Tomb Raider: I Am Hu Bayi's Cousin

Chapter 110 Accident
"Mingzi, how did you come up with the idea of ​​lighting candles?" Hu Bayi asked, puzzled.

Upon hearing this, Hu Ming shook his head and gave a wry smile.

"I was just wondering if there was something wrong with the air in here, and if we were hallucinating due to insufficient oxygen, so I wanted to light a candle to verify it."

"So that's how it is," Hu Bayi and Fatty suddenly realized.

However, the role of this candle seems rather subtle.
Hu Bayi shone his flashlight forward and found that the strange face was still there.

Moreover, they seemed to be moving, and a chill rose again.

Hu Ming shone his flashlight around and suddenly saw those strange faces baring their teeth, lunging at them.

It was like a tiger descending the mountain, or a hungry ghost being released from its cage.

"This is bad," Hu Ming thought to himself.

Just then, a figure suddenly darted out from some corner.

Running wildly and haphazardly, it was about to crash headlong into the strange face in front of it.

"Big Gold Tooth!" the fat man exclaimed, instinctively trying to pull him back, but his reaction was a little too late.

Big Gold Tooth ran wildly as if he had gone mad, completely disregarding what lay ahead of him.

As he ran over, he created a whirlwind that instantly extinguished the newly lit candle.

The eerie and terrifying ghostly aura emanating from the cave then surged forth like a tide.

In the darkness, it seemed as if countless evil spirits were baring their fangs and claws.

"call!"

In the dim light of the flashlight, the figure of Big Gold Tooth overlapped with the strange ghost face, and then disappeared.

Immediately afterwards, Hu Ming heard an extremely tragic scream.

The sound was so terrifying, like the scream of a person whose body was being torn apart by a ghost in their final moments.

It exudes endless fear, penetrating to the very soul, making one's scalp tingle.

Hu Ming felt his heart pounding wildly. It seemed that this Dragon Ridge Maze was indeed a large tomb.

However, Hu Bayi and his companions had no clue whatsoever and assumed they had simply fallen into a natural cave.

Hu Ming's body has been enhanced through bloodline strengthening, making him far stronger than the average person.

But faced with this sudden turn of events, he was somewhat at a loss.

However, after a brief moment of panic, Hu Ming gradually calmed down. It was precisely at times like these that he needed to remain calm.

The exact cause of the incident is still unclear. However, if one becomes frightened and panicked, scaring others or even oneself, one could be scared to death.

Hu Ming took out the lighter again and lit the candle. The fat man trembled, his jaw chattering.

"Shouldn't we run away? What if those grotesque faces eat us? I saw them lunging at us..."

He tried to run away several times, but Hu Bayi held him down firmly, signaling him not to make any rash moves. Hu Ming patted him on the shoulder.

"Fatty, calm down."

"We haven't moved, and those strange faces haven't come over. Isn't that enough to explain why?"

The fat man was slightly taken aback; it seemed that was indeed the case.

Several times when he looked at the strange faces, he felt as if they were rushing towards him.

But considering the timing, if they really pounced on him, he wouldn't be able to stand here and talk now.

That's strange, what exactly happened?
At this moment, as soon as Hu Bayi lit the candle, the feeling of being touched by a ghost subsided, just like a person who had been soaking in water climbing out of the water.

This feeling is much stranger and more bizarre than going into the water.

"Then what do we do?" the fat man asked, knowing how formidable his two brothers were.

Encountering such a terrifying and strange event, he subconsciously asked him.

"Don't act rashly. Let's figure out whether these strange faces are human or ghosts first."

Hu Bayi looked at them carefully again and again, but he still couldn't tell whether those strange faces were male or female, old or young. In any case, those faces were definitely not those of normal humans.

Could it be a zongzi (sticky rice dumpling)?
The thought flashed through Hu Ming's mind.

There were so many strange faces; if they really were rice dumplings, then things were going to get complicated. There were way too many rice dumplings for just a few of them to handle.

However, they all brought black donkey hooves, which should be able to tame those rice dumplings.

