Tomb Raider: I Am Hu Bayi's Cousin

Chapter 733 Swallowing it raw?

Boom!
Suddenly, a thunderclap sounded outside the window, followed by thunder and large raindrops.

It's not surprising, really. This place has a unique terrain, and it's the rainy season now, so these kinds of sudden thunderstorms are all too common.

But this clap of thunder was unusual.

In the instant the lightning illuminated the room, a deafening clap of thunder followed, and in the blinding white light, the leather puppet moved.

Several sharp-eyed people clearly saw that the serene expression on the leather puppet's face changed, turning ferocious.

This is not everyone's illusion; it is the truth.

A cold sweat broke out on everyone's back. There's a saying that goes, "Experienced drivers become more and more timid as they drive."

Although Wu Erbai was half black and half white, and had never been to an underground palace in his life except for the South Sea King's underground palace, he brought all the desperate criminals with him just to be on the safe side.

They are all top-notch players from Hangzhou, and even from the nine nearby gambling dens.

These people, who have seen many supernatural and ghostly things in their daily lives, have still managed to live to this age. Instead of becoming numb to these incomprehensible things, they are even more terrified.

Maintaining reverence and fear is the only way to survive in this line of work.

Wu Xie's condition was a bit problematic... He had experienced too many things, and more or less, he had become a little complacent and arrogant.

In addition, knowing that he wouldn't live much longer, his mindset underwent some subtle changes, and he lost the most basic reverence for life.

Wu Erbai has a keen eye for people, and one of the reasons he doesn't want Wu Xie to continue in this line of work is that this kind of mentality can easily lead to one's own downfall and the downfall of those around them.

The moment the lightning illuminated the room, the young man and Hu Ming reacted instantly, transforming into a black shadow that gave the illusion of catching up with the lightning over short distances.

snort~
A blinding, cold glint flashed, and two different black blades sliced ​​off the leather puppet's two forearms.

Snapped!
The forearm that had fallen to the ground writhed wildly as if it had been startled awake.

Without any verbal communication, Hu Ming and the young man had already tacitly pinned the "resurrected arm" to the ground with their black knives.

After doing all this, Hu Ming and the young man frowned and looked at the blind man who had taken off his sunglasses and was rubbing his eyes.

Hei Xiazi is a man who can rival Xiao Ge; his reaction should not be so slow.

"Ugh…"

Wu Erbai sighed, patted the blind man's shoulder, and stepped forward to pick up the arm that had stopped struggling.

"Hey, why are you looking at me? I'm fine. I've lived for over a century, and I see things much more clearly than you guys."

"How about I give you guys a pep talk right now?"

With a nonchalant smile, Black Bear put on his sunglasses. His vision was clearer than usual. Even though they were right in front of him, Hu Ming and the young man still appeared shrouded in a gray and hazy light in Black Bear's eyes.

"You've offended too many people in your life and lost your eyes. You won't live more than a month unless you quietly hide away for the rest of your life... You and I both know that's impossible."

"I know a place where things are settled. If I go there with you, it will probably be of some use."

Hu Ming remained silent. Blindness is a rare eye condition, and from the day of diagnosis, the blind man knew he was destined to face the crisis of true blindness for the rest of his life.

If you calculate the time, it should be around this time.
"Damn it, when did everyone around me suddenly turn into a bunch of old, weak, sick, and disabled people? Again?!"

Hu Ming, unusually irritated, swore.

The mute girl clung to Hu Ming's shoulder, bewildered. She didn't understand why Hu Ming and the others had suddenly changed their emotions, but she sensed something: she seemed... to be very far removed from Hu Ming's world.

"...Let's go together."

The young man looked expressionlessly at the blind man who seemed indifferent to him, and said softly.

Everyone knew what the young man meant: to go together to the place Jiangnan had mentioned in order to find an opportunity to help the blind man.

"It's a human-hand shellfish. A specialty of the South Sea King's underground palace. Due to the limitations of the production techniques at the time, it was difficult to perfectly preserve the skin of the hands of these human-skin figurines, so this special shellfish, which closely resembles human hands, was used as a substitute..."

Wu Erbai picked up the human hand shell, a trace of sadness flashing in his eyes, but he quickly composed himself and began to lie through his teeth.

"The human hand shell can indeed move the leather puppet, but this one is different. It's different; her expressions change, she even seems to understand human speech, and just now, I think I even saw something inside her skin..."

"And, Uncle, don't change the subject. I just want to know, is the blind man really going to go blind?"

Wu Xie stared blankly at the still optimistic and unruly blind man, a huge wave of sadness washing over him.

Yes, so much time has passed that Wu Xie has almost forgotten that humans are creatures that grow old, get sick, and die!
"Pretty much... I didn't want to tell you this, but you're a good person in every way, except that you're too fond of worrying about others and never really care about yourself."

"But it's okay. Since Hu Ming said so, I still have a good chance of watching the sunset. He's never been the kind of person who likes to lie to comfort people."

The blind man shrugged indifferently. "Fate is something you can't completely believe in, but some things are truly predetermined from the moment a person is born and cannot be changed."

Just like Wu Xie's forced entry into the game back then, it's like the eyes of a blind man.

It's simply a matter of time.

The blind man had his own philosophy of life. His long life had taught him how to face everything in life with optimism and how to selectively carry on alone.

Even without Hu Ming bringing him hope, one day in the future, he would still smile as he admired the last glimmer of light, and wait with a smile for his old enemies to come knocking on his door.

The blind man was a lonely old man who had long seen through everything in life, and was already open-minded and "enlightened".

No matter what fate throws his way, he can face it with equanimity.

"How could I not care? You're my master... cough... cough cough!! Pfft!!"

Wu Xie gave a bitter laugh, then suddenly his face turned deathly pale. He clutched his chest and coughed violently, a mouthful of blood mixed with red and black blood clots gushing from his mouth and nose.

Unfortunately, the blood splattered onto the hideous face of the human skin puppet that had lost both arms.

Awakened by the thunder, the leather figurines moved again after a brief silence.

The bloodstains on his face were instantly absorbed, and then he began to swell and writhe!
The leather puppet's face deformed, and a long, twisted mark appeared. In an instant, the leather puppet moved, pressing tightly against Wu Xie, who was standing right next to it.
Then, the leather puppet, inflated to its limit, swallowed Wu Xie, who was coughing up blood!