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

Chapter 324 Found you
Zhang Wuxun shifted his gaze to the left to look at the last picture.

However, to Zhang Wuxun's surprise, there was no relief carving at all, but three deep holes arranged in a triangular shape.

Zhang Wuxun looked at the three reliefs again, gestured with his hand, and asked the young man in a low voice, "Young man, is this disc incomplete?"

The young man slowly ate the food in the box and nodded upon hearing this.

Zhang Wuxun looked at the three deep holes resembling the character "品" and instantly understood.

It seems the last piece of the puzzle is with Wu Xiaoxie and his group, thousands of miles away. This is the so-called function of the Thousand-Mile Lock.

Zhang Wuxun picked up a piece of chocolate and ate it bit by bit, but out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at the Huo family members who were resting on the other side, stared at one of them, and a meaningful smile appeared on his lips.

The man lowered his head slightly and casually pushed up his black-rimmed glasses.

Zhang Wuxun narrowed his eyes and waved to Huo Xiaoli, who was munching on potato chips and shaking her head.

"Hmm?" Huo Xiaoli looked left and right, pointed to herself, and mouthed, "Me?"

Zhang Wuxun smiled and nodded, silently saying, "It's you, come here."

Huo Xiaoli put down the bag of potato chips, patted the dirt off her pants, and leaned closer to ask in a low voice, "Master Yu, what's up?"

Zhang Wuxun gestured for him to sit down, then nodded towards the Huo family member he had just noticed, asking, "What's that guy's name?"

"Which one?" Huo Xiaoli turned her head and glanced at him. "Oh, him. His name is Huo Jinqiu. He is from a branch of the Huo family. The head of the family specially recruited him from abroad for this operation. He is very capable and is the person in charge of the excavation and repair of the entrance crack."

"But that person has a strange personality. He doesn't really talk to people. I've only exchanged one sentence with him in all these days." Huo Xiaoli held up one finger.

"I see. I heard that your patriarch has summoned another group of very skilled tomb raiders. Why didn't I see them outside earlier?" Zhang Wuxun continued to ask with a smile.

Huo Xiaoli shook her head. "I don't know. They probably have other missions. Brother Zhixing went with them too."

Zhang Wuxun's thoughts shifted, and he casually patted Huo Xiaoli's shoulder, "Alright, it's nothing, you can go back now."

After Huo Xiaoli left, the fat man leaned close to Zhang Wuxun's ear and whispered, "What? Do you think there's something wrong with that kid?"

Zhang Wuxun didn't answer directly, but looked at the young man and asked, "What do you think?"

The young man was sipping his water when he heard this. He frowned slightly, thought for a moment, and finally shook his head. "Not sure."

"How about I, Fatty, think of a way to test him?" the fat man said.

Zhang Wuxun waved his hand, "There's no need. They will never reveal their secrets until the crucial moment. Let nature take its course. What we can detect, Old Madam Huo may also know. She will definitely have countermeasures before we actually enter."

The stone that startles the snake must be placed by the right person.

The muddier the water, the more fish you can catch. If you prepare the net in advance, you won't have to worry about big fish not taking the bait.

After a short rest, Huo Jinqiu led the others to continue their work on the stone wall, while Zhang Wuxun and the other two said goodbye to Huo Xiaoli and then left.

Once outside the cave, news from Mount Siguniang had not yet arrived.

Huo Xiangu stared intently at the photograph of the stone relief on the table, her expression unreadable.

Zhang Wuxun and the other two sat under the sunshade, drinking cup after cup of herbal tea.

Having gotten used to the coolness inside the cave, the fat man was sweltering in the midday heat outside. He hesitated to go shirtless because of the crowd and unfamiliarity with the place, so he gulped down two large pots of cold tea and kept wiping his sweat.

"Hey, do you think that old woman is in a deep meditation? It's been an hour, and she hasn't moved an inch," the fat man said.

Zhang Wuxun chuckled softly upon hearing this.

The fat man threw the towel draped around his neck at Zhang Wuxun. "What are you laughing at? Why aren't you guys worried at all? I've been so anxious these past few days that I've lost several pounds."

"What kind of junk are you throwing at me?" Zhang Wuxun's face darkened instantly, and he leaned back, dropping the towel onto the table.

He tossed the towel back, saying, "What's the use of your anxiety? It'll probably be a while before we get news from Tianzhen's side. Just wait patiently."

The fat man sighed heavily. "I feel like something's not right, but I can't quite put my finger on it. No, no, I can't just sit here doing nothing. I need to call my little sister Yun Cai."

