Swoosh~
The two descended into the cave along the rope.
“Jack, I know where the gem is hidden, follow me!”
Lu Hao twisted on a flashlight used for exploration and, using the faint light, led Jack into the depths of the cave according to the information provided by the system.
“……”
Jack scratched his head, how did he, the renowned Asian Eagle, become a sidekick?
But he knew Lu Hao possessed a wealth of detailed tribal information, so he had no doubt and followed Lu Hao's footsteps closely.
Soon, the two entered the cave, hearing a rustling sound of water.
Lu Hao looked up and saw a stream of water shooting out from the statue's mouth, falling into the puddle below. At the same time, three huge green gems were embedded on the statue.
“Jack, the gems are up there.”
He turned back and pointed at the statue, quietly reminding Jack.
“Huh!?”
Jack followed Lu Hao's finger and saw three large gems sparkling with dazzling brilliance on the statue. His eyes widened, and his face was full of joy.
After searching high and low, you stumble upon it without any effort!
This treasure hunt was incredibly easy with Lu Hao’s intelligence.
Without hesitation, the two climbed up from either side of the statue.
“So big.”
Jack reached out to the largest green gem, his eyes shining as he lifted it from the pedestal and admired it.
Lu Hao, on the other hand, directly climbed to the statue's chest and dug out the gem embedded there, quietly storing it in his storage ring.
“Made it, made it.”
Jack happily stuffed the green gem into his waistband, then turned his head and saw two natives holding spears, squatting opposite the statue, staring intently at him.
“Ahem, a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding, I was just taking a look, I'll put it back now.”
Seeing the two spears, Jack honestly put the gem back in place, his face filled with a forced smile.
Lu Hao above didn't care about that. Having watched movies, he knew clearly that the natives wouldn't mind them taking the gems, as long as they didn't touch the holy water, they wouldn't have any problems.
So, he deftly climbed to the top of the statue and dug out the gem embedded in the statue's forehead and put it away.
“Really for me?”
“Really for me? Then I won’t be polite.”
When Lu Hao stepped down from the statue's shoulders, Jack was still politely pulling at the two natives, ultimately, under the natives' gesture, put the gem in his waistband.
“This is for you.”
After putting the three gems in his pocket, Jack took out a bag of salt and sugar and placed it on the ground, as a compensation for the natives.
The two natives immediately stood up when they saw the salt and sugar.
“This is salt, this is sugar... all good things!!”
Jack chuckled and opened the bag to show the natives.
“Huda!”
“Huda!!”
Seeing the white salt and sugar, the two natives immediately gleamed, as if performing some kind of sacrificial ritual, they raised their spears high and shouted loudly.
“???”
Looking at this familiar scene, Lu Hao blinked. What was going on? They didn’t drink the holy water either, why did these two natives start shouting?
Could it be that they want to abduct me!?
He sighed softly. He knew this expedition wouldn't end so easily.
After all, wherever the Asian Eagle is, something unexpected is bound to happen.
“Huda!”
“Huda!!”
Along with the two natives shouting, a large group of natives holding spears and torches rushed over. The plump and strong female chief came out from the crowd, shyly pointed at Lu Hao and Jack, and babbled a lot.
Lu Hao and Jack looked at each other, both shrugged their shoulders, indicating they didn’t understand.
At this time, a skinny man with sunken eyes, a thin frame, and a limp, came out from the crowd, happily smiled, “Two friends, you are blessed. The natives not only liked your salt and sugar, but the female chief of the tribe also took a liking to you, she wants to keep you as her husbands, now finally someone can replace me, haha.”
Lu Hao finally knew what went wrong. It turned out that the salt and sugar caused the natives' greed.
No wonder the two natives gleamed when they saw the white salt and sugar. It turns out that in their eyes, salt and sugar are far more valuable than gems.
For a primitive tribe, gems are useless, but salt and sugar are a fortune.
“Become her husband, I’d rather die.”
Jack glanced at the female chief who looked like a wild boar, his whole face turned green, climbing onto her bed wouldn't he be drained dry!?
He knew that the salt and sugar he took out had caused trouble, secretly he gave Lu Hao a look, signaling him to prepare to run away.
“You are right, it's indeed better to die than to live, back then, I was stronger than you.”
The skinny man said, and he even made a gesture to show off his biceps, but his skinny frame made this gesture look very comical.
However, Jack couldn't laugh.
A man who was once strong and healthy was drained to this state, it goes without saying how powerful the female chief is.
If they were caught and stayed here, their fate might be worse than the skinny man's.
Lu Hao and Jack exchanged glances and said in unison, “Run!!” Then Lu Hao kicked the salt and sugar on the ground, the white salt and sugar scattered on the ground, immediately causing the natives to scramble for it.
Lu Hao and Jack jumped down from the statue together and ran straight towards the exit.
“Hey, hey, hey, you can’t leave, who will replace me if you leave!?”
The skinny man yelled angrily, the female chief even roared in anger, commanding all the natives to shout “Huda” and chase after Lu Hao and Jack's direction.
“Lu Hao, run quickly, I'll cover you……”
Jack took out a can of beer-like pull-tab can from his backpack and pulled it open before quickly throwing it into the natives.
Poof, poof!!
Pink smoke billowed out of the can, choking the natives, making them dizzy.
Lu Hao climbed up the rope, and in a short time, rushed out of the cave. He knew that Jack wouldn't be left behind by the natives, so he didn’t hesitate to escape. He rushed to a secluded spot, put down his backpack, took out a deflated walking ball and an inflator from inside, and immediately started to inflate the ball, panting.
“Catch him, quickly catch him, you can’t let him run away.”
The angry shouts of the skinny man and the messy shouts of the natives came from behind.
“Quickly, quickly, quickly!!”
Jack rushed out from the bushes, deftly opened his backpack and inflated the walking ball.
Lu Hao took the opportunity to take out a can of smoke bomb from his backpack, pulled the ring, and threw it into the natives chasing him. As the smoke dissipated, it delayed their pursuit.
At the same time, he glanced at Jack, he clearly remembered in the movie that Jack would lose the gem while escaping, resulting in an empty-handed trip.
He didn’t know if his arrival would cause a butterfly effect.
To be on the safe side, he still needs to keep a close eye on him, after all, such a large gem is worth a lot of money.
“Lu Hao, done, let's go.”
“Hey!!”
Jack tossed away the inflator, greeted Lu Hao, and then like a carp jumping over a dragon gate, he got into the walking ball. He was completely unaware that his waist pack containing the gems had quietly fallen off.
This scene was seen by Lu Hao, who had been paying attention to Jack's waist pack.
Looking at Jack who had already pushed the walking ball down the mountain, Lu Hao took a step forward and grabbed the waist pack containing the gems, put it into his storage ring, and then, in the same fish-leaping style, got into the walking ball and rolled down the mountain in Jack's direction.
“Hey, hey, hey, don’t leave me behind, please, please, save me!!”
The natives on the mountain could only watch helplessly as Lu Hao and Jack left, the skinny man fell to his knees and let out a mournful cry, echoing in the mountains.
It is truly heart-wrenching and tear-jerking!!