Tomb Raiding: My Family's Last Clan Chief is Little Brother

Chapter 13 The Fat Tomb Raider
Zhang Wuxun had been prepared before pressing the mechanism, and the hole wasn't located under his feet.

Zhang Wuxun lit two candles in his heart for Fatty, then grabbed a dagger and jumped in.

*Smack!* Zhang Wuxun stepped on something, and when he shone his flashlight on it, his scalp tingled with fear.

"Damn it, how come there are so many corpse beetles here!"

In that instant, he regretted it; he should have stayed on top.

Wang Pangzi cursed and waved his wolf-eye flashlight like a club, hitting each ugly corpse beetle with a single blow. "Zhang Muyu, you damn well ruined my life!"

It turns out that when the fat guy fell, he landed right in the pile of corpse beetles, and his fat buttocks killed several of them in one go.

The corpse beetles were startled by the sudden attack and retreated quite a bit. Once they realized what was happening, they chased after the fat man and bit him relentlessly.

"Holy crap, wooden fish! Is that you?"

Suddenly, Xiao Tianzhen's voice came from ahead. Zhang Wuxun peeked out and saw that he and Pan Zi were being attacked by corpse beetles, and it looked like they wouldn't be able to hold out for much longer.

"It's me!" Zhang Wuxun responded, grabbing the fat man and running in that direction.

Strangely, the corpse beetles that were facing Zhang Wuxun would suddenly brake abruptly and turn to bite the fat man behind them, thus creating a strange vacuum zone around Zhang Wuxun.

Zhang Wuxun's mood was a mixture of joy and worry. He was happy that he had found Xiao Tianzhen, but worried that there were just too many corpse beetles here!
Although he wouldn't be bitten because of his special constitution, in the eyes of the corpse beetles, Xiao Tianzhen and the others were like the most delicious braised pork.

“Damn it…” Zhang Wuxun cursed, quickly clearing away the corpse beetles around Wu Xiaoxie. “This is basically a corpse beetle nest. Little Tianzhen, I’m really impressed by your luck.”

Wu Xiaoxie also cursed, "Stop talking nonsense and hurry up and figure out a way to escape, or we'll all be doomed."

At this moment, Fatty was too preoccupied with protecting Xiao Tianzhen to care about himself, and his back was covered in a dark mass of bites. Panzi fared even worse; because he had been protecting Xiao Tianzhen the whole time, he couldn't take care of himself and his body was covered in blood.

"Panzi, get out of the way!" Zhang Wuxun quickly unscrewed a small steel bottle and threw it behind Panzi.

The small steel cylinder touched the ground, and the colorless liquid inside poured out.

In an instant, the temperature in the air plummeted. The corpse beetles lost their life in less than three seconds after coming into contact with the colorless liquid. The frost continued to spread, and all the corpse beetles that were close to the ground were frozen to death on the spot.

"Well done!" Pan Zi slashed the corpse beetle off his body with his knife and praised him.

Zhang Wuxun then took out a small steel bottle, unscrewed the cap, and threw it behind the fat man, freezing a large number of them to death as well.

The carrion beetles behind, instinctively seeking advantage and avoiding harm, retreated back in the direction they had come from.

The group then took the opportunity to catch their breath.

"Quick, this thing won't last much longer. We need to find a way out of here quickly." Zhang Wuxun helped Pan Zi clean the corpse beetles off his body.

Wu Xiaoxie exclaimed and pointed, "I remember there seems to be an opening over there that leads up!"

Fatty Wang cleverly rolled over on the ground, crushing the corpse beetles on his back, then did a somersault and jumped up, shouting, "What are we waiting for? Let's run!"

The group quickly ran in the direction Wu Xiaoxie pointed out. Sure enough, there was a hole the size of a manhole cover, but it was some distance from the ground, and they would have to build a human ladder to get up there.

"Come on!"

Zhang Wuxun grabbed Wu Xiaoxie, bent down, put his hands on Wu's knees, and lifted him up so that he could grab the edge of the hole. "Climb on my shoulders."

