Tomb Raider: I Am Hu Bayi's Cousin

Chapter 435 The People Abandoned by the World!
The distance between Sijiucheng and Hangzhou is more than 1,000 kilometers by car.

The monotonous and boring journey home is anything but interesting.

Moreover, the person sitting in the passenger seat wasn't a charming, coquettish, and scheming "green tea" girl, even though Hu Ming didn't appreciate tea ceremony.

But now, Hu Ming genuinely feels that having a "green tea" girl would be nice.

At least, he's much better than the guy who remained completely silent the whole time.

The young man was naturally aloof, but at this moment, some strange changes were taking place on his body.

Furthermore, the little guy's remaining memories were gradually erased, causing him to fall into complete autism.

The evidence is that it has been a full five hours since we left Beijing, and the deliveryman has not uttered a single word during that time.

It's just like a patient with late-stage autism, the kind that even a miracle worker couldn't save.

Hu Ming regretted it a little; he shouldn't have refused Yin Nanfeng's request to follow five hours earlier.

"Ugh"

Like a seasoned driver, Hu Ming rested one hand on the steering wheel, glanced at the young man who was silently gazing out the window at the scenery, rubbed his temples with his right hand, and sighed with melancholy.

The young man gave Hu Ming a strange look, then turned back to look at the scenery passing by the window with slightly unfocused pupils, lost in his own thoughts.

Ding ding ding.
"Speak your mind, or shut up!"

After answering the call and turning on speakerphone, Hu Ming casually tossed the phone onto the dashboard and said with a hint of impatience.

Hu Ming felt nostalgic for the high technology of 23 years ago. Whether it was the extremely convenient in-car Bluetooth or the rich and diverse mobile entertainment, it was all so irresistible.

Only by losing something can we truly appreciate the things we once took for granted.

For example, smartphones, and 5G networks.

"Uncle Ming, did something make you angry? Why are you so short-tempered? Did you eat gunpowder?"

Wu Xie's words came cautiously and tentatively.

"Eat my ass. What's the rush?"

"My brother and I should arrive in Hangzhou around this time tomorrow."

Hu Ming sighed, knowing he shouldn't let his negative emotions affect the innocent Wu Xie. He composed himself and said calmly.

"Hangzhou...emmm, that's not urgent."

Wu Xie's voice carried a hint of embarrassment and awkwardness.

Hu Ming suddenly had a bad feeling.

Are you, Fatty, and Panzi in Changsha?
"You guys wouldn't be going to the Changsha prison to see that bald guy, your third uncle's old buddy, that Brother Chu, would you?"

After a few seconds of hesitation, Hu Ming said with a pained expression.

He remembered.

A group of martial artists from the Heavenly Palace on the Clouds
The chopsticks Wu Sansheng used to pick up the lama—Brother Chu—is actually the NPC who issues the main quest for Zhang Family Ancient Building!
Although Changsha and Hangzhou are both located north of Beijing, they are not far apart, roughly at the same latitude.

The problem is that these three cities are located in a triangle shape on the map!
Hu Ming was currently located on the expressway leading to Hangzhou.

If we turn onto the highway to Changsha halfway through, damn it, we've gotten on the wrong highway!
"How did you know!? Never mind, it's not important. We got some clues out of Brother Chu."

"...Regarding some important clues about Xiao Ge's past, in short, you and Xiao Ge should come to Changsha to find us!" Wu Xie was immediately shocked on the other end of the phone!
The meeting with Brother Chu was a last-minute suggestion from Panzi; he hadn't discussed it with Hu Ming beforehand. Heaven knows how Hu Ming guessed it so easily!
However, it's not a big problem. Tianzhen knows that his Uncle Ming is very mysterious and always knows some secrets. It's not surprising that he guessed these things.

"I understand. We should be able to get there by tomorrow night. See you later."

After roughly replanning the route in his mind, Hu Ming responded softly.

Then, without waiting for Wu Xie to say anything more, he decisively hung up the phone.

"A clue about me?"

Because it was a hands-free call, the young man clearly heard their conversation, and after five hours, he finally spoke up.

“Wu Sansheng once spent a lot of effort investigating your past, and this Brother Chu was the one who investigated for Wu Sansheng back then.”

"If I remember the conversation correctly, Brother Chu had a photo. A photo of a 'ghostly figure'!"

Hu Ming replied casually.

That's an interesting story about "ghost figures".

This is not referring to any specific person, but to a group of victims, a group of pitiful people who have suffered great misfortune because of Zhang Qiling's name.

"…don't know."

"Who is Wu Sansheng? Is he related to me? And who is the person you are talking to? The voice sounds familiar, but I can't remember it."

The young man frowned deeply, searching through his remaining memories for a long time before hesitantly asking.

His intuition told him that he should know all these people.

Squeak!!!
Instinctively, Hu Ming slammed on the brakes, leaving charred marks on the ground from the four tires.

The sudden braking created a tremendous forward momentum, propelling the two men forward. Fortunately, both were highly skilled, and this commotion was no match for them.

"Wu Sansheng is a cunning old fox who disappeared in the Western Queen Mother's Kingdom, and the person I spoke to is actually Wu Xie!"

Lighting a cigarette and taking a deep breath, Hu Ming looked at the somewhat bewildered young man and gave a wry smile.

Damn, this rate of memory loss is a bit too strange, isn't it?
What changes did the Corpse Beetle Pill, researched by that scoundrel Wang Zanghai, actually cause in Xiao Ge?
Even though Hu Ming was mentally prepared for this, he still found it hard to calm down when he saw with his own eyes that Xiao Ge had almost forgotten Wu Xie and Wu Sansheng.

"Have all the amnesias you've experienced over the past 130 years been like this?"

"The familiar figures in my mind slowly and imperceptibly disappear, leaving no trace of their existence. This feeling... must be painful, right?"

Hu Ming restarted the car, a complex expression flashing in his eyes.

Following the map's directions, Hu Ming exited the highway at the nearest ramp.

"I don't know, I can't remember, but it's really unpleasant to be able to clearly feel the memory slowly fading away."

"That feeling was like being abandoned by the whole world, so incredibly lonely!"

The young man remained silent for a few seconds, seemingly searching for the right adjective.

"And what about me? You've almost forgotten everyone else, but I feel like you still remember me?"

"Perhaps because we're friends? I remember you said you'd be my friend forever."

(End of this chapter)