Tomb Raider: I Am Hu Bayi's Cousin

Chapter 198 Eating Lizards

After Yang Xueli calmed Ah Xiang down, Fatty and Chu Yi arrived late, guided by the gradually fading bright white flares.

Because of the sweeping current, everyone was separated, but they all eventually ended up in this vicinity.

Hu Ming and his group of four landed directly on the island in the middle of the lake, while Fatty and his group landed on the giant mushroom underground on the lake shore.

Overall, Siya was much luckier!

Damn, falling from the sky and landing on the soft mushroom canopy was incredibly comfortable compared to Hu Bayi and Yang Xueli's still slightly aching backs.

"Mingzi, is everything alright on your end?"

The two swam across anxiously and, seeing that Hu Bayi and the other three were safe and sound, finally put their worries to rest.

In this godforsaken place, medical care is scarce, and injuries are no joke; one wrong move and someone could die.

Although she knew Hu Ming was highly skilled, and Yang Xueli and Hu Bayi were no slouch either, Ah Xiang...

To put it bluntly, all five of them knew perfectly well that this girl was actually a burden.

Fortunately, unlike those clueless guys in the Jingjue Ancient City archaeological team, Ah Xiang was obedient and sensible.

They wouldn't have stood by and watched the girl die unless they were in a truly desperate situation.

Relieved, everyone sat down on the gray rock mountain to rest for a while and discuss the current situation.

"A strange lizard... Mingzi, Lao Hu, I have a bold idea!"

However, looking at the headless lizard's mangled body, the fat man swallowed hard, completely losing his composure.

"This little thing's meat looks pretty good! You know, it's been almost half a day since we had breakfast."

"...Eat up, eat up. This stuff isn't poisonous, and lizard meat is pretty good." Hu Ming and Hu Bayi exchanged a glance, then sighed helplessly, rubbing their foreheads.

This is what a fat person should look like.

For a fat man, life consists of nothing but eating and sleeping, besides getting rich.

And it's true, after being in the water for so long, we were all quite hungry.

After skinning and removing the tendons, wash them clean in the nearby lake water, then light a fire and put them on the barbecue grill!
It's a pity that the seasoning is too bland, there's only salt.

After eating and drinking their fill, the group continued on their way.

On the shore, Hu Bayi and his companions had already scouted the area and found no hidden passages.

The only point of contention is the low-lying, crater-like structure in the center of the island.

Upon closer inspection, it became clear that the cone-shaped protrusion was indeed a volcanic crater.

Volcanic rocks change from grayish-white to black and then form sand-like crystals, a process that takes at least several million years.

The crater is much smaller than one might imagine.

The erosion of time has already caused part of it to collapse.

Looking down, you see a well-like structure made of stone and black wood.

"Rest~"

"lucky~"

"Looks like we're in luck; the current has carried us to the entrance of the underground ancient city." "Moreover, judging from its design, it's probably a special passage used for ancient demonic kingdom rituals. If I'm not mistaken, this passage leads to the convergence point of the dragon vein's feng shui energy."

"As expected, that damned altar should be at the end of the passage."

Seeing this, Hu Ming couldn't help but whistle, then flipped over and jumped down.

"Brother Hu Ming!"

Ah Xiang exclaimed in surprise, and even Chu Yi was startled and looked over with concern.

It was about eight or nine meters high, nearly ten meters tall, roughly the height of a three-story building, yet Hu Ming jumped down with ease.

Unharmed! You know, at that height, an ordinary person would at least lose a leg.

"Don't worry, this height is no problem for Mingzi at all!"

"But we couldn't do it. Luckily, the climbing rope wasn't washed away, otherwise it would have been a real problem."

Hu Bayi patted Chu Yi on the shoulder and said in a tone that said, "Come here."

They had witnessed Hu Ming's inhuman physical abilities far too many times, and after the initial surprise, they had long since become numb to it.

Moreover, Hu Bayi and his companions even discovered that Hu Ming's physical abilities were continuously improving over time!
This is absolutely outrageous; he's not even human.

"But that's nearly ten meters high..."

Chu Yi stared blankly at Hu Ming, who had already begun exploring below, a smirk playing on his lips as he muttered to himself.

For a moment, I couldn't accept it.

This is ridiculous! Even a warrior reincarnated from Buddha wouldn't be this good, would he?
……

……

On the stone wall at the end, many ancient and primitive symbols are carved.

Like stars scattered across the sky, there is a pattern of an eye nebula, set against a backdrop of five-clawed beast patterns, facing east.

It carries profound meaning.

“This mark is on the Bible map… This is it, it must be here.”

"The true Ghost Eye Altar of Evil Luo Sea City must be located not far to the east!"

"In the chants and poems of the World-Defeating Jewel King, this place is called Magadan Ningdun, which means Mahakala Thunder Mountain."

As they gently stroked the symbols on the stone wall, their hearts pounded with excitement. Everything made sense; this passage at the end was the place they were looking for.

The Great Black Heaven Thunder Mountain is a demon in Western Xinjiang legends that lives in ores and can control them.

Apart from Hu Ming, none of the others paid it any attention.

After all, the country has been established for nearly forty years now, and no one would believe in the existence of such outrageous monsters and demons from legends.

But Hu Ming knew that this damn thing really did exist!
Moreover, they are extremely difficult to deal with. Thinking of this, Hu Ming couldn't help but grind his teeth.

Hu Ming is not afraid of any demons or monsters. As long as he can face them head-on, he can beat them until they call him "daddy."

But damn it, you can't even touch the Great Black Heaven Thunder Mountain if you want to beat it up!
(End of this chapter)