Tomb Raider: I Am Hu Bayi's Cousin

Chapter 353 The Origin of Everything
Wait, a dragon-patterned cloud-swirling blade!!!
Wu Xie was stunned, staring blankly at the precious swords in the hands of the two burly white men, then at the precious sword on Hu Ming's back. For a moment, he forgot his fear and fell silent.

Holy crap... could this knife have been created out of thin air by Hu Ming's bizarre ability? Or did Hu Ming simply forget about it?
Why did they go through all that trouble before?
Worried about him? What the hell am I worried about?! These two are absolutely outrageous and incredibly audacious!!!
Even the havoc Sun Wukong wreaked in the Heavenly Palace back then couldn't compare to this, could it?
Hu Ming and the young man were clearly trying to infiltrate the group and "sneak" into the Bronze Gate!
really…

"See you in six months, nephew!"

Hu Ming, who was in the group, noticed Wu Xie's attention, smiled and waved to Wu Xie, lip-syncing to the gesture.

The young man glanced at Wu Xie expressionlessly, without showing any particular emotion.

Judging from their expressions, there wasn't a trace of unease, fear, or worry. On the contrary, Hu Ming's expression as he looked into the crack in the bronze door was filled with anticipation.
This was clearly a premeditated act!
Wu Xie watched expressionlessly as Hu Ming and Xiao Ge followed the Yin soldiers into the bronze gate and disappeared into the darkness.

With a violent tremor in the ground, the bronze door instantly closed into a single unit, and even the eerie pale blue smoke disappeared.

"Wait, Uncle Ming, you son of a bitch! You're just going to leave like that? And you say see me in six months? How am I going to explain this to my aunt? She told me to keep an eye on you and not let you disappear like that!"

"You got away so easily, but what about me? We came together. I'm going back, and you're gone. Yin Nanfeng will definitely devour me alive!"

"Should I tell her you willingly followed a group of ghostly soldiers into a strange bronze door? No one in their right mind would believe that! You've really screwed me over!!!"

The deathly silence was shattered by the fat man's desperate screams.

Although he was also curious about what was at the door, the fat man felt that he wouldn't be able to wait another six months to see Hu Ming again.

Upon hearing this, Wu Xie remembered the task Yin Nanfeng had assigned them, and his expression instantly turned grim!
He might not even survive until his pulmonary fibrosis worsens and he dies. The reason is simple: if Hu Ming is gone, he and Fatty will definitely be buried alive by Yin Nanfeng!
He, the third young master of the Wu family, has many people in Hangzhou and the Changsha area who need to give him face.

But Yin Nanfeng really dared to kill him to vent his anger!
Wu Xie, his face ashen, had lost all hope of living.

Hu Ming and Xiao Ge followed the ghost soldiers and stepped through the bronze gate.

Several eerie lights suddenly illuminated the darkness the instant the bronze door closed.

These lights, without lampstands, oil, or even wicks, seem to burn out of thin air.

Even when these lights came on, Hu Ming was completely unaware, feeling no warning whatsoever, and hearing no sound whatsoever.

Even more amazing is that the darkness here is impenetrable even by night vision!
"Everything here defies common sense."

Seeing Hu Ming's furrowed brows, the young man explained softly.

"Um"

Hu Ming didn't delve into the matter further. If the ultimate truth of the world were so easily revealed, that would truly be strange.

He continued to follow the silent ghostly soldiers forward, his right hand subtly pressed against his chest.

There, the Tomb Raider Seal, which had not been used for a long time, began to heat up slightly after entering, but it also showed more reactions, which puzzled Jiang Nan.

After stepping through the bronze gate and entering this darkness, Hu Ming's biological clock almost stopped, and he couldn't feel the passage of time at all.

It was as if time had lost its meaning here.

After traveling for an unknown period of time, the ghostly army suddenly stopped moving.

After performing a strange ritual, a group of ghostly soldiers stepped into the darkness beyond the lamplight and vanished.

The next moment, a strange figure suddenly appeared in front of them.

"The King of Hell riding a corpse!!!"

Hu Ming's expression changed, and he muttered to himself, "This thing appeared in the 'Hidden Sea Flower' chapter!"
An indescribable ferocity rode on the back of a female corpse, whose limbs were twisted in a bizarre way. The corpse lay prostrate on the ground, its expression blank, carrying the "King of Hell" slowly forward.

"Next, it will lead us to the so-called ultimate."

The young man glanced at Hu Ming with a hint of doubt. Clearly, Hu Ming knew at least the name of the thing in front of him, but this was not the time to say anything.

The two followed silently behind the silent Yama riding the corpse, slowly stepping into the deeper darkness.

Everything here seems so magical, so contrary to common sense.

But placed here, in front of the world's greatest secret, it seems so natural that it hardly evokes any sense of wonder.

Hu Ming had completely lost his sense of time. His mind was filled with countless thoughts as he mechanically moved forward, following the King of Hell riding the corpse and the young man, until...
"Your grandpa... this is what they call the 'ultimate secret of the world'? The greatest secret in the world?"

"Is this what the Zhang family has been guarding for generations?"

"Dude, is it really worth it?"

Suddenly, the view opened up before him, and light returned. After seeing what was in front of him clearly, Hu Ming's pupils shrank to the size of pinpoints.

Despite having suspected it beforehand, it was still hard to believe when I was actually there, facing the ultimate truth.

Before them, in mid-air, a mysterious being with a human head and a snake's body was entwined around a huge, irregularly shaped, and incomplete unidentified bronze-colored object.

The mysterious being has the upper body of a human, normal size, and wears ancient clothing that is unrecognizable.

The lower half of the snake's body, by appearances, was over a hundred meters long, tightly coiled around the unidentified bronze substance.

From a distance, it's impossible to know the exact state of that mysterious entity.

But even a fool would know that thing was definitely alive!
"This is our duty, and our destiny. Let's go. This place is very, very big, far beyond your imagination."

"I'll tell you about the 'ultimate' in a little while. Just like you told Wu Xie, you'll be staying here for about half a year. We have plenty of time."

"Before that, let me show you some things..."

Upon arriving here, the young man seemed like a completely different person, with a faint smile on his face, and in his conversation, he seemed to have remembered things he had long forgotten.

"The environment here is special. That thing has all sorts of magical and unknown powers. Within its range, I can recall lost memories of the past."

As if understanding Hu Ming's doubts, the young man smiled faintly again and pointed to the unidentified bronze substance in a low voice.

"Moreover, you guessed correctly before, Hu Ming, the Zhang family's 'divine gift,' the Qilin bloodline, and the soul-loss syndrome of Zhang Qilings throughout history are indeed related to this place, and to the Zhang family's ancestor who is still alive..."

"Here, six months is enough time for you to understand the truth of the world and its changes."

"Including the so-called serpent god of the ancient demon kingdom, the truth about the imaginary space, and everything you want to know! Hu Ming, your bloodline has a deep connection with this place!"

"The origin of every story begins with it, and with it that it entangles and parasitizes. It is an incredibly long story."

"This place is destined to vanish, everything will disappear like a dream, leaving no trace in the world, and that time is fast approaching!"

"I am the last Zhang Qiling. Everything seems like a coincidence, yet it is also inevitable. Hu Ming, the Zhang family, and after me, have already been freed from the ancient covenant."

The young man looked at the mysterious human-headed, snake-bodied entity floating in mid-air and the unidentified bronze substance, and murmured to himself.

(End of this chapter)