Tomb Raider: I Am Hu Bayi's Cousin

Chapter 450 The Ghostly Man...Death
Under the cover of night, the mountain area was utterly silent.

The loud roar carried far and wide, attracting the attention of many interested people.

For example, a strong old man wandering through the forest late at night.

For example, the clouds that have just moved away.
"That direction... Oh no!"

Yun Cai, who was returning to the village, widened her eyes slightly. She recognized the direction from which the explosion had come—the very spot she had just left!
Without a second thought, Yun Cai quickly turned back and ran back the way she came towards the hillside.

An Air Force captain and engineer once made a casual joke to one of his less fortunate colleagues—

If something can be done wrong, letting him do it will definitely make it worse!

This statement later evolved into the famous Murphy's Law.

The clouds don't understand this theorem.

But when Yun Cai came to find the ghostly figure at night, she had a vague sense of unease.

Now, the sudden explosion proved that it was not her imagination.

A woman's intuition told Yun Cai that the ghostly figure was likely in grave danger.

The continuous explosions lasted for several tens of seconds.

Countless shrapnel and gravel flew everywhere.

Hu Ming leaned against a large rock to avoid these things and leisurely lit a cigarette.

After the explosions subsided, Hu Ming slowly walked towards the cave entrance, which was hidden by the jungle.
At this point, the jungle cover was no longer relevant.

The bushes at the cave entrance had long been blown to smithereens, and the dark cave entrance had also collapsed.

The entrance to the cave was blocked by pebbles of varying sizes.

In the cracks of the rubble, by the moonlight, one could vaguely see reddish-black blood, and...
Severed limbs, even fragments of bone and flesh stained with blood.

This is terrible!
However, Hu Ming could vaguely perceive extremely faint breathing and heartbeat sounds.

The ghostly figure is not dead yet.

In terms of vitality, it is indeed quite tenacious.

After thinking for a moment, Hu Ming simply took out a piece of yellow explosive and placed it in front of the pile of rubble.

One more explosion won't make a difference.

Use frying to stop frying.

Tonight, Hu Ming is a happy, explosive guy.

boom..…

A bright flame was lit, and a violent roar made Hu Ming's ears tremble.

The smoke disappeared.

The rubble at the cave entrance has been blown away somewhere.

The sounds of the ghostly figure's life force became even weaker.

Tap tap tap.
Hu Ming stepped onto the ravaged, dark earth and entered the crumbling cave.

The ghostly figure was pushed to the deepest part of the cave by the shockwave from the explosion.

The place was a complete mess.

Some daily necessities and dangerous firearms were scattered all over the cave.

Meanwhile, the ghostly figure Zhang Qiling lay miserably to one side, his head tilted to the side, his blood-stained, black and red eyes silently staring at Hu Ming.

At this moment, the ghostly figure was practically a human stump. Two arms and a leg lay scattered to the side, and the ground beneath him was already soaked in blood.

"cough"

"I...I know what you want to know...No, no, but I won't tell you, not even if I die!"

"The Zhang Family Ancient Building should not be reborn, not even if Zhang Qiling returns!"

"I know... Zhang Qiling has probably long forgotten the secret of the Zhang Family Ancient Building..."

The ghostly figure's face, which looked as if it had been corroded by sulfuric acid, twitched slightly, and it struggled to move its mouth and utter a few words.

As he spoke, large mouthfuls of bloody foam spilled from the corners of his mouth.

This indicates that the internal organs have suffered severe damage.

In layman's terms, it's what martial arts novels refer to as internal injuries.

He's beyond saving; even the world's top surgeons are powerless to help with this kind of injury.

"Did the clouds tell you that?"

“Indeed, I won’t lie to you, Brother has recently lost his memory. He really doesn’t remember anything about the Zhang Family Ancient Building.”

"Perhaps you are the last person in the world who knows the safest entrance to the Zhang Family Ancient Building?"

"But it's alright, I have a way to find a hidden entrance in the mountains."

Hu Ming smiled slightly, seemingly unconcerned.

He didn't have much hope of getting any information about the entrance or exit when he came here.

Hu Ming had roughly pinpointed the location.

After that, all that's needed is to search that hilltop.

Coincidentally, Hu Ming's ability to create things with the Golden Eyes now gives him the power to mass produce troops at any time.

At worst, we can just use countless cute little creatures to search that entire mountain.

Hu Ming came here only to eliminate future troubles.

There are only those who steal for a thousand days, not those who guard against thieves for a thousand days.
Protecting the secrets of the Zhang Family Ancient Building has become an obsession for the Ghost Shadow Man.

Perhaps, for various reasons, he may have replayed Wu Xie's story.

But what about Yun Cai, whom Hu Ming, Fatty, Xiao Ge, and even Fatty cares about?
Although I'm not afraid, it's still annoying to always have someone behind me who wants to stab me in the back.

That's great! One explosion solves all my worries, and all my troubles disappear without a trace.

About twenty minutes later, Yun Cai arrived at the scene again.

Zhang Qiling

Yun Cai stared at the mangled body in the ravaged cave, her expression complex and her heart churning with conflicting emotions. She didn't know whether she should feel sorrow, relief, or perhaps even joy for the ghostly figure.
In the end, his tragic and twisted life came to an end, and Cloud no longer had to go against his conscience to bring information to the Shadow Man and watch him kill people.

Perhaps, for him, death was also a kind of relief?
The clouds didn't know, and their expressions were somewhat bewildered.

She didn't know who did it.

But one thing is certain about the clouds.

She must have guessed wrong; what Hu Ming said to her that day was probably just a coincidence.

After all, Yun Cai could see clearly from home that Hu Ming and his three companions did not have so many dangerous explosives on them when they arrived.

"Who could it be? We haven't seen any outsiders in the village lately."

Yun Cai looked around blankly. If it wasn't Hu Ming and the others, then who could it be?
(End of this chapter)