[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-i-the-tomb-raiding-storyteller-exposed-the-old-n":3,"chapter-i-the-tomb-raiding-storyteller-exposed-the-old-n-i-the-tomb-raiding-storyteller-exposing-the-old--chapter-30":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","I, The Tomb-Raiding Storyteller: Exposing the Old Nine Gates from the Start",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2162610,3627,"Chapter 30","i-the-tomb-raiding-storyteller-exposing-the-old--chapter-30",30,"\u003Cp>Hearing this pair of man and woman begin their escape, the audience was inexplicably nervous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A man carrying forty pounds of gold, plus a weak woman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could they avoid the pursuit of the blade-wielders?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if everyone went to the river beach gathering today, it could give them enough time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the mastiffs kept by the Gelao Society were not vegetarians.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They would follow the scent and find them very quickly!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Lin didn't tell the audience what the outcome of being caught by the blade-wielder team was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But everyone intuitively felt it wouldn't be very pleasant, otherwise the man wouldn't have trembled all over just hearing the woman mention the consequences of not escaping!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the crucial point of the story, and Zhang Lin didn't delay, continuing to tell it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The two ran like this and arrived at a river section.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That was a gap guarded by humans, because nature is the best defense.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Although this stretch of river wasn't deep, the current was rushing, and no one could stand steadily in the river.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Once washed away by the rapids, some part of the body would inevitably hit the oddly shaped rocks.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Moreover, the riverbed under the rapids was also extremely uneven.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Under a whirlpool, there might be a large pool; if you accidentally step into it, the chance of floating back to the surface is zero.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And across the river were cliffs hundreds of meters high, straight up and down, simply impossible for humans to climb.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So, when the woman saw this stretch of river, she hesitated.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The man told her that he had long since figured out the situation of this river and could definitely cross it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And he also told the woman that on the other side of the cliff, there was an extremely narrow crack where a person could squeeze in.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Once, the man took advantage of people not noticing and squeezed in; it was a large cave that could lead outside.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As long as they got outside, they could live!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Relay group 371729119\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just like that, the woman followed the man and began to cross the river.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The man used gestures to direct the woman, letting her follow him every step of the way.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So, the situation now became: the man in front, the woman in back.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this situation, anyone with a bit of jianghu experience frowned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The audience below had already begun to whisper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heibei Laoliu, with his reputation, would never give his back to others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this man, in such a dangerous situation, walked in front himself!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He might have forgotten that he was still carrying forty pounds of gold on his body!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>This amount of gold sometimes makes even relatives dare to kill for it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How did he think a dark prostitute wouldn't be greedy?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Yin Yin Nanfeng in the second-floor box couldn't help but sigh: \"This man is truly stupid; how can he not see that the woman doesn't sincerely want to escape with him at all?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even the storyteller said the woman's heart is cold.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Having lingered by the Jinshajiang for so many years, I'm afraid this dark prostitute had long since lost her sincerity.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yueshan also nodded: \"I can only say this man is naive, otherwise he wouldn't be dreaming the beautiful dream of being able to escape.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I went to that stretch of the Jinshajiang with Fo Ye; back then, even with the gold rush, the vicinity was mostly undeveloped primitive forest.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even if the Jinshajiang has no gold now and has undergone basic development, there are some mountains that even locals won't go to.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That is absolutely the most dangerous place in terms of natural hazards!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just watch; this person daring to carry gold and leave his back to others is destined not to live long.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sure enough, they heard Zhang Lin continue:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The man walked in front, his heart only on the rushing river under his feet.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But he couldn't see that the woman had already slowly and resolutely taken a very sharp small knife from her body.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The knife was extremely small, but the light of the blade showed at a glance that it was sharpened daily, always kept in the sharpest state.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then, the woman's left hand touched the man's shoulder.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The man immediately turned his head; the woman was already soaked, her wet clothes clinging to her body.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Her wet hair stuck to her forehead, her face full of water droplets; her eyes looked even more like flowers in dew.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"At this moment, the woman was extremely beautiful; even the man forgot he was escaping and looked a bit infatuated.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just at this moment, that sharp small knife had already cut the belt around his waist.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The man felt his body lighten, and when he realized something had happened, it was already too late.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The woman's small knife had already been raised and stabbed into his heart with almost no deviation!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A wave surged over, the river water rushed over their heads, and the woman nimbly pulled out the small knife.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And the man's body had already lost the strength to resist the impact of the wave and fell down, disappearing into the rushing river in an instant.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The woman took advantage of the time before the next wave hit, caught her breath, moved slowly, and walked back to the shore.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Once on the beach, she lay on the pebbles, one hand holding the sharp knife, the other holding the belt containing the forty pounds of gold nuggets.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The river water surged up, sometimes even submerging her body.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"At this time, the river water should have been bone-chillingly cold, but there was no cold expression on her pretty face; instead, it was a kind of fanatical excitement!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She had just killed a person and snatched that person's gold nuggets, but she didn't feel guilty at all.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"At this moment, she didn't feel she had killed a person; on the contrary, she felt she had let the man be liberated.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Otherwise, the man would have died under the punishment of the blade-wielder team! That is the most cruel punishment in the world; just looking at it would give you nightmares for days.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just as she was about to stand up and leave, a figure suddenly appeared before her eyes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Her movements suddenly froze, her breathing stopped; in that instant, she felt the blood in her whole body stop flowing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She didn't move, but the figure was slowly leaning down to look at her.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Originally, the woman's face had been twisted into a strange and ugly shape because of fear.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But when she saw the person's eyebrows and eyes clearly, she suddenly tried hard to control her expression.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Her eyes were filled with ripples, her elbows propped up, her head slightly lowered, and she even gently brushed her messy hair.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The person, seeing this, quickly took off the sheepskin jacket he was wearing and wrapped it around her.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"After putting on the sheepskin jacket, she snuggled into the person's arms, trembling slightly and gently.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The crowd, hearing this, knew that Heibei Laoliu had met the dark prostitute.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just that the timing of their meeting was very strange!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A dark prostitute had just killed a laborer who wanted to take her away and snatched his gold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A blade-wielder should have been participating in his victory banquet, but he had run alone to the deserted riverbank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one believed that with Heibei Laoliu's sensitivity, he wouldn't see that the bulging belt the woman was holding was a man's thing?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wouldn't he see the sharp small knife the woman was holding?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he still chose to give his sheepskin jacket to the woman to wear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Between a man and a woman, sometimes it is just so wonderful; two people who clearly have nothing to do with each other are connected by fate on such a night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…….\u003C\u002Fp>",1317,"2026-06-16T21:55:26.381Z","2026-06-16T22:03:03.495Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","541c03b0f6f237c210f28502e9340083315596259d100cf18482fda1c906e2c2","i-the-tomb-raiding-storyteller-exposing-the-old--chapter-31","i-the-tomb-raiding-storyteller-exposing-the-old--chapter-29",577,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-the-tomb-raiding-storyteller-exposing-the-old--cover.jpg"]