Tomb Raider: I Am Hu Bayi's Cousin

Chapter 191 Evil Luo Hai City
Hu Ming believes that there are some incomprehensible and mysterious forces in this world.

However, to this extent, the Serpent God…

That's going a bit too far.

According to the religion of the Demon Kingdom, there is an eternally immortal serpent god who awaits the end of the world and time in the imaginary space, and who will be resurrected from the imaginary space?
This is absolutely ridiculous!
However, ever since returning from the ancient city of Jingjue, Hu Ming still harbors some reverence for these things.

After all, that wicked prophet was able to accurately predict events thousands of years in the future, near the Ghost Cave.

It's really hard to believe.

Compared to this, Hu Ming felt that the various special abilities brought about by his later enhanced Golden Dragon bloodline were much easier to accept.

However, now is not the time to think about these things.

Hu Ming shook his head, trying to clear these distracting thoughts from his mind.

After all, there was still a rather thorny problem facing everyone at this moment.

That is.
Damn it, we're out of food!
It had taken them almost a week to get to the glacier. The little bit of food they had in their backpacks was long gone.

With the fat guy around, the speed at which the dry rations were consumed was simply unbelievable.

The naan bread that everyone had just been holding was their last remaining food.

The first day of the new semester was rather tragic; I just accidentally dropped the last of my food into the lake.

"...Brother Duji, how about..."

Chu Yi clutched his rumbling stomach and looked sheepishly at the naan bread in Hu Ming's hand that he hadn't taken more than a few bites of.

"...Take it."

Hu Ming's lips twitched, and he silently tore off half of it and handed it to Chu Yi.

"Hey, it's just food. A whole bunch of whitebearded fish just died in this lake."

"Wait a minute, I'll get you some fish to try!"

The fat man, with his sharp eyes, saw this scene, casually stuffed the last bit of naan into his mouth, and mumbled something indistinctly.

"You can't eat the fish here!"

"Legend has it that the inhabitants of Evil Luo Sea City all disappeared overnight, and in another legend, they all turned into fish in the water..."

Yang Xueli shook her head, stopping the fat man's actions.

She thoughtfully tore off half of the naan bread in her hand and handed it to Hu Bayi, who smiled at her and tore off half of it and gave it to Hu Ming.

However, Hu Ming didn't accept it. The scene he just witnessed made everyone else's teeth ache! Besides, with his constitution, missing a meal wouldn't have any effect on him!

What do you mean? You never miss an opportunity to show off your love, do you?
At first glance, the naan bread in his hand suddenly lost its appeal; he was starting to miss his wife.

"After all, it's just a legend; it's absolutely impossible for a person to turn into a fish, but..."

"But the fish here are probably related to the ancient art of madness. The core concept of madness is to transform the souls of the dead into some kind of strange power."

“Ero City is the capital of the Demon Kingdom, and this is Ero City’s headquarters. There’s definitely something wrong with the fish in this lake.”

Hu Ming shook his head.

He knew that the fish in there were probably really related to the art of treating varicose veins.

These are all methods left behind by the people of the Demon Kingdom to protect the sacrificial artifacts. It's hard to guarantee that there aren't other evil methods involved, so we must be wary.

Everything here has an eerie feel to it, so we should be careful.

By this time, it was already getting dark, and twilight was falling. After a short rest, the group followed the forest path to the top of the green rock in order to get a better view of their surroundings.

Behind the green rock is a depression that is lower than the water level of the wind-eroded lake.

Above it sits a huge, honeycomb-shaped ancient city of wind-eroded rock.

The ancient city is surrounded by barren land, covered only with gray-white rocks. At the highest point of the ancient city stands a giant eye-shaped landmark carved from a boulder.

"Is this the legendary Evil Luo Sea City?"

Suddenly seeing the target she had been searching for, Yang Xueli felt no joy whatsoever; on the contrary, she felt her hair stand on end.

The city was brightly lit, yet it was eerily lifeless, devoid of any sign of human presence.

It was like a legendary ghost city, chilling and giving me the creeps.

Of course, this was only Yang Xueli's feeling; everyone else, except Hu Ming, just felt it was strange.

Under the mist, the city of "Evil Luo Sea" is dotted with lights that twinkle like stars, giving it a stark contrast to its ghostly appearance.

Unbeknownst to her, Yang Xueli was already covered in cold sweat.

Whether recorded in ancient books or in legends and poems, the city of Eroha has long been destroyed by war and environmental changes, and its inhabitants have all died.

The unusual situation here, coupled with her instinctive premonition, filled Yang Xueli with dread.

Hu Ming glanced at Yang Xueli and smiled bitterly to himself.

Well, no wonder they are descendants of the prophets of the ancient city of Jingjue.
Although she doesn't possess the uncanny ability of a prophet to predict events thousands of years in the future, Shirley Yang has an intuition that defies common sense.

It could even be said that this intuition was comparable to Hu Ming's intuition, reaching a kind of keen premonition akin to a prophecy.

"Alright, stop overthinking it. In short, we have no choice but to go in and see what's going on."

The observant Hu Bayi noticed the unusual behavior between Yang Xueli and Hu Ming and guessed that things were probably very dangerous here, so he could only hug her and gently comfort her.

"Old Hu, this city... is eerie!"

Yang Xueli bit her lower lip, buried her face in Hu Bayi's arms, avoided his gaze, and whispered.

“Hehe, sister-in-law! ...It’s more than just demons, this city is probably beyond our imagination…” Hu Ming interjected.

"Mingzi, did you see something?" Yang Xueli and Hu Bayi were both stunned, staring blankly into Hu Ming's eyes.

Hu Bayi and Yang Xueli both knew that Hu Ming also possessed the same ability as Ah Xiang—eyes that could see things that ordinary people couldn't.

"See?"

"Brother Hu Ming, what do you see? I look over there, but there's nothing wrong."

Upon hearing this, Ah Xiang was taken aback, looked closely at the ancient city, and said hesitantly.

"Who knows?"

Hu Ming glanced at A Xiang's eyes and, with his excellent eyesight, noticed a barely visible ring of blood vessels around A Xiang's pupils.

The Demon Eye, strictly speaking, is an incomplete, fragmented, boundless demonic eye.

They can be deceived in the presence of the higher-ranking Boundless Demon Eye.

If Ah Xiang could see this "city," then that would truly be a ghost story...

However, Hu Ming then realized that his Golden Dragon Eye was on the same level as the highest-level Boundless Demon Eye, or even stronger!

(End of this chapter)