Tomb Raider: What the hell is this strange commission?

Xie Yuchen and Chi Yu walked to the place where the vehicle was parked. The sandstorm had just subsided and there were not many people outside the camp.

Although they found a safe spot sheltered from the wind, it did not mean that the sand and dust would not erode their camp - the wheels were partially buried by the active sand and dust.

Xie Yuchen stared at the car for a while and said, "I remember I gave instructions on this as well."

Chi Yu still seemed to have no extra emotional fluctuations: "There are always unexpected things." He said, "Just like what Jie Dangjia said, it seems that it will not be taken seriously by everyone as I imagined."

Xie Yuchen sighed: "I'll call someone to clean it up."

He looked up at the sky and asked Chi Yu, "How long will this safe period last? I hope we don't waste too much time on this."

"It's just a small matter, don't worry."

As Chi Yu spoke, he made some strange gestures with his hands again. Just like before, Xie Yuchen could not understand the meaning of this action.

But this time, he could see more clearly than last time, so when Chi Yu completely outlined the invisible object in the void, Xie Yuchen didn't know what kind of expression he could make about the dust far away from the tires.

"Is there anything you don't know how to do?" Xie Yuchen asked.

"There are actually quite a lot of things I don't know. After all, my energy is limited and I don't have that much free time to learn all that mess." Chi Yu replied, "But here, it's obviously enough."

The problem of wheels stuck in the sand was solved, and now they had to face the second problem of traveling together -

Without a driver, one of them must drive, and no one wants to be the driver, so the back seat is a prohibited option. Although the co-pilot seat has a wide field of view, the risks are also considerable.

Originally, this was something that did not need to be discussed at all. After all, although Xie Yuchen, as the head of the Xie family, looked quite capable, he was actually just a kid who had just turned fifteen and could not even get a driver's license.

Even if he could drive, Chi Yu obviously would not entrust his life to a young driver, especially in this dangerous desert - Xie Yuchen didn't even know the correct route.

So Chi Yu opened the driver's door without much hesitation.

But now that he was in the car, Xie Yuchen was still standing between the passenger door and the back door, hesitating? What was wrong with this kid?

"I don't drive to be a driver for others."

Chi Yu put his hands on the steering wheel, tapped his fingers, and said faintly: "If you must sit in the back seat, I can also accompany you in the back and wait for the miracle that the car moves on its own without a driver."

"—or would you rather drive yourself?"

Xie Yuchen sat in the passenger seat.

He looked at Chi Yu sideways, his eyes inevitably filled with resentment: "Isn't it bad to always give me such difficult choices?"

Chi Yu smiled at him, turned the steering wheel, and stepped on the accelerator: "This kind of opportunity is not something you can get just by wanting it."

This little episode did not delay them much. As planned, the two drove the car out of the camp and left the rescuers behind. They crossed the dried-up ancient river channel and followed the remaining salt crust beacons.

Xie Yuchen looked at the scenery outside the window. The traces of tire tracks that were occasionally visible in the desert had disappeared because of the sandstorm. Now they were walking on a completely unknown and unfamiliar road, and the way forward was confusing and invisible.

But for Chi Yu, this is obviously not the case.

Chi Yu stood at a higher place than him, and his eyes could see more than him. Chi Yu was an experienced visionary. He had already gone to a higher place that Xie Yuchen could not foresee, and observed all living beings coming and going at the end of everything.

All Xie Yuchen can do now is to keep moving forward along the path that Chi Yu has pointed out.

Until one day, he becomes strong enough to have the same vision, and then he will have the opportunity to stand shoulder to shoulder with Chi Yu... or in other words, to see beyond Chi Yu and the scenery behind him that Xie Yuchen has never seen.

Chi Yu didn't care about Xie Yuchen's distracted behavior of looking out the window.

They don't talk all the time, and when they are on long trips, during that time when there is nothing to talk about, it is allowed for the other person to be distracted occasionally.

Chi Yu drove the car with Xie Yuchen in Lop Nur for nearly two hours. As orange-yellow smoke gradually rose in the sky, they stopped at a pale place with obvious terrain differences.

The rolling earth mounds and salt crusts have been eroded by strong winds, forming distinct and unique dragon shapes. The white mud covering the rolling mountains is shining with dazzling silver light under the sun.

Xie Yuchen got out of the car, observed the scene in front of him for a while, then looked down at the compass, "Is this Dragon City?"

"No."

Chi Yu closed the car door. In the process, he was shaken by the reflective mud. He made a "tsk" sound and took out a pair of sunglasses from his pocket and put them on.

"It's just the most typical wind erosion area in Lop Nur. There's some in Longcheng, and there's some here, but not in Longcheng. Otherwise, I wouldn't bring you here in this kind of weather."

"After all, any guide in Ruoqiang knows the way to Dragon City. Over the years, countless people have come and gone. If the Sun Tomb is really under their feet, there will always be lucky people who accidentally find a way in."

Chi Yu said, handing Xie Yuchen a telescope: "Take a look."

So Xie Yuchen took the telescope and looked where Chi Yu pointed.

Above this shining land, there are endless undulating peaks, and seven obvious rock lines are like silver dragons, guarding the center with their fangs and claws.

Outside of these seven silver dragons, there are seven hidden paths that crisscross the mountains, and their destination is undoubtedly the one in the center - and that is where Xie Yuchen is looking for.

"So this is the pattern on the silk book." Xie Yuchen put down the telescope.

The doubts that had been bothering him were finally answered at this moment. Xie Yuchen exhaled a breath and finally felt that he was on the right track.

However, Chi Yu did not feel much about this. He opened his own backpack, took a look at the items inside as if to confirm, and put it back on his back along with the weapon box.

Then, Chi Yu looked at Xie Yuchen and said, "The sandstorm is coming again. I don't recommend you to continue wasting time outside."

Xie Yuchen turned around and looked at him, then looked at the yellow sand gradually approaching in the distance: "So according to you, those sandstorms seem to be unable to get in? So we are safe inside?"

"Of course." Chi Yu said, "We have arrived at the right place. The violent sandstorm cannot bypass the natural protection here. If you want to continue to investigate the environment here, you can continue after entering this pale city."

"But this city is obviously also formed by wind erosion?" asked Xie Yuchen.

"You can understand it as a special method in some mysterious field."

Chi Yu looked at Xie Yuchen, gently tapped his forehead, and smiled at him, "I told you that you should temporarily throw away the common sense in your mind, because your modern thinking is of no use at a time like this."

He took Xie Yuchen for a stroll on the blue-white land. The sky was filled with yellow sand outside, but when they reached the city, only the cold wind was blowing through it.

The clear-cut scene seemed abrupt and chaotic, like the failed product left over from the collision between common sense and counter-common sense.

In this chaotic and disorderly wind, Xie Yuchen thought that he had seen quite a few bizarre scenes over the years, and Chi Yu's appearance only accelerated everything.

The troubles that Xie Yuchen cared about and didn't care about came one after another, and the person who brought all this became the only dark spot in his pale world.