Episode 23 (The Lost Tomb 2.5)

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## Episode 23

### Air date

July 25, 2021

**Episode 23 (The Lost Tomb 2.5)** is the twenty-third episode of the television series The Lost Tomb 2: Explore with the Note.

## Story

After entering the hidden door, the group finds a mark left by Zhang Qiling but Wu Xie and Wang Pangzi decide to keep quiet about knowing who left the sign. The group continues going forward and descend further down, with the temperature rising steadily due to them moving closer to the center of the volcano. They end up on a stone platform in a giant cave with the unknown below them. They see giant iron chains being stretched between the cave walls below them and wonder of their purpose. They wonder if something was supposed to be kept down below with the chains and looking at the murals from the Paracel Underwater Tomb, they realize the chains were not build by the people of Eastern Xia.

Wang Pangzi finds Zhang Qiling's rope and Jason starts wondering who is this experienced to be that much faster than them. Before he can think further, they are joined by Hendry Cox.

Huo Xiuxiu tries to escape from her family's security and makes her way to the train station. Thinking she booked an airplane ticket, Huo Xiangu orders her men there only to find nothing and realizes someone is delaying them in finding Huo Xiuxiu.

Wu Xie confronts Chen Pi Ah Si about his real identity as Xie Lianhuan. After offering him antibiotics, revealing Wu Xie suspects Xie Lianhuan to be hurt as well or instead of his uncle, Xie Lianhuan reveals he got the antibiotics from Wu Sanxing and tells him despite his uncle making mistakes, Wu Sanxing is still genuine, while some other people are not humane any longer. Wu Xie asks about what really happened between Xie Lianhuan and Wu Sanxing but Xie Lianhuan refuses to tell him as his uncle also did not tell him.

Hendry Cox starts arguing with Wu Sanxing as he wants to continue their descend, while Wu Sanxing tells him they have to wait for the right time. When Ning advises Hendry Cox to listen to Wu Sanxing he feels betrayed and orders his men to tie her up. Wu Sanxing relents and tells them they will descend but he should not expect any of his men to protect Hendry Cox or his team. Xie Lianhuan, still disguised as Chen Pi Ah Si, disappears, with only Wu Xie worried for him. They all decide to climb down the cave.

Before they can climb down, Wu Sanxing breaks down form infection and the doctor tells them a descend is impossible for him in this state and he needs to make it through the night for there to be hope. Hendry Cox wants to go forward, but the other teams refuse to do so. Everyone camps on the platform and Wu Xie provides his blood to dissolve a mixture to keep the centipedes away. After Hendry Cox's doctor refuses to give them any more medicine on the order of his boss, Wu Xie asks Wang Pangzi to accompany him to the upper levels to find some ice to keep his uncle's temperature down. Before they can leave, Ning hands them the medicine.

Some time later, Wu Sanxing awakes but tells them to get his belongings in order and informs Pan Zi to give all his property to Wu Xie. Wu Xie threatens to bankrupt him if he really dies in this tomb, aggravating his uncle even in his weak state. They remember a past time when Wu Xie was forced by his grandfather to go through the family's books, getting bored by all the numbers, and was scolded and comforted by his uncle. After sleeping some time, Wu Xie wakes up to Pan Zi crying over Wu Sanxing. They realize he stopped breathing and break down. When Pan Zi lies down on top of him crying, Wu Sanxing awakes again and scolds Wu Xie for not crying enough.

They finally climb down into the cave and land in front of the Bronze Gate, a gate being so massive they wonder who might have had the power to even build a gate like this. They become suspicious of Hendry Cox after he suddenly refuses to come down with them. They explore further and across from the gate they find the Nine Dragons Coffin, King Wan Nu's tomb. Ning warns them of more centipedes being on the coffin but they are unable to see them. To not get bitten by the centipedes, Wang Pangzi climbs up again and uses his rope to go down from one of the chains on top of the coffin, being able to get onto the coffin without touching the ground. Before he can go down, a human-faced owl grabs him and lets him fall. Despite him being connected to the rope he starts falling straight onto the Nine Dragons Coffin.

## Characters

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

## Locations

* Heavenly Palace
* Beijing
* Huo manor

## Creatures

* Wall centipedes
* Human-faced owls

## Items

* Bronze Gate
* Nine Dragons Coffin