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

Chapter 263 No Time
"And then?" Wu Xiaoxie pressed.

The fat man continued, "After that, several of us who had inhaled the white smoke outside also experienced problems. One by one, we became uncontrollable, as if we were under a curse. Even though there was a pile of scrap metal in front of us, we rushed over to grab it and started fighting each other."

"Thanks to my quick thinking, when I felt I was about to lose control, I simply took a knife and cut myself, using the pain to stimulate my brain. I was trapped in the tomb for three whole days that time, and finally found a way out, which is how I managed to survive." As he said this, the fat man's expression still showed some lingering fear.

"That tomb was really eerie and powerful. Since then, Fatty has become more careful and never goes into tombs blindly."

After listening, Wu Xiaoxie seemed to understand something. "So, you mean that Muyu may have encountered a similar situation to you in the meteorite cave, and had no choice but to cut himself with a dagger just to stay conscious."

The fat man clapped his hands. "That's exactly right."

Wu Xiaoxie frowned and said worriedly, "Then does that mean that Brother Xiao and Wen Jin will also encounter the same situation as Mu Yu?"

The fat man ladled a bowl of the cooked porridge for him and advised, "There's no use in you worrying outside. Once Muyu wakes up, you'll know the answer by asking him."

Wu Xiaoxie sighed heavily and said nothing more.

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Time passed by, and it was already the fourth day.

As long as Wu Xiaoxie was awake, he would stand on the stone platform every hour, shine a light, and look inside, but unfortunately, he still couldn't find Xiao Ge or Chen Wenjin.

Zhang Wuxun, the only one who came out, never opened his eyes again after lying down in his sleeping bag and closing them.

His unease and anxiety grew stronger and stronger, almost driving him to the brink of collapse.

The fat man's beard had grown stubble, but he was too lazy to tidy it up. Apart from changing the wooden fish's dressing and wiping its face, he just leaned against the stone pillar and dozed off lifelessly.

After another fruitless attempt, Wu Xiaoxie slumped against a stone pillar, listening to the fat man's heavy breathing beside him. His eyelids gradually grew heavy, and he fell asleep without realizing it.

When I opened my eyes again, even though I had just woken up, I was still mentally exhausted. I instinctively turned to look at Zhang Wuxun lying in his sleeping bag.

Upon seeing this, Wu Xiaoxie was nearly scared out of his wits. He jumped up from the ground and rushed to the sleeping bag.

Holy crap! Where the hell are they? Where's the wooden fish?

"Fatty! Wake up, you fatso! The wooden fish is gone!"

Wu Xiaoxie hurriedly turned around to call Fatty, only to find that the guy was brewing tea by the smokeless stove.

"Look how rushed you are." The fat man leisurely beckoned him to sit down. "Come and try the tea that I brewed, with milk added."

Wu Xiaoxie was almost frantic, and didn't care about whether it was cow's milk or goat's milk... No, there was no milk in the food left by Muyu at all.

Wait a minute, Wu Xiaoxie suddenly realized something and his eyes widened. "Muyu is awake? Where is he?"

The fat man grinned and pointed towards the Queen Mother's throne, "Isn't it over there? We've come all this way, we should at least take some souvenirs back with us."

Wu Xiaoxie ran over and saw Zhang Wuxun squatting in front of the throne, fully armed, with a large woven bag beside him.

Looking up again, they discovered that the phoenix crown on the Queen Mother of the West's head had vanished, replaced by an ugly, rotten stone.

"You son of a bitch..." Wu Xiaoxie almost laughed in anger, "I really admire your thieving nature." Zhang Wuxun was busy with both hands, and when he heard this, he turned his head and grinned at him, "It'll be done soon. Go have some tea with Fatty first, and I'll talk to you later."

Seeing that Zhang Wuxun was safe and sound, and that his condition a few days ago had not affected him, Wu Xiaoxie finally felt relieved. Even if he was very angry, he couldn't vent it now.

So he simply squatted down next to Zhang Wuxun and offered him a stone whenever he needed it.

The gravity balancing mechanisms around the throne are symmetrical, and are related to the weight of the decorations on the Queen Mother of the West's robes.

While removing the jade piece from the left side of the garment, you should also add a small stone of appropriate weight to the left stone platform. Just like a balance scale, you need to make both sides balanced so that the mechanism can be stable.

This really tested one's patience. After a lot of effort, the steward finally got his hands on all of the Queen Mother of the West's costumes.

Zhang Wuxun got up, took a step back, stretched, and moved his stiff limbs.

"Let's go." Zhang Wuxun picked up the woven bag and beckoned Wu Xiaoxie to walk back.

As soon as he sat down by the smokeless stove, Wu Xiaoxie couldn't wait to ask, "Muyu, what happened inside? Did you see Xiao Ge and the others?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Wuxun paused for a moment, then smiled wryly and said, "I actually want to know the answer to this question myself."

"What's going on?" Wu Xiaoxie frowned. "Have you forgotten something again, just like that time at the underwater tomb?"

Zhang Wuxun nodded. "My memory only goes back to the moment I entered the meteorite cave. After that, there are only a few scattered fragments. I think I saw Xiao Ge's shadow, but at the time, I was in a very strange state, and I'm not sure if I saw it wrong."

"Fatty also told me what happened afterward, but I have absolutely no memory of it now." Zhang Wuxun was also very worried. After waking up and hearing what Fatty said, he realized that he had been temporarily controlled by the system.

He didn't think the system was trying to harm him. He guessed that it was very likely that the consciousness left behind by the guy in the meteorite had discovered his existence, and the system had temporarily taken over his body in order to protect him.

The reason for this is that Zhang Wuxun discovered that there was another black and gold ball in his space, making a total of five, including the previous ones.

Furthermore, he discovered that the system seemed to have gone into hibernation again. This could only be because the system had consumed a large amount of energy and had temporarily entered a hibernation period.

Wu Xiaoxie sighed, knowing that Zhang Wuxun only had a vague understanding of what was on him, so he didn't press the matter further.

As long as people are fine, that's fine.

Thinking of this, Wu Xiaoxie's spirits lifted a little.

Then came another long wait.

On the seventh day, it was Zhang Wuxun's turn to keep watch.

Wu Xiaoxie and Fatty were both fast asleep in their sleeping bags.

Zhang Wuxun had just added some fuel to the smokeless furnace when he heard a muffled thud coming from the stone platform. He immediately turned his head to look.

It really is a young man!
Zhang Wuxun quickly ran over, helped the young man curled up on the ground to his feet, patted his face, and gently called out, "Young man?"

The young man didn't react at all, his whole body trembling uncontrollably, his face deathly pale, his eyes vacant and lifeless, and he kept muttering, "No time, no time..."

(End of this chapter)