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

Chapter 293 Top-Tier Cheat
After treating the young man's wounds, Zhang Wuxun took out a sleeping bag from his spatial storage and put him inside.

There's no way to light a fire in this godforsaken place, so we had to use a sleeping bag to keep the guy warm.

Zhang Wuxun had no appetite, so he just ate a few energy gels and then stood guard next to Xiao Ge with his knife in his arms.

Counting the days on his fingers, it was already the third day since Wu Xiaoxie and the others left Banna. Zhang Wuxun and Xiao Ge would have to stay in the Miluotuo Cave for at least another seven days.

Otherwise, he was afraid that if he and Xiao Ge went out, Wu Xiaoxie and Xiao Ge would be swept back into the siphon tide.

They were already far from the lake, and even if he dug it out of the mountains, it would be several days before he reached the lake.

Therefore, for now, all we can do is wait.

No one knew what was mixed in the poison needle that slumped his shoulder, and it wasn't until the third night that the young man slowly woke up.

Zhang Wuxun almost burst into tears of joy, and hurriedly turned on his miner's lamp, "Brother, you're finally awake!"

The young man sat up, looked around at his surroundings, and looked a little puzzled.

Zhang Wuxun then explained, "You've been unconscious for a day. The siphon tide swept you into the courtyard. It was that guy with the slumped shoulders who brought you here. You must have been too slow to react due to lack of oxygen underwater, which is why he ambushed you."

“I woke up shortly after you went into the water and realized something was wrong with the lake. I originally wanted to take you back, but I didn’t expect to be swept in by the siphon tide myself. Luckily, I had oxygen with me, so I was able to stay in the courtyard until the siphon tide ended.”

As Zhang Wuxun spoke, he took out a self-heating meal from his spatial storage and served it to the young man. "Oh, by the way, the place we're in now isn't actually very safe."

"See those dark green stones on the cave wall?" Zhang Wuxun pointed to two jade veins on the opposite cave wall. "Those are actually jade veins. A very strange creature called Miluotuo lives in them. The mucus secreted by them can soften these jade veins, allowing them to move freely through them."

"Moreover, this creature can judge its prey by temperature. The higher the temperature, the faster the Miluotuo moves and the more it gathers," Zhang Wuxun said. "However, Miluotuo has a fatal weakness: they are afraid of alkali powder, because alkali powder can destroy their shells and melt the Miluotuo completely."

Zhang Wuxun pointed to the white powder sprinkled under the jade vein. Seeing that the young man was staring at him intently, he smiled and said, "I am, after all, a member of the Zhang family. Through word of mouth, I have learned some things."

The young man was silent for a few seconds, then suddenly spoke up, "Iron block."

"Oh, you mean that?" Zhang Wuxun waved his hand in the air. "Can you smell anything?"

The young man glanced around and said casually, "The smell of iron."

“That’s right.” Zhang Wuxun snapped his fingers. “Actually, to be precise, it tastes like Miluotuo.”

“That iron block is what our Zhang family uses to restrain Miluotuo. It should be a kind of synthetic metal. Do you know why you have a feeling that you can find the answer here?” Zhang Wuxun looked at Xiao Ge, a complex look flashing in his eyes. “Because this is the final destination for all members of the Zhang family.”

"Home?" the young man repeated softly.

“Yes, my final resting place.” Zhang Wuxun sighed. “I don’t know much, really. I only know that there is a very mysterious ancient building hidden in the mountains of Banna. It is a mass burial site built by the ancestors of the Zhang family a long time ago. But I guess no one knows exactly where it is except you. Oh no, even you don’t know now.”

The young man frowned, a thoughtful expression on his face, as if he were recalling something.

"Alright, stop thinking about it. You're going to go in sooner or later anyway. Here, have some hot food." Zhang Wuxun pushed the self-heating rice next to him.

The young man nodded and silently ate his rice.

After resting for a while, the two left the cave where they were hiding and came to the place where the statue of the Thunder God was placed.

Zhang Wuxun had kicked over the incense burner in front of the evil god statue, scattering the incense ash all over the ground and making the engravings on the ground even clearer.

Zhang Wuxun stepped forward, kicked the incense ash evenly with his foot, and nodded, saying, "Alright, now you can see it clearly."

The characters on this piece are crooked and twisted, each one the size of a chess piece, all in traditional Chinese characters, and written in a very messy hand.

Zhang Wuxun took out paper and pen from his pocket and copied down the words on the ground one by one.

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November 7th.

The east wall is seven feet from the left and has sixteen.

The west wall is three feet from the left and has seven.

The north wall is five feet from the left, and there are ten.

