Tomb Raider: I Am Hu Bayi's Cousin

Chapter 136 Entering the Water
However, Hu Ming was never one to talk nonsense. Since he had said so, Hu Bayi and Fatty should bring them along, just in case.

However, Hu Bayi had almost forgotten about this matter before, but he didn't expect to actually run into it again.

"Damn it, Mingzi, thank goodness we trusted you and prepared diving suits, otherwise it would have been a real problem!" Hu Bayi said to Hu Ming while changing his clothes. He thought to himself that next time he would do whatever Hu Ming asked him to prepare.

Soon, after the group put on their diving suits, they were able to move around in the water as if it were flat ground.

However, Hu Bayi quickly discovered that the temperature of the groundwater was truly frightening. Just like the water they had encountered in the cave before, it was icy cold, even colder than that.

Hu Bayi hadn't swum for long when he felt as if he were soaking in ice water and began to shiver.

Fatty and Yang Xueli also couldn't stand it for long.

"Holy crap! Why is this water so cold?!"

At this moment, Yang Xueli felt even colder and her movements became slower and slower; Hu Bayi was also cold, but he could only endure it and silently pray to get ashore soon. Hu Ming walked forward along the river, where there were heavy traces of artificial excavation on both sides of the river.

Hu Ming thought to himself, it seems that this underground river was not formed naturally but was deliberately introduced by the King of Xian. This must be a very large project.

On both sides of the river were small pits, one after another. Hu Ming glanced at them and found that they were filled with white human bones.

At this moment, Hu Bayi was closest to Hu Ming, and he quickly noticed it, looking warily at the skeletons on both sides.

Hu Bayi unconsciously thought of the white Gu worms they encountered at the bottom of the cave, and a chill ran through him.

At this moment, Hu Bayi said worriedly, "...Could it also be a Gu poison?"

After hearing this, Hu Ming calmly shook his head, denying Hu Bayi's idea. "Don't worry, this shouldn't be it. It should just be some burial pits, containing not only human bones but also some animal bones."

After Hu Ming finished speaking, Hu Bayi glanced at the pit beside him and looked closely. Sure enough, some of the bones inside were quite large and clearly not human.

Hu Bayi had never seen a burial pit like this before, arranged in such a way! Of course, it wasn't just him; even Hu Ming was surprised.

Hu Bayi breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing that there were no Gu worms and said, "That's good!"

No sooner had he finished speaking than the fat man shouted.

"There's a boat! There's a boat! Look!"

The fat man excitedly pointed to a small wooden boat floating on the river not far ahead and shouted.

"I saw it! Can you please keep your voice down?"

"If you attract another python later, let's see what you're going to do!"

Hearing Hu Bayi's words, Fatty didn't care about anything else.

He felt he would freeze to death if he swam any further, but now that he had a boat, he didn't have to stay in the icy water anymore!
Soon, he swam forward seven or eight meters in one breath, before Hu Bayi could even stop him.

The fat man immediately grabbed the edge of the boat and tried to get on.

However, his dream was quickly shattered, because the wooden boat simply couldn't support the fat man. With his grab, the entire plank fell off and the boat fell apart.

At this moment, the fat man stared blankly at the soft plank in his hand, looking at everyone.

At this moment, Hu Bayi laughed from behind, watching.

"Fatty, you're celebrating too soon!"

"Damn it! What is this thing?!" the fat man shouted angrily, throwing the piece of boat plank he had taken off into the water. Hu Ming had also noticed by now that the boat had been sitting there for so long, and had been submerged in water for so long, it was already completely rotten.

"Alright, Fatty, let's go!"

"No way! Mingzi, how much longer are we going to soak in this cold water?!" the fat man complained.

Now that they were all in the water, it wasn't convenient for them to look at the human skin map. At that moment, Hu Ming looked up and said, "It's not far, let's hold on a little longer, Fatty!"

Hu Bayi hadn't been laughing for long when he felt as if he had stepped on something, and suddenly slipped, falling into the water.

"Damn it! Old Hu is drowning!" Fatty was the first to notice something was wrong with Old Hu, seeing him struggling in the water but not being able to see him at all.

Hu Ming was closest to Hu Bayi, so he turned around, swam a few meters back, pulled him up, and then looked at Hu Bayi in front of him.

"What the hell is going on with you?!"

"I remember you've always been a good swimmer, and the water isn't deep, so how did you suddenly drown?"

Hu Bayi, who had been pulled from the water, coughed incessantly and waved his hand, saying, "I don't know what happened. I just felt like I stepped on something, slipped, and drowned!"

The fat man seemed to understand something instantly and immediately spoke.

"Could it be... that there are water ghosts in this river?!"

Hu Ming frowned. He didn't remember any water ghosts here. He shone his searchlight into the water and saw a dark, indistinct thing floating in the river where Old Hu had just drowned.

Soon, Hu Ming reached down and grabbed the water plants tangled around the thing. Upon closer inspection, he realized it was a large red toad with a clump of water plants wrapped around its body.

The toad inside had already died; it was probably crushed by Hu Bayi earlier.

"Oh, it's just a toad! It's nothing!"

"Don't make a fuss, fat guy!"

Upon seeing this, Yang Xueli smiled and said.

Hu Bayi was taken aback, looking at Hu Ming's hand with a puzzled expression.

"toad?"

"But just now I clearly felt like my leg was cramping, and I couldn't muster any strength at all!"

"Hmm, it's a red-backed toad! The toad's back must be poisonous, causing temporary paralysis!"

Upon hearing that Hu Bayi was alright, the fat man immediately returned to his original state.

Yang Xueli carefully observed Hu Bayi and found that she was really alright. She breathed a sigh of relief, realizing it was just a false alarm.

"Alright, what are you waiting for? Let's swim out of here! If we stay in this water any longer, even if we don't encounter any water ghosts, I'm afraid I'll really freeze to death!"

Half an hour later, they finally got ashore. The fat man immediately took off his wetsuit and put on his thickest clothes. Yang Xueli was also shivering from the cold.

Hu Bayi casually wiped his wet hair with his clothes, but inadvertently caught a glimpse of a white figure in the lake.

(End of this chapter)