A powerful ventilation fan was sent to the entrance of the corridor and began to rapidly replace the dirty air in the corridor and the underground palace, like a whale sucking water.
At the same time, Xiao Ran, wearing a full set of protective equipment, went down to the bottom of the pit again and began to check the condition of the two yellow granite pillars in the corridor.
Those two granite pillars standing at the entrance of the corridor are bound to cause a lot of trouble for the subsequent exploration.
For example, transporting things out of this underground space, or carrying some large pieces of exploration equipment into the corridor.
Before the next step of exploration can be carried out, these two granite stone pillars must be removed so as not to get in the way.
After descending to the bottom of the pit, Xiao Ran went straight into the corridor and began to check the condition of the two stone pillars.
In a moment, he had come to a conclusion, and then said to several of his employees:
"These two granite pillars were later buried here to strengthen the red brick wall that sealed the corridor."
"According to my observation, there are no traps in or around these two granite pillars, so they are relatively safe."
"You can excavate these two stone pillars, and then use a small excavator to pull these two stone pillars to the ground."
Before he finished speaking, several employees nodded in unison and said:
"Okay, Sean, let's do it now."
Xiao Ran nodded and immediately retreated from the corridor.
Next, the employees found some very strong ropes and tied up the two granite pillars.
Then the other end of the rope was thrown to the ground, and other employees tied it to the bucket of the small excavator on the ground and tightened the rope.
After making preparations, they began to excavate the two granite pillars.
In just about ten minutes, the two granite pillars were dug out, then pulled out of the tunnel and onto the ground.
The air replacement work in the underground corridors and the underground palace further down has also been completed.
A large amount of filthy air that had accumulated in this underground space for more than two hundred years has been completely extracted and completely replaced.
Instead, a large amount of fresh air is imported from the outside.
After the air replacement work was completed, two of Xiao Ran's employees took the equipment and checked it.
Needless to say, the air in this underground space is no different from the outside world.
Even so, Xiao Ran did not remove the powerful fan installed in the corridor, but continued to inject fresh air into the underground space.
After the two granite pillars were pulled out and the air in the corridor was safe, Xiao Ran went down to the bottom of the pit again.
Behind him, Pierre and an expert from the French Ministry of Culture also followed.
After arriving at the bottom of the pit, Xiao Ran took the lead in walking into the corridor with a hand-held strong searchlight.
When he came to the location of the two granite pillars, he immediately stopped.
Then he used the strong searchlight in his hand to shine into the depths of the corridor.
What appeared in front of everyone's eyes was an arc-shaped, downward-sloping arched corridor.
The corridor is about one and a half meters wide and two meters high. There are many steps in the corridor that extend deep underground.
Due to the terrain limitations of the corridor, the searchlight in Xiao Ran's hand could only illuminate the situation seven or eight meters away.
As for the situation deeper in the corridor, it cannot be seen yet and is unknown.
Even so, Xiao Ran and Pierre still made a lot of discoveries.
"Sean, look at the bronze candlesticks and torches on both sides of the corridor. Those things are antique relics of the early Baroque style."
“These religious patterns carved on the walls on both sides, as well as the ferocious-looking guardian figures, are also in the early Baroque art style.”
Pierre said excitedly.
He is the top appraisal expert in the Sculpture Art Department of the Louvre, so he cannot be wrong about this kind of thing.
Following the direction of his finger, everyone, including Xiao Ran, saw the antique cultural relics and murals.
The situation in the first half of this corridor shocked everyone.
Xiao Ran looked at the situation in the corridor, then smiled and nodded:
"I saw what you said, Pierre. The existence of these things is enough to explain a lot of things."
"The construction period of this underground tunnel and underground space should be in the early seventeenth century, later than the Bastille, but earlier than this Baroque-style apartment building."
"The French Revolution was about two hundred years later than the construction of this underground tunnel, but this underground tunnel was artificially filled in before and after the French Revolution."
"Based on this situation, it can be inferred that there was the Bastille first, then this secret underground space that was artificially transformed, and then this apartment building."
"Perhaps this apartment building was built here to cover up this underground space. During the French Revolution, it was discovered by some revolutionaries."
"Later, someone hid some very important secrets or treasures in this underground space. In order to keep it secret, the upper section of the corridor was demolished and buried."
"Delacroix knew this secret from some unknown source and left a set of coordinates. Then I accidentally learned about it, so we came here to hunt for treasures."
Following Xiao Ran's introduction, everyone was completely dumbfounded.
There are too many twists and turns here, and Sean is so lucky!
There is no doubt that this guy is the luckiest man in the world.
Only this lucky guy can discover such a hidden treasure.
Just when everyone was filled with emotion, Xiao Ran shined the searchlight on the ground, walls, vaults and other places, and continued to check the situation in the corridor.
There are some irregularly distributed round holes on the left and right walls about four meters deep in the corridor, and there are more and more holes as you go deeper into the corridor.
The ground was covered with dust, but the ground conditions could not be seen clearly.
But don't even think about it. The ground is absolutely unsafe and must be full of traps.
On the roof of the corridor, there are also several dark round holes, facing the steps below.
Seeing this scene, everyone gasped.
Obviously, there are many deadly traps in this underground tunnel.
But this is normal!
In such a highly confidential underground tunnel, if there are no deadly traps, then there will be ghosts!
Xiao Ran glanced at the situation in the corridor, and then said solemnly:
"It seems that there are many deadly traps in this underground tunnel. The metal objects detected before obviously came from these traps."
"In this case, the next exploration and excavation operations must be more cautious to avoid danger and casualties."
"Gentlemen, let's exit this underground tunnel first. I'm going to fly it with a small drone to see the overall situation."
"After I understand the basic situation in this underground tunnel, I will lead people to explore it and dismantle those deadly traps."
After saying that, he turned around and walked out of the corridor and retreated.
Pierre and the others immediately followed and exited the corridor.
Immediately afterwards, Xiao Ran nodded to the two flying hands standing at the edge of the pit.
The two guys understood instantly and immediately released the two small drones they had prepared.
In a moment, these two small drones carrying equipment such as infrared high-definition cameras and searchlights were hovering and flying to the bottom of the pit.
Then he flew into this underground tunnel and began to explore the depths of the tunnel.
The next moment, the situation inside the underground tunnel appeared on the surveillance screen and was broadcast live.
The situation in the first half of the corridor is basically the same as what everyone has seen before.
The only difference was when two small drones flew close to the walls on both sides of the corridor to explore the round holes in the walls.
Only then did everyone realize that those round holes were filled with rusty javelins and sharp arrows.
Although those gadgets look shabby, they are actually more deadly. If you get them, you will get tetanus!
Seeing this scene, everyone felt frightened.
After a while, two small drones flew into the corridor seven or eight meters deep.
When the small drone flying in front turned the first corner, many people immediately exclaimed.
"Oh my God! That looks like a cannon!"
