Tomb Raider: I Am Hu Bayi's Cousin

Chapter 764 Wu Xie's Physique!

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With a burst of strength from his arms, Hu Ming leaped onto the stone beam, steadied himself, and stared blankly at the men holding weapons and standing guard.

Especially Wu Xie and the little fat guy, those two actually pulled out guns.

Although he has intuition and a foundation in gunfighting, two or three guns are no threat to him, but no one would have a pleasant experience having a gun pointed at them.

"It's you, Uncle! You scared me."

Wu Xie breathed a sigh of relief and put away his pistol.

Years of experience have taught Wu Xie that whenever he goes into a tomb, all sorts of strange and sinister things will happen. Corpse reanimation is a minor matter; he has seen many demons and monsters.

Of course, to this day, Wu Xie firmly denies that this is because of his special physical condition.

Damn it, this is the real world, not a novel or anime!
How could a physical condition similar to that of the elementary school student in the Detective Conan universe possibly exist?
Behind them, the young man and his companions breathed a sigh of relief and put away their weapons.

Wu Xie lacked self-awareness, but they were perfectly clear about what was going on!
Before teaming up with Wu Xie, they both had extensive experience exploring independently, having explored countless tombs. But what about things like zombies turning into ghosts…

Only once out of ten times.

Although the tombs Wu Xie encountered were mostly problematic and could not be treated with common sense, these were not Wu Xie's fault.

However, over the years, some shadows inevitably lingered in their hearts.

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Over the past decade, Wu Xie has absorbed the legacy left by Wu Sansheng and begun to take power. During these ten years, he has also unearthed many large tombs, according to Wu's family associates…

Young Master San is really weird! Every time he leads a team to the fields, he always encounters situations that these guys have never heard of before, as well as some dirty things.

In particular, over the course of ten years, Wu Xie, defying superstition, personally opened many coffins, even those tombs where it was absolutely impossible for a corpse to rise from the grave according to feng shui. As long as Wu Xie took action, the corpse would definitely rise from the grave!
All I can say is that this is a ridiculous world, and common sense is just a load of rubbish!

"Damn it, Uncle Ming, you appeared out of nowhere. Fatty thought something had come back to life in this godforsaken place, and he almost couldn't help but fire his gun."

The fat man walked over and, after confirming that Hu Ming had no injuries, he joked with relief.

The chubby guy is now a seasoned veteran. Although he's not young anymore, he would never do something as foolish as randomly firing his own people.

"It's just a hideout for shut-ins. Have you ever seen anyone leave so much filth in front of their own house?"

"The general inside the tower is just a cultist using low-level tactics."

Hu Ming rolled his eyes and explained softly.

Having achieved his goal, Hu Ming was overjoyed to have obtained what he desired most.

"The home of a shut-in? Wow... that's quite a lot. But coming to that, we haven't really seen much evil stuff along the way. I was wondering if my little apprentice's prayers have paid off."

"Since it's someone else's doorstep, no wonder. No matter how strange Wu Xie's constitution is, he can't possibly cause a zombie-like resurrection in someone else's house, right?"

The blind man clicked his tongue in amazement, showing no mercy as he exposed his apprentice's dark past. "No way, you naive boy, someone in our line of work, and you actually burn incense and pray to Buddha?"

"Putting aside the fact that gods and ghosts don't exist, even if Buddha existed, he probably wouldn't bother with a tomb raider like you, would he?"

Hu Ming looked at Wu Xie, who had an embarrassed expression, with surprise and couldn't help but tease him.

To be fair, tomb raiding, a despicable act that damages one's karma and disturbs the peace of the deceased, is intolerable to both Buddhism and Taoism, right?
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Wu Xie remained silent, after all, it was indeed a bit embarrassing to talk about this.

"Hu Ming, how are things going? Did that person give you any trouble?"

The young man shook his head and looked at Hu Ming.

"Of course... our previous guesses were a bit off. That person was surprisingly easy to talk to. Of course, this is also because we are on the same level. Just like humans would never trade with ants on an equal footing."

"In short, I successfully received the payment for the transaction... The goods were plentiful, even more plentiful than I had imagined, enough for ten people, or even more."

A slight smile appeared on Hu Ming's face when this was mentioned.

Hu Ming had already told Xiao Ge about the purpose of this trip. After all, Hu Ming and Xiao Ge both knew a great deal about these immortal beings from tens of millions of years ago, who were called "immortals".

"...Based on what we understand, that kind of thing has many drawbacks. In today's environment, supporting even one person would likely cause major problems, let alone more people. In short, use it with caution."

The young man frowned slightly and reminded him with concern.

"Don't worry, I've already made a preliminary choice..."

Hu Ming smiled and nodded, indicating that the young man didn't need to worry.

Putting aside the fact that modern society simply cannot tolerate such a heinous act that involves the deaths of countless people, it is questionable whether even the beneficiaries can accept it.

Not everyone can view the lives of their fellow human beings as insignificant as ants; there are very few such heartless and insane people throughout history.

If one harbors a sinful mindset of self-loathing, then immortality is nothing more than endless torment.

Fortunately, the world never disappoints. As far as Hu Ming knows, there are some peculiar things that can sustain the longevity of several people with the mother stone. Of course, there are also more ancient beings—cultivators, but these are rarely seen. Even in all these years, Hu Ming has only seen one such person!
Needless to say, those immortals who have survived to this day are all like rabbits; who knows where each of them has dug a hole and hidden themselves? It's really impossible to find them all.

"...So, what exactly are you two plotting? Why are you being so secretive? We've been through thick and thin together, why can't you just lay it all out? Maybe we can even help you think of a solution?"

The blind man, Wu Xie, and Fatty exchanged a glance and complained with a toothache.

"Because it's too complicated to explain, the story even goes back to the origin of mankind. Let's go, it's about time to go back, the journey back is still long... Let's talk as we go, a long story is perfect for passing the boring time of the journey."

"You will naturally receive a share of the good stuff we've acquired this time, provided you can accept it."

Hu Ming laughed and stepped on a bronze spring plate beneath the stone coffin. The sound of the mechanism turning rang out, and at the end of the stone beam, a winding upward passage opened up in the circular rock wall covered by the bronze spring plate.

Before leaving, a human-shaped stone sculpture, about thirty centimeters tall and exquisitely crafted, suddenly appeared in Hu Ming's hand. He glanced back at the bottomless abyss, smiled, and threw the sculpture into the abyss!