The Lost Tomb Vol. 1

Chapter 44: Fatty

Although I was a little surprised, I had already guessed that this might be a possibility. Out of all the people who had gone to the Seven Star Lu Palace, Da Kui had died, Uncle Three had disappeared, Pan Zi was in a coma, and Poker-Face's life and death were unknown. That left only me and the fat guy. This organization would definitely have a contingency plan prepared just in case, so I figured their first candidate was that fat guy and I was supposed to be his backup.

The boat approached the pier without slowing down. That fat guy had gained some weight in the few days I hadn't seen him but he was just as agile as before. Following the group of people, he jumped onto the boat and ran forward a few steps before coming to a stop. When he saw me, he gave a hearty laugh, "Young comrade, you're here, too. It seems that our Miss A Ning is still quite popular."

The woman graced him with a reluctant smile; it seemed that they were well acquainted with each other. I had very mixed feelings when it came to this fat guy. I didn't know whether to be happy or upset by his appearance, but when I recalled his actions in the Lu Palace and how he had almost gotten me killed several times, I felt my head suddenly start to ache.

He threw his luggage onto the deck, sat opposite us, and rubbed his shoulders while saying, "I was in a rush to get here—you guys are in too much of a fucking hurry. By the way, have you found the place?"

The woman named A Ning shook her head, "There's only one more place left to look. If nothing unexpected happens, that should be the place."

"I told you guys already," the fat guy said. "I'm not the kind of person who determines the exact location of a tomb by using dragon acupoints or digging around. You find the place, let me know, and I'll go down. If you can't find it, then don't blame me. I'm still getting paid. Those are the rules in this business. You southern barbarians need to learn them if you're going to stick around."

A Ning sighed as if she had a headache and said, "I know. Everything's already been arranged. Mr. Wu is responsible for finding the specific location."

I had been in a relatively relaxed mood since this conversation started, but when I heard this, I was completely blindsided. I'm responsible? What exactly am I responsible for? I've never located a tomb in my life!

"What do you mean I'm responsible?" I hurriedly asked. "Don't you guys know where the undersea tomb is?"

"We only have a rough idea of the location," she replied. "The best-case scenario would be for us to find the grave robbers' tunnel your uncle made. If we can't find it, then we'll have to rely on you to find the exact location and determine the shape of the undersea tomb. We only have some information from a pile of old books, which can't replace the experience of a skilled grave robber. Your Uncle Three was very shrewd and didn't leave us any information at all."

My back was covered in a cold sweat. It looked like I wasn't going to get any sleep tonight. I'd have to think hard about all the things my grandpa had taught me before. Otherwise, I'd immediately make a fool of myself as soon as we got to that place.

I wouldn't have any problems with the actual digging part of it. If I slipped up and made any mistakes at the bottom of the sea, then I could just blame it on the seawater. After all, grave robbing on land was completely different from grave robbing at sea, so this kind of work was far outside of my professional scope. But they also wanted me to take on the difficult task of drawing a floorplan of the undersea tomb. Although I hadn't done it before, I was fortunate enough to have theoretical experience.

After thinking about it, the nervousness I felt just now started to dissipate. It'll all work out, I told myself. And if it doesn't, I'll just make something up by saying that the undersea tomb has a strange structure.