Tomb Raider: What the hell is this strange commission?

As the sand was loosened to the critical point, it regained the ability to flow, and it brought Xie Yuchen, who had no time to react, to the buried entrance.

Dust poured down, and the cold, hard and dry particles instantly filled this narrow space that had reconnected with the outside world. Even though Xie Yuchen covered his mouth and nose in time after he reacted, he still couldn't stop coughing.

Chi Yu looked over the top of the sand pit and saw Xie Yuchen looking a little dusty and dirty. He shook his head without any sympathy and thought that it was a good thing that he had the foresight to leave this dangerous foothold before the sand pit was dug through.

When the flying dust completely stopped below, Xie Yuchen put down his hands, with a cold face, and brushed off the dust on his body.

Chi Yu jumped down at this time. His movement was light and did not cause another storm in this space, but it made Xie Yuchen quite angry.

"I thought you would at least remind me." Xie Yuchen said, not knowing whether he was angry with Chi Yu or with himself. In any case, Chi Yu could only see that his face was quite dark.

But this bad look had almost no deterrent effect on Chi Yu. He could even say to Xie Yuchen in a brisk tone, "This is not dangerous. There is no need for warning."

"And I originally thought that with your ability, you should have been able to see the possibility of a landslide and made corresponding preparations for it. In the end, you didn't react. It's really a pity."

Xie Yuchen was choked by Chi Yu's words. He looked at Chi Yu's sincere expression, and tried to hold back, but finally couldn't hold back:

"Not everyone is like you, able to see everything."

He said, "Although I have some good experience in tomb-diving, sometimes I still need some timely reminders - like just now."

It seems that his client does have some complaints about this.

Chi Yu smiled at Xie Yuchen: "Okay, at least next time, I will remember to remind you."

After saying that, he walked to the closed stone door and found the mechanism to open the door according to the system display.

Serving as the entrance to the underground palace, this stone door is carved with a very delicate sun totem. Around the sun, countless birds are surrounding it. Their spread wings make people see that they are soaring in the sky, but their lowered heads seem to be worshiping.

In addition, a pair of stone sculptures guarding the gate stand in this small space.

The avian features are mainly concentrated on the heads of the two stone statues. Their eyes are fixed firmly on the front, and their long and sharp beaks have not lost their sharpness despite the passage of time, making them look quite dangerous.

Xie Yuchen walked over to Chi Yu and looked at the decorative runes on the door, looking thoughtful:

"The birds' outstretched wings represent life, as they are often seen as totems of worship. They are always circling the sun, symbolizing a cycle of life. In other words, it can also be understood as their pursuit and desire for eternal light."

"However, judging from the situation of this pair of stone sculptures, although this civilization worships the sun, in fact, the totem symbolizing their tribe should be this kind of bird."

Chi Yu said "hmm" and did not comment on Xie Yuchen's interpretation.

——Although when he went into the tomb, many key clues to cracking the mechanism were often hidden in these reliefs and stone statues, but for him, they were all dispensable.

Just like at the beginning, Xie Yuchen said that he would miss a lot of interesting content because of this, and Chi Yu didn't think it was a big deal.

Anyway, when he really needs it, he will naturally search for the useful information through his memory again, and before that, Chi Yu only needs to take a quick look at it.

Xie Yuchen looked around again and found that this seemed to be just a simple welcoming entrance. Apart from that, there was no other useful information.

"This door is tightly closed, but it is not sealed. It should be able to be opened directly."

Xie Yuchen looked at Chi Yu: "Do you see where the mechanism is? Or do we need to use some brute force to open the door?"

Before he finished speaking, he seemed to have thought of something and quickly added:

"Forget about what happened before, but let's make it clear now. Although it was me who proposed to explore the situation here, you should not leave everything to me alone. You have accepted all the benefits, but you should at least do some work."

Look at what he said, it makes him sound like a bad guy who came to defraud the client of money - well, it is an undeniable fact that he was slacking off, but he also took some practical actions.

So Chi Yu also looked at Xie Yuchen: "I'm not the kind of person who takes money and doesn't do anything."

This time, Xie Yuchen said nothing, but just made a wait-and-see gesture to him, indicating that Chi Yu could start his work now.

Obviously, the trust between them has been broken, and his client is now waiting for Chi Yu to repair their precarious relationship.

Chi Yu thought about it and moved his gaze away from the stone sculptures covered with scales and feathers. He walked around the pair of stone guards, stood behind one of the stone sculptures, and reached out to touch its folded wings.

Before he took action, he thought of what Xie Yuchen had said before, so he thought for a moment, raised his eyes and looked at the boy who was patiently watching his every move: "Do you have an umbrella?"

"Umbrella?" Xie Yuchen asked back.

It seems there is no more.

Chi Yu took out two portable umbrellas from his backpack and threw one to Li Yuchen: "Take it, and then step back a little."

Xie Yuchen took the umbrella, thought about it, and then stood behind another stone sculpture and asked him loudly: "Is this okay?"

"can."

Chi Yu pushed aside the stone feathers, and beneath the layers of decorations, a small mechanism was revealed.

It was a small mechanism lock that had been well preserved, with each part tightly integrated together. Even after thousands of years of changes, it was still able to function as it originally did.

Chi Yu's hands quickly fiddled with the structure above. No matter how sophisticated the mechanism was, it was nothing in the eyes of the player who could see through everything.

When the last cracking procedure was completed, the sound of the mechanism operating was heard, and the dust that had already settled and the sand pit above that had stopped falling began to flow again because of this movement.

Thanks to Chi Yu's reminder, Xie Yuchen was fully alert to all of this. He pulled up his sand-proof scarf and held up the umbrella in his hand to block out the dust falling from the sky.

But this is not the end. When the long-sealed stone door was completely opened by the operation of the mechanism, a strong gust of wind suddenly rushed out from it, raging in this small space.

The strong wind brought with it a rather strange smell, whimpering in the room and stirring up the dust that had long since subsided, forcing Xie Yuchen to put on his windproof glasses again.

He was thinking that the wind in the tomb was really weird, but at the same time he thought that it was unique that Chi Yu asked him to hold an umbrella in a windy situation.

It was at this time that Chi Yu approached him in the wind and sand, holding an umbrella.

The dirty sand seemed to be isolated by something invisible and did not approach Chi Yu like it did when attacking Jie Yuchen, but just lingered around him.

And when Chi Yu finally walked to Xie Yuchen's side, the whistling wind around him also stopped.

"The door is open, let's go."

As Chi Yu was speaking, he noticed Xie Yuchen preparing to close the umbrella.

“Don’t close the umbrella,” Chi Yu said. “You’ll need it when you get inside.”