Tomb Raiding: My Family's Last Clan Chief is Little Brother

Chapter 84 The first clues

Wu Xiaoxie shone his flashlight over and saw many rusty bronze arms protruding from the huge clump of tree roots, standing in four directions, looking like four stone statues wrapped together.

It's impossible to tell from the exposed parts whether the statues are the same in posture and shape, but including those hidden in the tree roots, their height is about the same as the one seen from the outside.

Wu Xiaoxie couldn't help but mutter, "Could the benefit Lao Yang mentioned be this terrifying stone statue? That's just too unreliable."

After saying that, he shook his head, indicating that it definitely wasn't true.

Even if this stone statue has immense benefits and is priceless, they still can't take it away.

“Let’s go up further.” Zhang Wuxun said, and took the lead in lifting his foot to continue upwards.

Wu Xiaoxie sighed and had no choice but to tug at his backpack and follow.

As you continue upwards, the faces of the stone statues remain obscured and cannot be clearly seen.

The two arrived at a spot parallel to the altar. Zhang Wuxun looked around and said, "These four statues are placed at the four corners, which means there must be something else in the middle. We need to go and take a look."

Wu Xiaoxie was actually a little puzzled as to why Zhang Wuxun was so enthusiastic about this "great benefit," even more so than Fatty was about funerary objects.

However, he didn't think much of it, assuming that Zhang Wuxun was just interested.

Zhang Wuxun had already taken out a three-pronged hook from his backpack, tied a climbing rope to it, swung his forearm around the rope four or five times, and then used the momentum to throw it towards the altar. The three-pronged hook flew out in an arc and with a clang, it firmly hooked a thick tree root that was relatively close to the altar.

Suddenly, a large number of strange, gray insects emerged from the cracks in the tree roots, forming a vast, gray swarm that sent chills down your spine at first glance.

The little insects were very fast, disappearing into the surrounding crevices in the blink of an eye. Zhang Wuxun's expression was a little strange. He stared at that spot for a while before turning to Wu Xiaoxie and saying, "You go first. It's closer here, and it's a slope. I'll just grab the rope and jump across later."

Wu Xiaoxie nodded, saying that with Muyu's skills, jumping that distance was no problem.

So Wu Xiaoxie grabbed the rope that was swung at a perfect angle to the slope, put his feet on it, and slid down the rope to the other side in a flash. Then he grabbed the tree roots next to the altar to steady himself.

Upon closer inspection, the gray insects looked somewhat like cicada larvae. As soon as he approached, a large number of insects were startled and scurried out to escape into the distance.

Zhang Wuxun unconsciously tightened his grip on the rope, half of his face hidden in the darkness, making him difficult to see clearly.

Wu Xiaoxie felt a sudden jolt of unease. When he regained his composure and looked more closely, he saw Zhang Wuxun on the other side swinging diagonally across the air, holding onto the rope with his right hand, and stabilizing himself by stepping on a tree root.

Looking up, he saw Wu Xiaoxie staring at his left hand, so he smiled and said, "I accidentally cut my left hand earlier, and the bleeding just stopped, so I can't put any force on it."

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand in front of Wu Xiaoxie so that he could see it.

By the light, Wu Xiaoxie could see that there was indeed a rather long, bloody gash on his palm, with the tender flesh turned inside out, which looked quite ferocious.

Wu Xiaoxie nodded, suppressing his doubts, and asked casually, "Then why don't you put some medicine on it and bandage it up? It looks painful."

Zhang Wuxun chuckled and casually waved his hand, saying, "It's just a minor injury."

Wu Xiaoxie's heart sank slightly. He pursed his lips and said nothing more.

(End of this chapter)