Tomb Raider: I Am Hu Bayi's Cousin

Chapter 601 The truth about death
"I don't believe you for a second."

Wu Xie gasped for breath, feeling a headache coming on, and suddenly realized that the journey to meet Xiao Ge soon might not be so easy.
Wu Xie had always known that Hu Ming was an incredibly audacious person, but he never expected that Hu Ming would actually dare to do something so heinous.

This goes beyond mere audacity.
"This is nothing. My friend and I agreed that we both wanted to kill that jerk who was leading the group."

Hu Ming said that Wu Xie is still too young!
The passage leading to the underground palace was not long; in just a few minutes, the group had passed through the passage and arrived at the first open space.

Everything around it was built and arranged according to the ritual specifications recorded in the ancient burial scriptures.

The four walls of the four-sided space are all carved with ancient and remote images of ghosts and gods.

only…

What was placed in the hall was neither a coffin, nor any burial objects or narrative monuments.

Buried here is a horrifying jigsaw puzzle made up of countless withered bones!
The skull and ribs of the sternum form the hand, while the remaining scattered bones form the seven fingers!
"Seven Fingers, Li Chu, doesn't it feel familiar and warm? Like seeing family?"

Hu Ming nudged Li Chu beside him and teased him in a low voice.

"Is the picture on my back a coincidence?"

Li Chu ignored Hu Ming, his eyes still filled with fear, and asked Wu Xie in a low voice.

"It's no coincidence; the pattern on your back matches the arrangement of these skeletons perfectly..."

"why?"

"I also want to know why; we'll find out once we keep going!"

Wu Xie fiddled with the skeletons, discreetly slipping a small object buried among them into his pocket. He secretly examined it closely, understanding what it meant.

While Su Nan and her group were surveying their surroundings, Wu Xie pointed at Su Nan.

Having already learned Su Nan's true identity from Hu Ming, Wu Xie's meaning was clear: were the deaths of Huang Yan and his group, as well as Lan Ting's group, caused by the Wang family?
Hu Ming nodded.

The Wang family has been searching for Gutongjing for many years, and countless people, whether intentionally or unintentionally, have perished in the desert.

"Judging from the degree of decay of the remains, they were left about three years ago, and there should be around ten people among them."

Hu Ming casually picked up a bone, crushed it with a little force, and drew conclusions based on the desert environment, then spoke eloquently about them.

"Judging from the scattered clothing, equipment and other remains, these remains should belong to a team."

At the same time, Su Nan also noticed some information from the subtle details.

"That's right, it's the owner of some of those cameras. As for the other team, we don't know for now."

Wu Xie clapped his hands and said meaningfully.

"Wait, someone else left!"

The rebellious teenager, Li Cu, stared intently at a familiar shred of clothing, and said in a deep voice. He knew that clothing all too well!
Those were the fragments of Huang Yan's clothing that attacked him that night!!!
Unwilling to remain a hostage, Li Cu launched his first weak resistance, attempting to cause some trouble for Hu Ming and Wu Xie.

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"Three years ago, tsk, Sekine, anything coming to mind? Here's a hint: Aoba! That woman... is interesting!"

Everyone ignored Li Chu, and Hu Ming even openly changed the subject.

"Ah, I remember now. I never would have guessed that our friend was a ghost three years ago. This is truly unexpected information."

"Perhaps what happened here back then was too sudden, and Lan Ting didn't even realize he was dead, living like a normal person for three years!"

Wu Xie lit a cigarette and sighed with a complicated expression.

"To be honest, Sekine, I've suddenly become increasingly interested in this woman. This is the first time I've encountered such a peculiar existence."

Hu Ming grinned and said meaningfully.

"Wait, Lan Ting? I know this woman! She was a well-known young writer from Taiwan. She was found dead in her home two weeks ago, having committed suicide. How could she have died here three years ago??"

"Are you two mistaken about something? Like, people with the same name?"

Su Nan felt a chill run down her spine and asked in surprise.

In that instant, everyone felt a chilling wind suddenly blow through the underground palace, sending shivers down their spines!
"No mistake, look here!"

"There are differences between male and female skeletons. Women's skeletons are relatively slender, with more delicate bone surfaces and lighter bone tissue."

"Especially the pubic bone, which is wide, short, and low, highly elastic, and has a large angle, mostly around 120 degrees. This is clearly a pubic bone structure unique to women!"

"There are two complete female skeletons in total. By the way, we investigated and found that there were only two women in Lan Ting's team three years ago."

"It's Lan Ting and her best friend Daodao, the time, place, and people all match... This is no coincidence!"

Hu Ming pulled some fragments from Qi Fingers and pieced them together to form two complete skeletons, his lips curving upwards even further.

"How is that possible? Didn't the media report that Lan Ting committed suicide at home recently? His body has already been found!"

Su Nan was still somewhat incredulous and tried to refute Hu Ming's conclusion with facts.

"Coincidentally, some time ago, Lan Ting joined another expedition to Gutongjing. It seems that after arriving here, she recalled her past memories and remembered the reality that she was already dead."

"There are always some unbelievable and strange powers in this world. Lan Ting committed suicide at home? His body was found? There are ways to solve that."

At this moment, Wu Xie unearthed the past of the Qinling Divine Tree from the depths of his memory, and remembered his childhood friend who had died long ago along with his mother, but was now living in the United States like an ordinary person.

Perhaps it was Lan Ting's obsession that gave her this incomprehensible ability. Or perhaps, after eliminating all impossible results, the remaining conclusion, no matter how unbelievable, is the truth.

Lan Ting died three years ago!
The Lan Ting that Hu Ming and Wu Xie knew was a special existence, similar to an obsessive entity, unlike ordinary ghosts!