Tomb Raider: I Am Hu Bayi's Cousin

Chapter 799 Huh? You're still alive?
Meanwhile, on the other side.

"what?"

The blind man, who was idly playing a game that came with his phone, suddenly raised an eyebrow and exclaimed in a low voice.

Just now, the blind man keenly sensed an unusual aura.

"What's wrong? Did something happen to Hu Ming, or did the snake cypress you mentioned come over?"

Against her father's dark, almost black face, Gu Ziqing, who was dozing off on the blind man's shoulder, nearly jumped three feet high like a startled rabbit.

"Can't you hope for something better?"

The blind man's lips twitched; he couldn't quite understand the girl's thought process.

Is she a born pessimist?
Leaving aside how bad it was to touch the snake cypress, the real issue is that Hu Ming got into trouble…

The blind man was almost certain that if Hu Ming died here, the three of them would most likely have to stay and die with him.

If it were just a matter of escaping, the blind man would be fairly confident, but he had no choice; he had two burdens with him.
"Something seems off outside; I've heard some unusual noises..."

"You and Lao Gu stay here, I'll go out and check the situation."

The blind man put away his phone, took out a fragment of a golden pagoda, put it in his pocket, and walked towards the cave entrance.

"Wait, I'll go with you!" Gu Huaisheng quickly followed.

"What are you doing here? Although you're quite skilled, if something happens, you're not much better than your daughter."

"Alright, be careful."

The blind man had only uttered half of his disdainful words when he saw Gu Huaisheng's eyelids twitching almost trembling, so he sighed and agreed.

Such an obvious hint—no, a direct indication—even a blind man would know that Gu Huaisheng wanted to speak to him privately, let alone the fact that the blind man wasn't actually blind.

In fact, having lived for over a hundred years, the blind man could see through many human relationships and could mostly guess what his old friend was going to say, which is why he couldn't help but sigh.

As expected…

"You blind bastard, don't you have any sense of your age? My daughter is only in her early twenties! In the prime of her life!"

As soon as they stepped into the cave and Gu Ziqing disappeared from sight, Gu Huaisheng lowered his voice and roared in the blind man's ear.

This is an old father's love for his young and ignorant daughter...

He knew all too well what kind of old bastard this guy with the face of a young man really was.

Decades ago, when Gu Huaisheng first met the blind man, he stared at this face!
Although the father-daughter relationship appears strained, and Gu Huaisheng seems to lack affection for his daughter, in reality, what father doesn't love his child?
"What's it to me? The trivial things between men and women are nothing more than sex. I was sick of that kind of vulgar stuff a hundred years ago, okay?"

"Besides, my aesthetic sense is still stuck a hundred years ago, the kind of outstanding women from that era... In short, women of this era are not my type."

"I have no interest in your daughter. Yelling at me won't do any good. Go and discipline your daughter..."

The blind man rolled his eyes and couldn't help but sigh. What's this?
An unexpected disaster!
Being too outstanding can also be a sin!
In that instant, the blind man almost understood Hu Ming's distress.

When a man is too outstanding, has too strong an aura, and has too perfect personal charm, then it is not the man who is attracting women.

Instead, outstanding women keep flocking to you... It's so frustrating, you know?
"A hundred years ago...tsk!"

"Damn it, you were definitely pretending to be young. When we met more than thirty years ago, you clearly said you were just turning 18..."

"Never mind, that's not the point. If you're really okay with it... just cut it in front of me. You won't need it anyway, so I'll feel at ease, okay?"

Gu Huaisheng sighed softly. Sure enough, his guess was right; from the very beginning, the blind man had been deceiving him about his age. "Tch..."

Before the blind man could even utter a rare curse, he suddenly stood frozen in place.

"What's wrong?"

Gu Huaisheng stepped forward and stood frozen in place.

"Old Gu, am I seeing things? Or am I hallucinating?"

"Before, the outside was filled with acid mist, and visibility was less than ten meters away, right?"

The blind man gripped the gold fragment in his hand, tossed it to Gu Huaisheng, and carefully reached out his hand.

Sure enough, the clear and spacious space outside was not an illusion!
The acid mist vanished without a trace, without a sound!
It's important to know that this acidic mist is secreted by the mutated cypress, and this space can be seen as the cypress's external stomach cavity.

At this moment, the acid mist has dissipated, doesn't that mean...?

"Hu Ming succeeded."

The blind man said softly and confidently.

"How is that possible? Even if he is the second master of the Hong family, whose skills are said to be miraculous, how could he have done it in such a short time?"

Gu Huaisheng understood what the blind man meant, and it was precisely because he understood that he was so shocked and horrified.

He'd been here for over a month and knew how terrible it was. How long had it been since Hu Ming left?
An hour?
Still two hours?
Hu Ming actually dealt with this mutated snake cypress so easily?
"As expected of the Second Master..."

After a long silence, Gu Huaisheng expressed his heartfelt admiration.

"Stop admiring me. Pack your things, take your daughter, we should leave. There's no point in staying here any longer."

The blind man shook his head and gave instructions.
"Aren't we going to wait for Second Master? Are we just going to leave like this?"

Gu Huaisheng asked in surprise.

"There's no need... Look over there, those ruins. Without a doubt, that's the site where you obtained the pagoda."

"The acid mist has dissipated, but Hu Ming has not returned yet. This suggests that there is probably a hidden world inside, and he may have left through some secret passage."

"So we need to go back the way we came and contact Hu Ming along the way."

The blind man shook his head; this was the unspoken understanding between him, Hu Ming, and Xiao Ge, his three friends.

The three of them trusted each other implicitly, and whenever such a situation of losing contact occurred, they knew what to do next without even having to think too much.

"That's good... Once we get out of here, the communication signal will return to normal, and we'll be able to contact Second Master again."

Gu Huaisheng pondered for a moment, then nodded in agreement.

At present, the blind man's advice is undoubtedly the best.

The three of them quickly packed up and returned the way they came.

Suddenly, the blind man at the front exclaimed in surprise in a low voice.

"Huh? You're still alive?"

"Well, to put it in the terms of current online novels, you're incredibly lucky."