Tomb Raider: I Am Hu Bayi's Cousin

Hu Ming stood up and tossed the knife that belonged to the younger brother to him.

At the same time, Hu Ming went to the rock wall, took out a knife from the system, aimed the handle at the rock wall, and struck it down hard.

Gudang~~~!!
The dull, distant impact echoed in everyone's ears.

The underground cavity was not large, but the sound echoed and amplified from the surrounding stone walls, making the ears of the group tremble.

The spot where Hu Ming struck was smashed into a large crater, with stone chips flying everywhere.

This shows how much force Hu Ming used.

Ignoring the protests from his eardrums, Hu Ming bent down, pressed his ear against the stone wall, closed his eyes, and listened attentively.

"..."

The group grimaced and covered their ears as they watched Hu Ming's actions.

They knew that Hu Ming had extraordinary hearing and was now using this method to probe their current situation.

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That sound was absolutely deafening, wasn't it!?
The sound lingered in the cavity for nearly a minute before finally subsiding and returning to silence. Only then did the group release their grip.

At this moment, Hu Ming also opened his eyes.

"Good news and bad news, which do you want to hear first?"

Putting away his precious sword, Hu Ming asked leisurely.

"...Bad news?"

The group exchanged glances and tentatively asked.

“Even the thinnest part of the rock strata here is hundreds of meters thick, making it almost impossible to dig through.”

Hu Ming shrugged and described their current predicament with a blank expression.

"Damn it! How did we get here?"

A rock layer hundreds of meters thick? Could it be that Fatty's jinx really came true? Space travel? Or another dimension?

Upon hearing this, Wu Xie's lips twitched violently, and his face instantly turned dark.

It was indeed bad news. If it weren't for Hu Ming and Xiao Ge in the team, he probably would have given up and waited to die on the spot.

"A cigarette? Let me have one to calm my nerves first, to hell with this damn pulmonary fibrosis!"

As he spoke, Wu Xie spotted a cigarette and a lighter among the small mountain of food. He promptly opened them and lit a cigarette for himself.

Feeling great!
Wu Xie now cherishes the rare time he can enjoy after finding an excuse for himself.

With a rather ecstatic exhale of a smoke ring, Wu Xie suddenly felt that if this was the end of the road, he would choose to smoke himself to death before dying of illness.

"You naughty kid, if you want to smoke, just say so. Why make up some high-sounding excuse?"

The fat man grinned, ignoring Wu Xie's personal attacks, and immediately saw through Wu Xie's little scheme.

To be honest, all four people present were old enough to call Wu Xie a brat.
Wu Xie grumbled twice in annoyance, unable to refute, and could only turn around to quietly enjoy his happy time.
"And the good news?"

Looking at Hu Ming's calm expression, the young man asked thoughtfully.

If there were no hope of getting out, Hu Ming would definitely not have this expression.

"In about a week or more, our livelihood will come to us on its own."

Hu Ming explained softly.

During his listening, Hu Ming clearly sensed nearly thirty humanoid creatures slowly breaking through the rock strata, approaching their location. Presumably to wait for their more distant, lagging companions, their advance was intermittent.

It would stop and wait in place from time to time.

Therefore, this also makes it difficult for Hu Ming to accurately judge when certain things will arrive.

Actually, time doesn't matter. Hu Ming and his companions have no worries about food or drink here, and there's even a pool of water where they can bathe.

What more could one ask for?
Underwater operations are extremely physically demanding. After replenishing their food and water, the group continued to explore the area.

This is their living area for the next week, or even longer.

It's worth mentioning that, as mentioned before, this is a space that resembles a gourd.

The space where Hu Ming and his group were located was about 30 square meters in size and about 5 meters in height.

The light swept around, revealing traces of artificial excavation everywhere. The place was empty, with nothing particularly noteworthy.

On the north side of the stone wall, there is a neat passage that looks like it was cut out with a knife.

Crouching low as you pass through here, you'll find another underground cavity at the end.

The space here is about three times larger than the cavity we were in before, and it's filled with stuff.

There were damp and rusty iron tools, wooden frames, bamboo baskets, and piles of blue bricks.

There were also some tools nearby that resembled stone mills, but their purpose was unknown.

In the corner of the cavity, shelves were piled high with the same kind of iron terracotta warriors they had encountered before.

The cave ceiling and walls were covered with dark green stripes.

When the light from the diving lamp shines on it, it scatters a dreamlike, beautiful glow, similar to that of crystal.

In the center of the cave, there is an upside-down jar with a fierce-looking statue on it, and an incense burner in front of it.

The incense burner was filled with damp, muddy ash.

Clearly, before this place was abandoned, people worshipped the statues here for some unknown reason.

"Damn it, where the hell is this place?"

Wu Xie's surprised voice rang out.

Judging from the environment here, the work seems to be only about halfway done, with various tools and raw materials piled up all over the place.

"Based on initial estimates, it should be a mine pit," the fat man said confidently.

"A mine? What kind of mine? An iron ore mine?"

"Don't tell me this is where they dug up the terracotta warriors???"

Wu Xie pointed to the corner, his face full of disbelief.

"Use your clever brain and think carefully about what's abundant around here? This is worth way more than iron ore!"

Hu Ming rolled his eyes.

Although, the things inside the iron terracotta warriors really were dug out of the mountains!
"Holy crap! Could these stones be jadeite? Or even gemstones?"

"This is a jade vein buried deep underground???"
Wu Xie was taken aback, then, as if realizing something, he stepped forward and touched the dark green patterns on the stone wall.

It is surprisingly warm and smooth, like the moist skin of a young woman in her late teens.
Don't ask how Wu Xie, a single guy, knows the feel of a 26-year-old girl's skin; the answer is that Fatty brought it to him.