Tomb Raiders: She Comes from the Ancient Martial Arts World

Just as Wu Xie had feared, when Ling Yue left alone again to find a way out, he discovered traces of another person nearby.

She tried to find the other person, but the other person was very good at hiding and clearly did not want to appear in front of people.

Ling Yue wasn't a bored person. Based on the additional map of the outer perimeter provided by Wu Xie, she managed to find a few general directions and began to try them one by one.

This method is undoubtedly clumsy.

But what could she do? She hadn't studied the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams back then. She had only overheard bits and pieces of conversations between the prince and one of his disciples who were skilled in these arts, which she had occasionally heard while hiding on the roof beam.

After repeatedly going in circles and returning to the starting point, Ling Yue finally found a way out as darkness fell, thanks to his unwavering perseverance, and successfully left the poplar forest.

However, precisely because of this, she lost her initial direction and dared not wander off for a while.

Just as it was getting dark, she found a tall enough tree at the edge of the poplar forest and climbed to the top by stepping on the rough bark.

Braving the increasingly biting wind of the night, I hung my backpack on a nearby tree branch, hugged my bamboo cane, closed my eyes to rest, and waited for dawn.

She now has two ideas. This poplar forest should only have one exit. When the convoy comes out, she can ask Guan Gen again to find the direction to the nearby village.

If they hadn't come out by daybreak, she would choose a general direction and continue on her way. She possessed sufficient internal strength to survive for days without food or water in the desert.

After traveling for several days without sleep, we shouldn't be unable to leave this desert.

In fact, she could have gone back to find the convoy before they left, led them the way, done them a favor, and made it easier for them to ask for directions.

Having witnessed the actions of the crew and Boss Ma, Ling Yue suspected that there was a significant gap between his thinking and that of people in this world.

What she considers reasonable, they may not.

For her, avoiding trouble is the best option.

Not far away, Black Bear watched from a corner as Ling Yue once again swiftly climbed the tree, his eyes behind his sunglasses gleaming with an unusual light.

After observing the scene for a while to confirm that the other party was going to rest there that night, Hei Xiazi turned around and went back to the side where the convoy had been circling.

The next morning, as Ling Yue hesitated about whether to choose a direction himself or wait a little longer, after wandering around the poplar forest for a day and a night, Boss Ma, whose stubbornness had finally been worn down by the wandering, finally admitted that this time, the ghost wall could not be broken by stepping on the gas.

Everyone stopped the car and began to discuss solutions.

Thanks to Ling Yue's reminder, Wu Xie acted for a while and naturally discovered the corpse in the poplar tree. Based on the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams, he deduced the correct exit.

During this time, Li Cu, who went to relieve himself, found a rope in the woods. Wu Xie said that someone had gotten lost.

Li Cu's first thought was Ling Yue, and she hurriedly asked if they should follow the rope to find Ling Yue. However, Su Nan said it was better to avoid trouble, and Wu Xie was unmoved by the suggestion.

This made Li Cu realize once again the cold-heartedness of this group of people, and he became increasingly worried about his life.

Once the convoy had successfully driven out of the poplar forest, Wu Xie glanced back at the trees that were gradually being left behind in the rearview mirror, wondering whether Ling Yue had actually left.

Every time Wu Xie sees Ling Yue, he can't help but think of the little brother who is still inside the Bronze Gate.

The two of them look completely different; one is a cold and aloof deity, while the other is a proud and solitary red rose.

But every time I see her, I sense that aloofness and indifference that makes her seem out of place in the world, that unwavering determination that once she's chosen a direction, she'll never turn back...

Even though he is aloof and indifferent, he responds to everyone who has a kind heart.

Wu Xie pursed her lips, her heart growing increasingly heavy.

He misses his brother.

Just as Wu Xie suppressed the longing that was involuntarily rising again, the convoy encountered a sandstorm.

As the convoy ventured deeper into the sandstorm area, the swirling yellow sand obscured their vision, and the howling wind created a muffled hum inside the vehicles.

Wu Xie picked up the walkie-talkie, about to tell the car behind to speed up and get through the area, but stopped when he saw the figure ahead walking alone against the rolling sandstorm.

Li Cu also noticed the person in front of her, squinted and looked again, then exclaimed in surprise: "Hey? Isn't that the same woman from before? Why did she walk ahead alone? And..."

