Tomb Raider: I Am Hu Bayi's Cousin

Chapter 232 The Sudden Danger

"Third Master, look! Up ahead!"

Panzi let out a strange cry and pointed to the cliff face ahead.

Turning my head, I saw two dark green crystal coffins embedded in the cliff walls on either side of me.

Perhaps the crystal coffin itself was colorless and transparent, and only appeared greenish under the influence of the phosphorescent light that filled the cave.

But that's not the point.

The key point is that a white-clad corpse was buried in one of the crystal coffins on one side.

The crystal coffin on the other side was empty, with the lid lying haphazardly on top.

Wu Sansheng gasped, his expression turning serious: "Where did the corpse in this coffin go?"

"Could it be a rice dumpling?"

Da Kui asked, "But Third Master, can this rice dumpling still move in the water?"

"It's hard to say; if something seems out of the ordinary, something fishy is going on."

"This godforsaken place is naturally filled with yin and death energy, making it easy for evil spirits to breed. Even if it's not a zombie, it's probably some other kind of filthy thing."

"For example... a puppet!"

Hu Ming's intuition told him that there must be something extremely ominous ahead.

Countless facts have proven that intuition is a divine skill that can even rival precognition, and in all this time, intuition has never made a mistake.

If it were just a corpse puppet, Hu Ming wouldn't care.

However, Hu Ming sensed that such a warning meant there was something more complicated ahead, so he couldn't afford to be careless.

At this point, the river course turned again.

The boat rounded a pair of skeletons floating on the water. Ahead, a woman dressed in white feathers was "turning her back" to Hu Ming and the others.

"The body is here..."

Upon seeing this, Wu Xie swallowed hard, his scalp tingling, and said somewhat nervously.

The slap in the face comes so quickly.

Wu Xie had just said that feudal superstitions didn't exist, but in the blink of an eye, the facts were right in front of him.

"Stop! Panzi, quickly bring out my treasured black donkey hoof from 1923. This thing is probably quite old; I doubt I can accept a new one!"

"Today I'll show you what your third uncle is capable of. Nephew, watch closely, this thousand-year-old zongzi is a rare find."

"If I fail, shoot me in the head and make your third uncle die a quick death!"

Wu Sansheng wiped away his cold sweat and gave the order in a deep voice.

"Hu Ming is right. This thing is probably not a zongzi (rice dumpling), but a corpse puppet."

"Black donkey hooves are for dealing with big rice dumplings, they won't work on her, let me handle it."

At this moment, the Silent One glanced at Jiang Nan, who seemed to be in a daze, grabbed Wu Sansheng's shoulder, and spoke up for the first time.

The young man drew the black gold sword he had obtained from Wu Sansheng and slashed it across the back of his hand.

Crimson blood dripped into the water.

In an instant, as the crimson liquid merged into the water, all the surrounding corpse beetles, as if they had seen a ghost, went mad and fled from the ship. In a flash, a large section of the water around the ship was emptied.

Just as the young man was about to point his bloodstained hand at the white-clad corpse puppet, Hu Ming's expression suddenly changed.

For once, a look of shock appeared on Hu Ming's face.

"Brother, forget about that corpse puppet, we're going to be too late, and something even more troublesome is coming!"

As he spoke, Hu Ming had already picked up a bamboo pole and plunged it into the water, effectively stopping the boat's momentum as it drifted downstream.

At the same time, Hu Ming stared intently at a cave not far ahead, his expression more serious than ever before.

Everyone was stunned and subconsciously followed Jiang Nan's gaze. On both sides of the pool, beneath the two crystal coffins, there was a dark cave on each side.

Even more strangely, when the searchlight was shone on it, the concentrated light failed to illuminate the cave.

It was as if some evil spirits were devouring the light from inside the caves on both sides.

For a moment, everyone felt a chill run down their spines.

There was a thousand-year-old corpse puppet in front of him, and there were other things on both sides. Judging from Hu Ming's appearance, what was inside was probably not something to be trifled with.

The environment here makes it impossible for everyone to go back along the original route.

"Them? A whole bunch? Hu Ming, what did you find?"

The young man frowned slightly, and as instructed, withdrew his blood-stained hand and pressed it against the wound.

Upon seeing the dark caves on both sides, he inexplicably had a bad feeling. This was definitely not the time to expend a lot of blood to deal with the corpse puppet.

"I don't know, but I have a feeling... I can't quite put my finger on it, but I just feel like something's not right, like something extraordinary is about to come out of there."

Hu Ming licked his dry lips and said in a deep voice.

The next second, the sound of a thousand horses galloping suddenly came from the cave on the left!
The sounds of clashing swords and spears filled the once silent and empty space.

Everyone stared intently at the cave.

They didn't have to wait long.

Suddenly, a thin, ominous black mist began to emanate from it.

At the same time, a group of knights suddenly rushed out of the cave!
The cavalry leader, holding a jet-black command flag, led his troops across the water as if walking on flat ground!
It is worth mentioning that the bare skin of this cavalry was all bluish-black, like corpses that had been dead for many years.

The iron armor on his body is also full of historical vicissitudes, and judging from its style, it does not belong to any known dynasty.

This is the legendary ghost army borrowing a passage!!!
Upon seeing this, Hu Ming, Xiao Ge, and Wu Sansheng exchanged a shocked glance, their hearts churning and unable to calm down.

The three of them knew more or less about the so-called ghost soldiers borrowing a path.

Hu Ming, in particular, was very familiar with this matter.

This thing was created by the Queen Mother of the West as an armed force to guard the secrets of the Bronze Gate!
Hu Ming's expression instantly turned serious.

Logically speaking, the power of the Queen Mother of the West should not have radiated into the tomb of King Lu Shang.

Wait, the tomb of King Lu Shang?
The tomb of King Lu Shang was actually built on the site of the tomb of King Mu of Zhou!
Hu Ming's lips twitched; he seemed to understand something.

However, this would make entering King Lu Shang's tomb much more difficult.

(End of this chapter)