Tomb Raider: What the hell is this strange commission?

If he and Chi Yu were not in the tomb now, the scene of red rain falling from the sky would not be an exaggeration to say that it was romantic, Xie Yuchen thought.

But this rain came suddenly, not to mention that they were in the underground ruins of the desert at this time, so even though the red rain was misty and gentle, it was filled with endless murderous intent in Xie Yuchen's eyes.

The blood-like drizzle continued and instantly filled the entire space. It fell on the umbrellas, on the ground, and into the black buildings.

But the falling was not the end. Some raindrops became silent, while more "raindrops" continued to move towards Chi Yu and Jie Yuchen.

Xie Yuchen was startled and looked at Chi Yu: "Why are there so many insects in this tomb?"

Chi Yu was also looking at him. Seeing Jie Yuchen looking at him in surprise, he did not feel the slightest sense of urgency that his living space was being invaded. Instead, he laughed softly.

"The building above is the nest of these insects. As for how long they have been here, I can't say for sure. But since they are still active after so many years, I think there must be a lot of them."

Xie Yuchen looked at the slime marks produced by the crawling insects with undisguised disgust, and his way of speaking became more straightforward: "You said so much, but in summary it's all nonsense."

Having said that, Xie Yuchen still remembered Chi Yu's reminder not to touch them. He held the umbrella steadily, moved lightly, and dodged the insects crawling towards him, his eyes fixed slightly on another door in the distance.

"There are too many bugs here. Let's leave first."

"Don't go that way, follow me."

Chi Yu looked at the place chosen by Xie Yuchen for shelter, glanced at the block details on the Moyu map, and then took him to another path.

The first exit that Xie Yuchen noticed was the nearest one.

In people's subconscious mind, when they encounter danger, their first reaction to escape from the danger will make them subconsciously choose the nearest way out, but if this choice is also calculated by the designer of the mechanism, then the way of life will instantly become a dead end.

——Especially when the mechanism there is glowing red.

Chi Yu couldn't help but sigh just by looking at them. These ancient tombs really had a lot of mechanisms against tomb robbers. The chain designs were the kind that would not stop until the intruders were completely killed.

However, Chi Yu did not like to put himself in a dirty and threatening environment - even the insects that approached him had of course disappeared in the realm of [Death].

Spells are more dangerous than swords and knives. They can silently take away the lives of those weaker than Chi Yu himself. When the skill is activated, it will provide Chi Yu with a 100% attack power bonus, and enemies with attack power lower than 150% of Chi Yu will fall down immediately.

Therefore, as a being with extremely powerful abilities, Chi Yu can control the lives of almost all creatures that step into his domain.

The boundary between life and death is thus blurred. Whether life can continue depends entirely on his thoughts, and the weak cannot even refuse this cruel judgment.

The bright red life collided with the dark blue domain, and unclear spells flashed in the air. Then, those creatures that were not allowed to exist by Chi Yu turned into a wisp of thin black smoke and dissipated in the red rain.

Xie Yuchen obviously also noticed this situation, and without much hesitation, he approached Chi Yu from the other side.

The spell of the domain easily passed over Jie Yuchen, accepted his existence, and coldly wiped out the insects resting on his umbrella.

But there were more non-living mucus than insects themselves, and those insects that had not yet entered the attack range of the field were still crawling towards them.

Although these bugs move very slowly and, as they have no obvious legs, can only approach by crawling, the fluid they produce is extremely corrosive.

The durability of the umbrella previously provided by Chi Yu decreased rapidly in this environment. Chi Yu estimated that within ten minutes, the umbrella would be completely destroyed by the erosion of rain.

But before that, they will get out of this bad situation.

Chi Yu's eyes were fixed on the correct passage. With the continuation of the death skill, he brought Xie Yuchen to the target point without any difficulty.

The red rain of insects was left behind them, and Xie Yuchen finally breathed a sigh of relief. He looked at the mess behind him, and quickly retracted his gaze to look at his current environment.

"here it is……"

"Those are storage rooms that insects use to store food and reproduce." Chi Yu replied.

"So, do you know what kind of bugs these are?" Xie Yuchen asked again, "You warned me not to touch them before...are they poisonous?"

"more or less."

Xie Yuchen was silent for a moment: "I thought it was our consensus not to give such an ambiguous answer? In this case, hiding it will not do us any good."

Chi Yu withdrew his gaze from the surroundings and smiled at Xie Yuchen: "It's not good for you, so of course you would say that, but I don't intend to hide it from you, you should be patient about this."

As he spoke, he opened the enemy details on the Stranger Domain map, and while checking the content, he explained to Xie Yuchen slowly:

"Those bugs are poisonous insects. I remind you to be careful because once you get in contact with them, they will directly dissolve your skin and drill into your body to control you."

"Generally speaking, poisonous insects will try their best not to cause harm to the human body, and sneak in secretly to exert their greatest effect. But these insects have been in this tomb for so long that the entire group has long since changed, making their behavior simpler and more brutal."

——【Red worm: Many years ago, a weak species that was casually abandoned by a Gu breeder. After losing its support, this weak life found a way to survive.】

After losing their feeders, these creatures not only did not die completely, but instead evolved the ability to survive on their own.

The mucus they secrete can corrode metal and stone, and now they survive entirely on sucking those liquids, but their desire and love for human flesh and blood have not been erased.

So when these insects sensed the presence of Chi Yu and Jie Yuchen, they swarmed out of their nests.

This is not entirely due to the urge to eat, but more to the desire to reproduce.

That's why they are now standing in a room full of mummies.

Chi Yu thought silently as he looked at the corpses half hanging in the air.

Compared with the dense swarm of insects, there are not many corpses. They are covered with reddish-brown insect marks, and the material of the long rope connecting them to the ceiling looks more like the natural secretions of those red worms.

However, Chi Yu didn't care how these corpses became their current state. He only knew that the gaps they left were enough for him and Jie Yuchen to pass safely.

——The reason why safety needs to be emphasized is that countless insect eggs are buried in these corpses.

Because the red dung beetles had existed in the underground palace for too long, they had looted almost all the edible things in the area where they could move.

The lack of food or energy is not enough to support the survival of so many insects, causing these eggs to remain in an unhatched state.

But if someone touches it, they will hatch out of the eggs instantly, so that those careless and unlucky people can experience what a closed room insect plague is like.

Chi Yu told Li Yuchen all this information one by one, and in return he looked enlightened.

He stuffed the useless umbrella into a garbage bag and said to Xie Yuchen, "I have answered your question. Now, can we move on, boss?"