Episode 18 (The Lost Tomb 2.5)

**Episode 18 (The Lost Tomb 2.5)** is the eighteenth episode of the television series The Lost Tomb 2: Explore with the Note.

## Story

Wu Xie jumps across the gap in the bridge to escape the owls, when one of them grabs him and throws him down the cliff. Wu Xie falls down the cliff between chains, Pan Zi unable to save him. Not knowing what happened to Wu Xie, Pan Zi grows desperate and plans to save Wu Xie. Shun Zi tries to reason with him but when Pan Zi asks him where Wu Sanxing is, Shun Zi reveals he does not know, as Wu Xie was supposed to lead them there.

Wu Sanxing, Ning and their team make their way through corridors but see themselves confronted by wall centipedes again. They light a fire on the ground to escape. After escaping from the centipedes, Wu Sanxing and his team tries to recover and heal, with Wu Sanxing seriously hurt.

Wu Xie awakens at the bottom of the pit alone and hurt. He manages to make his way to a nearby pillar but runs out of water and falls unconscious. He is saved by Zhang Qiling who questions whether Wu Xie managed to find the place where "the tortoise rejects the bodies", as said by Wu Sanxing. Wu Xie explains that this place would be a location with the worst geomancy possible, thinking it unlikely for King Wan Nu to have this in his royal tomb. Zhang Qiling reasons that geomancy is only important for humans and everything they have seen up to this point has pointed to King Wan Nu not actually being human.

They continue going forward, knowing they cannot stay too long. They find themselves in a cave full of immolation figures and decide to take a rest. Wu Xie starts wondering about Wu Sanxing and Chen Pi Ah Si's motives for splitting the group up as it is at the moment, but neither he nor Zhang Qiling know the answer. They continue further but Wu Xie's condition gradually gets worse.

Xie Yuchen breaks into Wu Xie's house after following Hendry Cox' clues and finds a notebook with Wu Xie's handwriting and a shocking note, deliberately left by one of Hendry Cox' men. They immediately get ready to go to the Heavenly Palace as well.

Zhang Qiling and Wu Xie find a small stone house and seek shelter while Wu Xie recovers some of his strength. After Wu Xie wakes up again, Zhang Qiling assures him of their safety. Wu Xie thanks him for being there but Zhang Qiling wonders where the other went. Knowing Wang Pangzi would not leave Wu Xie by himself, he asks where their friend is but Wu Xie just claims they got separated, not mentioning their fight.

Once night falls, Wang Pangzi is seen walking around the place encountering the broken bridge. With the help of some rope he decides to go down into the deep carefully but is picked up by an owl and also thrown into the pit. Wu Xie wakes up beside Zhang Qiling again and after Wu Xie tells him he is feeling better, they hear a thudding sound outside, prompting them to go looking for its source. They find Wang Pangzi who awakes to find them, happily rejoining with Zhang Qiling but apprehensive when he sees Wu Xie. Wang Pangzi and Wu Xie continue arguing with Zhang Qiling having to mediate between them.

Wu Xie has another dream about the Paracel Underwater Tomb, Wu Sanxing and Xie Lianhuan, starting as a normal dream but then ending in a nightmare. He wakes up to find Zhang Qiling sleeping and thinks he might finally know what his uncle's message means. Despite Wang Pangzi trying to take care of Wu Xie again, Wu Xie declines his help, straining their relationship.

They return to the immolation figurines and contemplate how they came to be there and where to go forward.

## Characters

* Wu Xie
* Pan Zi
* Shun Zi
* Wu Sanxing
* Ning
* Zhang Qiling
* Xie Yuchen
* Jia Sha
* Hendry Cox

## Locations

* Heavenly Palace
* Changsha

## Creatures

* Human-faced owls
* Wall centipedes