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

Chapter 30 The Stone Monkey That Stabilizes the Sea
Zhang Wuxun's body reflexively wanted to retaliate, but he stopped at the last second and took the kick, after all, he was in the wrong.

"Fuck your grandpa's wooden fish!" Wu Xiaoxie exclaimed in shock and anger, immediately unleashing a string of profanities.
"Where the hell have you been? You left me all alone in the tomb! That's so disloyal! What happened to our brotherhood in times of trouble?"

"I was almost scared to death when I encountered the sea monkeys, but thankfully I was quick-witted, blah blah blah..."

It seems Wu Xiaoxie is really angry this time, rambling on and on for several minutes without stopping.

The chubby guy who came up later saw this and quickly hid far away, afraid that the shelling would hit him.

Zhang Wuxun slumped down, burying his head in his knees, enduring the scolding without uttering a sound.

However, when he heard Xiao Tianzhen say that he was not injured and had even chased away the sea monkey, Zhang Wuxun breathed a sigh of relief.

Watching the plot in advance and actually participating in the plot are two completely different experiences. He also couldn't guarantee that his involvement as a little butterfly wouldn't cause irreversible and malign changes to the plot.

The system previously stated that, apart from extremely crucial plot points, the rest of the story would unfold smoothly based on the current developments. This is already a complete world with its own rules and laws.

To be precise, any one of the three is the master of this world.

Wu Xiaoxie had been cursing for a few minutes, but his anger had long since subsided and his throat was dry. Zhang Wuxun quickly took out the water from his backpack and handed it to him.

He was secretly delighted; sure enough, Wu Xiaogou's fur was as smooth as ever.

Wu Xiaoxie took a sip of water to calm himself down and said, "Tell me, what happened to you? How did you manage to get out of the water?"

Zhang Wuxun recounted what had happened in the tomb.

When the white-haired little rice dumpling was mentioned, Wu Xiaoxie hurriedly asked him, "That rice dumpling was as clever as a ghost, it didn't hurt you, did it?"

Zhang Wuxun was touched by the innocent kindness and waved his hand, "No, I was far away. I ran away as soon as I noticed something was wrong."

As she spoke, she raised an eyebrow smugly at the young man sitting quietly to the side.

The young man had no expression.

"No fun," Zhang Wuxun muttered, taking out a box of compound arisaema for promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, along with alcohol disinfectant cotton, from his backpack. He walked over and half-squatted in front of him. "Give me your hand."

The young man stared at Zhang Wuxun for two seconds, his eyes filled with doubt and confusion.

Zhang Wuxun clicked his tongue softly, grabbed his left hand, turned it over and over a couple of times without finding any broken skin, then disinfected it with an alcohol swab, peeled off the backing paper, and applied the plaster around the obvious bruise on his wrist.

The little white-haired zongzi gripped the guy's wrist very tightly, and since it had been soaked in water, his left wrist had been bruised for quite some time.

This guy isn't the type to complain of pain; he keeps all his injuries to himself and relies on his strong physique to tough it out.

Zhang Wuxun was quite convinced by this.

After applying the plaster, Zhang Wuxun handed the rest to the deliveryman, saying, "It's good for promoting blood circulation, reducing swelling and relieving pain; it's very effective."

With system sponsorship, the results are naturally fantastic.

The young man pursed his lips, nodded, and whispered a barely audible "thank you."

Zhang Wuxun coughed and said, "You're welcome."

The main reason is that he's the type of person who responds better to gentleness than force; he easily softens when he sees the young man's beautiful, strong, and pitiful appearance.

While silently condemning himself, Zhang Wuxun pulled a hooded jacket out of his backpack and tossed it to the young man so he could put it on.

The fat man yelled, "Wooden Fish, you're being unfair! I'm naked too!"

Zhang Wuxun teased, "With your size, even if my clothes were two sizes too big, you still wouldn't be able to fit into them."

The fat man whined and groaned, acting like a heartless wife abandoned by her unfaithful lover—it was so affected. Zhang Wuxun tossed him a bag of compressed biscuits and an energy gel to shut him up, then turned and sat down next to Wu Xiaoxie.

The group sat down to rest for a while and replenish their energy.

Wu Xiaoxie guessed that they were currently in the Left Side Hall.

Suddenly a roaring sound rang out, and the water in the pool was quickly pumped out.

As the water level drops, stone steps are revealed on the inner wall of the pool. These steps spiral down the stone wall and lead directly to the bottom of the pool.

While the other three were still hesitating, the fat man, with his sharp eyes, had already spotted something and ran down the stone steps.

The three quickly followed and saw the fat man stop in one spot, staring at a string of inscriptions on the wall.

Seeing Wu Xiaoxie come down, he shone his flashlight around the string of words and wondered, "Was this tomb visited by foreign devils a long time ago? They even carved the markings on it."

Wu Xiaoxie was a little skeptical when she heard this and asked, "What does it say? You didn't misread the pattern, did you?"

The fat man said irritably, "Look for yourself, even if my English is terrible, I can still recognize ABCs."

Wu Xiaoxie leaned closer to take a look, and strangely enough, it really was in a foreign language.

Who the hell carved this here?

The fat man stroked his stubble and chuckled, "If you ask me, this tomb might have already been explored by Ah Ning's company. That woman wanted to kill us to cover up her secret, so she tried to use a hail of arrows to kill us. Maybe your third uncle was also..."

Wu Xiaoxie glanced at him sideways, and the fat man awkwardly shut his mouth.

Actually, what the fat man said makes sense. Most of the people in Aning's company are foreigners, so it is indeed reasonable for them to leave out this kind of foreign language that is difficult for people to understand.

However, Wu Xiaoxie firmly believed that his third uncle, who was even more cunning than a fox, would not be in any trouble, at least not in this underwater tomb that he had already visited twice.

Perhaps at this moment, Uncle Three is nestled on some scenic island, surrounded by beautiful women, sunbathing and drinking coconut juice, enjoying life to the fullest.

Thinking of this, Wu Xiaoxie couldn't help but get angry.

“Maybe it was left by your third uncle and the others back then,” Zhang Wuxun said. Actually, to be precise, the mark was left by Xiao Ge.

"s sae ge" (After searching for a long time, I found that many people say this means "danger" in German, but my third uncle didn't say so, and nobody knows for sure).

The young man ran his fingertips over the inscription and said softly, "I feel like I've been here before." Then he ran down the stone steps at a very fast pace.

Zhang Wuxun and the other two quickly chased after him and found him standing in front of a stone tablet, examining it.

The fat man muttered to himself, "So this is what I saw when I stood up there," and circled the stone tablet to examine it.

The stone tablet is about two meters tall, with four stone monkeys squatting on it, facing the four directions.

This thing is called the Dinghai Stone Monkey, used to ward off evil spirits. It usually sinks to the bottom of a pond, so it's normal for it to appear here.

There were inscriptions on the base stone in front of the stele. Zhang Wuxun glanced at them and saw that they were ancient seal script, which he could basically understand.

"For those who are destined to see this stele, the gate to the Heavenly Palace will appear. Enter it and you will find yourself in a fairyland."

At this moment, the fat man also turned around and noticed the inscription on the stone tablet. He glanced at it but couldn't understand it, so he waved to Wu Xiaoxie, "Come on, Comrade Xiaotianzhen, help me see what this means."

Wu Xiaoxie glanced at it a few times and said, "In layman's terms, these words mean that the tomb owner built a heavenly palace, and the door to the heavenly palace is hidden inside this stone tablet. When a person with the right destiny comes here, the door will open automatically. After going through this door, you can go to heaven."

(End of this chapter)