Tomb Raider: I Am Hu Bayi's Cousin

Chapter 83 A Strange Snake Was Seen
Hu Bayi looked at the fat man and said, "Give me the jade pendant."

The fat man was puzzled, wondering what Hu Bayi was up to, but after thinking for a moment, he handed over the jade pendant.

He stared at the round jade stone, his eyes filled with greed.

Everyone gathered around, watching Hu Bayi insert the jade pendant into the groove in the jade. It fit perfectly, and Yang Xueli said, "Hu Ming said this jade pendant is a key. Could this be the mechanism to open the passage and enter the lower level?"

Her beautiful eyes lit up as she looked at Hu Ming.

Hu Ming simply shrugged and didn't say anything. Wasn't that obvious?
Click.

The stone pier was carved with intricate Ghost Cave script. Sa Dipeng squatted down and carefully wrote it down in his notebook. Although Ye Yixin was very weak, she seemed to feel a little better after entering the cool place.

He's taking pictures with his camera.

Professor Chen shone his flashlight on the stone pier and slowly walked around, explaining, "This jade sphere is a natural formation. Two thousand years ago, human technology could actually reach this level."

He spoke while repeatedly expressing his amazement.

"The ancient Jingjue tribe was mainly composed of the Ghost Cave tribe, which has long been extinct. Therefore, our research on the origin and background of this tribe has a huge gap."

He looked at Hu Ming and smiled, “Fortunately, we found the ancient city of Jingjue and so many Ghost Cave texts left behind, and we also have Comrade Xiao Ming, an expert who understands Ghost Cave texts, which is a great blessing for us.”

Hu Ming smiled faintly, looked up at the ceiling, and saw a huge ghost eye carved on the ceiling. The ghost eye was slowly wriggling. He knew that it was a strange snake.

"Little Fatty!" Professor Chen suddenly roared, seemingly very angry.

Hu Ming looked over and saw that the fat guy was actually using both hands to lift the stone ball. He actually managed to lift it down. He then stepped back while holding the stone ball, saying excitedly, "You all saw it too, my jade pendant and the stone ball fit together perfectly. This means that the jade and stone ball are mine."

"Mingzi, Lao Hu, don't you think so?" Fatty felt that this stone ball was his, and should be his.

There was no other way; his jade pendant and the stone ball were a perfect match. Without the jade pendant, the stone ball couldn't be pried open.

This really worried Professor Chen; his face almost turned green with anger. How could they do this?
Yang Xueli was somewhat bewildered. What had gotten into the fat man? How could he do something like this in front of the archaeological team? He was quite something. But she didn't say anything, as if it had nothing to do with her.

Sa Dipeng, Ye Yixin, and the others looked at the fat man with displeasure.

The treasures belong to the country, and they will not allow anyone to take away the country's treasures.

"Comrade Hu Ming?"

Professor Chen looked at Hu Ming and shouted, "It's obvious! He wants Fatty to put down the stone ball!" But Hu Bayi beat him to it and walked to Fatty's side, angrily shouting, "Fatty, are you crazy? Give me the stone ball!"

As he spoke, he reached out to snatch the stone ball from the fat man's hand, but the fat man refused to cooperate this time.

He took several steps back, extremely annoyed. "Hey Lao Hu, didn't you see clearly? The jade pendant and the stone ball are one piece. If it's not mine, whose is it?"

That old Hu is something else; he doesn't help himself, but he helps outsiders!
"Fatty, how could you do this? Give it to me." Hu Ming walked over, his face darkening. He glared at Fatty and snorted, "Are you out of your mind? This is state property. What are you going to take?" As he spoke, he winked and made faces, but only Fatty could see his expression.

The fat man was slightly taken aback, but then he understood.

I was too impatient.

He touched the stone ball several times, reluctantly handing it to Hu Ming.

Hu Ming, holding the stone ball, gestured several times to Professor Chen and the others, saying, "Fatty was just joking; I'll put it back now." He was inwardly exasperated; these stubborn archaeologists were truly unmoved by worldly desires, not even glancing at valuable treasures—they were utterly uninterested in money. But Fatty's actions were indeed embarrassing; and then there was the time he encountered the snake—thankfully, he was alright, or he would have ended up like Hao Aiguo.

Hu Ming had made up his mind: when he got back, he would definitely give Fatty a good workout. He thought Hu Bayi would be very happy to help!
Walking to the stone block, Hu Ming looked at the groove on the square stone slab, which was dark inside. He let go of one hand and prepared his equipment.

call out.

A dark shadow darted out from the groove in the stone slab, heading straight for Wang Yang's face. He narrowed his eyes slightly, grabbed its head, and yanked it out, pulling out a strange snake more than half a meter long.

Then, with a sudden squeeze of his right hand, Hu Ming crushed the snake's head. With a flick of his wrist, the snake flew away, and he stumbled back several steps.

"Mingzi!" Everyone looked terrified, but thankfully, Hu Ming was alright.

However, Hu Ming's actions shocked them.

Who could crush the skull of a monstrous snake with their bare hands?
"Everyone back off, it's not safe here." Hu Ming looked up and saw the huge, strange eye at the top wriggling rapidly, then stretching out as if it was about to fall. He quickly backed away.

Everyone, step down from the platform and stand below. *Swish swish*

Bang bang bang~
Clumps of pitch-black things fell down and scattered, revealing countless grotesque snakes with their mouths open, hissing so loudly that it made one's whole body go numb. Yang Xueli and the others' expressions changed, and they all tensed up.

"Shoot, shoot."

Click.

Hu Bayi was the first to turn around and fire, with Fatty following closely behind.

Bullets from the two submachine guns rained down, and one after another, the strange snakes died a gruesome death. But there were too many snakes, and the two guns were clearly not enough. Hu Ming handed the stone ball to Professor Chen and also drew his gun to fire.

At this moment, Yang Xueli did not take out a gun, but instead took out a flashbang from her bag, pulled the pin, and threw it into the group of strange snakes.

"Close your eyes! Flashbang! Everyone close your eyes!" Everyone quickly closed their eyes, otherwise the intense flash of the flashbang would hurt their eyes.

In a burst of intense flash, everyone with their eyes closed could feel a blinding light flashing before their eyes. Soon, the flash passed, and Yang Xueli threw another flashbang and told everyone to close their eyes.

With two flashbangs fired, all the strange snakes in the arena scurried away and disappeared without a trace.

Click.

The stone pillar rose up slightly on its own. Seeing this, Yang Xueli looked around and held a flashbang in her hand.

"Gone?"

The fat man opened his eyes and looked around cautiously. He was terrified of this strange snake, as the scene of Chu Jian being bitten to death by it was still vivid in everyone's minds.

"It should be gone," Hu Ming said confidently, glancing at the fat man.

Hu Ming looked around and said to everyone, "Let's leave here quickly, it's too dangerous. I brought you here because I hope to take you all back."

Hu Ming didn't want to explore any further. If they did, he didn't know how many people would be able to leave the Jingjue Ancient City. Therefore, he wanted to persuade them one more time...

(End of this chapter)