Tomb Raider: I Am Hu Bayi's Cousin

Chapter 521 "The Key"

"Buy my blood? Do you even know what you're talking about?"

"Little Flower, you must know that my precious blood is extremely valuable, even more so than Brother Xiao's Qilin blood!"

Upon hearing this, Hu Ming raised an eyebrow and subconsciously raised his voice.

"Um, if that's not possible, then forget it. It was my fault..."

"I mean, it has to be more money!"

Hu Ming interrupted Xiao Hua and said expressionlessly.

"ha?"

Xiaohua was truly dumbfounded. It turned out that the problem was not having enough money!
"What the heck? Ten million for 100cc? You've got a good idea... at least a hundred million!"

Hu Ming grinned.

"One... let's forget about it. I don't have much readily available cash. Not everyone is as wealthy as you, Uncle Ming."

Xiaohua's face darkened, and she didn't want to say anything more.

After crossing the pool of blood, the two continued on their way.

After traveling about thirty or forty meters, suddenly, unidentified objects reappeared in the passage ahead.
A dark figure, about the height of a person, appeared on the side of the cave ahead, leaning against the wall, covered with dense black hair.

For a moment, the two of them really couldn't figure out what this thing was.

However, Hu Ming was certain that this thing was definitely not a living creature.

After a moment's hesitation, sensing no danger or anything amiss, Hu Ming strode forward.

A gloved right hand yanked out a strand of black hair, revealing the true face of Mount Lu beneath the ground.

"It's an iron suit, exactly the same iron suit as the one at the cave entrance."

Hu Ming tapped the rusty iron armor with considerable surprise.

After glancing around, Hu Ming understood. He thought for a moment, then, not caring about damaging the ancient artifacts, he ripped a hole in the iron armor with a single slash.

The light shone in.

Sure enough, the inside of the iron armor was also filled with a large amount of black hair, and there were also complete, yellowish, withered bones inside.

Judging from the fragments of clothing that were not completely rotten, this person was probably one of the Nine Gates people who came here to explore back then.

The grooves on the surrounding walls showed few signs of being removed, and most of the items inside remained intact.

"So that's how it is. Back then, the people of the Nine Gates were inspired by those iron-clad corpses, and they managed to sneak in with great difficulty by wearing these airtight iron suits."

Hu Ming pulled off the hair on his head, looked at the gap that had been corroded on the top of his head, and sighed thoughtfully.

As expected, the Zhang family's arrangements were not something that could be resolved so easily.
Presumably, at that time, the people of the Nine Gates went to the deepest part of the place and provoked something hidden in the shadows. Their iron armor was shattered, and they were eventually corroded by black hair and died.

The black fur even started acting out of control, spreading from here and reaching outwards.

Judging from the direction the Iron-Clad Men are heading, they are fleeing towards the outside world.

And things hidden in the shadows.
Hu Ming's ears trembled slightly, and he already had an idea in mind.

It's worth mentioning that, thanks to Zhang Dafoye's patronage, although the Nine Gates were said to be united in their efforts when they were active here, the Hong family only symbolically sent a few insignificant pawns.

They're the kind of cannon fodder who don't even know the Hong family's signature wooden stick fighting skills.

In other words, at that time, apart from their iron armor, they had absolutely no way to penetrate the cave surrounded by black hair.

"This gap...it looks like it was forcibly broken open from the outside."

"That force is terrifying! That thing must be incredibly scary!"

Xiao Hua hooked her feet on the wooden stick in mid-air, lowered her body, gestured to the hole above the iron-clad man's head, and frowned as she spoke.

Although I knew all along that this trip would be extremely dangerous.

But now, we've encountered so many dangerous things before we've even fully entered the gate, which is really frustrating.

"Don't worry, that thing is still in the deepest part. Judging from the sound, it should be in a deep sleep or something. We won't be able to encounter it until we reach the deepest part."

Hu Ming shook his head, dispelling Xiao Hua's concerns.

Finally, Hu Ming couldn't help but add, "Of course, I'm talking about a scenario where Wu Xie isn't actually there. Right now, Wu Xie is right there..."

"Anything could happen, but we should still be careful!"

Xiaohua added in complete agreement.

Now that things have come to this point, he has begun to realize the strangeness of Wu Xie.

Not everything in this world can be explained by science, and even metaphysics cannot explain it clearly.

Some things are truly inexplicable.

It's always better to maintain a sense of reverence in life.

At least, that way we can live a little longer.

The two men, on high alert, approached the deepest part of the cave step by step.

Ten minutes later, the two arrived safely at the depths, and indeed they did not encounter anything dangerous along the way.

Here is a stone chamber, in the center of which stands a huge, ancient structure.

"A huge iron plate, the size of a round table, shaped like a cymbal, reddish-black in color, with a series of complex and strange patterns of unknown meaning on it."

"It is still slowly rotating, and as it rotates, it continues to emit irregular metallic clanging sounds, just like a giant electric bell."

"That's right, this is the 'key' that Grandma Huo was talking about!"

Xiao Hua looked at the metal object in front of her, examined it carefully several times, and made a firm judgment.

According to the information provided by Huo Xiangu, this thing is the key to their search on this trip.

It is worth mentioning that the stone chamber here is quite important. The walls inside seem to be coated with some kind of strange secret medicine, emitting a faint and elegant fragrance.

Perhaps it was because of this secret medicine that all the black fur had disappeared here, and thanks to this, Xiao Hua was able to stand safely on the ground.

To be honest, after more than 20 minutes, almost half an hour of high-intensity work in mid-air, Xiaohua's physical strength was almost exhausted.