The Unorthodox Tomb Raider

Chapter 333: Meeting Old Tai Again!

Wu Xie wanted to wake Liang Shiye up and call him to join them on the journey. He grabbed Liang Shiye's arm, lifted his body up, and tried to drag him to a safer location.

However, Liang Shiye's physique was too weak, so Wu Xie could only promote him to the position. There was no way to take Liang Shiye away from his original position.

"I must say, this trick actually worked quite well. Although this old man's eyes were almost blinded, it's fortunate that I didn't die at the hands of those monkeys. It's a stroke of luck amidst misfortune. I wonder if the monkeys escaped or were burned to death by the signal flare."

Old Yang had also recovered and said with his eyes squinted.

"These are signal flares, not incendiary bombs. It's probably not realistic to burn them to death, but they could certainly be burned. The monkeys have probably retreated for now, but who knows if they might suddenly come back? But now that we have a way to deal with these monkeys, we're no longer afraid. I still have a few signal flares, enough to handle any monkey attacks."

Wu Xie quickly replied.

As Wu Xie spoke, he touched his clothes and found that two signal flares were missing. Only then did Wu Xie remember that Fang Yun had fired three flares in total, and Fang Yun did not originally have any 670 signal flares on him.

In other words, the two bullets just now were actually taken from him by Fang Yun in a very short time. Wu Xie didn't say anything, after all, Fang Yun had saved everyone's lives.

"Wu Xie and Fang Yun, what exactly are these things? What kind of monkey wears a mask with a human face made of stone? This is just too bizarre!"

Old Yang asked.

"You bastard, you're asking me this kind of thing? Did I come to this tomb or did you come to this tomb? Didn't you say you came here? How come you don't know anything about this or what the situation is like! I always thought I, Wu, was just a scoundrel, but I never expected that you, Lao Yang, are not only a liar but also a scoundrel. I'm really impressed by you."

Wu Xie said irritably.

Old Yang was speechless after Wu Xie's words, and he really didn't know what to say.

"These monkeys are wearing stone masks. The masks are so lifelike that they look exactly like human faces. Even if you look closely, you can't tell the difference in a short time. I feel like I've seen this kind of exquisite carving and realism on the cliff before. It seems like it was made by the same person as the statue that was blown up. But why are these monkeys attacking us?"

Wu Xie was completely baffled.

“These monkeys are probably not to be trifled with, and that human-faced stone mask is a bit strange.”

Fang Yun said calmly.

Fang Yun's words seemed to be recalling Wu Xie's doubts. However, everyone was now exhausted. They rested in place for about 20 minutes. Wu Xie peered down again, but didn't see the monkey peeking out. A huge weight lifted from his heart. He finally breathed a sigh of relief. Old Yang brought out some food, wanting everyone to replenish their energy. Everyone shook their heads. After all, it wasn't about being hungry, but about being too tired and needing more rest. Wu Xie lay down on some branches, using his backpack as a pillow, and unknowingly drifted off to sleep.

Old Yang and Master Liang were also confused and didn't say anything. Among the group, only Fang Yun was sober.

Just as Wu Xie was drifting off to sleep, a series of impact sounds suddenly came from above.

The entire bronze tree began to shake violently, just like an earthquake.

"Something's not right. Why is that loud noise coming from up there? Is there some big guy up there? Good grief, we just dealt with that monkey troop and now another big guy has appeared."

Wu Xie was extremely frustrated.

Wu Xie was already panicking at this point, and had no idea where to hide on the bronze tree. There wasn't even a place to lie down on the bronze tree, let alone hide his body.

Just as Wu Xie was in a panic, a dark shadow fell down with lightning speed, crashing heavily between three branches beside him.

A foul-smelling liquid spurted out, splashing onto everyone's faces. The impact was so powerful that the entire bronze tree trembled.

The tremor nearly knocked everyone off their feet; they were terrified and it took them a long time to recover.

Fang Yun calmly raised the torch, glanced at the fallen object, frowned slightly, and said nothing more.

The crowd recovered and went over to see that the fallen shadow was actually a person. The person was stuck between the bronze branches, his body twisted unnaturally like a pretzel, and his eyes were wide open.

Blood covered his entire face, and his ribs were already scattered outside his body, clearly indicating that he had fallen to his death from a great height.

Old Yang took the torch from Fang Yun and leaned forward to shine it on the man's face.

"Why does this guy look so familiar? Could this be that old Thai guy from before? He's been in front of us the whole time, which is why we haven't seen them."

Old Yang said in confusion.

With trembling hands, Liang Shiye walked over, looked up at his head, and then pressed his hand against Lao Tai's chest. Blood gushed from the corpse's mouth and nose.

"That's right, it was Old Tai. He fell to his death from a great height, his internal organs were all shattered. How could he have fallen so carelessly?"

Liang Shiye's expression looked completely unnatural, and his voice was trembling.

Wu Xie examined the old Tai's corpse and could see that the bones in his feet had protruded, and his whole body was twisted unnaturally.

It looks like the twisting was caused by constantly hitting those bronze branches when it fell from above.

The clerk, Liang, tremblingly pressed down on Lao Tai's limbs again and gasped.

"Brother Yang, can you...can you tell the truth? How high is it up there? Look at Lao Tai, not a single bone in his body is intact. It's absolutely impossible for him to fall and end up like this from less than 100 meters away."

"How would I know? I didn't specifically measure the height when I came here last time, but it probably took me a whole day to climb it last time."

Old Yang said helplessly.

