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

Chapter 48 One Eye

The woman wanted to say something, but before she could speak, Zhang Wuxun and Wu Xiaoxie had already disappeared.

When they reached the three-way intersection, Lao Yang suddenly grabbed Wu Xiaoxie and said, "No, we can't go this way. We should go to the middle."

Wu Xiaoxie asked in surprise, "Why? Didn't the woman say to go to the left?"

"That woman... has a problem." Lao Yang looked mysterious.

As she spoke, she gave Wu Xiaoxie a disdainful look. "Tell me, you wouldn't understand. When I was inside, I heard those bosses say that there are mountain girls in these mountains who specialize in tricking tourists into being slaughtered. They said... maybe someone has already laid an ambush ahead. In this deep mountain forest, they'll just bury them on the spot and let them rot until no one knows."

Wu Xiaoxie felt a chill run down his spine after hearing this, and reflexively turned to look at the surrounding bushes, "It can't be that weird, can it?"

Seeing his disbelief, Lao Yang looked at Zhang Wuxun, "Mu...Mu Yu, you have experience, tell me, which way should we go?"

Wu Xiaoxie also looked at Zhang Wuxun, waiting for him to speak.

Zhang Wuxun stroked his chin, lifted his foot as if to walk to the left, and glanced at Lao Yang's expression out of the corner of his eye. Sure enough, he saw that Lao Yang looked anxious but couldn't stop him.

Zhang Wuxun understood immediately and stopped testing the waters. He turned and walked towards the middle path, saying, "Let's listen to Lao Yang and go down the middle."

Lao Yang breathed a sigh of relief and took a step forward. "Let's hurry up and go... let's go while it's still not too hot and walk a bit further."

Wu Xiaoxie had no objections.

The three of them moved on.

Except for a half-hour break, the three of them kept walking until it was almost dark when they finally spotted a herb gatherer's wooden hut ahead.

Lao Yang stepped forward, pushed the door open, and looked back excitedly, saying, "There's a stove inside! We can have a hot meal tonight!"

Wu Xiaoxie was also quite happy. Along the way, he felt like his legs were about to break, and the soles of his feet hurt terribly. He was too embarrassed to complain, so he could only endure it. Finally, he could rest.

Zhang Wuxun helped him in by the arm and sat him down, then looked around.

This is a two-story shack. The upper floor is an empty attic with only a rotten wooden bed, and the lower floor has an earthen stove. The two floors are connected by a wooden ladder.

Lao Yang went out and gathered some firewood, then started a fire.

Zhang Wuxun emptied a can, poured water into it, boiled some noodles, and then took out three disposable plastic bowls and three pairs of chopsticks from his backpack to make a canned meat noodle dish.

Lao Yang was completely stunned by what he saw.

He couldn't help but exclaim, "Little brother Muyu, are you here for a picnic?"

Zhang Wuxun didn't take it seriously, "We've already had such a hard journey, what's wrong with me eating something good?"

He thought to himself that if it weren't for the inconvenience of having you there, he would have taken out the canned fruit from his space to give Xiaotianzhen some extra nutrition.

Wu Xiaoxie wholeheartedly agreed. If Lao Yang hadn't been his childhood friend and Mu Yu hadn't been with him the whole way, he would have turned back halfway.

Tomb raiding is a job that not just anyone can do. After this trip, he should just settle down and be a small antique shop owner.

Lao Yang was speechless and deeply impressed.

After the three of them finished dinner, it was completely dark outside.

After packing his things, Lao Yang climbed up the ladder with his backpack on, and started another fire.

Hearing the occasional wolf howl in the distance, Wu Xiaoxie felt a chill run down his spine and quickly stirred the fire.

Lao Yang glanced out the window a few times, his face looking rather grim. "Looks like we'll have to take turns keeping watch tonight. We can't let the fire go out, otherwise the wild animals might... come looking for us." "Alright, Lao Yang and Xiao Tianzhen, you two go to sleep first. We'll take turns in three shifts. I'll call you when it's time." Zhang Wuxun sat by the fire, burying two cans of food in the ashes as he spoke, planning to eat them the next morning.

Lao Yang thought for a moment, nodded, and said nothing more.

Wu Xiaoxie yawned, "Okay, I'll take over for the second shift."

The two spread out their sleeping bags on the ground, crawled inside, and fell asleep in no time.

Three and a half hours later, Zhang Wuxun got up to call Wu Xiaoxie, but Lao Yang next to him opened his eyes first.

Lao Yang glanced at Wu Xiaoxie, who was still fast asleep, got up quietly, and whispered, "I'll take the second shift. Let him sleep a little longer."

Zhang Wuxun's eyebrows twitched. This fake "Old Yang" was really contradictory. If he cared about Wu Xiaoxie, he would lead him into that strange pit. If he didn't care, he would save Wu Xiaoxie in the end.

But it doesn't matter. With him here this time, we can just secretly kill him later, as long as Wu Xiaoxie doesn't get hurt.

Unfortunately, Zhang Wuxun overlooked a saying at this time: plans can never keep up with changes.

Crawling into his sleeping bag, Zhang Wuxun loosely gripped a dagger in his hand and closed his eyes to rest.

Feeling someone pushing him in a daze, Zhang Wuxun was immediately terrified and broke out in a cold sweat, instantly striking with his dagger.

But then I heard a familiar "Holy crap!"
It's Wu Xiaoxie's voice!
Zhang Wuxun quickly stopped his movements, opened his eyes, and asked, "What's wrong?"

Wu Xiaoxie was also startled, but he couldn't care less about that now. He put his finger to his lips in a "shh" gesture and kept giving Zhang Wuxun meaningful glances.

"?" Zhang Wuxun was confused and looked in the direction his gaze was pointing.

From a crack in the floor of the second-floor attic, a strangely green eye was staring intently at the two of them.

"Damn it!" Zhang Wuxun cursed under his breath and flung the dagger at the attacker.

With a whoosh, the dagger pierced the floor, and the startled eye blinked and disappeared.

Wu Xiaoxie quickly rummaged through his backpack and shone a flashlight over it. "What the hell is that thing?"

Zhang Wuxun got up, walked over, pulled out his dagger, and peered through the crack in the wood for a while. After confirming that the ghostly thing was gone, he replied, "It should be some kind of wild animal in the mountains. By the way, where's Lao Yang?"

There were only him and Wu Xiaoxie on the second floor. The fire was unattended, and the flames flickered and looked like they were about to go out.

Wu Xiaoxie shook his head. "He was gone when I woke up. Wasn't I supposed to be on the second night watch?"

Zhang Wuxun explained and took out a flashlight, saying, "Let's go out and look for it. It's the middle of the night, what if something happens?"

Wu Xiaoxie nodded in agreement.

The two carefully climbed down the stairs and then walked out with flashlights in their hands.

About ten meters ahead, a bright light suddenly appeared, white, similar to the light of a mountaineering flashlight.

Wu Xiaoxie was startled, then realized what was happening and whispered, "It's Lao Yang!"

Zhang Wuxun and his companion were downwind, and could hear a rhythmic tapping sound coming from upwind, as if they were pounding something.

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