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

Chapter 265 The Team Withdraws
Finally seeing other living people besides them, the fat man was so excited he almost cried, "Damn it, we finally made it out alive!"

Mop stepped forward to help the young man on Zhang Wuxun's back, hesitated for a moment, and then asked, "Master Yu, what's wrong with this young man?"

Zhang Wuxun gestured with his chin towards the crack in the soil behind him, "Let's go inside and talk."

Panzi and his companion crawled into the crevice. Panzi poured water and mud, and used rotten branches and strips of cloth torn from his clothes to seal the crevice.

Zhang Wuxun placed the young man by the small fire, pried open his mouth to feed him some water, and then wrapped him in a blanket again and stuffed him into his sleeping bag.

The young man is in better condition than before, although he is still mostly asleep.

"What's going on with this guy?" Panzi handed the food he had just prepared to Wu Xiaoxie and the others.

Zhang Wuxun briefly recounted what had happened inside, and then sighed, "That's the situation. The young man seems to have suffered a mental breakdown; we'll have to take him to the hospital for treatment after he gets out."

Wu Xiaoxie finally recovered, looked left and right but couldn't find Jie Lianhuan and Hei Xiazi, so he hurriedly asked, "Where is my third uncle?"

Pan Zi explained, "After that black bear came out, Third Master said he had something very important to do, so he asked the black bear to take him away first, and told me to stay here and wait for you guys to come out, Third Master."

Wu Xiaoxie felt a wave of frustration, thinking to himself, "That old bastard has run away again. How's my third uncle's leg?"

“He can walk with a cane, but Third Master insisted on it, and I couldn’t stop him.” Pan Zi felt a little guilty. “However, that black bear is also quite skilled. With him by his side, plus the snake-proof jade buckle given by Mu Yu, Third Master should be fine.”

Wu Xiaoxie nodded and didn't ask any more questions. He was exhausted from the journey and didn't have the energy to think about anything else.

His third uncle is incredibly capable; it wouldn't be surprising if he were to create a hole in the sky someday.

He needs to think about the immediate issues. He's really worried about his brother's condition, and he also has to consider whether his family has discovered his third uncle's true identity as Xie Lianhuan over the years, and whether he should tell his second uncle. He's not sure what to do right now.

The fat man had already crawled into his sleeping bag and was snoring away, so Zhang Wuxun urged Wu Xiaoxie to go to sleep as well, "We'll leave here tomorrow morning."

Nothing happened that night. The next day, the group of six set off, each carrying their equipment.

The young man was still in poor condition, but he could walk on his own, which made Zhang Wuxun and the others a little happier.

After following the waterway for about a day, they finally saw living tree roots on the well wall that could be squeezed to extract water. This meant that they were very close to the ground and would soon be able to get out of there.

This news was hard not to be excited. The group quickened their pace and soon found a well that was almost vertical. Panzi climbed up the well wall and, through the cracks in the rocks, discovered that outside was the gray-white stone tower forest they had passed through when they first entered the rainforest.

The wellhead was blocked by large rocks that had collapsed from above, but that didn't stop them.

Panzi raised his gun, aimed at the junction of the rubble, and fired a bullet to create a hole. Then Fatty took some gunpowder from the detonator, made a new small detonator, stuffed it into the hole, and connected the fuse.

"Get out of the way, Fatty's about to blow it up," the fat man said, his eyes gleaming and his teeth bared.

Panzi led them to hide at the corner of the well.

The fat man extended the fuse to a very long length, lit it from his hiding place, and with a series of crackling sounds, a string of sparks and smoke flew across the area.

With a muffled thud, they peeked out and saw sunlight streaming in through the blasted hole; they could even smell the fresh scent of plants.

One by one, they crawled out through the gap. Outside, the sun was shining brightly. The water level had long since receded, and the exposed ground was covered with jagged ruins, wrapped in silt by tentacle-like tree roots and vines, creating a strange and poignant beauty.

“Let’s hurry.” Panzi glanced at his watch and began adjusting the compass. “We need to get out of this canyon while the sun is still high and the snakes haven’t come out yet.”

Without lingering for a rest, the group immediately headed towards the outside of the canyon.

As dusk fell, they were still in the middle of the canyon, but they were now far from the territory of the pheasant neck, and could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Panzi lit a campfire and made some simple food to replenish his strength.

After dinner, the fat man and the others quickly fell asleep, while Zhang Wuxun and Pan Zi took turns keeping watch.

The night was calm.

The next day, after half a day, they finally emerged from the canyon. Unexpectedly, they hadn't gone far when they encountered Dingzhuo Zhuoma and her group, who had been waiting for them on the Gobi Desert.

When they saw that the group of people had actually come out alive, Dingzhuo and the others could hardly believe it.

Although Zaxi didn't have a good impression of them, he still directed a few people to come up and help settle them in.

According to Zaxi, the people from Aning Company are still waiting at the Devil City, but Zaxi and his group only have a few camels and cannot send Zhang Wu to find them.

After three days of rest, Zhang Wuxun and his group finally recovered completely.

The young man was still the same as before. Although he had woken up, he was even more taciturn than before. He spent his days either huddled in the tent or sitting on a rock staring at the sky, his eyes empty and lifeless.

Wu Xiaoxie desperately wanted to know the whereabouts of his third uncle and Black Glasses, but Zaxi said they had likely found another exit and that the environment here was too complicated to search for.

Although Wu Xiaoxie was worried, he had no choice but to give up.

Another day passed, and Dingzhu Zhuoma said it was time to set off.

Camels were used to carry equipment and tents. Dingzhu Zhuoma rode on an old camel, her eyes closed with an air of composure.

Zaxi led the camels at the front, while Zhang Wuxun and the others walked lightly beside him.

After a day and a night of trekking, they finally emerged from the Devil City, where Aning Company's tents fluttered in the wind.

The two groups met, and the bearded foreigner came up to them, his face full of worry. He pulled Zhang Wuxun aside and whispered a lot of things, which boiled down to asking about the whereabouts of their leader "A Ning" and the affairs of the Western Queen Mother Kingdom.

Zhang Wuxun noticed that there were more than twice as many tents and SUVs behind him as before, and knew that Jude Kao must have sent people over again. Wu Lao Si, who had survived the Corpse King horde by chance, had been called away by his superiors. Now, the bearded foreigner was the temporary leader of this team.

Zhang Wuxun said only what he could say. The bearded foreigner thought for a moment, thanked him, and turned back to his tent, presumably to report to his superiors.

When they came out that night, the bearded foreigner stood by the campfire and announced that the operation was canceled, and the entire team withdrew the next day.

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