Tomb Raider: Villain System, Start with Umbrella Corporation

Wu Xie was anxious but there was nothing he could do. It was such a huge underwater tomb and they had already explored the upper level but hadn't found any trace of Third Uncle. Moreover, it was not the first time for Third Uncle to enter the underwater tomb. He must have some information that they didn't know, so there was no safety problem.

The bottom of the pool was shrouded in vapor, with a huge blank monument in the middle. The space was inexplicably mysterious under the intersection of light and fog. Under the uncanny valley effect, the irregular vapor turned into familiar human faces, which made people feel fearful.

Wuxie didn't dare to say anything in this strange atmosphere.

Suddenly, the fat man yelled "There's a monster in there!"

This shout almost made Wuxie's soul fly away. He didn't care who was around him and quickly grabbed it like a life-saving straw and refused to let go.

I followed the team carefully to the front, and through the thick fog, I could vaguely see a few Dinghai stone monkeys and a huge stone tablet.

"The one in front, what's written on it?" Wuxie was walking at the back of the team and couldn't see what was on the stone tablet. To be honest, he didn't have the courage to go closer.

As soon as he said this, everyone turned their heads at the same time and looked at him with indescribably chilling eyes.

Wuxie thought that these people had planned to scare him together, but before he could ask them, he suddenly realized that all of them who came down with them were facing him, there was no doubt about it.

Besides, he watched the water disappear bit by bit, and there was no possibility that someone was walking ahead of them.

Who is that person in front of the stone tablet?

He was sweating profusely, and he stammered, "You...you guys, don't scare me, who is there..."

He said half of his words when the fat man covered his mouth. Zhang Qiling, who was walking in front, jumped onto the stone statue on the side silently like a cat, hunched over and turned into a huge shadow, looking at the figure in front of the stone tablet.

Xie Yuchen took advantage of the situation and jumped onto another stone statue, hiding in the darkness. Besides Wuxie, only Fatty and Tudian were left on the ground. Tudian crossed his arms and watched the show with interest, while Wuxie didn't want to leave Fatty's side at all.

But the fat man suddenly let go of his hand and walked straight towards the figure in front of the stone statue. Wu Xie was so anxious that he kept pulling him and whispered, "No, don't go over there!"

"In European and American horror movies, all those idiots die like this!"

The fat man didn't stop walking, he walked to the stone tablet and said something that made Wu Xie's hair stand on end.

"Xiao Zhang, what on earth are you doing here?"

He just watched Zhang Qiling jump onto the stone statue. Looking in this direction, he could still see that figure. What did the fat man mean by this?

Are there two Zhang Qilings?

Before he could figure it out, he saw the person in front of the stone tablet push the fat man away and turn around and run away.

The fat man yelled, "Wu San wake up!"

"Third uncle?"

In full view of everyone, the man suddenly slipped sideways into the wall.

The huge fear brought by the disappearance of people out of thin air had not yet dissipated, but Zhang Qiling acted as if nothing had happened. He leaned against the wall and even closed his eyes, as if he had completed his task.

"No...what's going on...why is my Third Uncle running away?" Wuxie was completely confused and turned to look at Xiaohua on the side.

Xiaohua frowned and hesitated for a moment before speaking, "Just now... the person in front of the stone tablet was Zhang Musi."

"He... was in a coy manner, dressing up in front of the stone tablet."

"Then... Fatty, what did you mean by that shout?"

The fat man chuckled half-smugly, but pretended to be mysterious and said nothing.

"It's Wu Sanxing." Tu Dian suddenly spoke up, confidently saying, "They have been emphasizing that this is a game that recreates a scene from 20 years ago."

"So, Zhang Musi is playing the role of Wu Sanxing?" Xiaohua couldn't believe it. "This doesn't make sense. Why do they know so much about what happened 20 years ago? Other members of the archaeological team are missing or have had accidents. They haven't appeared since the last operation."

"Master Xie Jiu investigated this matter back then, and the person he sent was none other than my old man."

Tu Dian suddenly dropped a bombshell: "The archaeological team back then was not just the people in the photo."

"What do you mean?"

"You mean the old photo?"

Tu Dian nodded. "The day before we set off, four people suddenly dropped in from the sky. They were said to be professors from the university's archaeology department who were taking their students on a study trip."

"But they never appeared in the subsequent investigations. I originally thought that these people were just cover-ups. They were probably dead at the bottom of the sea, or they never went into the sea at all. But one time, I met one of them at a university."

As Tu Dian spoke, his eyes swept over Zhang Qiling and the fat man. Zhang Qiling closed his eyes as if he didn't hear anything. The fat man was not deep at all. At this moment, he didn't pretend to be cool at all, and his chin almost dropped to his stomach.

Xiaohua didn't like to play dumb at times like this. "What do you want to say?"

"I want to say that those four people did not participate in the Xisha underwater tomb archaeological excavation 20 years ago. Someone else joined the archaeological team."

"Ah!" Wu Xie clapped his hands and pointed at Zhang Qiling and said, "My third uncle said that he saw his girlfriend in the archaeological team 20 years ago.

"I thought my uncle was just bragging again. I saw him 20 years ago. How old must he be?"

"Damn, he must be almost 50!"

The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became. He took a deep breath and looked at Zhang Qiling in astonishment.

"If this is true... bro! Do you know how old your boyfriend is? He's just an old man eating young grass, don't let him fool you!"

"Ouch...someone hit me with a shoe insole!"

A blind man's voice came from a distance, "That pervert, just tell him the answer directly, so he doesn't have to play dumb."

Wuxie sat aside silently, with his head down, and everyone looked at him. After a long time, he finally spoke.

"I understand. Zongzi's charming physique is due to the corpse-changing grass in the oil tank of my family. Everything that happened in the Lu Palace was not an accident. Even what Uncle San told me about the underwater tomb was fake. What else is missing..."

Wuxie sniffed twice and smiled bitterly.

"Whether I think clearly or not, there are only two paths in front of me. If I follow their plan, I will still be Wu Xie of the Wu family, or, I will be completely cut off..."

"What's your choice?" Wuxie raised his head and looked at everyone, spending an especially long time on Xiaohua.

Seeing that no one spoke, he laughed sarcastically, "Actually, when I saw Uncle San in the underwater tomb, I had some vague ideas, and then there was Tu Dian's attack."

"Since I can't bear to sever the relationship, I might as well be a naive person who is played around by them. At least, I can make them have some sympathy... Don't you think so~"

Wuxie's usual cunning helped to break the solemn atmosphere. He was soft-hearted and afraid of hardship, so there were really not many choices left for him.

"Besides, my Third Uncle, this big fool, doesn't look like he can beat Nezha. Who knows~ Hey~ If I hug him like this, I'll be free~"

"Hehe~"

"Good fellow," the fat man on the side wanted to applaud him, "Your abacus beads are about to break on my face."