Standing at the edge of the pit and observing for a moment, the deputy minister from the German Ministry of Culture turned to look at Ye Tian, ​​and then said in a deep voice:

"Steven, as you introduced just now, this secret passage was destroyed and backfilled in nearly a hundred years. Those who destroyed this secret passage should be hiding some important secrets.

Since it is a matter of one hundred years, it means that this secret is not the treasure of the Knights Templar you are looking for. In this way, the agreement we reached before will be discussed again!…”

Speaking of this, Ye Tian suddenly interrupted the other party, smiled and shook his head and said:

"Mr. Minister, I haven't explained some things clearly just now. I'll add them now so as not to cause unnecessary misunderstandings. Yes, this secret passage has indeed been destroyed and backfilled in the past hundred years.

However, one thing must be emphasized that the history of this secret passage has exceeded one hundred years. According to my judgment, this secret passage has existed since the beginning of the establishment of the Temple Palace, but it is just unknown.

The people who destroyed this secret passage before should have discovered this very secret passage by chance. It happened that they needed to hide some secrets, so they used this secret passage and then destroyed it again.

This secret passage has a history of more than 700 years. It is obvious that it cannot be said arbitrarily that this secret passage has nothing to do with the treasures of the Knights Templars we are looking for. From this we can see that this does not affect the agreement we have reached.

At the end of this secret passage, what secret is hidden, is it a treasure of the Knights Templar or other treasures, or is it just a moment of joy. I don’t know yet, only by digging through this secret passage can you know the result.

Even if the treasure hidden at the end of this secret passage is not the Templar treasure, but other treasures, we still enjoy half of the rights to this treasure according to our previous exploration license agreement and industry practices.

The other half of the rights belongs to the owner of the Temple Palace, the Catholic Church in Berlin. Our company does not covet this rights, and there are video materials throughout the exploration process. You are welcome to supervise it.

The Catholic Church in Berlin is a religious organization, and our brave and fearless exploration company is a professional treasure hunting company. Of course, we have to leave it to us professionals to do it. Just wait for the result."

Listening to his words, the four German guys standing at the edge of the pit rolled their eyes angrily and complained secretly.

Steven, a greedy and extremely cunning bastard, is so hateful.

Obviously, no matter what is hidden at the end of this secret passage, treasure or anything else, even if there are only two gold coins, this bastard will snatch one of them!

Thinking of this, the four Germans couldn't help but feel a pain, but they were helpless. For a moment, they couldn't think of how to refute.

"Bang!"

A crisp sound suddenly came from the bottom of the pit, interrupting their thoughts.

Everyone standing at the edge of the pit, leaning out to look at the bottom of the pit, and everyone's eyes shining.

At the same time, Derek's excited voice also came from the bottom of the pit.

"Steven, we dug the vaults and walls of this secret passage, which are also made of granite, are very strong and still lead to the Spree River."

As he said that, Derek used the engineer shovel in his hand to scrape the ground at the bottom of the pit, then flashed two steps to the side, and pointed his hand at the position where he was standing just now.

Following the direction of his finger, Ye Tian and the others saw the granite vault at the bottom of the pit at a glance. Although only a little exposed, the outline was very clear.

The granite steps at which Derek and his team stood were extending to the bottom of the granite vault. The distance from the vault to the steps was estimated to be about 1.5 meters.

This secret passage extends inclined downward at a large angle. At this height, even if a person who is about 1.8 meters tall enters this secret passage, there is no need to bend down, and the space is completely sufficient.

"Wow! The specifications of this secret passage are not low, and they are hidden deep four or five meters underground. I don't know what secret is hidden at the end of the secret passage. It takes so much trouble?"

"Just judging from the specifications of this secret passage, there must be a large space at the end of the secret passage. Who would have thought that there was an unknown palace hidden deep underground in the Temple Palace."

There was a lot of discussion in the basement, and everyone's eyes were full of expectations.

Compared to the rest of the scene, Ye Tian was relatively calm.

He carefully observed the situation at the bottom of the pit, and then said to the two company employees at the bottom of the pit:

"Derick, you guys come up and take a break first, recover your spirit and physical strength, and change two guys to continue digging. I have a premonition that we are not far from the gate of treasure."

The two guys standing at the bottom of the pit did not refuse and nodded in unison:

"Okay, Steven, we're a little tired, too."

Next, the two guys were pulled up and went to rest. The two company employees who replaced them immediately went to the bottom of the pit and prepared to continue digging.

When they arrived at the bottom of the pit, Ye Tian immediately said to them:

"You continue to dig down the steps, be careful. Every next step, you must use a pulse metal detector to thoroughly scan the secret passage, just in case.

As expected, you can dig along the secret passage for a while and you can dig the granite slab that blocks the secret passage. Once you dig the slab, you stop immediately and leave the next thing to me.

No one knows what the situation behind the stone slab is. Perhaps there are organ traps, and even explosives may be buried. You must carefully explore and determine safety before it can be opened."

"I understand, Steven, don't worry, we will be careful."

The two company employees who had just arrived at the bottom of the pit nodded and responded, with a much more solemn tone.

Next, the two guys picked up two engineer shovels at the bottom of the pit and began to dig, but the speed was much slower than before and more cautious.

As they kept waving their arms, the secret passage hidden deep underground gradually appeared in front of everyone.

A bucket of sand, gravel and soil were continuously hung to the basement, and then transferred to another basement next to it by the company employees, just like an ant moving.

In a short while, the two company employees who waved their arms to dig at the bottom of the pit disappeared from everyone's field of vision. They entered the deeper part of the secret passage along the slanted downward passage.

Fortunately, they all wore pinhole cameras, and every move in their secret passage was clearly presented on the handheld monitor and before everyone's eyes.

Soon, more than ten minutes passed.

The two guys who were digging at the bottom of the pit had dug two or three meters along the secret passage, step by step approaching the hidden secret deep underground.

The further they dig, the smaller the inclination of this secret passage, and the larger the space inside the secret passage.

Naturally, the workload of excavation has increased a lot, and the speed of propulsion has decreased.

At this moment, one of the guys waved the engineer shovel in his hand again and inserted it into the soil in front of him.

"Bang!"

A muffled sound suddenly came from the secret passage, reaching everyone's ears.

Immediately afterwards, an excited voice came from the depths of the secret passage.

"Steven, I think I should have dug up the stone slab to block this secret passage!"

Before he finished speaking, there was a burst of cheers in the basement.

"Great! I finally dug up the Treasure Gate, but I don't know what secret is hidden behind the stone gate? Is it the Templar Treasure?"

"Wow! It seems we are going to discover another treasure and shock the world again. It's a perfect day."

After the cheers fell a little, Ye Tian immediately said to the bottom of the pit:

"Come on, leave the next thing to me, I'll dig it myself. If there is any trick in the stone slab used to block the secret passage, it will definitely not escape my eyes."

"Okay, Steven, let's come up now"
Chapter completed!