As he spoke, he got up and ran to Huo Zhizhi, asking to borrow his satellite phone. "Quick, quick, Fatty has something extremely urgent to do. Can I borrow your phone?"

Huo Zhizhi frowned at him, "Don't get any funny ideas."

The fat man glared at him and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? Do you think I'm that kind of person? If you don't give it to me, I'll just go ask your old lady for it."

Huo Zhizhi snorted and glared at him before taking the phone out of her backpack and reluctantly handing it to him. "Do you even know how to use it? Don't break it later."

"Tch, this is all? It's a piece of cake. I've been working on machines longer than you've ever been."

The fat man, holding the satellite phone, turned and walked away towards the back of the tent.

Zhang Wuxun could only shake his head helplessly at Fatty's impulsive nature. However, although Fatty was a bit thick-skinned, his sixth sense was sometimes quite accurate.

Zhang Wuxun had just quietly observed all the people temporarily staying at the camp and found that several of the servants around Old Madam Huo seemed a bit off. On the surface, they seemed no different from before, but Zhang Wuxun could tell from his intuition that their bodies had been switched.

It seems the old lady has already taken action. To ensure the success of this operation, Huo Xiangu chose to act directly from outside.

Because there wasn't enough time, Huo Xiangu couldn't identify each of those people one by one. Since she couldn't determine which rats in human skin were the real deal, she might as well just do a complete water change to keep the danger at bay.

The group of people that Fatty mentioned earlier were probably Huo Xiangu's ultimate trump card, cultivated over many years, similar to Deadpool.

She has now positioned them at the most crucial point of the fishing net, while the original crew members have been lured away by Huo Zhixing to other locations.

But was Huo Xiangu's arrangement really effective? In Zhang Wuxun's view, such a method could only filter out some of the most superficial rats. If the Wang family were so easy to eliminate, they wouldn't have remained in everyone's minds for so many years.

If Zhang Wuxun could see the problem, then the dignified head of the Huo family could naturally see it as well.

Therefore, once inside the ancient building, Huo Xiangu will definitely take further action. She is using herself and the ethereal entity within the building as bait to lure out the person behind it all.

It wasn't that she couldn't find out about her daughter's accident on the archaeological team; with her connections, it would have been easy for her to investigate through official channels. However, she couldn't investigate because there were too many eyes watching her from the shadows. The entire Huo family was full of ambitious people, and the power of the collateral branches was always scheming to overthrow the main branch.

At first, Huo Xiangu was doing this secretly because the videos those people sent her contained images of Huo Ling. Huo Xiangu thought her daughter was being held captive somewhere, and the videotapes were a bargaining chip to threaten her into continuing to search for the Zhang Family Ancient Building. That's why she bought the Yangshi Lei blueprints from Wu Xiaoxie at a high price.

However, the appearance of Zhang Wuxun and his group disrupted Huo Xiangu's plans. After learning that her daughter had become like that, Huo Xiangu had no more scruples and quickly began to fight back.

Because the whole operation was too dangerous, the direct descendants of the Huo family had already gone abroad in batches at the beginning of the operation.

This is also why Huo Xiangu chose Zhang Wuxun and the others, because she couldn't use the Huo family at this time, and the ultimate trump card to enter the Zhang family's ancient building was Xiao Ge, the last patriarch of the Zhang family.

Zhang Wuxun pondered, tapping his fingertips lightly on the table a few times. So, which of the people currently surrounding Old Madam Huo is Old Madam Huo's confidant?

Huo Zhizhi? Not necessarily. If he were truly her trump card, she would definitely leave him for Huo Xiuxiu. But it's obvious that this person will end up going in with her, and going in is tantamount to suicide.

Huo Zhixing is even less likely, as he doesn't seem as important as Huo Zhizhi, and Huo Xiaoli is too inexperienced. So who could it be?

Zhang Wuxun carefully recalled the Huo family members he had met before, and suddenly a face flashed through his mind that seemed somewhat ordinary among the Huo family's high-value genes.

“I’ve found you,” Zhang Wuxun murmured.

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Wu Xiaoxie and Xie Yuchen had been hanging in the Bird's Nest for three days, almost growing mushrooms from waiting, when finally news came from Banna.

A very thick envelope, filled with papers and photographs, was hoisted up from below the cliff in a basket.

Watching the fat man having fun while sightseeing, Wu Xiaoxie cursed inwardly. He glanced at Xiao Hua's bandaged chest and wondered if he had followed the wrong group.

