Tomb Raider: The man is in the Nine Gates, but the system insists it's the Primordial Era.

Inside a thatched hut in the south of the city.

He was bedridden for seventeen years.

Su Mu, who has needed help to get out of bed for seventeen years, is conducting various experiments with an amusing smile on his face.

"...The wound healed at a speed visible to the naked eye, and no blood dripped out."

"A strand of hair, once it touches the ground, can still move for a moment, and then it returns to the ordinary."

"Respiration can serve as biological nutrients, bringing life to withered trees and causing flower buds to bloom."

"A wooden stick as thick as a thigh can be cleaved in two with a single palm strike, and after ten breaths, it has moved to a distance of over a hundred meters..."

Eighteen years after his transmigration, he finally welcomed a new life in this world.

It unlocked a cheat system unique to time travelers.

[Mysticism Panel System]

Feeling much more energetic, Su Mu swallowed another Nine-Turn Rejuvenation Pill, hoping to see if it would produce the same effect as the pill.

Unfortunately, it seems that no further changes have occurred.

"The Mysticism Panel—does it allow me to see the mysterious items in the current Tomb Raider universe? The mysterious elixirs that ancient alchemists painstakingly sought can be detected by the system as having special attributes. So, is it possible that other similar items might also appear?"

Su Mu was thinking while tidying his clothes, washing his face and taking a shower.

He remembered that there were too many "magical" items in ancient tombs in the tomb raiding series.

When Huo was a child, his family would help him clean up, cut his hair, and bathe him, but after his male characteristics became more obvious, no one helped him with these things anymore.

Only when the little girl came would she call a servant to bring water to help him clean up.

The calm surface of the water in the bucket reflected Su Mu's face in this life.

Before this, Su Mu, who had never seen his own face clearly because there were no reflections in the room, had never seen his own face clearly.

However, I imagine it shouldn't be too bad, otherwise the little girl wouldn't keep coming over to play with me and relieve her boredom.

The calm surface of the bucket reflected Su Mu's exquisite features in this life, with his sharp jawline like a knife and his star-like eyes.

"However, he is still a bit too delicate-looking and lacks a bit of heroic spirit."

Seeing this handsome and youthful appearance, Su Mu, whose lips curled up again, still seemed somewhat dissatisfied.

……

Night fell silently.

The little girl, who was temporarily imprisoned in her room and was still weak from catching a cold, was knocked unconscious by the gatekeeper with a single palm strike when he wasn't paying attention.

"How could you give him a highly poisonous pill? I don't want to... cough cough."

The girl, struggling with her weakened body, rolled over and jumped out of the window.

"Brother Su Mu is intelligent by nature, he must be able to detect the changes. I hope, I hope he hasn't taken that pill yet."

The girl's steps were weak, her bright eyes were veiled with tears, and she suppressed sobs as she searched for an opportunity to leave the heavily guarded Huo family.

Of course,

How could the Huo family compound, which holds the seventh position among the Nine Gates, be so simple as to allow people to enter and exit so easily?

"Since you are so stubborn, then I will take you to see him one last time. After this meeting, we can consider our karmic ties with him severed. Let's go."

Huo Jinxi, with her icy demeanor, reappeared and ordered someone to help Huo Xian'er, who was still recovering from her illness.

Huo Xian'er's pupils contracted, a scene that felt very familiar to her.

The last time Aunt Huo Jinxi softened her heart was when she was raising that little white dog and it was beheaded.

The servants of the Huo family discovered that Huo Xian'er was secretly raising a small white dog. They then reported it to her aunt, Huo Jinxi. Huo Jinxi outwardly spoke gently, saying that she would take Huo Xian'er and bring the dog into the Huo family to raise.

But when she arrived, Huo Xian'er only saw the dismembered little white dog.

Afterwards, Su Mu told her.

This is a common tactic used by the Huo family to accelerate the growth of the future head of the family. They say that human nature is complex and that weaknesses must be eliminated in order to gain power.

She couldn't understand these words for a long time.

But at this moment, she seemed to be starting to feel something.

The little dog that Huo Jinxi killed was a manifestation of her compassion as an ordinary girl.

Auntie isn't going to kill Su Mu, is she...?

Thinking of this, Huo Xian'er's eyes rolled back, her legs went weak, and she fainted. She was carried forward by two maids and women beside her.

Huo Jinxi frowned, her fists clenched: "I knew I shouldn't have let you contact that person! What's so great about that kid? He's made you like this! Humph."

Upon hearing this, the two women supporting Huo Xian'er exchanged a glance, recalling the even more cruel methods the previous patriarch had used on Huo Jinxi.

For generations, women have been in charge of the Huo family.

Throughout history, women have always held a low status in human society. How difficult it is for them to rise above being looked down upon by other men and become rulers of a power.

……

In front of the thatched house.

Huo Jinxi, who brought Huo Xian'er here, felt her irritation lessen slightly when she saw the handsome young man who was slowly growing up to resemble her father and mother.

"Master, he..."

The old woman supporting Huo Xian'er looked at the young man who was alone, braving the cold wind to repair his dilapidated thatched hut, and couldn't help but speak up.

The youngest son of the Su family was born with tuberculosis and was a useless person.

But without Su's father, the Huo family would not be where it is today.

The distance between them is too great.

They haven't visited the youngest son of the Su family for a long time.

Huo Jinxi felt that she had a clear conscience towards the Su family, and that it was only natural.

But when the other person's tragic situation is vividly reflected in front of you, even the most ruthless heart will find it hard to bring themselves to do it.

"Let's teach him a lesson, let him know the difference between superiors and inferiors, and completely extinguish his idea of ​​marrying into my Huo family. Sigh, if he were a decent person, he might still have a chance..."

After saying that, Huo Jinxi turned and left, holding the unconscious Huo Xian'er with her head bowed.

After Huo Jinxi and the other person left.

The old woman, unsure how harsh her words or how strong her blows, were meant to dissuade the pitiful young man from marrying into the Huo family, slowly pulled out her long whip and walked forward.

"It's all because you're sickly, sigh."

After recovering, Su Mu heard the voice of an unfamiliar old woman while he was repairing his ancestral home.

Snapped!

Before the person even arrived, the sound of whips lashing through the air could already be heard.

Su Mu, holding the straw, was slightly taken aback: "Coming for me?"

"No, I haven't left my house in seventeen years. Who have I offended?"

"..."

Su Mu turned around and saw clearly the person coming down in the bright moonlight.

Su Mu has never learned any martial arts in either his past or present life.

But he seems to have changed a bit now.

In his line of sight, the whip that was about to strike his cheek moved extremely slowly through the air.

So slowly that he casually grabbed it and pulled it into his hand.

He instinctively pulled, and the old woman on the other end of the whip was immediately pulled down and rolled to the ground, falling flat on her face.

"How is that possible!"

Another Huo family servant, pale-faced, stopped in her tracks in fear as she looked at Su Mu, who radiated a shimmering, precious light under the moonlight.

"Could we be seeing his ghost after he died!?"

"Something's not right. It's not a ghost, it's a living person. This kid has recovered!"

"..."