Tomb Raiders Notes: If Innocence Had a Brother

Banai, Guangxi

After searching for the fat man to no avail, Wu Xie, who disguised himself as Wu Sansheng, looked at the person in front of him. At least it could be considered a human before, but now, the shadow under the bonfire was more like a ball of burned wax.

"Wu Sansheng, you are getting old too." Zhang Taotao seemed to be smiling but not smiling, but any expression on this face looked ferocious and strange. "However, no matter how old you are, you will always look like a different person, unlike me."

Wu Xie was stunned for a moment, surprised that this man actually called his third uncle's name.

"you know me?"

"Well, didn't you send someone to find me?"

Wu Xie stared at his face. This was a conditioned reflex when identifying characters. Wu Xie soon realized that this was in vain. After all, he was not the third uncle.

"I never thought that you would inquire about me and that we would meet again." Zhang Taotao's pronunciation was rather vague, with a little dialect.

Wu Xie then noticed that the man's nails were thick and yellow, and confirmed that this man was the man who snatched the box from Zhang Qiling in his "former residence".

Wu Xie pretended to think, and then made a slightly surprised expression: "Is it you?" Wu Xie calmed his expression, "How did you become like this?"

"Didn't your people tell you that I became like this?" Zhang Taotao took a sip of water and suddenly asked: "Have you found Qi Yu? Which side are you on now?"

What? What does this sentence mean? Third uncle found Qi Yu?

Wu Xie felt that there was a lot of pressure. This kind of conversation was too jumpy and contained too much information. Only people with a very tacit understanding can continue the conversation. If it doesn't last more than three sentences, the secret will be revealed.

"On your side." Wu Xie thought for a moment and decided that this was the safest answer.

"Wu Sansheng, will you stand by my side? What happened outside to make you like this?" Zhang Taotao started to laugh strangely.

Wu Xie was ready to fight, took a sip of water and said, "Times have changed."

"Then you now agree that all these things should not be known to the world?"

"It shouldn't be." Wu Xie said.

The atmosphere fell into a deep silence.

"What happened to you back then?" Wu Xie asked tentatively. It can be seen from Zhang Taotao's attitude that his third uncle did not participate in the activities here back then. This person must have become like this because he entered the ancient Zhang family building, so it is safe to ask.

"They gave up on me." Zhang Tatai said, "They gave up on me, but they certainly didn't expect that I could survive."

"You have been staying in the mountains for so many years?" Wu Xie was curious about what happened back then, but now was not the time to talk about that.

"Where is Qi Yu? Your people said Qi Yu showed up?" Zhang Taotao became excited.

"Don't get excited, tell me first, what happened to those people back then?" Wu Xie didn't know what happened to Qi Yu, so he could only calm down Zhang Taotai first and look forward to getting more information.

"A lot of people died in the ancient building, and the ones who get out alive will not be easy." Zhang Taotao kicked the cave wall to vent his dissatisfaction.

Wu Xie told Zhang Taotao about the rumors on the road and the apparent development of Laojiu Sect. "Now, those in power have dispersed, and the country doesn't allow it. We people have started to do serious business, and there is no more messy things before. You don't have to be afraid."

A long silence followed.

"Where is Qi Yu?" Zhang Taotao was obsessed with this question. Wu Xie had a headache. To be honest, he didn't even know who Qi Yu was. He only knew that he was a member of the scientific expedition team. When we were in Qinling Mountains, there seemed to be some pictures of Qi Yu in the confusion.

Wu Xie was hesitating here and didn't know how to answer. Zhang Tatata's face was illuminated by the bonfire. "Is Qi Yu still alive?" Zhang Tatata's voice was very soft. If Wu Xie wasn't afraid that he would explode, It's hurtful to focus all your attention on him, but you may not be able to hear clearly.

Wu Xie thought in his mind that the third uncle's people had brought a message to Zhang Taotao saying "Qi Yu has appeared." Now Zhang Taotao asked again, "Is Qi Yu still alive?". This shows that in their understanding, Qi Yu is likely to be missing, and his chance of survival is very low.

"He's not very good." Wu Xie decided to take a risky move. "When we found him, something happened."

"It's good to be alive, it's good to be alive." As he said this, Zhang Taotao started to cry. "I'm sorry for him. I can atone for my sins while he's alive. I'm sorry for him."

"What happened between you is over." Wu Xie comforted in a low voice. Seeing Zhang Taotao's moody appearance, he just wanted to find the fat man and leave quickly.

Wu Xie looked at the mortars and scattered rusty weapons on the ground, and was about to ask more questions when he suddenly heard a strange sound coming from the bottom of the pit next to him, as if there was something else at the bottom of the pit.

Several bones rolled out of the darkness.

"What's inside?" Wu Xie finally couldn't help but ask.

