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

Chapter 376 The Qilin Weeps Blood
"Okay." Fatty glanced at the gradually descending fog above, dared not delay any longer, climbed the suspension bridge and quickly reached the other side of the red line. He carried Xiao Ge on his back and rushed straight into the stone path behind.

Wu Xiaoxie followed the fat man's route and was about to reach the most complicated net.

You don't notice it from a distance, but you only realize how dense the net is when you get closer.

The entire net looks like a three-dimensional red-pen sketch; whoever set it up must have carefully observed the structure of the bird's nest.

At that moment, he suddenly realized a philosophical truth: being fat or not is not the standard for judging any problem.

That damn fat guy is indeed a hidden talent. Although he's unreliable most of the time, he really doesn't let us down when it matters.

But the key question is, how will he get there!

Zhang Wuxun noticed his hesitation, crossed the red line, and stood next to Wu Xiaoxie, intending to lead him step by step.

He was about to speak when he suddenly heard a very shallow breathing sound, the breath was very weak, and his heart skipped a beat. He immediately turned his head to look in that direction.

It was pitch black there, but he saw a gray shadow moving little by little, waking up from its coma.

Wu Xiaoxie took another step, took a breath, and subconsciously glanced at Zhang Wuxun out of the corner of his eye, only to find that he seemed to be standing still.

"What's wrong, Muyu?"

Zhang Wuxun's heart was in turmoil, but he kept his voice calm and composed.

"It's alright." He came through again, spreading the red line open in the same way as before, and said, "Jump over through the gap in front, I'll watch the bell for you."

"Okay." Wu Xiaoxie nodded, without suspecting anything.

He clapped his hands to encourage himself, silently chanting, "Little Third Master, let's go!"

After reciting the words, he took a deep breath, calmed his mind, spread his arms, and did the same "White Crane Spreads Wings" movement as the fat man. He let out a low shout and, with a standard diving leap, he squeezed right through the gap in the red line and plunged into the water with a splash.

Getting out of the water and wiping the water droplets from his face, Wu Xiaoxie smiled happily, feeling as if every pore on his body had opened up and felt comfortable. He turned around and called to Zhang Wuxun, "You come over here too."

"You go first." Zhang Wuxun smiled at him. "The road ahead is easy. Just keep going forward and meet up with Fatty and Little Brother."

"Hmm?" Wu Xiaoxie looked at him suspiciously, puzzled. "And what about you?"

“Something fell.” Zhang Wuxun turned around and carefully walked through the gap in the red line where he came from. “You and Fatty go first. Don’t worry, this little trap is no problem for me.”

"What is so important?" Wu Xiaoxie suddenly felt a little nervous. "Can't we go out and buy it?"

“It’s very important; you can’t buy it outside.” As he said this, Zhang Wuxun had already walked several meters along the log bridge.

Seeing how relaxed he was as if he were taking a stroll on the bridge, Wu Xiaoxie felt a little relieved. "Alright, hurry up and catch up. Fatty and I are waiting for you outside."

Zhang Wuxun waved to him with his back turned, and urged him one last time, "Hurry up, the fog is coming soon."

Wu Xiaoxie gritted his teeth, climbed onto the suspension bridge, turned around and continued to carefully step into the gap with cat-like steps.

Perhaps because he had just attempted a difficult maneuver, he crossed the red line very smoothly afterward. He was still somewhat dazed when he stood on the empty stone slab.

After a few seconds of stunned silence, his mind seemed to catch up with his body. He nearly stumbled and fell, but quickly grabbed the stone wall to steady himself. Looking back, he saw that the white mist above was less than two meters away from the highest red line.

"Wooden fish!" he suddenly became anxious and shouted in that direction.

"here I am."

Zhang Wuxun's clear, cool, and gentle voice pierced through the mist and drifted into his ears.

Wu Xiaoxie's tense shoulders relaxed instantly, and he angrily said, "What the hell are you doing? Why are you taking so long to pick something up?"

Zhang Wuxun soaked in the water, walked around the red line, and walked step by step toward the gray figure in his line of sight. His voice was still very steady, "I'm halfway there. I'll be there soon."

Wu Xiaoxie breathed a sigh of relief. It was too dark over there for him to see Muyu's figure, but he knew that Muyu would never let him down at crucial moments.

"Then hurry up, there are steps at the end of the stone path behind, and below is a pool of water. Fatty has already swum out with Little Brother."

