Tomb Raiders: She Comes from the Ancient Martial Arts World

Noticing Ling Yue's words, Wu Xie's eyes flickered, but he quickly concealed it and turned to Boss Ma and Su Nan, saying, "Our convoy has indeed been circling around here for a long time. Logically, we should have been out in half an hour, but we've been circling around for more than two hours and we're still here."

Upon hearing this, Mr. Ma, skeptical, walked to the side to look at the poplar trees by the roadside. "It's just a few trees, what could be wrong with them?"

Lulu, the mistress who was standing next to Boss Ma, first looked Ling Yue up and down. When she looked at his face, her hostility was almost overflowing, as if she was afraid that Ling Yue would steal her old Ma with his looks.

Hearing what Boss Ma said, Lulu chimed in, "Yeah, all that talk about the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams is just a bunch of nonsense. It's just a few trees. With so many of us, it wouldn't take much effort to cut them all down."

Wu Xie smiled but didn't say anything, just looked at Su Nan.

Su Nan ignored Lulu and Boss Ma's words, turned around to look at the surrounding woods, and then looked at Ling Yue with a burning gaze, saying, "Miss Ling said that this place contains the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams, why do you have such an idea?"

Ling Yue frowned, feeling a weariness of not wanting to waste words but having no choice but to.

She squatted down, picked up a twig, and drew the approximate shape of the forest on the sand: "Before you stopped, I had already heard your convoy eight times. This is the ninth time. So, Teacher Guan said that we can pass through the forest in half an hour. Therefore, you will be circling around this area for the next two hours."

She circled an inner circle on the map and then drew a diagonal line around it as a marker: "The direction we came in from is exactly opposite. When the crew's car came in, this is what I saw of the outer edge of the woods. I wonder if you could roughly describe what the outer woods looked like when you came in."

Wu Xie looked down, then squatted down, picked up a twig, and drew a diagonal line on the other side of the perimeter: "We came in this way."

After he finished speaking, he looked up at Ling Yue: "You said you had heard our convoy pass by several times before, so what were you doing then? Why didn't you come out like you did this time?"

Ling Yue looked up, giving him a look that seemed meaningless yet somehow sufficient to answer a certain question, before answering only the first one: "After walking for about half an hour, I realized I seemed to be going in circles. After trying a different direction and ending up back where I started, I was certain there was something wrong with this poplar forest. After marking it, I continued walking in a straight line in the direction I had initially taken..."

In fact, she made other attempts along the way, such as climbing trees and walking in a straight line from above.

She hadn't changed direction at all, and could vaguely see the edge of the woods when she looked into the distance. But no matter what she did, she couldn't reach the distant horizon.

Thus, Ling Yue realized that acting rashly would not get him out.

Realizing that Wu Xie and the others didn't look like ordinary people, Ling Yue only rushed over from a distance when he heard the sound of the convoy approaching again.

Unfortunately, Mr. Ma didn't believe it and insisted that as long as the car was going fast enough, no forest could trap them.

After being helped back by Lulu, Boss Ma went straight back to the car and ordered the convoy to continue, ignoring Ling Ran's pretentious words.

Su Nan was employed by Boss Ma, so of course he did whatever the boss said.

Wu Xie gave Ling Yue a helpless look, then patted his behind and went back to the car.

Ling Yue stepped back a few paces and moved aside, not caring that everyone was leaving.

Because she firmly believed that these people would come back.

She found a broken tree nearby, put down her backpack, took out a bottle of water, and slowly drank it.

Despite being trapped, Ling Yue had been running around for more than two hours, and even with his internal energy, he still felt tired.

And so, after Mr. Ma and his entourage drove on, refusing to believe in bad luck, they saw Ling Yue sitting by the roadside a dozen minutes later.

Inside the car's walkie-talkie.

With a sense of anticipation, Wu Xie, ever the opportunist, picked up the walkie-talkie and said, "Mr. Ma, we're back again."

Mr. Ma took a deep breath in anger and stubbornly shouted, "Keep going! Speed ​​it up!"

Another ten minutes passed.

