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

Chapter 21 Hidden Sands in the Angry Sea
"I can't be good at everything," Zhang Wuxun chuckled, unbuttoning his hospital gown to change.

"Hey you!" Wu Xiaoxie caught a glimpse of him out of the corner of his eye and immediately jumped up from his chair. "Why don't you know to hide when you're changing clothes?"

Zhang Wuxun was speechless. "We're all men, what's there to avoid? You have what I have too."

Wu Xiaoxie's expression was indescribable. "You can say that when you're feeling really down and shave your head bald."

After saying that, he turned and left the ward, making sure to close the door behind him.

"Huh?" Zhang Wuxun stared blankly at his back, feeling a sudden chill on his head. He quickly reached out and touched it; it was still so lush and perfect, it was just that a breeze was blowing in from the window.

"Damn it... this Wu Xiaogou is deliberately making fun of me."

Zhang Wuxun grabbed a handful of his still-loose hair, quickly tied it up with a rubber band, and then, still feeling lingering fear, hurried over to close the window.

Growing your hair long isn't actually unusual; it was something you had to do in your family to hide something unusual and avoid trouble. Over time, you just got used to it.

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Before leaving, Zhang Wu went to Pan Zi's ward for a walk.

Pan Zi's injuries were treated promptly in the tomb and did not become infected. In addition, he is in good physical condition and should be able to be discharged from the hospital in about half a month.

Zhang Wuxun exchanged phone numbers with Wu Xiaoxie and Pan Zi using his newly bought Nokia phone before buying a plane ticket and returning to Hangzhou.

I enjoyed a comfortable and leisurely life at school for quite some time.

Zhang Wuxun's appearance is undoubtedly top-notch, but because of his face and hair, the pretty girls in the class are only willing to be his friends.

When Zhang Wuxun asked, the girl looked embarrassed and said, "You're too good-looking. Being your girlfriend would make me feel ashamed, but it's different as a friend. Being so handsome would make me proud to be seen with you."

Zhang Wuxun's face darkened. What the hell?

Seeing everyone else happily paired off, Zhang Wuxun could only sigh at the moon. Was the curse of the Zhang family being destined to be single about to befall him as well?

Frustrated, he had no choice but to give up on this idea and focus on studying the black and gold mechanical ball he had taken out of the belly of the blue-eyed fox corpse.

However, after studying it for a long time, I always missed the most crucial step and could only reassemble the mechanism that I had disassembled in half.

He still didn't know what was inside. When he asked the system, all it did was say, "The host is not authorized to know at this time," and then it just played dead and remained silent.

Zhang Wuxun was even more depressed now; this was truly an unlucky year.

So I took advantage of the weekend to visit Wu Xiaoxie's Wushan Residence.

Unfortunately, Wu Xiaoxie wasn't there this time; only Wang Mengmeng was in the shop. When asked, he only said that the boss had gone out to answer a phone call.

He even asked Zhang Wuxun if he ate instant noodles, and if so, he would make him a whole bucket.

Zhang Wuxun waved his hand and sat down on the recliner. "No need, you eat."

Wang Mengmeng knew that Zhang Wuxun was a friend of her boss and had visited a few times before, so she didn't pay any more attention to him.

Zhang Wuxun played a few games out of boredom, when suddenly his heart skipped a beat.

He suddenly had a bad feeling.

[Beep—The Wrath of the Sea storyline begins]

[Mission issued: Protect Wu Xiaoxie as he successfully enters and exits the underwater tomb in the Xisha Islands]

[Task Reward: Materialization Ability (Beginner)]

As soon as the system finished speaking, the Nokia in Zhang Wuxun's hand vibrated. The caller ID showed Wu Xiaoxie.

"Hello?" Zhang Wuxun quickly pressed the answer button.

"Hey wooden fish, do you have time now?"

Wu Xiaoxie's voice sounded panicked and anxious on the other end of the phone.

"Go ahead." Zhang Wuxun got up and left Wushan Residence, took a taxi to the underground warehouse he had bought specifically to store his equipment.

