Tomb Raiders: She Comes from the Ancient Martial Arts World

Gutongjing, also known as the "ghost desert that makes people disappear," was originally a dead city left behind after the disappearance of the Juyan City civilization. Its history can be traced back to the pre-Qin period.

On the way, Wu Xie told Ling Yue about the information related to Gutongjing and specifically reminded him: "There is a snake mine nearby. The snakes there are the same black-haired snakes you encountered in the underground palace. The direction we are heading now is the snake mine."

Ling Yue immediately understood: "Is there something the Wang family needs in the snake mine?" And what they need may have already been tampered with by Wu Xie beforehand.

Wu Xie nodded, but did not continue the topic: "Be careful. This place was occupied and studied by the Wang family for over a hundred years, but their research was interrupted by someone else."

Ling Yue thought of Su Nan, "Was it a member of the Zhang family who made the move?"

Wu Xie was genuinely surprised and couldn't help but turn around to look at her.

Although no words were said, the meaning was clear: How did you know?

Ling Yue shook his flashlight at him speechlessly: "You can get the Wang family to study the history of the broken lineage, and now you're trying to find a way to come in and trace your own ancestral history. Don't tell me that even if it existed back then, its sphere of influence was limited to the Nine Gates in Changsha."

She naturally wouldn't admit that she was testing him.

From Wu Xie, Ling Yue indeed learned more about the mysterious existences of this world that were unknown to others.

At the same time, she also learned about the Wang family, who were suspected of researching immortality for hundreds of years, and the Zhang family, which existed even longer than the Wang family.

Now, Lingyue has more options.

Wu Xie, the Wang family, the Zhang family.

However, the Zhang family seems to have been scattered by the Wang family, and their whereabouts are unknown and beyond her reach at present.

Moreover, based on Ling Yue's experience, people from large families that have existed for thousands of years, no matter how refined and easygoing they may appear on the surface, are inherently arrogant.

She wasn't sure she could gradually get close to these people's sensitive secrets.

Besides that, there's the Wang family.

After a brief encounter with the Wang family members, including Sunan and Galu, Ling Yue discovered that they didn't seem to mind absorbing new blood from outside.

But such a large organization that has existed for hundreds of years could not possibly be without any backup plans.

Ling Yue knew that some secret organizations in the martial arts world used Gu or poison to control their members.

Otherwise, if anyone could infiltrate the organization, wouldn't it have fallen apart and collapsed long ago?

Therefore, for now, Wu Xie is still Ling Yue's best choice.

Thinking about these things didn't stop Ling Yue from paying attention to his surroundings.

Ling Yue's eyes suddenly narrowed. He drew his ink bamboo stick and swatted away the black-haired snake that suddenly darted towards him. With the other hand, he grabbed Wu Xie's wrist and pulled him to the side: "Watch out!"

At the same time, a black-haired snake that had been hiding in the cave above Wuxie shot out.

It was slapped back by Ling Yue like a baseball.

Wu Xie realized what was happening and instinctively grabbed Ling Yue's hand, saying, "Come on, those people are just ahead!"

These snakes started to stir because they smelled the snake cypress powder that the Wang family used to repel snakes.

Just as Wu Xie was cleaning up the "battlefield" with Ling Yue, Li Cu was being chased like a dog by the Nine-Headed Cypress outside. While hiding in the car, he encountered the conman Hei Xiazi and was forced to listen to a bunch of nonsensical stories in broken Sichuan dialect.

When Li Cu was forced to shut down and go to sleep by Hei Xiazi, Ling Yue and Wu Xie finished their overtime work and went back to the secret passage to find Wang Meng. The three of them found a relatively intact room with an iron door nearby to rest.

The Wang family members who came down early have been dealt with, and now they have at least a few hours to rest, only needing to be wary of the Hydra Cypress.

The next day, Ling Yue witnessed the shocking scene of the dead coming back to life.

"Wu Xie, Ling Yue! I knew you were still alive!" Seeing Wu Xie and Ling Yue suddenly appear, Li Cu was overjoyed and didn't even care about the dead people around him who were trying to grab him.

Ling Yue slapped away one after another with his stick... they died and came back to life, but it seemed they weren't really alive. Small black-haired snakes could still be slapped out of their bodies.

Despite her composed demeanor, within ten seconds she was internally ranting: When she goes back, she'll be able to tell the princess how she fought the "dead man with snakes" back then.

The princess will surely be amazed by her ability to "make up stories"!

Hei Xiazi also saw Ling Yue appear with Wu Xie. In the flickering firelight, he raised an eyebrow at Wu Xie.

Wu Xie pretended not to see anything and grabbed Li Cu: "Come on, let's go back and put out the fire!"

Li Cu was stunned: "Go back? No, are you crazy?!" Go back for what?

