength.
But it wasn’t beyond his imagination.
He was confident that he could leave at any time before the zombie attacked him.
Moreover, he had already found all seven lamps, and there was no regret.
“Huh?”
Chen Fan stood there on guard, not hearing any further movements, he couldn’t help but be very curious.
So, he walked around in a big circle and came to the front of the tilted bronze coffin.
Finally, he saw the Zhou Wu Empress zombie’s true face.
Wearing an imperial robe embroidered with gold thread, a dragon crown made of gold, black and thick hair with golden hairpins.
Around her, jewels and precious stones, even night pearls, were used as burial objects.
Her eyes were closed, but he could still feel her majesty.
Her face was pale, bloodless.
Despite this, it couldn’t hide her beauty.
Only, this beauty was accompanied by a kind of sickness.
At her waist, there was even a sword hanging, as if to indicate that she was an Empress who had conquered lands and expanded territories.
Chen Fan’s attention fell on her mouth.
Sure enough, a pair of sharp fangs had grown out, gleaming white like the moon.
“Buzz…”
Under Chen Fan’s gaze, the Zhou Wu Empress zombie slowly opened her eyes, cold and bloodthirsty, surrounded by murderous aura, swirling.
Ziziziz…
As the murderous aura flowed out of the coffin, it was directly purified and turned into blue smoke.
“So that’s it…”
“She didn’t come out all this time because she was afraid of the light here?”
Chen Fan finally understood why, despite all the noise he made, she hadn’t appeared.
It was only after he accidentally knocked over the bronze coffin that she was angry enough to knock the lid off.
“But the light here is quite dim…”
Chen Fan thought it was strange.
The light here wasn’t that strong.
Was she truly so afraid of any light?
“Why have you disturbed this Empress!”
To Chen Fan’s surprise, the Zhou Wu Empress zombie actually spoke.
Because he had learned the language, he understood her meaning somewhat.