Tomb Raider: I Am Hu Bayi's Cousin

Chapter 395 Human-faced Bird?
"When? Actually, it's not just me and Xiao Ge, all of you have already met Wen Jin before."

"Have you all met Dingzhu Zhuoma's granddaughter-in-law?"

Hu Ming couldn't help but curl his lips into a comical smile as he glanced sideways at the crowd.

"Holy crap? Dingzhuo Zhuoma's granddaughter-in-law?!"

Everyone was immediately stunned.

Hu Ming has already revealed everything thoroughly. If they still can't guess it, then they are truly incredibly stupid.

"Oh, speaking of which, didn't you previously intend to use violence and torture on Wenjin?"

Hu Ming looked at Wu Sansheng with a mocking expression.

"...That's Wenjin!? If I had known it was Wenjin, would I have done that?"

"Damn it, I've been searching for Wenjin for ten whole years! I never expected that she would be right in front of me just a few days ago?"

"Damn it... damn it all!!!"

Wu Sansheng feigned remorse and shouted repeatedly, making everyone feel a sharp, nauseating pain in their stomachs. He was so remorseful that it felt like their intestines were aching!
Wu Sansheng looked at Hu Ming with a complicated expression.

"Because you are too dangerous."

A glint of light flashed in Hu Ming's eyes as he spoke softly.

"Danger... Yes, it's understandable that she was wary of me, since I had considered using her life as bait."

"It's been ten years, so it's not surprising that I've changed a lot. For safety's sake, avoiding recognizing me is the right choice. Wenjin is right."

Wu Sansheng was taken aback, then quickly realized what was happening and gave a wry smile.

The people standing nearby were completely stunned!

Wu Sansheng then lit a cigarette, took a deep drag, and exhaled a puff of smoke, which calmed his turbulent emotions somewhat.

"So, what should we do next? How can we see Wenjin?"

Wu Sansheng said in a deep voice.

"Next, we will naturally continue forward to the entrance of the underground palace to meet the Queen Mother of the West."

"As for when we'll see Wenjin... I'm afraid we won't be able to see her until she's confirmed to be safe."

Hu Ming shrugged and said calmly.

This is a fact; Hu Ming did not lie to Wu Sansheng.

"I understand. Let's continue on our way!"

After taking a deep look into the darkness of the swamp, Wu Sansheng withdrew his gaze and said calmly.

he knows.

Chen Wenjin had been hiding in XZ for ten years and had long since developed a skill in evading danger.

If she doesn't want to see him, no matter how anxious or how much she searches, it's useless.

The only course of action now is to first reach the heart of the Western Queen Mother's Kingdom.

Chen Wenjin's target must be there; there lies the solution to her physical transformation.
When we get there, we will naturally meet.

Having figured all this out, Wu Sansheng stopped dwelling on it and looked at Hu Ming instead.

He knew that even if the younger brother won over Chen Wenjin, he wouldn't bring her along.

"Alright, then come with me... The sooner we resolve this, the sooner we can go home. I don't know what you guys are thinking, but I've had enough of this place." Hu Ming's gaze drifted deep into the earth, as if he could see through countless layers of soil and rocks, and finally see the massive meteorite deep beneath the surface, along with... a certain old woman.

Cross the swamp, venture deep into the dense forest, and head straight for the heart of the oasis.

The underground palace where the Queen Mother of the West hides is located in the very center, beneath the temple!
That's the lowest point in the entire Chaidamu area.

That is where the meteorite fell five thousand years ago.

Everything in the Kingdom of the Queen Mother of the West was built around the mysterious meteorite.

Both this unique geographical environment and the new hope for immortality were brought to the Queen Mother of the West by a meteorite that fell from the sky.

Without a doubt, this is a gift from heaven.

After crossing the aquatic rainforest zone, the vegetation becomes increasingly dense.

Above ground, thick tree roots intertwine, and the sounds of insects chirping fill the air.

Once you venture deeper into the dense forest, the light becomes extremely dim.

Strangely, once inside, it suddenly became eerily quiet, with no sound except for the noise of the group moving around.

The sounds of insects chirping and birds singing have all disappeared here.

"The Queen Mother of the West's territory is truly eerie," the fat man muttered as he walked. "Damn, not even a bird chirped?"

"More than that, it seems like there's nothing here except trees?"

Wu Xie nodded in agreement.

If the environment weren't so similar, they would have thought this was a completely different place from where they had passed through before!
"This is the core location. The Queen Mother of the West's royal city and temple were built deep in this dense forest. The snake is the guardian deity of the Queen Mother of the West's kingdom."

“Nephew, you are right about one thing: all the living creatures in this dense forest have long been devoured by the crested snake.”

"No other creatures are allowed to defile the area near the royal city."

Hu Ming explained as he walked.

"Eaten to pieces? Doesn't that mean this place is a snake's paradise?"

Ah Ning was stunned and subconsciously shivered. Just this morning, she had had a close encounter with a crested snake.

Looking at the silent, dense forest, I felt a chill run down my spine.

One or two crested snakes are not scary.

What's scary is that snake ball we encountered before.

God knows how many crested snakes are inside. If those snakes swarm in, no matter how many people come, they'll all die!
However, what they didn't know was that with Hu Ming, the ancestor of snake charmers, around, the crested snake posed absolutely no threat to them.

At this moment, some ruins of the ancient city have begun to appear in the dense forest before us.

Most of them were dilapidated, seemingly destroyed in the war or vandalized by human hands.

The road beneath our feet has also changed.

The path ahead begins with a downward slope.

Just then, a huge, grotesque face, the size of a truck, suddenly appeared behind the trees in front of them.

"That's... a human-faced bird!?"

They were all too familiar with this thing; it was clearly the human-faced bird statue from the Heavenly Palace on the Cloud Top!
(End of this chapter)