Tomb Raider: What the hell is this strange commission?

"I can feel that Zhou Zixu is behind this door."

"That's great. We'll take Master Zhou back later and our mission will be accomplished."

As the long-sealed mechanism began to operate again, the ground began to shake noticeably.

Chi Yu and Black Glasses didn't say anything. They just stood there quietly waiting for the bronze door to open completely. The scene behind the door was also taken in by them.

This is a palace with protective properties.

The bluestone slabs on the ground were carved with complex patterns, some of which were deep and some were protruding.

Among them, the mechanical terracotta warriors are placed at key nodes as the guardians of the hall. Anyone who steps into the hall will be attacked mercilessly by them.

"Brother Chi——"

The loud and soulful shouts were full of emotion and briefly attracted the attention of the two people who were still observing the environment.

Chi Yu paid some attention to his unfortunate client, ready to listen to what Zhou Zixu wanted to say, but the next second, the man fell straight to the ground.

Chi Yu: “…”

The man with black glasses also said, "What happened to him? He looks so tragic."

Chi Yu opened the system and quickly checked the other party's status. He found that the icon representing Zhou Zixu was still on, so he felt relieved: "I don't know, at least he's not dead."

The two men looked at Zhou Zixu, who was lying in the middle of the hall, in silence for a while. Finally, it was the man with black glasses who spoke up, breaking the eerie silence.

"This hall also has a system of energy circulation embedded in it. If we walk in directly, the energy we bring with us will cause the human figures inside to be activated."

As he spoke, Black Glasses pointed to the mechanical figurine standing next to Zhou Zixu: "But the good news is that although we don't have the props to enter safely, one aura only corresponds to one figurine, so it's not difficult."

"Besides, it always takes time for the mechanism to be activated. Even Master Zhou can react in time. Once we get in, we can take the initiative and destroy the terracotta warriors to solve the problem perfectly."

Black Glasses’ judgment was absolutely correct.

Chi Yu's gaze stopped at the details of the map. The Feng Shui layout of this hall was the same as the hall where the zombies were housed before, and it used the technique of Qimen.

To be honest, Chi Yu knew nothing about this, but he couldn't help but be suspicious.

The system considerately marked for him the enemies that might appear in the hall, and the mechanical figurine with the brightest red light was the one that would be triggered by his breath.

Chi Yu shrunk the system interface again and put it aside. Just as he was about to take action, a hand was placed on his shoulder.

He looked down the arm to the owner of the hand, with a puzzled look on his face: "Do you have anything else to say?"

"You've been in a bad state since the beginning. Boss Chi, are you sure you're okay?" Black Glasses also looked at him, with a serious look that Chi Yu had never seen before. "Although this place is just a matter of walking a few more steps, don't be stubborn."

"I'm fine, for now."

Chi Yu brushed off the hand that was wearing black glasses, "But I have to admit that this place did have some... not-so-good effects on me, so in this situation, we should resolve this quickly."

"Okay, since you said so, let's end this quickly." The man with black glasses snorted.

The next moment, they moved at the same time. With a clear purpose, they attacked the mechanical terracotta warriors that were about to be activated by their aura.

The destructive power of Black Glasses should not be underestimated. In almost the blink of an eye, the head of the terracotta warrior he chose was twisted off.

And he seemed to think that just losing the head was not enough, so he also took the terracotta warrior's limbs and weapons apart into pieces. He laughed twice at the twisting limbs on the ground, and then walked towards Zhou Zixu who was lying on the ground.

Different from the simple and crude method of the man with black glasses, Chi Yu chose to use the same method of cracking the mechanism that he had taught Zhou Zixu in the car.

While the mechanical figurine was still in operation, Chi Yu quickly destroyed its core mechanism and pulled out the entire energy core that maintained the figurine's operation.

Under Chi Yu's indifferent gaze, cracks soon appeared on the surface of the mechanical terracotta warrior that had lost its energy supply, and soon it was completely shattered into no human form.

Chi Yu brushed the dust off his hands and turned around to meet up with the man with black glasses.

The man with black glasses was squatting beside Zhou Zixu, checking on his condition.

"how is he?"

"Not very well. He suffered internal injuries from the fall and experienced great sorrow and joy in a short period of time. I think he fainted just now because he was too excited when he saw us."

The man with black glasses carried Zhou Zixu on his back in a weird posture, and then he chuckled: "Look at how delicate and tender Master Zhou is. I guess he'll have to lie in bed and rest for a while when he gets home."

"For someone as unlucky as him, he's lucky to be alive now." Chi Yu said, his eyes sweeping over the terracotta warrior that was destroyed by Zhou Zixu.

Although the mechanical figurines here are all of the same model, the mechanisms installed on their bodies are also different depending on the different trigger mechanisms.

However, the blueprint Zhou Zixu got happened to record the contents of the mechanical figurines that matched his own attributes...

Tsk, what a mess this is.

Chi Yu shook his head and put these crazy thoughts behind him.

"Okay, now that we have the person, Boss Chi, let's go back." While saying this, the man with black glasses patted Zhou Zixu on the shoulder, then turned and walked out of the hall.

"But you'll have to deal with the snakes outside, Boss Chi. I don't have any good way to deal with those little guys. Besides, there's also Young Master Zhou. For the sake of our two pitiful lives, you have to protect us well..."

"...Boss Chi?"

The man with black glasses was surprised when he noticed that there was no footsteps behind him. He turned around to look at Chi Yu, only to find that Chi Yu had run to the center of the hall at some point, ready to reach out to touch the center of the formation.

The man with black glasses took a deep breath and ran over as fast as he could, grabbing Chi Yu's hand.

"Boss Chi, don't touch the things here anymore. Young Master Zhou is already here. The most important thing now is to return. Don't make any more trouble."

Unfortunately, his words did not have the desired effect at all. Chi Yu turned a deaf ear to them and still tried to touch the formation mechanism with a focused look.

Chi Yu was probably mesmerized by what was going on below.

After the man with black glasses realized this, he made an irritated "tsk" sound, but when he thought of the fastest way to wake someone up, his hands couldn't help but be eager to try.

If I give Boss Chi a slap now, I wonder if it will wake him up.

Given the degree to which this man holds grudges, even if he knew that Black Glasses' behavior was to save lives, he would probably still take some small revenge on him.

——But I really did this to save Chi Yu.

Thinking of this, the man with black glasses couldn't control the smile on his face and slowly raised his sinful hand.