Tomb Raider: I Am Hu Bayi's Cousin

Chapter 639 Chat Inside the Bronze Gate!
"...A certain limit... Just before your end, you finally revealed some incredible information. Those beings that existed five thousand years ago, or even more ancient and unverifiable times......"

"If there is anyone in this world today who can rival, or even surpass, those beings from unverifiable history, it must be that guy Hu Ming."

Inside the doorway, the young man always showed more human touch, and smiled slightly.

"Hu Ming... I can't see through him, really. I even once suspected that he was a descendant of that lost civilization, but all the evidence suggests that he isn't!"

"The perfect immortality that we strive for with all our might but cannot obtain is merely a standard feature of those who exist. Hu Ming, however, obtained immortality through some kind of magical power."

"Zhang Qiling, remember to tell Hu Ming this. Be careful. I have a feeling that those beings haven't completely disappeared!"

"As beings of similar nature, perhaps one day you will meet!"

At this point, his voice became somewhat solemn.

"Admonitions? You don't know Hu Ming very well. Perhaps, in these ten years, he has already come into contact with information about those beings, and he may know more than you or I do."

The young man smiled slightly and said dismissively.

Ultimately, there are limits to this world. No matter how unimaginable those beings may be, Xiao Ge doesn't believe they can be Hu Ming's match.

There's no need to worry.

"Is he...? He's an astonishing existence, truly unimaginable. Compared to my limits, compared to someone of Hu Ming's stature, how does he compare?"

"Times are progressing, and sometimes, things that are too old are not necessarily good things."

Looking up at the eerie bronze sky, now covered in dark cracks, the young man murmured to himself.

"Hu Ming, that bastard Zhang Qiling, the time is almost up. This place is about to be destroyed, and the situation there will be similar."

"The meteorite will eventually come to an end, and Hu Ming may have a way to preserve the piece he has."

"As for the woman you brought last time, Chen Wenjin, and Wu Sansheng who shamelessly stayed with me, let them go. The Kingdom of the Queen Mother of the West will eventually become a legend."

"Without the meteorite jade, Chen Wenjin's transformation is incomplete. However, let's consider it a gift for Hu Ming before she leaves. My research has not been stagnant all these years."

“I have a way to keep that woman in the status quo for half a century, after which she will die like a normal person. That’s all.”

"Five thousand years is such a long time. To live forever, one must imprison oneself as a prisoner, wasting five thousand years. How tragic!"

Suddenly, the ancient bronze began to shimmer, and like a projection, the illusory image of the Queen Mother of the West appeared in the light beneath the bronze.

"I really envy you guys, Zhang Qiling and Hu Mingwuque, for your immortality... Perhaps, we are not destined to have that."

"Everything is just an illusion."

The Queen Mother of the West looked at Zhang Qiling, whose expression remained indifferent, with a complicated expression.

No one can remain indifferent when they see what they have spent thousands of years pursuing achieved in someone else.

In particular, the Queen Mother of the West knew her time had come. Five thousand years of lingering in the mortal world had ultimately amounted to nothing more than a dream. "How many years has it been since we last met? A thousand? Two thousand? Three thousand? Or four thousand?"

“West King, my successors, besides you, the Xuanyuan clan and the Jiuli clan, have long since passed away before us. You also left this place before, and have not returned for thousands of years.”

The voice from within the bronze vessel carried a mixture of nostalgia and joy.

"...We just don't see any hope of success in you; we're all pursuing our own goals in our own ways."

"Also, the Jiuli clan is not dead yet. He is still clinging to life with me, but he has no hope and will perish with us."

"I'm just a little luckier than them, but that's all. In the end, I still can't surpass them. Having you by my side before I die doesn't seem so bad, does it?"

"In modern terms... my teacher!"

The Queen Mother of the West closed her eyes and said softly.

"You two can continue catching up; I'm going to rest now."

Seeing the two mysterious beings who had entered into a reverie about the past and present, the young man had no interest in listening to the conversation between two five-thousand-year-old elders. He turned around and left. The ten-year period was almost up!
As for the Zhang family's ancestor, the Jiuli clan, just as Xiao Ge told Hu Ming, he had no attachment whatsoever to his bloodline ancestors.

In fact, to break free from the control deep within his bloodline, he even wanted to kill that guy himself!!!
The so-called Jiuli clan is none other than Chiyou, the bloodline ancestor of the Zhang family, who have traversed from their ancestral home of Guangxi Province to the rest of the world!
Sometimes, myths are actually history!
It's just that history is sometimes too hard to accept, so it's given the name of mythology.

Thousands of years ago, for unknown reasons, the Queen Mother of the West sent the Black Bird to teach the Yellow Emperor the art of Qimen Dunjia, helping him defeat Chi You of the Jiuli clan, with whom he had turned against him.

Similarly, for unknown reasons, after his crushing defeat, Chi You, who was nearly dead, sought out the Queen Mother of the West.

With the help of the Queen Mother of the West, it lingered on in the meteorite jade, trying to shed its old body and be reborn.

Unfortunately, thousands of years have passed, and Chi You still has not awakened.

He could only instinctively manipulate his bloodline descendants, the Zhang family, through the deep-seated connection of their bloodlines, setting up plans across the land, waiting for the day he would awaken and return.

Of course, what kind of grudges and entanglements exist between the Queen Mother of the West, Xuanyuan, and Jiuli, as well as the human-headed, snake-bodied being in the ancient bronze statue...?

This point, unless they say it themselves, cannot be verified or guessed, and will remain an unsolved mystery.

"What's wrong? Why did you suddenly space out? Where is everyone? What were you saying after that? Those strange syllables, is it some kind of language?"

The fat man looked at Hu Ming, who suddenly seemed lost in thought and started talking to himself, and asked curiously.

"These are a few syllables that I deciphered from that cassette tape."

"I'm not quite sure what the last two syllables mean either. I just feel that the last two syllables are the key. Anyway, I'll just have to experience it for myself when the time comes."

Having let go of his vague ideas, Hu Ming stopped wasting his time on pointless endeavors.

"Anyway, Fatty, the matter with the young man is settled. We must give him a surprise later!"