"Hey kid, you're daydreaming in the tomb!" Pan Zi slapped Ling Xiao on the head.

Ling Xiao knew that Pan Zi was concerned about him, so he chuckled and said, "I know, Uncle Pan."

Pan Zi was very pleased with being called "Uncle Pan" and immediately adopted the air of an elder: "I'm keeping up."

Panzi had a pretty good impression of this little guy; he was good-looking and had protected Wuxie on several occasions, but he had this habit of spacing out all the time…

As they walked forward, they discovered that the coffin had been pried open. Wu Sansheng took a crowbar and went to pry open the coffin, while Pan Zi took a flashlight to examine it.

Pan Zi exclaimed in surprise, "How come it's a foreigner?"

Ling Xiao said, "It should be those people from the tent earlier."

Wu Xie said, "There's another person down there!"

The young man pulled Panzi out: "The real culprit is downstairs!"

Third Uncle pulled out a black donkey hoof and said, "The best defense is a good offense."

Da Kui was sneakily pulling Wu Xie aside to compare shadows. Neither of them looked too good. Wu Xie shouted, "There's a ghost!"

He quickly grabbed Ling Xiao's arm, and Ling Xiao turned to ask him, "What's wrong?"

Wu Xie gripped Ling Xiao's arm tightly and whispered in his ear, "There's a ghost. There's an extra person's shadow here and there."

Ling Xiao patted his shoulder reassuringly, "It's alright."

Everyone looked at the two of them. Wu Xie pointed to the shadow on the ground, then pointed ahead, where they saw a monster with a huge head. The young man shone his flashlight on the monster.

Pan Zi spat, "Why does this look more like a person wrapped in a jar?"

Pan Zi kicked out and was about to fire: "Damn it, how dare you scare me!"

Ling Xiao stepped forward and removed the jar from the man's head, revealing the fat man's face.

"Fatty?" Ling Xiao exclaimed excitedly.

"You know him?" Pan Zi put his gun away when he saw that Ling Xiao knew him.

Ling Xiao hugged the fat man tightly and said, "Fatty, you came to pick me up, right? You know how to get out of here, right?"

Ling Xiao cupped the fat man's face in his hands, waiting expectantly for his reply.

"Who are you?" The fat man slapped Ling Xiao's hand away. "Have we met before?" He then turned to Pan Zi and said, "You son of a bitch, were you trying to shoot me just now?"

Ling Xiao laughed when he heard his voice and the unfamiliarity in his words. How could he forget that Qin Feng had mentioned that there was someone in the Iron Triangle also named Fatty? But he never expected that this Fatty and his Sun Fatty would look exactly alike...

Fate played another cruel joke on him...

"I mistook you for someone else, sorry," Ling Xiao apologized to the fat man with a smile.

"Hey, it's nothing. I'm just an average-looking guy. Besides, you saved me just now, otherwise that heartless bastard would have killed me," the fat man said casually.

"What are you here for?" Panzi asked rudely.

"What else can someone who comes down to raid tombs do?" the fat man replied.

“He’s here to steal gold,” Ling Xiao said.

"Huh? How did you know? Do you really know me?" The fat man was also very curious.

"Don't you have a chain around your neck?" Ling Xiao laughed.

"This isn't a chain, it's a tomb raiding talisman, proof of my status as a tomb raiding captain!" the fat man said proudly, patting his chest.

"Alright, alright, Captain of Tomb Raiders!" Ling Xiao knew that Fatty cared a lot about his title of Captain of Tomb Raiders, and he also knew that Fatty's tomb raiding skills weren't very good.

"Why are you the only one injured among these people?" The fat man looked around at the group. They were all of varying quality, but only Ling Xiao had bandages wrapped around his hand, and he was moving very awkwardly.

"Because I'm not very good at it!" Ling Xiao joked.

“You’re a good person, they won’t protect you, but I, Fatty, will!” Fatty suddenly said righteously.

"Okay!" Ling Xiao smiled, a bright and sunny smile, the first genuine smile he had ever seen since coming to this world. "Then I'll have to trouble you, Fatty!"

Wu Xie grumbled from the side, "Who isn't protecting you? It's not like we're bullying you!"

"Yeah, nobody bullied me, but Fatty, I was just bullied by a blood zombie. Will Fatty protect me?" Ling Xiao joked.

"A blood corpse? Ancestor, you really think I, Fatty, am someone important!" Fatty was frightened by Ling Xiao's words.

"Haha, who can you protect with this? Little Ling is someone who dares to take on a blood corpse all by himself," Pan Zi laughed.

"Really?" The fat man looked at Ling Xiao in shock.

"I'm young and fearless, but I've learned my lesson. It was you who helped me kill the blood corpse," Ling Xiao said sincerely to the young man.

"Alright, let's keep going, don't linger here!" Wu Sansheng led the team forward, with Fatty Wang following beside Ling Xiao.

[Host, this place is filled with yin energy. Would you like to absorb it automatically?]

'absorb'

What is the purpose of absorption?

[Strengthens blood circulation; increased absorption also offers other benefits.]

The group walked forward and discovered a large tomb chamber with two side chambers next to it.

"Let's split up," Wu Sansheng suggested.

Wu Sansheng assigned Wuxie to Xiao Ge and Ling Xiao, and Fatty followed them. Wu Sansheng saw this but didn't say anything.

Da Kui was somewhat unhappy: "Third Master, wouldn't it be too dangerous to separate?"

