Tomb Raider: I Am Hu Bayi's Cousin

Chapter 140

Yang Xueli stared in disbelief at the enormous stone gate.

"Mingzi, we've found the stone gate, but how are we going to get in?" The fat man looked up at the stone gate in front of him, also looking troubled.

The fat man guessed that this stone door in front of him looked like it would take at least a hundred people to open.

When we came, we didn't bring any equipment to dig a tunnel. Besides, even if we had, just looking at the thickness of this stone door...

At this moment, the fat man shook his head helplessly and said, "We can't open it either! What should we do?"

Several people climbed ashore from the water. Hu Bayi took out the human skin map, looked at it, and suddenly pointed to the upper left of the stone gate, saying, "Up there! There's a small door up there!"

"There really is a door!"

"How strange! What's the purpose of this door?"

The fat man was puzzled...

Hu Ming, who was resting to the side, stubbed out his cigarette and said to the fat man, "This thing is called Heavenly Gate, but this size..."

"It seems that Prince Xian is aiming to become an immortal!"

Becoming an immortal? The fat man had always been dismissive of talk about gods and ghosts. After hearing Hu Ming's words, he chuckled disdainfully.

"Becoming an immortal? That's all nonsense!"

Hu Bayi shrugged and said, "There's nothing I can do. Although I don't believe it either, Mingzi is right!"

"This Heavenly Gate is meant for the so-called tomb owners who supposedly ascended to immortality!"

Yang Xueli looked at the small door above and felt very curious.

"This is the first time I've ever seen a tomb door like this!"

"That's good, though, now we can go in!"

"Fatty, don't be too happy yet! Look how tall this stone gate is!" Hu Ming clapped his hands.

"Mingzi, this is easy!"

"Let's get the climbing ropes ready, let's go up!"

"okay!"

The fat man had been very excited since he arrived. Now that the tomb of the King of Xian was right in front of him, he could even see the funerary objects inside beckoning to him.

Yang Xueli was also full of energy at this moment, after all, the Muchen Pearl was very likely inside.

Hu Bayi and Fatty then tried to throw the climbing rope up to the Heavenly Gate.

Yang Xueli glanced at the Heavenly Gate above and muttered unconsciously, "Becoming an immortal? There are actually people who have such an idea!"

Upon hearing this, the fat man immediately chimed in, "Hey Staff Officer Yang, you don't know this, do you? The world is full of wonders!"

"Wait a minute! If I remember correctly, Miss Yang, haven't you been living abroad all this time?"

"You don't actually believe in this, do you?"

The fat man glanced at the fat man and said helplessly.

"Who said I believed that!"

"It's just curiosity!"

While working, Hu Bayi said, "Actually, it's just about finding a spiritual anchor. From a scientific point of view, it doesn't really exist. Just like how you foreigners believe in God and stuff!"

Yang Xueli nodded, "Old Hu's words do make some sense!"

The fat man joked, "Hey? Old Hu, I've never seen you so talented before!"

"My ideological awareness has always been very high."

Hu Bayi smiled smugly, and after speaking, he didn't forget to look at his cousin and ask, "Right, Mingzi!"

Upon hearing this, Hu Ming rolled his eyes, smiled, and remained silent.

The fat man continued, "Come on, you think you're like Mingzi?"

As they spoke, everything was ready, and Hu Bayi pulled the mountain rope downwards with all his might.

"Mingzi! You're sturdy enough! That's good!"

After hearing this, Hu Ming nodded, stood up, and said, "Let's get started!"

The grappling hook, attached to one end of the climbing rope, was now firmly hooked. Following the rope, Hu Ming was the first to climb up the stone gate. Once at the top, he secured the hook again, then waved down at the others below, signaling that they could come up.

Hu Bayi and Fatty were both quite skilled, and they quickly climbed up the rope. Below, only Yang Xueli remained. Surprisingly, she caught up quickly as well, even faster than Fatty, though still considerably slower than Hu Bayi.

