Tomb Raider: I Am Hu Bayi's Cousin

With a twist and a flick of the blade, the precious sword deftly lifted something out of the cement.

This is a handgun, a military-grade one, painted in camouflage!
"There's still a lot of this stuff in the cement, and there was a pistol next to almost every corpse."

"Do you really think that, under the direct supervision of 'him,' who is directly under that big shot, the people of the Nine Gates would actually take this thing underground?"

"You know, back then, the Nine Gates' position was somewhat awkward."

Hu Ming pointed at the pistol and said softly.

“Xiao Hua, I remember you and Huo Xiangu had a good relationship. In your childhood, and even now, you have been allies with Huo Xiangu and your interests are aligned.”

"She didn't tell you this place was sealed off with cement before you came here, did she?"

Hu Ming looked at Xiao Hua and asked meaningfully.

"I don't know, maybe she just felt it was shameful?"

"Okay, I admit this is hard to explain, but I know she has a clear purpose. She's not playing us or deceiving us."

“If she knew this place was sealed off with cement and didn’t tell us, then our lamas would definitely stop, and her plan would be impossible to carry out. She wouldn’t do that.”

"Besides, Uncle Ming, you're right. My relationship with Grandma Huo is pretty good, and we share many interests. She has no reason to hide this from me."

Xiao Hua rarely swore, shook her head, and couldn't understand it at all.

He roughly guessed what Hu Ming meant.

The cement here didn't exist when the Nine Gates evacuated this place!
Only "he" could have carried out this project here without anyone noticing!
"The largest tomb raiding operation in history was both a success and a failure!"

"The success was that a complete Warring States period silk manuscript was unearthed here, and a lot of valuable information was deciphered, including information about immortality and the Zhang family."

"The failure was that we didn't find the key to the Zhang Family Ancient Building before we left!"

"So, he wasn't giving up! After the Nine Gates left, he organized another team to explore this place."

What happened next did not require Hu Ming to explain in detail.

Wu Xie and Xiao Hua could already imagine what had happened here back then.

However, during the second exploration, "his" people still suffered great misfortune, with heavy casualties.

In order to block out some strange things inside, they had to pour in the cement and metal they had prepared beforehand, which crushed all the exploration team members to death in the cement.

"Is that so? Indeed, for them, any sacrifice is absolutely necessary for that important figure. After all, that's that important figure!"

After a long silence, Xiaohua gave a slight, bitter smile.

Compared to Wu Xie, Xiao Hua clearly knows the origin of the series of events from back then.

If it's all because of that important figure, then this miserable state of affairs seems to make sense.

After resting briefly amidst the pile of mangled corpses and regaining their strength, the three of them, without a word, picked up their tools again and began digging. They dug for most of the day.

Just as the group was mechanically wielding their tools, somewhat dazed, suddenly, with a "crash," the concrete wall in front of them collapsed.

When the searchlight shone through, behind the concrete wall was still a cave, but the cave was bottomless, and even a professional searchlight could not see anything inside.

About twenty meters away from the three of them, the ground was covered with countless pottery jars, one after another, making the ground completely full and leaving no room to step.

These earthenware jars stretched as far as the eye could see, and no one knew exactly how many there were.

What's chilling and unsettling is that each pottery jar has a melon-sized, spherical, unidentified object growing from its opening, covered in black hair.

It's exactly the same as the hair deep inside the bones of the corpses we encountered before!
However, there is one difference: the hair in the corpse had long since "died," while the hair here...
As if possessing a sense of self, these hairs moved on their own in the dark cave without any wind, swaying slowly up, down, left, and right.

It's just like a worm that's lazily wriggling around after it's had a full stomach!
As far as the eye could see, black fur covered the entire ground, and even the walls, the ceiling of the cave, and any place with enough space.

This place instantly evokes the feeling of a black hair paradise.

"Damn it, all the black hair in those corpses came from here!?"

Seeing this, Wu Xie and Xiao Hua let out a soft cry and groaned weakly.

The truth is clear.

The source of the Nine Gates' defeat and the heavy casualties among "his" people is here, it is these still thriving, "alive" black hairs!
This demonstrates the danger posed by these items.

As for using fire as a method...
The members of the Nine Gates aren't stupid, and neither are "his" people!
How could they not have thought of that?

Snapped!
Wu Xie took out an ancient tinderbox from his pocket, lit it, and then threw it into the sea of ​​hair.

Almost instantly, the black fur seemed to be greatly stimulated and suddenly became "excited".

A wave of countless black hairs instantly spread out and covered the spot where the tinder was, extinguishing it completely.

"As expected, fire attack was out of the question."

Xiao Hua sighed softly.

Looking around, under the cover of black fur, one could vaguely see many dents on the walls on both sides.

Most of the dents have been hollowed out and filled with black hair.

However, some ancient books, such as bamboo slips, were placed in a small part of the dents, suggesting that the blank dents were once filled with books.

This place resembles a modern-day book corridor.

Clearly, the complete Warring States period silk manuscript was unearthed from here.

The items placed in the dent were coated with a secret medicine that not only had anti-corrosion and moisture-proof functions, but also effectively stimulated black hair and prevented it from getting tangled on them.