Tomb Raider: I Am Hu Bayi's Cousin

Chapter 713: Infiltrate!

The two "smoothly" sneaked into the mansion.

At Hu Ming's insistence, the two released all the servants they encountered along the way.
In situations where their lives are in danger, and barring any permanent damage or lasting effects, these waiters would have to lie on the ground for at least half a day.

As expected, upon arriving at the door of the study on the second floor...

The door was only slightly ajar, and it wasn't even locked!
Before going inside, Hu Ming even politely waved to a hidden camera in the corner.

"Over the years, I have been keeping an eye on things happening in China."

"Well, as expected of the renowned Second Master Hu Ming of the Hong family in recent decades, it's not surprising that he could guess my thoughts."

"But this, this magnanimity, is truly admirable."

In a small, enclosed room in the mezzanine of the villa, a well-dressed man with a ponytail took a deep drag on a fine cigar, letting the rich aroma linger in his mouth.

The man placed his cigar in the ashtray beside him, took a sip of Island whiskey, and looked at the screen in front of him with a slight upturn at the corners of his mouth.

"However, no matter how famous or powerful you are in the country, so what?"

"This is overseas! Your manpower and resources are simply not enough to support you. Even if you are the Second Master of the Nine Gates, it won't make a difference here!"

With a confident smile, watching as Hu Ming and the blind man found the item, the man turned off the monitor, leaned back, and rubbed his temples with both hands, as if anticipating something.

"It's almost here! The secret of thunder, destiny... it's almost here!"

A low, almost roaring laugh echoed in the monitoring room.

"Wow, breakfast too! It's perfect time for breakfast right now. Boss Jiao is a nice guy!"

"Knowing that we had traveled a long way and hadn't had a proper meal, they specially prepared breakfast for us."

As soon as he entered the room, Hu Ming saw a steaming Chinese breakfast on the coffee table in the center of the room.

Hu Ming didn't stand on ceremony. He sat down on the sofa, took a light sniff to make sure his intuition gave no warning, and then began to eat breakfast with peace of mind.

Better safe than sorry. What if this guy tampered with the breakfast?
"...What's there to eat? After we're done with our work, wouldn't it be nice to find a local morning market and have some local breakfast specialties?"

The blind man rolled his eyes, walked past Hu Ming, and went to the desk.

A large amount of graphic and textual materials were laid out on the table.

At a glance, the vast majority of the materials are images and texts resembling human skulls.

The blind man flipped through a few chapters at random, and the information on the bottom layer caught his attention.

"Hu Ming, come here quickly, look at these! These skulls all have holes cut out between their eyebrows. Damn, could this be an anatomical diagram of Erlang Shen's skull?"

The blind man looked carefully several times, but still couldn't figure it out, so he called out to Hu Ming.

"Yeah, I saw it. What a load of rubbish, Erlang Shen. Judging from the marks, it's obvious that this hole was dug by humans later on."

Hu Ming's voice came from behind the blind man.

"Damn! Are you some kind of ghost? How come you walk without making a sound?"

The blind man was startled and almost dropped the documents in his hand.

"We're here as thieves, so walking silently is part of our professional ethics, okay?"

Hu Ming casually replied, put down his plate, took the documents from the blind man's hand, frowned as he examined them for a while, and then returned them to the blind man. "Keep these safe, take them with you, and bring them to your second master later."

"Wu Erbai, it's Wu Erbai, not some Second Master!"

"that's not important."

Hu Ming ignored the blind man, closed his eyes, and tapped his fingers repeatedly on the table.

The invisible sound waves instantly radiated into the vast space.

A moment later, Hu Ming opened his eyes.

Hu Ming vaguely remembered that the layout of the villas in movies and TV dramas was significantly different from this place, so his past memories could hardly play a key role.

Now that things have come to this, Hu Ming has no choice but to find the things himself.

Fortunately, the human sonar system continues to perform reliably.

The sound waves traveled through a complex room environment, echoing through wooden tables, walls, and furniture of various materials, transmitting crucial information back to the room.

With just this information, Hu Ming was able to find all the hidden compartments in the room where things might be hidden.

Whistling, Hu Ming wiped his hands on the blind man's clothes and turned to walk into a small storage room separated by wooden bookshelves.

It is filled with various collectibles, mostly valuable antiques.

"As soon as you enter, you can smell a strong earthy smell. Most of these things have just been dug out of the ground."

The blind man displayed the profound skills of a seasoned professional tomb raider, subconsciously covering his nose and frowning.

The so-called earthy smell...

It's not actually a smell that you can distinguish with your nose, but rather a psychological intuition.

This is a conditioned reflex developed from years of contact with underground things.

"Settling down in a villa in this godforsaken place, with fully armed mercenaries inside and out—anybody can tell that this Boss Jiao isn't exactly clean, right?"

Hu Ming chuckled and moved all the items off the shelves that were placed against the wall, revealing the wall behind the shelves.

With a gentle tap, Hu Ming glanced at the side of the room, pondered for a moment, and ultimately decided against going to the trouble. He raised his right hand, his index and middle fingers forming a sword shape.

puff~
The indestructible golden fingers pierced through the concrete wall as easily as piercing tofu.

With a flick of two fingers and a little force, the entire piece of wall plaster was torn off.

"666!! Two-finger cave probing, pshaw, I mean, two-finger cave probing is really awesome!"

The blind man transforms into a ruthless 666 machine!
"hehe!"

Hu Ming glanced at the blind man expressionlessly, discarded the plaster, and took out a lacquered brocade box from a hidden compartment behind him.

Open it up, and inside is a pair of bronze ears covered in green patina, densely covered with ancient patterns.

"Okay, we have the map. It's about time we made our move."

The blind man roughly identified the object, took a high-resolution photo, and sent it to Wu Erbai. He only breathed a sigh of relief after receiving confirmation from Wu Erbai.

This trip... let's call it an infiltration, involved doing these things in someone else's home.
I still felt a bit uneasy about it.