After quickly glancing through the photos, Wu Xiaoxie frowned. "Strange, where's Muyu?"

These photos are practically a record of their life on Mount Banna during this period. Even the young man and Grandma Huo occasionally appear in the photos, but Zhang Wuxun is the only one missing.

Suppressing their doubts, the two continued to look through the photos. Xie Yuchen, with his sharp eyes, immediately pulled out several photos marked with a red marker.

There was a letter tucked in the middle of the photo. Wu Xiaoxie quickly opened it. The handwriting was messy and arrogant, almost missing limbs. It was obvious that it was written by Fatty.

The long explanation above was mostly nonsense, but it did explain why Zhang Wuxun wasn't in the photo, which relieved Wu Xiaoxie. "I almost thought something had happened to Muyu."

After looking at the photos of the stone reliefs, Wu Xiaoxie and his companion analyzed them and agreed that the key lay in the mysterious large iron plate.

"How much of that blood do you have left?" Xie Yuchen asked.

Wu Xiaoxie looked at him and said, "Don't even think about it. There's only one Wahaha bottle of it. If you pour it all over all that hair, it definitely won't be enough."

Xie Yuchen rolled his eyes and said, "In my current state, the previous method definitely won't work. We have to find a way to get through this."

Wu Xiaoxie thought for a moment, "Then...then how about this, we'll wear full protective suits, make them thick, and then drip a few drops of blood on ourselves, and I'll carry you over."

After thinking about it for a moment, Xie Yuchen felt that this method might be feasible.

The iron armor had been left outside the cave for so long that the bloodstains on it had attracted hair from inside the cave, causing it to multiply on the surface. It was all black and looked like moldy fungus, which Wu Xiaoxie found disgusting and refused to wear it under any circumstances.

Moreover, the iron armor was too heavy, making it inconvenient to move around in, and the helmet didn't even have eye holes. Wu Xiaoxie felt that if he wore it, he would definitely lose his bearings.

After a brief discussion, the two returned to the cave above.

Each of them wrapped themselves in three protective suits and tied gauze around their ankles, waists, and wrists.

Wu Xiaoxie took out the life-saving treasure box that Zhang Wuxun had prepared for him from his backpack, took out a small bottle containing blood, used a cotton swab to apply a few blood streaks to the gauze wrapped around himself and Xie Yuchen, and then gestured for Xie Yuchen to approach the hair to test the effect.

Xie Yuchen tried it as instructed and found it to be effective. The hair was initially attracted by the smell of blood, but before it got close, it was like a magnet repelling like poles, and could only circle vertically at a distance of two hand spans.

He turned around and gave Wu Xiaoxie an OK sign.

Wu Xiaoxie put away the small bottle, and the two of them put on their equipment, shouldered their backpacks, and walked into the cave.

Upon reaching the pottery jar, Wu Xiaoxie patted Jie Yuchen on the shoulder and said, "Is it okay? Or should I carry you on my back, just to be on the safe side?"

Xie Yuchen was putting on a gas mask when he heard this and chuckled, "This passage is so long and the space is so low. You'll have to bend over a bit to get through by yourself. It'll be tough carrying me. I'm afraid you'll collapse from exhaustion halfway through. You should save your energy."

Although Wu Xiaoxie was a little annoyed and felt looked down upon since that was what people said, he didn't care too much, after all, what Xiaohua said was true.

“Then I’ll walk in front, and you follow behind. Tell me if anything goes wrong,” Wu Xiaoxie said, stepping forward.

Xie Yuchen nodded.

As the two stepped into the pottery area, their hair suddenly stood up as if electrocuted, then spread out to both sides like wheat stalks being rolled over by a mischievous donkey in a field, all falling to either side.

"I think we should take a picture to commemorate this once-in-a-century scene," Wu Xiaoxie said in a muffled voice.

Through his gas mask, Xie Yuchen looked at him with the eyes of someone looking at an idiot. "Boss, we've already wasted enough time."

Wu Xiaoxie sighed, "Your daily life must be very boring. If it were Fatty, he would already be striking a pose by now."

"Boring," Xie Yuchen muttered, urging him to quicken his pace.

The two successfully passed through the pottery jar area and arrived at the cave where Xie Yuchen had been injured earlier.

Once inside, Wu Xiaoxie finally saw the strange iron disc that Xie Yuchen had mentioned; it was indeed spinning.

He couldn't imagine how the mechanism below could keep the iron plate spinning for so many years.

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