Tomb Raider: I Am Hu Bayi's Cousin

Chapter 377 Poor Aning
The corpse beetle is an extremely long-lived insect.

Furthermore, under the research of the Queen Mother of the West, they were even hybridized with the crested snake unique to the Snake Swamp Ghost City.

The Corpse Beetle King, the Rooster Crested Serpent, and the Meteorite Jade—these three entities, each possessing unique and extraordinary powers, are combined in a wondrous way to create the Corpse Beetle Pill.

This is also the Queen Mother of the West's greatest achievement in achieving immortality.

By using the near-immortal corpse beetle king in this natural state to continuously replicate memories in the human brain, the crested snake's ability to make people constantly shed their skin and regenerate, and the meteorite jade's ability to give people the characteristic of not aging, it is enough to achieve the goal of immortality!
And as a price—

First, they cannot escape the limitations of the meteorite jade. Second, the heads of immortals are already filled with the eggs of the Corpse King.

If someone were to cut open the head of someone who had achieved immortality using this method, they would find that the inside is exactly the same as the blood corpse below.

Therefore, in Hu Ming's view, the Queen Mother of the West was quite ruthless to him.

At least, Hu Ming cannot accept this kind of immortality.

The deck of the sunken ship was riddled with cracks and breaks.

Before Hu Ming was a huge crack, large enough for one person to pass through.

At the edge of the crack, there were still fresh, not-yet-dried bloodstains and some pieces of flesh.

After thinking for a moment, Hu Ming jumped straight into the crack.

This ship was originally used to transport the Corpse Beetle King to the Queen Mother of the West, making it a very important vessel.

Therefore, the wood used for the ship must have been a very precious type of wood from thousands of years ago.

Despite enduring thousands of years of wind, sun, and rain erosion, the ship has not completely decayed.

As soon as you get inside, mud keeps falling off the hull of the boat.

The ship's interior was once vast, but now it is almost entirely filled with mud and gravel, with only a narrow passageway providing passage for people to walk through.

Judging from the traces of this passage, it was only recently unearthed.

If it's just about sheltering from the wind, then the area below the cliff is sufficient.

There was absolutely no need to brave the sandstorm to climb up here, and then go through all the trouble of digging a passage into the cabin.

Clearly, there's something fishy about those who reappeared here after disappearing!
Hu Ming frowned, crouched low, and crawled sideways through the blood-stained passage, covering a distance of about seven or eight meters.

A downward-facing opening appeared ahead, and below it lay the ship's cabin space.

Most of the space inside the cabin was also filled with dried mud.

Occasionally, you can see some scattered, delicate little things in the soil.

Hu Ming unceremoniously grabbed a few items and tossed them into his personal storage space as souvenirs.

As you continue walking forward, suddenly, you see many severed limbs on the ground, with some fabric scattered around.

"Judging from the amount of meat, it should be enough for two people... Part of it was probably torn up yesterday, and the other part is very fresh, it just happened."

"It's definitely him, the one who went missing with the Caucasian, and that unlucky guy who just came up with the team doctor."

After a quick glance, Hu Ming had already made a judgment.

Moreover, some of the shredded flesh had countless tiny, strange wounds.

It looks as if it was pierced by countless fine needles.

Upon seeing this, Hu Ming frowned slightly, then quickly regained his composure and ignored the matter.

Hu Ming turned his gaze elsewhere.

In the corner, several black, sealed earthenware jars lay quietly. They were exactly the same style as the broken earthenware jars on the deck.

These are all jars used to store and transport the Corpse Beetle King!
This is what Hu Ming meant by "interesting."

Just as the blind man thought, what Hu Ming considered interesting little things that could kill time to explore were actually deadly dangers to normal people.

Judging from the surrounding traces, these things must have been buried in dry mud long ago and were recently dug out by someone.

"You reap what you sow..."

Hu Ming shook his head and sighed.

However, it seems that "he" does indeed possess considerable intelligence about the Western Queen Mother's Kingdom.

Otherwise, the Caucasians wouldn't have gone to the trouble of digging this up to take it out.

"Was it this stuff in here that killed my men?"

At that moment, A Ning's slightly dejected voice rang out from behind Hu Ming.

"Yes, this is the thing that shouldn't be touched. It's the King of Hell who's bringing death."

Hu Ming picked up the ceramic jar, about the size of a toilet bowl, with one hand, tossed it up and down, and said casually.

"...Hu Ming, let's discuss this. If this thing is so dangerous, could you put it down?"

"To be honest, you're making me a little nervous by tossing it around like that!"

Subconsciously, Ah Ning's gaze followed the pottery jar up and down, offering slightly flustered advice.

She also saw fragments of these pottery jars on the deck, as well as human heads inside.

Damn it!
If Hu Ming were to accidentally drop it and break it...

They released those blood-red worms from inside, and in that confined space, they had nowhere to escape!
"Don't worry, I have a special constitution. Even if I release the Corpse Beetle King, it won't approach or attack me. As for you..."

"Tsk tsk, with such delicate skin and tender flesh, I think the Corpse Beetle King would really like someone like you."

Hu Ming understood Ah Ning's look and smiled teasingly.

Hu Ming glanced at the time on his wristwatch and a strange smile appeared on his lips.

"..."

Ah Ning's lips twitched, feeling utterly helpless at Hu Ming's irresponsible words.

What's the big deal? Does it mean that as long as they're safe, the lives of others don't matter?
"Let's go, there's no need to stay here any longer."

"Moreover, Hei Xiazi and Zaxi have also come looking for us. It's time to go back."

Shaking her head, Ah Ning subconsciously took a few steps back from the pottery jar and whispered.

Black Bear, Zaxi!
Hu Ming's strange smile deepened as he looked at A Ning with pity.

The fact that Hei Xiazi came to find them signifies one thing.

Wu Sansheng has already arrived with his men, and with the help of Hei Xiazi and Xiao Ge, they have taken control of A Ning's men.

Given Wu Sansheng's personality, he should already be interrogating these people, trying to find the person who is "him" who is hiding very deep among them.

Poor Aning, she didn't know that after leading her team through so many hardships to get here, they had all been wiped out before the rainy season even arrived.

Now, she's all alone.

(End of this chapter)