Tomb Raider: I Am Hu Bayi's Cousin

Chapter 17 Kwantung Army Fortress

As Hu Ming and the others walked through the passage, Hu Bayi asked with some concern, "Mingzi, do you think that monster will come out?"

After hearing Hu Bayi's words, Hu Ming remained silent for a moment before saying, "I don't know, but don't worry, I have other plans to deal with it." He then patted the backpack on his back.

Upon hearing this, Hu Bayi felt a little relieved.

At this moment, the fat man asked, "Old Hu, Mingzi, where do you think this passage leads?"

Upon hearing this, Hu Ming said, "Old Hu, do you still remember the Kwantung Army fortress mentioned in that Japanese soldier's diary?"

Hu Bayi's eyes lit up upon hearing this, and he said, "Mingzi, you mean..."

Hu Ming nodded and continued walking forward.

At this moment, the fat man looked at the two people in front of him with a bewildered expression and asked, "What is it?"

Unfortunately, neither Hu Bayi nor Hu Ming paid him any attention.

At this moment, Yingzi, who was next to him, said, "Fatty, just follow behind Brother Hu and Brother Ming, and you'll find out soon enough."

Upon hearing this, the fat man glanced at her and said, "Brother Fatty, do you think I don't know? Come on, let's follow them."

After walking for a while, Hu Ming and his group saw a large iron gate ahead. Hu Ming shone his flashlight on the gate and saw neat rows of bricks and a line of Japanese characters.

Upon seeing this, Hu Bayi half-guessed and half-misunderstood, saying, "It says 'Kwantung Army Fortress' on it."

Upon hearing this, the fat man exclaimed, "Hey, damn it, we've been looking for all this time, and this Kwantung Army fortress is actually here."

The fat man continued, "Mingzi, shall we go in and take a look? To be honest, I've never actually seen what the Kanto Fortress looks like."

Upon hearing this, Hu Bayi said, "Aren't you afraid that monster will come out? Let's hurry up and find a way out. I wonder how long that rope binding the corpse can keep it trapped."

Hu Bayi didn't believe that the giant zongzi couldn't escape. In its previous life, the zongzi was a general with extraordinary martial arts and immense strength. Now that it had turned into a red-haired zongzi, it was even more terrifying.

Hu Bayi's words reminded Fatty of the scene where the giant zombie threw the coffin lid, and he involuntarily shrank his neck, feeling a chill run down his spine. It was a feeling that chilled him to the bone.

"What you just said gave me a chill down my spine, it's making me feel really uneasy," the fat man said.

"Braving the cool breeze?"

"hiss",
At this moment, Yingzi, who was behind him, gasped in shock when she saw what was behind him, and didn't know what to say.

Hu Bayi and Hu Ming, who were in front, suddenly felt something was wrong and looked back. They saw Yingzi looking at the fat man's back with a look of horror on her face.

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, the fat man asked, "What is it now?"

Hu Bayi and Hu Ming ignored him and went directly behind him, where they found clear footprints and handprints, about the size of a child, on his back and neck.

"You fatso, it seems like you're being haunted by something unclean," Yingzi stammered, making the fat man's heart race with fear.

Upon hearing this, the fat man said in a trembling voice, "Sister Yingzi, don't talk nonsense!"

Looking at Yingzi, Fatty felt his mouth go dry. Seeing the situation before him, Hu Ming seemed to understand something. He then looked at Fatty and said, "Fatty, Yingzi is right. Right now, you are indeed being haunted by something unclean. If you don't believe me, ask Old Hu. In any case, at this point, the three of us certainly can't lie to you."

At this moment, the fat man looked at Hu Ming, Hu Bayi, and Yingzi, and they didn't seem to be lying.

Hu Ming said, "But it's alright, we brought a lot of things to ward off evil, such as glutinous rice and black dog blood, so we don't need to be afraid of these things."

"But Fatty, don't carry the bag in your arms. Put it on your back. No one's going to steal your precious porcelain. You also have some black dog blood and other things in your bag. If you were carrying it on your back, I don't believe that ghost would dare to cause trouble."

