With A Superpower To Extract Antiques, I Went Tomb Raiding Alone - Chapter 9

Chapter 9: Rome Inverted

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

McRae Corp.’s cars were still familiar.

Jin Yuchen skillfully destroyed the car’s alarm system and started the car with the key he had stolen.

Feeling the soft texture of the seat, Jin Yuchen revealed a comfortable expression. McCree is like a grumpy but great-looking beauty. Marriage is inappropriate, but prostitutes are comfortable. “Unfortunately, we are not suitable after all.”

Feeling the soft texture of the seat, Jin Yuchen revealed a comfortable expression.

McRae Corp. was like a hot-tempered beauty with a great body. It was not appropriate for her to get married, but she felt comfortable with prostitution.

“It’s a pity we’re not suitable for each other.”

The car drove toward Rome.

…

Apart from the strange existence of the tomb owner, the way a tomb existed was also very unique.

According to McRae Corp.’s internal database, the tombs were divided into three types according to their existence.

The first one was a Reality type, which could be excavated. There was even one in Egypt that appeared in the pyramids.

The pyramids had been exposed to many years of archeology.

However, it didn’t prevent the tomb from suddenly appearing there, so it was classified as a Reality type, and some said it was just another manifestation of the second type.

The second was the Subspace type. As long as one had a ticket, they could enter through various rituals and conditions.

The only difference was that there was usually no restriction on the area. As long as one had a ticket, one could enter and exit from anywhere.

The third was the Special type, which was almost impossible to classify. There was even a large tomb in the human subconscious.

There were very few of these tombs, and even Jin Yuchen, a top expert in the industry, had only seen them in the information.

Moreover, he wasn’t confident that he could go, as that would be equivalent to suicide.

In the later records, Nero’s Tomb was classified as the largest Reality System.

After digging 1,300 meters under Rome, one could reach the underground palace of Nero’s Tomb.

It was also known as Rome Inverted.

In theory, one could enter Nero’s Tomb this way without a ticket.

However, this was obviously not suitable for Jin Yuchen. Carrying out such a large project in Rome was beyond his personal ability.

At present, they needed to find the “gate” of the tomb. To do that, one needed to activate the ticket ability at a special location near the tomb, and they could be directly teleported to the tomb.

Large organizations usually obtained information on the gate by spending many tickets and exploring bit by bit with human resources.

‘Fortunately, I read a lot of information in my previous life. I didn’t expect that I’d be able to use it one day.’

Jin Yuchen laughed at himself and drove the car into Rome.

A few pizza clerks saw a car parked in front of their store. They looked at each other, and a curly-haired clerk went out to remind Jin Yuchen, “Hey! Sir, parking is not allowed here.”

Jin Yuchen rolled down the window and smiled at the shop assistant. Then, he slowly disappeared into the air under the shop assistant’s frightened gaze.

“Oh God!”

“What is that thing?”

Screams and chaos filled the streets.

A strong sense of weightlessness enveloped Jin Yuchen, and the scenery in front of him changed in the next second.

A river of lava hung in the sky, illuminating this huge underground space as if it was daytime.

The reversed gravity of Rome Inverted created such a spectacle.

“Barbarian!”

As the Latin shout echoed, the javelins grew larger in Jin Yuchen’s eyes.

Jin Yuchen quickly retreated to avoid the javelins, but the javelins sank half a meter into the ground. The tails of the javelins were still shaking, showing the strength of the hurler.

“F*ck! I was too careless!”

Jin Yuchen had only read about Nero’s Tomb in the information, but he had not participated in the exploration, so he had no idea about the details.

The first thing he saw was the bronze half-body armor, which reflected a golden light under the lava. Then, he noticed the iconic skirt armor and Roman sandals.

Under the armor of the skirt, what was revealed was not the strong thighs in oil paintings but pale bones.

The Roman Skeleton Corps!

There were also cavalrymen riding on skeleton horses.

Jin Yuchen could even see the mocking expression on the soldier’s skeletal face.

If it was a trap, Jin Yuchen could have avoided it with his experience, but he didn’t expect the tomb owner to be so immoral.

He sent an army of skeletons to block the gate.

‘No wonder the tomb appeared so early. It was indeed excavated several years later.

‘I’ve really suffered a great loss this time.’

Instead of retreating, Jin Yuchen advanced. The space was too big, and he was in an open space. He couldn’t escape.

Playing a game of pursuit with the cavalry in the open would only make one feel that they were not dying fast enough.

He charged forward and arrived at the spot where the javelins had fallen. He pressed his finger on the end of one of the javelins and twisted it.

It was almost impossible to pull out a javelin that was so deep in the ground. It was just like how a person stuck in quicksand would only be dismembered if they tried to pull themselves out. Not only would they be unable to pull it out, but there was a high chance it would break in the soil.

Under Jin Yuchen’s fingers, a strong spiral force was transmitted from the end of the javelin to the ground. A cloud of soil was sent flying, and the javelin was twisted into the air like a bamboo dragonfly.

Jin Yuchen’s left hand held the javelin a fist’s distance away, and his right hand held the middle of the javelin. His legs were in a horse posture, forming a spear stance.

A red light flickered in the eyes of one of the skeleton knights as it raised its right palm.

Then, a wave of javelins whistled through the air as they headed straight for Jin Yuchen.

In the face of this barrage of javelins, Jin Yuchen’s javelin was like a venomous snake’s tongue, accurately deflecting the javelins.

The javelins landed on the ground, creating one deep hole after another. Not a single one of them landed within two meters of Jin Yuchen.

As the sound died down, Jin Yuchen stood in the middle of the javelin, the javelins surrounding him forming a perfect geometric circle.

At that moment, a skeleton knight clapped its skeletal hands twice.

“Unbelievable technique!”

It was Latin, and Jin Yuchen could understand it.

In his previous life, although he was not an expert in this field, he had still crammed a lot of professional knowledge for the sake of his life.

This included this dead language.

Of course, with the emergence of many large tombs, there was more information on Latin, and it was not as difficult to learn as before.

Any ability user would know a few phrases.

After all, Rome had a strong foundation, and there was no guarantee that there would not be any strange characters appearing in the future.

There was no harm in learning more.

“Thanks for the compliment,” Jin Yuchen replied in Latin.

“Interesting,” the skeleton knight muttered as it opened and closed its teeth.

“Looks like you’re not that barbaric after all.”

“Do you want to become my slave? It’s such a pity to die here.”

Jin Yuchen looked at the skeletons, who were ready to attack, and stabbed his javelin into the ground.

“Sure.”

After all, he really couldn’t win.

With so many skeleton soldiers strengthened by the tyrant’s authority, fighting them head-on would only make his death more dignified.

“Very good,” he said. The leading skeleton knight was very satisfied and said, “I’m Alfonnius, your new master.”