The south wall is six feet from the left and has four.

According to the count, the excavation must be completed and work resumed within three days.

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“These are the locations and quantities of Miluotuo within the jade vein,” Zhang Wuxun explained.

The young man's eyes held a hint of inquiry.

Zhang Wuxun explained with a smile, "I didn't know this at first either, but I had a very strange dream last night. It was as if someone kept repeating these things in my head. My consciousness seemed to follow that person through this cave. Combined with some things that I had heard my elders mention before, that's why I understand it so clearly."

The young man glanced at the bottle of alkali powder Zhang Wuxun was carrying, then at the dark green jade vein. "Get out?"

Zhang Wuxun understood his meaning, "We can't go out yet. There are less than seven days left before Tianzhen and Fatty return. We are currently a long way from the lake area, so we can't guarantee that we can reach the shore and meet them in such a short time."

"Besides, since that guy with the sloping shoulders was able to scheme against us, Tianzhen and the others are very likely to fall for it too. We might as well just wait here."

The young man nodded. "Okay."

During the few days of waiting, Zhang Wuxun told Xiao Ge everything he knew and could talk about for the time being.

Although the young man didn't say it explicitly, Zhang Wuxun knew that his memory had recovered about 40%.

That day, a giant salamander, no bigger than half a palm, slithered into a small pool at the bottom of the rocky beach where the young man had been found earlier.

Zhang Wuxun immediately burst into laughter.

He reached his hand into the water and caught the baby salamander.

This should be the fish that Fatty used to pass messages and guide Wu Xiaoxie in the original storyline.

Zhang Wuxun was getting tired of eating self-heating meals and canned jerky every day, so when something fresh finally came along, he wasn't about to let it go.

Zhang Wuxun made a small fire with solid alcohol, gutted and cleaned the fish, put it in an empty can and cooked it, making two bowls of fish soup, and then quickly put out the fire.

These Miluotu are extremely sensitive to temperature. In just a short while, a faint black shadow appeared in the dark green jade veins, but as soon as the fire went out, the shadow disappeared again.

Zhang Wuxun was extremely grateful that he had a spatial ability, so even if he couldn't start a fire, he could still maintain his basic body temperature by sticking heat packs on his body.

In their spare time, the two could also trim their stubble with a small razor blade, since Zhang Wuxun had never seen the young man with stubble on his chin before.

To Zhang Wuxun's surprise, Wu Xiaoxie and Fatty appeared so suddenly, two days earlier than in the original storyline, and he and Xiao Ge hadn't noticed anything at all. Upon waking, Zhang Wuxun and Xiao Ge habitually went to check the cave with the pool of water, only to find two people lying beside the rubble—Wu Xiaoxie and Fatty.

They quickly took the two to the dry cave where they were hiding and then began the rescue.

Apart from a diving suit, Wu Xiaoxie and his companion had nothing else on them; the oxygen tank must have been removed by the shoulder-mounted man.

Both men had knife wounds on their bodies, and a bluish-purple mark on the back of their necks, indicating that they had fought with the man with the collapsed shoulder.

Zhang Wuxun reached out and pressed on their stomachs; they hadn't drunk much water.

The fat man spat out two mouthfuls of stale water, his eyes already half-opened. Just as he was about to speak, a heart-wrenching cough erupted from him.

Zhang Wuxun quickly patted his back to help him catch his breath, and he finally recovered.

"You two idiots, what's going on? That old ghost lied to me and Tianzhen, saying you were gone." Fatty said angrily. "I knew he was lying, so I pounced on him and beat him up, but I wasn't strong enough, and that old bastard seized the opportunity to attack."

"Wait a minute." Zhang Wuxun sensed something was off. "Did the slumped shoulders appear in front of you on their own initiative?"

“That’s right!” the fat man said angrily. “That guy actually tried to ambush us while we were asleep, but Yun Cai reminded us. Tianzhen and I didn’t sleep at all last night, just waiting for him to walk right into our trap. But that guy is as agile as a monkey, and he got away.”

Zhang Wuxun frowned. "Have you seen Panma?"

The fat man shook his head. "No, it was Yun Cai who brought us up the mountain."

Zhang Wuxun suddenly had a bad feeling. The sloping shoulders had always been hidden in the shadows, but now they had suddenly popped out so openly. He felt that something was wrong.

"What about Yun Cai and A Gui?" Zhang Wuxun intuitively felt that the slumped shoulders must have already made a move against Pan Ma. He was trying to wipe out all the people in the know, which was why he appeared in the sunlight with such confidence.

