The Great Tomb

A spirited young woman rode up to the three of them and said, "Little Ming, Big Brother Hu, Fatty, I'm Yingzi! The Old Branch Secretary was worried you'd run into danger at Niuxin Mountain, so he specifically sent me to be your guide and ensure your safety," Yingzi said very frankly with a smile.

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"Protect us?!" Fatty's eyes lit up when he heard this. He said to Yingzi, "You little brat are going to protect us? What's the Old Branch Secretary thinking?"

Seeing that she was being looked down upon, Yingzi immediately pouted, unconvinced, "What's wrong with being a girl? Do you look down on us women? Without me as your guide, you wouldn't even find Wilderness Gully!"

Wang Fatty turned to look at Hu Bayi and Hu Ming and said, "Old Hu, this girl is getting feisty. Do you think the Old Branch Secretary sending her to be our guide isn't just going to cause trouble?"

Hu Bayi also frowned, "Yingzi, it's not that we look down on you, but this operation is indeed very dangerous. We might encounter wild boars, black bears, or the like on the way. I heard that a group of people went into Wilderness Gully back then, and not a single one of them came out."

"Stop talking, you're already going the wrong way!" Yingzi completely ignored their words, tugged on her reins, and gave them a beautiful profile.

Hu Ming saw this and said, "Alright, since it's arranged by the Old Branch Secretary, let's listen to him. Yingzi knows the way. With our memories, let alone finding Wilderness Gully, we'd struggle to find our way through this forest."

Seeing Hu Ming speak up, Fatty and Hu Bayi tacitly agreed. After all, they did need a guide now.

Afterward, they all followed behind Yingzi. It had to be said that Yingzi was indeed a living map of Niuxin Mountain; with her, they took many fewer detours.

Three days later, the four of them trekked through mountains and rivers and crossed grasslands. They safely arrived near their destination.

As the sky gradually darkened, they could only lead their horses and find a suitable place to rest.

"Hey, you two, tie the horses over there, and tie them well!" Yingzi pointed to two large trees nearby and calmly instructed Fatty and Hu Bayi.

Yingzi had done a good job as a guide, and Hu Bayi and Wang Fatty no longer looked down on this little girl.

However, along the way, the two of them had been ordered around by Yingzi quite a bit, experiencing the temper of this ethnic minority girl.

"I feel like our company commander has been acting like a soldier all along!" Hu Bayi said helplessly after tying up his horse and shaking the reins.

Wang Fatty also looked displeased, "You say the two of us grown men have been tormented by this young girl for the past few days, like we're her grandsons."

Hu Ming, however, laughed, "But I'm telling you, I don't think this little girl is simple. We were able to reach Wilderness Gully smoothly thanks to her!"

"Pfft!" Fatty spat and said dramatically, "Maybe Wilderness Gully isn't that scary."

The sky had completely darkened...

Yingzi brought out the two wild rabbits she had caught during the day. "Everyone come and set up the fire, and deal with these rabbit carcasses."

Hu Ming vaguely remembered encountering a wild boar in the original work, but it didn't seem to have appeared now. Hu Ming didn't pay it much mind, as this was the real world now, and things might not always happen as in the original work.

The group nodded upon hearing Yingzi's words and began to busy themselves.

"You guys keep busy, I'll go find some firewood." After they had eaten most of their meal, seeing that the firewood in the fire pit was insufficient, Yingzi slung her rifle over her shoulder and prepared to leave.

Wang Fatty saw this and patted his round belly, "Hey, girl! I'll go with you, I'll protect you!"

Yingzi didn't have a good impression of Fatty, who had looked down on her at first. She directly said, "No need. Ming Ge, do you have something to do? Can you go out with me for a bit?"

Hu Ming nodded upon hearing this, "It's fine, I'll go with you. It's dangerous for you to go alone."

After Hu Ming finished speaking, he went with Yingzi to find some firewood in the forest.

Wang Fatty, seeing this, curled his lips. At this moment, he noticed that Hu Bayi in front of him wasn't paying attention to their conversation at all. Instead, he was holding a Compass and wandering around.

Seeing Hu Bayi's actions, Wang Fatty's spirits lifted.

He couldn't help but say, "Old Hu, what are you busy with over there? Have you made any new discoveries? Could there be a Great Tomb here?!"

Hu Bayi glanced at him, "You actually guessed right. There really is a Great Tomb here. Let me tell you about the feng shui of this place..."

Just as Hu Bayi was about to expound on the feng shui of Wilderness Gully, a scream suddenly came from the distance.

"Ah..." It was Yingzi's scream!

Hu Bayi and Wang Fatty exchanged a glance and said in unison, "Uh oh, Yingzi's in trouble."

On the other side, Hu Ming, who had been gathering firewood separately, heard the scream and immediately ran towards Yingzi. He saw Yingzi trembling as she looked ahead. Hu Ming quickly pulled her behind him and looked ahead, only to find several skeletons.

Yingzi said from behind, "Ming Ge, you scared me to death! Why are there so many skeletons in this shack!"

Hu Ming comforted her, "It's nothing, just a few skeletons."

At this moment, Wang Fatty and Hu Bayi also rushed over upon hearing the noise. Seeing their worried expressions, Yingzi's initial prejudice against Fatty and Hu Bayi melted away.

Hu Bayi was relieved to see Yingzi was unharmed. He shone his flashlight into the shack and indeed saw several corpses lying there.

Fatty looked back at the frightened Yingzi and said to her, "You're afraid of dead people!"

Yingzi was so scared, and Fatty was still teasing her. He was definitely a straight-up misogynist.

Yingzi shot Fatty a look and said grumpily, "I am not!"

Hu Ming said to Yingzi behind him, "Stay behind us, let's go in and take a look together!"

At this moment, Old Hu took a notebook from the uniform pocket of a corpse inside the shack. "The ones inside the shack are Japanese soldiers, and the ones outside are grave robbers. After the Japanese soldiers killed all the grave robbers, they couldn't get out of this forest and eventually committed suicide by disemboweling themselves."

Meanwhile, Hu Ming found a tool box outside the shack. Upon opening it, he found grave-robbing tools like a Luoyang shovel and an engineer shovel.

Hu Ming laughed, "If I'm not mistaken, this is the tomb!"

Fatty's eyes lit up, "Good heavens, these grave robbers had quite a complete set of tools!"

Hu Bayi also said, "Mingzi is right, this should be the entrance to the tomb. There must be a Grave Robbery Hole nearby!"

Hu Ming nodded, "Since we know the tomb is here, we don't need to rush. Let's go back and rest first, and we'll look for the Grave Robbery Hole to enter the tomb tomorrow."

They all nodded at his words and went back to rest.