Wu Sansheng angrily slapped his head: "Danger what? How far apart are those two side chambers?"

"Lingzi, let's go this way!" Wuxie pointed to the left.

The fat man was overjoyed; now that they were separated, he could make a good profit.

He addressed the group, saying, "My name is Fatty. It's fate that we met in this place. What are your names, guys?"

Wu Xie stepped forward and said, "I am Wu Xie, this is Brother Xiao, and this is Ling Xiao."

The fat man chuckled and said, "You guys are really good-looking. If we go tomb raiding together, wouldn't we become the Four Heavenly Kings of Tomb Raiding?"

Ling Xiao's expression changed upon hearing this. The Four Heavenly Kings of Tomb Raiding? It's a pity there's only the Iron Triangle, not the Four Heavenly Kings.

Upon hearing Fatty's words, Wu Xie immediately exclaimed in approval: "The Four Heavenly Kings of Tomb Raiding? Sounds pretty good!"

The young man remained standing there expressionless.

The four of them went to the side room. After a while, the fat man sat on the ground and cursed, "Damn it, what kind of King Lu Shang is this? So poor, with so little stuff, how are we going to divide it up?"

Wu Xie found this amusing and advised, "Fatty, no matter what good things we see, we should hand them over to the country."

Upon hearing this, the fat man suddenly stood up and said, "I say, Wuxie, you really are naive. From now on, let's just call you Naïve. Who's crazy enough to risk their life to raid tombs, only to hand over the funerary artifacts they get to the state? How? By telling people they got them from tomb raiding? You're truly naive!"

Wu Xie replied weakly, "I'm not here to raid tombs. I'm just here with my third uncle to broaden my horizons."

Ling Xiao watched the two of them bickering, then looked at Xiao Ge and found that Xiao Ge was quietly watching them argue. Ling Xiao thought this feeling was really good. So this is the friendship of the Iron Triangle!

"If you get nothing and leave this tomb, will you still remember the tomb's owner?" Ling Xiao asked casually.

"Of course not, I only remember which tomb has the most treasure," the fat man replied listlessly.

“If a tomb contains a lot of treasure, would you remember the tomb’s owner?” Ling Xiao asked again.

"Of course, who doesn't remember the God of Wealth?" the fat man replied with a laugh.

"This tomb isn't finished yet; the best things will be saved for last," Ling Xiao said with a smile.

[Host, what are you going to do?]

No spoilers, don't be nervous.

The system then fell silent.

"Really?" the fat man asked excitedly.

"Go find your third uncle and meet up first," Ling Xiao said to Wu Xie.

The group then went to the side room next door and found it empty.

"Third Uncle? Pan Zi?" Wu Xie called out from the side, "What should we do? Where did my third uncle and the others go?"

Ling Xiao stepped forward to comfort him: "Don't worry, with Uncle Pan here, everything will be alright!"

The young man also stepped forward and patted Wu Xie on the shoulder.

The fat man also said, "That's right, that guy will shoot at the slightest disagreement, what are you worried about?"

Wu Xie thought for a moment and nodded: "Yes, Pan Zi has seen blood, so Uncle San should be fine."

The four of them then began to explore the tomb chamber again. Wu Xie discovered something that looked like a mechanism and shouted to the others, "Look, what's this?"

The young man touched the door a few times with two fingers, and it opened, revealing a secret passage. The four of them went inside.

Wu Xie had only taken a few steps when he discovered a corpse. Startled, he grabbed Ling Xiao's arm. The fat man shone his headlamp on it and found that it was a foreigner with several corpse beetles crawling around on his stomach and more crawling out of his mouth.

Ling Xiao felt nauseous. He glanced at Wu Xie, who was about to vomit, and then looked in the direction of Xiao Ge, only to find that Xiao Ge was gone.

I really have no idea how this guy managed to escape! Should I tell Wuxie?

“Little Brother is missing.” Ling Xiao patted Wu Xie on the shoulder.

So Wu Xie started looking for Xiao Ge again, and said to Ling Xiao and Fatty, "This tomb is really too eerie. First it was Uncle Three and the others, and then it was Zhang Qiling. We have to do something!"

Wu Xie took out a rope from his bag, intending to tie it to Ling Xiao and Fatty.

The fat man said speechlessly, "Hey, Little Naive, stop being so naive now. With that guy's skills, where could he possibly go? Besides, you've tied us up. What if we encounter danger later? Where will we run?"

“This man died here after touching a mechanism. Let’s search for anything useful!” Ling Xiao said to Wu Xie and Fatty, looking at the man’s wounds.

The fat man then began to rummage through the corpse, taking out money, a train ticket, a note, and a stamp from his bag.

Wu Xie read out the words on the stamp.

"Mercenaries," Ling Xiao said.

"You're saying he's a mercenary?" Wu Xie asked hastily.

"Not only that, the tents we stayed in were also left behind by mercenaries. Now that I think about it, the foreigner we saw when we entered the tomb was also one of them."

The three walked on and found a very narrow doorway by the wall, but the ladder below was almost completely rotten and very high.

At this moment, several corpse beetles slowly crawled up the wall. Ling Xiao said to Wu Xie and Fatty, "There are a lot of corpse beetles here. Although they dare not come over here, I don't know how long they can hold out or whether their numbers will increase. So now you and Fatty should try to get down. I can only take one of you down."

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