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

Chapter 253 The Jade Figurine Resurrected
As the alchemy furnace descended completely onto the stone slab, the ground around the slab began to tremble under its immense gravity, and tiny cracks spread outwards from the bottom of the slab along the base of the stone pillar.

Zhang Wuxun and the others stood in the gaps of the taut chains, their eyes fixed on the stone slab that was still sinking.

Suddenly, Zhang Wuxun's ears twitched, and he quickly turned his head to look at the steps around him.

At the same time, the young man drew his black gold ancient sword from his back, looking at the surrounding black jade figurines with a solemn expression.

The sound of armor plates peeling off grew louder, mingling with the roar of machinery at work.

Hei Xiazi and Chen Wenjin also noticed something was wrong. They turned around and saw that the stone armor on several jade terracotta warriors had completely fallen off, revealing the hideous, withered ancient corpses with horse-like faces inside.

With a clatter, the mummified corpse swayed slightly, its previously drooping head slowly rising to its upright position, its dark eye sockets staring intently at the people standing near the stone slab.

"Oh ho!" Black Bear adjusted his sunglasses, and what was admirable was that he could still laugh at this moment. "It seems we've run into big trouble."

At this point, even someone with dulled senses would notice something was wrong.

One of the men, his face filled with terror, pointed an empty gun at the ever-growing number of jade figurines emerging from the stone carvings around him, and roared, "What the hell did you all do? Why are those dead people coming back to life? Huh? Speak up, you son of a bitch!"

"Shut up if you don't understand!" Zhang Wuxun sneered, and a long knife silently appeared in his hand—it was a skull.

"A living dead! A living dead!" One of the shop assistants was so frightened that he no longer cared about the treasure and ran towards the palace gate he had entered through.

Seeing this, the other two also quickly ran over.

Unexpectedly, just as the guy reached the door and saw his chance to escape within reach, before the joy of surviving a close call could even show on his face, he suddenly vanished from everyone's sight.

The two men behind them were dumbfounded. They stopped and stared blankly at the stone gate that had suddenly descended before them. It took them a long time to react. Their bodies trembled violently, and they collapsed to the ground, unable to stand.

Only then did Zhang Wuxun and the others behind them realize that the two people looked as if they had been doused with a bucket of dog blood from head to toe.

The first fellow had barely stepped out when the stone gate crashed down on him, instantly turning him into a pulp. Flesh and blood flew everywhere, and bones were crushed into dust by tons of boulders.

The two guys behind them were really unlucky. They watched their friend die a horrible death, and were so scared that they immediately vomited on the spot, forgetting even to scream.

Chen Wenjin frowned slightly, drew her dagger, and her years of experience as a team leader allowed her to quickly assess the situation. The chances of a miscalculation were slim, so there was only one possibility for the current predicament—

Wang Zanghai tampered with these jade figurines, and even if someone unlocked the mechanism, he had no intention of letting anyone who knew the secret leave here alive.

He glanced at the alchemy furnace that was pressing down on the stone slab; more than half of it had sunk into the ground. He immediately raised his voice and said, "Don't panic, everyone. The mechanism will be unlocked soon. What we need to do now is buy enough time."

"Damn it." The fat man spat into his palm and said viciously, "Come on, let these bastards see the high-tech weapon in my hand."

In less than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, all the jade figurines on the stone steps closest to the center had fallen off, letting out roars as they slowly approached them with heavy steps.

Wu Xiaoxie, gun in hand, was equally ready for battle. Upon noticing that the mummies weren't moving very fast, he shouted, "Mummy corpses can't come back to life! The reason they've turned into zombies is because something is controlling them from within. When we attack, we should mainly target their heads!" These mummies were almost identical to the ones he'd seen in the Heavenly Palace on the Cloud Top. Gritting his teeth, he decided to go for it. So what if they were a thousand damn zombies?

The fat man muttered the words "the light of righteousness" while holding his gun and firing a shot at the head of the nearest mummified corpse.

Snap! The bullet sliced ​​off most of the mummified corpse's head, and a dark shadow flashed past inside.

The fat man, with his sharp eyes, immediately noticed something amiss. "Hit the neck or chest; hitting the thing inside the head will make it move!"

Upon hearing this, the others all did as instructed.

Zhang Wuxun didn't care about anything else at this moment. He took out four Czech CZ-805s from his space, assembled them in a few minutes, and handed them to his brother Chen Wenjin and the others.

"Attack from a distance, and try to keep them at bay!"

Hei Xiazi shot and blew up a dried-up corpse behind Zhang Wuxun, then chuckled and said, "Comrade Xiaoyu, this gun is pretty good, it's very easy to use, can you give it to me?"

Zhang Wuxun's eyelids twitched. Damn, that guy Hei Xiazi has a really sharp eye. This is a special combat assault rifle that was first exhibited in 07. He only managed to create a few of these using materialization abilities. He wouldn't have taken them out so easily if it weren't for a critical moment.

"Here you go!" Although Zhang Wuxun felt a pang of regret, he couldn't care less about such things at this moment. Hei Xiazi was still a very important person, and it wasn't easy to get this skin-scratching guy to owe him a favor. It was just a gun, so he gave it away.

Upon hearing this, Hei Xiazi's lips curled into a wide grin, and he pulled the trigger even faster. In just a few breaths, he swept away a large group of enemies, effortlessly dealing with his own side and even having time to help Wu Xiaoxie with some others.

Some of the mummies, even those missing limbs after being hit by bullets, stubbornly tried to get up and continue attacking.

Some of the mummified corpses were so badly shattered that they couldn't be pieced back together. Seeing that they had lost their shelter, the black-haired snakes hidden inside quickly rushed out and pounced on the group, only to be shot to pieces in mid-air.

Chen Wenjin had been keeping a close eye on the stone disc mechanism. Once the alchemy furnace had completely sunk into the ground, revealing a deep, dark passage, she immediately shouted, "Hurry, the passage is out!"

The group didn't linger in the fight; instead, they took turns providing cover as one by one jumped into the tunnel.

When the young man was about to jump in, he suddenly paused, then turned and ran towards the palace gate.

"Damn it!" Zhang Wuxun then remembered that there were still two useless guys by the door. He cursed under his breath, immediately changed to a new magazine, jumped out of the pit, and chased after them.

Following the young man to the door, he slashed a black-haired snake with a knife and quickly carried one of the people on his back.

Zhang Wuxun scanned the surroundings in circles, and then asked, "What about the last one?"

"He's dead," the young man whispered. "Let's go."

Zhang Wu glanced down and, sure enough, the man lying on the ground was bleeding from all seven orifices, with a headless black snake lying next to his head.

(End of this chapter)