Tomb Raider: What the hell is this strange commission?

Zhou Zixu and his group gathered at the foot of Baigong Mountain. It was unknown what they were discussing, but their eyes kept drifting towards Chi Yu and the others.

Chi Yu thought that business was indeed the most important thing, so he did not resist the man with black glasses and walked with him towards Zhou Zixu and others.

Baigong Mountain is pyramid-shaped, with extremely high cliffs composed of rusty yellow mudstone. The surface rocks are weathered and mottled. The surrounding area is barren, and sand ridges and Gobi can be seen everywhere in the distance.

When Zhou Zixu saw Chi Yu coming over, he quickly trotted towards him and asked, "Brother Chi, which cave do you think we should go to first?"

"How to investigate? You should ask yourself about this." Chi Yu would not say that he had no experience, and threw the question back seriously, "Facing the Baigong Mountain that you had been thinking about so much, don't you have any clue at all?"

Amateur Zhou Zixu was stuck and stammered, "Then, let's go to the middle one first. The other two cave entrances seem to be buried by the yellow sand, so it's a bit hard to find."

So the group set out towards the center of the mountain.

The hole in the middle is an irregular triangle, which is different from the common natural holes. It looks more like it was artificially dug.

From a special angle, the light seemed to be completely swallowed up by the dark hole, making it pitch black. Just looking at it could fill the heart of a timid person with fear.

There were many puzzling symbols and letters carved on the rocks at the entrance of the cave. Chi Yu thought casually that these symbols coincided with the lines that served as interference items on the mechanism drawings that Zhou Zixu had obtained.

Zhou Zixu obviously also discovered this and excitedly entered the cave, wanting to find more clues to verify his ideas.

The bodyguards followed him dutifully, and would never go west if Zhou Zixu told them to go east.

The cave looks very deep from the outside, but actually it is not very big inside. Including the bodyguard team, there are more than ten people in total, and it looks very crowded standing in the cave.

Chi Yu looked at Zhou Zixu who had entered the exploratory state, directing the bodyguards to jump up and down, and was a little hesitant for a moment.

This exploration team has been acting like a joke from the beginning to now, as if Father Zhou just wanted to satisfy his son's desire and hired the best actors at a high price to play house with him.

Zhou Zixu's purpose was simple, he just wanted to come and take a look to satisfy his curiosity that had nowhere to vent.

If he found nothing here, then they could go back home like a tour group, disband on the spot, and continue to live their original lives.

But Zhou Zixu's initial guess was correct. There was indeed a secret in Baigong Mountain, and it was a potentially fatal secret.

Chi Yu looked at the system interface.

[Random Commission: Exploration]

[Core goal: lead the team to explore the secrets of Baigong Mountain]

[Limited time: 5 days]

[Additional objective: Escort Zhou Zixu back to the ground]

[Reward: Exploration Experience, Crystal Fragments, Rough Red Gold]

[Current environmental pressure: 6, please choose your tactical preference]

There are seven levels of environmental pressure difficulty in Stranger Realm exploration. The easiest is level 0 pressure, while level 6 is the most difficult mode in the entire game.

Originally in the game, this difficulty level can be adjusted freely by players.

However, as a player who is experiencing a "more realistic game", the environmental pressure value that Chi Yu obtained is an approximate value obtained by the system through evaluating the difficulty of exploring the map.

Combined with the additional goals generated by the system, Chi Yu judged that Zhou Zixu would most likely experience several situations that could threaten his life.

Looking at Zhou Zixu, who didn't know that his life was in danger, Chi Yu sighed.

"Why do you seem to be in low spirits?"

"I think that no one would look in high spirits during working hours, right?" Chi Yu looked at the hand that the man with black glasses had extended to him again, his voice filled with deep helplessness.

He had never seen a guy as familiar and shameless as Black Glasses.

Chi Yu had met enthusiastic people before, but people's enthusiasm and patience are limited.

Those people were repeatedly frustrated by Chi Yu's cold face and felt that Chi Yu was a piece of ice that could not be melted. Over time, they stopped trying to get close to him. Chi Yu was naturally happy to be alone.

Looking at the man with black glasses on the other hand, he didn't even know how to retreat. Instead, he became more courageous in the face of Chi Yu's cold reaction, as if his resistance was not noticeable at all.

If Chi Yu wasn't very sensitive to people's emotions and hadn't sensed any malice in Black Glasses' behavior, he really wanted to beat this guy up so that he would never tease him again.

Anyway, he is no less than a piece of sticky candy that cannot be shaken off. Let Black Glasses stick to him if he wants.

Chi Yu gave up thinking.

Seeing that his hand was not thrown down this time, the man with black glasses raised his eyebrows and then teased: "So you are being lazy?"

"You make it sound like you're working hard."

"Of course I'm working hard." The man with black glasses said confidently. He stretched out two fingers, tapped his eyes, and pointed at Zhou Zixu on the other side. "Blind man, both of my eyes are carefully keeping watch for Master Zhou."

Being able to describe slacking off in such a refreshing and refined way is a skill, Chi Yu shook his head.

Zhou Zixu and his bodyguards had already walked around this small cave several times but had not discovered anything new, and seemed a little dejected.

He kicked away the gravel at his feet, sat down against the stone wall, and lamented, "Do I really not have a talent for this?"

Then he looked at Chi Yu and complained, "Brother Chi, you are not being kind enough, are you? So many of us have been looking for it for a long time, but you are just watching. Since you can even recognize the trap map, can you help me find the trap?"

Chi Yu ignored him and looked at the stone kicked against the wall by Zhou Zixu, wondering whether his luck was good or bad.

Zhou Zixu followed his gaze and saw large pieces of sand falling to the ground, as well as a small corner of a mechanism exposed. He was immediately delighted.

"Okay, it's true that after searching for a long time, I finally found it without any effort." He quickly called for someone to check the situation.

Chi Yu looked at them quietly, and didn't think that such an exploration team would be able to cope with the challenge of an environmental pressure of 6.

In other words, Chi Yu, who had only experienced the Level 0 novice level before, was a little unsure about the difficulty of Level 6.

He was unsure if he could lead the team to find the secret, and thus he couldn't help but fall into catastrophic thinking.

But Chi Yu changed his mind and thought, what does it have to do with him whether these people live well or not?

As long as Chi Yu does his part of the job well, no matter what happens to others in the future, it will not be Chi Yu's fault.

People are responsible for their own mistakes.

By the time Chi Yu figured it out, Zhou Zixu had also cleaned out the entire mechanism and called for him to go over and take a look.

Chi Yu approached the mechanism, but did not activate it immediately. Instead, he looked at Zhou Zixu with a serious expression: "After the mechanism is activated, there may be very dangerous situations, and your life may be in danger. Even so, are you sure you want me to activate it?"

Zhou Zixu was stunned for a moment, "Is it that serious?"

"I don't joke about my life."

Zhou Zixu lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then looked at Chi Yu seriously: "I am sure I can accept this consequence."