Tomb Raider: I Am Hu Bayi's Cousin

Chapter 77 Hao Aiguo Dies from Poisoning

The camels galloped by, and although everyone's face was tired, it was full of anticipation.

It was completely dark when the group finally arrived at Cishan.

"It's like looking at a mountain and running yourself to death! I thought we'd get there before dark, but now it's past midnight," the fat man said wearily.

"Anyway, it's good that we've arrived!" Professor Chen said.

Without stopping, the group continued their journey towards Mount Zaglama.

But at this time.

A strange thing happened: the camels stopped moving.

"Team Leader Hu, my camel has never looked like this before. Judging from their appearance, it looks like they've been swallowed by a demon!" Anliman was extremely worried when he saw that his beloved camel was behaving strangely.

The camel seemed to make a sound of resistance as it tugged hard on the reins.

“Let’s go back quickly…” Anliman said.

“How can we do that? We’ve come this far, how can we turn back?” Hu Bayi retorted, displeased.

Now that we've come this far, what reason is there to turn back?!
Even Hu Bayi, who usually has a good temper, was a little annoyed at this moment.

"Uncle Anliman, there must be something ahead that has frightened the camel. Let's take a look first."

Yang Xueli handed Hu Bayi a firework bomb. The firework bomb lit up the dark valley, revealing large and small magnets standing on both sides of the valley.

"Old Hu, there seems to be someone ahead!" The fat man held up his gun, looking wary.

The gun was pointed at a man sitting on the ground next to a stone block.

"Hey, you in front, don't play dumb with me!" the fat man shouted.

"Fatty, stop shouting."

Hu Ming said calmly, "It is a person, that's true, but it's a corpse."

"Corpse!" Upon hearing this word, everyone immediately became alert.

"Old Hu and I will go ahead and check things out. Fatty, you and Chu Jian keep watch on the rear and make sure everyone is safe," Hu Ming instructed.

The fat man nodded and said, "Don't worry, if anything happens, you two get out of there quickly, I'll provide fire support from here!"

"Come on, Fatty, with your little gun, what kind of firepower do you call that?" Hu Bayi teased.

Upon hearing this, the fat man was about to take out his bag when Hu Ming coughed twice and then put it back.

He was joking; those guns weren't obtained through any legitimate channels, and he didn't want these intellectuals to suspect anything.

Upon seeing this, the fat man wiped his nose and fell silent.

“I’ll go with you guys and take a look!” Yang Xueli suddenly said.

Hu Ming glanced at her and then looked at Hu Bayi. Hu Bayi frowned slightly and then nodded.

The three of them dismounted from the camel and walked toward the corpse next to the stone pier.

Everyone stared intently at Hu Bayi and his two companions in the distance.

Upon approaching the body, Hu Ming confirmed his suspicions that it was indeed a corpse.

Yang Xueli used an entrenching tool to remove the veil from the corpse, revealing a foreign man with a dark purple complexion.

"He hadn't been dead long, and the color of his body was very strange," Yang Xueli said.

The group exchanged glances and walked back.

"What's going on inside?!" the fat man asked.
“The person is already dead!” Yang Xueli said.

Upon hearing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

If they are corpses, then it means these people are no longer dangerous.

However, everyone was soon filled with another chill.

How could there be a corpse here out of nowhere? Turning around, Yang Xueli saw another corpse next to another stone pillar and exclaimed in shock, "There's another corpse!"

Hu Bayi nodded. "These people are the foreign tomb raiders who were ahead of us."

Yang Xueli nodded, but she was still very puzzled by how these people died.

Logically speaking, no matter how much time has passed, a corpse shouldn't turn this color.

"Remember, don't touch those corpses, or you'll easily get poisoned too."

Hu Ming reminded the two of this.

"Poisoned?!" Hu Bayi and Yang Xueli exchanged a glance, both showing surprise. Could it be that these people had all been poisoned to death?!
However, judging from their faces and the manner of their deaths, they do indeed appear to have been poisoned.

Hu Ming took the sparkler Yang Xueli gave him and threw it forward. The sparkler lit up the darkness again, revealing a dozen or so corpses lying haphazardly in the darkness.

Moreover, their clothes were all the same, and their skin was dark purple all over.

Yang Xueli couldn't help but tremble; the scene was indeed very eerie and terrifying.

Hu Bayi glanced at Yang Xueli; he hadn't expected this woman to have moments of fear.

On the other side, among the crowd that rushed up, old man Anliman looked at the corpse at the front and immediately panicked.

Because this group of people were the same tomb raiders he had led before!
"Uncle, you should go back and take care of your camels. We need to leave this place quickly," Hu Ming said, slightly nervously.

Anliman nodded with a complicated expression.

Just as Hu Ming was distracted while talking to An Liman...

The fat man then stepped forward and rummaged through the backpacks of the dead foreigners, finding some explosives and guns.

"It's a water bottle!" Hao Aiguo, who was next to Professor Chen, saw that the foreigner was holding a water bottle and was not to be outdone, so he tried to pick up the water bottle that had run ahead.

However, it's not entirely Hao Aiguo's fault; right now, water is just too important!
"Don't move!" Hu Ming frowned and shouted at the two men when he turned around and saw the fat man and Hao Aiguo standing next to the corpse.

"There's water in here, Xiao Ye can have a couple of sips." Although he heard Hu Ming's voice, people often can't control themselves when they're in the most difficult times. As soon as Hao Aiguo saw that there was water in the kettle, he wouldn't let it go. In the past few days, although their water supply hadn't run out, they had used up too much, leading to a very tight water supply now...

Seeing Hu Ming get angry, the fat man quickly withdrew and retreated.

"Don't touch that corpse!" Hu Ming shouted angrily at Hao Aiguo when he saw Hao Aiguo still moving the corpse.

This time, Hu Ming's tone was even more forceful, showing no respect for Professor Hao Aiguo.

However, Professor Hao Aiguo was about to stop when it was too late, because he saw a living thing pop out from the sleeve of the foreigner's story.

This is a small, dark purple snake with two red stripes running from its head to its tail. I don't know what kind it is.

"Watch out!" Yang Xueli got off the road, gripped her pistol with both hands, and aimed at the black snake.

At this moment, Professor Hao Aiguo had completely come to his senses. He knelt on the ground, staring at Hu Ming with wide eyes, completely unable to move.

If you tell him not to move now, he really won't dare to move!
The snake had completely crawled out of the corpse's sleeve, its entire upper body standing upright in the air, its long tongue flicking out from its head.

Clearly, it sees the person in front of it as prey!
"Tch tch!"

The next second, before anyone could react, the black snake suddenly stretched out its body.

Its mouth bared venomous fangs, lunging towards Professor Hao Aiguo's face!
"Whoosh!"
At the critical moment, Hu Ming made his move, pulling out a dagger and shooting it.

"puff!
Then, to everyone's relief, the dagger accurately cut the snake in half!
When Hao Aiguo turned around, he was so frightened that his soul almost left his body, and a layer of cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

He plopped down on the ground and took a few deep breaths.

He said gratefully to Hu Ming, "Thank you so much, Comrade Hu Ming, otherwise I would have..."

Before he could finish speaking, the snake's upper body suddenly sprang up from the ground like an arrow, heading straight for his neck and biting down. This all happened so fast that Hu Ming didn't have time to intervene again; he had just rushed towards them…

"Ok?"

Hao Aiguo groaned in pain, his pupils dilated, and black lines appeared on his face, like a net, covering his entire face in just a few breaths. His body, which was sitting on the ground, suddenly fell backward.

He died of exhaustion...

(End of this chapter)