Tomb Raider: I Am Hu Bayi's Cousin

Chapter 375 Blood Corpse

To get a better view, Hu Ming decisively fired a flare.

The blazing white fireball instantly illuminated the surrounding area.

It was a huge crescent-shaped mound hundreds of meters high, with an extremely old and dilapidated wooden boat suspended in mid-air.

Judging from its style, it should be a merchant ship that once traveled to the Western Regions.

The problem is, how the hell did this thing get embedded halfway up the mountain?
For a moment, the group stared in astonishment at the ship in mid-air, unable to contain themselves for a long time, until the flares slowly went out.

"sky!"

"Am I seeing things? Or is it that I'm hallucinating because I've been in the Devil City for too long?"

The surrounding light dimmed again, and Ah Ning murmured unconsciously.

"Nothing is impossible."

"Judging from the terrain here, this should have been an ancient riverbed in ancient times. This ship sank into the silt at the bottom of the river due to some accident."

"However, over time, the world has changed, and the ancient riverbed has become a desert. Moreover, the riverbed that once contained the shipwreck has risen to its current location as a result of geological movements."

Hu Ming lit a cigarette and said calmly.

“Ancient riverbed?” Ah Ning asked, taken aback.

"...Didn't you study the terrain and geographical location here before you came?"

"This place was once one of the seventeen Silk Roads in China, and it was a relatively treacherous one."

“In ancient times, the various kingdoms of the Western Regions were scattered across this barren land. This was the middle section of trade between Arabia and China.”

Hu Ming was immediately shocked.

"Wait, what are these people doing here?"

Before coming to find the Kingdom of the Queen Mother of the West, didn't they conduct any prior research on the civilization and geographical features of the Western Regions of China?
"Ahem, you know, we are all foreigners, and we don't really know much about the ancient civilization of China."

An Ning's embarrassed expression flashed by, and she murmured.

Hu Ming was right!
Before they came, they didn't know much about the Silk Road here.

After all, in their view, they were only looking for the Kingdom of the Queen Mother of the West; what did it have to do with other civilizations?
"Huh? Now you remember you're a foreigner? Who told me she was Chinese?"

"Um?"

Hu Ming looked at A Ning with a mocking expression.

It has to be said that this shamelessness—cough cough, I mean, this quick thinking—was incredibly ingenious.

Seeing the situation was turning against them, they immediately switched sides – impressive!
"Hey, look at the ground! There are footprints here! They look like they were left within the last few days."

"The terrain here is a natural haven; the Caucasians must have accidentally wandered here. As for the people..."

"Perhaps the person is in that sunken ship in mid-air?"

"Hu Ming, as expected of you! Your intuition is incredibly accurate!"

Aning seemed not to hear Hu Ming's sarcastic remarks, and pointed to the footprints on the ground and the sunken ship on the cliff, shouting exaggeratedly.

"Can!"

"In terms of talent for awkwardly and clumsily changing the subject, I, Hu Mingyuan, would call you the best!"

Hu Ming looked at A Ning with admiration.

"What are you all still standing there for? Go up and check if our people are actually taking shelter from the storm inside the ship!"

As if she hadn't heard Hu Ming's sarcastic remarks at all, A Ning calmly gave instructions to her subordinates.

In some respects, Aning is indeed practically invincible!
"Uh, okay, Ning, we'll go right now."

The team doctor and the big white man nodded blankly and gave Aning a thumbs up.

Ning, you're amazing!
This crescent-shaped cliff is extremely steep, with an angle of nearly seventy degrees.

Immediately, Aning's two men pulled out paratrooper knives from their waists and used them as climbing axes, starting to climb upwards. They were all professionally trained in rock climbing, even the team medic.

Under the light of Aning's searchlight, they soon climbed onto the sunken ship.

As the two figures disappeared into the sunken ship, the atmosphere suddenly became quiet.

Ah Ning was still a little embarrassed.

Hu Ming, on the other hand, squinted at the sunken ship, seemingly lost in thought.

About two minutes later, suddenly
Something's happened!

Hu Ming suddenly drew his precious sword from his waist and said solemnly.

With his extraordinary five senses, Hu Ming could monitor even the slightest movement in the sunken ship.

"What do you mean? My men won't be in danger!"

Ah Ning's heart sank, and she quickly asked, disregarding her embarrassment.

"Your people touched things they shouldn't have. As for the safety issue, the two people who went missing earlier are already dead."

"And the two who just went in, well... oh no, another one died, leaving only the team doctor alive."

Hu Ming grinned and said indifferently.

Before the words were finished, continuous screams of agony came from the sunken ship in mid-air.

"Monster!!! Damn it, get away from me, don't come near me!!!"

"Ning, run! There's a monster on this ship!!!"

"Aaaaaah—!!!"

That's the team doctor's voice.

Immediately afterwards, the team doctor was seen struggling to escape from the sunken ship and tumble down the slope of the cliff.

Even from dozens of meters away, you could still see the horrified expression on his face.

"Calm down! What happened? Where is the others?"

Ah Ning's heart skipped a beat, and she quickly ran forward to help the team doctor up, asking questions one after another.

"Monsters—there are monsters! Man-eating monsters! They've all been eaten. Eaten!"

However, in a short period of time, the team doctor seemed to have been terrified, repeating only this one sentence over and over again.

especially.

The team doctor was covered in mottled bloodstains, and his face was almost completely stained red. Combined with his horrified expression and words, it was truly horrifying.

Just then, a night breeze blew by, and from the Devil City behind them came bursts of ghostly wails and howls.

Under the moonlight, a ferocious figure silently appeared at the bow of the sunken ship, quietly watching the people below.

That was a person, or rather, it used to be a person.

Judging from their clothes and appearance, they are definitely Ah Ning's subordinates.

However, at this moment, the person was completely unrecognizable, and some strange transformation had occurred.

The exposed skin looked as if it had been corroded by high-concentration sulfuric acid, turning the whole body blood red, with drops of blood dripping from above.

Especially that face.

His eyelids had long since disappeared, and his blood-red eyes were wide open, filled with cruelty and greed.

Even the missing lip and exposed gums, along with the dark white teeth, added to the menacing appearance.

Most terrifyingly, it was clutching a mutilated leg tightly in its hand!!!
Judging from the tear, it looks like it was ripped off a person's body!
“It’s a blood corpse,” Hu Ming said softly.

Hu Ming had seen this thing countless times; he was absolutely certain he wouldn't mistake it!
(End of this chapter)