Tomb Raider: Call Me Dragon Vein Cleaner

Chapter 47 Returning to the Underwater Tomb

"Thirdly, this operation was ordered to succeed at all costs."

Now everyone can ask any questions they have.

After Chen Wenjin finished speaking, his eyes swept across the faces of the crowd, trying to see something clearly.

Everyone seemed to be processing the information Chen Wenjin had shared, and for a moment no one spoke.

At this moment, Cheng Feng spoke first.

"There's nothing wrong with me."

Upon hearing this, everyone echoed his sentiments.

Upon seeing this, Chen Wenjin stood up, her petite figure radiating a powerful aura.

"Alright, everyone, get ready, let's set off now."

After saying that, he simply turned and left.

After Chen Wenjin left, Zhang Qiling silently walked to his room, just like an autistic child.

Huo Ling watched him go with shining eyes. She was a hopeless admirer of good looks, and now she was completely attracted by the young man's appearance.

"Ling, stop drooling!" Cheng Feng teased quipped.

"what?"

Huo Ling responded subconsciously, then rolled her eyes at Cheng Feng after realizing what had happened.

At this moment, everyone except her and Cheng Feng left the cabin.

Cheng Feng stood up and said, "Look at how worthless you were just now, and you still had the nerve to roll your eyes at me."

"Who are you calling worthless? Cheng Feng, explain yourself clearly. How am I worthless?"

Cheng Feng simply smiled meaningfully, and then walked towards the stairs to the upper deck amidst Huo Ling's sullen expression.

Huo Ling stamped her foot and jogged after Cheng Feng.

Because preparations had been made well in advance, the research vessel officially set sail an hour later.

The research vessel was originally scheduled to go directly there, but halfway there, Wu Sansheng saw a person lying on the reef in the distance.

Therefore, the direct train became a regular train and stopped midway.

Under Chen Wenjin's command, Wu Sansheng and Li Sidi took a speedboat and rescued the man.

After laying him flat on the ground, everyone frowned, because the corpse's face had been completely disfigured.

Even its ears are gone, and it's impossible to tell what it looked like before it was born.

Li Sidi, who was squatting next to the corpse, pressed his hand against the man's carotid artery.

Then he lifted his sleeve to look at his skin, shook his head, and said:

"He is already dead, and the time of death was more than five hours ago."

At this moment, Huo Ling realized something and said in shock:

"Could this person be Xie Lianhuan, who disappeared last night?!"

"Sansheng, you're quite familiar with Xie Lianhuan, so confirm this with him."

Chen Wenjin did not immediately identify the body.

Xie Lianhuan was brought into the archaeological team by Wu Sansheng, and the two had a closer relationship than the others.

Wu Sansheng, also known as Xie Lianhuan, pretended to observe for a while, then nodded with a solemn expression:

"That's right, this is Xie Lianhuan. He always keeps this ring with him; it's said to be a keepsake from his mother."

Jie Lianhuan went to great lengths to deceive the archaeological team; the ring was indeed a keepsake from his mother.

Although everyone had their doubts, they did indeed remember the ring.

Finally, Chen Wenjin spoke up:

"Put him in the ship's cryogenic chamber first, and deal with him after this operation is complete!"

Wu Sansheng agreed, and then he and Li Si carried the body into the cabin together.

Standing next to Cheng Feng, Huo Ling sighed:

"It's an inauspicious start; we've already suffered casualties right at the beginning of the operation."

After saying that, Huo Ling nudged Cheng Feng with her elbow and blinked her big eyes, asking:

"Now you know how dangerous this operation is, right? So, do you regret coming here?"

Cheng Feng smiled and then leaned close to Huo Ling and whispered:

"I think you and Team Leader Chen are the ones who should regret it."

After saying that, Cheng Feng stretched and walked towards the cabin.

Huo Ling stood there, staring blankly at Cheng Feng's retreating figure, her expression shifting unpredictably.

A few minutes later,

Huo Ling and Chen Wenjin met in the room.

After listening to Huo Ling's description, Chen Wenjin seemed to be deep in thought.

"Sister Wenjin, do you think 'it' might have already discovered that we're not real?"

What Huo Ling called fake was actually real.

Their previous mission was to attend a funeral in Banna.

During the mission, while the two women were exploring the lake, the rest of the archaeological team members were killed by their guide, Panma.

Coincidentally, the Xie family came to seize the coffin they were escorting, and just then they discovered that Pan Ma had killed the entire archaeological team.

After discussing it, they decided to take this opportunity to infiltrate 'its' ranks.

Using disguise, they perfectly replicated the bodies of the deceased archaeological team members.

Panma was driven mad with fear after seeing the archaeological team members he had killed come back to life.

This led the fake archaeological team to believe that they had no more flaws.

But to their utter surprise, Chen Wenjin and Huo Ling were not dead.

Moreover, these two clever women put their heads together and decided to infiltrate the fake archaeological team from the Xie family.

And so, the two of them forged orders from their superiors and transferred the fake Chen Wenjin and the fake Huo Ling to Kunlun Mountain.

Then they found another excuse and infiltrated the archaeological team.

After returning from Banna, their second mission was to explore the underwater tomb in the Xisha Islands.

This is also why Huo Ling said she was a fake.

Chen Wenjin also felt that Cheng Feng must have found out something.

But she now feels like she holds three cards in her hand: Zhang Qiling, Wu Sansheng, and Xie Lianhuan.

Thinking the situation was still under her control, Chen Wenjin said to Huo Ling:

"Xiaoling, let's continue to contact Cheng Feng as usual and observe the situation first. There are many hidden tricks in this archaeological team, and we can't jump out too early."

The two of them had always put Chen Wenjin first, and now that Chen Wenjin was calm, Huo Ling was less flustered.

More than an hour later, the research vessel finally arrived at the area where the underwater tomb was located.

Everyone put on diving suits and carried oxygen tanks on their backs.

"Once you're underwater, make sure you don't get separated from the group. If you encounter any problems, use your lights to signal."

Before going into the water, Chen Wenjin once again explained the precautions to everyone.

After everyone agreed, she was the first to jump into the sea.

Cheng Feng was the last to go into the water. He followed behind an extra, silently paddling and watching the show.

At this point, the underwater tomb could be described as a snake pit; if Cheng Feng hadn't intervened, none of these people would have survived.

Perhaps inheriting Chen Pi Asi's talent, Chen Wenjin quickly found the entrance to the underwater tomb.

Then she used the light to signal everyone to gather.

When everyone reached the wall at the entrance to the underwater tomb, Chen Wenjin pressed the mechanism.

Suddenly, a familiar pulling sensation struck Cheng Feng, and the group was dragged into the underwater tomb by the current.

Soon everyone surfaced from the pool in the same side chamber.

Two people in the group were physically weak, and when the others pulled them ashore, they took off their masks and vomited all over the place.

It took a while for him to recover.

Meanwhile, Xie Lianhuan, who was impersonating Wu Sansheng, also looked pale and seemed to be in great pain.

However, upon closer inspection, it becomes clear that he remained tense throughout, pretending to look around with curiosity.