"Don't worry." The fat man patted him on the shoulder. "Before we went into the water, we had already sent Agui and Yun Cai down the mountain. Wang Mengmeng and Lao Pan's men took their family to the outskirts of Banna."

"That's good." Zhang Wuxun breathed a sigh of relief.

"Eat something first." Zhang Wuxun got some food for the fat man. "Once Tianzhen wakes up, we'll leave from here."

Two hours later, Wu Xiaoxie also woke up. After hearing Zhang Wuxun's account of the whole story, he was so angry that he started cursing.

"Dogwoodfish, you said you weren't hiding it from me and Fatty, but look at you, you've corrupted Little Brother!" Wu Xiaoxie said angrily.

Zhang Wuxun's lips twitched. He glanced at the innocent-looking young man and sighed helplessly, "Fine, it's my fault. Let's rest a little longer and then we'll get out of here."

"How do we get out?" Wu Xiaoxie asked, puzzled. "This cave seems to be completely sealed off."

The fat man also said, "Yes, I just took a walk around, and these green jade stones are very sturdy."

Zhang Wuxun explained, "These jade veins are not ordinary jade veins, but are formed by the solidification of the mucus secreted by a special kind of creature. That kind of creature can soften the jade veins and travel through the mountains."

"Moreover, these creatures called Miluotuo are attracted by our body temperature. My brother and I have been in the cave for so long, the things in the jade vein are probably about to come out."

"Wait a minute." Both Wu Xiaoxie and the other person were a little confused. "What Miluotuo? Tell me in detail."

Zhang Wuxun carefully explained the key points, and after listening, Wu Xiaoxie and the other person gasped in surprise.

Zhang Wuxun took out tools such as alkali powder, protective clothing, and a pickaxe from his spatial storage.

"Come on, guys, let's get this party started."

Zhang Wuxun distributed the supplies to them and helped the three of them put on protective suits, covering all their skin completely.

The shadowy figures within the jade vein were now clearer than before.

Once inside the jade vein, the surrounding area is completely enveloped by mountains, so you can only keep going in. Zhang Wuxun has no way of judging the correct direction, so he can only take it one step at a time.

Based on the markings on the ground, the fat man swung his pickaxe and broke open one of the less abundant jade veins of Miluotuo. Suddenly, a dark green hand reached out and grabbed at the fat man's face.

"Fatty, get out of the way!" Zhang Wuxun shouted, blocking the way and spraying the exposed part of Miluotuo with water.

With a snap, the hand shattered into several pieces, falling to the ground and turning into green juice.

The shadow within the jade vein twisted and roared as it charged out, only to be met by a cloud of white powder. Within seconds, the powder turned into green liquid, and the black-haired snake hidden within it bent over and lunged at Wu Xiaoxie.

The young man next to him reacted quickly, drawing his black gold ancient sword and slashing it in two.

A large, human-shaped depression appeared in front of them, and the cracking sounds from the mountainside grew closer.

Zhang Wuxun turned around and saw that Miluotu behind him and on the cave ceiling were about to emerge.

"We need to hurry," Zhang Wuxun urged.

The fat man yelled, "Damn it, how can this thing run so fast!"

After saying that, he frantically swung the pickaxe, chiseling away at the jade vein in front of him.

Xiao Ge and Wu Xiaoxie stood guard at the rear, while two Miluo Tuo nearby emerged, their green faces contorted in a ferocious manner, and pounced on the four of them.

The white, empty eye sockets were incredibly eerie, the result of a purely mechanical and brute-force attack. Wu Xiaoxie and Xiao Ge each took down one.

Zhang Wuxun and Fatty worked together to create some space ahead, then immediately turned back to help Xiao Ge and the others deal with the remaining Miluotuo.

"Hurry up!" Zhang Wuxun pushed Wu Xiaoxie and the others into the cave behind him, then threw a few Molotov cocktails into the hole that Miluotuo had crawled out of.

With a loud bang, the Molotov cocktail exploded into flames the moment it hit the ground, instantly drawing the attention of the surrounding Miluotu.

The sound of cracking walls echoed continuously, and Zhang Wuxun and his companions took the opportunity to crawl into the melting cave.

A Molotov cocktail lasts for about fifteen seconds. Zhang Wuxun smashed it wildly, and the Miluo Tuo swarmed towards the heat source, buying the four of them a lot of time.

The narrow space imposed greater restrictions on Miluotu, and given their thorough preparation and superior equipment, the near-death experience depicted in the original story was simply impossible to repeat.

No matter how hard he racked his brains, he could never have imagined that they would have such a top-tier cheat code as Zhang Wuxun.

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