Tomb Raider: I Am Hu Bayi's Cousin

Chapter 403 Murals that Keep Up with the Times!
"These seven people... are indeed all suspicious!"

On the other side, after emerging from the joy of reuniting with Chen Wenjin, Wu Sansheng squatted in front of the seven corpses, groping his face with both hands.

A moment later, Wu Sansheng tore seven faces off the seven men!
"..."

"They were all human skin masks after all..."

Wu Sansheng sighed wearily.

Originally, he was somewhat pleased to see that he still had a few loyal people around him, even though he had previously wanted to kill them.

However, when he finally discovered that these seven people were all people with ulterior motives, Wu Sansheng couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable.

Such double standards!
The seven faces before me were all extremely ordinary, with almost no distinguishing features.

"These seven people should be from two groups. One group is 'his' people, and I don't know about the other group. Can you figure anything out?"

Hu Ming leaned closer and asked softly.

I actually recognize all three of them; they're assassins!
"These people are all 'my' people!"

After a brief silence, Wu Sansheng said in a deep voice.

A moment later, silence fell over the room.

Hu Ming grinned and smiled silently.

Chen Wenjin subconsciously moved a few steps away from Wu Sansheng.

This "I" is another Wu Sansheng, another Xie Lianhuan!
Xie Lianhuan is ruthless and unscrupulous in his actions, and he is not afraid to sacrifice anyone to achieve his goals!
Xie Lianhuan's men tracked him down here for only one purpose: to dismantle the Queen Mother of the West's secret to immortality, and at the same time, to secretly eliminate Chen Wenjin!
Although this operation will wipe out all of "his" forces.

But
Immortality is ultimately too tempting; even if "he" is gone, there will be another ambitious person.

Once something has been laid bare, it can no longer be hidden away.

Given Xie Lianhuan's personality, it would be perfectly normal for him to destroy everything related to immortality.

Wu Sansheng, Hu Ming, and Chen Wenjin all understood this.

At this moment, Wu Sansheng's face had turned extremely pale.

They are partners, that's true, but their plans are indeed independent.

He knew that Xie Lianhuan found Chen Wenjin, who was still conscious, troublesome, but he never expected that Xie Lianhuan would go to such lengths.

The night wind suddenly became a little eerie, and for a moment, Hu Ming, Wu Sansheng, and Chen Wenjin all lost interest in continuing their conversation.

Light a cigarette and puff out smoke.

As for Wu Xie and the others who were looking puzzled and almost driven to despair by their curiosity, no one was in the mood to answer their questions.

"But it's alright, those three are already dead, it's not a big problem and won't affect your plans, Wenjin."

After a long silence, Wu Sansheng lowered his head and spoke softly in a hoarse voice.

"I hope so. I'm tired, Sansheng. I need to rest."

"You don't mind if I stay here tonight, and we can set off together tomorrow morning?"

"You know, Hu Ming is stubborn and refuses to tell me the entrance to the Queen Mother of the West's location."

Chen Wenjin sighed slightly and walked towards the tent of an unlucky man on the ground without turning her head.

"Tsk, after ten years, we've met again, and it's turned out like this..."

My condolences!

Hu Ming patted Wu Sansheng on the shoulder and sighed softly.

What else could he say?
We can't just say it's fate playing tricks on us, can we?
After a night of commotion, there wasn't much time left for everyone to rest. With various worries weighing on their minds, many barely slept at all that night.

The next day, just as dawn was breaking, Hu Ming ruthlessly woke up the few people who had barely managed to fall asleep.

"..."

Everyone, sporting dark circles under their eyes, glared at Hu Ming with resentment.

Does this guy have absolutely no idea what human-centered design is?
Do we really have to set off at the crack of dawn?
Isn't this just deliberately making things difficult for people?
Seeing the wicked smile on Hu Ming's face, they knew exactly what was going on.

About half an hour later, everyone finally finished washing up, packed their gear and luggage, and looked at Hu Ming with expectant expressions.

Hilarious! Their dark circles are just too much like a national treasure's!
"Come on, the entrance is not far away, follow me."

Seeing that everyone had finished packing, Hu Ming took the lead and walked at the very front.

The underground entrance was less than 100 meters away from the group.

It's that drainage ditch from last night.

After the ropes were lowered, everyone slowly descended one by one.

It's worth mentioning that when passing by a section of relief sculpture at the temple, everyone was so focused on the Queen Mother of the West that they overlooked this part of the sculpture...

The reliefs here are almost invisible due to the erosion of time, but some details can still be discerned.

They respectively tell the story of the feud between the Queen Mother of the West and King Mu of Zhou, and the origin and function of the crested snake mentioned here.

However, at the end of the relief, there is a piece that is clearly newly carved.

A procession of ghostly soldiers, pulling a chariot drawn by eight horses, welcomed King Mu of Zhou back!
In front of this mural, there is another mural.

The image depicts a young man dressed in modern clothes, wielding a precious sword, directly slaughtering two snake kings!
That's Hu Ming.

In short, the Queen Mother of the West was also a woman who knew how to keep up with the times and knew how to update the major events happening on this land in a timely manner so that future generations could see them.

To be honest, Hu Ming still felt he had some sense of shame.

If someone were to see this mural... tsk, Hu Ming felt he would be embarrassed.

Seriously, I'm not kidding.

The passageway in this well is not narrow, but it slopes at a great angle and goes all the way down.

It is worth mentioning that, because it is currently the rainy season, when Hu Ming and his group entered this place, there was still water flowing downwards according to the ancient water storage system.

This has resulted in the area being filled with mud and moss that has grown there over the years, and the smell...

It's hard to say.

On the four walls of the passage, there were many recessed indentations, resembling shrines. Each indentation was filled with a mud cocoon.

Under the light, it was easy to see that several mud cocoons had been opened, but the contents inside were nowhere to be found.

"This is.…."

Ah Ning looked at the thing with suspicion, feeling that it looked somewhat familiar.

"Hmm, this thing is related to what was in the jars we found in the shipwreck before."

"In short, if you don't want to lose your life, don't move around. It's very dangerous in here!"

The last sentence was meant for the innocent and curious child.

He just can't seem to shake this habit; he can't help but want to know the ins and outs of everything he sees. Look, he's already shining a light on it, ready to touch it and investigate.
(End of this chapter)