Tomb Raider: What the hell is this strange commission?

When everyone finished their rest and got back on the road, the sky had already turned cloudy.

The winter in Lop Nur does not even provide twelve hours of sunshine, so they have to finish the exploration of the third survey point and reach the designated camping spot before it gets completely dark.

The well-fed team members were very motivated. With a sense of urgency, they successfully completed today's goal within the time expected by Chi Yu.

It is also very important to choose a windproof place as a camp in the desert. After all, no one wants to be buried by yellow sand while sleeping.

The campsite for the night was naturally different from the simple one at noon. The guys set up the tent and fixed it in place. Before night fell, the campfire was lit.

Chi Yu sat in front of his own tent, looking at the dancing flames in front of him, and the round stone in his hand - this was what he had gained from the third survey site.

Ordinary ritual props would not be specially marked by the system, but with the existence of the surveillance outpost, Chi Yu would not miss this anomaly.

So after destroying the dusty amber in the Temple of Earth as usual, he took away this extra discovery.

Xie Yuchen finished arranging the waiters and walked towards Chi Yu with a sense of worldly affairs.

He glanced at what Chi Yu was holding, looked around, and couldn't find a place to sit, so he walked somewhere else, pulled over a folding chair, and sat down next to Chi Yu.

"You're still thinking about this, don't you have any clue?"

Amid the crackling sound of firewood, Xie Yuchen stretched out his hand towards the fire, warming himself while asking Chi Yu.

Chi Yu shook his head gently: "It's not that I don't have any clues." He replied, "But I don't have much information now. I need more data to verify my inference."

For example, the stone ball he had now had sacrificial runes engraved on it, which contained a prayer of "transferring something of a certain direction to another party."

And this transfer does not refer to a material transfer, but a more illusory transfer related to "qi" and "luck".

Apart from the prayers expressed in the inscriptions, the material that carries this information also has a certain meaning.

Chi Yu lifted it up and looked at the stone ball with intricate patterns carefully in the light of the fire.

This stone is not solid, and its actual weight seems insignificant in Chi Yu's hand.

Perhaps the person who engraved the prayer had a pair of dexterous hands, so this ordinary stone was transformed into a beautiful work of art that can make people happy just by looking at it.

The warm firelight shone on the stone ball, and Chi Yu could even catch a glimpse of the scenery on the opposite side through the hollowed-out spaces of the inscriptions.

Xie Yuchen watched quietly for a while, and suddenly a word came out of his mouth: "Sun."

sun?

Hearing this, Chi Yu's mind changed. He put down his hand, turned the direction of the stone ball, turned on the flashlight he carried with him, and shone it on the ground through the ball.

A sun appeared on the earth.

“If you associate the sun with the desert, it makes people think of scorching and dryness.”

Chi Yu looked at the man-made sun wheel and said thoughtfully, "Based on the design of this thing and the structure of the prayer, plus we are now in Lop Nur..."

"So you think these things come from the Tomb of the Sun?" Xie Yuchen asked.

He followed Chi Yu's words and fell into thought: "The Tomb of the Sun is located in the ancient riverbed of the Peacock River, not far from Lop Nur..."

"I remember that the Sun Tomb was discovered by a group of archaeologists more than ten years ago. If someone wanted to collect materials nearby, the funerary objects in the Sun Tomb would have been the best choice."

"But judging from the time taken to set up the two Ditan sites, a mere ten years or so is not enough for the living creatures sealed in amber to become that kind of existence. This timeline must be extended longer."

At this point, Xie Yuchen suddenly understood, and clapped his hands, saying, "Perhaps the group of archaeologists discovered the ancient tomb because the people who collected the materials failed to hide it well again."

Chi Yu listened quietly to Jie Yuchen's deduction, but his eyes stayed on the target location that had been flashing in the Moyu map.

There were seven Sun Tombs that were discovered and widely publicized at the beginning, but what if those seven tombs were not real ruins, but were left behind by our ancestors to deceive the public?

Xie Yuchen's words did not get a response from Chi Yu, so he also calmed down and waited for Chi Yu to express his thoughts.

And Chi Yu didn't let him wait too long.

"The real Sun Tomb is not there." The long-haired young man retracted his gaze and looked at Xie Yuchen, saying leisurely, "It is in Lop Nur."

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Xie Yuchen realized something from Chi Yu's tone. He changed his posture, leaning forward slightly, crossing his legs, placing one hand in front of his bent knee, and supporting his chin with the other hand, nodding his chin gently.

Without the negotiating table as a cover, this is a very oppressive action because it symbolizes that Xie Yuchen has a desire to attack.

He was like a merciless diner, holding the knife and fork, wondering where to start cutting the "food" that was served on the table.

But there was no one that the young Xie family needed to "oppress". Xie Yuchen's behavior was just a subconscious reaction of his body.

"So our goals are indeed the same as those of that unknown existence," said Xie Yuchen.

"That person used these things to set up a Feng Shui layout that encompassed the entire Lop Nur..."

"What do you think his purpose is? Is it the same as what we saw under the Heavenly Lake - also for immortality?"

At this point, the still young boy sneered.

Chi Yu knew that Xie Yuchen was thinking about what Xie Lianhuan had said to him.

Teenagers always pretend to be normal in order to protect themselves from external harm.

But in fact, it is precisely because they cannot let go of all this in such a short period of time that they become so emotional.

——Even if this person is Xie Yuchen.

Xie Yuchen is just able to deal with his emotions faster than his peers.

So when Chi Yu looked over, Xie Yuchen had regained his previous composure, as if the resentment from that moment had never existed.

He looked at Xie Yuchen's calm appearance and smiled gently.

The chuckle came out of nowhere, but it attracted all of Li Yuchen's attention.

"Whether it's for immortality or some other purpose, it doesn't really matter."

Chi Yu's light-colored eyes were staring at him, and her tone was meaningful, "After all, we agreed before that if those people blocked our way--"

In the howling winter wind, they whispered the same words: "--Then get rid of them all."