Tomb Raider: What the hell is this strange commission?

Zhang Haike responded to the man's reminder with a smile, holding the plate of tsampa that the other party brought him, and watched him leave.

After the others returned to the house, he sat down on the stool again and placed the food on the small wooden table: "They sent it here specially, do you want to eat it?"

Zhang Haixing picked up a ball of tsampa, weighed it in his hand, broke off a small half, stirred it in the tea bowl, and put it in his mouth to chew.

"It tastes good." She commented, raising her hand to signal Chi Yu, "Would you like to have one too?"

Chi Yu's eyes wandered between Zhang Haixing and the tsampa ball for a moment, and he shook his head gently: "If you like it, just eat it, no need to ask me."

Hearing this, Zhang Haixing let out a "tsk".

As trained members of the Zhang family, although they can maintain their physical strength for a long period of time with very little food, that feeling is not pleasant. It is only a means that can be used when robbing tombs.

Zhang Haixing didn't know whether Chi Yu had received the same training, but she was very clear that, at least at that time, she had never seen a face similar to Chi Yu in the Zhang family.

But as an adult male, Chi Yu's figure looks too thin.

Even though Zhang Haixing could tell from the aura in his every move that Chi Yu was not really the kind of weak guy who would fall down at the slightest gust of wind, she still couldn't help wondering what kind of environment would make Chi Yu what he is now?

The answer gradually became clear after spending some time together.

——It’s probably because Chi Yu doesn’t know how to eat properly.

Zhang Haixing frowned and looked at him, revealing a rather disapproving expression: "We have been together for quite a while, haven't we? During this time, I haven't seen you eat properly many times. Isn't it uncomfortable to keep dieting like this?"

Chi Yu:?

The problem is that before coming to Tibet, he never thought that the food he could eat along the way would be so local.

——And you can even eat this thing directly with your hands!

If he didn't have the energy drink provided by the system to satisfy his hunger, he would never have stayed here for so long.

Chi Yu stared at the tsampa ball bubbling in the butter tea bowl with a deep look in his eyes.

He raised his head and said firmly: "I'm not hungry."

After saying that, Chi Yu stood up and said goodbye to the two Zhang family members who always liked to get close to him along the way:

"I have travel plans tomorrow morning, so I'll rest first. You two have been on the road for so many days, you should pay more attention to your health."

Zhang Haike and Zhang Haixing watched his departing back in silence.

Zhang Haixing looked at the remaining half piece of tsampa in her hand and suddenly felt it was quite boring, so she threw it into the bowl and clapped her hands: "This guy is really self-willed. I can't do anything with him. You should figure out a solution yourself."

Zhang Haike smiled and said, "That's not what you said before."

"I said before that I wanted to give him a try, but that also requires him to be willing to take the challenge. Who knew that this guy actually had this kind of personality? I almost said everything I wanted, but he only reluctantly said 'hmm' in response."

Zhang Haixing complained: "If I had known it would be like this, I wouldn't have come here with you."

"If you didn't come this time, you might blame me for not inviting you along later." Zhang Haike said, "After all, before we actually met Chi Yu, no one thought that things would turn out like this, right?"

Zhang Haixing thought for a moment and said, "You're right. This kind of thing is completely different when you're just reading a piece of paper information and when you're facing the person who recorded it."

If they had not seen Chi Yu with their own eyes this time, neither she nor Zhang Haike would have thought that Chi Yu had the same blood as them.

Outsiders may be able to temporarily replace their identities by imitating fingers or tattoos, but those people will never understand what connects them together.

——It is a special kind of induction that surpasses any characteristics brought by external objects. The purer the Qilin blood is, the stronger the induction between them will be.

In Zhang Haixing's opinion, Chi Yu was most likely a descendant of the Zhang family who had been lost outside, so she gave up many potentially extreme means of testing and chose a more roundabout way to get to know Chi Yu little by little.

Zhang Haike knows Zhang Haixing. His sister is more straightforward and enthusiastic than many people. Zhang Haixing wants to get close to Chi Yu because of their common blood:

They were concerned whether he would feel uncomfortable because of the smell of cigarettes on his body, or whether he would feel uncomfortable if he always ate too little, but Zhang Haike still had doubts about this.

Because he knew very well that even the Zhang family was not completely united. As long as Chi Yu maintained his current ambiguous stance, he could not be sure whether the other party was really harmless to the situation they wanted to achieve.

According to the information they found, enough clansmen have disappeared in the mainland over the years. There is a force that is dividing and erasing the Zhang family in this territory. When they discovered all this, many things have already become a foregone conclusion and can no longer be reversed.

So Zhang Haike made a lot of efforts after that, found out the causes of many things, and step by step turned disadvantages to the Zhang family into advantages.

Those behaviors were going on normally until five years ago, until a man named "Chi Yu" suddenly appeared in everyone's sight. He acted alone outside of all existing systems and disrupted the plans and rhythm of many people.

Of course, this also includes Zhang Haike's.

Chi Yu has done a lot of things over the years, some of which are positive and some of which are negative.

For example, he brought out some secrets from many tombs that should not have been taken out, but at the same time he kept these secrets to himself and never told them to outsiders unless necessary.

For Zhang Haike, there are still two possibilities about Chi Yu that are difficult to determine the winner for the time being.

For example, those foreign families scattered across the country, perhaps in places that Zhang Haike and his friends don’t know about, there is still a system that has been lost in historical records.

Chi Yu grew freely in this system until now. With some purpose, he chose to return to this place of competition and plunge into this huge vortex.

But there is another possibility: Chi Yu might be the bait thrown out by that force in order to achieve some purpose - to set up a killing plan against him? Or something else.

Chi Yu is like an extremely dangerous trap. Once they step into it, Zhang Haike and his companions might be disintegrated one by one just like those members of the Zhang family who disappeared in the past.

No matter which speculation it is, it can explain why they could not find any real information about Chi Yu before, and all they got were forged records that were so perfect that even if they were placed by the authorities, there would be no mistakes in them.

So in order to make the most accurate judgment, Zhang Haike finally decided to take off the mask he was wearing and choose to investigate the situation with his own identity - this was also their original motivation for appearing in front of Chi Yu.

And Zhang Haike will not let down his guard until he gets the desired result.

But many times, not everything goes as smoothly as Zhang Haike expected.

Zhang Haike did invite Chi Yu and put her in a scenario suitable for testing.

However, the other party became cold, contrary to the attitude they had when discussing cooperation. Sometimes, Zhang Haike could even sense that the other party was cleverly avoiding those temptations.

Zhang Haike knew that Chi Yu was not a dull person, whether judging from his resume or his conversation when they were together. This was why he was anxious about the layout and planning.

——The act of deconstruction is two-way, he is deconstructing Chi Yu, and the other party is also deconstructing him.

Since Chi Yu would counter this, how well does he know them? Has he already grasped the key information?

Or... he had already seen through the overall situation, but I was completely unaware?

People in the underworld call Chi Yu a military strategist who has every plan in mind. Zhang Haike is not naive enough to think that this nickname, which is widely spread by everyone, will be wrong one day.

But his wandering thoughts had to return to their original place eventually. It was actually not very useful for him to sit here and think about random things.

Perhaps Chi Yu deliberately let him receive such information so as to throw them into disarray.

What a difficult and somewhat scary opponent.

Thinking of this, Zhang Haike sighed.

If possible, he hoped that Chi Yu would not be an enemy of the Zhang family.

"Rest early." He extinguished the charcoal stove. "We don't have much time left. We still have a tough battle to fight next."