Hu Bayi then said, "It's alright, Fatty. It's probably just a little devil. I'll have Yingzi sprinkle some glutinous rice on your back in a bit."

Upon hearing this, Yingzi quickly grabbed a handful of glutinous rice and sprinkled it on the fat man's back, from which wisps of black smoke appeared.

Seeing this, Hu Bayi nodded and said to Hu Ming, "Should we go in?" Hu Ming looked at the large iron gate and said, "We're already here, why aren't we going in?"

Hu Bayi replied, "Alright."

Hu Ming and Hu Bayi walked in front, Yingzi walked in the middle, and Fatty walked at the very back.

After passing through the iron gate, the group walked for a while before reaching the interior of the fortress. Hu Bayi, with his sharp eyes, immediately spotted a generator workshop and led the group over there.

"Mingzi, this looks like a generator, doesn't it?" Hu Bayi shone his flashlight on a spot and saw a huge machine surrounded by iron mesh.

Hu Ming looked at it and said, "That's right, it is indeed a generator."

Hu Ming then said to the fat man, "Fatty, look over there in that metal barrel. See if there's any diesel fuel left. Maybe the generator still works."

"Okay, I'll go check it out right now," the fat man said, and immediately began rummaging through the pile of metal barrels.

Soon, as expected, the fat man actually found half a barrel of diesel fuel and managed to carry it over.

The fat man said, "Mingzi, do you think this is enough?"

Upon hearing this, Hu Ming glanced at him and said, "That's enough!"

Having found the diesel fuel, Hu Ming and Hu Bayi immediately poured it into the generator and started it up. With the roar of the machine, the secret passage flickered with light, until finally, all the lights came on.

The arms section, the supplies section, the food section, and so on, all appeared before my eyes, neatly arranged.

Upon seeing this, the fat man exclaimed happily, "Good heavens, this Northeast Army has quite a stockpile! All brand new stuff. Old Hu, look, this rifle is still new, and there's even oil in the crucial parts!" The fat man was also an expert with powerful guns and knew a thing or two about these things.

After he finished speaking, he reached for several rifles.

Seeing this, Hu Bayi shook his head slightly and said, "Fatty, the equipment you chose is terrible."

"Take a look at this." With that, Hu Bayi opened one of the weapon cases, took out a machine gun, and continued to boast, "This is the real deal. It's a Type 96 light machine gun, with a 6.5mm caliber muzzle and a range of over 3,000 meters. It can fire more than 500 rounds per minute. However, the magazine capacity is a bit small, only 30 to 50 rounds."

However, this gun was one of the most advanced weapons in the Kwantung Army's arsenal at the time. "Hu Bayi explained as he inspected the new machine gun.

Meanwhile, Hu Ming, seeing Fatty and Yingzi listening to Hu Bayi's explanation, opened a wooden crate by himself and found it full of new-style hand grenades. Hu Ming took more than twenty and put them into his system space, but unfortunately, the system space was only one cubic meter, and he estimated he wouldn't be able to fit much more equipment in it soon.

After Hu Bayi finished his performance, he immediately got the two fat men fully armed.

Hu Ming wasn't idle either. Besides arming himself, he also stuffed two machine guns and ten boxes of ammunition into his storage space, which is now full.

Just then, Yingzi seemed to spot the shadows of two little devils in a corner.

She said to Hu Ming, "Brother Ming, look!"

Yingzi's reminder snapped Hu Ming out of his daze and he immediately looked over.

Although he couldn't see the whole body, Hu Ming still saw the illusory shape that resembled a small Y-shaped foot.

Hu Bayi noticed this too and said to the group, "Let's go, grab our things, let's go see what's going on!"
Without hesitation, Hu Bayi grabbed a machine gun and quickly gave chase.

Seeing Hu Bayi about to give chase, Hu Ming and the others immediately followed.
Before long, the group discovered that the two illusory figures seemed to have disappeared.

Hu Ming frowned and asked, "Old Hu, did we lose them?"

Hu Bayi nodded in agreement and then said, "Everyone, please be aware of your surroundings."

Everyone also took up their guns and became alert.

(End of this chapter)