Before Wu Xie could finish asking, something rolled out of the darkness, and he couldn't help but feel dumbfounded at the sight.

It turned out to be a fat man, his body was stripped naked, his hands and feet were tied very tightly, and his mouth was tied with cloth. He looked like a slaughtered pig, rolling in the mud.

"Why is he here?"

"I saw him in the village. He belongs to you, so I didn't do anything." Zhang Tatai said, "He was looking for you around here during the day."

"Quick, let him go." Wu Xie said.

Zhang Taotao took out a small knife from his waist and threw it into the pit. The fat man immediately rolled over, turned around and grabbed the knife, then quickly cut off the rope, removed the cloth from his mouth, and shook the fat man all over his body. The meat rushed towards the pit: "Labour and management will kill you!"

Looking at the two people who were at war with each other in front of him, Wu Xie quickly made things right: "We are our own people!"

When the fat man realized that it was not his fault, he was obviously very angry. After all, no matter who he was, he would feel resentment in his heart if he was stripped naked and thrown into the quagmire. He stood there and cursed for more than a dozen times before he finally calmed down.

Wu Xie took the fat man's clothes and told him to put them on quickly. He turned his back to Zhang Taotao and gave the fat man a few looks, telling him not to talk too much.

Zhang Taotao ignored the fat man and asked Wu Xie: "Since you are on my side, why are you here?"

Wu Xie sat down and went through the general story in his mind, and then said that his nephew's friend was trapped in the ancient Zhang family building and had to be rescued.

"Is that group of people...that group of people related to you?" Zhang Taotao lowered his head.

"Have you seen them?"

"There was a young man among them with a knife on him," Zhang Taotao said. Wu Xie nodded immediately: "Yes!"

"They are already dead." Zhang Taotao said, "They have entered that building and are no longer in this world."

Wu Xie glanced at the fat man who was rubbing mud. The fat man was not listening at all and just cursed.

"Impossible." Wu Xie said firmly, pointing at the fat man, "He has seen them before, they are still alive, and..."

"You don't believe it?" Zhang Taotao asked, "You two come with me, and I will show you the truth about this place."

Zhang Taotao took them to see the deep Milotuo. In Zhang Taotao's description, the rock is "water", Milotuo is the fish in the water, and the fish can swim freely in it.

"But does this have anything to do with your statement that they will definitely die if they enter the Zhang Family Ancient Building?"

"I don't know if you have ever fished. There is a very common phenomenon in fish ponds; when bait is put into a crowded fish pond, many fish will be attracted by the bait and gather together. After they entered the ancient building, they were surrounded by the Zhang Family Ancient Building There are strips of stone covered with strong alkali, and those things cannot enter. However, they will be attracted by the heat radiated by the people inside, and everything around them will be squeezed into the entrance. A certain number of Milotu It will also activate the strong alkali mechanism in the ancient building to fill the interior with alkaline powder."

After speaking, he lifted his hair and revealed a terrifying face: "Do you think I'm really alive? I'm just not dead yet."

Wu Xie looked at that face and immediately realized how his body melted. This was the effect of the strong alkali.

"Brother, I sympathize with you." The fat man walked around a few times. "What are your plans? Fatty, I know the doctor from Xiehe. How about you go out and ask the third master to make arrangements for you."

"I will leave and go find Qi Yu." Zhang Taotao's eyes were full of determination that Wu Xie had never seen before. "Whether he forgives me or not, I should atone for my sins."

Wu Xie looked at the person in front of him and suddenly felt that such an opportunity would never happen again. In this world, among the remaining members of the archaeological team, this is the only one who knows the truth. It would be a shame not to ask him some very practical questions.

But Wu Xie couldn't figure out Zhang Taotao's true attitude, and it felt very dangerous just to substitute this person's experience. From the current point of view, Fatty and he relied on Third Uncle to save their lives, or it could be said that Third Uncle had the information this person needed.

Now we are really walking on thin ice. Every issue must be thought over and over again, and there must be room for maneuver. Wu Xie went through a few questions before summoning the courage to ask.

"What on earth is it?" This is the information given by the leather bag that knew the whereabouts of the archaeological team Banai before entering the mountain. The archaeological team transported a lot of things into the mountain.

Zhang Tatata turned around.

"What exactly did you bring in back then?" Wu Xie asked.

Zhang Taotao looked at Wu Xie and didn't answer. Fatty and Wu Xie tensed up, ready to fight to seize the wooden warehouse. Soon the tendons on Wu Xie's forehead began to throb. If it weren't for the mask, his expression would have been ferocious.

"I don't know." After a long silence, Zhang Taotao finally spoke.

Although there was no answer, everyone present breathed a sigh of relief, while Wu Xie was ecstatic.

This reaction illustrates two problems; the first is that the purpose of the archaeological team is not archaeology; the second is that if this question does not arouse his suspicion, then the subsequent problems will be much safer.