Tomb Raider: I Am Hu Bayi's Cousin

Chapter 825 Corroded Hydrangea
Looking at the plants from a distance, Hu Ming quickly noticed that some kind of liquid seemed to be dripping from them.

It's just that the distance is too far, so it's impossible to see clearly.

"It seems that to get everyone back to normal, we need to deal with those plants!"

As Hu Ming spoke, he gave Juliet a wink, and then the two of them gave some simple instructions to the others before running toward the plants.

When the two ran up to the plants, they immediately smelled a rotten odor.

"Mr. Hu Ming, look! This soil looks like it's been recently turned over! Is there something buried underneath?"

Juliet pointed to the loosened soil on the ground and spoke to Hu Ming.

Upon hearing Juliet's words, Hu Ming walked over, took out an entrenching tool, and started digging in the ground.

As Hu Ming dug away the soil, a human hand appeared in front of him and Juliet.

"This! How can there be a dead body! And it looks like it's already decomposed!"

Juliet covered her mouth and nose as she spoke, clearly feeling extremely uncomfortable with the stench.

Compared to Juliet, when Hu Ming saw that the dead person was buried next to that strange plant, a terrifying flower immediately came to mind.

"Could this be a corpse-shaped hydrangea?"

As Hu Ming made his guesses, he looked at the plants not far away.

Upon hearing Juliet's words, Hu Ming walked over, took out an entrenching tool, and started digging in the ground.

As Hu Ming dug away the soil, a human hand appeared in front of him and Juliet.

"This! How can there be a dead body! And it looks like it's already decomposed!"

Juliet covered her mouth and nose as she spoke, clearly feeling extremely uncomfortable with the stench.

Compared to Juliet, when Hu Ming saw that the dead person was buried next to that strange plant, a terrifying flower immediately came to mind.

"Could this be a corpse-shaped hydrangea?"

As Hu Ming made his guesses, he looked at the plants not far away.

When Hu Ming's gaze fell on the plants, he indeed saw that the tops of the plants looked like hydrangeas.

"A corpse-shaped hydrangea? What's that?"

Juliet was also somewhat confused by Hu Ming's words, so she asked him a question.

"The Corpse Hydrangea is an extremely rare plant, and it is not poisonous!"

"However, if a rotting corpse appears near this plant, it will absorb the corpse and then excrete a hallucinogenic toxin."

"I think we were blinded because we were affected by that toxin!"

"To be precise, the darkness we see is actually due to our vision being impaired by toxins!"

At this point, Hu Ming pointed to the liquid on the plant, which was clearly a toxin.

This toxin evaporates immediately after it drips from the plant, spreading into the air.

Once someone is sucked in, the events that Hu Ming and the others experienced will occur.

Fortunately, Hu Ming's blood seemed to be able to counteract this toxin, but of course Hu Ming would not share his blood with everyone.

In that case, Hu Ming would probably die from excessive blood loss before even reaching his destination.

"What should we do now? Cut all these plants down?"

Just as Hu Ming was looking at the plants, Juliet had already taken out her knife and was preparing to eliminate the rotting hydrangeas.

However, before Juliet could make a move, Hu Ming hurriedly stopped him.

"No! We can't cut this thing! The more we cut it, the more toxins it releases. We also can't burn it, as that will only increase the release of toxins! We can only bury it with soil!"

As Hu Ming spoke, he began digging out soil and covering the rotting corpses with it. Seeing this, Juliet followed Hu Ming's example and started digging away the soil as well.

It took the two of them about half an hour to bury all the rotting corpse hydrangeas in the ground.

After the rotting corpses were dealt with, Hu Ming returned to the caravan with Juliet.

"Wash their eyes with clean water and disinfectant! They should recover quickly!"

In order to help everyone recover, Hu Ming began to direct Juliet.

At this moment, Juliet hurriedly took out the prepared medicine, put it in the water, and then began to busy herself.

Time passed, and no one knew how much time had gone by. After everyone regained their sight, Hu Ming then directed everyone to continue their journey.

"Mr. Hu Ming! Those plants just now must have been intentionally designed to release toxins, right? How could it be such a coincidence that there was a rotting corpse buried there!"

On the bus, Juliet thought about it over and over again, and felt more and more that something was wrong, so she began to speculate.

Seeing this, Hu Ming nodded slightly. In fact, Hu Ming knew very well that it must have been done by the group of people from the Mountain Moving Sect.

As for their purpose, perhaps it was simply to prevent their whereabouts from being discovered by anyone.

People in this line of work are all afraid of getting shot, so they are very cautious.

"We need to be careful on the road ahead! Hopefully, their target isn't a tomb like ours!"

What Hu Ming was actually more worried about at that moment was the group's purpose.

If their destination is also the same tomb that Hu Ming and his group are heading to, then a struggle between the two sides is likely inevitable.

Although Hu Ming wasn't afraid of such a thing, it would greatly slow down their pace.

Hu Ming didn't want to waste his entire life searching for the twelve dzi beads.

"Don't worry, Mr. Hu Ming, if I encounter them again, I will kill them all!"

Just as Hu Ming fell silent, Juliet, who was standing next to him, pulled out the pistol she was carrying, and it seemed that she was not joking.

Seeing this, Hu Ming shook his head. Clearly, the group of Mountain Moving Sect members had angered the foreign girl in front of him.

"Let's play it by ear! If their goals align with ours, perhaps we still have a chance to cooperate! Don't get too excited!"

As Hu Ming spoke, he pressed the gun down from Juliet's hand.

The two chatted casually in the car, and soon the convoy arrived at the deepest part of the no-man's-land.

However, just as the convoy was about to cross a dry river, they discovered that the bridge there had been destroyed.

"Damn it! It must have been those guys again!"

Juliet looked at the man-made marks on the broken bridge and couldn't help but feel angry.

At this point, even Hu Ming felt disgusted with that group of people, and judging from their direction, Hu Ming became more and more certain that their goal should be the same as his own.

"Leave the car here! Two people stay and guard it! The rest of us, we'll walk! We need to hurry! Otherwise, those guys might get there before us!"

"If we let them enter the tomb first, we won't get what we want."

After saying that, Hu Ming took the lead and walked towards the other side of the river. It has to be said that the other party's cunning caught Hu Ming off guard.

However, such tricks could not stop Hu Ming at all.

After crossing the river, Hu Ming quickly discovered traces left by the group.

So, in the following time, Hu Ming and his group began to follow the trail of that group.

This time, it didn't take long for Hu Ming and his group to catch up with the Mountain Moving Sect members.

Upon seeing Hu Ming and his group appear, the Mountain Moving Sect members finally became alert!