Tomb Raider: What the hell is this strange commission?

After getting Chi Yu's approval, Zhao Zheng was overjoyed and told everything he knew in one go.

"I see why they want to build a sacrificial platform above this underground palace."

Zhao Zheng said: "Those people, like me, entered a dream because of the sound of the flute. In the dream, we were able to touch a corner of the gods and get inspiration from it."

Then there was a long and emotional praise of the so-called god by Zhao Zheng. Chi Yu was not interested in it and did not listen carefully.

"Those guys were terrified by the revelations given by God, so they chose to flee from here. This is also the biggest difference between me and them. I want a chance to get closer to God."

“What kind of revelation would create fear?”

"They are afraid, of course, because they cannot understand the greatness of it. After all, for those ancient people, some things are still too advanced, aren't they?" Zhao Zheng smiled strangely.

Facing Zhao Zheng's question, Chi Yu remained indifferent: "Explain this part in detail."

"If you want to know what revelation I got, then I can't tell you." Zhao Zheng shook his head. "It was just an inspiration. It can't be described in words. Only those who see it can understand it."

"Even if you don't believe it now, it doesn't matter. As long as you experience that dream yourself like me, you will definitely understand how I feel."

No, he didn't really want to know what a madman was thinking, so forget it. Chi Yu thought expressionlessly.

"Those people received the revelation and, with the guidance, found the core left by the Queen Mother of the West in the palace and ate it." At this point, Zhao Zheng showed a look of regret, "Unfortunately, it will take nearly three thousand years for the sacred tree to bear fruit again. We don't have the opportunity to receive the true gift from the gods."

"Gift?"

"The sacred tree is nourished by the flesh and blood of the gods, so the fruits it bears can certainly be considered gifts. But now it's no longer the case. Look at these roots, they stretch out from the ground, and they've eaten things they shouldn't have, and they're no longer pure."

Chi Yu followed his hand and looked at the corpses that had been sucked dry. He felt that the tree was really indiscriminate and could eat anything.

Zhao Zheng was completely unaware of Chi Yu's inner drama and continued, "Those people ate the core and had a closer connection with the gods, thus gaining immortality, but they had no gratitude and chose to leave and seal this place."

"But they didn't know that there were other beings guarding the gods here - those snakes, which could move freely through the mechanisms and pipes in the underground palace, and could even crawl to the surface. Their leader led the snake group to find those ungrateful guys and ordered them to hold sacrifices for the gods every year."

According to Zhao Zheng's narration, Chi Yu thought of the rusty pipes they saw on the surface of Baigong Mountain before entering the underground palace.

There are so many pipes that they are not only embedded in the rocks of the mountain, but can also be seen everywhere on the shallows beside the Dalan Lake.

So it is possible that the snakes are actually the only free creatures in this underground palace.

The reason why the snakes are difficult to deal with is that they are now in a small space. In such a space, it is unrealistic to deal with the snakes by force.

But now that they were in the open world, why were those ancient people still afraid of snakes, so afraid that they were willing to carry out their demands unconditionally?

Even if you are caught off guard the first time the snakes come, you can use a delaying tactic and wait for the next arrival of the snakes before dealing with them directly.

Even if there is no way to kill all the snakes, in the worst case scenario, at least they can move away from the place and find a safe place to live again.

Black Glasses seemed to have the same idea as Chi Yu, and interrupted Zhao Zheng: "So why would those people really listen to a snake?"

Hearing this, Zhao Zheng laughed contemptuously: "Do you think immortality is something that can be easily obtained without paying a price?"

"They ate the core made from the flesh and blood of the gods, and naturally became servants of the gods. As the creatures closest to the gods, the snakes can certainly order the servants to do certain things. They have no right to refuse."

"The Queen Mother of the West originally built a palace here in order to steal the power of the gods. However, after she discovered that all beings connected to the gods would obey the gods, she gave up this path to immortality and left here."

"Not only that, but he even set up numerous traps before leaving, causing the gods to fall into an eternal sleep. How despicable!"

"Asleep?"

"Remember the flute sound we heard at night? That was the mechanism set up by the Queen Mother of the West to make the gods sleep forever. It would be triggered every once in a while."

"But it was precisely because of this flute sound that the gods and I fell into the same dream, and thus received a revelation. What the Queen Mother of the West did was not entirely a bad thing."

So this is the reason why the other party has undergone a mutation. Zhao Zheng must have been contaminated by the breath of that god in his dream.

Chi Yu was thoughtful.

"Okay, I've told you everything I know. Now can you take me to see God?" Zhao Zheng stopped telling the story and stared at Chi Yu.

"Well... you are a good storyteller, just like the bodyguard who chased you away, but the information you told me cannot completely solve my doubts, and it is not worth it for me to take you back again."

Zhao Zheng was stunned. He opened his mouth, his voice trembling, revealing his hidden anger: "So you are not planning to take me to see God at all?"

Chi Yu looked at him frankly: "Well, I just want to hear what you know."

"You, you are just like those stupid guys! You have no fear of God at all!"

Zhao Zheng pointed at him, unable to bear the anger of being teased by Chi Yu any longer. He let out an indescribable scream and slammed his body to the side, rushing towards the node marked as extremely dangerous by the system.

"Since you can't take me to see God, then you can never leave the underground palace. Just stay here and become food for the zombies!"

He knew that this person would get angry and do something irrational... Oh wait, it seemed like Zhao Zheng had been polluted to the point where he had no rationality left.

Thinking of this, Chi Yu shook his head and directed to the man with black glasses, "Stop him."

The man with black glasses was also prepared for this and took action almost at the same time Chi Yu spoke.

He approached Zhao Zheng quickly like an agile black panther and restrained him tightly, making Zhao Zheng unable to move at all.

After controlling Zhao Zheng's movements, the man with black glasses gently pinched his neck, and the man's body suddenly lost strength and collapsed.

"I thought you only liked to rely on brute force, why did you suddenly start using cleverness this time?" Chi Yu raised his eyebrows.

"I also want to save some energy sometimes."

Facing Chi Yu's gaze, the man with black glasses smiled and let go of the muddy Zhao Zheng, threw him to the ground, and said with his hands spread out: "Don't look at me like this, in addition to taking orders to be a bodyguard for others, I actually have a serious job."

"Oh? What kind of serious job?" Chi Yu tilted her head and looked at him.

The man with black glasses took out a small certificate from somewhere, handed it to Chi Yu, and said to him with a smile: "Look, I'm a blind masseur, so it's normal for me to know something about nerves and blood vessels, right? If you are interested, you can come and patronize my business when you are free."

"Blind massage?"

“Blind Massage.”