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

Chapter 207 The crisis is coming
As soon as Wu Xiaoxie opened his eyes, he saw a black figure in front of him. He immediately remembered "A Ning" from his dream, who had bared a mouthful of sharp teeth and twisted her face, suddenly transforming into a snake-man. He was so frightened that he shouted and kicked her away.

Fortunately, "A Ning" reacted quickly, otherwise she would have been kicked directly off the tree.

"Ah Ning" steadied herself, glared angrily, and gritted her teeth, saying, "Wu Xie, are you sick? What's wrong with you?!"

The fat man, who was fast asleep, was also startled awake. He jumped up, looked around anxiously, and asked, "What's wrong? What happened?"

Zhang Wuxun and the other two came over when they heard the noise. Seeing that "A Ning" seemed to be about to make a move, they quickly shielded Wu Xiaoxie behind them.

The fat man chimed in, "Can't you talk things out properly? Are you taking advantage of our naivety and thinking we can't beat you?"

Upon hearing this, "A-Ning" nearly fainted from anger. Pointing at Wu Xiaoxie's nose, she shouted, "Ask him, what's the deal with him kicking me for no reason?"

At this moment, Wu Xiaoxie also came to his senses from his dazed state, and his mind began to work again, but he still couldn't help feeling a little scared when he looked at "A Ning's" face.

"No, no, listen to me." Wu Xiaoxie hurriedly picked out what he could say and explained, "I just dreamed that a giant python coiled down from a tree and was going to eat me. When I woke up, Aning happened to be nearby. I subconsciously thought I was still dreaming, so... I'm sorry."

Wu Xiaoxie scratched his head, put his hands together, and apologized repeatedly.

"Haha." The fat man patted his shoulder and laughed, "A dead snake skeleton can scare you like this, naive comrade. You've been following me for so long, how come your courage hasn't grown?"

Seeing that she wouldn't gain anything by continuing the argument, "A-Ning" snorted and walked to the side.

Wu Xiaoxie was momentarily at a loss, his expression blank.

Pan Zi was furious at his lack of self-respect. He exclaimed and whispered, "That girl was kicked by you for no reason, and all you did was offer a perfunctory apology? Why don't you go and comfort her?"

Wu Xiaoxie also felt uneasy and glanced at "A Ning". The tree branch with the miner's lamp hanging on it was swaying under the impact of the rain, as if it was about to fall over at any moment. However, he saw that most of the other person's face was hidden in the shadow of the leaves and the miner's lamp. On the pale face, distorted light spots flickered and jumped. The scene in the dream suddenly appeared in his mind. A cool breeze blew and his hair stood on end. He shivered and shook his head repeatedly.

He quickly changed the subject, asking, "How's it going with you guys?"

Seeing that his young master was oblivious and still avoided "A-Ning" like the plague, Pan Zi stopped talking and changed the subject, beckoning Wu Xiaoxie to the snake bones and pointing to the newly discovered human skull and a bundle of old-fashioned hand grenades that had rusted into rotten chicken legs.

Wu Xiaoxie exclaimed in surprise, "How can this person have so many firearms? Who exactly is he?"

The person who could possess such a thing could not possibly be one of Chen Wenjin's people.

"Do you remember what Dingzhu Zhuoma said? Back in the 90s, a group of villains caused trouble here. They were chased to the depths of the Gobi Desert by the militia, but then the group disappeared?" Panzi asked Wu Xiaoxie. Seeing that he remembered and nodded, he continued to analyze.

"I think this skeleton is very likely one of those people from back then. More than ten years have passed, and that group of people has never appeared again. They probably died in this dangerous rainforest long ago."

Looking at the enormous snake skeleton, Wu Xiaoxie still felt uneasy and asked, "Is this human skeleton male or female?"

Pan Zi immediately laughed, "Third Master, what you're saying is impossible. Even the most powerful person can't tell whether someone is male or female from a skull. You're making things difficult for me."

Wu Xiaoxie chuckled awkwardly, realizing he had been too attached to appearances. Just as he was about to change the subject, Zhang Wuxun put on gloves and picked out a piece of bone about the size of a washbasin, covered in cracks, from the snake's belly near the tailbone.

Zhang Wuxun placed the moldy bone in front of the two of them. "Look, this is a human pelvis. It's so narrow, and the surface has been corroded and rotten by stomach acid, so you can't tell anything about it. But it feels quite heavy, so it's definitely a man's bone." Wu Xiaoxie immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Pan Zi joked, "Young Master, the expression on that woman A Ning's face was off when you woke up. Was that snake you dreamed about eating people the beautiful snake from the comic book?"

Wu Xiaoxie waved his hand with a bitter face and sighed sadly, clearly the dream still had a significant impact on him.

No other useful clues were found on the skeleton, so the group packed up and returned to the slightly drier space under the tarpaulin.

Wu Xiaoxie had just slept and was still energetic, so he suggested that Zhang Wuxun and Pan Zi go and rest.

Pan Zi said that he was getting old and that if he fell asleep in such a damp environment, he would have health problems in the future. After saying that, he urged Zhang Wuxun and the others to go to sleep quickly, "When the rain gets a little lighter, we will have to plan our journey. We should take advantage of the time to rest, as we don't know how long the journey ahead is, so we should conserve our energy."

Zhang Wuxun nodded, holding the knife, and leaned against a backpack with the young man, closing his eyes.

Raindrops pattered softly on the leaves, and the whole world was filled with only a soft, white noise, which was very soothing and soon I fell asleep.

Pan Zi and Wu Xiaoxie warmed their hands by the gas lamp while chatting quietly.

As he listened, Wu Xiaoxie's eyelids began to droop, and soon he couldn't stay awake any longer. He tilted his head to the side and fell asleep against his backpack.

After an unknown amount of time, Zhang Wuxun suddenly opened his eyes, picked up the knife standing beside him, and quietly got up.

The young man next to him opened his eyes the moment he moved, looked around, and finding nothing amiss, looked at Zhang Wuxun questioningly.

Zhang Wuxun stared at the dense canopy of trees in the distance, silently telling him, "We need to leave here as soon as possible; something is coming."

Upon hearing this, the young man immediately chose to trust his judgment, gripping his knife and remaining vigilant while he and Zhang Wuxun woke everyone up.

The fat man, still half-asleep, was about to speak when Zhang Wuxun immediately covered his mouth and gestured for him to be quiet.

The atmosphere suddenly became tense.

Wu Xiaoxie and the others didn't say much. They picked up their equipment, grabbed their headlamps, and slid down from the tree. Then, led by Zhang Wuxun, they quickly ran in one direction.

Because of his danger perception ability, Zhang Wuxun could clearly sense that two enormous creatures were moving rapidly toward them from more than a hundred meters behind him.

He could only keep urging everyone to quicken their pace.

"Run! They're coming after us!"

"Click" —

The sound of tree branches snapping under the weight was almost within reach.

(End of this chapter)