Tomb Raider: What the hell is this strange commission?

In this site that has been covered in dust for thousands of years, the pottery jars are well preserved. The patterns carved on them are basically the same as those in the murals and have not experienced any erosion from wind and frost.

Xie Yuchen looked at the pottery jars standing silently in the darkness and took a deep breath.

He quickly glanced at the situation there and noticed that the opening of the pottery jar was completely sealed with white plaster. Even if the creature inside was alive, it would not suddenly run out and give them a big surprise.

In general, like the corpses in the corpse forest, they are dangerous, but are controlled within a certain range.

His violently beating heart couldn't calm down quickly, and Xie Yuchen couldn't understand why Chi Yu laughed when he saw these pottery jars containing corpse-eating kings.

Perhaps it was because Chi Yu had seen too much, and the dangers that ordinary people understood were not worth mentioning to him at all, so he could calmly deal with most of the dangerous things in this world.

But it was precisely because of Chi Yu's calm reaction that when Xie Yuchen realized the existence of those dangerous things, the sense of horror that instantly arose was so strong.

Different experiences make different people. Unlike Chi Yu who possesses those magical powers, Xie Yuchen is very clear about his own position.

——Even though he had practiced martial arts and learned opera since he was a child, and had wealth that others could never get in their entire lives at a young age, and stood in a high position that others needed to look up to, his status could not change Xie Yuchen's nature, and he still belonged to the category of ordinary people.

Xie Yuchen would feel tired because of some small things in life, would get sick because of some negligence, and would feel troubled because of some annoying things...

These daily routines constitute the individual existence called "Xie Yuchen".

On the other hand, except for the discomfort that he had accidentally glimpsed in the car before, Xie Yuchen rarely felt this kind of "daily" from Chi Yu.

During this period of contact, Xie Yuchen clearly realized that Chi Yu was more like the "extraordinary" person hidden in the real society. Many of his behaviors were unpredictable, but - how did he become what he is now?

Chi Yu's past was a complete blank to Xie Yuchen. His sudden appearance was unlike any traceable intelligence, so no matter how hard he tried, he could not collect any relevant information.

The blank drawing can only piece together a vague silhouette, but Xie Yuchen is gradually uncovering the mysterious veil covering the unknown in his own way.

Xie Yuchen stared at the pottery jars in silence for a long while. When his mood was completely calmed down, he turned around and looked at Chi Yu, who had remained silent after answering Xie Yuchen's questions.

"So you were looking at these pottery jars containing corpse-eating kings and thought of something interesting?"

Chi Yu said "hmm" and asked, "Is there a problem?"

Xie Yuchen was choked by his question, with an expression that was hard to describe.

The countdown for the visit to Mo Yu was still ticking. Chi Yu glanced at the remaining time and calculated the next itinerary.

The interpretation and question-and-answer session about the mural was over. Chi Yu was not going to continue wasting time with Jie Yuchen in this room where the information was already clear, so he walked past him without waiting for Jie Yuchen to form any comments or questions.

The pottery jars containing the corpse-eating king were placed together with some other funerary objects and neatly arranged on both sides of the road, not blocking their way forward.

Xie Yuchen and Chi Yu walked through these pottery jars together. He remained alert to his surroundings, but when his eyes met Chi Yu, that alertness turned into helplessness, making him want to sigh.

"Although these pottery jars appear to be sealed, aren't you afraid that after such a long time, some of them might get damaged?"

Chi Yu glanced at him.

"It doesn't matter if it's broken. I can fix it."

"Deal with it? Like the red worms before?" Xie Yuchen asked, "I thought their danger levels should be of two different degrees."

“To me, it’s all the same.”

Chi Yu said, and after thinking for a while, he decided to share with him the information that Xie Yuchen had missed: "Before in Tianhu Lake, a corpse-eating king also appeared in the head of the blood corpse."

Xie Yuchen paused and said, "My friend didn't tell me this."

"Because they don't know."

"I was the only one present at the time, so I was the only one who knew about this." Chi Yu said, looking at Xie Yuchen, "But now, both of us know about this."

Hearing this, Xie Yuchen smiled softly: "So you are sharing a secret with me?"

"I think you have the right to know this. Of course, if you feel that the description of 'sharing a secret' can give you more satisfaction, I don't mind you thinking so."

Chi Yu's answer still had a strong personal style, so Xie Yuchen smiled and shook his head without saying what he was thinking.

They quickly moved on to the next block, a room where the murals seemed to occupy a smaller proportion of the room than those in the previous environment.

The pottery jars had disappeared, replaced by a huge stone table placed in the corner of the room.

It is covered with densely packed black stones, seemingly arranged in a disorderly manner, but with some wonderful patterns.

It looks like one bird after another forming a huge flock, or like a black sun sinking in this lightless underground palace.

After confirming that there was nothing else in the room, Xie Yuchen's eyes lingered on the black pebbles for a while, and then he shifted his attention to the murals.

The content of the image mainly records that the Queen Mother of the West taught the people here how to make the "elixir of life".

The Queen Mother of the West asked the Snake Girl to provide them with a steady supply of pottery jars containing the Corpse-Eating King. In exchange, the Sun Civilization also continued to provide the Queen Mother of the West with the spring water they offered.

Xie Yuchen looked at the contents above, then looked at the black stone on the table, "It seems that these should be the elixirs made by the Corpse-Eating King."

Chi Yu was also looking at the things on the stone table. He turned his gaze away from the introduction that popped up on the system interface and nodded gently to Xie Yuchen: "Yes."

"Although the raw materials of these elixirs make me feel a little..." Xie Yuchen thought for a moment and changed to a milder word: "Uncomfortable."

"But as a precious item that can grant people immortality according to legend, Queen Mother Xi was not only willing to give it to them, she also taught them how to make it."

Xie Yuchen focused the flashlight on the spring water in the pottery jar:

"Then the spring water used as the exchange must also have the same value. In the eyes of the Queen Mother of the West, its value is even higher, which is why she is willing to make the exchange."