Tomb Raider: The Adventures of a Dumb Man

Don't bring in TV dramas and movies, because those things are too watered down and have been changed a lot. The original work refers to the text version. The original author is not annoying, and there is a lot of room for imagination.

When the author of Grave Robbers' Chronicles read the original novel, he had actually finished all eight books and did not feel that they had any other developments. Later, he read the following books one after another. Basically, Nanpai Sanshu wrote one book and the author read one.

The author's notes at that time were actually very thick, and I selected a few parts to share with the babies.

I always thought it was an adventure story.

Some people say Wuxie is a piece of wood, Zhang Qiling is a piece of wood, and the author thinks he is also a piece of wood.

The author didn't see that.

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However, the author found the notes he took when reading novels and would like to share them with you.

The original author's idea.

I really feel that today's authors cannot write about the feelings they had back then.

The author understood why he didn’t retaliate against the young man at the beginning, you know, it’s different from how he feels now.

How to put it, the author's thoughts when he was studying are different from his thoughts after he starts working.

The current author is Xie Jianxian.

Let me show you what the author thought before. She wasn’t a vicious woman back then.

Zhang Qiling (Little Brother) does not choose revenge, which stems from the complex interweaving of divinity, humanity and fatalism in the core of his character. His "non-revenge" is not weakness or numbness, but an ultimate sobriety that transcends individual grievances.

At that time, there was no social beating, and it was very understandable, but now, well, it’s a vicious woman.

The Nihilism of Hatred

Zhang Qiling has witnessed countless betrayals, killings, and conspiracies in his long life. For him, personal grudges are nothing more than a fleeting wave on a century-long scale - revenge will only turn hatred into a new shackle.

Just as he calmly responded to his enemies in "Flowers of the Sea": "Your hatred will not outlive me."

Now the author just wants to take revenge on the spot.

The author's original understanding was that Zhang Qiling knew very well that the Nine Sects' use of him and the Wang family's pursuit of him were essentially the evil consequences of his obsession with immortality.

If you insist on revenge, you will fall into the same logic as the perpetrator: "When you stare into the abyss, the abyss also stares into you."

At that time, the author was quite cultured, but now he has changed. He used to be very literary, but now he has killed him.

Alienation and Reconstruction of Zhang Family's Mission

As the "head of the Zhang family", he was trained since childhood to be a tool for ultimate protection.

But after meeting Wu Xie and Fatty, the connotation of his mission quietly changed: from mechanically executing ancestral teachings to actively protecting the spark of humanity.

Revenge would blur this sublime mission and turn it back into a puppet of the power struggle.

The meaning of Zhang Qiling's existence gradually becomes anchored in the bond of the iron triangle and the protection of all living beings.

When Wu Xie was critically ill in "Reboot", he risked his life to obtain the Leicheng reed; when Fatty was in danger, he was willing to use his blood to lure away Miluotuo.

These choices define who Zhang Qiling is far more than revenge on those who have hurt him.

I really thought so at that time, but now I don’t quite understand myself back then.

Zhang Qiling's ability and life span are close to that of a "demigod", but his divinity makes him more inclined to eliminate disasters rather than create new hatred when he looks down on the sufferings of the world. For example, he saved Panma Daddy, whom he had never met, in the Yinshan Ancient Tower, even though the other party had tried to kill Wu Xie.

Nanpai Sanshu deliberately downplays Zhang Qiling's outward emotions, but details reveal his deep-seated pain: kneeling in Yunding Palace to worship the snow-capped mountain where his mother's soul is hidden, and saying to Wu Xie outside the bronze door, "You are my connection with the world."

These moments proved that he was not without hatred, but he chose to temper his hatred into a stronger will to protect.

The author scolded Uncle San many times for not filling in the holes because he had left so many holes.

I can only try to understand, so the author at that time was still very literary and immature, thinking that he was a scholar and an artist, and wanted to laugh when looking at his old notes.

Speaking of the Zhang family.

The Zhang family has been trapped by the secret of immortality for generations, falling into a cycle of fratricide and the decline of their bloodline.

Zhang Qiling's "non-revenge" is actually a silent resistance to the fate of his family - refusing to let hatred continue to pollute the possibility of the future.

While living in seclusion in Yu Village, Zhang Qiling farmed, fed chickens, and repaired roofs.

This dull daily routine is precisely his ultimate denial of the law of the jungle in the tomb-robbing world: the end of not taking revenge is to build a world without revenge with one's own hands.

Zhang Qiling's image is based on the auspicious beast Qilin. The characteristic of his tattoo that appears when exposed to heat implies that he only shows his edge in times of crisis. Just as Qilin disdains to fight with ants, his "non-revenge" is a declaration of his own realm:

-When the world is still caring about gains and losses, he has already reached a higher level.

-There are no enemies there, only the dawn, dusk and cooking smoke that need to be protected.

