Tomb Raider: I Am Hu Bayi's Cousin

Chapter 139 Find the entrance
A wave was stirred up in the pool. Hu Bayi, Fatty, and Yang Xueli, seeing that he was alright, also jumped in. The water that flowed out seemed to have been settled and filtered, and was very clear.

The water here is noticeably different from the water in the cave before. It doesn't feel cold at all; instead, it feels refreshing.

The fat man emerged from the water and wiped the water off his face.

It was midday outside, and the fat man squinted as he looked up. "Damn it, it's finally getting some sunshine!"

"Hey! There seem to be fish in here!" the fat man said excitedly, pointing to the carp swimming in the water.

Wow! It's quite big!

Hu Bayi saw it too, and looked at the fat man, "What, you don't want to eat the fish here, do you?"

"Fatty, have you forgotten about those female corpses up there?"

"Let me tell you, all this water comes from above."

"You could swallow fish raised in corpse-soaked water?"

The fat man had actually been planning to eat that, but after Hu Bayi said that, he instantly lost his appetite.

"Damn! That's disgusting!"

Then he sighed and said, "Fine, I'll just go eat my compressed biscuits!"

"correct!"

"Mingzi, now that we're out here, let's rest here for the night before continuing!" After all that commotion, Fatty just wanted to get a good night's sleep in the sunshine.

Unexpectedly, after the fat man finished speaking, no one answered for a long time.

At this moment, Hu Bayi and Fatty suddenly realized that something was wrong. They immediately turned around and looked around, but they couldn't find Hu Ming anywhere.

"Hey? Where's Mingzi?! She's disappeared again!"

Hu Ming suddenly disappeared. Thinking of Hu Ming's skills, Yang Xueli slowly climbed ashore from the water and said, "With Hu Ming's skills, he will definitely be fine. You two don't need to worry."

"Damn it!"

"They've probably found something again!" the fat man nodded. "Yeah, what could Mingzi possibly be up to?"

This time, Yang Xueli was right; Hu Ming jumped down and immediately dived into the water.

This area is marked with a special symbol on the map, and Hu Ming wants to go directly to confirm the exact location of the entrance to the current king's tomb.

The entrance is located below this pool. The deeper Hu Ming goes, the more he can feel the invisible whirlpools in the water pulling him down into the pool.

"That's about it, this should be the place!"

Once Hu Ming confirmed his location, he immediately changed direction and headed upstream.

"Mingzi, where have you been again?!"

"Why did you suddenly disappear this time? Didn't you even say hello to us?" Hu Bayi said to Hu Ming as he finally emerged from the water.

"It's nothing, I just went down to the bottom of the pool to take a look," Hu Ming explained as he came ashore, knowing that these people were worried.

under?
Upon hearing this, the fat man immediately came over as well.

"Below the pool?"

"Mingzi, are you saying there's something underneath this pool?"

"Any funerary objects?" the fat man asked mysteriously.

Yang Xueli didn't care about any funerary objects; she was only focused on the Muchen Pearl. When she heard Hu Ming say there was something down there, she perked up her ears to listen.

"What kind of funerary object!"

"All you know is funerary objects!" "I only checked the entrance to the tomb of the Prince Xian."

Hu Bayi was taken aback, and said in disbelief, "The entrance to the tomb of the Prince of Xian?"

"Could the entrance be underwater?"

Hu Ming nodded and replied, "That's right, the entrance is right below the pool!"

“I noticed it before; there was a circle drawn at this location on the human skin map.”

"A circle?"

"Mingzi, you just know the entrance is here based on a circle on the map?" the fat man asked, somewhat puzzled.

Hu Ming nodded with a half-smile.

“That’s right. Don’t think the circle is simple. Old Hu, do you remember? The old man said that in ancient times there was a saying that the sky was round and the earth was square, so this circle also represents the sky.”

"Heaven represents life, and it becomes very clear when you think about it that way."

"I see..." Hu Bayi stroked his chin and nodded upon hearing this.

"Mingzi! You're awesome!" The fat man was surprised that Hu Ming had found the problem so easily.

Yang Xueli couldn't help but nod in agreement.

"So that's how it is!" Although she was a descendant of the Mountain Moving Taoists, the next few generations had long since stopped practicing this profession.

Yang Xueli's current knowledge comes from Partridge Whistle's notes, so she doesn't know much about these things.

After resting overnight by the pool, the group changed into their gear the next morning and prepared to dive into the depths of the pool.

Based on his previous memory, Hu Ming quickly located the underwater entrance.

Submerged in the water, everyone was wearing a full diving suit and an oxygen mask.

At this moment, Hu Ming had no choice but to gesture to Hu Bayi.

Hu Bayi immediately understood Hu Ming's meaning and returned a gesture of understanding. Following the force of the whirlpool, they quickly reached the lowest point of the pool.

Very smoothly, and very quickly, a tomb passage was found at the location of the water eye.

Somewhat strangely, there was no tomb door in the passageway, and the inside had long been flooded.

They swam dozens of meters through the water-filled tomb passage before stopping.

Hu Ming knew that they had limited oxygen, so he had to hurry.

Hu Ming surveyed the surrounding environment. The tomb passage was wide and flat, paved with large square bricks, and the top of the passage was covered with large, blue strip-shaped stones. No murals or inscriptions were found on the surrounding walls.

There weren't even any statues, and the tomb passage was very narrow; several people swam inside for a long time.

Hu Ming made a gesture to Hu Bayi, who immediately understood what he meant. According to the human skin map, the tomb of the King of Xian was inside!
Sure enough, just after Hu Bayi and Hu Ming exchanged hand signals, and after advancing about ten meters, they saw a rocky slope underwater ahead.

From here, the tomb passage widens, and they go upstream along the stone slope.

Before long, it emerged from the water and reached the surface of the pool.

Hu Ming, who had just emerged from the water, immediately removed the oxygen mask from his face, wiped the water off his face, and looked around.

They had reached the end of the tomb passage, but their path was blocked by a stone door.

The stone gate had a slightly bluish-gray hue and looked very large. Judging from its weight, Hu Bayi knew it weighed over a thousand catties.

At that moment, Hu Bayi wiped his face. Turning back, he smiled and said to Yang Xueli and Fatty, "Mingzi, you're amazing! Looks like we really found the right place!"

(End of this chapter)