Tomb Raiding: My Family's Last Clan Chief is Little Brother

Chapter 16 Nine-Headed Cypress
The fat man crawling ahead suddenly shouted, "There's light ahead!"

Then, excited, he sped up and quickly climbed out of the hole.

"Holy crap! What the hell is this place?!"

Wu Xiaoxie sensed something was wrong with his voice and became anxious. After Xiao Ge climbed out, he quickly followed and crawled out as well, exclaiming "Holy crap!"

Pan Zi and Zhang Wuxun quickly climbed out as well.

The short platform that extended outwards was already packed with people standing right up to the edge. Pan Zi managed to squeeze in, leaving Zhang Wuxun with no room.

However, he couldn't dwell on these things; the breathtaking scene before him left him speechless with awe.

This is a huge natural cave. Moonlight shines in through the cracks in the ceiling, making the entire cave beautiful, with strange rocks standing tall and bizarre.

The surrounding cave walls are covered with countless caves, numbering in the thousands.

Almost every cave was covered with vines as thick as an arm. Following the vines, one could see a towering ancient tree with vines crisscrossing its branches, from which hung countless oval-shaped cocoons that swayed gently in the wind.

Hearing the gasps from the fat guy and the others, Zhang Wuxun was just as shocked as they were.

[System, is this the nine-headed cypress tree described by the author in that tomb raiding novel you mentioned? That's fucking awesome!]
【Yes】

[The host only needs to follow the plot to ensure Wu Xiaoxie successfully takes the Qilin Blood and assist him in getting out of here to complete the mission.]

[So, there might be danger later?] Otherwise, the system wouldn't have specifically reminded him.

Yes, there was a corpse beetle king inside that bloody corpse head.

Zhang Wuxun's eyes widened. [Damn it, why didn't you say so earlier? I even brought this thing with me!]
[In the original storyline, the Corpse Beetle King would kill Da Kui; the host could choose to save him or not.]

[I'll fuck you xxxx]
Zhang Wuxun was filled with rage. "Damn it! You already said I could not save you! Damn it!"
At the bottom of the cave, there is a building that resembles a small altar, surrounded by a corridor. On the jade bed in the center of the altar, two people lie side by side, too far away to see more than their outlines.

Zhang Wuxun took out binoculars from his backpack and then saw clearly that it was a man and a woman. The woman's face was still young and beautiful even after so many years, perhaps because she had some kind of anti-corrosion treasure.

The man... well, even describing him as having a pointed mouth and monkey cheeks would be an understatement. He wore a strange blue fox mask on his face, was covered in tight armor, and had his hands clasped in front of his chest, with a small purple-gold box wrapped in his palm.

The moment Zhang Wuxun's gaze fell upon the small box, the system's voice suddenly appeared in his mind, sounding somewhat urgent.

[Host! You must retrieve the black gold box from the belly of the blue-eyed fox corpse!]

[What? Inside the stomach?]
This is the first time this Buddhist-like system has experienced such a large emotional fluctuation.

[Very important to the host!]

After saying this, no matter how much Zhang Wuxun pressed for answers, the system remained silent.

Zhang Wuxun frowned, suppressing his doubts.

At this moment, Wu Xiaoxie had already struck up a conversation with the suddenly appearing Third Master Wu.

That old fox, Uncle Wu, suddenly abandoned his nephew and disappeared without a trace. I don't know what he did, but now he's suddenly showing up to fuss over him.

Zhang Wuxun pursed his lips, pondering how to find a suitable reason to dissect the Blue-Eyed Fox corpse without arousing suspicion from Xiao Ge and the others.

The change happened in an instant.

Suddenly, the vines at the cave entrance attacked, wrapping around Wu Xiaoxie's ankle and pulling him out. Zhang Wuxun instinctively reached out, but forgot that there were people blocking the way, so he couldn't touch anyone at all.

Then the fat man was also swept away. After a few screams, the two of them were hung upside down under the tree, looking exactly like those cocoons... Holy crap!
Those cocoons were actually filled with people!
Zhang Wuxun was dumbfounded. How many people were there?!
Panzi snapped out of his daze, called out "Third Master" and was about to jump down when Xiao Ge grabbed him.

The young man's brow was furrowed, and he pressed his temple hard with one hand, his face showing pain. "What's wrong, young man?" Zhang Wuxun quickly rushed over to help him hold Pan Zi, who was still struggling and shouting to jump, and knocked him unconscious with a knife.

The young man had his eyes tightly shut, and cold sweat was pouring down his forehead.

Zhang Wuxun was at a loss, wanting to touch it but not daring to. [What the hell is going on?]
Why would this guy suddenly have a headache?
[Plot Correction]

Zhang Wuxun was taken aback. "[What?]"
The system directly transmitted images into his mind.

Zhang Wuxun's expression gradually turned ugly.

[So it's because my involvement interfered with the original plot's transition, and the world's consciousness, to prevent Xiao Ge from saving Wu Xiaoxie, directly caused Xiao Ge to have a headache and temporarily lose his fighting ability, right?]
Indeed, with Xiao Ge's strength, stopping the vines from capturing Wu Xiaoxie would have been a piece of cake.

The system is silent.

[Then why the hell did you send me here?!]
[The plot is so amazing, why don't you just let it develop on its own? Why do you have to interfere?!]
[Is it fun?!]
The system remained silent and pretended to be dead.

Zhang Wuxun's heart sank. The damn system brought him here, it definitely wasn't just to have him complete that little task.

He was burning with rage, his chest heaving as he suppressed the murderous intent threatening to erupt. [When will this end?]
【soon】

"Damn it!" Zhang Wuxun pursed his lips, staring at the cave below.

Wu Xiaoxie was very clever; he had already figured out a way to use the sword of the man in the green fox mask to put himself and the fat man down.

Then the fat man fell down and knocked off the masked man's mask. Both of them were under the influence of an illusion and were fighting each other as if they were enemies.

The fat man was choking Wu Xiaoxie by the neck, while Wu Xiaoxie used the belt he had torn from the blue-eyed fox corpse to strangle the fat man's neck. Both of them looked like they wanted to kill each other.

Suddenly, the belt in Wu Xiaoxie's hand snapped, and the armor plates on it fell onto his face with a clatter. Before he knew it, a piece of armor plate engraved with "Yinxi Baodi" fell into his mouth.

It's done.

Zhang Wuxun quickly turned to look at the young man and saw that although he looked confused, his eyes were clear.

Are there any long-term effects?
Zhang Wuxun was still worried.

【Won't】

That's good.

Zhang Wuxun breathed a sigh of relief, took out another wristband from his spatial storage with his hands behind his back, and pulled the young man's left wrist to put it on him.

The young man looked puzzled.

Zhang Wuxun pointed to the mechanism on the wristband and explained, "Press here later, and follow my movements, and we'll go down from here."

The young man nodded.

They were five or six stories high, and the only way down would be to find another way out, which would take too much time.

Zhang Wuxun held the blood-covered corpse head in his left hand and flicked his right hand towards the Nine-Headed Hydra Cypress. A small silver dart instantly popped out of his wrist buckle and shot straight towards the Nine-Headed Hydra Cypress. A long silver tail was attached to the back of the dart.

The small dart was extremely fast; in the blink of an eye, it plunged headfirst into the trunk of the Hydra cypress, with the tail of the dart completely embedded.

Zhang Wuxun clenched his right fist, poured all his strength into it, then pushed off the ground with one foot and jumped down.

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