Tomb Raider: I Am Hu Bayi's Cousin

Chapter 410 Sustainable Development

Seeing the resentful look in the eyes of the ghost soldiers as they looked at Hu Ming, the fat man clicked his tongue in regret.

He silently put away the detonator in his hand.
Compared to Hu Ming, this guy is the one who really likes to force open doors!
What's so bad about being stabbed with a knife?
That tomb-raiding fat prince was using explosives!!!
It doesn't matter if it's a secret passage or a jack-operated gate.

As long as there's enough explosives, there's no place in this world that the fat prince can't go!
"Damn it, why do I suddenly feel like I'm the only civilized person among us?"
Wu Xie noticed the fat man's little trick, his lips twitched, and he sighed, rubbing his forehead.

He's a man of logic, so in this situation, his first instinct would be to find a suitable location.

But the team was full of violent freaks!
Click click click.
Then came a series of sounds of machinery operating.

As the ghost soldiers moved, the stone wall in front of them slowly contracted inward.

Before long, a passage appeared before everyone.

"Go ahead, you should know the way ahead very well, you don't need me to lead the way."

"His Majesty is waiting for you right there. Oh, and put away the knife in your hand and the appetite in your eyes!!!"

"In this oasis, you can do whatever you want with the crested snake and the snake king, but the snake is the very foundation of our ancient kingdom of the Queen Mother of the West!"

"Without the mother snake, the entire crested snake colony will soon die, which is unacceptable to us!"

The ghostly soldier slowly stuffed himself into the jade terracotta warrior, and then solemnly gave Hu Ming some final instructions.

"So you ancient people were too petty."

"I'm not going to kill the snake mother, I just want to cut off a piece of her flesh to taste."

Hu Ming sighed regretfully.

Honestly, all the living beings in the Queen Mother of the West's kingdom have a huge misunderstanding of him!!!
Is Hu Ming the kind of ruthless person?
Most importantly, Hu Mingke is a good young man of the new era who deeply understands the importance of sustainable development.

The snake mother is a non-renewable resource. It was only through a series of coincidences and the painstaking research of the Queen Mother of the West that this unique snake mother was born.

It would be a shame to just kill him so easily.

Wouldn't it be better to raise it and harvest its meat every now and then?
Such a large snake, weighing only about ten pounds each time, isn't that as insignificant as a mosquito bite?
mean!!!
"Go and tell His Majesty this!"

Yin Bing was utterly exasperated; he had never seen anyone like this before.

Despite having a fairly friendly relationship, why is he so determined to devour someone else's gatekeeper snake?
The passageway in front of us was not wide at all; it was extremely narrow, only wide enough for one person to crawl forward.

The crowd lined up and entered one by one.

After crawling forward for less than ten meters, the road ahead suddenly turned, almost vertically downwards.

This is the only road leading to the location of the Queen Mother of the West.

To be honest, every time Hu Ming passed through this place, he couldn't help but complain in his heart.

The old woman, the Queen Mother of the West, couldn't stay away from the meteorite herself, so she didn't consider the feelings of her subordinates at all!
Staying in such a nearly vertically downward passage for too long can easily cause a cerebral hemorrhage.

Um... here's a question: can ghost soldiers also suffer from cerebral hemorrhage?
The downward passage was much longer.

Just as the fat guy in the back started cursing, suddenly, a clear sound of water came from ahead!
Soon, they reached the end of the passage, where a gray-white stone slab blocked their way.

Hu Ming was already very familiar with this place, and without saying a word, he clenched his fist and slammed it on the head.

boom!
The stone slab rolled down and fell into the water, splashing up a large spray.

Without the slightest hesitation, Hu Ming flipped over and jumped down.

Below, there was a wide waterway with a gentle current, and it wasn't deep, only reaching waist level. This place was rarely visited by people, with almost no sources of pollution. The water was crystal clear, and the stone slabs at the bottom could be seen at a glance.

This is an artificially excavated river channel, and also the lowest point of the entire underground water storage system, used to store rainwater during the rainy season.

This also explains why this year's rainy season was not severe.

Otherwise, Hu Ming strongly suspected they would have had to swim all the way there.

The others followed Hu Ming's lead and jumped into the water, causing a commotion as soon as they entered.

It is common sense that water that is too clear will have no fish.

There are no fish in this river, but a translucent aquatic worm lives there.

These insects usually live at the bottom of the water and are not aggressive. As soon as Hu Ming and the others moved, they scattered and fled.

Upstream in the waterway is a bronze sluice gate, outside which are piles of branches and debris washed down from upstream.

Downstream, the direction they needed to proceed was pitch black.

Not long after walking along the river, a human-faced bird statue, about two meters tall, suddenly appeared in the middle of the downstream waterway.

"Don't wake them, slow down, and just pretend this thing doesn't exist!"

"These moths are a bit of a problem. Although my brother and I have the bloodline to effectively deter them, their scales are poisonous. If you accidentally get them on you, you'll be in trouble."

With a slight narrowing of his eyes, Hu Ming knew what this thing truly was, and lowered his voice to give instructions.

Upon hearing this, everyone felt a chill run down their spines.

They had seen those poisonous moths with their own eyes while they were in the forest.

That number was overwhelming, densely packed.

The "statue" in front of us may not be large, but it's still quite exaggerated.

At that moment, everyone slowed their pace, gently walking around the statue and moving forward.

The waterway ahead widens and rises higher, forming a funnel-shaped opening.

After walking forward for about 100 meters, the river indeed came to an end.

The surrounding space suddenly became ethereal and echoing, and we arrived at a large place.

The shallows stretched forward, and as the beams of light swept across, a wide and calm expanse of water came into view.

This is the key point of the entire underground water storage system of the ancient city of Xiwangmu, a natural small underground lake.

The lake is so wide that the lights can't reach the end of it.

The meteorite jade is still deep in the lake; you need to keep going forward, as it's not visible here.

They moved slowly around the shallows.

"Hey!"

Suddenly, Hu Ming's expression froze for a moment, then a bright smile appeared on his face.

Suddenly, a faint rustling sound came from the lake beneath my feet.

(End of this chapter)