Tomb Raider: What the hell is this strange commission?

If it is said that life is controlled by an invisible hand, Xie Yuchen might not refute it.

Because everything he is experiencing now is the result of careful arrangements by his loved ones.

Xie Yuchen couldn't remember clearly how the things he liked and hated came into his world and how they were accepted by him. What he could be sure of now was only one thing -

Chi Yu's appearance must have been beyond everyone's expectations.

His arrival seemed to symbolize the beginning of another future, disrupting the plans of many people - not just the solution to the chain, but making everything unknown and uncontrollable.

It was like a quiet deep current in the deep ocean, carrying an untouchable mystery. The blurry figure under the curtain was now slowly raising his hand, pointing the deadly blade at his "kind".

But perhaps in Chi Yu's eyes, he would not have anyone of his kind.

As mentioned before, no matter how many words are spoken, they will lose their original purpose of negotiation in this battle. Chi Yu will not stop until the target that needs to be destroyed disappears.

Faced with the irresistible attack, the stone-faced man widened his eyes.

At this critical moment of life and death, its originally withered body suddenly swelled in size, and the dark blood flowing from the wound was transformed into a lighter color in the process.

It looked like mud and offset all the damage that should have been caused by those attacks, but the stone-faced man did not feel any joy in his heart. Instead, he was extremely sad and angry.

"Ahhh-"

The stone-faced man let out a long roar and his body suddenly grew larger again.

It watched its body gradually melt and lose its human form completely, and said to Chi Yu with gritted teeth:

"Back then, the group of Qilins in the northeast chased people everywhere, but they were finally suppressed by the Phoenix that emerged, giving me a chance to catch my breath. But now a venomous snake like you has appeared."

"Yes, I will never get better after being forced into this state by you, but you can't expect to get any better either!"

Mud and blood mixed together, materials from the same origin as the caster, are the best witchcraft media. They can maximize the power of the spell and deal the deepest blow to the enemy.

Scale-like feathers grew on the stone-faced man's body, and a long and narrow beak protruded from its face, opening and closing as the stone-faced man spoke, revealing sharp teeth that should not appear on birds.

The hard feathers blocked the attack of the strong wind. The stone-faced man flapped his arms and pounced towards Chi Yu like a giant clay bird.

Hmm, why is this guy so stubborn?

Chi Yu looked at the stone-faced man rushing towards him expressionlessly. He felt that it was a pity that the man could not be judged as a flying object in his current state.

Well, it’s the boss monster after all, so let it go.

Chi Yu thought about it and turned the bone pen in his hand.

Due to the limitations of his skills, he cannot control the stone-faced man like he does the clay bird, but the spell written by Chi Yu himself can achieve a similar effect.

In this space, all flying objects must abide by the new rules that are temporarily generated, and violators will be regarded as provocations and will be ruthlessly suppressed.

The extreme movement was transformed into extreme stillness at this moment. In the infinite extension process before reaching the end, Xie Yuchen walked to Chi Yu's side.

"So that's it for now?" he asked quietly. "You didn't kill him because you couldn't?"

When the other party approached, he brought a strong smell of blood. Chi Yu couldn't help but tilt his head and quickly glanced at Jie Yuchen. After seeing that he had already performed emergency treatment on the wound, he looked away.

In response to Xie Yuchen's question, Chi Yu said, "He won't die for now, but he will die soon."

He looked at the health bar representing the stone-faced man. Although the other party's abilities were not fully displayed in the real world, as a player with a system, Chi Yu could see it clearly -

After the very small amount of remaining health, a white shield exactly equal to the total health was put on it, firmly protecting its shaky health bar.

However, this does not mean that Chi Yu needs to work hard to break the shield like he did before to reduce his health.

Chi Yu looked at the stone-faced man's shield gradually weakening as he struggled hard, and thought: Now, he just needs to wait.

When the Stone-Faced Man found that he could never break free from the shackles, he realized what the end was that was waiting for him.

The sharp claws were frozen in the air, useless, and the culprit who caused all this was standing not far from him, watching him with an ignorant mortal.

Their looks showed the same indifference towards the dying - this was also the scene that the Stone-Faced Man feared the most.

If he had not been afraid of death, he would never have chosen to embark on this path in the first place.

To this day, the Stone-Faced Man still remembers a certain dream he had.

In that empty dream, countless faceless grey figures surrounded him and sent him to a high place. He rose very high, and the bird's-eye view allowed him to see everything. At that moment, he saw his old, pale face lying in the coffin with his eyes closed.

——That was the initial fear.

It was precisely because of this fear in his heart that he chose to give up his identity as a "human being".

Even if his transformations time and time again have changed him beyond recognition, even if his fellow travelers on the path to immortality are fighting each other for the remaining resources, even if the families that want to cover up these secrets are constantly hunting them.

As long as he could continue to live, he was content.

but……

How could someone get everything he wanted and then ruthlessly cut off others' paths to promotion?

How could that guy just stand there like a normal person, as if nothing had happened?

Why on earth could that foolish mortal choose to approach him without batting an eyelid after witnessing all this?

Jealousy and resentment burned the stone-faced man's heart, causing him to speak again, but this time, he spoke to Xie Yuchen:

"Those who have achieved immortality are nothing more than a bunch of monsters in human skin. They have long lost their human essence, and yet you are still foolishly approaching them! Aren't you afraid that one day you will be drained of your blood and flesh and become his sustenance on the road to immortality?"

Xie Yuchen narrowed his eyes, and he seemed to break away from his state of simply watching from the sidelines. He pretended to listen and thought seriously about this sentence.

So the stone-faced man continued: "Look at him! Do you think those scales and horn feathers are something a normal human could have? That's what he essentially possesses!"

The sharp long beak opened and closed back and forth in the air, but all it uttered was some meaningless nonsense that sounded extremely noisy.

Chi Yu made a "tsk" sound in his heart, but was not affected by the words of the stone-faced man.

He has always had a clear understanding of himself and what kind of person he is. He does not need to be judged by others, and how Xie Yuchen chooses to view him because of this incident will not have any impact on him.

So when the shield of the stone-faced man completely disappeared, Chi Yu ended its life without any hesitation.

The broken blood bar turned into a crystal data stream and dissipated into the void. The stone-faced man, who had lost all signs of life, was no longer within the range of the curse. He was cruelly thrown to the ground and completely collapsed.

Xie Yuchen looked at the corpse that looked like a large clay bird and sighed: "Actually, I really want to answer his question."

"Then you can say it to his corpse. I don't mind." Chi Yu said, and his light-colored snake pupils moved, bringing a subtle coldness.

"But now, there are only two of us left here. If your answer does not satisfy me, I will let Jie Dangjia die as well."

"——Anyway, I am a 'monster'."

Xie Yuchen smiled softly.

Even when facing the obviously alienated Chi Yu, he still didn't feel nervous. Or rather, as long as Xie Yuchen realized who was standing in front of him, he would no longer feel nervous.

"That sounds very strict." Xie Yuchen said, "But I really want to tell you these things."

Chi Yu made a gesture of listening attentively.

"Your identity is not important to me. What I care about is you as a person." Xie Yuchen looked at him. "Whether you are a human or a monster, I don't care."

Chi Yu also looked at him and tilted his head: "Are you done?"

"Well, that's it."

"Let's go then."