Tomb Raider: I Am Hu Bayi's Cousin

Chapter 387 Taking off pants?
Under the power of the Golden Eyes, the noisy, hissing swarm of snakes instantly fell silent.

The 200% malicious look the snakes had given Hu Ming had vanished.

Instead, there was a deep-seated awe and joy.

That's the expression of a fanatic after witnessing a miracle!
It's...it's so awesome, you know?
At this moment, Hu Ming had no doubt that with this skill, setting up a Dragon God Cult outside would be a piece of cake.

With this ability to control snakes, becoming a pope and having followers everywhere would be incredibly easy.

"However, unfortunately, this is not my area of ​​interest."

Hu Ming shook his head with considerable regret, breaking free from his inner monologue.

If it weren't for those uninvited guests following behind their group, the so-called Snake Swamp Ghost City would have been nothing special to Hu Ming.
It would probably be more appropriate to call it an oasis paradise.

The creatures at the top of the food chain here are completely under Hu Ming's control.

Even the ubiquitous insects in the dense forest were completely ignored by Hu Ming.

In short, apart from humans, Hu Ming is at the very top of the food chain in this oasis!
"Now, gather all your people and bring them together at the end of the Grand Canyon to await my next command."

The golden eyes flashed and disappeared in an instant, and the invisible fluctuations of thought invaded the simple consciousness of the snake swarm.

"Sigh~"

A series of synchronized snake hisses rang out.

Countless crested snakes bowed slightly to Hu Ming in the water, their fiery red crests trembling slightly—a signal of submission.

Immediately, countless crested snakes began to wriggle and converge in the water, forming a huge, fiery red snake ball that drifted away with the current.

Hu Ming knew that they had gone to carry out his orders.

The newly formed golden eyes also have an interesting little ability targeting snakes.

If you can control a snake with your mind, then all snakes that come into contact with afterward will be "infected".

Like a thought virus, given enough time, all the crested snakes in the vast snake swamp will eventually become "soldiers" under Hu Ming's control.

It's...it's pretty fantastical, you know?
However, compared to what Hu Ming saw behind the bronze door, this little thing was insignificant.

The bronze tree deep in the Qinling Mountains is indeed wondrous, but compared to real ancient bronze... tsk.

You should know that the primitive ancient bronze that Hu Ming saw behind the bronze door could almost be called a divine object that could truly make people's wishes come true!
Unfortunately, the side effects were far more severe than those of the Bronze Tree.

Moreover, that thing was ultimately an extraterrestrial object, and the being behind the door, having suffered from its "harm" for five thousand years, had long been prepared to destroy it.

To reduce everything beyond reality to nothingness is what is meant by "time is running out".

When that time comes, all the secrets of the Bronze Gate will be completely lost to history, unknown to anyone.

By then, apart from Xiao Ge, Hu Ming, and a few other old-timers, no one else in the world would know that the thing had ever existed.

Uh, I've gone off on a tangent.
"The guests have arrived as promised, the ambush has been set up, and the grand banquet is just around the corner..."

"However, before that, we need to make some preparations as a precaution."

As his gaze shifted away, Hu Ming's pupils returned to normal, his eyes flickering briefly.

After a long while, Hu Ming's figure disappeared into the dense forest.

There's still about a day before those people arrive, which is plenty of time for Hu Ming to get things done.

such as
I just learned from the snake swarm that a new snake king has evolved over the past ten years.

The taste of snake soup... tsk! Hu Ming still can't forget it.

At this moment, somewhere in the dense forest.

Wu Xie and his companions were in great trouble at this time.

Wu Xie and the others were resting under a dense canopy of trees.

Suddenly, the fat man became restless, his expression contorted, and he rubbed his big butt on the ground. "What the hell are you doing, you little brat? Want a beating or something?"

Panzi and Fatty never see eye to eye. He never tolerated Fatty and cursed him with a dark face.

To be honest, the fat guy's actions were really a bit lewd, especially considering there were women in the group.

Ah Ning is still an outsider!
Damn it, we've embarrassed America so badly!
"I don't know what's wrong, but my butt is suddenly incredibly itchy."

The fat man wasn't in the mood to argue with Panzi right now, and said with a frown.

Wu Xie rolled his eyes, about to laugh and scold the fat guy for being so troublesome, but suddenly, his backside started itching too.

Almost instantly, it became unbearably itchy.

Wu Xie immediately let out a strange cry and reached out to grab it.

That's when they discovered the anomaly!
"insect!"

Immediately, everyone stood up, looked at the tree trunk, and their faces turned green.

"Holy shit, where did all these weird things come from?"

The tree trunk was covered with tiny, flower-shaped insects, each about the size of half a little fingernail, just like the insects on Wu Xie's buttocks, which gave people the creeps.

Just now, Wu Xie and Fatty were resting against the tree trunk, and obviously, those insects took the opportunity to crawl inside.

"I rely on!"

Wu Xie and Fatty cursed loudly and quickly darted out of the canopy's reach, letting the rain wash over their backsides in an attempt to get rid of the bugs.

Unfortunately, this was all in vain.

"It's no use. This is what Hu Ming, the tick expert, told you about the situation here. Didn't you listen at all?"

The young man silently pulled a dagger and a lighter from Panzi's body, heated the blade with the flame, and said calmly.

Grass ticks are blood-sucking insects that, once they bite an organism, rarely let go.

Even if its entire body is filled with blood and swells to four or five times its original size, it will still not let go, even if it bursts.

Worst of all, when this insect sucks blood, it burrows its entire head into the organism's body.

Even if you forcefully pull it off, the tick's head will remain in the wound, which can easily cause infection in such a humid and hot environment.

He turned around and took off his pants.

After the blade was heated, the young man looked at the two of them and said in a serious tone.

"What the heck? Taking your pants off? Holy crap, when did you develop such a weird hobby, Silent One?"

Wu Xie and Fatty were immediately shocked!
Even Wu Sansheng, Panzi, and A Ning gave Xiao Ge strange looks.

He seemed like an aloof and indifferent guy, but who knew he'd actually like this kind of thing?
"What are you bastards thinking? If a tick is stuck in a person's body, you can only pick it out with a hot knife. Or do you two think you can even reach your own butts?"

"You bunch of idiots, what the hell are you thinking about all day?"

Even if this guy is interested in men, it's obvious he's not interested in you guys!
Black Bear was so shocked that his sunglasses fell off, and he stared dumbfounded at the group of people who had come up with such a wild idea.

"You should have said so earlier!"

Wu Xie and Fatty exchanged awkward but polite smiles, watching as A Ning discreetly moved aside to avoid suspicion. Only then did Wu Xie awkwardly turn his back to Xiao Ge and pull down his pants.
Hmm, the atmosphere suddenly became very strange.

Meanwhile, Hu Ming used the meager resources to cook himself a sumptuous dinner.

Beside him, a clean python skin quietly tells the story of where Hu Ming's dinner ingredients came from.

In the same place, the two groups were in almost completely opposite situations.

"What a pity, young man and his family won't have the chance to enjoy this!"

(End of this chapter)