Zhang Wuxun only responded once. He had already walked up to the gray figure and looked at the extremely familiar person whose lower body was stuck in the jade vein. For a moment, he was in a daze and thought that he was hallucinating because he was too tense.

Seeing someone approaching, the gray shadow in the jade vein stirred, laboriously raising its upper body, and finally recognized Zhang Wuxun from its eyes.

Then he smiled and asked, "Young Master San... has he gone out yet?"

"What are you doing here?" Zhang Wu asked him.

"Ahem... Has Third Master gone out yet?" Panzi asked again.

"I fucking asked you what you're doing here!" Zhang Wuxun suddenly shouted angrily, his chest heaving violently, his eyes turning red in an instant.

Pan Zi was stunned for a moment before he realized what was happening, and then he understood. "Sorry... I came... to see Third Master. Someone saw... here..."

Shut up! I don't want to hear what you're saying.

Zhang Wuxun gave him a low shout, took out a gas mask from his spatial storage and immediately put it on his face, then took out a sharp hammer and smashed the jade vein next to him that had completely solidified.

He cursed the damned plot and the treacherous Wu Sansheng in his heart, venting all his anger on this damned jade vein.

“It’s no use…” Panzi used his only free hand to tug at his sleeve. “It’s no use, don’t waste your energy, I can’t get out…you go!”

Zhang Wuxun remained unmoved, gritting his teeth and swinging the hammer with both hands, desperately smashing it against the jade vein.

"Wooden fish... wooden fish! Listen to me, you don't know what I look like now. My legs may have disappeared. Even if you break it open and get me out, I won't be able to walk out."

"Get out of here!" he said, pulling off his gas mask. "Get out of here and help me take care of Young Master San..."

"Bullshit!" Zhang Wuxun stared at him coldly. "I told you when we first met that with me around, even the King of Hell wouldn't dare take you!"

After saying that, he drew his dagger and slashed it across his right wrist, causing blood to gush out.

Pan Zi stared at him in shock, but before he could react, Zhang Wuxun abruptly ripped off the gas mask that had just been put on him, then placed his bleeding wrist to Pan Zi's mouth and commanded, "Drink it quickly!"

Pan Zi opened his mouth, about to say something, but Zhang Wuxun impatiently dislocated his jaw, held his head in place, and poured the blood flowing from his wrist directly into his throat.

Pan Zi was forced to swallow warm blood, his nasal cavity filled with a rusty, sweet smell. The blood flowed quickly, choking him until his eyes rolled back.

Whether it was his imagination or not, he felt the excruciating pain that had spread to his waist was rapidly receding down his legs. He also felt that the pressure points binding him seemed to be loosening.

Zhang Wuxun could also sense the changes in the jade vein; he saw that the iron hammer standing on it had begun to sink.

Ignoring the still-bleeding wrist, he put Panzi's chin back on, put his gas mask back on, grabbed his shoulder, and pulled him out of the softened jade vein with a forceful pull.

Upon seeing that Pan Zi's legs were no longer covered in flesh and blood, Zhang Wuxun only paused for a moment before immediately telling the system in his mind: [Quick! Save him!]

Panzi had a blood clot in his throat, and pieces of internal organs kept gushing out of his mouth under the mask, mixed with the blood he had just drunk. He went into shock the moment he was dragged out.

[His injuries were fatal. Even though the host used Qilin blood to drive away the carnivorous salamanders, his internal organs had already been gnawed out of place.]

[I said, save him!]

Zhang Wuxun squeezed out each word through clenched teeth, his lips trembling slightly, his eyes bloodshot and terrifying.

[To restore him to his original state, his energy will be almost completely depleted. What will the host do then?]

[I'll go to the Qinling Mountains to recharge you!] Zhang Wuxun ignored him.

【……good】

Zhang Wuxun didn't have X-ray vision and couldn't see through the recovery of Pan Zi's internal organs beneath his skin, but he trusted the system's abilities.

Perhaps the system had also stored up enough energy this time, because in less than a minute, Panzi showed signs of waking up.

The system continued its efforts, and Panzi soon opened his eyes, but his voice was hoarse and he couldn't speak, only able to utter indistinct syllables.

"Don't worry, your leg is fine. It's just that after it was trapped, the leg muscles didn't get enough blood for a long time, so it's normal that you can't move it for a while."

