Tomb Raider: I Am Hu Bayi's Cousin

Chapter 605 This is a seesaw!
"Old Scales, Old Scales! Hurry!!!"

Seeing the sudden change, the old man's expression changed. Without thinking, he hurriedly urged the old man, Lao Cheng, to use tools to unlock the door.

"Almost there, almost there, damn it, stop rushing me! I'll tell you not to rush me!!!"

"It's open! It's open! Inside is..."

Despite the swaying of the scales, Lao Cheng maintained his steady hands, his forehead beaded with cold sweat from anxiety. He didn't care about anything else and muttered curses under his breath.

but…

The moment the stone box was opened, the faces of Lao Cheng, Lao Mai, and the others turned ashen, as if they had eaten shit!
The enormous stone box was completely empty!!!
"It must be fake, right? How could it be empty?"

"Why is it empty?"

Overwhelmed by a sense of loss, these people even forgot the crisis they were in and stood frozen in place.

Prompted by Hu Ming, Wu Xie, standing on the central axis of Qingliang Hall, grinned silently.

Wu Xie didn't know where the treasure inside the stone box had gone.

But he knew that once he returned, one-tenth of it would already belong to him.

Thinking about it carefully, for Wu Xie, who was struggling financially, this was a tremendous windfall, not to mention the potential to improve his life.

At the very least, go back and pay Wang Meng the wages that are owed to her.
"What happened? How could this place suddenly change like this?"

Playing the role of a considerate mercenary who gets paid to do things, Su Nan helped Boss Ma to Hu Ming and the others, and asked anxiously.

"Then you'll have to ask him, Su Nan. To be honest, the people you brought along aren't exactly known for their integrity."

"Are the things inside the underground palace, especially those strange ones whose purpose is unclear, something that can be touched without permission?"

Hu Ming casually pointed to the people on either side of him, stabilizing himself amidst the increasingly violent shaking of the palace.

The palace's two side walls have a strange, uneven structure, covered with tiny spherical indentations inlaid with countless jade beads.

Even with the added value of antiquities, these small items aren't worth much, but the sheer number of them adds up to a considerable fortune.

Even more surprisingly, the bricks hidden beneath the broken wall were all made of a rare type of jade!
It would be a miracle if anyone could resist the temptation of money!
"Damn it, a bunch of bastards!"

Seeing his subordinate holding the jade bead in a daze, Su Nan instantly understood Hu Ming's meaning, and his heroic face darkened immediately.

Click click click.
Boom!!!
In the short time it took to speak, the changes in Qingliang Palace became increasingly drastic.

The cracks grew denser and larger, and to everyone's astonishment, the stone slab beneath their feet crumbled inch by inch, sinking into the ground…

No, it fell!
This grand hall is actually suspended above a pit tens of meters deep!
"Ahhhh!!!"

"Help!!! Boss..."

In an instant, people who couldn't dodge in time fell one after another like dumplings being dropped into a pot.

Cries for help and screams of agony filled the air.

However, these sounds were ultimately brief and abrupt, ceasing abruptly in an instant.

"Old Scale! Old Scale, hang in there!!"

Just as Su Nan's expression grew increasingly gloomy, an old, hurried voice suddenly came from the direction of the stone box.

Looking back, I witnessed the moment when the mechanical genius, Old Scales, fell down!
"Ahhhh!!!"

Su Nan closed her eyes and sighed painfully. She knew these people were beyond saving. In an instant, more than half of her carefully selected and trained team had been lost!
How can this be expressed with just a feeling of heartache?
However, before Su Nan could continue to grieve, suddenly, the narrow wooden strip embedded in the stone slab beneath their feet trembled violently! In an instant, all the survivors forgot their mourning for the dead and their hearts leaped.

They had no intention of dying alongside those unfortunate souls!
"If you don't want to die, do as I say, right now!"

Hu Ming's expression turned serious, and he gave urgent instructions in a loud voice.

Amidst the puzzled expressions of the survivors, Hu Ming pulled Wu Xie and Li Cu back a few steps, then instructed Su Nan to lead the surviving subordinates and Boss Ma to the other side.

This is not the time to argue about the position of team leader. When the conflict arose, the group looked at Hu Ming's serious expression, felt a chill in their hearts, and subconsciously stood in their positions as Hu Ming instructed.

Once the group was in position, the trembling under their feet indeed subsided considerably.

Only then did everyone have the mind to observe what was happening here.

The entire hall had completely collapsed and fallen into the deep pit below. At this moment, above the pit, the wooden planks under everyone's feet were like a seesaw, lying across a towering, sharp rock.

Looking down...

The bottom of the pit was filled with sharp stone pillars like cones, and those unlucky ones who fell in had long been strung up like candied hawthorns.

Glug!
At this moment, everyone realized the perilous nature of their situation, and instantly, cold sweat soaked their entire bodies.

Looking back, the stone gate they had come from had quietly closed, cutting off their way back.

Click click click...

Even more terrifying, the wooden plank was now slowly tilting towards Su Nan and the others!
Clearly, the number of people and their weights on both sides of the seesaw are unequal, and it's about to lose its balance and fall!
Just then, Hu Ming suddenly spread his legs apart, lowered his waist and pressed down, using the "thousand-pound drop" technique to apply pressure to the seesaw beneath him, barely maintaining his balance.

To be honest, even without Su Nan and the others, Hu Ming could maintain a balance even with just Hu Ming and his two companions.

However, some things shouldn't be done too deliberately. There are still many dangerous things below, and there's no shortage of opportunities to kill these troublesome people.

Hu Ming glanced sharply at the men behind Su Nan, then his gaze returned to calm.

"Now, listen to me, and do as I say!"

"Su Nan, walk this way and stop in the middle!"

"When Su Nan stops in the center, have another person come from your side and slowly walk this way!"

"…Don't worry, I'll keep my balance. I know where the exit is. If you don't want to all be trapped here, just do as I say!"

Hu Ming gave the order in a deep voice.

"……it is good"

The group exchanged glances, unable to detect even a trace of malice in Hu Ming's confident eyes. To save their lives, they had no choice but to temporarily trust him.

"…very good!"

"Now, Li Chu, I'll maintain the balance and let this side slowly sink. Soon, you'll see a passage below. Go in first!"

Seeing that Su Nan had already stopped, the old man stepped over Su Nan and moved forward in this direction with a heart full of fear. Hu Ming controlled the force of the heavy weight to keep the wooden plank sliding down at a constant speed, and gave a deep command.

"But I have claustrophobia! A passageway? I'd be alone in a place like that..."

"Shut up! I'm not talking to you, I'm ordering you. If you don't want to die, get down here obediently!"

Seeing that only the tip of the iceberg of the passage had been revealed, Hu Ming rudely interrupted Li's cowardly words.