"Heh! Not bad, Staff Officer Yang!" The fat man, whose legs were already trembling a little, looked at Yang Xueli's professional and quick upward movements, and there was a clear surprise in his eyes.

"Don't underestimate people, okay!"

“Mingzi, this door is locked too.”

"To open it, we'll probably have to resort to the black-listed official document!"

The black folding tool is a special tool used in tomb raiding, specifically for prying open doors and opening things.

In technical terms, it's called a "black folding crowbar," which is actually a retractable and portable crowbar.

Hu Ming nodded without objecting. He had already checked that the "Heavenly Gate" was a movable door that could be opened normally.

However, it's usually only possible to push it open from the inside out. They're on the outside now, so we have to use force, and only prying will work.

"Fatty, don't just stare! This thing is quite heavy! I can't manage it alone!"

The fat man was stronger, and Hu Bayi inserted a black folding stick into the gap in the door and secured it.

Fatty and Hu Bayi pried hard, repeating this process seven or eight times before the Heavenly Gate finally loosened a little.

Hu Bayi was already panting heavily, so the fat man simply said, "Alright! You better get out of my way, I'll do it!"

Hearing the fat man's words, Hu Bayi glanced at him with some doubt and said, "You...you think you can do it?"

"What do you mean, 'Am I capable'?"

"Why don't you just remove the 'ma' (referring to the mother) and that'll be fine!"

"I'm not bragging, Fatty, but this strength is real!" After saying that, Hu Bayi handed the handle of the black folding book to Fatty.

The fat man gritted his teeth and tried to press down with all his might, his face turning red.

Finally, the joint of the bronze door made a crisp "click" sound.

"Hey, Fatty, that's impressive!"

The fat man smiled smugly and said, "That's right, your Fatty Grandpa will always be your Fatty Grandpa!"

Hu Ming pulled the fat man away because they needed to open the bronze door, but the ancient tomb had been sealed for over a thousand years.

If the air is not circulating, suddenly opening the door will release the lingering stench of death and negative energy, which can be harmful to people.

However, Yang Xueli didn't understand these things. She tried to walk past Hu Ming and go inside, but was stopped by Hu Bayi.

"What?"

Yang Xueli turned around and looked at Hu Bayi with a strange look in her eyes, and asked.

Hu Bayi, however, said with a serious expression, "It's not time to go in yet!"

"Why?" Yang Xueli asked anxiously upon hearing this.

"The door is already open, why are we wasting our time here?"

The fat man glanced at Yang Shirley indifferently and said, "You lack experience, don't you!"

"They're releasing poison gas."

"No one has been to this ancient tomb for a thousand years; it's filled with the stench of death!"

"Going in directly is fine, but by the time you come out and realize something's wrong with your body, it'll be too late!"

"And then?" Yang Xueli asked subconsciously, as if she hadn't heard.

The fat man said impatiently, "I'm telling you, Staff Officer Yang, it's good to ask if you don't understand, but I'm not in the mood to explain this to you in detail right now!"

"How about we go back, you pay some money, and I'll give you a proper lesson?"

At this moment, Yang Xueli heard the fat man chattering incessantly beside her, and realizing what was happening, she ignored him and stood aside, waiting for the corpse gas and poison gas inside to dissipate.

Seeing Yang Xueli like this, Hu Bayi knew how anxious she was. He then looked at the fat man who was still muttering to himself and said irritably, "Alright, fat man."

"Shirley, let me teach you when we get back. You don't need to teach her, Fatty. Besides, with your mediocre skills, you think you can teach others?"

Upon hearing this, Yang Xueli gave Hu Bayi a disapproving look.

Hu Ming smiled and shook his head. He knew that Yang Xueli knew all this, but seeing her anxious expression, he knew how excited she was. She probably hadn't thought that much about it just now.

After all, this contains the Muchen Pearl, which her clan has been searching for for generations...

(End of this chapter)