Tomb Raider: I Am Hu Bayi's Cousin

Chapter 824 Hallucinogenic Plants
The watches in Hu Ming's hand were all obtained by Juliet from his subordinates, and they all displayed the same time.

However, judging from the time, it should already be morning. Even if there is a time difference between the east and west, it shouldn't be too long.

But the truth is, it's still pitch black outside, so dark you can't even see your hand in front of your face.

This bizarre phenomenon was truly perplexing, and even Hu Ming couldn't help but begin to have doubts.

"Could it be due to interference from some magnetic field, causing the electronic equipment to malfunction and resulting in this situation?"

Hu Ming began to speculate, but this speculation was clearly not very reliable.

"Should we ask them if there's anything wrong with their equipment?"

Just as Hu Ming remained silent, deep in thought, Juliet spoke up again.

After hearing Juliet's words, Hu Ming nodded slightly.

"I'll go ask! You stay here and be careful. Something's strange about this; I have a bad feeling about it!"

After giving Juliet some brief instructions, Hu Ming walked directly towards the group of people in the ancient city ruins who appeared to be from the Mountain Moving Sect.

However, when Hu Ming arrived at the place where the group had stayed, he found that they had already disappeared.

All that remains in the place now are piles of dry grass.

Looking at the traces left by those people, Hu Ming became even more puzzled.

"When did these people leave?! They did it without anyone noticing!"

As Hu Ming spoke, he began searching the vicinity, hoping to find some clues.

To Hu Ming's disappointment, there was nothing else around except some leftover bones.

Just as Hu Ming was about to give up and return to their camp, he finally saw a drawing on the ground where his flashlight shone.

After careful examination, Hu Ming discovered that the picture was actually used for timing.

However, this method of timekeeping is very old, and not many people know about it.

Judging from the location of the picture, it was left by the person in the Taoist robe that Hu Ming had noticed.

"Why is that guy timing us here? Is he reminding the others to leave when the time is up?"

As Hu Ming spoke, he roughly calculated that two hours had passed by the last time shown in the picture.

This is enough to prove that they have been gone for nearly two hours.

As for why they were in such a hurry to leave, it must be because they knew something about this place.

"It seems we can't linger here!"

Seeing that there was no usable information, Hu Ming decisively decided to lead his men away from the ancient city ruins.

Even though it's pitch black outside, it's still better than staying here.

For some reason, Hu Ming always felt that this ancient city ruins were somewhat eerie.

Hu Ming quickly returned to the camp and began to greet the others.

Under Hu Ming's orders, Juliet and her men finally packed their bags and got back into the off-road vehicle.

The car started, and Hu Ming and his group rushed straight into the darkness.

This time, however, Hu Ming and his group wandered around in the darkness for several hours without seeing any sign of dawn.

Based on this result, Hu Ming could finally be certain that they must have encountered something mysterious.

"Stop! We can't go any further! If we keep going, we'll run out of fuel and we'll be trapped here!"

Hu Ming spoke to Juliet. "What do we do now, Mr. Hu Ming? What exactly is going on? Do you have any ideas?"

Juliet looked at Hu Ming and asked him anxiously.

However, Hu Ming shook his head helplessly in response to her question.

"This is the first time I've encountered something like this! It's not as simple as being lost in a maze!"

Hu Ming looked around at the pitch-black surroundings and frowned.

Speaking of which, Hu Ming has experienced quite a few mysterious events, but he has never encountered anything like this before.

Now it seems as if they have entered a region of eternal night.

However, everyone knows that such a region is impossible to exist in China; such perpetually dark regions only occasionally appear at the poles.

"No! This night scene is too unreal!"

Just as Juliet was frowning and at her wits' end, Hu Ming seemed to have discovered something.

As Hu Ming finished speaking, Juliet hurriedly looked at him, as if looking at a glimmer of hope.

It must be said that the endless darkness was quite difficult for Juliet and her men to adapt to, especially when they realized they couldn't get out of this dark area, some of them even panicked.

"Have you noticed how incredibly dark this night is? It's nothing like the night we're used to!"

As Hu Ming spoke, he reached his hand into the night. As soon as his hand disappeared into the darkness, his arm vanished as if it had become one with the night.

Upon realizing this, Hu Ming recalled the events of previous nights.

"Normally, even though it's dark at night, we can still see everything, right? But here, it seems that once you leave a certain area, you can't see anything at all!"

Hu Ming then waved his hand in the air again, trying to find a distance where he could see his arm.

When Hu Ming found that distance, he began to verify it.

"Sure enough! It seems we can only see things within fifty centimeters of our eyes; anything beyond that is completely invisible!"

After probing for a while, Hu Ming finally realized what was going on.

Juliet, however, was completely bewildered by Hu Ming's words, having no idea what he was trying to say.

Seeing Juliet looking at him with a blank expression, Hu Ming finally couldn't help but take out a knife and cut a gash in his hand.

As soon as the wound appeared, bright red blood quickly flowed out.

Upon seeing this, Hu Ming immediately smeared his precious blood onto his eyes.

When Hu Ming's eyes were smeared with the precious blood, his vision instantly cleared.

"Ha! We really have been poisoned! A hallucinogenic poison!"

After seeing everything in front of him, Hu Ming finally smiled.

At the same time, he smeared the blood from his hands directly onto Juliet's eyes.

After Juliet's eyes were smeared with Hu Ming's precious blood, she soon saw everything around her.

"The sun! It's already dawn, but our eyes have been covered!"

Juliet described the direct feeling in this way.

As Juliet regained her sight, Hu Ming pointed towards the ancient city ruins not far away.

"Those plants over there! See them? If I'm not mistaken, it's because they secreted hallucinogenic toxins that we were affected!"

Hu Ming also focused his attention on the strange plants growing in the ancient city ruins!