Tomb Raider: I Am Hu Bayi's Cousin

Chapter 552 Meatball!

The water in the pool was so clear that the three of them could see almost every detail of the ancient building at the bottom of the pool through the shimmering water.

The appearance of the fat man completely panicked Wu Xie. His calm mind vanished, and he shakily lit a cigarette to force himself to calm down.

"Calm down, calm down! The fat man's chest is still rising and falling, which means he's still breathing, meaning he's still alive!"

"Secondly, how could the Zhang family's ancient building possibly appear at the bottom of a lake? There must be something wrong here! The Zhang family may be incredibly powerful, but they are not gods! The entrance to the ancient building is definitely not in this small pool of water."

"Finally. To hell with the last one!"

Wu Xie rubbed his temples, his mind a jumbled mess, making it almost impossible for him to think clearly.

"I'll go down and take a look; there's definitely something strange about this watery area!"

At this moment, Xiaohua calmed down, turned over and jumped into the pool, intending to find out what was going on.

Hu Ming watched this scene quietly, without making any move or stopping Xiao Hua, only a strange glint flashed in his eyes.

Hu Ming's eyesight was far superior to Wu Xie's and Xiao Hua's; he could see clearly.

Fatty
This posture looks exactly like someone lying on the ground taking a nap.
Hu Ming could vaguely see a glistening tear at the corner of the fat man's mouth?
Holy crap, is this guy sleeping soundly in front of a monstrous place like Zhang Family Ancient Building, and even dreaming of embracing a beautiful girl?
Hu Ming was momentarily confused. What exactly had the fat man gone through during this time?
Why do they seem to be living a pretty comfortable life underground?
"This is actually a mirror?"

Just as Hu Ming was lost in thought, Xiao Hua's surprised voice came from the water, attracting the attention of Hu Ming and Wu Xie.

"A mirror? But how could a mirror possibly show what's happening inside the Zhang Family Ancient Building? Could it be a giant screen used for live streaming?"

"Or is it that the Zhang family is truly so powerful that they created a world within the mirror and settled their clan's territory within it?"

Upon hearing this, Wu Xie couldn't sit still any longer. He stubbed out his half-smoked cigarette and jumped down, examining the mirror-like surface of the lake from top to bottom.

"Have you been reading too many novels? Your imagination is wildly wild!"

"If the Zhang family is truly this powerful, why would they need to seek immortality? They might as well just let the entire clan ascend to become immortals!"

Hearing this, Hu Ming couldn't help but laugh and scold.

After listening intently to the sounds in the shadows and estimating the time, Hu Ming simply jumped into the pool as well.

In fact, the pool is not shallow; it's just that a huge circular mirror, several tens of square meters in size, lies in the middle of the pool, supported by several pillars, creating a "false" bottom.

This gives people the illusion that the pool is very shallow.

If you slip through the gaps around you, you'll find that the pool below is quite spacious.

The back of the mirror has more than a dozen huge mirror knobs, forming a huge star map.

In the center of the star chart are many ancient seal characters, densely packed, roughly meaning words of blessing such as "heaven and earth," "blessings and longevity," and "spring and stream."

The outer edge is decorated with many patterns resembling the Bagua (Eight Trigrams), which enclose the star map.

The mirror was only the thickness of a palm; there was no way it could contain any mechanisms or mechanisms. "Then, what exactly is going on here?"

After thinking for a long time, Wu Xie and Xiao Hua still couldn't come up with a reasonable explanation, so they gave up and turned to look at Hu Ming.

"Actually, this is a light source collection system."

Hu Ming wouldn't have minded giving a detailed explanation, but the current situation doesn't allow it.
Before anyone knew it, Hu Ming had drawn two precious swords from his waist and posed them in a peculiar way in front of him.

"coming."

His lips twitched slightly as he exhaled the cigarette butt from the corner of his mouth, a chilling smile radiating murderous intent spreading across Hu Ming's face.

"What's here?"

Wu Xie and Xiao Hua were taken aback. What was going on? Weren't we talking about the mirror?
"The guardian of this place?"

Before the words were even finished, a series of scraping sounds of chains suddenly came from the darkness directly above their heads!
Subconsciously, Wu Xie and Xiao Hua turned the lights upwards.

Unfortunately, there seems to be something strange about the mountain walls here; the light can't travel very far, and it's still pitch black overhead.

The only sound was the increasingly frequent dragging of chains!
Humanity's greatest fear is the fear of the unknown!
Glug!!!
In this situation, the two men subconsciously swallowed and raised their guns in alert.
Sizzle~~
Just then, a piercing sound suddenly came from beside me.

While the two were on guard, Hu Ming had already leaped up and used two precious swords capable of cutting through gold and jade to climb up the steep rock face.

Before long, Hu Ming had reached the end of the light's reach, on a cliff face more than ten meters above the ground.

He drew a knife, flipped the blade, and slashed diagonally at the rock wall, drawing out streaks of bright fire.

"Uncle, what are you doing? What's the use of this little spark? We still can't see anything."

Wu Xie poked Xiao Hua's waist in a daze and asked in confusion.

"How should I know? And besides, don't you dare touch a man's waist!!!"

Xiao Hua slapped Wu Xie's hand away in disgust, and was about to say something when suddenly, a raging fire burst into flames above their heads!!!
Along certain specific routes, the orange flames burned in a regular spiral shape, spreading out in the blink of an eye.

Seconds later, nine raging fire dragons burst into flames on the dome of the entire underground cave!
"A large amount of special kerosene was once left here."

Landing on the ground, Hu Ming looked at the firelight above his head and explained calmly.

Meanwhile, something hidden in the darkness finally revealed its true form!
It was an enormous sphere, completely black, with no visible features; all that could be seen were countless black hairs covering its surface.

In the firelight, this thing looked exactly like a huge, damp ball of flesh covered in black fur!
Several chains, each as thick as a wrist, extended from the rock strata and disappeared into the black fur, their whereabouts unknown.

"Roar!!!!"

The black fur on the black ball of flesh suddenly parted, revealing a huge, ferocious mouth. It grinned and roared, revealing a mouthful of disgusting, blackish-yellow teeth.

Monsters that have been starving for hundreds or thousands of years are faced with food delivered to their doorstep.
Although he looked rather thin and frail, barely enough to fill a tooth gap, it was still better than going hungry, right?