Tomb Raider: I Am Hu Bayi's Cousin

Chapter 341 Where is Uncle?

"Hey, this guy is really a master of tomb raiding. This makes things easier. We can just follow the path. Even if there's any danger, he'll probably take care of it."

The fat man couldn't help but sigh.

They're getting a perk from the delivery guy.

“But this mark is different from the previous one; clearly, the information within it has changed.”

"Uncle Ming, what do you think?"

Wu Xie bit his nails, racking his brains but unable to come up with a solution. Frustrated, he looked at Hu Ming.
"How can I see it? I'm awesome!"

"Wu Xie, you're a big boy now, you need to learn to draw something nice... Oops! Damn, I accidentally said the wrong thing!"

"What I mean is, you need to learn to think for yourself and make your own decisions, Wu Xie. You can't always rely on others."

"Moreover, as I told you, this is a unique mark of the young man, a mark created from the only remaining information of his childhood memories. No one but him can understand it."

"So that's what Fatty said, just follow along and that's it, there's no point in you making wild guesses here."

Hu Ming spread his hands and said.

"Oh, oh...yes!"

Wu Xie nodded blankly and followed.

only.
I feel like I've overlooked something important.
Wu Xie glanced back at the passage behind him, frowned, but then quickly dismissed the thought.

Hu Ming is right. Regardless of whether the tomb chamber ahead is the main burial chamber or not, we should just go in and take a look.

……

This tomb passage is extremely short, only about two hundred meters long.

At the end of the tomb passage was a huge white jade gate.

As always, the lower half of this precious door has been violently blown away, revealing a large hole.

"Uncle Ming, you said that A Ning and her group entered the imperial mausoleum before us. We were delayed quite a bit on the way. Could they already be inside?"

As they approached the door, Wu Xie suddenly asked.

"No, Ah Ning and her group are too many. Their group is too big and bloated, and they've been entangled by those human-faced birds."

"It will probably take them a while to get here."

Hu Ming answered absentmindedly.

"By the way, Fatty, let me see your tomb-raiding talisman!"

Before entering, Hu Ming suddenly stopped.

"Huh? A tomb-raiding talisman?"

Despite saying that, the fat man still took it off and handed it to Hu Ming: "Uncle, be careful, don't break it. This thing is priceless. I had to beg Uncle Jin for a long time before he gave it to me. It's the symbol of our tomb raiding captains, a one-of-a-kind treasure in the world!"

"Pfft~"

Upon hearing this, Wu Xie and Fan Zi didn't react yet, but Hu Ming laughed.

"Fatty, let me tell you, there are only three tomb raiding talismans left in the world."

"They're all in your father's, Uncle Hu's, and Aunt Yang's hands. I asked them a while ago if they had given you the Tomb Raider Talisman, and they said no!"

"You've got a fake! What are you so smug about!"

Upon hearing this, Wu Xie laughed and spoke frankly.

"Yes, it is indeed a fake. The real tomb raiding talisman is made from the claws of a pangolin. It is jet black and shiny. Look, yours is already starting to turn green."

"This material... rhinoceros horn, it really is rhinoceros horn. You all, remember one thing."

"Raw rhinoceros horn cannot be burned, but if it is burned, it will produce a strange fragrance, and people can communicate with ghosts. Remember that? Also, if you encounter something strange, don't panic. Calm down and think carefully."

"And you seem pretty smart to me, how did you get so easily fooled by your old Wang and your Uncle Jin! Going into tombs is no joke, I'll give those unreliable guys a good talking to when I have time!"

With that, Hu Ming handed the Tomb Raider Talisman back to the chubby guy, whose face was grim. Hu Ming was speechless. Weren't those unreliable guys, Wang Kaixuan, worried about the chubby guy getting into trouble?

"Um, Uncle Ming, we've remembered what you said. This is how the ancients understood ghosts and spirits, right? Uncle Ming, why are you suddenly bringing this up?"

Wu Xie nodded and asked in confusion.

"It's nothing, let's go. Now that we're at the tomb entrance, we should go in and take a look."

Hu Ming laughed heartily, glanced at the top of the jade gate, and took the lead, crouching low as he entered the tomb chamber.

"What's wrong with him? He's suddenly acting all mysterious..."

"Wait, Uncle Ming, slow down! I, Fatty, must be the first to touch the treasure inside!"

The fat man muttered a few words, looked at the tomb raiding talisman in his hand, and still couldn't bear to throw it away.

Once inside the tomb chamber behind the door, the fat man cautiously lit a cold firework to increase the lighting, so he could quickly see the layout of the tomb chamber.

The instant the cold fireworks lit up, everyone witnessed a breathtaking scene, and almost everyone froze in place, unable to move.

This tomb chamber is nearly ten times smaller in height and width than the burial wine chamber we just saw, and four huge columns covered with reliefs stand in the four corners of the tomb chamber.

Surprisingly, there was no coffin in this tomb.

In its place lies a mountain of gold!
The enormous tomb chamber was filled with countless gold and silver artifacts, gemstones, glass, pearls, and jade.

It almost filled the entire tomb chamber!
Gold is humanity's most primal temptation!
Faced with such a vast amount of gold and jewelry, no one in the world can confidently say that they are completely unmoved!
"My grandfather--"

Upon seeing this, the fat man's eyes widened, his chubby face contorted, and he began to breathe rapidly.

The others weren't much better off.

"What did I tell you? The Jurchen's national treasury, the Southern Song's annual tribute, I didn't say that wrong, did I?"

Panzi was also quite shocked, almost unable to stand, and muttered to himself.

In the blink of an eye, the fat man regained consciousness.

"Damn it, we're really rich this time!!! Enough to live on for three generations, no, ten generations!"

While groaning, the fat man threw himself onto the golden mountain and rolled around, completely ignoring the painful bumps and bruises beneath him.

"Fatty, be careful. This is definitely not the main burial chamber; it's probably a burial chamber. After all, it's in an imperial mausoleum, and accidents can happen. Don't be so impulsive!"

Wu Xie swallowed hard and looked away from the treasure.

"Pah, you naive fool, stop jinxing it! This is clearly the Wan Nu Emperor's treasure room. The door's been blown open, what danger could there be..."

Halfway through his sentence, the fat man suddenly touched something in the golden mountain, and his face turned completely green.

"Naive, promise me, from now on when you're in the fields, you absolutely mustn't say anything discouraging! Damn it, your damn mouth is truly cursed!"

"Your grandfather named you, and he really hit the nail on the head with the single character '邪' (xié)!"

"A corpse! I actually found a corpse in the Golden Mountain!"

The fat man sighed, pushed aside the gold, and inside, the withered and curled-up corpse lay quietly, its face contorted, as if it had seen a terrifying sight before it died.

Seeing this, everyone's hearts sank.

I was instantly jolted out of my dream and smelled an ominous scent in the air.

"Get lost, screw you, what does it have to do with me? It just means there's something strange about this golden chamber; the tomb owner was unwilling to let his treasures be taken by later generations..."

"Uncle Ming, what do you think, Uncle Ming?"

"Holy crap? Where's Uncle? Fatty, Panzi, have you seen Uncle Ming? My Uncle Ming is such a big guy, when did he disappear?"

Wu Xie smiled and cursed with a dark face, then turned to ask Hu Ming.

But this question really made things funny.

Hu Ming, who clearly entered the tomb chamber with us, has vanished without a trace!
(End of this chapter)