Tomb Raider: I Am Hu Bayi's Cousin

Chapter 41 The Fireflies Awaken

Just as everyone fell silent after hearing Hu Ming's words.

Click.

Suddenly, a white light flashed by.

"Who?" Hu Bayi asked upon seeing this.

It was Sadipeng who turned off the flash. The photos he took were not clear, and the Ghost Cave text looked a bit blurry. He was not satisfied, so he turned on the flash and took another picture, thinking to himself that it was just one picture and he would definitely not use the flash next time.

Seeing that Hu Bayi and Hu Ming's expressions were even more unpleasant, he looked at Sa Dipeng with displeasure.

Sadipeng put on a victim's act.

"I...I turned off the flash."

"Little Sa, don't turn on the flash, or you'll kill us all."

After giving Sadi Peng a few words of reprimand, Hu Bayi let it go. What else could he do? Hu Bayi was now thinking that once he got back, he would immediately resign from his position as team leader and return to the capital with Hu Ming and Fatty.

Hu Ming glanced at Sa Dipeng indifferently, a slight sneer in his heart. This grandson was putting on a very convincing act.

That expression, that demeanor—it would be a loss for the stage if they didn't go on stage.

"Xiao Sa, don't use the flash, listen to Team Leader Hu."

Professor Chen quickly chimed in, seemingly reprimanding Sa Dipeng, but actually helping him.

at this time……

Chichi~
Dense numbers of fireflies take flight, combine, and form a large firefly army.

This momentum?
Hu Bayi was extremely nervous and shouted, "Run! Run...run!"

Chichi~
The fireflies swarmed together, forming a vast army. Looking around, they weren't fireflies at all; they were countless eerie blue fireballs.

Blue flames rose up, seemingly capable of burning everything; ordinary people would be reduced to ashes in the blink of an eye.

It's more terrifying than the furnace at a crematorium.

"Run...run."

"Forget about the stuff, run!" Hu Ming shouted when he saw Hao Aiguo still taking pictures with his camera. He then quickly ran from a burial pit into the demon tower. Seeing many ladybugs attacking him, he threw a large bucket of water from his spatial storage. The ladybugs passed right through the bucket, and the water gushed out, killing many of them. Hu Ming then ran back.

He was constantly being chased by fireflies, so he had to use his wet coat to scatter them.

Hu Ming was now contemplating killing Sa Dipeng. He had woken up all the insects before even entering the Demon Tower, and he didn't know if his outrageous actions would earn him a system reward.

The tomb raiding system is basically about stealing treasures from tombs. Anyway, I've already gotten quite a few things, and I just entered the Demon Tower, so it should be fine, right?

Hmm, it should be fine...

The others were terrified; the fireflies hadn't even attacked yet, but their souls were trembling.

"Professor Chen, run! Forget about the stuff!" Ga Wa and the eldest son supported Professor Chen. The two were warriors with excellent stamina.

Hao Aiguo, Sa Dipeng, and Chu Jian ran desperately behind Professor Chen, glancing back as they ran. A dozen fireballs swooped down from the Nine-Story Demon Tower, their momentum so terrifying they almost wet themselves.

Yang Xueli, Fatty, and Hu Bayi followed closely behind, with Hu Ming bringing up the rear.

At this moment, Yang Xueli, who was fleeing for her life, threw something behind her, hoping to block the fireflies and buy herself some time to escape. She didn't have anything else she could use.

She threw away a safety helmet; it wasn't someone who dropped it there. *Splash.* A swarm of fireflies attacked the helmet, instantly burning it to ashes.

Yang Xueli's heart skipped a beat; this was terrifying.

She now realizes how foolish she was to have run into the demon tower alone.

The river was just ahead. When Hu Bayi saw Ga Wa and the big guy supporting Professor Chen on the riverbank, he was at a loss and shouted, "Quickly jump into the water and don't surface!"

The big guy turned around and saw a dense swarm of fireflies sweeping towards him.

His heart skipped a beat, and he grabbed Professor Chen and jumped into the river.

Thump thump.

Sadipeng and the others jumped in one after another, leaving only Shirley Yang, Huba, Ga Wa, and Hu Ming at the very end.

This time, Hu Ming really put in all his effort.

Gawa is afraid of water and can't swim. In their Tibetan area, it's forbidden to go into the water.

"Gawa!" Gawa turned around and saw a foot fly over, kicking him into the river.

"I can't swim..."

Splash, splash, the little boy struggled on the surface of the water, like a landlubber, and swallowed several mouthfuls of water.

Noticing Ga Wa's condition, Fatty emerged from the water and shouted, "Are you out of your mind? Take a breath!"

He pulled the little boy into the water. *Splash! Splash!*

The fireflies flew over, and Yang Xueli was still holding her notebook, looking it over from left to right. She had come all this way to find this notebook, and if it got wet in the river, the trip would have been in vain.

"Bring in water quickly!" Hu Bayi shouted anxiously. This was his employer; even if he quit after returning home, he couldn't let her die here now!

"My laptop is afraid of water." Hu Bayi snatched the laptop away and flung it violently to the other side.

Seeing the laptop lying on the other side, Yang Xueli was still worried. She was afraid that the fireflies might have burned it.
"Water's coming in!" Hu Bayi shouted to Yang Xueli, then realized what was happening. "Fatty, have you seen Mingzi?"

The fat man had already gone into the water.

"Sasa," a hoarse voice came through the intercom.

"Brother Hu, this is Ye Yixin. A storm is coming soon, you should evacuate immediately."

Before he could reply to Ye Yixin, Hu Bayi saw Hu Ming and the fireflies behind him, and Hu Bayi also jumped forward.

He can't block Hu Ming's way!

thump.

Yang Xueli felt a heat rising in her back at that moment. Without thinking, she plunged into the river.

Hu Ming followed closely behind and jumped into the river.

With a hiss, the fireflies, having lost their target, frantically swooped down. Water and fire are incompatible, and the surface was littered with the corpses of fireflies.

The remaining fireflies dared not swoop down, hovering on the water's surface, flapping their wings, as if they had endless rage with nowhere to vent it.

After all, Hu Ming had just used his coat to slap fireflies to death quite a few times.

(End of this chapter)