Tomb Raider: I Am Hu Bayi's Cousin

Chapter 667 The Source!

After returning to the top of the sand layer, Hu Ming closed his eyes and identified the direction in an instant.

Driving the obedient white snake to swim through the sand towards the center of the white desert.

Hu Ming had no interest in those buildings outside Gutongjing...

The biggest secret here is the ancient ruins in the very center, which is the most critical place.

The underground ruins are semi-enclosed and are buildings built in an underground cavity.

Hu Ming stopped at the closest point, closed his eyes and listened for a moment, then found a spot, took out a bag of high explosive and threw it on the sand.

Rumble!!!
A violent explosion was heard, and the sand layer was blown into flying dust, revealing a huge pit. A gap in the underground concrete building was also blown out, leaving a gap large enough for one person to pass through.

Signaling the white python to go wherever it was cool, Hu Ming jumped deep into it.

This is the place Hu Ming specially chose. It is at the end of a narrow passage.

In front of us is a passage artificially dug out from the underground rock formation.

On the stone wall, white translucent snake skins can be seen everywhere. These are the skins of black-haired snakes.

Hu Ming ignored what was happening and turned a deaf ear to the subtle movements of the black-haired snake lurking in the dark.

After coming here, Hu Ming has maintained his golden eyes.

It's just a black-haired snake. Although it looks a bit magical, it is still a scaly creature after all.

Under the threat of the golden pupil, he didn't even dare to approach Hu Ming!
This passage is extremely deep and leads deep into the rock formation.

Hu Ming had no way of speeding up, and walked slowly forward for more than an hour before he reached the end.

The space ahead suddenly became wider.

This is a huge cavity as big as three or five football fields and nearly fifty meters high.

An ancient city surrounded by ancient walls appeared in front of Hu Ming.

The city before us has coexisted with the Hydra cypress that has taken root here for many years, and the outer perimeter of the city wall is entirely made of Tianxin Rock.

Judging from the traces, this ancient city must have been in ruins for many years and was later restored according to the original architectural drawings.

There is no doubt that this was Zhang Qishan's work back then.

Anyone who knows a little bit of clues will be extremely interested in this ancient city!
Hu Ming arrived at the north gate of the city.

The magnificent gate was wrapped in metal and covered with metal rivets. Two large characters were carved in relief: 虺巳!
It takes 500 years for a viper to become a dragon, and 1,000 years for a dragon to become a dragon

In ancient language, "虺" has always referred to dragons and snakes.

Si, in ancient language, has always referred to dragons and snakes.

In short, this ancient city, named after two snakes, is an ancient city with a deep connection with snakes... and black-haired snakes.

Before he even stepped through the gate, Hu Ming's mind had already emerged with the structural diagram of the city, as well as the black-haired snakes living in countless dark corners of the city.

As you enter the gate, the first thing that catches your eye is the neatly arranged stone tablets and sculptures.

This is not a special custom of this ancient city.

Instead, when Zhang Qishan rebuilt this place, he piled up all the stone tablets and sculptures he found here. Hu Ming was not interested in these things. He quickened his pace, and ran through the passage as fast as lightning, heading deep into the city.

During this time, Hu Ming crossed countless buildings, ignoring the countless gold and silver treasures piled up in them, until he reached a nearly dried-up river deep in the city.

This is the river that was once called Huangquan by the residents of ancient Tongjing.

This river nourishes a strange fish called the "Snake-browed Copper Fish"!
This is the origin of the name that Wang Zanghai used to record the carrier he discovered!
This fish has a strange nature. Above its eyeball, in the position where the eyebrows are unique to mammals, there is a snake parasitic.

The residents of Gutongjing once worshipped this phenomenon abnormally. They would fish out the fish, take out the snake, and use a special hand method to make the snake parasitize in their eyebrows.

This snake has an unusually long lifespan. After a person dies, it will devour the human corpse and continue to grow into a giant python.

That is the same white python that Hu Ming had driven before!
This strange way of survival of humans, snakes and fish lasted for thousands of years.

"All the buildings in the city are normal. There is nothing hidden. If there was anything, Zhang Qishan would have discovered it decades ago."

Hu Ming squatted by the river, muttering to himself.

The only place where Hu Ming has not yet figured out the situation is this river.

If there is any place in Gutongjing that might hide ancient secrets, it is probably only this river.

After thinking about it, Hu Mingshen put his fingers deep into the water, gathered his senses, and concentrated all his perception on the touch of his hands.

a long time…

"…No, there must be something wrong. There is definitely something wrong with the upper class!"

Hu Ming suddenly opened his eyes, a gleam of light flashed across his eyes. He licked his dry lips and looked upstream, exclaiming in surprise that the river had dried up.

The darkness deeper than the night could not block Hu Ming's vision in the slightest.

With the help of Night Eyes, Hu Ming clearly saw the source of the river. It was outside the city, in the corner of the rock wall, gushing out from a place similar to an underground spring!
After confirming these things, Hu Ming left a mark here and trotted towards the source.

Hu Ming's intuition told him that he would definitely find something unexpected there!
"really!"

Soon, Hu Ming arrived here, put his fingers into the water, and whispered.

In the clear water, in the riverbed, in a hidden place, there is clearly a small hole here!
After diving into the water and taking a closer look, I found that the hole was just big enough for a person to pass through!
A slight smile appeared on Hu Ming's face.

The following things should be Hu Ming’s target.

Looking back at the silent ancient city, Hu Ming easily moved deeper into it like a nimble fish.

At first it was very narrow, but then it became passable. After walking a few dozen steps, it suddenly became open.

Well, anyway, this underwater passage that slopes downward at an angle of about 40 degrees is quite interesting. As you go deeper, the passage becomes wider and wider.

Hu Ming looked carefully and found that there were no murals or anything like that on the stone walls of the passage, and he could not find any useful information at all.

until…

Hu Ming swam downwards for about five minutes, and even with his stamina, he could already feel the stuffiness in his lungs.

Just when Hu Ming was considering whether to go up first, change his equipment and then come down, the passage in front of him suddenly flipped upwards.

There was still a faint light source shining in from the water layer.

In other words, the water layer above is not deep, and Hu Ming is already very close to his destination!