"This kid still has something on his mind. He climbed up at such a fast speed just now, but he could only climb about fifty or sixty meters at most. Now he is exhausted. If there is still that much higher up, how will he climb the rest of the way? Even if he makes it to the top, he will probably be exhausted. He might fall straight down like Old Tai, which would be a really gruesome death."

Wu Xie muttered to himself.

Chapter 334: The Master Deceiver, Old Yang!

Wu Xie looked pained at this thought, as did Liang Shiye, both of them wanting to back out.

Old Yang had most likely climbed this path before, so he didn't feel that the path ahead was empty and indistinct. When he saw Wu Xie and Master Liang looking like this, he quickly patted them on the shoulders.

"Don't overthink it. It's just a few hundred meters. Think about it, if we turn it horizontally, it'll only take a minute or two. Right now, we've just erected these few hundred meters. There's nothing to worry about. Victory is just ahead. At worst, we can rest more and take it slow."

Old Yang quickly offered words of comfort.

"Go to hell! According to you, Mount Everest is only about 8000 meters high. If you rode a bicycle, you could easily ride it over in an hour!"

Wu Xie said irritably.

Old Yang waved his hand, indicating that he didn't want to continue arguing with Wu Xie here.

He turned around, took the torch, and went to Old Tai's body. He saw that Old Tai's body still had a backpack on it.

Old Yang immediately perked up, took the backpack off Old Tai's body, and rummaged through its contents.

Upon seeing this, Old Yang's face lit up with joy. What Master Liang had said earlier was indeed true. In their team, only Old Tai and that guy Er Mazi were carrying the main equipment; the others were just insignificant.

Most of the items in the old Thai man's backpack were still there, such as urgently needed items like handgun bullets, several detonators for demolition, and the signal flare he had used to repel the monkey troop.

Most importantly, Lao Yang found a flashlight. Wu Xie suddenly remembered the burning scene in the Thousand Coffin Cave. When he saw the flashlight, he hugged it and kissed it several times. Everyone looked at Wu Xie with surprise.

Without saying a word, Lao Yang took the magazine out of the pistol tucked in his waistband and loaded it with bullets.

After tidying up the rest of the items, I put them into my backpack and carried it on my back.

"I suspect those monkeys are still down there, but the signal just now frightened them. We can't rest here for long. We need to rest for a bit and then go up immediately. I'm sure you've all climbed Mount Tai before! It's only 1300 meters, and you can go up and down in a day. It's okay, we can just treat this as a sightseeing trip."

Old Yang continued to use kind words to persuade him.

Everyone is truly exhausted right now and simply can't go on.

"Brother Yang, don't blame me for being nosy... Mount Tai is climbed on foot, you only need your feet. What we're doing here is going straight up and down, it's incomparable. Besides, Mount Tai has the scenery of the Five Sacred Mountains, with its sea of ​​clouds and strange rocks, which is naturally breathtaking. But look here, what's here... here..."

"I can't help it," said Master Liang helplessly.

"I was just using this as an analogy. The bronze tree certainly can't compare to the scenery on Mount Tai, but it's still quite spectacular, right? You two just need to be patient. Victory is really in sight. Don't get discouraged. Let's try harder, grit our teeth, and strive to reach the top in one go. The scenery there is truly breathtaking."

Old Yang quickly replied.

Wu Xie tapped his swollen calves.

“Old Yang, this isn’t something you can just grit your teeth and bear. There’s really no other way. If you make me grit my teeth any longer, my teeth will stick out of my chin and poke your face. I still have some strength left. Look at that Master Liang, he’s on the verge of death. Instead of rushing around for a few minutes, it’s better to let us rest here and recover before we charge forward again. I have no objection.”

Wu Xie said.

Master Liang looked at Wu Xie with a very grateful expression.

Wu Xie was right. Liang Shiye really only had half a life left. If he climbed any higher, he might slip and end up like Lao Tai.

"Alright, it seems you two are indeed exhausted. Resting here for a while is fine, but let's get this old Thai body out of here first. It's really unsettling to see it here."

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Old Yang sighed and had no choice but to compromise.

When Wu Xie saw Lao Tai's face contorted in extreme pain, his eyes unable to close for a long time, looking like he was dying with his eyes wide open, he didn't feel anything else. It was just that those eyes that looked like they were about to burst out of their sockets were indeed a little scary to look at.

At this point, it wasn't time to talk about morality or immorality. Wu Xie and Lao Yang carefully lifted Lao Tai's body off the bronze branch.

Falling from the height of this bronze tree, one is bound to encounter many protruding bronze branches along the way. It would be considered lucky if one didn't fall directly to the ground and smash into a pile of mud.

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Wu Xie gently lifted the body and found that what Liang Shiye said was absolutely true; the corpse was completely limp, like a puddle of water.

With a gentle lift, you can feel the bone fragments inside your body squeaking.

As the two lifted him up, a large amount of blood gushed from Lao Tai's broken body, flowing down the branches and into the patterns of the bronze tree, then flowing downwards along the patterns.

When Fang Yun saw this phenomenon, a record he had once seen instantly came to mind.

"Wu Xie, Lao Yang, stop first. I think I know what this bronze tree is used for now."

Fang Yun quickly interrupted Wu Xie and the other person's actions.

"That's right, that's right. I also have some ideas, but I don't know if they're right."

Master Liang seemed to understand as well, and quickly said...

"This bronze tree is roughly the same as we speculated before. It was used for sacrificial purposes. I wonder if any of you have heard of blood sacrifice in ancient times?"

Fang Yun said calmly.

"I have heard of that. It seems that the method of killing is just different. Anyway, it's either using people as sacrifices or using chickens, ducks and fish as sacrifices."