Tomb Raider: I Am Hu Bayi's Cousin

Chapter 462 Funeral Procession
"With me in charge?"

The young man muttered to himself in a daze.

Having lost his past memories, he couldn't recall any of them at all.

I can't remember why he cooperated with Zhang Dafoye in the first place to find the key to enter the Zhang Family Ancient Building and to uncover its secrets.

Even though he left some notes, he forgot where he put many of them!
I can't even remember what his purpose was in doing all this.
"It's the Bronze Gate. The Zhang family was already finished back then and no longer had the strength to guard the Bronze Gate for generations. You need the help of the Nine Gates."

Hu Ming had been watching the young man's expression closely and explained softly.

Strictly speaking, the deal between Xiao Ge and the Nine Gates started from that time.

The young man provides the Nine Gates with the secrets they want, and the Nine Gates will need to take over the Zhang family's role in guarding the Bronze Gate in the coming period.

Unfortunately, a series of events that followed caused the Nine Gates to decline too quickly.

So much so that no one mentioned fulfilling the agreement anymore, and every now and then, outstanding juniors were sent to Changbai Mountain to guard the Bronze Gate.

"So, the archaeological team that came out of Guangxi back then was actually all Xie Jiuye's men."

"The question is, Uncle, so many people died here, killed by Pan Ma's unexpected attack. How did Xiao Ge, Aunt Wen Jin, and Huo Ling escape that accident?"

Wu Xie rubbed his temples, feeling his head buzzing, and he couldn't even think about the secret of the bronze door that he dreamed of knowing.

He took out a nicotine stun gun and put it in his mouth, but it wasn't quite enough. Frustrated, Wu Xie threw the stun gun away and lit a cigarette.

As for pulmonary fibrosis?
Go to hell!
Wu Xie couldn't care less about such minor details at this point.

"Because at that time, Master Xie had already begun his 'replacement' plan. Chen Wenjin and Huo Ling, these people, were originally standing by Master Xie's side."

"As for Xiao Ge... in fact, back in the 1960s, after the largest tomb raiding operation in history, Xiao Ge was already imprisoned by 'him' in the Geermu Sanatorium."

"The purpose is to discover the secret to Xiao Ge's agelessness."

"The young man didn't participate in the exploration of Zhangjia Ancient Building at all!"

"In his subsequent activities, Master Jie Jiu also intended to rescue Xiao Ge. In fact, he succeeded later, before the discovery of the underwater tomb in Xisha in the 1980s."

"Later, the guy I met in the Kunlun Mountains was the same guy who had just gained his freedom."

Hu Ming grinned and uttered something surprising.

"What!??"

"Then, who exactly is that silent guy in the archaeological team?"

Wu Xie and Fatty stared in horror at Hu Ming and the expressionless Little Brother.

The person "he" chose, wearing a human skin mask and disguising himself as me, was a stand-in to appease the Nine Gates.

The young man pondered for a moment, then suddenly realized.

"That's right. The archaeological team that left from here back then was all fake. That's the truth behind Pan Ma's later encounter with those people who were clearly dead but came back to life."

Hu Ming nodded and explained softly.

After a long silence, Wu Xie, Fatty, and Xiao Ge all fell into thought.

They were deeply shocked by the truth of what happened back then. "What was the purpose of that archaeological team coming here back then?"

After a long silence, Wu Xie threw away the cigarette butt that had burned out and asked in a hoarse voice.

"Congratulations, blind student, you've discovered the key point!"

Hu Ming smiled slightly and said, "Because a momentous event happened back then, which caused 'him' to change his mind."

"To be precise, the archaeological team back then had the ostensible purpose of investigating the Zhang Family Ancient Building."

"In essence, they were a funeral procession!!!"

"Don't ask. I can't say anything more about what happened next. There are censors watching over us, especially since there's been a lot of messy stuff going on in the online novel world lately. There are a lot of things that can't be mentioned."

Seeing that Wu Xie and the others seemed about to ask more questions, Hu Ming shook his head.

Besides, what's the point of Hu Ming revealing everything?
Although Hu Ming has already revealed quite a few secrets.

The group exchanged glances and gave each other a wry smile.

However, it's not a big problem. As long as we continue to delve deeper into the areas where the archaeological team visited back then, we will eventually uncover the secrets of that time and complete the final piece of the puzzle...

It's just a fat guy
"Damn it, I can't believe you guys! What does all this have to do with me?"
"Why did I, Fatty, suddenly learn so many secrets I shouldn't know, and why was I dragged into this mess by you bunch of bastards for no reason?"

"Damn it, are we even friends? Shouldn't friends think about each other?"

The fat man sighed in frustration. He had tried so hard to avoid sinking into this quagmire, so why had he still ended up completely trapped?
The group chuckled, ignoring the fat man's complaints.

If the fat man had wanted to stay out of it from the beginning, he wouldn't have come at all.

The fact that he came here shows that the fat man was willing to get involved in this mess for his friend.

"Brother Hu Ming, bosses, lunch is ready. Please come and eat."

"Cough cough. What's wrong with you guys? Why are you smoking so much? Don't you even know to open the windows for ventilation?"

Just then, Yun Cai knocked on the door. Fatty scurried to open it, but the thick smoke made Yun Cai cough.

After lunch, as usual, the group soaked in the stream beside the village to escape the scorching sun.

Of course, this is the fat guy's favorite part.

After a good day of rest, the group arrived at Panma's house early the next morning, having prepared their equipment.

"Tsk, that old bastard, he was really thinking of sneaking away. Luckily I had a backup plan."

At the entrance, several black and red Pure Vision Agamas crawled out from the dark corner, hovered around Hu Ming, and then disappeared in a wisp of black smoke, telling Hu Ming what had happened yesterday through their connection with the Golden Eye.

"As expected of that cunning old fox, he leaves no room for error! It was our oversight!"

Wu Xie, the fat man, gave Hu Ming a thumbs up in admiration.

Indeed, judging from Panma's mental state yesterday, she was probably terrified by the young man, and it was to be expected that she would want to run away.

However, they were all so shocked by what happened yesterday that they forgot about this...

(End of this chapter)