This transcendence makes Zhang Qiling the closest being to "Buddha nature" in the universe of "Grave Robbers' Chronicles": he survives all the hardships and still maintains a heart of glass, sees through cause and effect but does not fall into nothingness. His existence itself is the most magnificent literary interpretation of "forgiveness" by Nanpai Sanshu.

At that time, the author felt that Nanpai Sanshu had profound ideas and was a great man.

Now, I can only tell him not to make random adaptations and let the author fill in the gaps.

The reason why Zhang Qiling (Little Brother) is continuously exploited by the Nine Gates is not simply because of his "non-retaliation", but is the result of the combined effect of multiple factors, involving power structure, interest game, human weakness and the essence of Zhang Qiling's own existence.

The exploitative logic of the Nine-Gate System: the law of survival of the fittest

Their monopoly demand for longevity resources and their collective psychology of moral exemption.

Zhang Qiling’s “dehumanized” identity: the tearing apart of divinity and humanity

He is an alienated savior symbol.

Zhang Qiling's abilities (bleeding to drive out parasites, cracking mechanisms) and mission (guarding the ultimate) were deliberately deified by the Nine Gates, becoming a "universal antidote" in times of crisis. This symbolization stripped away his emotional appeal as a "human", allowing Nine Gates members (such as Chen Wenjin and Huo Xiangu) to use him without any psychological barriers.

The institutional nature of his amnesia deprives him of his right to know.

Zhang Qiling's periodic amnesia makes it difficult for him to form a coherent memory of hatred.

The Nine Gates exploit this weakness and re-create the cooperative relationship after each of his “restarts” (such as the multiple inductions mentioned by Zhang Haike in “Flowers of the Sea”), forming a structural cycle of oppression.

The underlying motivation for not taking revenge: a view of redemption that transcends personal grudges

A clear understanding of the nature of fate

Zhang Qiling knows that the Nine Gates' use is just a microcosm of the millennium immortal dilemma - even if he retaliates against the Nine Gates, other forces will continue to come. His "non-revenge" is actually a strategic disregard for systemic violence, focusing on cracking the ultimate secret to end reincarnation.

Hidden protection for Wu Xie's generation

In the iron triangle relationship, Zhang Qiling gradually regards Wu Xie as the hope of the "New Nine Gates".

He tolerated the exploitation of the Old Nine Gates, partly in exchange for Wu Xie's growth space (such as tacitly allowing Wu Xie to use information about the Zhang family's ancient building in "Sand Sea"). This forbearance is actually a strategy to transfer intergenerational responsibility.

The self-perpetuation of the power structure: the distorted intergenerational inheritance of the Nine Gates, and the desire for control driven by fear

The Old Nine Gates (such as Wu Sanxing and Chenpi Asi) suffered repeated backlash in the process of exploring the ultimate goal, and they are both dependent on and afraid of Zhang Qiling.

They justify exploitation through brainwashing narratives (such as “the young man is the last gravekeeper of the Zhang family”) to ensure that future generations continue this pattern.

The Information Monopoly and Cognitive Manipulation of the Old Nine Gates

The top leaders of the Nine Gates deliberately concealed the human side of Zhang Qiling (such as the mother-son bond with Bai Ma) and only passed on his "instrumental attributes" to the younger generation (such as Hei Xia Zi's training of Li Cu).

This information truncation causes the new generation (such as Wu Xie's early years) to unconsciously reuse behaviors.

The Iron Triangle's Subversion of Nine Gates' Logic

The disruptive power of emotional bonds

Wu Xie and Fatty always treat Zhang Qiling as an equal and refuse to let him take danger alone when they were in seclusion in Ruyu Village.

This relationship dissolves the instrumental logic of the Nine Gates, proving that only by restoring Zhang Qiling to a "human" state can the chain of exploitation be broken.

Wu Xie's redemptive resistance

Wu Xie's extreme plan in "Sand Sea" is essentially to destroy the exploitative system of the Nine Sects and the Wang Family at the cost of self-destruction. He realized: "To set Brother free, we must first burn all the cages that trap him - including those we built ourselves."

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The Rage of the Kirin and the Lights of the World

Zhang Qiling’s “non-revenge” is just like a unicorn stepping on fire but keeping its claws retracted – he could have burned all the Nine Gates, but he chose to use his scars as firewood to illuminate the Iron Triangle’s way home.

This survival attitude that transcends revenge ultimately burns the Nine Gates' corrupt political schemes into ashes through the awakening of Wu Xie's generation.

When the smoke from the cooking fires rises in Yucun, Zhang Qiling's non-retaliation is no longer an excuse for exploitation, but a declaration of the birth of a new world: true strength never needs to be proven by revenge.

The authors at that time were very idealistic. I don’t know if you have noticed that in many literary works, all people were bitter melons before becoming gods. I don’t know where this setting came from.

That’s what I felt at the beginning, that it is a tragedy to put divinity in human beings.