The Informal Tomb Raiding Diary: She is the occupant of the tomb!-Chapter 20: Upside-Down Tears

Miss Scream always has two faces. If it were Qinghan who said it, she’d at most make a scene, but since it was Wen Jing who said it, her aristocratic temper immediately surfaced.

The two were exchanging words with relish, and Shunfeng watched anxiously from the side. His weak attempts to say ’stop arguing’ were quickly drowned out by their squabbling.

"Wen Jing, you carry Little Fu and protect her. I’ll distract those insects." Qinghan never cared about their quarrels; he only spoke about serious matters.

"Professor Chen, be careful. We’ll wait for you at the tunnel entrance." Shunfeng frowned deeply and handed the Vajra Umbrella to Qinghan.

It was only later that I learned the umbrella was the only piece of equipment on Shunfeng that had been passed down in his family.

This umbrella was the only proof of his family’s connection to a tomb-robbing sect and was a token given to them by others.

Qinghan didn’t stand on ceremony with him, accepted the Vajra Umbrella, lit the solid alcohol, and ran into the darkness without looking back.

The phosphorus fireflies driven away by Boss Lu and the others quickly discovered him and swarmed toward him.

We took this opportunity to sprint towards the tunnel entrance. This time, they didn’t dry their clothes first because of the urgency; as long as they could get out, they weren’t afraid of getting sick.

Wen Jing ran straight to the tunnel entrance, collapsed on the ground after putting me down. The path wasn’t short, and after a day of scurrying in the tomb, even with breaks, their stamina wasn’t what it was when they first came down.

Shunfeng managed to make it to the destination with two backpacks. Miss Scream’s bag was the smallest, containing only her makeup bag and personal items, so it was the lightest, but her physical strength was the worst among them. Even without carrying anything, she was the slowest runner.

In the last few hundred meters, Shunfeng had to drag her along, and as soon as they arrived, she shook off Shunfeng’s hand, but luckily she was too tired, only panting and not babbling.

From afar, we saw a fire, which was where Qinghan was. He seemed to have ignited something, forming a bonfire.

The heat of the bonfire far outweighed his body temperature; besides, he had just come up from the lake, and his clothes were cold, so his body temperature was also slightly lower than usual.

He had bought himself time; although a small group of phosphorus fireflies had discovered him, he ran swiftly, using the Vajra Umbrella to cover his head, and finally returned safely to the tunnel.

The phosphorus fireflies didn’t come near the lake water and tunnel, so we were safe hiding in the tunnel.

Due to the reversal of the power source, the mechanisms in the tomb began to operate in reverse, and the tunnel in front of us was completely different from when we came, with changes in position and turning angles.

Wen Jing asked Qinghan what to do, whether Beauty’s Tears would still work?

Qinghan gently shook his head, saying he didn’t know either.

He was the backbone of the team; without his idea, we had even less idea what to do.

Wen Jing pondered for a moment and then suddenly slapped his leg, "Since the mechanism is reversed, then use Beauty’s Tears in reverse!"

Shunfeng didn’t quite understand what he meant, "In reverse? How can you reverse tears?"

Wen Jing glanced at Miss Scream and said, "When you feel like crying, just stand upside down, so that the tears you originally wanted to flow out won’t come out..." 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

Shunfeng clapped excitedly, "Brilliant, you actually came up with such a clever idea~"

They were appreciating each other, but Miss Scream glared at me with a face dark as a pot bottom, saying viciously, "Now it’s your turn to lead the way. We kindly took you out, you can’t make no effort at all!"

I touched my eyes and said helplessly, "I can’t cry."

She seemed to be waiting for these words. As soon as I said it, she reached out to Wen Jing and said, "Where’s the mustard oil?"

Wen Jing patted his pockets, "It’s gone, probably fell into the lake."

Miss Scream almost twisted her nose in anger and lunged at me to fight, saying she didn’t believe I couldn’t cry.

I was wrapped in a fishing net, unable to move my hands and feet. Trying to dodge was in vain, letting her hit me didn’t really matter. Bullets couldn’t harm me, her tiny arms were just for scratching an itch.

But Wen Jing stopped her, not letting her hit me. She seemed to explode, suddenly screaming hysterically, kicking and grabbing wildly.

Shunfeng tried to hold her, but she scratched his face, and Wen Jing, mindful that she was a woman, only defended against her ’attacks’ without hitting back, and as a result, got kicked in the vital parts, doubling over and unable to move.

It must be said that Qinghan had good skills, mastering the force with great precision, punching Miss Scream on the nose, causing her to feel a sour nose and tears welled up immediately.

"Listen, if you don’t want to die, lead us out quickly. The time for the exit to open is limited."

In the world, every object overcomes another. Miss Scream was frightened by Qinghan’s cold tone and nodded obediently.

Wen Jing struggled to recover, carrying her with her belly facing up and her head down, a pose with a considerably high difficulty factor.

Her lower back was pressed against Wen Jing’s shoulder, head hanging down and facing forward. Even without Qinghan’s punch, maintaining this position for long would also make her cry.

I was worried about the items in the main tomb chamber, asking Qinghan if he could take me back to get my luggage.

Qinghan said he could, he would take me to the main tomb chamber, but he must first send Wen Jing and the others out.

Using the reverse beauty strategy worked, and we smoothly exited the most dangerous area. When inside, we heard gunshots and screams elsewhere.

Sometimes it was only separated by a wall, that must be Boss Lu’s men, who hadn’t figured out the reverse beauty strategy, so they stepped into areas with trigger traps.

Miss Scream initially cried because of the punch, then began to cry with grievance, which ensured the quantity of tears, leading us out of the maze-like tunnel.

After exiting the tunnel, I found myself in an unfamiliar area. I knew the tomb had quicksand traps, but no one had ever seen the sea of sand in the tomb.

And the space in front of us was a vast sea of sand.

Shunfeng stomped on the sandy ground, twisting sand with his toe to check the thickness of the sand layer.

After several attempts, he still didn’t see solid ground, so this was unlikely a man-made sandy ground.

"Follow its pointer, and you’ll find the exit. You go first, Little Fu and I will go back to get her things." Qinghan handed a compass to Wen Jing.

"What about you two? Won’t you need it when you come out?" Wen Jing asked.

"I have another one, no problem."

"Alright. You hurry, we’ll wait for you at the exit." Wen Jing took the compass and patted Qinghan on the shoulder.

Miss Scream gave him a resentful glance but said nothing this time, seemingly learning her lesson.

"Without Beauty’s Tears, can we find where you descended from?" I asked, lying on Qinghan’s back.

"I can find the main tomb chamber, no need to return to that tunnel."

Ah...seems like a directionless mind limited my imagination!