Tomb Raider: I Am Hu Bayi's Cousin

Chapter 210 Looking for an exit
"Holy crap, it's collapsed already? How long will it take to dig this tunnel?"

The fat man stared wide-eyed at the collapsed passageway.

At this moment, they paid no attention to the excessively coincidental dragon and qilin, or the dragon pearl mist; they were simply staring blankly at the passage.

I was in a dilemma for a moment.

"We still have enough explosives in our bag, enough to blast a tunnel through."

"Whether it's blasting open the collapsed passage or blasting a passage through the cave roof, that would be enough, but..."

Hu Bayi seemed to have something on his mind but hesitated to speak.

"But this underground cavity we are in is now buried at the bottom of the wind-eroded lake, and no one knows how close the top layer is to the bottom of the lake."

"If we accidentally use too much explosives and blow up the bottom of the lake, all of us brothers will be sinking to the bottom and feeding the fish today."

Hu Ming added quietly.

This is the fact.

When it comes to swimming skills, if Hu Ming claims to be second to none in this group, no one would dare to claim to be first.

However, the problem is that if the lakebed collapses and the massive lake water flows in, even someone skilled in swimming will be at a disadvantage.

Even if you were a mermaid, you'd still be crushed into a meat patty by this overwhelming force.

Not to mention that when the lake water flows back, the dome will definitely be destroyed.

When the waters of Wanjun Lake combine with the collapse of the rock strata, even a great immortal would perish here!
"Hey buddy, what happened to the passage you came in through?"

"How about we go back the way you came?"

At that moment, Chu Yi had a flash of inspiration and looked intently at the young man.

"...You can see for yourselves."

The young man didn't say much, he just calmly pointed to the dark, empty hole next to the shaft.

When the searchlight was shone on the cave entrance, a closer look revealed that it was already filled with a large amount of broken crystals.

The passageway was exactly the same as the one Hu Ming and his group had used.

The collapse of the crystal wall has already affected the passage that the young man came through.

However, despite being in such a desperate situation, the young man remained calm and showed no sign of worry.

Hu Ming watched in amazement.

He was confident, knowing there was another secret passage.

But this guy is really calm.

Hu Ming even suspected that, given the young man's temperament, he would remain calm even if the end of the world happened right before his eyes.

Shaking his head, Hu Ming stopped thinking about these things and pulled out a pistol from his waist.

"boom!"

He quickly changed the magazine, casually aimed the gun at the empty open space, and pulled the trigger.

With his eyes closed, Hu Ming's ears trembled repeatedly as he listened carefully, trying to discern and search for the secret passage that existed.

After all, this godforsaken place is so remote that you can't see where the secret passage is at all.

At this moment, his five senses, which were even more extraordinary than those of the younger brother, came in handy.

Seeing this, Yang Xueli and the others wisely kept quiet, and even softened their breathing.

At the same time, he gestured for Chu Yi and A Xiang to be quiet.

The two were puzzled, but they still kept their mouths shut and breathed softly.

The young man watched Hu Ming's actions silently. The reason he didn't panic was that although his five senses might not be as good as Hu Ming's, they were definitely not inferior. Moreover, he could sense the air movement, so there must be a way out!
So the guy wasn't in a hurry at all!
"I've got it! The priests of the Demon Kingdom really hid that secret passage very well!"

"If it weren't for my senses being far beyond that of ordinary people, no less than the ability to identify acupoints by listening to thunder, I really might not have been able to find it..." Hu Ming opened his eyes and looked into the depths of the pile of corpses in the vertical shaft.

"Is it no less effective than the Thunder-Listening Acupoint Identification Technique of the Unloading Ridge School?"

The young man asked softly.

"That's right, bro, let me tell you, our Master Mingzi is the legendary Heavenly Official who uncovers tombs! The kind with the Seal of the Heavenly Official who uncovers tombs..."

"What is a Tomb Raider? Let me tell you, a Tomb Raider is someone who knows a little bit about everything. My family's Hu Ming has dabbled in all the unique skills of the four major tomb raiding schools!"

Upon hearing this, the fat man boasted arrogantly.

Anyone who didn't know better would think he was the official in charge of exhuming tombs.

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The Celestial Official who discovers tombs knows a little bit about everything—that's what Hu Ming was telling them back then!
"...Stop talking, Fatty, I'm begging you, especially don't say these things in front of Xiao Ge."

"I feel a little ashamed!"

Hu Ming covered his eyes, feeling his face burning.

Strictly speaking, after the lineage of the Faqiu Tianguan (Faqiu Celestial Official) was cut off during the Yongle reign of the Ming Dynasty, the descendants of the Zhang family were the most qualified to be called Faqiu Tianguan.

The skills of the Celestial Official who uncovers tombs, besides his two fingers used for probing caves, rely on star observation, which is essentially feng shui...

In this respect, they are similar to the tomb raiders.

Even by exhausting ancient books, one can discover that the original founders of the tomb raiders and the tomb raiders have an inextricable relationship.

However, Cao Cao later established the tomb raiding and gold-digging departments to fund his army, which completely separated them.

However, in terms of feng shui skills, the orthodox tomb raiders and the tomb raiders are equally matched.

Hu Ming's skills related to the Celestial Official of the Tomb Raiders, such as the Tomb Raider Seal, were all given to him by the system.

The young man simply gave Hu Ming a strange look.

Due to his personality, he didn't ask any further questions, but simply focused his gaze on Hu Ming's two right fingers.

His intuition told him that Hu Ming was not lying; he was indeed the Heavenly Official who uncovered tombs.

However, Hu Ming's ten fingers were fair and slender, without any abnormality, and did not look like someone who had practiced the two-finger hole-fingering technique.

The young man never imagined that such an unreasonable thing as a system existed in this world...

Let's leave aside the young man's doubts for now.

Under Hu Ming's leadership, the group was currently...

Digging up the corpse!
Damn it, in the original story, the secret passage was just hidden in a place that was not easy to notice.

But now, Hu Ming and the others have made the disastrous discovery that the entrance to the secret passage has long been buried by a large number of mummified corpses.

If you want to get out, the first thing to do is dig up the corpse...

This is very frustrating, especially since they have no other choice.
This digging took up most of the day.

The worst part was that everyone was starving, with food scarce.

Especially for fat people, their large size means they expend a lot of energy.

He was almost starving by now. If it weren't for his trust in Hu Ming, he would have already yelled for someone to blow up the passage.

For a fat man, it's better to drown or be crushed by stones than to starve to death...

"found it!"

Hu Ming casually tossed aside a mummified corpse, revealing the dark tunnel beneath it, and his spirits lifted.

Even with Hu Ming's strong will, after rolling around in the pile of corpses for half a day, his patience would almost be worn out...

(End of this chapter)