Tomb Raider: I Am Hu Bayi's Cousin

Chapter 919 The Crystal Coffin!

"Wait, perhaps the key to this matter lies in this Purple Star Chart!"

As if he had just thought of something, Hu Bayi clapped his hands excitedly and shouted.

Hu Ming and the fat man behind him both looked puzzled.

Hu Bayi stood up and walked to the Purple Star Map on the wall. He carefully looked at the magnificent patterns on it, his fingers moving constantly.

The fat man muttered under his breath, "What is Old Hu doing right now?"

Hu Ming shook his head slightly, but his eyes showed trust: "I don't know, but it seems he has found some key information."

After observing for a while, Hu Bayi suddenly took action and pried a luminous stone out of the Purple Star Chart.

The fat man, seeing this from behind, couldn't help but chuckle.

"Amin, what are you doing? This kind of luminous stone isn't worth much."

Hu Ming looked at the luminous stone with some understanding and thought to himself, "Could the key be this?"

Hu Bayi turned around, holding the luminous stone in his hand and smiling confidently.

"Now we should be able to leave without any obstacles!"

As he spoke, he led the way out.

Sure enough, the little ghost in the tomb didn't play any pranks on them this time, but instead let Hu Bayi leave the room directly.

"Wow, it actually worked?"

Seeing Hu Bayi's actions, the fat man followed up with curiosity and asked.

"Hey, Lao Hu, what's going on here? I'm a bit confused. What have you done?"

Hu Bayi shook the luminous stone in his hand and solemnly said, "This luminous stone was deliberately misplaced in the Purple Star Chart by someone."

Hu Ming frowned and asked, "So this little devil in the tomb wants us to take this thing. What does it want to do with it?"

Hu Bayi shook his head slightly, looking ahead, when suddenly small footprints appeared on the floor.

"We can only proceed step by step. It seems this little devil in the tomb wants us to do something for him?"

Upon hearing this, the fat man immediately spoke up, somewhat displeased.

"Hey, Fatty doesn't want to be reduced to running errands for these little devils in the tomb."

Hu Ming put his arm around the fat man's shoulder and urged him with amusement, "Alright, Fatty, don't be stubborn now. Let's get moving. After all, there might be a treasure of the Cloud Palace waiting for us ahead."

"The treasures of the Cloud Palace!"

Upon hearing this enticing topic, the fat man immediately perked up.

He scratched the back of his head and muttered, "It's not that I'm greedy, it's just that I sometimes want to do good deeds."

Hu Bayi turned around and glared at his old partner with annoyance: "Stop talking nonsense. We know your character, Fatty. Hurry up and come help."

The fat man chuckled and followed, and the three quickened their pace.

They followed the tiny footprints on the ground, traversing a long and winding path until they finally arrived at a deathly silent hall.

At each of the four corners of the palace stood a black stone tablet, their bodies connected by blood-red lines, forming a terrifying magic array.

In the center of this magic circle, there was a crystal-clear stone platform, and on this platform, a crystal coffin lay quietly.

Hu Ming and the other two looked at each other in astonishment upon seeing this scene.

The fat man, being outspoken, couldn't help but say, "What kind of place is this? It looks like they're preparing some kind of evil formation." Hu Bayi carefully examined the blood-red lines under the stone tablet and said with a grim expression, "These blood-red lines are clearly dyed with human blood."

Hu Ming's gaze, however, remained fixed on the striking crystal coffin from the very beginning.

"Who is the dead person placed in this crystal coffin? To be buried in this Cloud Palace high in the clouds, one must have been a very powerful figure in life?"

As he thought of this, his gaze involuntarily turned to the crystal coffin.

At that moment, he felt as if his consciousness was sinking into a daze, and a gentle voice called out to him subconsciously to step out.

"Come here quickly!"

At this alluring call, Hu Ming stepped forward like a puppet on strings.

"Amin!"

Hu Bayi noticed the unusual situation and quickly reached out to grab Hu Ming.

His tug immediately pulled Hu Ming out of his dazed and dangerous state.

"Damn it, what just happened?"

Hu Ming pressed his right hand to his forehead, his face grim, and said.

What just happened to me?

The fat man stepped forward, looked into Hu Ming's eyes, and said cautiously.

“Amin, you seemed to have been suddenly bewitched, walking straight ahead blankly. If Huba hadn’t grabbed you in time, who knows what would have happened now.”

Hu Bayi asked with concern, "Ah Ming, are you alright now?"

"I'm fine!"

Hu Ming rubbed his face vigorously, took a deep breath, and said, "I don't know why the power of my bloodline has been weakening lately. I didn't expect that even I would be affected this time!"

"It was the influence of that crystal coffin. I was staring at it the whole time, and suddenly I was controlled and started moving forward in a daze, as if I had lost my mind."

He concluded with self-reproach, "I was too careless. Fatty, Lao Hu, you two shouldn't keep staring at this crystal coffin."

The two men exchanged a glance and replied in unison, "We both know."

Hu Ming, regaining his composure, raised his head: "Now let's think about how to proceed?"

"call--"

Just as Hu Ming was saying this, a cold wind began to blow from ahead.

The three of them looked over and saw the strange boy they had seen before appear once again.

This time, he hid nervously behind the stone tablet in the corner, secretly pointing at the crystal coffin in the center of the hall, as if indicating that they had gone halfway over.

Hu Ming blinked, and at that moment he noticed a deep fear in the little boy's eyes, as if there was some absolutely terrifying being inside the crystal coffin.

"Amin, look! There are two little girls and a little boy over there!"

Hu Bayi pointed to three other corners of the wall. Hu Ming looked over and saw boys and girls trembling behind the stone tablets in the other three corners, nodding to him repeatedly.

The fat man confirmed with a strange look, "Goodness, it seems the souls of these little guys are imprisoned in this awful place, and they're begging us to help them."

Hu Bayi said in a deep voice, "There must be something strange inside that crystal coffin."

Hu Ming instructed the two people beside him, "You two stay here and cover me. I'm going to approach the crystal coffin."

As he spoke, he strode straight down...