Tomb Raider: I Am Hu Bayi's Cousin

Chapter 398 Is the Queen Mother of the West still alive?

After arriving here, they continued walking for about two hours before finally reaching the depths of the royal city ruins, where the temple was located!
By this time, it was already getting dark, and the originally planned itinerary was somewhat delayed.

"...It's all your fault for slowing us down, nephew..."

Hu Ming sighed slightly and glanced sideways at Wu Xie.

To be honest, they chose to rest many times along the way because they were taking care of Wu Xie; otherwise, they could have entered this place in the afternoon.

If we had rushed any faster, we might already be deep inside the labyrinthine water storage channel, and might even have met the Queen Mother of the West.

"Yes, yes, I understand, my dear Uncle Ming."

"I swear, after I get back this time, I'll go to the gym every day and train until I drop, I won't leave until I'm dead, okay?"

Wu Xie's face darkened, and he said irritably.

However, looking down at his slightly chubby belly, Wu Xie sighed inwardly.

My life seems to have become somewhat decadent over the past six months?
He didn't have this thing before!!
Subconsciously, Wu Xie took a deep breath and shrank his stomach.

Of all these people, besides the fat guy, it seems he's the only one who has these things...
Well, Wu Xie is not fat, nor does he want to be fat, and he doesn't want to learn from fat people.

"Stop hiding, it's been so long, who hasn't seen it yet?"

"You're really something, out of all these people, you're the only one with a big belly. Who wouldn't see it?"

Wu Sansheng patted his nephew's belly in an annoyed tone.

You should know that the Wu family is a family of tomb raiders!
Even if it's mainly a mental activity and physical health isn't that important, a little belly?
That's a bit too much!
Damn it, the worst part is that he went out with the fat guy to find girls without taking his uncle along!
Damn it!
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The ruins deep within the royal city are somewhat different from those encountered before.

It's incredibly large here, and at first glance it looks very much like Angkor Wat, with stone corridors and unidentified square towers everywhere.

After the playful banter to liven things up, we still had to get back to our work.

Led by Hu Ming, the group arrived at the bottom of the highest point of the ruins.

This was once the temple of the Queen Mother of the West.

"If this place were developed into a tourist hotel, it would be the ninth wonder of the world, don't you believe it?"

"Damn, just collecting entrance fees is enough to make my hands cramp!"

"I was saying, how about we actually find some people to develop this place?"

Looking at the magnificent, tall, and well-preserved temple covered in green vines, a series of ways to make money immediately came to mind for the fat man.

If they can really do it, even if they don't manage to get their hands on the funerary artifacts this time, it will still be enough to make everyone rich!
Don't tell me this is deep in the woods, a no-man's land, extremely dangerous.

You should know that there's never a shortage of people in this world who court death!
The sheer number of people who die in the no-man's-land every year speaks volumes.

"Let's not even talk about how you plan to deal with the outer Devil City; are you going to grow mushrooms?"

"And another thing, if you dare to do that, that old woman, the Queen Mother of the West, will definitely skin you alive and feed you to her lovely swarm of snakes."

"Trust me, the crested snakes will love your kind of 'dumplings' with their thin skin and generous filling."

Hu Ming looked at Fatty Wang speechlessly.

They're even developing it into a tourist attraction? This place already has an owner, you know.
Is it an invitation for tourists to interact with an ancient queen from 5,000 years ago?
"Hu Ming, are you saying that the Queen Mother of the West is really still alive?"

As they pitched their tents in the large open space in front of the temple, Aning approached Hu Ming and asked hesitantly.

Aning had been able to guess to some extent what Qiu Dekao wanted over the years.

But does such an incredible thing as immortality really exist in this world?
As they drew closer to the heart of the Queen Mother of the West's kingdom, Aning grew increasingly confused and lost. "Of course, didn't I say that I made a deal with the Queen Mother of the West ten years ago? I'm here to complete that deal."

"If she's not alive, who am I going to make a deal with? Ghosts or spirits?"

Hu Ming clapped his hands and casually explained.

"Making a deal with the Queen Mother of the West? Did you tell me about this?"

Ah Ning was stunned. She searched her memory thoroughly but couldn't find anything related.

Could it be that he has already developed Alzheimer's disease at such a young age?
Ah Ning was startled and was already considering whether she should go back to the hospital for a proper check-up.

"Um, it seems I haven't told you that."

"Sorry, sorry, I misremembered. I don't think I told you that."

Scratching his head, Hu Ming suddenly realized.

Thinking about it carefully, it seems that he had only mentioned this to Wu Sansheng and Xiao Ge, and no one else knew his real purpose for coming to the Kingdom of the Queen Mother of the West.

All they knew was that Hu Ming's presence here was inextricably linked to Chen Wenjin, but they had no idea that he was an "old acquaintance" of the Queen Mother of the West.

In other words, the blind man guessed some things.

Ah Ning's hand unconsciously touched her waist.

"I feel like shooting this bastard to death!" Ah Ning smiled as she looked at Hu Ming.

Why is it that she seems to have never gotten anything good out of Hu Ming along the way?
It's really uncomfortable!

Hu Ming ruthlessly abandoned Aning, who was caught in self-doubt, and glanced back at the group who had already begun preparing dinner.

After thinking about it, I decided not to say anything about the situation here.

Tonight will probably be a wonderful night; I think everyone would agree, right?
"Hey bro? You're back!?"

Just then, the young man's mud-covered voice slowly emerged from the darkness.

Without saying a word, he sat down by the campfire, picked up the dry rations from Wu Xie's hand, and started eating.

Fine
Wu Xie looked at his empty hands, then touched his stomach, and his lips twitched. He decided to treat it as a way to lose weight.

"Brother? Where's Wenjin? Didn't you go after her? Where is she?"

"Is it really okay for her to spend the night alone in this godforsaken place?"

Wu Sansheng didn't care about anything else. He quickly put down what he was doing and came to the young man's side, anxiously asking.

However, the young man merely glanced at him indifferently, said nothing, took the water bottle from the blind man's hand, and silently ate his dry rations.

They completely ignored Wu Sansheng.

It's quite embarrassing.

“This area is not safe. Even with Hu Ming here, some unexpected things may happen at night.”

"If you don't want to lose your life in your sleep, be alert while you sleep!"

Ignoring Wu Sansheng's anxiety, the young man gave Hu Ming a barely perceptible nod, then left with a cryptic remark before crawling into a tent to rest.

Hu Ming's eyes flickered.

He understood what the young man meant.

With a slight upturn of his lips, Hu Ming secretly mobilized the swarm of crested snakes under his control to rush here, following the connection of the Golden Eyes.

Well, it turns out that Hu Ming was the one who drove the plot forward!
(End of this chapter)