Tomb raiding: following the plot while tearing up the script

"Heavens, naive, this woman is dead, she's dead." Fatty Wang hadn't even gotten close when he saw the woman covered in arrows, standing there stiffly. He figured she was pretty much dead. Strange, why is there no blood?

“She’s not dead, she’s perfectly fine. This arrowhead has a lotus tip, it won’t kill her.” Wu Xie reached out and pulled an arrow from A Ning’s body to examine it.

These lotus-shaped arrowheads are exquisitely crafted. They explode the moment the arrowhead touches a hard object, and the small hooks hidden inside extend and grip the flesh of the person struck by the arrow.

It looks scary but doesn't hurt anyone.

This kind of craftsmanship, with its intricate mechanisms, must have been considered a relatively advanced skill in ancient times, and the cost must have been quite high.

Wu Xie clicked his tongue in amazement as he looked at the arrows that were shot everywhere in the passageway. Just who was the owner of this tomb? Was he so rich that he could spend huge amounts of real gold and silver to scare tomb raiders?

They really know how to have fun.

"You little bitch, I treated you as a comrade-in-arms, and you actually used your comrade as a shield?" When Fatty Wang heard that A Ning was not dead, the anger that had been suppressed by thinking that death would settle the debt suddenly flared up again.

Just moments ago, they were all squatting together, eating zongzi and playing around. He was already treating this little girl like one of his own.

Didn't we just talk about how Tianzhen and Xiaolizi risked their lives to rescue her from the ghost ship during yesterday's meeting?

Turning around, she saw Xiao Lizi pulling Tianzhen to shield her from the trap. If Xiao Lizi hadn't reacted quickly, Tianzhen would be the one covered in thorns now.

The vines that had been wrapped around Aning's legs spread upwards until they were firmly bound, at which point Su Li snapped her fingers to release the immobilization spell.

The arrows fell from her body, and A Ning collapsed to the ground.

Aning didn't react to Wang Pangzi's insults. In her eyes, completing the mission was the most important thing, and teammates were something that could be abandoned.

His resentful gaze shifted from Wuxie to Su Li, and he gave a weak, forced smile. "I underestimated you."

When they first met, he was following Hei Xiazi, looking delicate and obedient, so she didn't take such a minor character seriously.

She was almost unconscious throughout the ghost ship incident, and even after hearing her subordinates' account, she thought they were exaggerating and didn't take it seriously.

Unexpectedly, she actually fell for him.

Su Li was unmoved by her resentful gaze; the malice on the battlefield of the realm was far more lethal than her petty glare.

"Miss Aning, do you need any help?" Su Li suddenly asked with a smile, making a completely irrelevant remark that stunned the people around her.

Ah Ning was already prepared to give up her life here, but when she suddenly heard this sentence, it sounded very familiar.

A possibility occurred to him, and his eyes lit up slightly.

Wang Pangzi and Wu Xie stared wide-eyed at Su Li. What does Ah Li/Little Lizi mean by this?

“One hundred thousand,” A Ning’s dry voice rang out.

Fatty Wang: ? ? ? ?

Wu Xie: Wow!!!

Zhang the Bald: Very good, another capital offense has been added to Black Bear's list.

Su Li shook her head.

Ah Ning closed her eyes; this little thing was even more greedy than that black bear.

But it's good that she's alive; she can't die yet.

"Two hundred thousand."

Su Li looked at Wu Xie.

Wu Xie was puzzled. "What?"

"Compensation? Is this amount acceptable?" Su Li asked.

"Give me?"

"Yeah, she's trying to scam you, so of course it's going to be given to you."

"Gulp... Actually, Fatty doesn't mind being tricked like this."

Aning:......

Wu Xie thought about it and nodded. Anyway, he couldn't bring himself to kill anyone, so getting some compensation wouldn't be bad.

Su Li nodded. "Alright then, Little Innocent's compensation is 200,000, and my mediation fee is 300,000."

What? ? ?

The hostage stared wide-eyed in disbelief.

The kidnapper smiled and said, "Yes, you heard right, 100,000 plus 200,000."

Taking a deep breath, Ah Ning nodded. Although she had lost almost half of her assets, she still had to spend what she needed to spend, and she could earn more money. Her younger brother was still waiting for her to come back.

Su Li clapped her hands and withdrew the vines binding A Ning. "Go do whatever you want. We're going our separate ways now. Remember to pay the ransom when you get out."

Wu Xie: He just said ransom, right? Right?!

Fatty Wang: I think so.

Freed from her restraints, Ah Ning got up from the ground, gave Su Li a deep look, turned around and went back to the entrance of the passageway, walking towards the jade gate in the middle.

"Just let her go like that? That little wench was clearly doing it on purpose, she wanted to kill us!!!" Fatty Wang originally thought Su Li was just sparing her life, but he didn't expect her to just let her go like that?

"Don't worry, we'll see each other again soon," Zhang the Bald suddenly said.

Wu Xie and Fatty Wang were both taken aback.

Why does this bald guy's voice sound so different, and yet it sounds so familiar?

They saw Zhang the Bald, who had just been timid and hesitant, suddenly straighten his slightly bent back, and a crisp cracking sound rang out. Zhang the Bald, who looked to be only about 1.7 meters tall, suddenly grew several centimeters taller out of thin air.

Immediately afterwards, he moved his hands again, and with the same force, he pulled, and the crisp sound of joints moving made one's teeth ache again, and his hand, which was disproportionate to his height, grew a section longer.

Shrinking, bone-shrinking technique? ???

Wu Xie and Fatty Wang were so shocked their jaws almost dropped.

Isn't this the bone-shrinking technique that Grandpa mentioned in his notes?

Legend has it that it was one of the most famous basic skills in the ancient tomb raiding world. It was used to pass through narrow gaps and was an essential skill for tomb raiders in ancient times.

The skill that had always been considered a legend suddenly appeared before his eyes, refreshing Wu Xie's worldview that had always been shattered.

That wasn't all. He stretched his body slightly, and then, to their astonishment, the bald man who had just performed a forced growth stunt in front of them grabbed one side of his face and forcefully tore it off...

Wu Xie's lips twitched, and he subconsciously touched his tender face, feeling a phantom pain.

However, he was clearly overthinking it. Zhang the Bald wasn't crazy enough to tear off his own face; he was just skillfully ripping off a human skin mask.

At this moment, the disguised Zhang the Bald revealed his true face.

Wu Xie & Wang Pangzi: Big, big, make a living person appear? ???

A sleazy, bald guy Zhang gets a complete makeover into a handsome, aloof, and taciturn guy?

Shocking! The aloof male god is actually a lewd professor in private?

Hei Xiazi: This shocking style is so familiar. We're kindred spirits, you two.

This guy, Zhang Qiling, is such a good actor! His acting skills deserve an Oscar!

Wang Pangzi and Wu Xie can say with absolute certainty that they really, really didn't notice anything at all.

Zhang Qiling used this bone-shrinking technique for several days at a time, which actually put a lot of strain on his body. He nodded to them and skillfully took out a pill made by his second senior sister and put it in his mouth.

Su Li was satisfied. Brother Zhang's habits were much better now. He would never take his health for granted again.

Fatty Wang turned to look at Su Li. "Little Li, did you already know?"

Obviously, yes.

"Hey guys, you're really not being fair. Aren't you just messing with us?"

Wu Xie looked at him with a hurt expression. No wonder he wondered why Ali looked at Zhang Tuzi so strangely, not even angry that he was taken advantage of.