Tomb Raider: What the hell is this strange commission?

"My father said that you saved my life with your special medicine. Otherwise, I might not be able to come back alive, so I thought I should thank you in person."

Zhou Zixu smiled, and his pale lips revealed his weakness.

Chi Yu looked at Zhou Zixu and said calmly, "I saved you for my own reasons, and you were able to stay in the hall by yourself until Black Glasses and I came to rescue you, which means you were lucky and not destined to die. You don't need to be too grateful to us for this."

Although that is what he said, in fact the situation Zhou Zixu encountered at that time was indeed dangerous.

If Chi Yu hadn't chosen Survival Expert as the tactical tendency for exploration at the beginning, all team members would have received a lot of damage reduction to organisms and the environment.

Otherwise, with Zhou Zixu's physique, he should have been unable to move when falling from a height of more than ten meters, and then torn to pieces by the restless group of zombies.

Not to mention what happened later.

Zhou Zixu showed a look of disapproval to Chi Yu's words. He shook his head, but hesitated when the words came to his lips: "Brother Chi, can you tell me what happened after I disappeared?"

Chi Yu could tell that this was not what Zhou Zixu actually wanted to say.

But since the other party was still in a conflicted state, Chi Yu was not in a hurry. He waited patiently for Zhou Zixu to have a psychological struggle, and then he began to talk about his adventures after Zhou Zixu disappeared.

Of course, they are all adapted versions.

He wouldn't be stupid enough to tell the secret between him and Black Glasses to a young man who couldn't keep secrets.

After Chi Yu finished the first half of the story, he stopped and drank a mouthful of water to moisten his throat. He then continued, "Then it was about what happened when Black Glasses and I found you and took you back. Although you missed it because you were unconscious, I guess you would be interested in these things too."

Chi Yu thought about it, blurred Zhao Zheng's identity, and told Zhou Zixu the origin and story of the underground palace and the bluestone platform, picking out the parts that could be told.

"This is the secret you wanted to find. Now that you have solved the mystery, you should be happy."

So why do I feel sadder the more I listen?

Chi Yu looked at Zhou Zixu, speechless for a moment.

"I was just wondering if I made a wrong decision to go on an adventure to Baigong Mountain on impulse."

When Zhou Zixu said this, he looked somewhat painful.

He frowned, his eyes were red, and he looked inexplicably depressed. "Because of the choice I made on impulse, two people died and two people went missing... I can't accept this result with a clear conscience."

"But it has already happened, and it's too late for you to regret it now."

Chi Yu replied coldly, thinking casually that Zhou Zixu was indeed just a young man with little experience in the world.

He is too emotional and too easy to manipulate. Anything that can arouse the other person's emotions can become a prop that can be used.

This may be why someone chose to let Zhou Zixu explore Baigong Mountain.

It is true that Chi Yu is very sensitive to people's emotions, but that doesn't mean he can empathize with Zhou Zixu's pain.

He felt a little regretful now. If he had known that Zhou Zixu asked him to do emo, he would have turned around and left with Black Glasses no matter what Chi Yu said.

Fortunately, Zhou Zixu's emotions came and went quickly. He was stimulated by Chi Yu's words, and his emotional fluctuations were not that great.

Zhou Zixu wiped his eyes and forced a smile at Chi Yu: "I'm sorry, Brother Chi, I was a little too picky just now, don't mind it."

"No matter what, Brother Chi, you and Mr. Hei rescued me from that hellhole. I am very grateful to you, but I only asked you to come because you are my friend, and..."

Zhou Zixu glanced out the window and asked in a low voice, "Brother Chi, when you took me away before, I seemed to see you had snake eyes and scales. Did that ghost place make you become like that?"

"If there is really something wrong with your body, stay in our hospital for treatment. I will pay for it and you won't be charged."

"If you become like those zombies, neither human nor ghost, I will really regret it for the rest of my life."

Hearing this, Chi Yu's mouth twitched. He felt that he still found it a little hard to accept Zhou Zixu's level of thinking.

"Did the doctor do a brain CT scan on you just now? I think your hallucinations might be a bit serious."

Zhou Zixu still had some doubts: "You said those were my hallucinations?"

"What else? Snake's eyes and scales, you're so smart to think of that." Chi Yu complained without changing his expression.

Seeing Chi Yu's firm attitude, Zhou Zixu also felt embarrassed as if he had made a mistake, and coughed twice: "I'm sorry."

"It's okay." Chi Yu stood up, "Since you have nothing else to do, I'll leave."

Zhou Zixu watched him walk to the door of the ward. When Chi Yu's hand grasped the door handle, the premonition that they would never meet again grew stronger in his heart.

This premonition made Zhou Zixu blurt out, "Brother Chi!"

"Is there anything else?" Chi Yu turned around.

He still looked at Zhou Zixu with cold eyes.

Even though they had experienced a life-and-death adventure together, Zhou Zixu did not leave any mark in his heart.

Zhou Zixu could see that Chi Yu didn't feel reluctant to part ways at all, as if the two of them were just strangers who met by chance, and now the time had come for them to naturally separate.

So he confessed to Chi Yu all the resentment he had when he was facing death while trying to survive alone in the hall.

"When I was about to be killed by that mechanical figurine, I resented why you were not by my side."

"Ok, I know."

"you know?"

Zhou Zixu's resentment at that time was so strong that even Chi Yu was a little surprised. It turned out that he was not completely without negative emotions.

But after those resentments disappeared, the joy that followed was so obvious.

"When a person faces that kind of situation, it's normal for him to feel resentful. I don't care."

"Even if you don't care, I still owe you and everyone else an apology."

Chi Yu was still unmoved. He looked at Zhou Zixu expressionlessly: "So I guess, after this, you won't want to explore any dangerous places anymore."

"I won't go there again." Zhou Zixu said, "Even if you tell me that regret is useless, I can't stop regretting. Baigong Mountain is a puzzle that I shouldn't explore, and I couldn't resist the temptation, so I made the wrong choice."

"I won't tell anyone about this incident, but I will keep it in my heart to remind me of the price a wrong choice will cost me and the people around me."

"It's a good ending that you can come up with such reflection." Chi Yu smiled faintly at Zhou Zixu.

He opened the door, walked out, and never looked back.

"Goodbye."

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"The Mystery of Baigong Mountain"