Tomb Raider: I Am Hu Bayi's Cousin

Half a day later, at the "entrance" of the meteorite jade, on the underground cavity altar.

As always, the Queen Mother of the West sat gracefully at the cave entrance, sincerely seeing Hu Ming and the young man off.

The Queen Mother of the West swore that she was truly sincere, and genuinely happy from the bottom of her heart!!!
How could she not be happy that Hu Ming, that scourge, was saying goodbye forever?
Um?
only.
"I suddenly had a bold idea!" Hu Ming pinched his chin and looked up at the meteorite with a burning gaze, his right hand gripping the hilt of his knife.

"what?"

The young man was taken aback, not understanding Hu Ming's meaning for a moment.

"It means, move aside, your butt is too big, you're taking up too much space!"

Hu Ming disdainfully stuffed the Queen Mother of the West into the meteorite jade, then leaped up, his dragon-patterned cloud-swirling blade flashing a cold lightning bolt in the dim space.

snort~
Hu Mingsheng cut off a piece of meteorite jade that was four or five cubic meters in size!
"This is it!"

With one hand slung over his shoulder, Hu Ming smiled brightly.

Meteorite is quite dense; a volume of four or five cubic meters would weigh at least a thousand kilograms!
The Queen Mother of the West and the young man stared blankly as Hu Ming weighed the meteorite on his shoulder.

Why don't I just smash you to death?
Coming to her senses, the Queen Mother of the West rolled her eyes and couldn't help but mutter to herself.

"What do you need this for? You've already achieved your goal, so the meteorite jade should be useless to you now."

Seeing Hu Ming seemingly magically make the enormous meteorite disappear, the young man asked in confusion.

"It's not for me, it's for someone else, Queen Mother of the West, I almost forgot."

"After I've used up all these meteorite jades, I'll ask you for some more later!"

Hu Ming seemed oblivious to the Queen Mother of the West's face, which was as black as the bottom of a pot, and gave her a hearty laugh.

Meteorite jade possesses magical power, but its function is very limited when not used in conjunction with the Corpse Beetle King.

Meteorite can preserve the body from decay!
In short, pure meteorite jade is a natural elixir of youth!
After all, Hu Ming no longer had the Muchen Pearl, and apart from the Meteorite Jade, he really didn't know how to concoct a precious elixir that would allow people to stay young forever.

There is nothing more to say next.

After bidding farewell to the Queen Mother of the West, the Yin soldiers, and the Snake Mother, Hu Ming and Xiao Ge returned along the same route.

The journey was uneventful, with crested snakes lining the way, their "snake gods" seeing them off.

With no one else around, Hu Ming and his friend went all out and, in just over half a day, they raced all the way to the entrance of the oasis.

The canyon we came through.

"Not bad, these guys still have a conscience, they even left us a car."

"Otherwise, if we rush back by road, we'll definitely miss the rainy season!"

Seeing the familiar off-road vehicle at the canyon entrance, Hu Ming smiled, and his worries were completely relieved.

This rainy season was indeed pitifully short.

In total, they stayed here for about twenty days.

However, the rain on the horizon had lessened considerably, and even the dark clouds in the distance had thinned out considerably.

In some places, the weather has already cleared up.

If they delayed a few more days, Hu Ming and his brother would really have to stay here and live like wild men for a year.

"Leave a message for us."

Upon opening the car door, the young man immediately noticed the conspicuous piece of paper on the dashboard.

This was left behind by Wu Xie and his companions.

The gist is that they will wait for Hu Ming and Xiao Ge in the camp until the rainy season is completely over, when the two have no hope of getting out.

If that's the case, they will come back here to take the two of them home when the rainy season comes again next year.

The letter was signed by Tianzhen, Fatty, Panzi, Aning, and Blind Man. "Let's go, the rainy season is almost over, we don't want to really get separated from them."

Hu Ming put away the note, lit the engine, and stepped on the gas.

This off-road vehicle was prepared by Hongxia. It's nothing special, just two words: rugged and durable!
It's been abandoned in the rain for almost half a month, and it's still perfectly fine. Just give it some gas and it's good to go.

The journey back to the camp is not short, at least two days' journey.

This was also thanks to Hu Ming's preparation of a large amount of food and water in his personal space beforehand.

Otherwise, Hu Ming and his brother would have gone back hungry the whole way.

You should know that outside of this oasis, it's just the Gobi Desert!
Although the rainy season has arrived and life is more vibrant than ever, finding food to fill one's stomach in this environment is difficult!
Along the way, Hu Ming and the young man took turns driving, without stopping for even a minute.

On the morning of the third day, the familiar Devil City came into view.

At this time, the water that had accumulated on the ground due to the rainy season had decreased significantly, and it looked like it would dry up completely in another day or two.

Go upstream along the river and traverse the eerie Devil City.

After about another day's journey, the two finally saw the familiar campsite.

"A car! Hongxia, look! There's a car! It's the same car Second Master used when he left! Second Master is back!"

Immediately, the Hong family members on guard outside spotted the vehicle and shouted repeatedly from inside the camp!

Two hours earlier, the sky had completely cleared, and the blazing sun quickly dried up the water stains on the ground.

In other words, two hours ago, Hu Ming and the young man had already lost the guidance of the water flow.

Fortunately, by then the two had just crossed the depths of the Devil City, the part where the Queen Mother of the West had interfered.

For the rest of the journey, his extraordinary five senses were enough to help Hu Ming find the right path.

"Second Uncle/Uncle Ming/Second Master, Silent One! You two are finally back!"

"That was a brilliant move!"

Suddenly, all sorts of random names and names filled the camp.

It's mainly Hu Ming. As for Xiao Ge, apart from Hu Ming and the blind man, everyone else who knows Xiao Ge still likes to call him Silent Bottle.

It's worth mentioning that not long after he emerged from the meteorite, the young man's somewhat expressive face disappeared again, leaving only a cold, expressionless expression.

This is typical for this delivery guy.

"Where is Wu Sansheng? Is he still asleep, or is he alone in a corner lamenting to himself?"

After greeting everyone with a smile, Hu Ming frowned.

Tianzhen, Fatty, Panzi, Aning, and the Blind Man all returned safely.

But the problem is, Wu Sansheng has vanished without a trace!
Hu Ming, with his extraordinary senses, knew that Wu Sansheng was not in the camp!
Within the camp, there seemed to be several voices that shouldn't have been there.
"Wu Sansheng disappeared halfway and never came back with Wu Xie and the others."

A familiar, mature yet slightly naive female voice came from inside the tent.

It's Yin Nanfeng!
"Uncle Ming! I've missed you so much! You've been gone for half a year. Have you forgotten about me?"

"You're going to turn your back on me after you've done your thing? What a jerk!"

A fragrant breeze wafted by, accompanied by lighthearted cheers, and Yin Nanfeng clung to Hu Ming.
"Okay, forget about that scumbag. I'm busy, you know..."

Hu Ming, noticing the strange looks around him, awkwardly pinched his nose.

He really did something wrong.

About half a year ago, I had just done *that* with Yin Nanfeng, and then a few days later I casually packed my bag and left, and that was it—I haven't been gone for more than half a year.
Is he a bit of a jerk?