Tomb Raider: I Am Hu Bayi's Cousin

Is Chapter 762 really a "little white rabbit"?
As far as the eye could see, there was absolutely no light, only complete darkness, yet they could still incongruously see each other.

If it weren't for his intuition telling him that he was moving forward, in this chaotic space without any reference points, Hu Ming would almost have doubted that his constant steps were just treading water and doing useless work.

Perhaps it is a being similar to a consciousness at this moment, or perhaps it is due to the special nature of this environment, time seems to have lost its proper meaning here.

Silently following behind Lei, after an unknown amount of time, Lei finally stopped.

Lei stopped in her tracks, waved her hand, and the chaotic, dark space in front of her suddenly exploded, with blinding lightning igniting the darkness.

"This is it. I've kept the Mother Stone here for countless years, yet I still can't fully understand its various extraordinary powers..."

Lei pointed ahead, his tone filled with undisguised regret and reluctance.

"In fact, you could totally consider taking advantage of me for free. Even I would probably have no way to break through this maze and find your location using such bizarre methods."

"So, really not going to reconsider? Maybe you can even discover something new from my corpse."

Hu Ming stepped forward, standing shoulder to shoulder with Lei, looking at the huge, irregular, unremarkable-looking boulder in front of him. He narrowed his eyes slightly, concealing the glint of shrewdness in them.

Transactions without any protection are often accompanied by extremely high risks, especially if either party has malicious intentions…

Just as Lei was wary of Hu Ming, Hu Ming was equally wary of the relatively mysterious Lei.

Both of them probably have some ulterior motives, and the fact that they can still communicate amicably now is simply because they are wary of each other.

Hu Ming was wary of Lei's mysterious methods, while Lei...

"Although, based on the information I have, I cannot imagine how you could have torn through this strange space to reach my hiding place, but..."

"In your words, it's like an old monster that has lived for thousands or tens of thousands of years, with empty eyelashes, and based on its rich experience, it has an almost intuitive premonition of danger."

"I smell a faint scent of danger on you. You probably obtained some kind of secret weapon from the fake emperor to use against me, right?"

Lei smiled slightly, then looked at Hu Ming seriously: "There is no conflict between us. The idea that we must fight to the death or that one of us must fall is utter nonsense."

"I mean you no harm... Even so, given your personality, you probably can't completely let your guard down around me, right?"

"So... take your due reward, complete the transaction, and then we'll leave each other alone, okay?"

Taking a few steps back to leave enough safe space, Lei looked at Hu Ming with utmost sincerity.

"Tsk!"

"How should I put it? I really don't know if you're just a simple-minded Buddhist, a complete shut-in, or just too shrewd... or maybe you're just too good at disguising yourself?"

"As ancient immortals, you and the fake emperor are practically two completely different species. One is an aggressive carnivore, while you are a harmless little rabbit? Damn it!"

Hu Ming glanced at Lei, whose face seemed to say, "I'm honest, I'm harmless, I have no ill intentions towards you, and all I want to do is stay here and be a shut-in," and grinned.

"Think what you want, okay? Ever since the dawn of humanity, as far as I can remember, from the very beginning of human civilization, whether it was a matriarchal or patriarchal society, why have you male beings always been so aggressive?"

"Wouldn't it be better if we all lived in harmony, never interacted, and didn't bother each other?"

"If that brute hadn't been so determined to devour me, who would want to deal with someone as dangerous as you..."

"Throughout history, no matter how civilizations and social structures have changed, men have always been insatiable bastards!"

The "girl next door" had a troublesome expression on her face that said, "You're so annoying, you should go home and go to sleep." She waved her hand dismissively and launched a scathing attack.

"..."

Hu Ming remained silent.

Hu Ming knew that Lei's current posture was mostly a pretense to lower his guard.

How could an ancient monster that's tens of thousands of years old really be as innocent and harmless as the little girl next door?
However, Hu Ming did understand one thing: this reclusive man who had lived for tens of thousands of years truly harbored no hostility towards him. On the stone beam, the blind man and the fat man smoked cigarettes, standing side by side with the young man holding the treasured sword, the three of them silently gazing at the stone coffin before them.

The resonance amplitude of the reed is clearly weakening, which means that the thunderstorm is about to end.

Inside the stone coffin, Wu Xie, naked, was covered in an orange-yellow liquid. His body was curled up like a baby in the womb. The orange-yellow liquid visibly shrank as it continuously seeped into Wu Xie's body.

"What exactly is that orange-yellow liquid? Is this the key to smoothing over all regrets in Thunder City?"

"Wu Xie's current state is... very strange!"

With his exceptionally sharp eyesight, the blind man clearly saw Wu Xie's furrowed brows and couldn't help but mutter to himself.

"How the hell would I know? You and the guy don't understand, how could I possibly know!"

The fat man rolled his eyes in annoyance and said irritably.

Fifteen minutes had passed since Wu Xie sank into the coffin. The orange-yellow liquid was almost gone, and the thunderstorm was about to end, but there was no change in Wu Xie's appearance.

This made the group somewhat worried.

The idea that Lei City could heal all regrets was just a legend. Even though Hu Ming and Wu Sansheng were absolutely certain that this place could help Wu Xie, Fatty and Blind Man still couldn't help but feel a little worried before everything was over.

"...Wu Xie probably saw something or a secret that he was unusually concerned about."

Unexpectedly, the young man pondered for a moment and then gave a calm explanation.

"Hey buddy/dumb guy, do you know anything?"

The fat man and the blind man exchanged a glance and looked at the young man with curiosity.

"The Zhang family once considered exploring Thunder City, but due to the warnings from the creatures within the gate, the plan ultimately failed. The Zhang family knows nothing about this place."

"But during the time I was inside the gate, I heard the people inside the gate make guesses about Lei City and the person Hu Ming went to see."

"These ancient beings are too mysterious. There is almost no trace of them in history, and there is not much information about the beings within the gate. However, according to their speculation, with the help of thunder, Thunder City does indeed have a regret that can be resolved!"

"Including but not limited to physical regrets... Wu Xie mostly saw the secrets he wanted to know in the past under the guidance of Lei Sheng."

Seemingly aware of what the fat man and the blind man were thinking, the young man explained softly.

"Pity"

After a long silence, the blind man sighed softly.

The young man and the fat man knew that the blind man was sighing with regret.

Since Wu Xie's fatal lung problem can be solved here, then the eye problem of the most likely blind person can also be solved here.

However, it now appears that the mysterious orange liquid in the coffin will be completely consumed after Wu Xie is cured…

"There will be a chance."

Unusually, the young man's tone carried a hint of concern.

"Ha, that's rare! You actually care about others!"

The blind man didn't take it to heart. Under the young man's indifferent gaze, he put his arm around the young man's shoulder and laughed heartily.

Just then, the thunderstorm above finally ended, the orange liquid in the coffin was completely used up, and Wu Xie, who had been sleeping, opened his eyes.

"Qi Yu!"

Amidst the astonished gazes of the three, Wu Xie jolted awake from his coffin and exclaimed in surprise.