Tomb Raider: I Am Hu Bayi's Cousin

Chapter 754 Zombie Horde?

Because of the unique geographical environment here, the only 100-meter-tall human skin statue has no trace of decay and is lifelike.

However, it was inevitable that the statue was covered with mottled sulfur crust.

"Hot springs..."

The fat man swallowed hard and couldn't resist taking off his clothes. He pretended to jump in, as if the sight of a fat dragon entering the water would be quite a spectacle.

"Do you even know how hot this water is? What if you go in and get scalded? Should we eat it or not?"

Wu Xie sighed and grabbed the fat man who was about to make a move.

"Hey, don't worry, I have hot pot base here. Spicy beef tallow broth or mushroom broth? I don't really like rich tomato soup, but I can still have it once in a while."

The blind man magically produced three packets of hot pot base from his magic bag, his expression shifting with anticipation.

"Is this even the point? You blind bastard, you really want to eat at Fatty Hot Pot? What the hell did you learn abroad? The 108 eating habits of cannibals?"

The fat man's fist tightened, and he was instantly shocked!
I treat you like a friend, and you actually want to eat me?
"Is that not okay?"

The blind man regretfully put away the hot pot base, took out a box of green pepper and shredded pork fried rice, and quietly squatted down in a corner to eat it.

Looking at her back, she seemed somewhat aggrieved.

The fat guy was about to explode.

"There's something down there!"

Hu Ming sighed, truly at his wit's end with these silly friends. He tossed a few more cold sparklers down to illuminate the situation in the water.

"What the hell is that? A turtle?"

The fat man looked closely and saw a dark shadow standing in the water. From a distance, the pool below and the shadow subtly formed a shape similar to an eye.

"This thing doesn't seem to be a single entity, but rather a collection of many things layered together."

The blind man, who was eating fried rice with green peppers and shredded pork, groped his way over, pushed up his sunglasses, and said with certainty.

"The tense and exciting part is about to begin, friends, let's grab our gear!"

After thinking for a moment, the blind man carefully put away the half-eaten fried rice, picked up his knife, and was about to chop someone up.

Hu Ming didn't say anything, but simply secured the climbing rope he was carrying, flipped over off the stairs, and quickly descended.

In the blink of an eye, Hu Ming fell about a hundred meters. With a sway of his body and a twist of his powerful waist, he moved several meters to the side and landed on the stone beam in the center.

At the same time, he threw down several more cold flames.

Once here, even though the light from the cold fireworks was slightly dim and couldn't illuminate the dark space, it was still enough for the group to see what was below.

The dark shadows in the water were clearly the corpses of countless young children floating in the water.

These children's corpses were all dressed in ancient costumes, their faces were yellowish and bluish, and they had been soaked in water for countless years. Strangely, there was not a trace of decay, as if they were metal sculptures.

The bodies of young children were piled up haphazardly in the water, layer upon layer, so densely packed that it was impossible to count them exactly. It was estimated that there were at least a thousand bodies.

"The people who built this place are crazy."

The others who followed remained silent, while the fat man's lips twitched slightly.

These children appeared to be between three or four and seven or eight years old. Anyone with even a shred of conscience would feel grief and indignation upon witnessing this utterly depraved scene. Undoubtedly, the bodies of these young children had undergone special treatment; those not properly treated had already shriveled into strange, skin-like empty sacs, their interiors completely decomposed.

"Is this some kind of alchemy? These children are all dressed in their finest clothes, and the environment here looks exactly like an alchemy furnace... Are they using evil magic to refine pills?"

Wu Xie remained silent.

"No, it's not alchemy. Either it's feeding some troublesome creature in the water, or it's fishing for something..."

"Look carefully over there."

The light of the cold fireworks dimmed slightly, so Hu Ming threw down a few more, pointing at the child's corpse.

"What?"

"Could those be tails?"

Strange white ribbon-like things were visible on the child's corpse, sinking into the spring water. The blind man stroked his chin thoughtfully.

"Tail? Don't be ridiculous, are they apes? They have tails?"

"And look over there, isn't that a bridge?"

“I’ve heard some old Taoist priests in my hometown say that when bridges were built in the past, especially large bridges, children were used to sacrifice to the bridge.”

The fat man said, not believing it.

Upon closer inspection, there was indeed a barely noticeable shadow in the direction the fat man was pointing, which did indeed resemble a stone bridge, with dark shadows on both sides, probably a cave or something similar.

"This tower is far from over yet. They encountered groundwater around here, which affected the project, so they changed direction and continued digging downwards via the stone bridge below..."

"In short, this bridge is indeed very useful, but it has nothing to do with these child corpses..."

Hu Ming shook his head and said firmly.

It's unclear what their motives were, but they revealed almost all the information about this strange underground tower.

If that person had given false information and wanted to take advantage of the situation to kill Hu Ming, that would be one thing. But Hu Ming knew a bit about this place and was well aware that the information that person gave him was correct.

To be honest, Hu Ming had no idea what that person was up to.

Why was Hu Ming led all the way to the "Pao's" lair?
Just as the group was deep in thought, something seemed to be slowly awakening above them, where the roof beam was. Something fell from above and splashed into the spring below.

"So, trouble's brewing... The watchdog is blocking the doorway down below; how are we going to get down if we don't get rid of it..."

With a sigh, Hu Ming stood up, pulled on the climbing rope hanging beside him, and in a few leaps, he had already soared up to the top.

A huge bronze bell hangs on the stone pillar of the roof beam, above the head of the statue.

The object that just fell into the water came from the bronze bell.

The large bell was covered with layers of brocade and yellow silk inscribed with runes. In this eerie environment, it was hard not to suspect that something dangerous was being suppressed inside.

The bronze chain at the end of the bell is integrated into the stone beam, and there appears to be no buckle or anything that can be removed.

The stone beam was actually just an empty shell, with eleven layers of stone on the outside but the inside was made of bronze. Not to mention the special environment here, the huge sound of an explosion would cause a lot of trouble.

Hu Ming flipped himself onto the stone beam, thought for a moment, then simply hooked his legs onto the beam, hanging upside down. His treasured sword appeared in his hand, and a cold glint flashed across it.

A piercing sound of metal scraping rang out. The massive bronze bell fell with a crash!