Tomb Raider: I Am Hu Bayi's Cousin

Chapter 858 Forbidden Island!

Soon after sending Xiao Ge, the blind man, and all his female confidantes onto a plane back to China, Hu Ming immediately headed to a small town called Elijah.

The reason Hu Ming went to Elijah was because the news about the golden manuscript came from there.

As for the person who gave Hu Ming the message, he was waiting for him in Elijah at that moment.

Elia is actually a city located on the Pacific coast, but it is little known because it is not a developed city.

Hu Ming also took a long flight and then a train for several hours before finally arriving in the city center of Eliya.

At the train station in the city center, as Hu Ming stepped off the train, a young man holding a sign with Chinese characters smiled at him.

Seeing this, Hu Ming walked up to him and looked at the sign he was holding.

"I'm Hu Ming, the man you've been waiting for! May I ask your name?"

Hu Ming stated his name directly, and as Hu Ming finished speaking, the young man bowed slightly to him.

"I know! I recognized you the moment you came out! There are very few Chinese people here!"

As the young man spoke, he began to lead Hu Ming the way.

The two chatted idly for a while before getting into a car parked outside the station.

The car was prepared in advance by the young man, and soon it took the two of them to a hotel.

After Hu Ming checked into the hotel, he immediately began to gather information about the gold manuscript.

It must be said that the young man really helped Hu Ming a lot, especially since he spoke excellent Chinese, which allowed Hu Ming to grasp all the information almost without any obstacles.

Of course, after some investigation, Hu Ming finally learned that the young man was a native of the area.

As for why he became the person who contacted Hu Ming, it was naturally arranged by Hu Ming's network of connections in China.

It turned out that shortly after Hu Ming met with Duke Richard, Hu Ming began to use his influence to arrange an investigation into the matter of the dzi beads.

This news is closely related to Hu Ming's original arrangements.

"Babulu! When did the legend of the Golden Manuscript begin to circulate here?"

Hu Ming was now able to call out the young man's name familiarly, and when Hu Ming asked, Bablu thought about it carefully.

"I think I've heard this before since I was a child, but nobody cares because everyone thinks it's just a legend."

"It wasn't until those guys arrived that everyone started to believe the legend might be true!"

As Babulu finished speaking, he suddenly handed a photograph to Hu Ming.

When Hu Ming received the photo, he discovered that it depicted an expedition team similar to Jack's.

Hu Ming naturally knew what was going on with these foreign expedition teams.

In his view, these teams were merely hired by Richard to search for the dzi beads, but the information they possessed was undoubtedly reliable.

After all, an old fox like Richard wouldn't waste time on fake news.

At this moment, the thought of Duke Richard made Hu Ming feel somewhat annoyed.

Hu Ming's frustration was not because he was buried in that frozen city, but because of the dzi bead he possessed.

Hu Ming knew that Richard actually had another dzi bead on him, but unfortunately he never took it out until the very end.

Given the complicated situation at the time, Hu Ming had no choice but to stay any longer.

If it weren't for that, Hu Ming should have at least four dzi beads. But after Duke Richard was buried under the snow-covered city, that dzi bead disappeared.

To get it back, the only option would probably be to dig up that area again.

As for the mother stone on his body, Hu Ming can now determine that it is also one of the dzi beads.

However, the mother stone seems to be different from other dzi beads, but Hu Ming doesn't know exactly what makes it different.

It seems that only by finding all the dzi beads can this mystery be solved.

Thinking of this, Hu Ming once again turned his attention to the photograph in front of him.

"Why did you believe them just because they came? What did they do?"

Hu Ming continued to question Babulu, and when Hu Ming asked, Babulu told a story about a forbidden island.

It turned out that shortly after the expedition arrived, they hired local fishing boats to go out to sea.

Unfortunately, the fishing boat they hired encountered an accident after only three days at sea.

Ultimately, the entire expedition was wiped out, with only one local sailor surviving.

However, although the sailor survived, he suffered a mental breakdown and became mentally unstable.

However, from his words, everyone also learned about the forbidden island in the nearby sea.

The people of Elijah were very curious about the forbidden island the sailors spoke of.

So countless people have gone out to sea to search for that island, but the results have never been good.

In the end, everyone had to give up their plan to land on the island. After that, whenever people mentioned the island, in addition to feeling fear, they mostly warned others not to inquire about it.

What is on that island that scares you so much?

Hu Ming also became curious about the forbidden island, so he continued to ask Babulu questions.

But when Hu Ming tried to ask more questions, Babulu refused to continue.

Hu Ming did not press Bablu's insistence, but instead began to inquire about the mad sailor.

In Hu Ming's view, only that sailor could provide the information he wanted, and even though the sailor had gone mad, Hu Ming still wanted to try to find him.

So, at Hu Ming's instruction, Bablu quickly led him toward a small tavern on the outskirts of Eliya.

It was already evening, and the streetlights were flashing. Every now and then, a few blonde, blue-eyed women would walk by and wink at Hu Ming.

Looking at these foreign landscapes, Hu Ming didn't have time to pay attention to them.

In Jiang Na's view, the legendary golden manuscript was the most important thing.

Soon the two arrived at the tavern that Bablu had mentioned.

However, just as Hu Ming and Bablu were about to enter the tavern, a commotion broke out inside.

"Huh? What's going on? Is there a fight inside?"

Standing at the entrance of the tavern, I could hear the sound of bottles shattering coming from inside.

At the same time, screams of agony could be heard, which made Hu Ming frown.

Just as Hu Ming was standing at the door, wanting to go in and see what was going on, a disheveled man was thrown out of the tavern.

(End of this chapter)