Ling Yue, who hadn't changed his posture while sitting by the roadside, reappeared in everyone's sight.

Boss Ma even started talking nonsense: "Guan Gen, what's wrong with you leading the way? Are you sure the problem is with the forest, not this ridiculously beautiful person?"

Su Nan, who was in the same car as him, turned around and glanced at him, a hint of displeasure in her eyes: "Boss, I've already spoken with the crew, and this Ling Yue is indeed just an ordinary person."

Just because someone is good-looking, you say there's something wrong with them? That old man really has something wrong with his head!

Wu Xie, who was in the lead car, couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Mr. Ma, feeling embarrassed, still didn't say anything and told the convoy to stop.

With the big boss in this state, whoever pays the money is the boss. What else can we do? Just keep dragging things out and driving forward!

Ling Yue watched the convoy circle around and around, and finally couldn't help but doubt his choice, wondering if there was a problem with it.

After all, this group of people doesn't seem very smart.

Mr. Ma timed it perfectly. Twenty minutes passed, and he still couldn't see the woman outside the car window. He exclaimed excitedly, "We're out! We're out! This time we didn't go in circles!"

Su Nan, who was driving, glanced at the rearview mirror speechlessly and reminded him, "Boss, the tree that was blocking the road was still there three minutes ago."

She was genuinely beginning to doubt whether the organization's decision to have her follow such a person and use this opportunity to get closer to Wu Xie was too hasty.

Mr. Ma choked, gritted his teeth, and remained silent.

Fortunately, this time Mr. Ma knew to turn off the walkie-talkie's automatic switch beforehand, preventing the others in the convoy from hearing his remarks.

On the lead vehicle, Li Cu, who had been keeping a close eye on Ling Yue, immediately noticed that Ling Yue was missing. He quickly reminded Wu Xie, "Guan Gen, that sister is gone! Do you think she found her way and left?"

Wu Xie glanced out the window and continued driving: "Maybe."

But in his mind, he was recalling the drawing Ling Yue had made on the ground earlier.

In fact, he had already confirmed at that time that what Ling Yue said was true; there really was a trap here. Unless they found the correct exit, no matter how long they ran, they would only be going in circles inside.

However, it wasn't the right time for him to make a move yet. He was just wondering if Ling Yue would run into the blind man following behind him as he left.

Ling Yue previously said that she was not good at the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams, which implied that she had other areas of expertise. So what exactly is she good at?

Would an ordinary person think of the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams first when encountering a maze-like situation?

Wu Xie drove with one hand on the car window and the other on the window, asking Li Cu, "What kind of person do you think Ling Yue is?"

His original intention was to train Li Cu's observation skills, but who knew that this kid's thought process was different from others.

Suddenly, he exploded, "Well, Wuxie! I knew you had ulterior motives! Tell me! Are you after her because she's pretty and single, so you're plotting something? Let me tell you, Wuxie, what you're doing is illegal..."

Before he could finish speaking, he received another hard kiss on the back of the head.

Li Cu was manually muted.

Wu Xie had to offer some more hints: "If you were alone in the middle of nowhere and couldn't find your way out, what would be your first thought?"

Li Cu pouted, not wanting to talk to him.

But after Wu Xie cast a threatening glance at him, Li Cu could only think about it for a moment and say, "A ghost wall?"

Wu Xie gave him an approving look: "Yes, the most common understanding of this situation among ordinary people is that it's like being trapped in a ghost wall, but do you remember what Ling Yue just said?"

Li Cu recalled for a moment, then asked uncertainly, "The Five Elements and the Eight Trigrams?"

Wu Xie snapped his fingers: "Not bad, so do you still think she's an ordinary person?"

Li Cu thought this argument made sense, but it also seemed a bit off. She retorted somewhat uncertainly, "It's not necessarily true. What if they often watch TV dramas or read novels? The internet is so developed now, and everyone has different hobbies. For example, my good friend Su Wan's father was interested in Buddhism for a while and was always playing with a sandalwood bracelet."

Wu Xie chuckled and said no more.

But the more he acted this way, the more suspicious Li Cu became, secretly wondering if what Wu Xie said was true.