Tomb Raider: I Am Hu Bayi's Cousin

Chapter 823 Staying Overnight at the Ancient City Ruins!

After marking their destination, under Juliet's arrangement, Hu Ming and his group quickly boarded a private jet and headed west. It must be said that, given the Duke of Richard's background, using a private jet was an incredibly easy thing to do.

Soon Hu Ming and his group arrived at a prefecture-level city in the western region.

However, Hu Ming did not linger in this prefecture-level city, but instead chose to go directly to the uninhabited area where his destination was located.

Strangely enough, the information shows that this ancient tomb is located in an uninhabited area. The fact that they were able to find out such information so clearly shows that Duke Richard's people really put in a lot of effort.

This also proves, from another perspective, Duke Richard's desire for dzi beads.

"We're heading into the no-man's-land! Go get a few off-road vehicles!"

Before setting off for the no-man's-land, Hu Ming called Juliet to his side and gave her instructions.

Juliet would naturally do everything she could to fulfill Hu Ming's orders.

After all, before coming here, Duke Richard had already instructed her that her task was to fully cooperate with Hu Ming in finding the Heavenly Pearl, while also monitoring Hu Ming's every move.

Soon enough, the group acquired several off-road vehicles and headed towards the uninhabited area.

Jiang Nan wasn't familiar with this no-man's-land either, so he could only rely on Hu Ming's experience to navigate it.

Nevertheless, the team eventually ran into big trouble.

As afternoon approached and darkness was about to fall, the convoy had been driving through the vast, uninhabited area for an entire afternoon without reaching the location marked on the map.

Hu Ming was also puzzled by this.

"Something's not right! We've taken the right route here! But the closer we get to the location of this ancient tomb, the more it seems like our convoy can't get any closer!"

"Stop the convoy immediately! If this continues, we'll all die here when we run out of fuel!"

After discovering the problem, Hu Ming immediately stopped the convoy.

After the convoy came to a complete stop, Hu Ming decisively got out of the car to check out the surroundings.

"Mr. Hu Ming! I remember we've passed by that place more than once!"

Just as Hu Ming was looking at his surroundings and lost in thought, Juliet pointed to a dark shadow not far away and spoke.

Following the direction Juliet pointed, Hu Ming soon came into view of an ancient city ruin.

"Let's go take a look! We might not be able to leave today! If we travel through the night, we might get lost here! Let's wait until dawn to continue!"

Hu Ming made his decision, and soon the group headed towards the ancient city ruins.

However, when Hu Ming and his group drove to the ancient city ruins, they discovered that there was another group of people there.

Those people were dressed in tattered clothes and looked somewhat like beggars.

But when Hu Ming saw the other party clearly, he quickly understood the situation.

"Be careful! These people are tomb raiders!"

Hu Ming carefully reminded Juliet beside him, and Juliet nodded slightly in response.

At this moment, Hu Ming and his group parked their car outside the ancient city ruins, and finally, some of the people dressed in tattered clothes came out.

"Friends! You're here for tourism? This place isn't suitable for tourism! I advise you to leave right away!"

As he spoke, the man tore off a piece of mutton from his hand and stuffed it into his mouth.

As the other party approached, Hu Ming could already smell the earthy odor emanating from them.

However, since they were pretending to be local herders, Hu Ming naturally wouldn't expose them. "Fellow villagers, we're an expedition team! We're here to explore! Would you mind if we stayed here for the night?"

Hu Ming got out of the car as he spoke, and Juliet and her men also got out of the car behind him.

When the man saw that Hu Ming and his group were all carrying weapons, he smiled and nodded.

However, Hu Ming noticed a strange look in the man's eyes.

"Oh, the expedition team! Welcome to the no-man's-land! Make yourselves at home!"

After the man finished speaking, he left immediately. Seeing this, Hu Ming also began to have people set up camp in the ancient city ruins.

During this time, Hu Ming got a rough idea of ​​the number of people on the other side.

However, after Hu Ming figured out how many people the other side had, he couldn't help but suspect that they were from the Mountain Moving Sect.

Only the Mountain Moving faction and the Ridge Unloading faction like to gather so many people to go down to the ground.

Of course, Hu Ming's conclusion that the other party was a member of the Mountain Moving Sect was not without basis, because from a distance, Hu Ming spotted a person wearing a Taoist robe in that group of people!

That person must be the core of this group.

What Hu Ming couldn't understand was why they would come to this no-man's-land.

If the other party's goal is the same as Hu Ming's group, that is, to get to the ancient tomb, then Hu Ming should naturally be more vigilant!
So, in order to find out who the other party came from and what they were planning to do in this no-man's-land, Hu Ming also planned to have a conversation with them.

In Hu Ming's view, perhaps some clues could be obtained from the exchange.

However, just as Hu Ming was about to approach those people, they all pretended to be asleep.

Clearly, they didn't want to have much contact with Hu Ming and his group, so Hu Ming had no choice but to give up his idea of ​​gathering information.

As night fell, Hu Ming and his group set up tents in the ancient city ruins. After assigning people to keep watch, they went to rest early.

What Hu Ming didn't expect was that he slept for a very long time before waking up.

When Hu Ming woke up and looked at his watch, he suddenly frowned.

"Huh? It's already this late! Why is it still dark outside?"

As Hu Ming spoke, he stood up and walked out of the tent.

Everything seemed normal outside the tent, but when Hu Ming went out, Juliet seemed to notice something unusual as well.

"What's wrong?" Hu Ming asked, seeing Juliet's puzzled expression.

"What time is it on your watch? Mine seems to be broken!"

Juliet did not answer Hu Ming directly, but pointed to Hu Ming's wrist and asked him when he had come.

"My watch says it should be morning! But it doesn't look like it's even light yet! I suspect my watch is broken!"

Hu Ming shrugged helplessly, but upon hearing Hu Ming's words, Juliet immediately took out five or six watches and handed them to Hu Ming.

"Look! All the watches show it's morning! But it's still pitch black! Something's definitely wrong!"

As Juliet spoke, her eyes involuntarily turned to Hu Ming, as if hoping he could give her an explanation.

"They're all broken? Are you sure? That's unlikely!"

As Hu Ming spoke, he carefully examined the watches, but when he finished looking at them, he finally frowned!