At this point, Li Cu suddenly fell silent, as if he had thought of something, and his eyes widened even more.

Wu Xie gradually reduced the car's speed, glancing at him briefly, "And what?"

Li Cu swallowed hard and said uncertainly, "And, she seems to still have such good stamina?"

Whether it was due to being misled by Wu Xie's previous words or not, Li Cu couldn't help but overthink things as he looked at the figure moving at a decent speed through the sandstorm.

For example, can an ordinary person maintain such abundant physical strength after hiking in the desert for so long, from yesterday to now, almost a dozen hours?

Thinking back further, after wandering alone in the poplar forest for more than two hours, the other person, a woman, showed no panic when she reappeared in front of them, and her physical strength was not much different from when she left.

It's not that Li Cu looks down on girls, but rather that, based on normal human physical abilities, their strength is simply not normal.

Not to mention the sandstorm of this magnitude, you can clearly feel the car being pushed by the crosswinds even while inside the vehicle.

But the other person was alone outside and was still unaffected, moving as fast as if walking on flat ground.

He naturally didn't know that the current speed was because Ling Yue deliberately slowed down after hearing the car.

Even before the sandstorm arrived, Ling Yue had already used his light-footed skills to speed away from it without touching the ground.

As Li Cu pondered this, he heard Wu Xie chuckle and say quietly, "Yeah, I didn't see her looking like she was overexerted."

Wu Xie had only met two people like this: one was Black Glasses, and the other was Little Brother.

If these two were to encounter a sandstorm of this magnitude while hiking, they would absolutely not dare to continue their journey against the wind and sand.

This reminded him of the sandstorm he encountered during his trip to the Queen Mother of the West's palace. Back then, he always knew in his heart that no matter what, Xiao Ge would find him...

Because the lead car slowed down, the other cars in the convoy, though puzzled, also gradually reduced their speed.

When Wu Xie's car arrived next to Ling Yue, Ling Yue moved aside, but instead of driving straight past, the car stopped next to her again.

The car window rolled down, and Wu Xie, braving the sand and wind whipping against his face, squinted and yelled at Ling Yue, "Why did you come here? This way leads to the deeper, no-man's-land! You've gone the wrong way!"

Upon hearing this, Ling Yue raised his hand to adjust the scarf covering his face, leaned closer to the car, and said to Wu Xie, "I waited at the exit for a long time, but I didn't see you come out, so I chose this direction."

Who knew her luck would suddenly turn so bad, and she chose the worst possible option.

She used to be quite lucky.

The wind and sand were raging outside, and my mouth was filled with sand as soon as I opened it.

Upon their reunion, Wu Xie could no longer treat it as a coincidence. Intending to test the other party, he took the initiative to invite, "The sandstorm outside is getting stronger and stronger. Why don't you get in the car first, and we'll talk outside the sandstorm area!"

Ling Yue glanced at the sandstorm area that was following behind the convoy and looked even more ferocious, thinking that walking back now would indeed be quite difficult.

Moreover, this experience taught her that one cannot rely solely on luck without any preparation.

Once you get on the bus, find an opportunity to ask this person for a detailed map. If you find the right direction, you might be able to leave this place faster.

Now is not the time to speak.

Having figured this out, Ling Yue didn't refuse the other party's kindness. He nodded, opened the back door, squeezed in, closed the door, pulled down his scarf, and then thanked Wu Xie.

Li Cu was currently itching with curiosity about Ling Yue's "true identity," so when she saw her come up, she quickly turned around and struck up a conversation with her: "Hello, sister, my name is Li Cu! Li as in dawn, Cu as in clusters."

Although Ling Yue didn't talk much, he still showed basic politeness to the person who had helped him, so he nodded to the boy and said, "Hello, my name is Ling Yue. It means 'to traverse ten thousand miles with a sharp and swift gait, and to meander through a thousand cities.'"

Li Cu, a student who scored only 150 on the college entrance exam, was dumbfounded and said he didn't quite understand what was being said.

Wu Xie immediately understood which two characters were in Ling Yue's name. Seeing that Li Cu looked dumbfounded and clearly didn't understand, he smiled and translated: "Ling means leaping into the air, and Yue means getting better and better."