Episode 24 (The Lost Tomb 2.5)

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## Episode 24

### Air date

July 25, 2021

**Episode 24 (The Lost Tomb 2.5)** is the twenty-fourth and final episode of the television series The Lost Tomb 2: Explore with the Note.

## Story

Wang Pangzi manages to stop his rope right above the coffin but is attacked by the human-faced owls continuously. He starts shooting them and does not see the coffin below him slowly opening. Once he realized the coffin's top is moving, he immediately tries to escape. Wu Xie orders Pan Zi to escape with Wu Sanxing who is still weak from his injuries and they separate. Wang Pangzi manages to make his way to the chains on top of him again. The teams fight against the owls with their guns but Ning is grabbed by an owl and dragged away. She remembers her childhood when Hendry Cox saved her from child traders. Hendry Cox orders his men to leave her and protect Wu Xie instead. Wu Xie manages to shoot the owl which grabbed her and it lets her go.

The top of the coffin is thrown off. Wang Pangzi makes his way back to his friend but the whole group is shocked when a giant mutated centipede makes it out of the coffin, dressed in gold. Wang Pangzi and Wu Xie realize it is the husband of the twelve-armed corpse in the Paracel Underwater Tomb, King Wan Nu. The centipede makes its way to them and they wonder what it wants. Thinking it might want to enter the Bronze Gate, which supposedly brings catastrophe to them, they fire their guns at it. This aggravates the monster further and it starts attacking them. It uses its hand to spear Jason, killing him, and throws him at Wu Xie and Wang Pangzi who try to escape. At the last moment, they are saved by Zhang Qiling who saves them and tells them to escape. Despite Wu Xie's refusal to leave, Wang Pangzi takes him away.

They escape into the tunnels and rejoin with Wu Sanxing and Pan Zi. Wu Xie asks whether Wu Laogou, his grandfather, knew about all the secrets and Wu Sanxing reveals he did. Wu Sanxing reveals more about how and why Xie Lianhuan and him decided to pretend for one of them to be dead, thinking their goal back then was to bring distrust between the clan families, as the other families would think Wu Sanxing killed Xie Lianhuan. Wu Sanxing informs Wu Xie of Hendry Cox' company Alpha and their purpose of finding immortality.

When returning to the Bronze Gate, Hendry Cox finally climbed down from the platform and he reveals his real intentions of searching for real immortality. Suddenly he takes Wu Xie prisoners and threatens to shoot him with a gun, asking for cooperation from the others. Initially refusing, Wu Sanxing relents and agrees to cooperate and let him go, if he fulfills some conditions: being witness of the events in front of the other clans, giving back what is his and what was stolen by Alpha and lastly, Wu Xie's blood. Wu Xie and Wang Pangzi are shocked at the trade he is proposing but Hendry Cox agrees to the deal. Wang Pangzi refuses to betray his friend again and states he is ready to die for him. Wu Sanxing gives Wu Xie one last advice, then orders his men to tie up Wang Pangzi. The man secretly hands Wang Pangzi a knife to free himself. Wu Sanxing leaves with his men and Pan Zi.

Hendry Cox opens the Bronze Gate and enters it with Wu Xie. The gate absorbs a laughing Hendry Cox, to the shock of Ning and Wang Pangzi. Once Hendry Cox disappeared, the gate starts absorbing Wu Xie, but Wang Pangzi manages to free himself and uses his rope to drag Wu Xie out of the gate and to safety, with Pan Zi's help. The door closes again. Wu Xie confronts Pan Zi about his uncle and Pan Zi reveals Wu Xie should continue on his path, knowing Wu Sanxing and Pan Zi will continue supporting him. Pan Zi leaves to go to Wu Sanxing. Seeing Wu Xie survived and her boss being gone, Ning also makes her exit.

In Beijing, Huo Xiangu is confronted by Hendry Cox' men who are holding Huo Xiuxiu captive. They ask her to decide between Huo Xiuxiu or continuing to support Hendry Cox.

Xie Yuchen returned to the Hot Spring caves on Changbai mountain and finds Chen Pi Ah Si, having the same wounds Wu Sanxing was supposed to have, revealing they switched roles in secret. Chen Pi Ah Si reveals his real identity as Xie Lianhuan to Xie Yuchen.

Back at the Bronze Gate, Zhang Qiling finally defeats King Wan Nu and joins his friends. After Zhang Qiling warns his friends to leave immediately, the Bronze Gate reopens and Zhang Qiling says goodbye to them. He goes through the gate, leaving a devastated Wu Xie and Wang Pangzi behind. Again, the door starts closing with the friends thinking about their lost friend. At the last moment, a shocked Wang Pangzi and Wu Xie look to the closing door.

The series ends.

## Characters

* Wu Xie
* Wang Pangzi
* Zhang Qiling
* Pan Zi
* Ning
* Jason
* Wu Sanxing
* Chen Pi Ah Si
* Xie Lianhuan
* Hendry Cox
* Huo Xiangu
* Huo Xiuxiu

## Locations

* Heavenly Palace
* Port of Dalian

## Creatures

* Wall centipedes
* King Wan Nu
* Human-faced owls

## Items

* Bronze Gate
* Nine Dragons Coffin