The Dark Game of Tomb Raiders Notes

"Wu Xie, Wu Xie..."

I heard that familiar and unfamiliar voice calling again in my sleep, but the name he called was not mine. I don’t know why this happened. Since childhood, no, since I can remember, this voice and this name It appears in my dreams from time to time.I couldn't see who the person calling me was, and I didn't understand why he called me "Wu Xie"?

My surname is indeed Wu, and my name is "Wu Zhong" not "Wu Xie".I was born in Hangzhou, the most beautiful place in the south of the Yangtze River. No, Hangzhou may not be my birthplace, but just the place where my adoptive father found me by the West Lake.

A year ago, the adoptive father passed away.Before he left, he told me that I was not his parent and child, but was discovered by him by the West Lake after a thunderstorm night.I asked him where my clothes or other tokens were at that time, but he shook his head and said that I had no clothes on me, but just lay naked by the West Lake and cried loudly until he hugged me into the arms.

He said that we must be destined, because after I was picked up, my crying that was so tragic that it seemed to break through the sky stopped abruptly, and I smiled at him.

My adoptive father's surname is "Wu", and he gave me the name "Wu Zhong", which actually means "creating something out of nothing".Because I don't look like an abandoned baby, but more like the legendary "relegated to the mortal world".

I didn't ask my adoptive father why he thought that way, I only know that he never lied to me.I understand that I am indeed not an ordinary person, but I am definitely not a "fairy who has been demoted to the mortal world" as my adoptive father said.My origin should be in the dream that is always so vague that I always wake up when I am about to grasp the key...

In my dreams, there is always a tall "bronze gate" with no roof, and the voice of the man who keeps calling me "Wu Xie"...

That voice is not unpleasant, it can even be said to be very attractive and unique, although it sounds indifferent and harmless, every time I hear that voice, I sincerely want to escape...

***

"Xiao Wu, Xiao Wu..."

I heard the voice of my coworker Fatty Wang. I opened my eyes and saw Fatty Wang's fat face facing me. I sat up.Fatty Wang smiled and said, "What's the matter with you, you were so tired on the first day of work, are you still having nightmares?"

I scratched my head and scolded: "What the hell are you talking about? Young master, I just have a little bit of heatstroke. Why are you so tired? I didn't get down?"

"Hehe, let me tell you, you seem like a frail scholar, but you just want to do the rough work of mining. Your parents are really willing to..." Fatty Wang sighed.

I didn't say anything more.This place is really not for people.This is a gold mine near Chang'an. We dig here day and night. In order to pay off my father's debts, I can only work here for three years.

I don't know if I can survive it, but it is impossible to escape halfway. There are heavily armed soldiers guarding around the mine, staring at us as if they were prisoners.

At this moment, the supervisor pointed at us not far away and shouted, "You two, hurry up and go to work!!"

I gritted my teeth, stood up, picked up the shovel and walked over.Fatty Wang followed and said, "Can you do it? If you can't, just ask. Don't hold on, otherwise no one will feel sorry for your life..."

I smiled and said, "You should still worry about yourself, fat man. Don't wait until you earn enough money, that dear little cloud of yours is married..."

The fat man slapped me on the scalp with a wave of his hand and cursed: "You brat, crow's mouth!!"

I dodged his second blow with a smile, and dug the shovel into the rock formation.

In fact, although Fatty has a bad mouth, he is quite enthusiastic.I don't know why we hit it off right away, like friends who have known each other for a long time.He told me that he had a girlfriend named Yuncai, and he wanted to marry her very much, but unfortunately Yuncai’s family wanted a lot of dowry, and the fat man had to work in the mine to make up enough money for the betrothal gift. He hoped that he could marry Yuncai back home as soon as possible.

***

When I was about to end the day, I dug down with a shovel and heard a crisp sound.My hands were numb from the shock.Fatty also heard the noise, hurried over and asked, "Xiao Wu, what's the matter?"

I shook my head, then shook the hand holding the shovel, then spit on my hand, held the shovel tightly again and continued digging.Fatty also came to help.After a while, we dug out a box that looked like a woman's jewelry.I saw several snake-shaped patterns engraved on the box, and those snakes entangled with each other to wrap the box tightly...

My heart trembled, and a vague sense of familiarity quietly emerged in my heart.Just when I was about to take a closer look, I only heard the voice of the supervisor shout: "What are you two doing?"

I don't know what's going on, I just feel that this box is very dangerous and I want to hide it from people to see, but it's too late.The supervisor quickly came to me with a few soldiers and shouted at me: "What did you find? Hand it over!!"

I hesitated for a moment, knowing that I couldn't resist and had to pass the box over.The supervisor's eyes shone when he saw the box, and then he shouted to me and the fat man, "Pack up your things and go up."

Fatty and I looked at each other, packed up our tools and followed the other workers out of the mine.The fat man quietly asked me what is that?I shook my head, I really don't know what it is, but I always feel uncomfortable.

For the next few days, no one mentioned the box again.

But when they were eating after work that day, a few soldiers suddenly came to the camp.Only one of them shouted: "Who is Wu Zhong?"

My heart skipped a beat when I heard this, I put down the bowls and chopsticks in my hands, stood up and replied, "I'm Wu Zhong."

I saw the soldier pointing at me and said: "You come with us."

My heart beat so hard that I couldn't help but look back at the fat man, his eyes were full of worry, but I knew that I couldn't escape, so I had to follow the soldier.

The soldier took me to a tent and said, "Master Zhang, Wu Zhong brought it here."

A voice came from the tent: "Bring him in."

I was so shocked that my hands and feet went numb and I couldn't move...

That voice was exactly the same as the voice of the man who kept calling me "Wu Xie" in my dream...

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