Wu Xiaoxie didn't dare to dawdle and used Zhang Wuxun to leap up a considerable distance.

Zhang Wuxun supported Wu Xiaoxie's legs from below and lifted him up with all his might, finally getting Wu Xiaoxie onto the platform. Turning his head, he saw Fatty Wang eagerly trying to climb up beside him, and his lips twitched.

Fatty Wang jumped up and down on the spot, "Brothers, give me a hand too."

Zhang Wuxun and Pan Zi exchanged a glance, each grabbing a fat leg, bending their knees and straining, "One, two, lift!"

Wu Xiaoxie above also grabbed the fat man's arm and pulled him up forcefully.

Wang Pangzi swung his foot, used the wall as leverage, and climbed up in a few quick movements.

Wu Xiaoxie shouted, "You two come up here quickly too."

Pan Zi leaned against the wall, gave a wry smile, and said to Zhang Wuxun, "Brother Muyu, you go first."

Zhang Wuxun noticed something was wrong with his expression. When he shone a light on him, he discovered that a fist-sized hole had been bitten on his stomach by a corpse beetle, with blood gushing out. Coupled with the exertion he had just exerted, he was already somewhat exhausted and was only able to open his eyes and speak through sheer willpower.

"Damn it..." Zhang Wuxun cursed. He remembered that Pan Zi sacrificed himself in the Zhang Family Ancient Building to cover Wu Xiaoxie's escape in the incomplete scroll. Seeing his resigned expression, he was immediately furious. "Damn it, hurry up and go! What are you waiting for?!"

Panzi pointed to his wound, lowered his voice, and said solemnly, "If I, Panzi, call someone a brother, I'm a brother for life. In my current condition, even if I go up there, I might not survive. Staying here can buy me some time... You..."

"Bullshit!" Zhang Wuxun interrupted him coldly. "With me here, even the King of Hell won't dare to take you. If you keep babbling, believe me, I'll tie you up and have them drag you up there!"

Pan Zi: "..."

Fatty Wang poked his head out from above and said, "What are you two dawdling about? Come up here and tell me what you're reluctant to part with. I want to hear it too."

Wu Xiaoxie urged, "You two hurry up and come up. Do you really want to stay here and feed the corpse beetles?"

"Here we are." Zhang Wuxun glared at Pan Zi, found the right angle, spread his legs apart with his knees slightly bent, placed his hands palms up on top of each other in front of his knees, supported by his elbows, and raised his chin at Pan Zi, "Hurry up and get on!"

At this point, saying anything more would be too sentimental.

Pan Zichong nodded to Zhang Wuxun, took two steps forward, and kicked Zhang Wuxun's palm.

Zhang Wuxun straightened his arm and pushed upwards with force. Pan Zi used the momentum to leap up and grab the hole, and was then pulled up by Wu Xiaoxie and Fatty.

The corpse beetles behind them had recovered by this time and were gathering back in this direction.

Zhang Wuxun dared not delay any longer. He took a few steps back, quickly ran up, pushed off the wall with one foot to propel himself into the air, grabbed Wang Pangzi's outstretched arm, and sprang up with a burst of strength from his waist and abdomen.

"Everyone's up here, let's hurry up and go." The fat man carried Panzi, who had completely fainted from blood loss, on his back and ran forward.

Wu Xiaoxie, carrying the rest of his backpack, quickly followed.

The moment Zhang Wuxun took a step, he suddenly turned around and glanced back, as if possessed.

A tall, slender figure in black was running rapidly toward them.

"Holy crap! It's the guy!"

The young man looked up, then kicked off the ground and leaped up the wall to gain momentum, easily climbing up the slope.

When Fatty Wang saw the young man, he looked like he'd seen a ghost. "Holy crap, you're still alive!"

The young man raised his eyelids and glanced at him indifferently, ignoring him, and turned to Zhang Wuxun, saying, "Hurry up, it's coming after us."

(End of this chapter)