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

Chapter 203 Canyon Oasis
After arranging things, "A Ning" expressed her desire to join Pan Zi's team.

Pan Zi nodded in agreement.

Aning had her men vacate a car, and the group of six searched along the tributaries of the riverbed, which had been eroded by the rain.

They complained incessantly along the way, their wheels were practically smoking and about to break down, but they still hadn't found the rocky mountain that Dingzhu Zhuoma had mentioned.

The fat man suspected that the old woman was lying, but Wu Xiaoxie remembered that Chen Wenjin's notes also mentioned Yanshan, so either the terrain had changed and they hadn't found the right direction, or they were still ahead.

Panzi suggested driving a little further and then taking a break.

The car hadn't gone more than a hundred meters when it suddenly braked hard, and the people's heads hit the backs of the seats in front of them due to inertia.

The fat guy wasn't wearing a seatbelt and complained it was too tight, so he tumbled into the gap between the cars. He got up, covered his head, and cursed, "Old Pan, do you even know how to drive?!"

They were startled to find the carriage silent.

At the end of the road was a sheer cliff!

One of the car's front wheels had already slid off the edge. The group carefully got out of the car, intending to get the wheel back up, but they were stunned to find a vast oasis nestled in a basin below the cliff.

Wu Xiaoxie knew at a glance that this was the oasis mentioned in Chen Wenjin's notes.

The scene before me was beyond description; the fog was thick and the air was filled with mist. As far as the eye could see, the dense canopy of trees stretched out beneath the thick fog, like a new, mysterious oasis on Earth that had never been set foot in by humankind.

The fat man gaped, finally regaining his senses, and asked uncertainly, "Is this Tamutuo?"

Turning his head, he saw that Zhang Wuxun and the others had already unloaded their equipment from the vehicle, carried it on their backs, and were ready to get off.

Zhang Wuxun pulled a large wooden box from the bottom of the trunk and called out to everyone, "Come and help, this is a big one."

When the box was opened, everyone was stunned to see a huge thing inside that was thicker than an arm.

"This...this..." Pan Zi rubbed his eyes hard to make sure he wasn't seeing things, then slapped Zhang Wuxun on the shoulder, "Where the hell did you get this thing?"

Zhang Wuxun grimaced as he was slapped, then chuckled, "Let's not even talk about where you got it from, just tell me, isn't that exciting?"

"My goodness!" The fat man grinned from ear to ear. "You've brought anti-tank weapons with you, kid! This is so exciting! There are even five shells!"

"Awesome! I'm more impressed than anyone else in my life." The fat man gave Zhang Wuxun a thumbs up.

“But we’re just going to find the Queen Mother of the West’s palace and bring such a big thing along. Isn’t that a bit of a waste of its potential?” Panzi asked.

When "A Ning" saw the RPG-29 rocket launcher revealed in the opened box, her expression changed immediately. She glanced at Zhang Wuxun subtly, her eyes flashing.

Zhang Wuxun pointed to the rainforest below the cliff and said, "This place is isolated from the world. No one can guarantee that there won't be some dangerous creatures hiding there. I've heard that there are countless snakes in the underground palace of the Queen Mother of the West. So many years have passed, who knows what those snakes look like now? It's better to bring them with us."

Panzi thought what he said made a lot of sense, "Then let's take it with us."

The fat man stepped forward eagerly, shouting, "I'll do it, I'll do it! This kind of physical work is best left to me, Fatty!"

After unloading the box containing the RPG, there was another box underneath.

The fat man exclaimed in shock, "There can't be more, can there?"

"No, that's not it." Zhang Wuxun lifted the box off with one hand, opened it, and revealed two shotgun parts inside. He quickly assembled one and handed it to Pan Zi, saying, "You're the best shot, it's safer for you to hold it."

The fat man already had powerful weapons, so he didn't bother to steal them this time. He exclaimed, "With these good things, plus those little 56s, even if the Queen Mother of the West crawls out of her coffin and comes to fight us with her snake-man army, I, Fatty, can make her kneel at our feet and sing 'Conquer'."

Zhang Wuxun assembled the other weapon and slung it over his shoulder. While loading bullets, he urged, "Alright, stop bragging and hurry up. Let's lower the equipment down first."

Everyone was busy and enthusiastically packed everything they could into their backpacks. First, people climbed down to catch the equipment below, then the equipment was hoisted down, and the rest of the people climbed down.

Fatty initially wanted to carry the RPG down the mountain, but Wu Xiaoxie scolded him.

"With your weight, plus the 50-plus pounds of weight you're carrying, the rope will probably break halfway up."

The fat man was speechless. He stroked the RPG with obvious affection and even kissed it twice. "My little darling, I'll be there soon."

Everyone rolled their eyes at him.

After descending to the bottom of the cliff, the group followed the water flow for about four kilometers before discovering a canyon filled with scattered rocks, from which they could descend directly.

This is awkward.

Panzi, who had experience in jungle warfare, instructed everyone to cover up any exposed skin. "The altitude here is low, and the jungle is full of poisonous insects that are hard to avoid. Don't use mosquito repellent, as it will attract other wild animals. Also, the temperature will drop significantly at night, and miasma will spread from the low bushes. Keep your gas masks safe and don't let them get damp, otherwise they won't be effective."

Everyone nodded and did as instructed. Pan Zi and Zhang Wuxun led the way, heading towards the depths of the canyon.

It was very hot and humid in the dense forest, and wearing long sleeves and trousers, I quickly broke out in a sweat.

The fat man was panting heavily, and his face was covered in a large, itchy welt from an unknown poisonous insect bite. He complained repeatedly that he had suffered a lot, "Damn it, I haven't encountered a single small animal to eat along the way. There are just too many bugs, and they can't even fill my teeth."

Zhang Wuxun waved his hand to signal everyone to stop, then took out several safety buckles from his inner pocket and gave one to each of them except for Wu Xiaoxie and A Ning. "Take these, they're for insect and snake protection."

The fat man was skeptical. "Are you sure this thing will work?"

Zhang Wuxun pressed the safety buckle onto the large bump on his face, saying, "Try it and you'll see."

After a while, the fat man exclaimed in surprise, "Hey, what's inside this jade buckle? It works so well, the itching stopped after just a short while."

Zhang Wuxun raised an eyebrow. "That's right, how could anything I produce be fake?"

The swollen red bumps on the fat man's face had indeed subsided considerably. Seeing that the young man was also somewhat curious, Zhang Wuxun explained that what was inside was actually his own blood, mixed with a special snake-repelling medicine.

"Although it can't compare to the effectiveness of Old Man's Precious Blood, it's better than nothing."

Fatty snatched the last one from Zhang Wuxun's hand and laughed, "Why didn't you bring out this good stuff sooner? You only showed it off after I, Fatty, had already been tricked. You deserve to be punished."

He tossed the camera hanging around his neck to Zhang Wuxun, saying, "Here you go."

Zhang Wuxun was speechless. "You might as well be lazy to death."

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