7 Guardians of the Tomb Page #4

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So he built an exact replica

of his city

around his burial tomb.

But The Emperor

had a great fear of death.

So under the city

he built a series of tunnels

that only he knew about.

So if death really did find him,

he would escape it.

If this is what I think it is,

we are talking about one

of the greatest

archaeological finds ever.

Glad to be a part of it.

This isn't the first time

someone died

on your watch, is it?

[glass shattering,

birds squawking]

[beeps]

Well, look at that.

You're kidding me.

[yells]

He's close.

Come on, Mason.

[chittering]

Right there with you, buddy.

You look how I feel.

They built this 2,000 years ago?

Yes.

That's Wu Fu.

The Emperor's necromancer.

It's a story about The Emperor's

quest for an elixir.

And he made it

Wu Fu's lifelong task

to fulfill it.

To discover the secret

to eternal life.

So Wu Fu traveled the world...

And on a great island

to the south,

he met men, dark as night...

- Aboriginal Australia...

- Yes, giant masted ships

were found etched

in aboriginal cave paintings.

A shaman there

told him of a secret magic.

There was a crawling creature

and that once a year,

the creature's blood

yielded an enzyme.

[Jia] Produced only during

their mating season.

[Chen] The shaman

could only make

a few drops of the elixir.

So Wu Fu

brought the creatures home

in their thousands

so he could breed them.

[Jia] Oh, my God.

Genetic engineering.

Don't you see? These spiders

are built only for two things...

breeding and killing.

Aggression

often goes hand in hand

with the desire to mate...

Wu Fu unintentionally

strengthened their venom,

their aggression.

He gave his Emperor

and himself

unnaturally long life...

but he also gave the spider

unnatural power to kill.

That's what you get when you

mess with freaking spiders.

Mason! Give me the GPS!

Stand back!

I'm not sharing this.

You do what you can, Jia,

to stop life

from falling through

your fingers,

but you can't.

Back off!

Everything you touch leaves,

runs... dies.

Your parents, your brother...

[grunts]

And now you!

Mason!

You were bitten, weren't you?

The toxins in your blood

are making you crazy!

I gave you

everything I could, Jia.

All you gave me was hate.

Now go choke on it!

- Mason!

- Mason!

Go to hell!

Mason! [grunts]

It won't budge!

We're gonna have

a hell of a time

getting out of this place

without that GPS.

Any ideas?

[Chen] There are often concealed

secret doors, secret switches...

Where's Gandalf

when you need him?

[Chen]

Look around the chamber.

Gary. Table.

What about it?

Get over here.

Just lift it.

- What are you doing?

- Ready?

[grunting]

[Gary]

What has this guy been eating?

Chen.

Look.

[grunts] Watch your step.

Come on.

Yeah. Oh, boy.

This spider

has an extra set of legs.

All right, on three.

One, two...

three.

[grunts]

Put it down.

Please.

[grunting]

[Gary] That is beautiful.

[Ridley] Come on,

we gotta keep moving

to catch up with Mason.

[grunting]

This way.

What is that?

[Chen]

It's an aqueduct.

Now, thanks to the mines,

as dry as the farmland above.

- Let me see that.

- Yeah.

[Chen]

What is it?

I think we should go back

the other way.

It might lead somewhere.

[chittering]

- Everything good?

- Yes.

[chittering]

[grunting]

[grunts]

Oh! Yes!

[grunting] Chen!

Jia!

What's happening?

No!

[grunting]

[grunts]

What took you so long?

You mean thank you?

You should be thanking me.

I just cured

your fear of spiders.

Huh?

Thanks.

Hurry!

It's not gonna hold for long!

Go, go! Go in!

Come on!

Come on!

Come on, Gary!

[all screaming]

[grunting]

Come on, Gary!

[grunting]

[screams]

[grunting]

This place can kiss my ass.

Mine too.

- Let's go.

- Come on.

[chittering]

Come on.

Mason has a head start.

Yeah, let's also not forget

that Mason is bat-sh*t crazy.

I don't think we have to worry

about Ethan anymore.

[gasps]

You know,

I got exactly same shirt.

What?

That's Luke's.

That's Luke's handwriting.

They have been underground

for several hours.

They found Wu Fu's chamber.

Then the spiders came.

The rest is just coordinates

and symbols.

Jia! Wait!

- What is it?

- A flashlight.

Luke.

It's not Luke. Look. The GPS.

Mason's been here.

[sighs]

Here, take this.

Really?

You will be needing it.

Let's go.

This way.

Through here.

Well, smashed by a rock

and totally waterlogged.

See what I can do this time.

Jack.

Get out and move slowly.

Funnel-webs

can survive underwater.

Get out. Now.

[grunting]

[grunting]

Did it bite me?

[sighs]

It didn't bite you.

It's funnel-web's blood.

That was a close one.

[Gary]

Whoa.

[Chen]

This is the way.

Yes, the murals.

[chuckles]

Look. The underground aqueduct.

Water. It all makes sense.

Oh.

[speaking Chinese]

- You okay?

- He's gone, isn't he?

Mason was right.

Everything I touch...

"These things we do,

that others may live."

That's the motto

for Search and Rescue.

Two years ago.

The man I lost in Nepal.

He was my teammate

and best friend.

[siren wailing]

[indistinct chatter]

He slipped.

Busted his ankle.

Before I could get back to him,

there was this

massive aftershock.

[people yelling]

That was the last time

I saw him.

Sometimes

you can't save everyone.

The best you can do is try.

[speaking Chinese]

Thank you.

I promise you,

we're gonna find him.

I think your brother is

showing us the way out of here.

This is the map

of the underground tomb.

And this, this is the symbol

for water.

The Emperor's myth declares

there is an underground aqueduct

around the tomb

so The Emperor could come and go

in the afterlife.

But it would also act

as a way out

to the living world

should he escape death.

Tell them

about the pipe thing-o.

If we follow these pipes

into the tomb

and figure out what's north,

we can get out of here.

How good is that? Eh?

We figured it out.

Come on, high-five.

[chittering]

This way.

- Come on, Gary.

- Yeah, yeah, yeah.

- This way!

- Gary, come on!

I can't wait to see

what you got for us

in the next room, Mr. Wonka.

The Emperor's tomb

is through these gates.

Watch out for the lines.

Careful.

[speaking Chinese]

Take your time.

Take your time.

Watch out.

Come on, Gary.

Watch your head.

Another one around here.

Watch that one, guys.

All right.

This way.

What? Is there another code

to crack?

Yes, of course.

But if we push the wrong tile...

No, no, don't tell me,

let me guess.

A giant dragon

will come out of nowhere

and bite my head off.

[Ridley] Funny, Gary.

Need to hurry.

[Gary] Okay, well,

has anyone got any ideas?

[Chen] Well, the tiles

seem to be arranged in pairs,

except these two.

[continues indistinctly]

Luke.

[speaking Chinese]

Luke!

Jack! It's Luke!

You found him? Luke?

How is he?

He's alive.

Wait! The line.

It's booby-trapped!

Chen, whatever you

were trying to figure out,

you better do it fast.

[chittering]

We need to get him up.

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