After Zhang Wuxun finished comforting him in a rapid-fire manner, he ignored him and stared intently at his two legs, where the bones, muscles, nerves, and blood vessels were growing at a visible speed.

The final step was finally completed. The newly grown body was still out of control. Zhang Wuxun carried Pan Zi on his back, waded through the water to the log bridge, and led him to the other side of the red line as quickly as possible.

Just when he thought everything was finally about to end and his tense nerves relaxed, he suddenly felt a burning pain on the inside of his left leg. His entire leg instantly lost strength, and he staggered and fell to the ground.

Panzi lay on his back, anxiously asking him what was wrong.

The excruciating pain struck in an instant, and Zhang Wuxun realized what had happened—he had been shot!

There are other people around here—that person just shot him.

The gun had a silencer, so he couldn't hear the direction from which the gunshot came.

Someone is trying to stop him from leaving; perhaps he is the one who sabotaged the water-filling mechanism.

Is it Huo Xiaoli? Or is it just slumped shoulders?

There's no time to dwell on these things now; time is of the essence, and he must get Pan Ziquan out safely.

Based on his experience, he quickly determined that he had been hit by a rifle bullet. The gun was probably modified, with a small caliber and limited power, so it did not pass through his leg.

He is now quite far from the steps, but he can manage to stand up before he completely loses the ability to walk.

But if he stood up, the guy hiding in the shadows would definitely shoot at him again, so he could only crawl on the ground.

Fortunately, when the alkaline gas spread here, the pool beneath the Illusionary Bell Array helped absorb some of it.

Zhang Wuxun coughed a few times, feeling a rusty-tasting liquid overflowing from his mouth. He ignored it, turned his head and told Panzi on his back to hold on tight.

Then he immediately crawled forward on his belly, leaving a long and wide trail of blood on the stone pavement behind him.

The bullet that hit his thigh was angled in and struck his superficial femoral artery, but it didn't pass through the muscle on the other side; instead, it got stuck in the bone on the inside.

The excruciating pain in his bones felt as if countless ants were gnawing at his marrow.

He could feel that in just a few seconds, after the initial burning sensation, the leg had rapidly lost temperature due to blood loss.

Unlike the feeling of being shot in the chest or heart, you don't feel anything when a bullet pierces your chest, or you feel numbness.

Because of the extremely high impact force of the bullet, the bullet is spinning at high speed after leaving the barrel, and it will tear apart the muscle tissue and nerve structure of that area in just a few seconds.

The brain's first reaction is that the body has been damaged, and that this damage is almost fatal.

The brain immediately switches to a survival mode, rapidly sending adrenaline into the bloodstream, causing the heart rate and blood pressure to gradually increase, while the energy output of the lungs is dozens of times greater than usual.

In such extremely bad circumstances, the body's mechanisms can maintain balance in the short term. This is why some people experience inexplicable numbness for a few seconds after being shot and falling to the ground, followed by a burning pain.

However, the depletion of this balance is irreversible, and the person who was shot can feel their life freezing rapidly as their blood is lost.

Being shot in the limbs is more painful, especially if the bullet gets stuck in the bone. That section of bone will suffer varying degrees of spiral fracture. After the initial numbness at the wound site, the intense pain can cause a person to lose the ability to move instantly.

"[...I'm sorry...host]" the system's voice sounded in my mind, very softly, as if it were about to crash. "[My last bit of energy can only shrink the severed blood vessel a little and slow down your blood loss, but it cannot heal the wound.]"

[It's okay, you won't die.]

At this moment, Zhang Wuxun had only one thought in his mind: keep climbing, keep climbing forward. Pan Zi cannot die, none of them can die.

The stone path, which should have been a dozen steps long, seemed to stretch on forever at that moment.

Finally, his arm touched the cold water. With his last bit of strength, he turned over, threw Panzi on his back into the water, and was pulled down the steps and into the water himself.

"You should leave quickly..."

Zhang Wuxun wasn't even sure if he had made a sound. His vision began to darken, and his eyesight became blurry. The cool water slightly slowed the loss of blood.

But it hurts so much. Why does it hurt so much? I was only shot once, so why does my whole body hurt?

The cold numbness from blood loss was completely banished at this moment, and every cell from my chest to my fingertips was screaming in pain.

But he really had no strength left; he didn't even have the strength to curl up and relieve the pain.

Some surprises are always unexpected.

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(End of this chapter)