Tomb raiders: You stole my little Qilin?

Wu Wei took the stone and walked to Wu Xie's side, squatted down, and pointed the cut side of the stone at Wu Xie's eyes.

Wu Xie's gaze remained unfocused, and his pupils did not react to the foreign object in front of him.

Wu Wei tried placing the stone on his forehead and then on his palm, trying several different positions.

Wu Xie remained seated in place, expressionless, without reacting in the slightest.

Wu Wei clutched the stone in his hand and mentally called out 999:

Does this stone also possess abnormal energy?

"Yes."

"Then why haven't I absorbed it after touching it for so long?" Wu Wei asked.

He had been in contact with the stone for a while, and based on past experience, its energy should have been completely absorbed long ago.

999 retrieved data and explained: "This stone is a meteorite, and it is linked to an extremely large energy body, essentially acting as an energy shield."

"Before absorbing that main energy source, it's impossible to absorb the abnormal energy within this meteorite on its own."

Wu Wei looked down at the cross-section that looked like jade, where his face was vaguely reflected.

He suddenly remembered the king's mirror in the legend of Yize, the mirror that could make everyone who looked into it pledging their utmost loyalty to the king.

Hei Xiazi once said that it might not be a mirror, but an object with some kind of hallucinogenic power.

According to legend, the king was punished by the gods for breaking the mirror and was turned into stone.

If the meteorite in his hand is that "mirror", then if he breaks it, will Wu Xie be able to wake up?

Wu Wei stood up, glanced around, and picked out a large rock with a smooth surface and hard texture.

He raised the meteorite in his hand and slammed it down hard onto the rock.

"don't want!"

Lao Yang instantly tensed up and wanted to come over and stop him.

But his numb body wouldn't obey him at all. He could only use his elbows to support himself on the ground and crawl forward, his voice filled with urgency and fear.

"Don't smash it—don't smash it!"

Wu Wei ignored him.

The meteorite struck the rock with a crisp sound. He picked it up and examined it; it was completely unharmed, without even a scratch.

He struck it several more times, each time with all his might, but the meteorite remained intact no matter how hard he hit it.

Wu Wei frowned as he put the meteorite aside and bent down to pick up a piece of rock larger than his palm.

Place the meteorite between two rocks, then lift the fragments and smash them down hard.

With a muffled "bang," the fragment shattered into several pieces upon impact, and my palm ached from the impact.

The half-stone on the rock remained completely unharmed.

Seeing this, Lao Yang stopped crawling, and his tense body slowly relaxed.

Wu Wei turned his head and stared at Lao Yang, his eyes unconsciously narrowing as his thoughts wandered.

Lao Yang tensed up again, his hair standing on end, and tentatively called out:

"Brother Wu Wei..."

"Whoosh!"

A piece of gravel hit Lao Yang on the shoulder, causing him to lean back and gasp in pain.

"Climb the social ladder?" Wu Wei's voice was cold as he bent down to pick up another piece of gravel and weighed it in his hand.

Lao Yang, clutching his aching shoulder, stammered as he corrected himself:

"Wu... Wu Wei... please give me back my things. I promise I'll untie Wu Xie when we get there... he's my friend, I won't—"

"Shut up." Another stone flew past.

Lao Yang groaned, swallowing back the rest of his words along with the pain, and dared not speak again.

"You're not qualified to call yourself a friend."

Wu Wei looked down at Lao Yang, who was sprawled on the ground.

"Do you want to continue controlling me after getting the stuff? Let me tell you, you'd better obediently lead the way to break free from Wu Xie's control, or you know there are plenty of ways in the world to make someone wish they were dead."

After saying that, ignoring Lao Yang's expression, he put the meteorite into his pocket and picked up Lao Yang's backpack.

There was some water and food inside, and Wu Wei picked out the useful items.

Then, carrying her backpack, she walked over to Wu Xie and sat down next to him.

Are you hungry?

Wu Xie's eyes remained blankly fixed on the distance ahead.

Wu Wei pulled a box of chocolates out of his backpack. He would always bring Wu Xie a box of special chocolates whenever he went out.

Peel off the gold foil and stuff the chocolate into Wu Xie's mouth.

Wu Xie instinctively took it in his mouth, chewed it, and swallowed it.

He took out some compressed biscuits from Lao Yang's backpack, tore open a bag, and stuffed it into Wu Xie's hand.

"Eat it," Wu said softly.

Wu Xie remained expressionless, but he raised his hand, brought the cookie to his mouth, and took bites one by one.

Wu Wei sat next to him and also ate a compressed biscuit.

He has been traveling non-stop until now, and his physical strength is already close to the limit.

The compressed biscuits were dry and hard, and they scraped his throat painfully when he swallowed them. Wu Wei gulped down several mouthfuls of cold water.

Then he held the water bottle to Wu Xie's lips, tilted the bottle, and fed him little by little.

"Drink slowly, don't choke."

Wu Xie obediently drank a few mouthfuls, and a little water spilled from the corner of his mouth, which Wu Wei wiped clean for him.

This scene struck Lao Yang as something strange that he couldn't quite explain.

The gentle older brother in front of him seemed to be a completely different person from the one who had just held a sword to his neck.

Lao Yang lowered his head, not daring to make a sound or move.

The numbness in my body hadn't completely subsided, so I could only sit slumped on the spot.

Watching Wu Wei feed him food and water, he dared not speak out in anger.

The sky gradually darkened.

The valley was already dimly lit, and now only a faint sliver of twilight shone through the narrow crevice in the rock above.

Wu Wei surveyed the surroundings and decided to find a place to rest on the spot.

Firstly, he was exhausted, and secondly, Lao Yang was now paralyzed and unable to lead the way.

They found a flat corner with Wu Xie and pulled up some dry grass to put underneath.

He then pulled out a windbreaker from his bag and draped it over Wu Xie's shoulders.

"Go to sleep."

Wu Wei put the hood of the windbreaker on Wu Xie, brushed the stray hairs from his forehead, and put the backpack on the ground to use as a pillow for him.

Wu Xie mechanically closed his eyes.

Wu Wei took out a coat and put it on, then sat down against the rock.

I took out my phone and waved it around, trying to get it to receive a signal.

He secretly thought that the huge energy body that 999 mentioned was very likely the Bronze Tree.

According to the legend of the Broken Tree, its abilities are different from those in the original world.

All that is known so far is that it possesses the ability to control hallucinations; nothing else is known.

But he had to go and see. The meteorite couldn't break it now, and if the main energy entity wasn't dealt with, Wu Xie might never be able to recover.

It was late at night, and the valley was much cooler than the city.

The numbness in Lao Yang's body gradually subsided, and he found a large rock to lean against.

A faint breeze swept by, and I shivered.

His backpack was next to Wu Wei, and the stone was also on Wu Wei.

But Wu Wei's ruthlessness today frightened him. He dared not gamble on whether Wu Wei was really asleep, nor did he dare gamble on the consequences of being caught stealing.

He rubbed his cold arms, glanced at Wu Wei with fearful eyes, and leaned against a rock to fall asleep.