Tomb Raider: I Am Hu Bayi's Cousin

Chapter 91 The Snakes Attack
"Old Hu, wake up!"

"You fatso, wake up!"

At this moment, the eerie fragrance had long since vanished without a trace in the air.

The hallucinations affecting them were weakening, and it wouldn't be long before Fatty and Hu Bayi woke up.

Looking at the black hole ahead, Hu Ming couldn't help but think of the Queen of Jingjue, who could control the imaginary space.

According to Hu Ming’s memories from later generations, legend has it that the first tribe of prophets to live in the Zaklama Mountains, who were also Yang Xueli’s ancestors, discovered this ghost cave hundreds of years before the Demon Kingdom.

Later, while exploring inside, they inadvertently discovered the Serpent God and Phoenix Egg, unexpectedly opening up a strange imaginary space.

At that time, although the serpent god's body had rotted away and only its skeleton remained, its brain still retained the power of "transformation of realms"; moreover, the giant eye on the serpent god's head could make its soul immortal.

Legend has it that at the end of time and the end of the world, it will be reborn from the ashes like a phoenix. Moreover, this giant eye can also serve as a passage to the "Transformation of Realms," which is described in Buddhist scriptures as the seventh type of eye, also known as the "Boundless Demon Eye."

Snake Eyes can create space, just like the fake Demon City, which was created by Snake Eyes.

As for whether the Ghost Cave leads to a world of imaginary space, Hu Ming could imagine that it might be the legendary underworld, or perhaps the demon realm, or even hell—something that couldn't be opened now…

Soon, Hu Bayi and his group finally reacted.

Suddenly, Hu Bayi sat up abruptly, panting heavily. Cold sweat poured down his body, soaking his clothes. The scene in his mind filled him with terror.

In his hallucination, he saw his dead brothers come back to life; and one by one, they suddenly turned into ferocious and terrifying demons, attacking him.

Left with no other choice, he raised his weapon at them.

Where is Mingzi?

Where is Mingzi?
Hu Bayi frantically searched, fearing he might have actually killed Mingzi.

After all, what happened just now was truly terrifying.

In the hallucination, half of Akiko's head was suddenly chopped off, blood spurting out...

Even on his deathbed, Hu Ming smiled at him. They had been friends for over twenty years, brothers who had grown up together, practically naked...

Just when Hu Bayi was feeling extremely sad, he suddenly heard a voice that was familiar to him.

"Hey, are you trying to summon a soul?! Do you have to be so grief-stricken and miserable?" Hearing this, Hu Bayi immediately turned around and saw his cousin walking towards him, seemingly unharmed.

"Mingzi, you're not dead?" Hu Bayi was a little excited and didn't know what to say.

"Bullshit, you're the one who's dead! I'm perfectly fine."

"Just now, we were all poisoned by the pollen of the Corpse Fragrance Arum, which caused us to hallucinate, hence this."

"Alright, now you guys are all fine." Hu Ming then recounted the events to Hu Bayi, omitting some details.

Upon hearing this, Hu Bayi realized that everything he had experienced was the work of the Corpse-Scented Devil's Flower.

One by one, everyone woke up...

At this moment, apart from Anriman who was still outside, the original group of nine people had dwindled to only six.

Ye Yixin, upon regaining consciousness, was overcome with grief.

Even Professor Chen probably didn't expect that the trip to the Western Regions of Jingjue would result in such a large number of casualties.

But Sadi Peng, Chu Jian, and Professor Hao, they can never go back...

"Xiao Ye, please accept my condolences..."

"Alright, let's go. It won't be long before those strange snakes come out again. Let's leave quickly," Hu Ming said, reminding Hu Bayi and the others that this place wasn't very safe.

Soon, a hissing sound suddenly came from within the eerie black hole, spreading upwards...

And there was also a hissing sound coming from the stone beam, which was gradually getting closer and becoming more and more frequent... After hearing this sound, everyone except Hu Ming immediately understood what was making the sound.

"Hurry up!" Hu Ming said, and immediately slung his travel bag over his shoulder and ran.

However, at this moment, Xiao Ye took two steps and fainted again. Hu Ming, who was in front, had no choice but to go back and carry her on his back.

Hu Bayi carried Professor Chen, who had just woken up but hadn't spoken yet, back to unconsciousness.

The group quickly ran along the narrow stone path. The strange snake behind them moved just as fast!
Suddenly, Yang Xueli, who was running ahead, saw a number of strange snakes appear in front of the group and immediately stopped!
The fat man cried out in horror, "Run! Why aren't you running?!"

Hu Bayi also looked at Yang Xueli with a puzzled expression.

Yang Xueli said, "No, there are snakes everywhere ahead, and the original path is blocked!"

The fat man said unwillingly, "Damn it, they're trying to wipe us out completely!"

"Quick, this way, quick!" The more critical the situation, the more Hu Bayi's intelligence tends to be. Hearing that the original road ahead was blocked, he quickly looked around and immediately discovered a road that had not yet been blocked.

Hu Mingdao: "Let's go! Follow Old Hu!"

The group ran quickly toward a road that had not yet been blocked, and soon they ran into a cave entrance, running swiftly along the path inside.

The fat man, who was behind, turned around and saw that, sure enough, countless snakes were devouring the ground of the passage, and the stone walls on the left and right were spreading towards them.

"Those strange snakes are catching up! What do we do?!" the fat man shouted, running even faster.

Hu Ming warned, "Fatty, Old Hu's using explosives!"

Upon hearing this, Hu Bayi immediately put down Professor Chen, opened his backpack, and took out the explosives.

The fat man saw this and came over to help Hu Bayi. His hands were trembling with fear at the sight of the dense, strange snakes: "Hurry!"

"Zi..."

Hu Bayi immediately took out a lighter and lit the fuse.

After lighting the fuse, the fat man took the explosives that were about to detonate, ran a few steps toward the group of snakes behind him, and forcefully threw the explosives into the rapidly spreading passage!
Hu Bayi quickly reminded him, "Quickly, open your mouth and cover your ears!"

Everyone, including Hu Ming, immediately did as instructed!
"Boom!"

After an explosion, the entire passage shook violently several times.

Everyone was immediately stunned by the explosion in the passage, except for Hu Ming, who was in good physical condition and was unharmed.

"Are you all alright?" Hu Ming asked, looking at the group.

"What did you say? I can't hear you!"

"There might have been too much explosive!"
Hu Bayi's ears rang from the shock, and when he looked at Hu Ming, he shook his hand to indicate that he couldn't hear him!
"I'm fine!"

"I'm fine too!"

Fatty and Yang Xueli responded.

"Cough cough!" Ye Yixin, who was lying on the ground, coughed twice.

"Xiao Ye is awake!" the fat man shouted.

Yang Xueli immediately went to Ye Yixin's side and asked with concern, "Little Ye, Little Ye, are you alright?"

"Drink some water!" he said, taking out water from the water bottle and feeding it to Ye Yixin.

Old Hu, who was slightly better, also rushed to Professor Chen's side after he fainted.

(End of this chapter)