Tomb Raider: I Am Hu Bayi's Cousin

The only remaining area unexplored is the Yao village.

As for the gains...
"Hu Ming, what the hell are you doing with this thing? A scarecrow?"

"There's no farmland here, no birds, who are you trying to scare with this thing?"

The fat man looked at the skull that had been pieced together and fixed to a wooden stick on the shore with a headache. He wanted to complain, but he didn't know what to say.
These skeletons were the haul the group had made over the past few days; they had salvaged many bones from various parts of the body from the bottom of the lake.

Coincidentally, these bones actually managed to piece together three complete skeletons.

Of course, heaven knows whose head, hands, feet, buttocks, and other parts belong to.

To be honest, this thing is actually pretty intimidating.

Last night, when Fatty couldn't help getting up in the middle of the night, he really gave the guy a big fright.

As for the issue of getting up in the middle of the night...
The fat man was getting old, and after years of frequenting various clubs in Beijing, his body was inevitably starting to show signs of fatigue.

"Don't you think the skeletons I pieced together have a certain artistic quality?"

"I've already thought it through. The day I get tired of this and retire from this profession, I'll go back to being an artist!"

Hu Ming smiled nonchalantly, looked at the three skeletons, thought for a moment, then took out three sets of clothes and put them on, and also made three baseball caps and three pairs of sunglasses for them.

Looking at it this way, it really does look like a real person!
If you're lucky, you might just scare that unlucky guy one day.

"Done!"

Hu Ming looked at the three freshly made "models" with great satisfaction.

"Uncle, that guy is absolutely a pervert!"

The fat man grinned and finally came to this conclusion in a low voice.

Who the hell likes playing with bones? Especially human bones!
"If I were truly a pervert, I would have wrapped you up in a human flesh bun and sold you! Saving your body full of fat would have been enough for me to make a fortune."

"Let's go, stop fooling around, it's time to set off."

Looking at the sky, Hu Ming, with his keen ears, whispered.

Their purpose today was to venture deep into the Yao village at the bottom of the lake to investigate.

It's worth mentioning that the weather hasn't been very good lately.

On the second day after we arrived, a torrential downpour suddenly began.

The rain has been incessant for the past few days, causing considerable trouble for Hu Ming and his team.

That's why Yun Cai was sent away by A Gui early on.

With no women present, the men didn't bother to argue. In the rain, they simply stripped naked, wearing only a pair of shorts, and carrying their diving equipment, headed towards the lake.

We paddled our kayak deeper into the lake, towards the northern slopes of the hillside.

The group of people quickly put on their gear and took turns throwing stones into the water.

As they went deeper into the water, the sound of raindrops hitting their ears gradually diminished until it was completely silent.

The depths of the lake were deathly still; as far as the eye could see, it was a deep, bluish-green, the water stagnant, as if devoid of any living creature. Indeed, during the past week, the group had not encountered any living beings in the lake.

Apart from those few blurry shadows when we came down on the first day.

The four of them knew perfectly well that there were unknown dangers lurking in this lake.

Those blurry humanoid creatures are most likely hiding in the unexplored Yao villages.

This is why the group didn't recklessly venture directly into the Yao village; after all, movement in the water is not as agile as on the shore.

They sank quickly to the bottom of the lake, exchanging hand signals as they swam together toward the Yao village.

A short while later, the four of them arrived at the deep ditch that Hu Ming had seen earlier, and swam in one by one through the gaps in the surrounding fence.

Beyond the fence lies a clean, rocky beach.

This is the outer area of ​​the village.

Only a few scattered, dilapidated wooden buildings remain.

The four did not linger here and swam directly to a more central area.

This village is about the same size as the one where Yun Cai and her friends live, with at most forty or fifty households, and its area is not large.
Before long, several huge, rotten logs that had sunk to the bottom appeared in the ruins of the village, within the range of the diving lights.

From the outside, the wood was completely rotten; apart from the outermost charred black surface, the inside had rotted into a honeycomb-like structure.

Outside the pitch-black shell, Hu Ming even discovered a few tender green branches.

God knows how those branches grew in the water.

However, the charred outer shell of the rotten wood also confirms that the village was probably destroyed by fire back then.

Of course, whether it was man-made or just an accident is hard to say.

The path leading into the depths of the village was blocked by a dense net woven from branches extending from rotten wood.

The group communicated with hand gestures and lined up in a row. Hu Ming and the young man took out their precious swords and swam at the front. The sharp blades cleared a path and opened a gap. These tree branches were not newly grown in the water, but had sunk into the water along with the village.

The inside of the branch had long since rotted into a lump of mud and powder, with only a thin layer of limestone on the surface supporting it and keeping it in its original shape.

However, limestone cannot break down lily; it can be easily crushed into powder with a little effort.

Ahead lies the center of the village.

Upon arriving here, the group remained cautious as they moved forward, wary of unknown dangers and the humanoid creatures they had encountered before.

Although I don't know what those things are thinking, once I get here, I'll probably inevitably clash with them.

Swish!!
Just then, the water in front of them suddenly became erratic. Upon closer inspection, six dark figures darted out of the village and headed straight for the four of them!
It really is true that what you say comes true.
Hu Ming sighed slightly; trouble was ultimately unavoidable.

Holding the knife in one hand, at the same time, a black pistol appeared in Hu Ming's right hand, which he aimed at the shadowy figure and fired.

The next instant, the dark green blood stained the surrounding lake water green...