Tomb Raider: Evolution of the Red Dragon, Starting from the Ancient City of Jingjue

Chapter 172 Wu Sanxing's signal, the city shadow on the swamp

But other people's attention was not on the antique jades, but on the ancient tomb below.

Chen Wenjin asked: "Is there anything in the tomb of the high priest of the Queen Mother of the West?"

Jiang Hua said: "I have moved out all the valuable things, and there is nothing else. Oh, and I have taken care of a few zongzi. Do you want to go and have a look?"

No one spoke.

What’s so good about zongzi?

Only Chen Wenjin seemed eager to try and wanted to go down and take a look.

However, Jiang Hua said, "Let's go. It will be dark soon. Let's leave here quickly and look for the underground palace of the Queen Mother of the West. There must be more good things in it."

Wang Banyue put all the things into his pocket and hurried to catch up with Jiang Hua.

Jiang Hua didn't say anything, because he knew that when they got out, Wang Banyue would exchange these good things for money and give most of them to him.

Therefore, Jiang Hua was not in a hurry.

The group continued to walk deeper, and after a while, they encountered many ruins of ancient cities and even saw some caves with many statues inside.

Seeing this, Jiang Hua knew that they were getting closer and closer to the underground palace.

After everyone checked some stone sculptures, they suddenly saw a red smoke coming out from the depths!

When Pan Zi saw the smoke, his expression suddenly changed: "Oh no, something happened to the Third Master and the others!"

"Pan Zi, don't talk nonsense!"

Wu Xie suddenly became anxious. He also saw the smoke, and after hearing what Pan Zi said, he also became anxious.

Pan Zi said, "I'm not kidding! That smoke is the signal that San Ye and I agreed on!"

"Pan Zi is right. The smoke is to warn us."

At this time Hei Xia Zi also said.

Wu Xie became even more anxious. He asked, "What does this mean?"

Pan Zi took out several pills of different colors from his pocket and said, "Only San Ye and I have these smoke balls. They are used to convey information. Yellow means there is danger ahead and we need to be careful! If it is orange, we need to stop and wait for confirmation. If it is red, it means there is extreme danger ahead and we cannot move forward at all costs!"

Wu Xie's face changed: "Doesn't that mean Third Uncle and the others are in great danger now? Let's go find the smoke!"

However, Pan Zi held Wu Xie back and said, "Master San, you can't go in. It's too dangerous. All of you should stop going in. I can go alone!"

Wu Xie said: "How can this be possible! We don't know what dangers are inside. Wouldn't it be even more dangerous if you go in alone?"

Pan Zi said, "It is precisely because you don't know what dangers there are that you cannot go in. Even the Third Master cannot solve the dangers. If you go in, you may all be killed! The Third Master has done me a favor, I must go and take a look!"

At this time, Wang Banyue said, "Dad Pan, don't be so pessimistic. Maybe your Third Master just accidentally threw the red smoke ball in. You see, we have been here for more than a day. Apart from the big snake, have we encountered any danger? It's okay."

Without waiting for Pan Zi to speak, Zhang Qiling said calmly: "That's because you are protected by someone."

Wang Banyue was stunned and asked in confusion: "Brother, what do you mean by this? Are we in any other danger?"

Chen Wenjin said: "Last night, a group of cockroach snakes, at least hundreds of them surrounded us. If Jiang Hua hadn't scared those cockroach snakes away, I'm afraid none of us would have survived."

Wang Banyue's eyes widened: "Oh my god, is this true?"

Chen Wenjin didn't say anything, but she obviously agreed.

Wang Banyue felt a little tingling on his scalp.

Of course he had heard of the crested snake, which was more unique than the cobra. It was very smart and lived in groups. It crawled faster than the cobra. The most important thing was its venom. One bite would kill within thirty seconds!
If you are really surrounded by crested snakes, there is no point in living.

Unexpectedly, they were surrounded by crested snakes last night.

Wang Banyue broke out in a cold sweat just thinking about it.

Jiang Hua said: "Don't worry about it. There are a lot of crested snakes everywhere in this rain forest. Unless you leave the rain forest before dark, you will be attacked by crested snakes anywhere after dark. Do you think it is possible to leave the rain forest at this time? So we should act together."

After hearing what Jiang Hua said, Pan Zi didn't say anything more.

So, the group continued to walk towards the red smoke.

The red smoke seemed not far away, but the time required to actually walk there was much longer than anyone expected. By the time the sun had set and it was already dark, they still hadn't reached Wu Sansheng and his group.

There was no choice but to find another place to rest temporarily.

Still following the previous method, everyone had to be covered in mud before they dared to sleep.

However, this time some unexpected things happened.

Jiang Hua was still guarding the first shift, but not long after Wu Xie and the others lay down, they heard a strange sound coming from a big tree.

Then, a voice of "Little Third Master" was heard.

It was originally quiet in there, so when the sound came out, Wu Xie and the others naturally heard it.

"Who?"

