The Lost Tomb 2 : Explore with the Note Episode 13 Recap
> The Lost Tomb 2 : Explore with the Note Recap
Thirty years ago, Wu Sansheng clandestinely entered a blood zombie tomb. Inside, he found two bodies whose clothes were too tattered to distinguish, but he suspected they might be Wu Xie’s great-grandfather and great-great-grandfather. He took all the bones out and buried them. After that, he discovered a hidden mechanism. Upon opening it, he threw a fire starter into the dark hole, but to his surprise, it floated back up.
A skeletal monster suddenly appeared, causing him to quickly cover the mechanism. The monster relentlessly pushed against the cover, and Wu Sansheng struggled to hold it down with his foot. Overwhelmed by its strength, he resorted to using a dagger, eventually decapitating the creature. Wu Sansheng told Wu Xie that many family members had either died or transformed into monsters due to the Warring States silk book.
He explained that these horrifying events were not thoroughly documented in the old man's notes, as he had hoped these stories would remain buried forever. Wu Xie speculated that Granduncle Er might have obtained the silk book, leading to unforeseen consequences where his great-grandfather and great-great-grandfather were implicated, dying by the coffin. He further theorized that Granduncle Er also perished in the tomb, his body manipulated with some sort of device.
Wu Sansheng, angered by Wu Xie's continued involvement, fiercely reprimanded him. He said that his efforts over the years were precisely so Wu Xie could escape this dangerous profession and live a clean life. Embracing Wu Xie tightly, Wu Sansheng urged him, as the sole heir of the Wu Family, to simply live a good and decent life.
Wu Xie, however, felt that his family's blood flowed through him, and he suspected that his uncle's past traumas were driving him further away. Meanwhile, Xiao Hua made a video call to Xiao Yu, thanking him for his help. Xiao Yu explained that he helped because Xiao Hua was different from other grave robbers who only cared about their gains. In return, Xiao Hua promised to help him find information about his father.
Xiao Yu, however, gently declined, stating that the person who missed his father the most could barely remember him now. Xiao Yu mentioned he had sold all his shares in Taraxacum and was taking his mother to Switzerland for treatment next month, as their medical facilities were better. He reassured Xiao Hua that their agreement included an information-sharing clause in the equity transfer contract.
At the airport, Wu Xie wanted to speak with Wu Sansheng, but his uncle feigned a nicotine craving and left. After Wu Sansheng believed Wu Xie had boarded his flight, he drove to an underground garage, letting out a sigh of relief. Unbeknownst to him, Wu Xie had not boarded his plane but had secretly entered Wu Sansheng's car. At home, Huo Xiuxiu knelt before her grandmother, Granny Huo, to plead on Xiao Hua’s behalf.
Granny Huo ignored her, reminding Xiao Hua, referred to as Xie Zi, that as the head of the Xie family, he was her equal and did not need to humble himself. She found his flattery tiresome, remarking that he had only learned to smart talk from his grandfather, Xie Jiu.
Xiuxiu intervened, asking Granny not to be so hard on Xiao Hua, admitting she insisted on following him abroad and that she had been kneeling all day and her knees hurt. Granny Huo, who spoiled her granddaughter, scolded them for going abroad to "steal and rob" in another country, asking if they were not embarrassed. When Xiuxiu mentioned Wu Xie, Fatty Wang, and Wu Sansheng had also helped, Granny Huo sternly warned her again to stop contacting the Wu family.
Xiuxiu questioned why Granny Huo was so cold to the Wu family descendants despite her old friendship with Gou Wu Ye, and brought up Xie Lianhuan. Granny Huo immediately stopped her from speaking further. Xiuxiu then admitted she wanted to investigate her aunt Huo Ling's disappearance because she couldn't bear to see Granny Huo constantly sighing in sadness.
Granny Huo noted that Xiuxiu was just like her aunt—coy and stubborn, never backing down until she hit a dead end, reminiscing about how she sent Huo Ling to a stable job in the Culture Department, only for her to join that archaeology team anyway. Wu Sansheng took Wu Xie to his private courtyard. Wu Xie was astonished by its size and his uncle's wealth.
He observed the numerous antique replicas inside, prompting him to intentionally break a Qing dynasty tea cup to spite him. Wu Sansheng, holding a "stone" that he warned Wu Xie not to break, revealed that he found it in the ancient tomb after he had cut off the monster's head. Inside the mechanism, he discovered a carving of the Mysterious Lady of the Nine Heavens, which had four eye-beads, two of which were missing.
He suspected Wu Xie's great-grandfather had taken them. Wu Xie wondered if something had happened that prevented him from taking the remaining two. Wu Sansheng, believing the tomb's secret lay behind these stones, courageously pried off one eye-bead. However, when he attempted to remove the second, it fell and exploded, unleashing a red zombie beetle. Wu Sansheng, terrified, escaped the tunnel and sealed the mechanism, realizing the beetle was extremely poisonous, capable of causing imminent death.
He considered it a miracle to have survived. Later, a Taoist master informed him that the eye-beads were not stones but powerful pills, and it was the poison from such a zombie beetle that transformed Wu Xie's Granduncle Er into a monster. Wu Xie concluded that Granduncle Er must have suffered a similar fate. After his escape, Wu Sansheng hurriedly buried the ancestors' remains.
Soon after, he heard the shouts of Xie Lianhuan and Qiu Dekao, who had also entered the tunnel and were attacked by zombie beetles, with many of their companions dying from the poison. The beetles were eventually buried under the collapsed tunnel. Wu Sansheng then recounted the formation of the archaeological team for the Paracel Islands Underwater Tomb.
He explained that Qiu Dekao, who had long lived in Changsha and knew the secrets of the blood zombie tomb, commissioned Xie Lianhuan to join the team. Xie Lianhuan then asked Wu Sansheng to help convince Chen Wenjin to let him join.
Wu Sansheng initially tried to avoid Qiu Dekao's involvement, but recognizing that the country's marine archaeology was lagging, he joined one of the seven or eight assembled teams to monitor Xie Lianhuan and prevent him from doing anything suspicious. On the expedition, Wu Sansheng secretly followed Xie Lianhuan when he stealthily went diving one night. Underwater, they discovered a multitude of grotesquely posed corpses, reminiscent of the Dunhuang Murals, both beautiful and horribly creepy.
Wu Sansheng was enraged that Qiu Dekao had lured Xie Lianhuan into this situation and planned to confront him once they were back on shore. However, as they explored the underwater tomb, Wu Sansheng noticed that Xie Lianhuan, with his limited diving experience, had no control over his oxygen consumption, which was a terrifying and potentially fatal mistake.
