Tomb Raider: I Am Hu Bayi's Cousin

Chapter 386 Revenge?

After seeing Chen Wenjin off, Hu Ming waited here for more than an hour.

To be honest, Hu Ming suddenly had a strange feeling.

The oasis ahead is hell, and the Grand Canyon is the gateway to hell.

And he, is he the ferryman of hell?
Are they sending wave after wave of victims into it?
You know what, when you think about it carefully, it really does look remarkably similar.

boom!
Suddenly, a bright signal flare appeared on the horizon.

"coming!"

Hu Ming smiled and said softly.

This is a signal flare from Hongxia. The rising of this signal flare signifies that the guest has accepted the invitation and arrived here as agreed.

And then... it's time for the killing!
Looking back once more in the direction the signal flare had come from, Hu Ming slung his backpack over his shoulder and plunged into the Grand Canyon, speeding towards the oasis below.

In the distance, not far from the camp, a well-trained group of uniformed men slowly made their way through the rain in off-road vehicles.

"The Red Family of Signal Flare really weren't so kind as to tell us the way forward; they're definitely plotting something."

"Sir, what should we do? Should we turn back the way we came? There must be an ambush waiting for us on the road ahead!"

In the lead car, the man in the driver's seat frowned and asked softly.

"..."

The man being questioned was a middle-aged man wearing glasses and a suit.

Remarkably, at this age, this person shows absolutely no signs of middle-aged baldness.

Upon hearing this, the middle-aged man with glasses frowned slightly, gently rubbing his hands in his pockets. After a long while, he opened his eyes, a look of confusion flashing across his face.

"No! We'll continue along the river. Our ancestors said we won't encounter any danger until we reach our destination!"

"You know, for us, our ancestors are our faith, they are our gods! All our activities are in the footsteps of our ancestors!"

"This is the order of our ancestors, and it is absolutely not to be questioned!"

The middle-aged man with glasses was shouting obsessively in a jarring mix of Chinese and English.

Just now, he communicated with the ancestors he had recently brought home in some mysterious way.

Although he was somewhat confused and puzzled by the order.

But as he said, our ancestors are absolutely right!
"Ancestor... I understand!"

The man driving nodded, a fleeting look of fervor crossing his face.

In the arms of the middle-aged bespectacled man, a bronze-colored light shimmered faintly through his clothes.

Accompanying the mysterious light was a barely perceptible sigh.

At the end of the canyon, we were very close to the core area of ​​the oasis.

This is where the rivers converge.

Upon entering the oasis, the climate underwent a dramatic change.

The forest here is dense and lush. Over thousands of years, the trees and forests have grown to an unbelievable size, with towering canopies that obscure the sky.

Upon entering, the surroundings suddenly became stiflingly hot. It was just like a summer in the south, hot and humid. My clothes were instantly soaked, and my body felt like it was covered in a layer of sticky liquid, which was extremely uncomfortable.

The ground was uneven, with jagged rocks piled up in layers, and thick moss growing everywhere, making it impossible to stand.

Everywhere underfoot was damp mud, tangled tree roots, and rotten shrubs.

Walking here, every step leaves a deep pit; the environment here is just like the Amazon rainforest, with no trace of the high-altitude terrain.

Fortunately, the tree canopy overhead largely blocked the rain, which was the only good news.

"...Damn it, I swear! This is absolutely the last time I'll ever come to this godforsaken place in my life!"

By the river, Hu Ming washed the mud off his combat boots and sighed in disgust.

God knows what's in this mud on the ground.

The mud contained the carcasses of snakes and insects, as well as the dregs of rotting plants. In short, its composition was extremely disgusting, emitting a putrid stench!
However, Hu Ming also knew that cleaning his combat boots would be futile, since he would be staying here for a long time and would inevitably get them covered in mud.

"Tsk, are these guys really that vengeful? Ten years have passed, and they still remember my biometric information?"

Suddenly, Hu Ming paused in washing his combat boots, and without looking up, he curled his lip and said...

Before anyone knew it, a strange cloud of fire had appeared on the river.

Upon closer inspection, those fiery clouds were clearly a dense swarm of bright red snakes!!!
Most of these snakes were about the thickness of a baby's wrist and about a meter long, with a bright red rooster comb on their heads.

These snakes are a local specialty—crested snakes!

At this moment, across the river, countless crested snakes were coldly watching Hu Ming, who was leisurely wearing shoes.

This scent...it was all too familiar to them!
Many years ago, it was this very aura that killed their "king" with a precious sword!
This snake is extremely mysterious; it can not only mimic human speech, but also possesses a certain degree of intelligence.

When it comes to holding grudges, Hu Ming can't find any other creature in the world that can compare to them.

Even killing just an ordinary crested snake can trigger endless retaliation from the entire snake swarm.

They wouldn't stop until they dragged the perpetrator into the swamp deep in the oasis, turning him into a breeding ground for snake eggs.

Hu Ming killed quite a few crested snakes ten years ago.

Even the two snake kings were chased and killed by Hu Mingsheng, who then made a delicious snake meat soup.
To be honest, those two snake kings had lived for four or five thousand years, yet their flesh was still exceptionally tender and delicious.

If it weren't for his limited appetite, Hu Ming would have loved to swallow both snake kings whole.

Now, in this oasis, in their territory, Hu Ming, their mortal enemy, has reappeared, and the crested snake swarm has gone completely berserk!
"Revenge!!!"

Instantly, countless chaotic, hoarse roars came from the underwater snake swarm.

"Oh ho, revenge? Not bad. It's been ten years, and you guys have actually used Chinese correctly once again."

Hu Ming stared speechlessly at the swarm of snakes that had risen from the water, ready to charge at any moment. Although these creatures could mimic human speech, they couldn't understand human language at all; they could only instinctively imitate the words they heard most often to lure nearby people over.

I wonder which unlucky guy these crested snakes learned it from; the word "revenge" is really quite fitting.

"However, you've probably forgotten the humiliation of being dominated by me years ago?"

A cold smile curled at the corner of Hu Ming's lips, and his pupils began to flash!
For snakes, golden eyes are their nemesis!
To others, this was a deadly snake's lair, but to Hu Ming, it was clearly a place teeming with slaves!
Here, Hu Ming doesn't need any help; he can be an army all by himself!
The golden eyes gleamed with a faint bronze luster, and a mysterious power emanated from them, enveloping the swarm of snakes before it.

Behind the bronze door, Hu Ming's golden eyes had changed once again because he had come into close contact with a certain magical substance.

In addition to his almost divine ability to materialize, he is also able to control scaly animals!
(End of this chapter)