Tomb Raider: What the hell is this strange commission?

"Master Huaer, you said someone disappeared?"

An abrupt voice sounded in the tomb passage. Xie Yuchen frowned and ended his conversation with Chi Yu. They both looked at the man who spoke.

The man's real name is unknown, only his surname is Tang. His special feature is that he has good hearing and can crack mechanisms based on the sounds they make. Opening coffins is no problem for him, so he got the nickname "Lock Opener Tang" in the underworld.

In the team that Chi Yu had led before, people would occasionally mention this person, but most of the discussions were comparing the two of them.

So this time, when he met the real boss in Wu Sanxing's team, Chi Yu also observed him a little and found that those guys were just bored and talking nonsense. There was no comparison between the two of them.

Of course, it is still quite annoying that the other person cannot whisper to others in secret because of his excellent hearing.

Thinking of this, Chi Yu made a "tsk" sound and began to slander Wu Sanxing in his heart.

You say that this person not only hired one professional, but he also hired two at the same time. Isn't he just trying to add fuel to the fire and watch the show?

Wu Sansheng didn't sense Chi Yu's criticism at all. He observed the people present and looked at Xie Yuchen: "Two of your servants are missing?"

Xie Yuchen nodded: "Yes, when we were in the water before, I confirmed that they were still there, but after we came in, the two people disappeared."

After saying this, he held up the broken safety rope and said, "This is the rope tied to them. It was originally connected to the rope on our bodies, but now it is completely broken."

Wu Sanxing took the safety rope and pondered: "This mark doesn't look like it was cut by a sharp weapon, it looks more like it was worn away by something."

"We only had three minutes to pass through the trap door. In such a short time, two living people disappeared without a trace..."

"Third Master, are you sure everything was normal here when you came here before?"

"This has never happened before when I came here." Wu Sanxing smiled and threw the rope back to Xie Yuchen. "But now it seems that this place has more than just other spaces underneath."

Hearing this, Xie Yuchen turned around and looked at the stone door that had been closed again.

Wu Sanxing turned his gaze to Chi Yu: "Military Advisor Chi, what do you think about this matter?"

So everyone looked at Chi Yu together.

...He knew that this person would not be able to help but cue him at this time.

But he did know that the two unlucky guys were now staying in another block.

Looking at the two little man icons with sweat on their heads displayed on the Moyu map, Chi Yu was silent for a moment. Just as he was about to answer, a deafening thunder sounded.

The sound was very clear. Even though everyone knew that they were in a closed indoor environment, the thunder seemed to pass through layers of obstacles and exploded directly above their heads, making people feel terrified.

The old sheep's originally concentrated attention was shaken off by the sudden thunder. He felt a little nervous for a moment and patted his chest and cried "Ouch".

"Isn't it said that we can't hear the sound above in the water? We are all underwater now, how can we hear the thunder so clearly? It really scared me to death!"

Feng Si made a "huh" sound, looking down upon Lao Yang's cowardly behavior.

"Old Yang, you are too timid. Everyone knows that there is something wrong with this place. It must have triggered some other mechanism when we came in. The tomb owner wants to scare us who come later in this way."

"First someone disappeared, and now there's a burst of inexplicable thunder. If there's nothing wrong with this, then there must be something wrong!"

Lao Yang retorted and looked at Chi Yu for help: "Military Advisor Chi, what do you think is going on here?"

What's going on with these people? They come to ask him one by one... It would be better to ask Wu Sanxing, because that guy must know everything.

Chi Yu withdrew his gaze from the top of the stone bricks, "The situation of the thunder is unclear, I will not make a conclusion for the time being."

"However, there should be a T-shaped passage inside this stone door space, with the same entrances on both sides. Because the water flow was too turbulent before, the situation was a bit chaotic when you passed by, so you were unable to pay attention to the situation of others in time."

"But judging from the traces in this tomb passage, it has been a long time since anyone has passed by here. Third Master, are you sure this is the side you came to?"

Hearing this, Wu Sansheng was silent for a moment.

"So what you mean is that there are two identical tomb passages here, and the two disappeared people may now be in a mirror-opposite state to us?" Xie Yuchen asked.

"Correct."

Xie Yuchen glanced at the silent Wu Sanxing and smiled: "Since the Third Master did not come here in the first place, there should be other things here. Even if we cannot open the road to the bottom at that time, at least we will not return empty-handed, which is a good thing."

After stabbing Wu Sanxing, Xie Yuchen asked Chi Yu again: "It's not good to be separated for too long in a place like this. How can we bring those two people back?"

To be honest, it's not easy to answer. Chi Yu thought as he looked at the stone gate.

This mechanism is connected in series with the three doors. As long as one of them is activated, the remaining stone doors will open as well.

They are now at the bottom of the lake, and as soon as the door is opened, the lake water will flow back.

In three minutes, it would be very difficult to go against the current to reach the door on the opposite side or to get out from here.

Although he could also destroy the interlocking structure and open the door individually, or extend the opening and closing time, judging from the current integrity of the mechanism, Wu Sansheng did not tamper with it.

Since the other party was able to come here and successfully leave without destroying the mechanism, it means that this tomb must have other exits.

Given that they are now in the tomb passage and there is plenty of oxygen, this exit should be in good condition and is very likely to lead to the surface somewhere outside Tianhu Lake.

But Wu Sanxing had never mentioned this before. He would rather fight with Jie Yuchen in Nandong Village for so many days than consider changing his path...

So this person really treated this place as an investigation point and designed a complete fixed route - the stone gate at the bottom of the lake is the starting point, exploring the tomb is the process, and outside the Tianhu Lake is the end point.

If this is true, then what they encounter here next must be what the other party wants them to see, and in the end they will definitely get the Chu Silk Book that is the core goal of the Mo Yu commission.

Wu Xie was not wrong in calling his Third Uncle before; he is indeed an old fox.

Thinking of this, Chi Yu smiled, but then shook his head at Xie Yuchen: "Not now."

"not now?"

What is the reason?

Xie Yuchen wanted to ask more, but he saw the other party secretly making a gesture to him from an angle that only he could see clearly.

——This is a “one-way street”.

Chi Yu said so.