The Informal Tomb Raiding Diary: She is the occupant of the tomb!-Chapter 152: Those Who Must Not Lie May Not Die
Listening to what Bi Shi said, and looking at Zhou’s reaction, perhaps he wasn’t surprised just now, but scared?
Zhou didn’t say a word, dragging his injured leg to the corner of the wall. I kicked Bi Shi, who was lying on the ground; it’s not the time to scare the kids.
Seeing that Zhou had no other reaction, Bi Shi probably found it boring and got up from the ground.
"Just kidding, hahaha." Bi Shi let out a mischievous laugh.
But Zhou couldn’t laugh, he kept mumbling ’sorry’, I looked at Bi Shi and asked her what was going on.
Zhou lowered his eyes, refusing to make eye contact with us. I had no choice but to ask Bi Shi what she meant by what she just said.
Bi Shi didn’t care and said they had proposed to split up, but after that, before they officially parted ways, she fell into a swamp while carrying He Su.
There are some bugs in the swamp, similar to leeches, that stick to human flesh and suck blood, one can suck 200CC.
The leader and Zhou threw them a rope to pull them up, but Meng Qingyu was impatient, saying that by the time they got pulled up, the others would have turned into dried corpses.
They eventually gave up the rescue, leaving the two of them in the swamp.
Afterwards, Meng Qingyu instructed that whosoever leaked this matter to me and Chen Qinghan, she would immediately release the poison.
And at that time, Meng Qingyu used a rope to force Bi Shi to tell where the ’secret of the island’ was.
If she didn’t, they would let her drown in the swamp with the secret.
Sure enough, Meng Qingyu knew something about He Su and wanted to use this opportunity to force her to speak, but He Su was unconscious at the time, and Bi Shi couldn’t be threatened.
Meng Qingyu didn’t allow Zhou to reveal Bi Shi’s matter, probably fearing that if we knew, I and Chen Qinghan would part ways with her.
She relied on Chen Qinghan’s abilities, so she naturally wanted to keep the desertion a secret.
"What exactly does she know?" I hadn’t seen Bi Shi with He Su, and had a suspicion in my heart.
"The collection point... for island energy development!" Bi Shi didn’t mind Zhou and Lu Xiaodao being present, and stated it openly.
Is He Su also involved in energy on this island? Apart from monsters, this island is filled with poisons. Did she establish the Five Poison Sect?
"Is the collection point in the palace?" I asked tentatively.
"NO." Bi Shi proudly shook her head.
"Did she mention the secret room under the palace?"
"Yes, she mentioned it, it’s empty."
"And she doesn’t know there’s a passageway under the secret room?"
"What? There’s a passageway under the secret room?!"
"See, the preliminary reconnaissance wasn’t thorough, was it?"
"What’s in there?"
"I don’t know, I didn’t go down. I was about to when you ’woke up’.
Listening to Bi Shi and me talking for so long, Zhou gradually calmed down, staring at Bi Shi in disbelief, as if she was a miracle descended to earth.
"Stop staring, she’s not dead, she’s alive." I couldn’t stand his silly look and explained, "Her blood stinks; those bugs drank it and got knocked out just like inhaling shoe spray."
"This... how is that possible..." Zhou stared at Bi Shi unblinkingly for a long time.
"Possible, very possible. Perfect timing, you help me look after the kid, while I go check the palace passageway." I patted Bi Shi’s arm, but she grabbed hold of me.
"Wishful thinking, I’m going too."
"I can take care of him." Lu Xiaodao suddenly spoke up.
I knew it, getting help for free from a compatriot was impossible.
In the end, Bi Shi went to the palace with me. She dragged He Su, who was outside the house, inside, and left her to Lu Xiaodao to look after.
Such a shameless person is a disgrace to our clan. She wouldn’t help watch Zhou but instead had Lu Xiaodao take care of He Su.
And Lu Xiaodao agreed without any objection. He wasn’t even afraid of He Su waking up and killing him and Zhou.
Bi Shi seemed to sense my unease, "Relax, Mary Su hasn’t woken up since yesterday. I suspect she has a big move and needs time for it."
Whether He Su has a big move or not, she can feel it. Regarding the power she shared with He Su, this dead woman must be hiding something from me.
"I see everything in the city has run into the jungle, fighting for territory. What made our enemy of the whole tribe so agitated?"
Walking down the wide streets of White Jade City, with only the sound of the wind around, Bi Shi spoke up after being silent halfway, but her tone was particularly irritating.
"Agitated? No, very relaxed, just battling monsters to pass the time."
"Oh, don’t be fooled by your big change since waking up, but some habits haven’t changed. When you’re unhappy, you ruin everything. Before in the jungle, you were very kind to the little animals."
"That was because I was afraid they’d discover my secret."
"Okay, okay, those two kids in the room, didn’t they suspect anything?"
"Suspicion is as it is, bothersome~"
"See, you admit it, having things on your mind!"
"Comrade Bi Shi, since when did you become the warm-hearted big sister?"
"No, pure curiosity."
"You’re more curious about what’s on the other side of the palace passageway."
Since waking up, I think I’ve changed very little. If there’s a big change, it started since leaving the Snow Mountain Tomb.
Bi Shi, too, used to be like a piece of frozen meat for thousands of years in her tomb, but once exposed to warm air, colorful fungal hair sprouted immediately!
But she was right, I was indeed in a bad mood, feeling restless these past few days. In fact, I was worried about what might have happened to Chen Qinghan and the others below.
I don’t know what they’ve encountered that’s delayed them for so long, and I can’t just abandon two wounded people and leave.
Perhaps among the agitation, there’s some hesitation. When did I become so indecisive, so concerned with everything?
If it was before, once I decided to pursue an answer, I’d immediately abandon people and matters in front of me.
If there’s someone seriously injured around me, I’d let them fend for themselves.
Tut tut~ Am I still human?
Maybe this transformation makes me uncomfortable. I’m displeased with everything I see.
Letting Zhou and Lu Xiaodao eat ’kiddos’ three times a day is somewhat ’revenge’ on them too.
But I know in my heart, what holds me back isn’t them, but a ’line’ every living person has.
While deeply exploring the changes within me, I followed Bi Shi to the palace entrance.
Zhou had already sketched a map for me; the main hall of the palace wasn’t hard to find, and under the bed in the rear hall was the secret room.
No monsters had ever lived in the palace, possibly because the place was so drafty and cold that sleeping here could cause migraines.
This place was used for ’court meetings’, not the king’s sleeping quarters.
We found the stone bed for the king to rest temporarily in the back hall, and in front of the bed was a dark entrance, with a footstool beside it. This entrance was originally covered by the footstool, and it seemed it didn’t have an automatic closing feature.
