Tomb Raider: I Am Hu Bayi's Cousin

Chapter 531 A Farewell with Ten Thousand Snakes!
"This is... a black-haired beast? No, this is a human!!!"

Wu Xie looked at the motionless, clearly lifeless black figure in front of him with suspicion. He used the tool in his hand to brush away the black fur, and suddenly felt a shock.

Beneath the black fur was clearly the bluish-black corpse of a human!
Upon closer inspection, these black hairs are clearly the same things that were in the passage earlier!
No wonder he's both lucky and unlucky.

"This guy clearly passed all the previous challenges and even luckily escaped the red-haired beast, but he was unaware that he was being parasitized by the black-haired beast until he arrived here and the symptoms started to appear."

Xiaohua shook her head and sighed regretfully.

This person was clearly the one who explored this place most deeply back then. He must have been only one step away from the final answer, but unfortunately, he still fell here in the end.

"No, the black hair wasn't the cause of death. This guy seemed to have a special constitution, naturally able to resist such strange things as black hair. He was only corrupted and parasitized after death. I wonder where Zhang Dafoye found this kind of person back then."

"This is the cause of death!"

Hu Ming shook his head, then his eyes flashed with golden light.

At the same time, Hu Ming whistled, and suddenly a dense, hushed sound filled the darkness.

The next moment, all the stone slabs hanging from the cave ceiling began to sway slightly, as if something was moving on them, stirring up a large amount of old ash.

Hehehe.
An eerie rooster crowed from above.

"This"

Like a bolt of lightning flashing through his mind, Wu Xie seemed to remember something upon hearing the rooster's crow.

At Hu Ming's summons, thousands, even tens of thousands, of crimson serpents emerged from the edge of the stone slabs.

"This is the Queen Mother of the West's crested serpent!!!"

Upon seeing this, Wu Xie felt his heart skip a beat and couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

With its bright red comb and a strange sound resembling a rooster's crow, what else could it be but a crested snake?
Xiao Hua shuddered, pulled out a Type 92 pistol from the tactical pocket on the side of her pants, and raised it to fire.

"Wait, these things aren't dangerous!"

Wu Xie quickly grabbed the muzzle of the gun, stopping Xiao Hua from firing.

"No danger? Are you kidding me? These snakes look unusual, especially those with such bright colors; they're definitely venomous!"

Xiao Hua's expression changed, and she shouted urgently.

"It is indeed highly poisonous, but not fatal. A single sip is enough to completely paralyze and render an adult unconscious."

Wu Xie nodded and answered subconsciously.

"Have you ever seen this kind of snake?"

Xiao Hua finally realized what was happening and looked suspiciously at Wu Xie and Hu Ming, who was still leisurely blowing smoke rings despite being "surrounded" by the snakes.

This situation doesn't seem as dangerous as it appears on the surface.
"I've seen them before. The Queen Mother of the West's kingdom is full of these kinds of monsters. I just don't know why the Zhang family's place would have them."

Wu Xie nodded and said softly.

"Didn't I say this before? The Zhang family and the Queen Mother of the West have been the oldest allies for thousands of years. These pottery jars and these crested snakes under your feet can prove everything, right?" Hu Ming took a deep breath, stubbed out his cigarette, and said calmly.

As he spoke, countless crested snakes hissed and surrounded him from all directions, quietly stopping behind Hu Ming.

Xiao Hua's brow twitched at the sight.

He wasn't stupid; he figured it out. Hu Ming had a mysterious way of manipulating these snakes that looked so difficult to deal with!
As expected, Hu Ming snapped his fingers lightly, and the snake swarm instantly began to move in a new direction.

Countless crimson serpents once again vanished into the darkness.

“Come on up. The stone slabs are covered with crested snakes. These things are the most deadly ‘traps’ to begin with. It’s a pity that the Zhang family never imagined that someone like me would come here one day.”

"Fortunately, apart from these things, there is no danger up there."

Hu Ming also flipped over and stood on the stone slab, gesturing to Wu Xie and Xiao Hua.

The two swallowed hard, threw out a pair of grappling hooks, and climbed up the rope.

"Hiss... Is this really something a human could do?"

Seeing the situation above, Xiaohua gasped, clutched her chest, and whispered something.

The scene before my eyes was truly breathtaking.

Ahead, on a wide stone slab, countless crested snakes lined up in two rows on either side, raising their heads and sticking out their tongues in unison as they faced the three of them.

It was practically a welcome from a thousand snakes!
It looks exactly like the scene when elementary school students do their morning exercises!
However, it is truly unbelievable that a group of snakes with simple minds would do such a thing.

In particular, these snakes can easily paralyze an adult male with a single bite.

"Although I've seen it more than once, every time I see this scene, I feel like I'm dreaming."

Wu Xie gave a wry smile, feeling a chill run down his spine as he met countless pairs of snake eyes.

Fortunately, without Hu Ming, it would have been unimaginably difficult for them to continue.

"Let's go, stop inking."

Hu Ming chuckled lightly, not caring about the two people's reactions, and strode forward on the swaying stone slabs.

Behind them, Wu Xie and Xiao Hua could only slowly follow.

Walking on the aerial avenue under the watchful eyes of countless serpents—if someone's mental fortitude wasn't strong enough, they'd probably wet themselves in fear on the spot.
Tap tap tap…

For a moment, all three lost interest in talking, leaving only the dull sound of footsteps, the creaking of chains, and the synchronized hissing of the crested snakes sticking out their tongues.

About ten minutes later, with the swarm of snakes bidding them farewell, the strange road finally came to an end, and the three of them arrived at the end of this mechanical space.

At the end is a pool of water, and above the pool is a huge void.

What the three were looking for was right in mid-air!