Episode 12 (Tomb of the Sea)

**Episode 12 (Tomb of the Sea)** is the twelfth episode of the television series Tomb of the Sea.

## Synopsis

Those who went into the Ruler of Gutong Jing's Underground Palace became even more sick except for Li Cu who was being protected by an unknown force. Zhang Rishan continues to fight off the advances of the petty Nine Clans.

## Story

The Nine Clans meeting continued and Boss Li apologized for his employees and handed Zhang Rishan a gift. Boss Qi did the same. Zhang Rishan scolded them for having their employees follow children. He told them that he only intervened because he couldn't take their recklessness anymore. Huo Xu interrupted and revealed her true reason for coming, for him to open an antique box using his professional hands. He took off his gloves revealing his hands that were without any scars. He then opened an antique he possessed that required extreme skill to open. Zhang Rishan was able to open it without any problems and the other three members of the Nine Clans Associations became awkward. The three of them excused themselves. Once they left, Zhang Rishan hurriedly pulled off the fake-looking skin that was around his hands that were hiding his scars. He held his hands in pain and Luo Que noticed that Zhang Rishan had failed to open the antique box without injury. Zhang Rishan knew that his hand might be ruined for good and thought that Dr. Liang Wan was his only solution.

Zhang Rishan went to Liang Wan's apartment for help with his injured hand. Huo Youxue interrupted them and Zhang Rishan made up the excuse that Liang Wan was his girlfriend. Liang Wan went along with it and made Huo Youxue leave her apartment. She was happy now that they were boyfriend and girlfriend but Zhang Rishan said to wait and see about that.

Old Ma became delirious and even suspected that Yang Honglu was going to kill him. Old Ma told Lao Mai and the others to find out the truth of the illness, or they would all die. Director Wang planned to escape the desert but was stopped by Lao Mai.

Wu Xie, Wang Meng, and Li Cu dissected Ye Xiao's body in the cellar. They took out a long worm from his stomach. Wu Xie then slashed Li Cu's arm twice with a knife, making him pretend to be sick too. Lao Mai went directly to the cellar to find out about Wu Xie and the others. Lao Mai thought Wu Xie was the murderer and brought them all in front of Old Ma. Wu Xie carefully sorted out the sick people, since not all of them were sick. Only those who went down to the West Palace for the third time were sick. Moreover, the worm itself was not very big, but after encountering water, it became larger, and the worm is the spore of the plant in the underground palace. But Boss Ma didn't believe Wu Xie's statement.

Wu Xie exposed his and Li Cu's arms. Lao Mai knew that Li Cu's was fake, but Wu Xie's was real, but everyone became even sicker. In order to save their lives, Wu Xie asked the others to tie those that were sick up. Among the group, only Lu Lu has worked as a nurse. Under the pressure of Lao Mai, she tried to save Zeng Ye. Although the bug was caught, it escaped and got into Zeng Ye's head. Zeng Ye died immediately.

Lao Mai immediately decided to let Director Wang be the next guinea pig, but Wu Xie volunteered and asked Li Cu to do it instead. Li Cu was very scared, but under the guidance of Wu Xie, Li Cu cut open his stomach and rolled it between some chopsticks. Just when it was about to come out completely, the bug got stuck. Wu Xie pulled the bug out, twitched for a while, but was ultimately fine.

Li Cu and Wu Xie sat at a nearby body of water. Li Cu wondered why he did not get sick despite going down with the rest. Wu Xie told him that it was something related to his back but knew about the moving black thing he saw under Li Cu's skin. The thing was from the box that Li Cu opened from Shen Qiong. After everyone recovered, they began to prepare to set off again to find Gutongjing. Su Nan planned to take Ga Lu with them because he knew the way and could bring them out of the desert again. Before leaving, Wu Xie found that the gun he had prepared was missing, and he suspected that the gun had been stolen.

Su Wan was studying at home at night, and suddenly received a call from Shen Qiong. She wanted Su Wan to come to her house for tutoring. Su Wan was very excited and went over. Shen Qiong began asking him if he had ever been to a maze-like place like the Crescent Hotel. Under the guidance of Shen Qiong, Su Wan drew a map of the labyrinth. Shen Qiong thought that the map of the New Moon Hotel had appeared, but it was the map in Su Wan's heart. Su Wan accidentally saw the photos on Shen Qiong's table when he was picking up things. It was her family in the desert but there was also an old photo of a woman who looked exactly like Shen Qiong.

## Characters

* Wu Xie
* Li Cu
* Wang Meng
* Zhang Rishan
* Liang Wan
* Ga Lu
* Luo Que
* Huo Xu
* Qi Anmei
* Li Qunao

### Director Wang's Team

* Director Wang
* Fu Mei
* Guo Zi
* Zeng Ye
* Dan Jie

### Old Ma's Team

* Ma Maonian
* Su Nan
* Kai Kai
* Yang Honglu
* Ye Xiao
* Lao Mai
* Shao Tian