Tomb Raider: I Am Hu Bayi's Cousin

Chapter 142 Preparing to Open the Coffin

Soon, Hu Bayi, Fatty, and Yang Xueli heard Hu Ming's voice inside the tomb.

"It's been demolished! You can come in now!"

The tomb was pitch black. Even with a searchlight in his hand, Hu Ming couldn't illuminate the entire tomb. Yang Xueli took a flare out of her backpack and threw it, instantly illuminating the entire tomb.

The fat man chuckled and said, "Hey! Not bad, this thing works really well!"

At this moment, in the very center of the illuminated tomb chamber, hangs a coffin with a copper ring attached to it.

The fat man paused, then turned to Hu Bayi and asked, "Old Hu, isn't this the legendary whistle coffin?"

Seeing this, Hu Bayi frowned slightly and looked at the strange coffin, saying, "It's just that what I feared most has come to pass."

Hu Ming raised his hand and tapped on the bronze coffin. Indeed, it was a two-layered coffin.

Seeing that they showed no sign of opening the door, Yang Xueli also looked at the coffin, her delicate eyebrows furrowing slightly.

"What should we do? Should we open this coffin or not?" the fat man sneered, looking at Yang Xueli.

"Hmph! You know perfectly well what this coffin is like."

"This is the bronze hall, and there's also the whistle coffin. Our ancestor once said that we saw this kind of coffin in the desert last time. You absolutely must not touch this kind of coffin if your birth chart isn't strong!"

Hu Ming took a few steps and, using the light from the flares, looked around the tomb. It wasn't much different from what he had imagined.

"Oh my, this is some good stuff!"

At this moment, the fat man found a few jade discs on the tray used for offerings, quickly wiped the dust off them with his clothes, and examined them back and forth in his hands.

Hu Ming glanced at the jade disc in the fat man's hand, then said, "That's right, only a king could use such things!"

"It seems this is indeed the tomb of King Xian!"

Next to this huge bronze pavilion that is suspended in the air, there is another coffin, different from the one that is suspended.

The wooden coffin was only one layer long, and there was no paint on it; it was just the natural color of the wood.

Ah!
However, Hu Ming could tell at a glance that the wood felt very fine and dense, and that the coffin was still very tough despite the passage of time.

However, Hu Bayi was somewhat puzzled, as they had never seen such a joint burial method with coffins in any of the ancient tombs they had visited.

To be honest, it's a bit eerie...

"This coffin is sealed and suspended with chains. Could there be a giant zombie locked inside?"

Hu Bayi tapped the bronze coffin; the outer layer of bronze coffin was unusually thick.

"This must be the Prince Xian inside, but there must be some hidden secret behind the coffin being suspended like this. I think we'd better not open it rashly!"

Hearing this, Yang Xueli became somewhat anxious and said, "How will you know if the Muchen Pearl is inside if you don't open the coffin!"

At this moment, Fatty knocked on the coffin and leaned over it to listen to the sounds inside: "Old Hu said we can't open the coffin rashly, but he didn't say we can't open it! If we suddenly open it and a thousand-year-old zombie jumps out, are you going to take responsibility for the consequences? Don't forget the coffin we opened last time. If it weren't for Mingzi, we'd probably all be dead by now."

Listening to the fat man's words, Yang Xueli knew that the creature inside the coffin was no ordinary person. Although she was still thinking about the Muchen Pearl, she stopped urging him to turn it on.

"What's inside this coffin?"

Yang Xueli pointed to the wooden coffin on the ground and asked, "It should be the tomb of a princess? Or a concubine or something. When we came in, judging from the outside layout, this was clearly a couple's tomb."

At this moment, Hu Ming had no interest in the wooden coffin on the ground; he was more interested in the bronze coffin hanging in the air.

"Old Hu, get your things ready, let's open it first!"

"Okay!" Hu Bayi nodded and set up the ropes to trip the corpse and the nets to catch it. Fatty held the binding lock tightly in his hand in case of any unexpected situations after the coffin was opened. At this moment, apart from Hu Bayi tapping some tools on the coffin, there was no other sound around.

"Click!" With a click, Hu Bayi put away his tools and slowly looked up.

"It's open!"

Hu Bayi opened the outer bronze outer coffin, revealing the golden coffin inside.

"Holy crap! A golden coffin!"

At that moment, staring at the golden coffin inside, the fat man was dumbfounded. The next second, his eyes lit up and he couldn't help but swallow.

"This is the only way for now!" Hu Bayi looked around and jumped off the coffin.

At that moment, the bronze coffin lid that Hu Bayi had pried open was immediately split in two and fell down, making a loud noise in the tomb.

At this moment, Hu Bayi said, "If you want to open it from inside, you can only lower the chains."

"However... I'm afraid this corpse will turn into a zombie the moment it hits the ground!"

After saying that, Hu Bayi looked up at Hu Ming again and asked, "Mingzi, why don't you think of a solution?"

"fine!"

"So what if it's a zombie apocalypse? I have my own ways of dealing with it!"

After all, the golden coffin inside cannot be opened unless the outer chains are broken.

The thought that the person lying inside might actually be the King Xian himself made Hu Ming begin to feel a sense of anticipation.

With a loud "Bang!"

The bronze coffin in mid-air descended, and the fat man immediately stepped forward and raised his hand to stroke the golden coffin inside.

"Good heavens, this Prince Xian is really going all out!"

"A golden coffin!"

"Hey, if we take this back, we'll be rich!"

Then, the fat man shook his head as he spoke, "What a pity! It's a pity this thing is too heavy to take out!"

As soon as the fat man finished speaking, a thumping sound came from the golden coffin, as if something was trying to come out of it.

"Oh no! It looks like they've really turned into zombies!"

Although Hu Bayi was prepared, he still felt a faint sense of fear when facing this ancient zongzi that was over a thousand years old.

"Wait!" the fat man suddenly said.

Upon hearing this, Hu Bayi was startled, and with sweat dripping down his forehead, he immediately retorted angrily, "What's wrong with you, Fatty!

"I think you're the one who's crazy! Have you forgotten the rules left by our ancestors? Light a lamp before opening the coffin!"

Listening, Hu Bayi let out a breath, then said somewhat helplessly, "That depends on whether the corpse has turned into a zombie. Right now, it's almost certain that it has."

"What's the point of lighting the candle?"

The fat man thought for a moment and immediately said, "That's not necessarily true!"

"After all, this is the rule, we can give it a try!" Old Hu agreed after the fat man said this.

(End of this chapter)