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

Chapter 153 The Passage Has Changed
As Fatty and Panzi tried to comfort him, they couldn't help but shed tears themselves when they thought about how sad they were.

Shunzi's grief subsided a little after what the two of them did. He asked Zhang Wuxun for an empty bag and put his father's remains in it.

The fat man wiped away his tears, picked up another backpack, emptied it, and looked through the contents. He said to Shunzi, "See if there are any of your father's belongings among these we just emptied. If there are, take them back as a keepsake. People should always look forward; let bygones be bygones."

Shunzi nodded, glanced around but didn't find anything familiar, then carried the bag containing his own father to the side of the jade gate, keeping it a distance from the other bags containing treasures.

The fat man stared at the junk on the ground, then suddenly exclaimed, "Hey, comrades, have you noticed that something is missing from these things?"

"What's missing?" Panzi asked.

"Oh dear!" the fat man clapped his hands and exclaimed urgently, "Food! We're short of food!"

When everyone looked, they saw that the pile of junk contained most of the basic equipment, except for food.

Wu Xiaoxie murmured, "So, they were trapped here and starved to death?"

Suddenly remembering something, he quickly shone his flashlight on the tomb entrance and breathed a sigh of relief when he found that both the entrance and the passageway were behind him. "Thank goodness."

The situation in the underwater tomb did not occur.

How did these people die?

Panzi thought of a possibility and asked Shunzi, "How many people were in the team your father led back then?"

Shunzi replied, "It seems there were only seven. My mother said she saw seven, but she doesn't know the exact number."

Pan Zi counted and said, "There are only six corpses here, which means that at least two or more people left here alive. It is very likely that when they saw so much treasure, they had a dispute over the distribution of the loot, which led to infighting. Some of them killed these people and then ran away."

Zhang Wuxun recalled the original plot. Back then, the first archaeological team of the Nine Gates in Banna was killed by Pan Ma and others, and then replaced by Xie Jiuye's men, which became the second archaeological team. However, Chen Wenjin and Huo Ling managed to escape and used a secret order to transfer the fake Chen Wenjin and Huo Ling to the Cloud Palace. They then infiltrated the second archaeological team that went to the Xisha Undersea Tomb. The entire second archaeological team was tricked and imprisoned in the Golmud Sanatorium. The team that entered the Cloud Palace at that time could be considered the third archaeological team led by the fake Chen Wenjin.

So here's the question: of these six corpses, besides the one already identified as Shunzi's father, whose are the other corpses?
Zhang Wuxun believed that the real Wu Sansheng must have entered the Heavenly Palace on the Clouds after emerging from the underwater tomb in Xisha. He and Xie Lianhuan used the corpses of the Wang family members to deceive everyone. Then, Xie Lianhuan transformed into Wu Sansheng and continued to operate in the underwater tomb, while the real Wu Sansheng may have joined the third archaeological team and entered the Heavenly Palace on the Clouds. Therefore, one of the people who escaped must have been Wu Sansheng, but the identity of the other person remains unknown.

Zhang Wuxun clicked his tongue inwardly. Forget it, these people are all cunning and their schemes are so intricate, it's enough to give you a headache.

"Wooden fish? What are you thinking about?" Wu Xiaoxie gently nudged Zhang Wuxun, who was lost in thought.

Zhang Wuxun snapped out of his daze. "What's wrong?"

Wu Xiaoxie pointed to the mummified corpses on the ground and said, "Look at the expressions on these people's faces. They seem to be in despair. I'm more inclined to believe that something strange is going on here. They were trapped and died here."

Zhang Wuxun nodded, confirming that it was indeed the case. "If there really is something strange about this place, then we'd better leave as soon as possible. If there are no problems, we can come back after we find your third uncle and then figure out a way to transport these things away."

The fat man looked at the treasures, his face full of heartache. "What if we don't take this route out? It would be such a waste to leave so many treasures here."

Zhang Wuxun casually picked up a jeweled crown and stuffed it into his hand, saying, "That just means we're not meant to have these things. Take this; this alone will be enough to keep you carefree for half your life." The fat man took it, sighed sadly, and looked on with reluctance.

Zhang Wuxun waved his hand and said, "We can't really go back empty-handed. Let's each take one item and get out of here first."

The group nodded and did as instructed, each choosing an item and putting it in their pocket before leaving the Jade Gate with a flashlight.

After taking a couple of steps, the fat man suddenly asked in confusion, "Comrades, don't you think this passageway has changed?"

Wu Xiaoxie shone a lamp on the mural and immediately exclaimed, "Oh no, the tomb chamber has indeed shifted!"

The once magnificent murals had all turned into dark, grotesque ghostly figures with enormous heads.

Pan Zi was dumbfounded. "What...what's going on? Did we go to the wrong door? No, there's only one door between us, how did it change so much in the blink of an eye?"

Wu Xiaoxie explained the scene he encountered in the underwater tomb.

Shunzi exclaimed in shock, "You can do that?"

When Zhang Wuxun came out of the underwater tomb, he sent the treasures in his space to Pan Zi to buy them. When the two were eating together, Zhang Wuxun told Pan Zi about some things about the underwater tomb. At the time, Pan Zi thought it was just a trap and nothing special. But now that he had actually encountered it, he realized how powerful it was.

"What should we do now?" Panzi asked.

Wu Xiaoxie gritted his teeth and led the way into the new passageway. "No matter what, we can only move forward, or we'll end up like the corpses in the treasure room."

The fat man had a deep understanding of the predicament he had faced before. He patted his backpack and said, "At worst, we'll find out the location and then blast a path through it."

Zhang Wuxun turned around and glanced at the treasure room, which had once again been plunged into darkness. He narrowed his eyes, turned around, and said, "Then let's go."

Wu Xiaoxie stared at the large-headed ghosts on the walls on both sides, his hair standing on end and his heart trembling slightly. But having already taken a step, there was no reason to turn back. He gritted his teeth and continued forward.

Zhang Wuxun quickly walked to his side and front, picked up the skull knife, handed the flashlight to Wu Xiaoxie, and said, "I'll go first, you guys follow behind me, so we can deal with any unexpected situations."

Wu Xiaoxie nodded, not wanting to show off, and turned both flashlights to maximum power to shine in front of him.

Although the ghostly figures on both sides were a bit unsettling, we didn't encounter any danger along the way.

Until you turn the corner, the light from the flashlight shining forward is reflected back, and the passageway comes to an end.

Zhang Wuxun paused slightly, took a deep breath, and said to Wu Xiaoxie and the others, "We might be in trouble."

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