Tomb raiders: You stole my little Qilin?

The moon hung high in the sky, and everyone returned to their rooms, where they slept soundly through the night.

The next morning, before anyone was awake, Wu Wei knocked on Wu Sansheng's door.

"Third Uncle, there's something I want to talk to you about."

Wu Sansheng had just finished brushing his teeth and turned to let Wu Wei in.

"Are you... sure you want Da Kui to come down into the tomb with you?" Wu Wei asked bluntly.

He continued, "Third Uncle, I'm not interfering with your decision to use that subordinate, but Da Kui is too timid. If there's any danger, he might not be able to get out."

Wu Sansheng remained silent for a moment, then reached up and rubbed his temples.

"That kid told me he wanted to earn more money and was quite strong, so I brought him here. I didn't expect him to be such a coward."

"Da Kui isn't like Uncle Pan, who followed you all over the country to raid tombs." Wu Wei sighed.

"He probably didn't expect what happened yesterday. Why don't you ask him again? You should give him a chance to choose."

Wu Sansheng nodded in agreement, his tone teasing yet probing: "If you're so soft-hearted, you won't have a good time back in the Zhang family."

Wu Wei, being quite disrespectful, lightly punched Wu Sansheng's shoulder.

"What? You're not letting me go home? You're sending me to the Zhang family's?"

He pulled out his flip phone and said, "I'm going to call my dad and your second brother to complain."

"Alright, alright, alright, who wouldn't let you go home? Don't try to pin this on me."

Wu Sansheng pulled Wu Wei's hand, which was about to make a phone call, his tone conciliatory, and a relieved smile flashed in his eyes.

"Go and comb your messy hair, it's such a tangled mess."

After saying that, he pushed Wu Wei out the door.

Wu Wei didn't care. Anyone would be worried if their child, whom they had raised for decades, was found by their family. Wu Sansheng was just testing the waters.

Coincidentally, Da Kui was just doing this incidentally; he came to see Wu Sansheng to put his mind at ease.

As for his soft heart, Wu Wei couldn't help but laugh out loud; no one felt this better than the four Zhao brothers.

After everyone got up, they ate some breakfast casually, bought some dry food in the village, and then set off.

It is worth mentioning that Wu Sansheng had already tried to persuade Da Kui, but he still longed for the wealth and honor of tomb raiding and continued to follow the group.

Wu Wei was not surprised; good advice is hard to persuade a damned fool, and few people in the world can resist the temptation of money.

After an hour's drive through the mountains, we came across a gully that had been carved out by a mudslide.

The objects on the map have been washed away, making them somewhat difficult to identify.

Wu Sansheng fiddled with the map for a long time before finally determining the location.

After walking along the ravine for another two hours, we finally arrived at the place marked on the map with the fox's face.

It was already noon, so Panzi and Da Kui started a fire and boiled water on the spot, preparing to eat something to fill their stomachs.

Everyone was eating dry rations when Black Bear pulled out a lunchbox from somewhere.

Upon opening, it's green pepper and shredded pork fried rice!

As Wu Wei looked at it, he thought to himself, "It's just like the original story; he still loves to eat stir-fried rice with green peppers and shredded pork."

Seeing Wu Wei staring at his food, Hei Xiazi immediately put on a sales pitch.

"Oh, Wu Wei, you have a good eye! My food tastes amazing and is reasonably priced. Would you like a box?"

Wu Wei immediately shook his head.

Undeterred by the failure to sell, the black bear scooped out a large spoonful and put it in its mouth.

After finishing the two bags of dried meat, Wu Wei took out a few pieces of chocolate from his backpack and distributed them to everyone.

Black Bear happily accepted it, skillfully peeled it open, and took a bite.

"Mmm, delicious."

Zhang Qiling also took a bite, his brows furrowing slightly as he pressed down on the piece in Wu Wei's hand.

"bitter."

Wu Wei couldn't help but laugh, "It has a fragrance when you take a sip. This is to replenish your energy and is very high in calories."

Zhang Qiling moved his tongue as Wu Wei instructed, and after a few moments, his slightly furrowed brows relaxed, and he released Wu Wei's hand.

Wu Wei peeled off another piece and handed it to the person on his left. Wu Xie took it and put it in his mouth.

Wu Xie has always loved to eat, and every time Wu Wei travels abroad, Wu Xie always asks him to bring back local specialty chocolates.

Wu Sansheng watched as one of them naturally peeled the fruit and the other naturally ate it.

The lingering worry in my heart finally subsided.

Even though Wu Wei has Zhang family blood, he is still a member of the Wu family and the older brother who grew up with Wu Xie.

After eating, extinguish the fire completely.

Wu Sansheng pieced together a Luoyang shovel from several sections of steel pipe, and Da Kui used a hammer to smash it down.

After several attempts, the group managed to dig out the Luoyang shovel.

The soil clinging to the final severed head was a deep crimson, as if mixed with blood.

Wu Sansheng's expression was serious. "That's it."

Panzi picked up the shovel and got to work.

He had been digging tunnels with Wu Sansheng for decades and was quite professional.

Before long, they dug up a brick wall.

Da Kui pried it open with force, and bricks scattered all over the ground.

Wu Wei asked himself, "Little 9, aren't there traps on these brick walls in the story?"

Take a bite of 999 electronic potato chips, crunchy and delicious.

"Deviations may occur in the way the world operates; if they do not hinder the mission, no intervention is necessary."

Wu Wei continued, "What if I accidentally change the plot later?"

Question 999 pondered for a few seconds: "Host, this is a real world."

"The plot is like a prophecy; changes simply mean that the later prophecy deviates from reality. As long as you don't rely entirely on the plot, it won't have any impact."

Wu Wei was still a little worried. "But your mission is to collect abnormal energy, right? What if the plot changes and creates a butterfly effect, blowing away all the existing abnormal energy?"

999 remembered something.

My main system! I seem to have forgotten to explain the detailed functions of the system to Wu Wei.

It has completely abandoned electronic potato chips and is ready to shift the blame.

He lectured in a mature, electronic voice: "Little Wu, you still don't understand me enough."

Then she imitated a sighing tone, as if carrying the tolerance of an elder, "Just pretend I didn't explain it to you clearly."

"..."

Wu Wei was speechless. What do you mean by "just consider it"? Isn't it because you really didn't tell me?

999 has already started writing a long essay.

"There's a lot of abnormal energy in this world. Even if you had Zhang Changsheng's constitution, you wouldn't live long enough to collect it all."

"The energy you collect for me is like charging; once it's fully charged, I can start collecting energy automatically."

"So, even if the plot twists and turns, it's okay. As long as I find new abnormal energy, I can still recharge."

"At worst, you can cling to the coattails of the powerful Qi Ling and find more graves; that should fill my coffers."

These words completely opened up a new dimension to Wu Wei's understanding.

"999, honestly, are you just too lazy to tell me because explaining would require a lot of words?"

The system seemed a little guilty. After it became familiar with Wu Wei, Wu Wei always called it 99 or Little 9. This time, however, it called it by its system number directly.

"No, no, there's a chance you were too young to remember."

Wu Wei sneered, "I transmigrated here after I became an adult."

999:『……』

Wu Wei gritted his teeth: "You'd better give me a reasonable explanation."

999 is playing dead again.

It can't very well say that at first, it was because Wu Wei was still young that it was too lazy to say more, and then as time went on, it forgot about it.

Wu Wei: "Speak."

"..."

Wu Wei: "Fine, I forgive you."

999: Really?

Wu Wei: "Ha!"

999:『……』