Tomb Raider: I Am Hu Bayi's Cousin

Chapter 543 The Rotting "Man"

"I want to remind you again that his condition is very bad, so you should be prepared."

Upon reaching the ward door, Ah Ning tugged at the curtain, unable to resist reminding her again.

But seeing the nonchalant expressions on Hu Ming's and the other two's faces, she knew she had worried unnecessarily.

These people are professional tomb raiders; they've seen all sorts of strange and unusual things. Presumably, the miserable state of her unlucky subordinates is just commonplace in front of these three.

"Alright, it seems I underestimated you. Come with me."

Taking a deep breath, Aning led the three of them inside.

As soon as he entered, Hu Ming smelled an extremely pungent medicinal odor.

This was quite a shock for someone like Hu Ming, whose five senses are exceptionally sharp.

Instinctively, Hu Ming pinched his nose and held his breath.

In the dimly lit tent, a lamp was lit on the ground. Under the lamplight, an unidentified substance resembling flour lay on a straw mat, while a foreign doctor wearing glasses was busy nearby.

"How is it going?"

Aning asked the doctor directly.

"I can't help him, he's beyond saving."

The doctor shook his head, wearily rubbed his temples, and made way for the three of them.

"Sigh~~~"

Wu Xie and Xiao Hua gasped in shock.

The unidentified substance on the ground was actually a person!
Looking at this "thing" gives me a strong feeling of nausea.

His skin was sunken in all over his body, in large patches.

It looks like an orange that's completely rotten inside.

However, upon closer inspection, it becomes apparent that all the dents and the area beneath the skin appear to be filled with liquid, making the person appear at first glance to be a long-dead, rotting corpse.

What's even more chilling is that, even after all that, this person is still alive!
Eyes filled with fear of death stared blankly at the group, and his limp mouth opened and closed repeatedly, but no sound came out.

Hu Ming keenly noticed that all of the man's teeth had fallen out, revealing his dark gums.

"How could it have turned out like this?"

Wu Xie frowned deeply as he looked at the inhuman creature, suppressing his nausea and impatience as he scrutinized it closely, hoping to find some clues.

"I filmed twelve people go down, and only he came back alive. He was fine when he came out, but he started to have a high fever the next day."

"In a short period of time, his body suddenly underwent a strange change and became like this."

Ah Ning's expression was rather unpleasant; these were the people she trusted most.

Now, seeing her in this state of being worse than dead, she felt quite distressed.

"Zhang Qiling's knife was something he barely managed to bring back. He's a well-known strongman in the team."

"He told me that he went deep into the stone passage and found the body with the knife."

"He separated from the others, who continued deeper in. He brought the knife out and gave it to me, but those who went further in never came back."

After calming down, Aning added in a deep voice.

Hu Ming frowned. To be honest, this was the first time he had ever seen such a bizarre and painful way to die. After a moment's hesitation, Hu Ming stepped forward, snatched a syringe from the doctor's hand, squatted down, and gently inserted it into the arm.

The dark skin was easily pierced, and a thick, pus-like black liquid slowly seeped out from the needle hole.

After thinking for a moment, Hu Ming took off his black and gold gloves, gently wiped the needle hole with his index finger, and held the black pus to his nose to sniff it.

Instantly, a strong stench of rotting corpses filled my nostrils.

A bit over the top.

"This smell is somewhat similar to the smell of a corpse that has been dead for many years and has decomposed into bodily fluids, but it is many times stronger."

With Wu Xie looking disgusted, Hu Ming casually wiped his fingers clean on Wu Xie's clothes.

Strangely, Hu Ming did not feel any corrosiveness from the alkaline substance in the pus.

This contradicts Hu Ming's guess.

"Just ask whatever you want to ask. His time is running out."

"Also, his vocal cords are completely rotten, so he can't speak and can only nod or shake his head to indicate his voice."

Ah Ning closed her eyes and whispered.

"Among the corpses you found, was there a man with unusually long right index and middle fingers, and who also had tattoos?"

"Also, is there a fatso who weighs over 200 pounds?"

Despite Hu Ming's assurance that the two would be perfectly fine, Wu Xie remained extremely worried.

The person lying on the straw mat showed no reaction; his eyes were filled with despair, and he had lost all response to external stimuli.

Just as Wu Xie was feeling somewhat disappointed, suddenly, the person moved.

He suddenly opened his eyes wide, struggled to get up, his chest heaving violently like a broken bellows, and a desperate roar of a dying beast came from his rotten throat.

He struggled to his feet in an incredibly bizarre posture, and the doctor couldn't even manage to push him down.

He struggled incessantly, and several dents on his body broke open, gushing out black pus and blood like a fountain.

"This is a final burst of energy before death; he's beyond saving."

Hu Ming took a step back, dodging the splattering black pus and blood, and said calmly.

The smoke from the burning tobacco somewhat neutralized the pungent, fishy smell, which made Hu Ming feel a little better.

The man screamed and struggled in despair, his eyes seemingly being completely corroded by something mysterious within him.

A soft "snap" sound.

Suddenly, his two eyeballs burst open, gushing out large amounts of disgusting liquid.

Then, his body stiffened, and the final roar got stuck in his throat. The next second, his body completely relaxed.

he died.

Seeing this, Wu Xie and Xiao Hua ignored the foul-smelling liquid on their bodies and remained silent for a long time.

"Give me the scalpel. There are some things I'm wondering about."

After thinking for a moment, Hu Ming suddenly spoke to the stunned doctor.