After thinking for a while, Hu Bayi felt that this stalemate couldn't continue. Regardless of whether the other party was human or ghost, he needed to find out the truth first. What if it was someone deliberately creating a charade?
Hu Bayi immediately shouted the code: "Exploring the dragon, carrying the treasure canopy; each has their own way of touching gold; stars are scattered in the east and west; the Big Dipper gathers the light of the south."

The "dragon exploration" here refers to searching for dragon veins, and "treasure cover" naturally refers to the coffin lid.

These words roughly mean that everyone makes a living by tomb raiding, so let's go our separate ways, each going our own way, and part ways amicably.

Generally speaking, if the other party is also an expert in tomb raiding, they will usually give them face and not make things difficult for them when they hear such jargon.

However, after Hu Bayi's voice had been uttered for a long time, there was still no response from the other party.

The strange faces that had been surging and seemed about to pounce on them were now frozen in place, like clay sculptures.

The surroundings were deathly silent; apart from the sound of their heartbeats and breathing, there was no other movement.

The fat man couldn't contain himself any longer and shouted.

"Brothers over there, who are you? We're just passing through, and we hope you can help us..."

His voice was very loud, and it echoed through the cave, creating layers of reverberation.

But there was still no response from the other side, and the fat man's heart skipped a beat.

If the other party doesn't respond at all, it's most likely a ghost, not a human, or a zombie, which is a giant zongzi.

The moment this thought arose, beads of sweat inexplicably started to appear on his forehead. This place was gloomy and had a very sinister atmosphere.

Suddenly, a gust of wind came from nowhere and blew out the candle.

For some reason, the flashlight in Hu Ming's hand also went out almost simultaneously.

The surroundings were suddenly plunged into darkness, and the strange face naturally disappeared.

All Hu Ming could hear was the howling wind and the wailing of ghosts inside the cave, as if the gates of the underworld had been opened and thousands of monsters were rushing out.

As soon as the lights went out, Hu Ming and the others instinctively felt a chill.

Everything in the darkness was unknown, and they had to be on high alert to deal with any possible sudden changes. Fortunately, apart from the howling black wind, there was no other movement.

"Mingzi, what's going on?" Hu Bayi asked in a deep voice.

Heavy breathing could be heard in the darkness; Hu Bayi and Fatty were clearly quite frightened.

"It's nothing, this flashlight must have run out of power," Hu Ming said, turning on the other flashlight.

A bright light shone down, and Hu Ming suddenly realized that there was a strange face right in front of him.

The strange face was almost touching his own; their noses were practically touching.

"Clang." A metallic sound rang out as Hu Ming subconsciously thrust the dagger in his hand into the body of the grotesque face in front of him.

However, they immediately discovered that the dagger was like a needle stuck in thick rock, unable to penetrate at all.

"What's going on?" Hu Ming reached out and touched the strange face, feeling the texture of stone.

At this moment, Hu Bayi and the others gradually approached, and the light from their flashlights became stronger.

This time, we can finally see clearly that the so-called strange face is clearly a stone statue.

The sculpture is exquisitely crafted, lifelike, and a masterpiece.

From a distance, it looks as if it has come to life, with only a strange face and no other statues on the rock wall.

Hu Bayi and Fatty thought that the many densely packed strange faces they had seen earlier were probably due to the changing light and shadow.

Hu Ming wasn't entirely clear on the specifics, but he did have other guesses in his mind.

"Damn!" the fat man exclaimed after seeing the strange face clearly.

"So this is what this weird thing is, it scared the hell out of me..."

"No, I've always been fearless, why would I be afraid of this stone carving?"

He kept cursing and swearing, as if the tension and fear he had just felt had never happened.

Hu Ming's expression remained very serious. He exchanged a glance with Hu Bayi and could clearly see that the other man looked solemn.

The appearance of such a bizarre stone statue in such a place is itself highly unusual.

They then realized that Big Gold Tooth had run headfirst into a rock and knocked himself unconscious.

I don't know what kind of shock this guy went through to become so crazy.

(End of this chapter)