Tomb Raider: What the hell is this strange commission?

"Do not move."

Chi Yu watched Xie Yuchen prepare to reach out and slap the thing off his hand, and shook his hand gently. Xie Yuchen's hand holding his arm also shook, and therefore stopped the action.

The young man frowned tightly, and he looked at Chi Yu with disapproval in his eyes: "The things here are very strange, even you should not touch them casually."

The spread of jadeification continued. Xie Yuchen lowered his head, lifted Chi Yu's sleeves, looked at the marks there, and took a deep breath.

"Although it has already happened, it may sound like hindsight for me to tell you this now, but you should really consider whether your behavior is a bit... reckless, Chi Yu."

"I've seen experienced veterans lose their lives because of carelessness. Before they got into trouble, everyone thought they could handle it well."

Xie Yuchen watched Chi Yu's pale skin gradually transform into beautiful yet terrifying jade, and his words came from the heart: "I just think that you shouldn't have ended up like that."

Chi Yu was silent for a moment: "...It's just a small problem. I know how to solve it. Don't make me sound like I'm dying. There's no need."

Hearing this, Xie Yuchen realized something. He let go of Chi Yu's arm, and all the emotions such as worry disappeared. He asked expressionlessly, "So, you are very clear about the consequences of what you did just now, right?"

Chi Yu blinked: "Yes."

He looked at his palms.

Jadeification is a very wonderful change. In the process of this body being transformed into other substances, he did not feel any feelings such as pain, but he did lose control of that part of his body.

They raged through the flesh like a virus, paralyzing Chi Yu's pain nerves, and then, under the joint gaze of him and Jie Yuchen, launched a rampant attack on the new host.

The culprit behind all this was the corpse, or rather, the curse carried by the corpse.

[Metamorphosis: The loser on the road to immortality uses his body as a trap to curse those who come after him. The resentment left behind will lead the first person who touches it to the same fate.]

Xie Yuchen had pulled Chi Yu's sleeves to his elbows before, so at this moment, he could clearly see that the jade surface exposed to the air had swallowed up half of Chi Yu's forearm.

The person who has this symptom is still distracted by the things in his hands and has no sense of urgency at all.

Xie Yuchen endured and endured: "Since you know that things will turn out like this in the end." He said, "then at least solve this part of the problem first."

"——Or do you actually not know how to resolve the current situation?"

Chi Yu did not comment on this.

He cast his gaze towards the jade corpse: "This person has set up a formation on his body with the resentment he had before his death. If someone accidentally touches it, the energy accumulated over the years will be transferred, turning that person into the same being as it."

"Although this kind of resentment cannot be revived after it is completely transferred, human hearts have always been like this."

Chi Yu smiled at Xie Yuchen and said, "So it's very simple to solve this problem. We just need to destroy the formation that is still in effect. After all, any formation will no longer be effective after its foundation is destroyed."

"Then you can return to normal?" Xie Yuchen asked.

"Yes."

So Xie Yuchen turned around without hesitation and smashed the jade corpse.

He did not question Chi Yu's statement, nor did he ask what the consequences of doing so would be. He just... did it, and while destroying the body, he sneered and muttered: "Countermeasures."

I don’t know who is more resentful between Xie Yuchen and Yu Shi.

Chi Yu looked at Xie Yuchen quietly and thought.

The jade corpse made a crisp sound when it broke, accompanied by a sound like the flapping of insect wings.

The tiny noises soon disappeared, and along with them, the mysterious energy wrapped around Chi Yu's arm.

He moved a little, waiting for his powerful repair ability to restore his limbs below the forearm to their original state.

Xie Yuchen was also waiting.

He could see that after the corpse was destroyed, the degree of Chi Yu's jadeification did not continue to deepen, but it also did not subside as he expected.

This is hardly a “return to normal.”

Xie Yuchen thought calmly, and he didn't know what Chi Yu's brain structure was like.

Even in terms of business operations, the two are always able to reach an agreement quickly, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that their ideas are in sync.

But more often than not - like now - Xie Yuchen really finds it difficult to resist the urge to crack open Chi Yu's brain and see.

Xie Yuchen stared at Chi Yu's arm too directly, as if he wanted to stare a hole in his hand.

Chi Yu slowly stretched out his hand and waved it in front of Xie Yuchen's eyes: "Why are you staring at it?"

"I'm wondering when your hand will 'return to normal' as you said." Xie Yuchen replied, emphasizing the last four words a little.

"So you're just going to keep watching like this?" Chi Yu asked, "The information here is more and more important than before. You should pay more attention to these things."

Xie Yuchen was obviously unmoved: "The clue won't go away, but your hand may not get better."

“If my hand really can’t heal, does it count as a work-related injury?”

"Not really, but I can pay for your hand," said Xie Yuchen.

Chi Yu said "Wow" expressionlessly: "Then do you need me to chop off my hand and use it as a decoration for you, Boss Jie?"

Xie Yuchen followed Chi Yu's words and imagined the scene. He immediately showed an expression that he couldn't bear to watch: "Who would want a hand as a decoration? And I'm not that bloody. Don't slander me with such specious words."

So Chi Yu smiled gently and said, "Okay then."

When Chi Yu's jade-like appearance began to fade, the two no longer continued to discuss this topic.

In fact, Logos' spell can also play a role in repair. As long as you find the right way to use it, those inconspicuous little spells can also play a big role.

Just like the body's self-repair process is always slow, Chi Yu can write an "accelerated repair" spell for himself to speed up the process.

The control that had been lost gradually returned to Chi Yu in this process. He handed the thing in his hand to Jie Yuchen, who took it.

Chi Yu took the opportunity to open and close his still stiff hands, and after making sure there was no problem, he pulled down his sleeves and tidied them up slowly.

Xie Yuchen looked at the thing in his hand and said, "You didn't let me move just now, so it's okay to move now?"

"The thing itself is not dangerous." Chi Yu said, "I didn't let you move just now because I was still holding it, and I was afraid that you would use too much force and break my hand."

"If you didn't listen to me and this happened, I would blackmail you severely and you would have to pay for it."

"It sounds like it's for my own good." Xie Yuchen asked, "Should I thank you, then?"

"If you want, of course."