Tomb Raider: What the hell is this strange commission?

It was broken, so I installed it for him.

Chi Yu turned his head to look at Xie Yuchen, and Xie Yuchen was also looking at him.

The layers of lit eternal lamps shone on their faces, outlining their distinct edges and corners, and the room was filled with the aroma of burning candles.

The other person's beautiful face was not suppressed by the somewhat gloomy environment around him. Instead, it was made to look like a young immortal by the rising thin smoke.

Seeing the smile on Xie Yuchen's face, Chi Yu was silent for a moment and asked him, "Have you been looking for a chance to say this for a long time?"

"There has to be some foreshadowing so that it doesn't seem too abrupt." Xie Yuchen smiled, "But the story I just told was not made up."

"When I was in Nandong Village before, I asked people to visit many places and obtained some interesting historical records. Based on those records, I deduced what kind of situation the so-called emperor here was, and how he ended his life here."

Well, that's the difference between working alone and working in a team.

Chi Yu glanced at the people behind Xie Yuchen and found that the guys invited by Wu Sanxing were studying the inlays on the stone steps, thinking about how to pick them off. So he withdrew his gaze with boredom and said to Xie Yuchen casually:

"Actually, there's not much to say. It's just that he has no way out, so he can only take a gamble and bet everything on the illusory resurrection."

Xie Yuchen nodded. "Yes, the Qing army chased him around like a stray dog. As an emperor in trouble, he knew he had no future and would die no matter how hard he struggled, so he chose this place as his final resting place."

"Look here. The ninety-nine steps on the ground symbolize the status he once had in the human world. The coffin at the highest point is separated from these steps by a layer of footless cicada patterns, representing the last step of his ascension to the immortal gate. Once he clears the turbid air of a mortal from his body, he can be reborn as an immortal."

Xie Yuchen pointed to the picture in the image that represented the Taoist priest.

The person above was holding a long tray, on which were placed a scroll of silk and a porcelain bottle.

"This should be the way to immortality that the Taoist priest brought to him. So after losing his escape route, he hid in this mausoleum that had been built several years ago, chose to take the 'immortal pill', and waited to ascend to immortality."

"Most of the treasures here are what he prepared for his own resurrection. They are basically objects that can be easily taken away." Xie Yuchen finished speaking and asked Chi Yu, "What do you think of this story?"

"You spoke well, but that can't hide the fact that this content is actually boring," said Chi Yu.

"But everyone wants something different. Some people are willing to give up everything to find immortals, but for me, instead of pursuing these things, it is better to think about what to do tomorrow."

"Have you decided what to do tomorrow?" Xie Yuchen asked.

The strange fragrance in the air became stronger and stronger.

Chi Yu looked at the environmental warning on the system interface and smiled at Xie Yuchen: "No, but if you don't put on a gas mask, you may not have tomorrow."

Xie Yuchen's heart suddenly started to ring with alarm bells.

He raised his sleeves, covered his mouth and nose, and searched his bag for what he needed while cautiously asking, "What is the effect of this incense?"

"The most basic one is hallucination." Chi Yu raised his chin to Xie Yuchen, motioning him to look back. "Do you see those people? Look at what they are holding in their hands?"

Xie Yuchen hesitated for a moment: "...Jade?"

"It's broken bluestone."

Chi Yu also took a gas mask and put it on himself, and sighed: "It seems that your physique is not as good as I thought."

Hearing this, Xie Yuchen sighed: "So you knew there was something wrong with the taste all along. Is this what you call 'early warning'?"

Because there really wasn't anything wrong with this thing at the beginning.

Chi Yu blinked.

At the beginning, this aroma was simply the smell of burning spices, but as the smell sank, it combined with the substances in the stones on the Dengxian Terrace and became a hallucinogenic smoke.

However, if it was just smoke, the fog here would not turn into a poisonous fog that would gradually deduct your blood.

The reason why Chi Yu reminded Jie Yuchen was because he found that the opponent's health bar began to gradually decrease after he climbed to the middle of the stairs.

Although the damage to the health bar caused by the poisonous fog is not high, if you keep walking like this without any precautions, then this immortal platform will be a situation where whoever walks will die, and you will never reach the top.

Well, except for those who know.

After all, it was Wu Sanxing who suggested the gas mask as a way to prevent people from being poisoned by the scales on the cicadas.

The group of people, mesmerized by the smoke, had red eyes as they climbed up the stone steps, occasionally picking out a few stones from the road, with greedy and satisfied expressions.

Chi Yu looked at the people who passed by him and whispered to Xie Yuchen, "After the hallucination, if you continue to stay in this place, for example, like those guys, you are attracted by the false treasure and keep going up, then you are basically not far from death."

Xie Yuchen gestured to the guy who had been staying outside the Dengxiantai area and asked in a calm tone, "Why do you say that?"

“Although you may not necessarily become an immortal, the Immortal Stage is not a place you can just go to casually.”

Chi Yu said, "But don't worry, the floor we are standing on won't kill you for now."

"Just temporarily?" Xie Yuchen raised his eyebrows.

Chi Yu looked at him and said, "Then let me correct you. After you put on the gas mask, the poison gas here will not affect you."

In the system display, the ninety-nine steps leading to the Immortal Terrace are divided into groups of thirty-three steps each.

People will experience three stages: hallucination, weakness, and death. They are now standing in the middle of the stairs, so in addition to hallucinations, Xie Yuchen should also feel a little weak due to the continuous blood loss.

"But I remember that when you were alone before, you didn't wear anything and walked up without any hesitation." Xie Yuchen looked at him, "Weren't you afraid that the poison gas would affect you?"

That's because, ever since he had the collection to increase his resistance and defense, this poisonous fog couldn't break his defense at all. If he hadn't discovered that Jie Yuchen was losing blood all the time, he wouldn't have bothered to check the map details.

But you really like to ask some embarrassing questions.

Chi Yu said "tsk", and asked back: "Do you think your hallucinations have subsided now?"

"Not so fast, but with your reminder, I can still distinguish the real from the unreal."

Xie Yuchen smiled and said, "But are you going to just watch them run up there? I thought you would be more considerate of your colleagues."

"I am just one of the people who gets paid to do the job. In this case, it is not my turn to worry about their lives."

So the two of them looked at Wu Sansheng who had arrived late.

"Those guys up there are all bewitched now, Third Master, what do you think we should do?"

Wu Sansheng: "..."