Wu Xie explained that these things are like snakes; they hibernate when the temperature is low. "If we can't put out the fire, and all these things wake up, then none of us will be able to escape."

Upon hearing this, Ling Yue finally understood why Wu Xie had jumped out ahead of time.

However, his act of bringing sand in bottles beforehand makes it hard not to suspect that he knew the place would catch fire.

While helping out, Ling Yue subtly observed Wu Xie and Hei Xiazi, discovering that although the two seemed busy putting out the fire, they were actually distracted by Li Cu.

So, the purpose of staging this play is for Li Cu?

Because of this speculation, when Ling Yue discovered a black, hairy snake about the size of two fingers appearing next to Li Cu, he did not take action but patiently observed the reactions of the people on both sides.

Wu Xie was focused on Li Cu, but Hei Xiazi noticed Ling Yue's unusual behavior and briefly exchanged glances with him through his sunglasses.

Hei Xiazi would find that Ling Yue was not surprised.

The moment Li Cu was bitten by the snake, she knew that Hei Xiazi and Wu Xie would definitely notice.

It's just a matter of sooner or later.

Given her skill level and her protection of Li Cu, it was impossible for her to have "coincidentally" missed such a clearly venomous snake biting Li Cu without her knowledge.

This was something all three of them knew perfectly well.

After being bitten by the black snake, Li Cu was not poisoned. Instead, he appeared dazed, with his pupils dilating and converging as if he were hallucinating.

Ling Yue caught the swaying Li Cu immediately and turned to remind Wu Xie, "The fire is too big to put out, get out of here quickly!"

Having achieved her goal, Wu Xie, who had just realized that something was wrong with Ling Yue, gave her a dark look, but shook her head at Hei Xiazi: "Let's leave here first."

With Li Cu staggering along behind, Ling Yue used a long bamboo pole to clear a path, and the four of them quickly left the grand theater.

Wang Meng, who had been waiting there, immediately closed the door and used various objects nearby to block it from behind.

As the temperature rose, the snake-man, whose limbs became increasingly agile, violently pounded on the door. Wu Xie lifted the iron plate at the entrance of the secret passage, and the group filed in.

We are finally safe for now.

Li Cu also recovered and stood silently next to Ling Yue.

Ling Yue pretended not to notice his abnormality. When Hei Xiazi said he wanted to take a break, he pulled Li Cu and found a place to sit down with him.

Perhaps because Ling Yue was there, Li Cu quickly regained her composure and asked what those things were.

Wu Xie was in a bad mood and simply said a name: "Black Flying Son".

Li Cu frowned; everything that had just happened had been too much of a shock to him. "Black Flying Snakes? They look like snakes."

Hei Xiazi, noticing that Wu Xie wasn't in good condition, took on the task of explaining the science: "Do you remember those hairy snakes? They're called black-haired snakes. They can live inside a person's body and, through the toxins they release, affect the nerves and muscles, allowing even a dead person to get up and perform various movements."

Black Bear turned around and gave Li Cu a malicious smile: "When they find a new and better host, they will launch an attack. Just now, that group of snake people were staring at you. It seems that you are quite favored by the black-haired snakes."

Li Cu was speechless. "Who wants this kind of favor!"

Hei Xiazi summarized this popular science explanation as follows: "In biology, this is the concept of parasitism and symbiosis."

Li Cu felt as if she had been given a biology lesson for no reason.

The academically challenged Li Cu felt the need to change the subject: "Ling Yue, have you discovered anything else since you came in?"

Ling Yue tilted his head towards Wu Xie, indicating that Li Cu had asked the wrong person.

Having adjusted his state, Wu Xie, as originally planned, took the opportunity to inform Li Cu that this was the real Gutongjing.

This made Li Cu extremely happy. He immediately stood up, took Ling Yue's hand, and beamed with joy: "Does that mean that Ling Yue and I can go back now?!"

Wu Xie gave Li Cu, who was grinning foolishly, a meaningful look, then stood up. "Come on, I'll take you to see something interesting."

The sounds of snake-men ramming could be heard outside the secret passage, indicating that they had broken through the main gate and were blocking the way outside.

With no other option, Li Cu could only continue walking forward.

However, it was as if he had forgotten about the hand that was holding Ling Yue's, and Ling Yue did not seem to have any intention of pulling away.

A step behind, Hei Xiazi gave a cold smile to the two holding hands in the darkness. Only he knew what he was thinking.

Following Wu Xie, the group arrived at a broken bridge platform.

Just as Li Cu was wondering how to proceed when there seemed to be no way forward, Wu Xie found a mechanism.

After pressing the button, huge rocks began to rise one after another from the bottomless cliff shrouded in mist, just enough to pave a path leading to the Qiongqi pattern on the other side.