Tomb raiding: following the plot while tearing up the script

After some light activity and physical adjustment, Zuli began to try to get up.

"Ding ding, dear host, System 001 is at your service."

Host? System? That sounds familiar. What is that? I feel like I've heard it somewhere before.

"Ding ding, daily check-in is now online and has been successfully completed. Congratulations, host, you have received 1 Soul Nourishing Pill and a message from your master: Little brat, hurry up and take your medicine."

The system, having just installed the check-in plugin on its clone, looked at the message it had personally typed and sighed wearily. It just wanted to rip off its electronic surveillance camera; this damned system… what a mess…

Master... I miss Master, what should I do?

'system? '

'The host is here.'

'Are you Master's friend? I think I've heard your voice before.'

'Ah...ha, ha, ha, yes, I am your master's friend, a very, very good friend.'

Little Ali, don't worry, the system will be with you, and your master will be watching over you too. Now, obediently take the Soul Nourishing Pill and go have a good chat with your friends.

Hearing that his master was watching him, the unease he felt in this unfamiliar environment instantly subsided.

Hei Xiazi saw the child who had listened to him sit there for a while, stretching his limbs. Just as he was about to get up, he sat back down, stared blankly for a while, and then suddenly pulled out a ball the size of a finger from somewhere and stuffed it into his mouth.

I don't understand, but I respect it.

After taking the Soul Nourishing Pill, Su Li felt that she had adapted well to her new body. She slowly stood up, came to the three people, squatted down, and carefully examined them.

Although he wasn't trained in medicine or alchemy, he could still perform simple examinations.

"It's the power from the contract that's repairing some of the hidden injuries in your bodies. You'll be fine soon," Su Li explained quietly after the examination.

After speaking, he raised his hand and took off the jade compass from his waist, tapped it a few times, and placed it among the group. The soft, pale green light emanating from the jade compass bathed them. "Minor Rejuvenation Array, primarily for vitality and recovery."

Then Su Li took out a few pills from somewhere, raised her hand and stuffed them into the mouths of the three people. The small pills melted instantly in their mouths and slid down their esophagus before they had a chance to spit them out.

"This is the Nourishing Essence Pill, a basic introductory pill that can strengthen the foundation and nourish the vital energy." After skillfully completing these steps, Su Li took out several futons from her personal space and carefully arranged them.

Then, one by one, he lifted his new companions onto the prayer mat and arranged them in the most standard five-heart-facing-up-the-sky pose.

"The kid is a really nice person."

How old are you? Where is our sect located? Is it open to outsiders?

Your medicine tastes pretty good. Do you have any more? How much? Could you give me some more?

Where did you just pull that out from? A space within a mustard seed or a hidden universe in your sleeve? Can Blackie learn that?

"Can our technique be passed on to outsiders? Look at my aptitude, am I qualified to learn your technique?"

Black Bear smacked his lips, which were still slightly bitter, licked his back teeth, and began to bombard the world with questions with excitement.

"Huh?" Su Li was a little stunned by the barrage of questions. In the system's words, it almost burned out the CPU that the child had painstakingly repaired. "What?"

Zhang Qiling looked at the child, who was completely bewildered by the question. His chubby little face was filled with confusion, and even his eyes were starting to glaze over. She couldn't bear it.

"Blind man, be quiet."

"Tsk, you're mute..."

"Shut up, or your final payment will be halved." Xie Yuchen's words were a decisive blow, a direct sanction.

Then everyone got a short period of quiet.

Su Li looked around, and relying on her years of experience and intuition, decisively pulled out a futon, sat down next to Xie Yuchen, hugged her knees... and began to space out...

"Cough..." Just as the ever-talkative Black Bear was about to open his mouth to continue teasing the child, he was met with a glare from Jie Yuchen. Thinking about his remaining payment, he obediently shut up.

Half an hour later, feeling better than ever before, the three of them got up from the futon and started moving around.

Seeing the three of them get up, Su Li also climbed up from her prayer mat, carefully put the mat away, then meticulously straightened her robes, hung the jade compass back on her waist, and obediently stood aside watching them.

Black Bear noticed the child's gaze frequently falling on him, and with a grin, he stepped forward, put his arm around the boy, and pinched the chubby little face he had been longing to see. "Little one, you haven't answered Black Bear yet, how old are you?"

Su Li was caught off guard when her cheek was suddenly grabbed and pinched. She tried to dodge but couldn't. Okay, she was used to it and gave up struggling. "Um... I'm twenty-nine years old, not... a child!"

"What? Twenty-nine? Kids can't lie. Look at yourself, so small and chubby-faced. You're obviously a minor." Black Bear teased with a laugh, pressing down on Su Li, who was barely up to his shoulder.

Xie Yuchen also looked at Su Li in surprise. This child was actually older than him?

Upon hearing this, Su Li stiffened. It turned out that the feeling that something was wrong wasn't just his imagination. He had been wondering why his vision felt off.

Since he woke up, the three of them had been sitting, and he hadn't noticed anything wrong. So, the new body his master gave him was... a young body?

"Uh... my previous body... exploded, this is a new one." Having lost her long legs, Su Li was like a salted fish that had lost its dreams, her eyes almost devoid of light.

"Hiss, it exploded?? Its body exploded?" What kind of hellish joke is this? Even the usually unreliable Black Bear was momentarily speechless.

Seeing Su Li's serious and earnest expression, which didn't seem like a joke, he chuckled awkwardly. "The blind man is wrong. Kid, you're not a minor, you're not even a month old."

Receiving Su Li's accusing look, Hei Xiazi chuckled and reached out to ruffle Su Li's neatly tied hair bun, displaying his mischievousness.

Suddenly, Zhang Qiling slapped the back of Hei Xiazi's hand, reached out and rescued the ravaged little guy, placing him next to Xie Yuchen.

"Don't bully him."

During the process of repairing their bodies, all three of them vaguely received some mysterious information from this so-called contract.

What they saw was almost certainly true, the people in front of them were trustworthy, and they had indeed benefited from the contract.

As someone who has protected the ultimate being multiple times, even though Zhang Qiling has lost most of his memories, the voice he heard and the aura he sensed the moment the contract was formed were unmistakable—it was… Him…

Therefore, the children are our own people, and we cannot let that unreliable guy, Hei Xiazi, bully them.

"Don't talk nonsense, you mute. How did the blind man bully him? We're just exchanging feelings, okay? The kid doesn't seem like an outgoing person, so of course we have to take the initiative."

Black Bear grinned and approached again. "Little Ali, you were peeking at me just now, weren't you? How was it? Weren't you amazed by Black Bear's handsome looks?" He then flipped his hair in a very smug way and smiled triumphantly.

If it weren't for years of upbringing, Xie Yuchen would have really wanted to roll his eyes at this narcissistic guy. This guy is really redefining his understanding of the word 'shameless' every day.

"Huh? No, you're not as pretty as Huahua," Su Li answered honestly. "I was just curious if you were tired carrying her?"