Tomb Raider: I Am Hu Bayi's Cousin

Chapter 58 Finding a Water Source
After crossing a relatively flat sandy area, the group could see a tall mound rising in the distance. Facing Hu Ming and his companions, the mound had a dark entrance. An Liman exclaimed in surprise, "There it is! There it is!"

Hu Bayi zoomed in on the mound with his binoculars and saw that it was a fortress made of stacked stones. The stones had changed color and looked a lot like sand. The dark entrance was the exit.

It is used for everything.

Putting down his binoculars, Hu Bayi shouted to everyone, "Give it your all, we're almost there!"

"Oh oh oh~"

Everyone immediately perked up and urged the camels to hurry forward, except for Anliman, who showed no sign of a smile and was afraid of running out of water.

The crowd rushed over, dismounted from their camels, and Fatty Hu Bayi and the others charged toward the gaping hole, while Anliman knelt in front, covered with a blanket, and prayed.

Hu Ming didn't rush over; Hu Bayi and the others could handle it.

He gently patted Anliman's shoulder, "Grandpa, don't be afraid, there will definitely be water. We won't kill your camel. Even if we die of thirst, we won't kill the camel. Killing the camel won't stop us from dying of thirst anyway, so why kill the camel?"

Anliman stood up, placed one hand in front of his chest, and bowed to Hu Ming.

"Comrade Hu Ming, you are a good man. Hu Dahui likes you. As for me and my camel, we are very grateful to you." He was sincerely grateful to Hu Ming, since everyone agreed to kill the camel.

Only Hu Ming objected.

Because he saved the camels' lives, Anliman considered Hu Ming his benefactor.

"We brothers, even if our bones are broken, our meridians are still connected."

It was that same phrase again. Anliman had said it countless times, but every time danger approached, he would run faster than a rabbit, wishing he could sprout wings and fly away, leaving everyone behind.

Hearing this, something felt off.

Hu Ming twitched the corners of his mouth, revealing a helpless smile. He raised his hand and patted An Liman's shoulder lightly. "Let's go. We made over 100,000 yuan in the desert this time. That's enough for our retirement when we get back. The desert is dangerous. No one can be lucky all the time."

Anliman was taken aback, and his expression changed.

At this moment, Fatty Hu Bayi and his companion walked over with smiles on their faces.

Hu Ming and the others were delighted to see this, and then stepped forward to ask, "Is there any water?"

The fat man exclaimed excitedly, "There's water, and it's especially sweet!" Hu Ming nodded and quickly led his men over.

After arriving at the fortress, the group set up camp.

"Camel, once we find water, we won't have to kill you."

At this moment, Chu Jian touched the camel, a bitter look appearing on his face. The camel carried them and supplies, braving the scorching sun and sandstorms along the way. He had even suggested killing the camel to get its blood to drink.

I'm ashamed.

"Little Sa, take it carefully, there's a camera inside."

Sadipeng and Chu Jian unloaded the supplies from the camels and carried them to the place where they would set up the tents. There were quite a lot of supplies, including sections of a suspended ladder, ropes, ground probing equipment, entrenching tools, pots and pans, and other utensils...

Anliman went to the well to fetch water, but his own supplies were still tied to the camel. Sadipeng and Chu Jian thought for a moment and decided to help him untie the supplies so that the camel could breathe a sigh of relief.

"This is?"

The two smelled the aroma of milk wine and looked at each other.

Then, the camel pack was untied, revealing four or five water bags filled with horse wine.

One bag weighs about five pounds, and there are two water bags.

Good heavens, they actually kept it for themselves.

Sa Dipeng and Chu Jianchong waved to Hu Ming, "Brother Hu Ming, come over here for a moment."

Hu Ming didn't need to go there to know that they had discovered Anliman's secret.

"Just install it on him, don't mess with him."

Both of them listened to Hu Ming; they had no choice but to obey, as they couldn't stop him if danger came. However, they were still angry. An Liman, that old man, kept saying that brothers were still connected even if their bones were broken, but he hadn't expected him to have a backup plan.

Anliman was a cunning and treacherous old fox; otherwise, he would have died in the desert long ago.

(End of this chapter)