Tomb Raider: I Am Hu Bayi's Cousin

Chapter 293 Secret Channel
Hu Ming's skill, while incredibly powerful and extremely useful in various situations, is not without its drawbacks.

Hu Ming was still not quite used to using this skill suddenly.

In his ears and brain, all sounds seemed a hundred times louder than usual.

This made him somewhat uncomfortable, but there wasn't much he could do about it.

Fortunately, Hu Ming has gotten used to it in a short period of time.

Just a few more times and it'll be almost done!
After all, he has spent over twenty years integrating with and adapting to the phoenix bloodline!
However, his mastery of his bloodline power is not as good as it was more than twenty years ago.

"Uncle Ming, why did you just... like that..."

At that moment, Yin Nanfeng's voice, as loud as a thunderclap, exploded in Hu Ming's ears.

Hu Ming forced himself to endure the discomfort as he looked at the pale-faced pretty girl in front of him.

"Uh, are you alright?"

"Was that terrifying aura that just erupted from you the power of your bloodline?"

"Ok!"

Hu Ming hummed in agreement, glanced at Yin Nanfeng who had recovered, and looked up at the dome.

It seemed that his gaze had already pierced through the dome and reached a much more distant place.

In fact, Hu Ming "heard" that Wu Xie and the others were passing through a very hidden passage and heading towards the front hall on the top floor.

As expected, that passage was the tunnel left by Xie Lianhuan back then.

Hu Ming knew that once Wu Xie and his group reached the front hall and found clues about the Heavenly Palace on the Cloud Top, their next step would be to blow up the dome to find a way to survive.
So, time is running out.

To be honest, this trip to the underwater tomb was indeed quite time-sensitive due to various factors.

……

……

Hu Ming had already constructed a detailed three-dimensional structure of the entire underwater tomb in his mind, thanks to his extraordinary hearing.

Hu Ming knew very well that he and Yin Nanfeng were currently in one of the two side halls on the lowest level of the shipwreck tomb.

The two side halls are symmetrical to each other with the main tomb chamber as the central axis.

The key point is that Hu Ming has already found the secret passage inside the side hall that leads to the main burial chamber.

"Huff... Time? Uh, Uncle Ming, there's no use in worrying about it."

"This side hall only contains the three statues of the Forbidden Woman in the very center, and that wall that looks like a honeycomb."

“Even if you’re eager to get to the main burial chamber, it’s no use if you can’t find the way. I don’t think you’d be willing to go back the way you came, right? Well, the original path is gone too. Now this is a secret chamber, and it’s difficult to get in or out.” Yin Nanfeng said helplessly, spreading his hands. Looking back, the passage the two of them had come from was nowhere to be seen. At this moment, this side hall was an absolutely sealed space.

"Don't worry, I know how to open the secret passage to the main burial chamber from there..."

"How did you know? This is your first time here too, isn't it?"

"Hehe, I heard it!"

Hu Ming smiled mysteriously, offering no explanation, and stepped over the corpses of the Wang family members, heading straight for the three Forbidden Woman statues in the very center.

These three life-size statues are carved from the finest milky-white Hetian jade.

Putting aside the historical significance of these three statues, the large, complete piece of Hetian jade alone is priceless!
These three statues are sculpted with remarkable realism, almost identical to the real Forbidden Women, even the venom in their eyes seems to have been carved out.

It is worth mentioning that these three statues are exactly the same as the posture of the forbidden woman in the murals that Hu Mingyin and Nanfeng saw in the passage.

The two statues are pregnant women, while the one in the very center is a woman with a large gash in her abdomen.

Under Yin Nanfeng's bewildered gaze, Hu Ming reached his right hand into the laceration in the Forbidden Woman's abdomen.

Press lightly with two fingers on one of the less obvious spots.

The next moment, a loud "click" sound rang out as the mechanism began to operate.

Suddenly, the floor beneath the statue cracked open, revealing a dark passage.

This is the tomb passage leading to the main burial chamber.

"Is this what you heard?"

Upon seeing this, Yin Nanfeng raised a delicate eyebrow and couldn't help but sigh.

听？
Is there really such terrifying hearing in this world? Is it the unique secret technique of the Unloading Ridge Sect, or is it a mutation in the body brought about by that mysterious bloodline?

This level of skill is beyond the capabilities of ordinary people!

"Hmm, that's right, it was 'heard', that's how perverted it is."

As if he knew what Yin Nanfeng was thinking, Hu Ming grinned.

"However, we don't have time to discuss that now. As the last layer of security, it started working the moment I opened this secret passage."

"Be prepared, Nanfeng. What's about to happen is something that will probably give you nightmares tonight."

Before the words were finished, a loud hissing sound of snakes filled the hall.

From the honeycomb-like wall, riddled with countless tiny holes, countless black-haired snakes emerged!
The quantity is countless, numbering in the tens of thousands!
Hu Ming frowned. It was surprising that the bloodline power that had just erupted hadn't made them run away, and that they even dared to appear in front of him!
(End of this chapter)