Tomb Raider: I Am Hu Bayi's Cousin

Chapter 245 "Young Comrade"

The fact that the surrounding corpse beetles retreated in fear after Hu Ming arrived speaks volumes.

It seems that the effects of Hu Ming's blood are probably even more potent than those of the young man.

"Uncle Ming? So young? And why does he look so familiar? I feel like I've seen him somewhere before!"

At first, Fatty instinctively looked at Hu Ming with wariness, but Wu Xie's mention of Uncle Ming made him lower his guard slightly, and after seeing Hu Ming's face clearly, he unconsciously relaxed completely!
"...You might not believe it, you fatso, but don't let my Uncle Ming's youthful appearance fool you, he's actually over forty!"

In his excitement, Wu Xie even blurted out Hu Ming's age.

"Forty-something? Him? Young man, do you think I'm stupid?"

The fat man scoffed dismissively, not believing a single word Wu Xie said.

Even though his father and Uncle Hu had practiced the "Marrow Cleansing Technique" for so long, and were now over forty, they looked only in their thirties. Hu Ming in front of him looked no more than twenty years old.

However, Hu Ming was quite surprised when the group of corpse beetles hurriedly retreated after he arrived.

This is an amazing, human-shaped insect repellent!
"Pretty boy? Nephew, are you serious?"

Hu Ming ignored the fat man, but raised an eyebrow and looked at Wu Xie with hostility.

Hu Ming considered himself very handsome, with a delicate and refined look between his brows, plus his unique temperament.

To be modest, out of six billion people in the world, Hu Ming wouldn't dare say he's the most handsome, but he's definitely in the top three.

But how did he become a gigolo in Wu Xie's eyes?
"Uh...uh...uh, I was wrong!"

"However, Uncle Ming, you should check on Panzi quickly; his condition is not good."

Wu Xie acted decisively, despite not having much contact with Uncle Ming, who always gave Wu Xie a vague feeling of danger.

Wu Xie knew very well that with his small stature, he was definitely no match for Hu Ming.

"Master Ming, you've finally arrived... Don't listen to Third Master, I'm fine!"

Panzi grinned, struggling to his feet. Having fought countless battles over the years, what serious injury hadn't Panzi suffered?
He can still endure this small wound.

However, the blood seeping through his clothes on his abdomen told others that Panzi's wound was very serious.

"sit down!"

Hu Ming frowned and grabbed Panzi.

With a tearing sound, her clothes were ripped open, revealing a hideous bloody hole in her lower abdomen.

Near the wound, there was an abnormally large bulge in the skin and flesh.

That's because the corpse beetle bit through the flesh and burrowed inside.

"What a tough guy!" Hu Ming couldn't help but exclaim.

Panzi endured the pain of the corpse beetle gnawing inside his body without uttering a sound, though his face turned slightly pale.

"Hey, Ming, I can't compare to people like you and the company commander who have real skills."

"I think I'm alright in terms of patience."

Panzi grinned and said with a smile.

"...Fine, then you can just bear with it a little longer?"

Hu Ming nodded, said no more nonsense, and simply rolled up Panzi's tattered clothes into a ball and stuffed it into his mouth.

He pulled a bottle of high-concentration medical ethanol from his bag.

Well, actually, they were taken out of his spatial storage. After all, Hu Ming has always kept some of these commonly used medicines in his spatial storage.

He sprayed a lot of it on his own hands and on Panzi's wound.

"Well!!!"

When the alcohol came into contact with the wound, Panzi couldn't help but groan.

"Bear with it, it'll be quick!"

After completing the disinfection work, Hu Ming gave the instructions again.

Left hand presses down on Panzi's body, right hand fingers together like a knife. *Thud!*

Hu Ming used his two-finger probing technique to explore caves and burrows.

It pierced Panzi's wound with lightning speed.

With a deft probe, hook, and flick of his two fingers, Hu Ming had already pulled the corpse out completely.

Hu Ming was so fast that Wu Xie and Fatty, who were watching, didn't even have time to react.

However, the pain will not disappear just because Hu Ming is fast enough.

Panzi arched his back in pain.

His veins bulged, and he bit down hard on his tattered clothes with his steel teeth, unable to suppress a muffled groan of pain.

Large beads of cold sweat poured down his face like a waterfall.

"Thank goodness, it looks like it suffocated to death, otherwise this little thing would have eaten your intestines and internal organs clean."

Hu Ming looked at the dark blue corpse beetle with bloody veins in his hand and said softly.

"Why don't we learn from the advanced experience of the American people and use this 'glory bomb' where it is truly needed?"

"Shall we unscrew the bullet and burn his wound with gunpowder?"

The fat man looked at the bloody wound on Panzi's stomach, removed the last bullet from Panzi's gun, and was eager to try.

"You fat bastard, are you trying to burn my guts out?"

Once the pain subsided, Panzi spat out the rag from his mouth and cursed with a dark face.

The flesh on the abdomen of the giant beetle had been bitten through, and its intestines could be seen through the wound.

If that gunpowder goes off, your intestines will definitely be burned through; if things go wrong, you could lose half your life!
"Go away, stop causing trouble!"

"Panzi, don't move. Let me disinfect and bandage your wound. Just bear with it!"

Hu Ming shoved the fat man, who seemed to enjoy making trouble, aside with a look of disgust. He washed his fingers with alcohol, pointed to the high-concentration medical ethanol in his hand, and said with a smile.

Panzi's face stiffened, and he collapsed helplessly to the ground, letting Hu Ming do as he pleased.

After a long while, once he had finished all that, Panzi felt much better.

At this moment, the three of them remembered the swarm of corpse beetles that were hovering around them.

"Tsk tsk, young comrade, you're really amazing! Just standing here, those corpse beetles don't even dare to come near?"

The fat man patted Hu Ming on the shoulder with an air of maturity and sighed.

"Young comrade? Alright! Some people say youth is always a good thing."

Hu Ming's lips twitched, but looking at the man's striking resemblance to his brother, he rolled his eyes and chuckled!
Hu Ming knew his face was very deceptive, but being called "Little Comrade" was still quite strange.

Once we get back, let's see how he deals with this little fatso!

"Alright, Panzi, how are you now? Can you walk around?"

“I’ll take you on a tour of the main burial chamber. Now that you’ve all come down, it would be too embarrassing to slink back without even seeing the main culprit.”

Hu Ming stood up, dusted himself off, ignored the restless swarm of corpse beetles, and said softly.

"The main burial chamber!? You found it?"

The three exchanged a glance, were stunned for a moment, and then were overjoyed.

"Yes, I had already heard about the passage leading to the main burial chamber, but then I heard you say, nephew, that Panzi wanted to castrate you."

"I couldn't resist coming to watch the show."

Hu Ming grinned, unable to suppress a wicked laugh.

As he spoke, he glanced sideways at Wu Xie... cough cough, and at the brass bullet casing under his butt.

Upon hearing this, Wu Xie's lips twitched. This was incredibly embarrassing.

(End of this chapter)