Wu Xie climbed out of the sleeping bag and said in doubt.

Pan Zi also stood up quickly and said excitedly: "It must be Third Master's people!"

Wu Xie was also a little excited, because the only people who called him "Little Third Master" were the guys under his Third Uncle!

At this time, the voice of "Little Third Master" sounded again.

Pan Zi hurried over there and shouted, "Mop, is that you?" He was about to walk towards the big tree.

However, he was held down by Zhang Qiling at this moment.

Pan Zi was stunned and asked in confusion: "Brother, what are you doing?"

Jiang Hua looked at the scene in front of him without saying a word. He knew that the people named Wu Xie were not human beings at all, but those strange crested snakes.

I didn’t expect these crested snakes wouldn’t give up!

Yesterday’s siege method failed, so this time he used this insidious method, trying to lure the person over and then bite him to death.

It's really fucking insidious.

Zhang Qiling said, "There's something strange, let's take a look first."

After hearing what Zhang Qiling said, Pan Zi and others were shocked and dared not move anymore.

After all, the sudden appearance of the two calls of "Young Master San" in the middle of the night was a bit weird in itself, and they also trusted Zhang Qiling very much, so they all felt that this matter was weird.

Pan Zi gritted his teeth and said, "Mop, is that you? If so, say something!"

However, no one inside spoke.

After a while, another voice of "Young Master San" was heard.

Now, everyone felt uncomfortable hearing this sound. They all knew there must be something wrong here, so they didn't dare to go in anymore.

Everyone looked at Jiang Hua and found that Jiang Hua was sitting in front of the campfire as if nothing had happened, as if he didn't hear those noises.

Chen Wenjin frowned. She remembered that Jiang Hua was like this last night. Those crested snakes approached him, but he remained indifferent. In the end, all the crested snakes ran away on their own.

Very weird.

What's going on today?

Pan Zi hesitated for a moment: "Master Jiang, what do you think we should do?"

Jiang Hua said: "My suggestion is, do what you need to do, sleep if you need to, keep watch if you need to. As long as you behave yourself, even the king of heaven can't do anything to you."

After hearing what Jiang Hua said, Wang Banyue said, "Hey, since Master Jiang has said so, there must be no big problem. Let's go to bed quickly. I am tired, Fatty."

After saying that, he crawled back into the sleeping bag.

Zhang Qiling also went back to his sleeping bag to sleep.

Pan Zi and Wu Xie were left looking at each other.

"Little Third Master!"

However, at this time, the voice rang again!

Now, Wu Xie and Pan Zi both got goosebumps!
At this, Wang Banyue was completely furious. He crawled out of the sleeping bag and took out a detonator from somewhere. He cursed, "Who the hell is in there? If you don't say anything, I'll eat you with the detonator!"

As a result, no sound came from the big tree for a long time.

"Damn it! Looks like he's really looking for death!"

Wang Banyue cursed angrily, took out a lighter and lit the detonator directly, then threw it into the tree.

"Boom~"

With a loud bang, the tree trunk was blown down directly, and leaves rained down for a while. At the same time, cockscomb snakes that were blown into countless pieces flew out, and the ground was covered with broken cockscomb snakes.

For a moment, there was blood and flesh flying everywhere.

Of course, there were also many crested snakes that were not killed by the explosion. After being alarmed, they immediately ran all over the ground!
When Wu Xie and the others saw so many crested snakes, their faces suddenly changed and they quickly took up their weapons to deal with them.

Fortunately, they were all covered in mud, so no one was targeted by the crested snake.

Those crested snakes were so frightened out of their wits by the explosion of a detonator that they were running all over the ground. In addition, they did not notice that there was anyone here, so they all disappeared in the blink of an eye.

After all the crested snakes had left, Wu Xie and the others finally reacted, especially Pan Zi, who looked so scared!

He couldn't help but think that if he had really gone to check just now, he would not have known how he died!

Pan Zi looked at Jiang Hua with a lingering fear on his face, "Master Jiang, thanks for reminding me just now. If it weren't for you, I might have really passed away!"

Although it was Zhang Qiling who stopped him, he knew that Zhang Qiling could not explain it clearly. He still had to go over out of concern for the Third Master.

Fortunately, Jiang Hua said something, and he gave up the idea of ​​the past.

Wu Xie asked, "Master Jiang, how did you know there was a cockatrice in there?"

Jiang Hua said: "The cockscomb snakes here imitate human speech like parrots, and then attract people to them, just like attracting prey. The phrase Pan Zi repeated the most was "Little Third Master", so the cockscomb snakes learned it."

Pan Zi said: "Damn it, I almost got killed by these snakes. They are too insidious."

Everyone took it seriously.

After being bitten by the crested snake, no one wanted to sleep anymore. They were afraid that the crested snake would hide somewhere and bite them suddenly, and they might die while sleeping.

So everyone gathered around the campfire and chatted.

But in the end, they were getting more and more tired, and several of them fell asleep leaning against the campfire.

(End of this chapter)