Tomb Raider: What the hell is this strange commission?

As a region that took many years to finally be accessible, Medog has never been short of geological disasters, whether it is avalanches caused by mountain snow or mudslides caused by melting glaciers.

When Chi Yu and Zhang Haike went to the small canteen of the Lama Temple together, they learned the second bad news brought by Liang Zhao: the road leading to the outside world was also buried, and they were trapped in the Menba Mountain area.

"Chen Xuehan said that the place where Zhao Xingyang and his team went to collect folk songs was an uninhabited area, and an avalanche occurred on that road. Even if they wanted to come back, they couldn't go back the same way for the time being."

Liang Zhao's face didn't look good when he said this: "I wanted to find someone to see if I could clear that road, but I found that the way out was also blocked."

Boss Zhao sighed beside him, looking a little melancholy: "Everything was fine yesterday, how come something like this happened today?"

The members of the tour group were arguing in the small room. Some people felt that the lamas were kind-hearted and were willing to continue to entertain them until a road was opened, so it didn't matter if they stayed here for a few more days.

Some people are worried that they will encounter even worse situations in the future - such as heavy snow blocking the mountains when winter comes. If they wait until then, it will be too late for them to leave.

Chi Yu listened to their nonsense and felt that there was no need for him to stay here any longer, so he glanced at the prompt on the system interface and chose to leave this noisy environment.

Zhang Haike also left with him. Looking at Chi Yu's indifferent look, he couldn't help but say, "You don't seem to care about these things at all."

“They’re too noisy.”

"After all, it was an unexpected situation, so it's normal for them to be a little emotional. It's always better to actively discuss the solution to the incident than to deal with it passively." Zhang Haike asked him, "So where are you going now? Back to your room?"

Chi Yu glanced at him and said nothing.

So Zhang Haike said again: "This Lama Temple looks rather dilapidated, and is quite different from the temples we visited before. Perhaps it is because of their different geographical locations."

"I couldn't sleep last night so I wandered around the temple. I saw a lot of murals painted on the wall in one area. But it was late, so I just looked at them from a distance and couldn't see clearly what was painted on them."

"Anyway, the rest of the time is free. If you don't have anything to do, would you like to come with me and take a look?"

Chi Yu did not comment on this.

However, the open-air murals could not resist the erosion of nature. Chi Yu stood under the wall, looking at the mottled blocks of color in silence for a moment.

…Sometimes it’s really hard to understand why people’s brain circuits are so different.

"I didn't expect the paint to flake off so badly. It seems that what I saw last night was all there was."

Zhang Haike sighed: "Time is really ruthless. No matter what it is, once it loses its protection, nothing will remain in the end."

However, the reason why people have such thoughts can mostly be attributed to the fact that they give it meaning that does not exist, thus creating a sense of mission.

Chi Yu thought coldly, but the fact is, nothing is born to be protected.

Zhang Haike still didn't get a response from Chi Yu, but he didn't care. He looked around and then focused his attention on the stone statue in the courtyard.

His expression was calm, even a little doubtful, but his inner emotions were surging, as if they were about to burst out in the next second, attracting Chi Yu's sidelong glance.

It was an extremely complex emotion that Chi Yu could not understand, but he did not need to understand it. As long as the information extracted from it was valid, that was enough.

For example, even if the stone statue looked unfinished and was just a semi-finished product with only the face carved out, judging by Zhang Haike's emotions, he must have known who the object being carved was, not -

"It's strange, why is there an unfinished statue here?"

Listening to Zhang Haike's questions that seemed to be mumbling to himself, Chi Yu slowly lowered his eyes.

The fish bit.

So Zhang Haike went to ask some more people and got unclear answers: they had never been to the place the two men went to, so they had no idea what had happened there.

This Lama temple hides too many secrets, but the practitioners living here are not curious about it. They have no desire to explore the unknown, allowing the temple to maintain its mysterious veil.

This meaningless behavior ended only when Zhang Haike found an old lama, who looked very old and had the usual peaceful expression of a spiritual practitioner.

He listened quietly to Zhang Haike's doubts, thought for a moment, and then told them a story.

It is a story about stone and human heart. The story is not long, it can even be considered short.

Chi Yu listened to the old lama's slow narration, wondering casually why Zhang Haike wanted him to know such a thing.

What exactly did he want to confirm from his attitude? Or was it actually the first time that Zhang Haike himself had heard of it?

However, Chi Yu didn't care what kind of situation Zhang Haike was in. What he cared about now was only one thing -

"The young man's name is Zhang Qiling."

It was as if a long-missing puzzle piece suddenly appeared in the corner of my sight, and when the pieces were put together, a complete and clear image emerged.

Chi Yu knew that his previous actions to increase his level kept him connected to the core settings of this world.

From pure greed for money to the pursuit of immortality, Chi Yu has seen too much. This may be the inevitable experience of every tomb robber in this world.

Whenever this point is mentioned, a few special names cannot be avoided, such as -

Zhang Qi Ling.

Chi Yu thought to himself.

It turned out to be the case.