I am a Big Player
Chapter 272 - 270. Tomb Raider Adventure (Part 4)_1

Chapter 272: 270. Tomb Raider Adventure (Part 4)_1

In the middle of the night, Ren He quietly led the Qinghe Small Team towards the direction of the noise with a flashlight in hand. Jiang Haoyang and the others, excited, forgot about their hungry stomachs and were eager to see what tomb raiding was all about, wondering if it would be interesting.

Ren He thought that since the other party had used explosives, they must have found the precise location and were ready to dig an access hole to enter the tomb.

After running over a kilometer and climbing several earthen slopes, they finally saw a glimmer of light ahead. Ren He pulled everyone down to a crouch, "Don’t make a sound!"

Ren He cautiously peeked out, the light in the distance from the old flashlight wasn’t very bright, but that didn’t hinder Ren He’s vision at all, thanks to his "Super Vision" task reward.

Next to a hole around 80 centimeters in diameter stood a shifty-looking short man; the ground was littered with debris from the use of explosives. Then there were the two large bags, their contents unknown.

There was also a rope tied to a large stone nearby, with the other end disappearing into the tomb hole, suggesting that was the way down.

Ren He observed that the man was cautiously scanning their surroundings for any sign of movement. There was no doubt this was a tomb robbery in progress, though it was unclear how many people had descended.

The man was holding a dagger upside down in one hand and a flashlight in the other, which eased Ren He’s worries—no gun was a good sign.

Even if the man had a hidden gun, it was like the kidnapping case at Yang Xi’s home before; if they didn’t draw their guns, Ren He would ensure they couldn’t. After all, drawing a gun takes more time.

With this thought, Ren He relaxed. After waiting a while, they heard the skinny man by the hole shout, "Is it ready down there? It’s just the two of us this time; we can’t afford to be caught by the villagers. Things aren’t like they used to be. We haven’t even lit a candle; let’s hope nothing goes wrong..."

A muffled voice from inside the hole replied, "Wait a bit longer; there’s quite a lot down here. Stop speaking such unlucky words; I don’t believe that superstition."

Thrilled with what he heard, the skinny man asked, "What’s there?!"

"What’s the rush? You’ll find out when I come up," the person inside retorted. At times like this, you have to watch out even for your own children. The person must go up before the treasure. Otherwise, if the treasure goes up and you get buried down below by your partner, it would be ridiculous and a guaranteed death.

So, they not only lacked firearms, but there were also just two of them—and it seemed they had fallen out with their team to go solo. They didn’t even light a candle... Ren He chuckled to himself as he signaled Jiang Haoyang and the others to stay back, while he slowly made his way towards the hole.

As the skinny man lay by the hole waiting, suddenly he heard a voice behind him, "Why didn’t you light a candle?!"

On such a dark and windy night, with a pitch-black hole in front of them, pitch-black hills all around, committing the sinister act of exhuming the deceased for profit, the skinny man did believe in spirits, so he was already a bit frightened. Then suddenly, someone asked if they had lit a candle.

What did it feel like?

It was as if the tomb’s occupant suddenly woke up and asked, "Don’t you have any manners? Not even lighting a candle? If you don’t light a candle, how can I give you any signs?"

Trembling, the skinny man slowly turned his head and saw Ren He’s face lit up from below his chin with a flashlight—and Ren He was grinning maliciously...

"Oh my God!" The skinny man’s soul nearly flew out of him. How could someone emerge from the tomb like this? In a panic, he scrambled in the opposite direction of Ren He, forgetting that the tomb hole was right behind him. With a cry, he fell into the hole...

"Damn it, why did you come down too? What are you yelling about?!" yelled the person already inside the hole. "Has someone come?"

The skinny man said weakly from inside the hole, "Rice dumplings! Rice dumplings! They ran outside!" He looked like he had taken quite a fall, hardly able to get the words out.

"Run my ass, the coffin lid didn’t even budge, where the hell would the rice dumplings come from?!" the person inside screamed frantically, "I can’t believe I fell for your bullshit, you are such a disgrace."

As he spoke, Ren He could see the rope at the edge of the pit start to shake, a sign that someone was about to climb up.

How could Ren He let them climb up so easily? Just as the man inside was about to reach the mouth of the hole, a large foot kicked out!

"Damn it! Boom!" The man with the square face was kicked right back down by Ren He and fell to the ground...

"Ouch, you landed on me!" That was the skinny man’s voice...

Ren He was already laughing uncontrollably outside the hole, these two bumbling thieves were something else, one recklessly bold, the other scared shitless at the slightest thing. However, Ren He had no sympathy for them, real tomb robbers were nothing like what Uncle Three wrote about, many involved in illegal activities, even child trafficking and abduction of women. Ren He didn’t plan to kill them, he couldn’t bring himself to actually take a life, now he was just toying with them.

The square-faced man cursed from below, "I don’t care if you’re human or ghost, have the guts to let me come up, and let’s have a real fight!" He didn’t believe for a second that it was a rice dumpling outside; it was likely to be their former gang, now wanting to rob them after seeing they had found the tomb. If it were villagers, there would be a large crowd, not this quiet.

With that, he began to climb up the rope again...

"Damn it! Boom!"

Ren He extended his foot again, and down the man went... squatting by the hole, Ren He mockingly said, "Are you an idiot or what?"

The square-faced man was in pain, but he could tell the voice didn’t belong to any of their former gang members; still, those two kicks straight to the face were unbearable...

Suddenly, the skinny man gasped, "Not rice dumplings?"

"Rice dumplings my ass, do these two footprints on my face look like they were made by rice dumplings? Have you ever seen a rice dumpling that kicks people? You’re so damn stupid, why did I even follow you down this hole!" The square-faced man berated, frustrated beyond measure.

Ren He couldn’t contain his laughter outside the pit and called over Jiang Haoyang and the others, "Come over, there’s no danger now, just two buffoons in the pit."

"Who you calling a buffoon?!" The square-faced man was not pleased, the skinny man hurriedly grabbed him, oh my lord, you’re in the pit now, they are above, why are you still acting so tough?!

"Why the hell are you pulling me, you’re so spineless you couldn’t even be a security guard when we get back!" barked the square-faced man.

That made the skinny man cry on the spot, thinking about his partner’s attitude, wondering if they could even make it home...?

Ren He was amused, these guys were planning to pull off one last job and retire as security guards? What security, who needs a bicycle!

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Additional update for the Silver Alliance’s Marine Soul Garment.