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

Chapter 83 Tree Group and Stone Statues
The first thing he saw was a cave, which was extremely cold inside. He had broken out in a cold sweat earlier, and now he felt very cold. Wu Xiaoxie quickly moved closer to the fire.

Zhang Wuxun poked at the fire with his straight knife, making the flames burn brighter. "Take off your clothes and warm yourself up. Wearing wet clothes can easily make you sick."

Wu Xiaoxie nodded and did as he was told. After he finished, Zhang Wuxun tossed him a bag of compressed biscuits.

Wu Xiaoxie was also starving, so he quickly tore open the bag and wolfed it down. He ate so fast that he choked and couldn't stop hiccuping, pounding his chest in frustration.

Zhang Wuxun looked at him speechlessly and handed him the water pouch from his backpack. "Eat slowly, no one's going to take it from you."

Wu Xiaoxie gulped down the water, then put down the water pouch, wiped his mouth, and asked, "Where am I?"

Zhang Wuxun handed him the binoculars so he could see for himself.

Wu Xiaoxie looked up and saw that he could see the top of the bronze giant tree more than ten meters above. A few rays of sunlight were leaking in through the cracks, which made him very happy.

"We can get out of here!"

Wu Xiaoxie turned to Zhang Wuxun in surprise to confirm.

The fact that you can see light means that you can reach the surface. This is a natural cave. Ancient people couldn't have come in through the mountain to perform sacrifices. There must be a passage leading to the outside. They might even have been able to leave directly from here without having to return the way they came.

Zhang Wuxun nodded. "If there's light, we'll definitely be able to get out. But we've suffered so much along the way, and we're almost at the treasure land that Lao Yang and Boss Wang mentioned. Are you really willing to just slink out like this?"

"What's the big deal..." Wu Xiaoxie couldn't finish his sentence, feeling unwilling, because Zhang Wuxun's expression clearly showed his determination to find out the truth. He could only silently swallow his desire to get rid of the people as soon as possible.

"Sure." Wu Xiaoxie thought for a moment and decided that there was no harm in going to take a look. They had plenty of food anyway, and they could also see if they could find Lao Yang's body. After all, they were brothers, and even though they couldn't live and die together, it was still only right to collect his body.

After the initial excitement subsided, Wu Xiaoxie finally had time to observe the rest more closely. He then discovered that countless banyan tree roots had emerged from the cracks at the top, winding and spreading along the paulownia tree, forming a cluster in that area that seemed to contain something.

Wu Xiaoxie now gets a conditioned reflex of being startled whenever he sees tree roots or vines, fearing that those things might suddenly come to life and kill him and Zhang Wuxun again.

Zhang Wuxun comforted him, "It's alright, those tree roots are all dry. The main tree above died for some reason, so it won't suddenly attack and hurt anyone." It was pitch black there, and the binoculars weren't special night vision goggles, so they could only barely see a little bit. Wu Xiaoxie wondered to himself how Muyu could see that.

However, he always trusted what Muyu said, so he felt relieved and stopped worrying about it.

The walkway built around the cave wall was longer than he had imagined, and even higher than the top of the bronze tree, which made it convenient for them to leave.

Thinking of this, Wu Xiaoxie turned to Zhang Wuxun and urged, "Since there's a way out, let's hurry up and head back after we've explored this treasure land. I never want to come back to this godforsaken place again."

Zhang Wuxun readily agreed, straightened up and looked up, saying, "Those tree roots seem to be wrapped around a statue. We can't see it clearly from here, so let's get closer."

Wu Xiaoxie took a closer look through the binoculars and realized that the thing in the clump of tree roots was indeed a statue, and it was very similar to the stone statue whose face had been blown up by tomb raiders when they came here. He became curious.

After extinguishing the fire, the two packed up their gear and left the cave.

Logically, the closer they got to the stone statue, the clearer it should become. However, no matter how much the two of them craned their necks to look, they still couldn't make out the face of the statue, which made them feel anxious and restless.

The two quickened their pace without prior arrangement, grabbed onto a section of the plank road that had broken, and climbed up by grasping the roots hanging down from the rock face.

As they drew closer, the statue's arms, which were entangled by tree roots, gradually became clearer.

Zhang Wuxun, who was walking in front, suddenly exclaimed in surprise and ran towards the stone statue.

Wu Xiaoxie was puzzled and was about to speed up when he heard Zhang Wuxun waving at him from ahead, "Come over here quickly."

Wu Xiaoxie ran over and saw Zhang Wuxun pointing at the clump of roots and saying, "Look, there's more than one stone statue inside."

(End of this chapter)