After hanging up the phone, Zhang Wuxun began storing equipment in his spatial storage.

Wu Xiaoxie said that his third uncle, also known as Wu Sanye, that old fox, had disappeared in the underwater tomb in Xisha. The people from some marine resources company that he had hired came to him, wanting him to go with him to find him.

Wu Xiaoxie couldn't explain it very clearly over the phone, and Zhang Wuxun would have to go there to find out the specifics.

Because he was going to go to the seabed, Zhang Wuxun stuffed all the equipment he could possibly use into his spatial storage. If it wasn't enough, he would just ask the system for more.

Zhang Wuxun used the excuse of going to the school for an internship and obtained a certificate. Then he took a flight of more than three hours to reach the address given by Wu Xiaoxie.

When Wu Xiaoxie was met, he was accompanied by two other people: a beautiful and dashing young woman named Aning, and a middle-aged man with a receding hairline surnamed Zhang.

Zhang Wuxun would certainly prefer talking to pretty girls, but this bald guy really talks a lot, and besides, what's with banging on the table? Showing off your long arms...?

wipe!
Zhang Wuxun's eyes widened. Damn it, isn't that Xiao Ge's hand?!
He was tall and handsome, with a distinctive two-finger mark that made him a burial mage; he would recognize him even if he were reduced to ashes!
Zhang Wuxun glanced at Wu Xiaoxie; clearly, the innocent-looking boy didn't recognize him.

What a waste that guy held and touched it for so long.

Zhang Wuxun suddenly felt like laughing.

Wu Xiaoxie was getting impatient with Zhang the Bald when he suddenly heard a soft laugh from the side. He immediately kicked Zhang Wuxun under the table.

Zhang Wuxun had anticipated this and avoided it.

Hearing Zhang Wuxun's laughter, Baldy Zhang steered the conversation towards him, "What's your surname, sir? You look very young. What do you do for a living?"

"My surname is Zhang." Zhang Wuxun crossed his arms and glanced at A Ning as she walked towards him along the deck. "I'm just someone who works in underground resource extraction. I was hired by Mr. Wu."

"Oh, what a coincidence!" Bald Zhang said exaggeratedly. "Perhaps Mr. Zhang and I were from the same clan a hundred years ago. Mr. Zhang is so young yet has such great abilities. He is truly a force to be reckoned with and admirable."

Zhang Wuxun smiled meaningfully, "I wouldn't dare, I can't compare to Professor Zhang."

Wu Xiaoxie was worried about his third uncle and had no interest in chatting, so he simply got up and went back to his cabin, where he lay down in silence.

Seeing this, Zhang Wuxun also ended the conversation, picked up his backpack and ebony box, found a bed closest to Xiao Tianzhen, put his things down, poured two glasses of water and went over to ask.

"Tell me, what exactly happened?" He handed a cup to Wu Xiaoxie.

Wu Xiaoxie was in low spirits. He patted the bedside to signal Zhang Wuxun to sit down, and then began to tell his story.

From the moment he obtained the purple-gold box from the blue-eyed fox corpse in the Seven Star Lu Palace, to using the steel stamp "02200059" on the belt of the deceased American to unlock the purple-gold box and obtain the snake-browed bronze fish, to the moment when Master Wu recognized the snake-browed bronze fish and told him about the Xisha archaeological team twenty years ago, as well as the figure of the little brother in an old photo, then Master Wu and A Ning's company went to the Xisha Islands to find a tomb, and finally Master Wu disappeared, and the research ship also disappeared without a trace, so A Ning and the others found Wu Xiaoxie and asked Wu Xiaoxie to go down into the tomb with them.

Wu Xiaoxie complained with a long face, "How would I know how to go down into a sea tomb? The last tomb was my first time going down, and there were blood corpses and zombies inside. I almost lost my life."

Zhang Wuxun patted him on the shoulder and comforted him, "It's okay, I'm here for you."

"Alright, your third uncle is so capable, he'll definitely be fine. Don't overthink it, get some sleep and recharge."

Wu Xiaoxie knew that there was no point in him brooding over this, so he nodded and said, "You should get some rest too."

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