Episode 2 (The Lost Tomb 2.5)

**Episode 2 (The Lost Tomb 2.5)** is the second episode of the television series The Lost Tomb 2: Explore with the Note.

## Story

   Wang Pangzi activated the load-bearing mechanism, which resulted in debris to fall down on them. After getting to safety, the shaking stopped but Wu Xie got spooked when he thought a shadow went by but they brushed it off as nothing. They entered a stone tunnel which appeared by the triggered mechanism. They continued marking their path but suddenly arrived at a stone wall and found their sign beside it. Not willing to find another way around, Wu Xie decided to blow up the wall with dynamite.

   They entered a room with another stone totem. Wang Pangzi got spooked when he felt them being watched by a mysterious person in shabby clothes. Wu Xie stepped onto a trap and told Wang Pangzi to get down, but nothing happens. When wondering why nothing had happened, they suddenly heard humming and were attacked by flying insects. Wu Xie, who was immune to insect bites due to his qilin blood, saved Wang Pangzi with a flashbang and got them out of the stone tower. Wang Pangzi, who was stung multiple times, was comforted by Wu Xie, who searched for natural herbs which might help his friend. Wang Pangzi mistakenly swallowed them, forcing Wu Xie to search anew.

One of Xie Yuchen's employees informed him that Pan Zi was after his Snake Brow Copper Fish. Pan Zi was helping Hendry Cox who in turn was facilitating foreign merchants and relic smugglers. A man named Jason was connected to the facility and Hendry Cox. The employee told Xie Yuchen to be careful of helping Wu Xie and his family, just to find his own uncle, Xie Lianhuan.

   Even though he was still suffering from the stings, Wang Pangzi accompanied Wu Xie into the Mirrored (Jing Er) Palace and protected himself with herbs, collected by Wu Xie. They went down into the tomb again and followed their previous path. They had arrived at the same stone wall which remained intact despite them previously blowing it up. Wu Xie blew it up again and they continued on their way, this time finding a bunch of bee hives. Wu Xie sent Wang Pangzi away and started shoveling mud over the bee hives. When searching for his friend he followed their signs and found Wang Pangzi in a pond of water, breathing through a tube, safe from the bees. After he came out of the water, he realised he was on a bed of human bones in the pond and tells Wu Xie just to forget about it.

They continued exploring and found themselves in another room with the last totem to be found. Suddenly the decorative talismans in the chamber started to be pulled away and the two friends went running. They tried to run away but encountered hanging human bones everywhere they went. In the end, they went through a spinning door and ended up in a new chamber full of animal bones. Wu Xie was attacked by mutant horsehair worms and was saved by the sudden appearance of Zhang Qiling. After setting the bones on fire to defeat the parasitic worms, they were attacked by the person in shabby clothes and Zhang Qiling fought against them.

They left the tomb with the person in the shabby clothes following them when they were also attacked by burning arrows and people accusing them of invading their home. The strange person was revealed to be their village elder who had been missing for many years.

Wang Pangzi lost consciousness after asking Zhang Qiling to take care of Wu Xie and they go with the men to save Wang Pangzi. Wu Xie confronted Zhang Qiling about his strange ability to understand the men's language, but Zhang Qiling does not remember and only replied that it came to him naturally. The men managed to save the village elder.

Wu Xie and Zhang Qiling discussed their findings and thought it was odd that the stone tower had collapsed, Elder Kua Xiong disappeared, and the theft of the Snake Brow Copper Fish all happened in the same year. Wu Xie told Zhang Qiling that he was told there was something valuable within the Mirrored (Jing Er) Palace and he needed to go back. He and Pangzi also discovered that Wang Zanghai likely had something to do with the Mirrored Palace's renovations. They concluded they have to talk to the village elder who had recovered. The village leader told them they needed to wait until after the local ceremony. When Wu Xie and Zhang Qiling returned to their room, they encountered an awake Wang Pangzi. Wang Pangzi immediately became embarrassed when he realized a local village girl treated his wounds, even the one on his bottom. Wu Xie, Wang Pangzi, and Zhang Qiling decided to participate in the local village feast.

After the feast, the Iron Triangle talked about the dangers of their journey and Zhang Qiling asked Wu Xie again why he keeps going down this route even though he knows he will face danger. After Wu Xie reaffirmed his resolve to continue on this path, Zhang Qiling told him he will accompany him.

Sanxing was visited by Pan Zi at a fight ring and discussed how Uncle Hai, Hendry Cox's accomplice, tricked Wu Xie into going to the Mirrored Palace. He also informed him that Uncle Hai was investigating Xie Yuchen. Since Xie Yuchen was helping Wu Xie look for Wu Sanxing, Pan Zi was worried that Wu Sanxing would be in trouble. Wu Sanxing told him to keep out of it and only care about keeping an eye on Wu Xie and protecting him. Pan Zi agreed to look after Wu Xie, no matter what happened. Wu Sanxing thanked Pan Zi for everything he had done for his family in the event something were to happen to him. Pan Zi insisted that Wu Sanxing cannot die just yet.

## Characters

* Wu Xie
* Wang Pangzi
* Xie Yuchen
* Zhang Qiling
* Kua Xiong (Village Elder)
* Dang Mang (Village Chief)
* Wu Sanxing
* Pan Zi
* Hendry Cox (mentioned)
* Uncle Hai (mentioned)

## Creatures

* Stinging bees
* Mutant horsehair worms

## Items

* Zhang Qiling's ancient black sword
* Snake Brow Copper Fish (mentioned)