Chapter 73: Archaeologists in the Tomb World
It's normal for Xia Yu to travel through time. After all, who hasn't traveled through time these days? It's just a matter of time, no big deal.
Moreover, he traveled through time while sleeping. Compared with being hit by a car, electrocuted, struck by lightning, stabbed to death, drowned, crushed to death by a flash flood, yes or no... etc., this can be said to be the easiest way to travel through time.
He was lucky to be able to live again. As for which world he traveled to, he thought it was just a parallel world a few years ago, until he met...
"Hey, Xia Yu, what are you thinking about, leaning on the railing alone?"
A young girl wearing a blue-gray vest, khaki military pants and a ponytail came over, leaned on the railing with Xia Yu, and asked casually.
"Um……"
Xia Yu looked at the girl in front of him, smiled slightly, then turned his head to look at the endless sea. The blue sea was sparkling in the breeze and looked very calm.
"Nothing, I'm just a little worried about this journey. I always feel that we will encounter something that will subvert our worldview."
"Xia Yu, you don't have to follow me. This is my own decision..."
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Xia Yu interrupted the girl and put his arm around her. "We are dating. How can a boyfriend leave his girlfriend alone? Even if I can't help, I won't let you face this alone."
"Well, thank you."
The girl was somewhat moved and lay in Xia Yu's arms. After the two of them snuggled together for a while, a shout interrupted the moment.
"Hey, Xia Yu, can you lend me your little Laura for a moment? I need her help with something."
Before Xia Yu expressed his opinion, Laura had already left his arms shyly, muttering softly: "Ross is really something, why are you shouting so loudly."
Then Laura raised her head, stared at Xia Yu with her beautiful big brown eyes and said, “Sorry, Xia Yu, I have to go help Ross, let’s talk later.”
"Well, go ahead and do your work. I'll enjoy the sea breeze for a while."
After watching Laura's petite figure leave, Xia Yu leaned on the railing again, staring at the sea in a trance.
They are now on a ship named "Endurance", a well-equipped salvage ship, and Ross, who had taken Laura away before, is the old captain of this ship.
When she graduated from college, 21-year-old Laura was eager to go on an expedition. Because she was studying the history of Yamatai at the time, she used her family's assets to form an expedition team, hoping to find the disappeared Yamatai in the sea around Japan.
Xia Yu also joined the expedition team. As for why he joined, besides the fact that he was Laura's boyfriend, there was another reason.
That is his system. That’s right, he not only traveled through time, but also had the golden finger that was essential for travelers.
This system was successfully activated when he was admitted to university. It is called the Tomb Exploration System, and it is a system in which rewards are obtained by exploring various ancient tombs.
Although it is simple, it is still a golden finger after all.
The system panel is also very simple, recording Xia Yu's personal data.
[Host: Xia Yu]
【Occupation: Archaeologist】
【Essence：15】
[Qi: 17]
[God: 12]
[Main Quest: Explore the Ancient Tomb]
[Number: 114]
[Skill Mall]
[Skills: Medical Lv3, Cooking Lv4, Parkour Lv3, Eagle Eye Lv4, Feng Shui Lv1, Detection Lv3, Gun Mastery Lv2, Language Mastery Lv4 , Driving Mastery Lv3, Survival Instinct Lv3...]
It's a very simple system. As long as he explores the ancient tomb , he can get numerical values. The numerical values can be used to upgrade his spirit and various skills. He can also go directly to the skill mall and use the numerical values to purchase new skills.
Because of the existence of this system, Xia Yu chose archaeology as his major. It was also because of archaeology that he met Laura, the girl who could be called a moving disaster. It was impossible for him not to know her because he had played the Tomb Raider series.
He was very familiar with this girl who could collapse anything she walked on, destroyed countless ancient tombs, and had a superhuman physique. After all, she was also one of his gaming goddesses.
As for why Laura became his girlfriend, that’s a long story.
He met Laura at the Department of Archaeology at University College London. At that time, he had just been admitted to university. Coincidentally, the system was successfully activated at the same time he received the admission letter. After knowing the specific function of the system, he chose the archaeology major without hesitation.
After all, archaeology is the profession that is most likely to come into contact with ancient tombs, and he has not thought about becoming a tomb robber.
After entering the School of Archaeology, he met a very familiar person. Of course, he was very familiar with the other person, but the other person didn't know him at all.
Lara Croft, the protagonist of Tomb Raider, was one of the game characters he once controlled.
The moment he saw Laura, Xia Yu knew which world he had come to, the world of Tomb Raider 9, which was also the first part of the rebooted Tomb Raider trilogy.
The Lara in the trilogy, the Lara in the past Core era, and other versions of Lara can be said to live in completely different parallel worlds. Not only are their faces different, but their background stories are also completely different.
But the only thing that is the same is that Lara Croft can never get rid of the attraction of antiquities.
As the protagonist of Tomb Raider, Lara will definitely encounter countless ancient tombs in her future life, and then suffer unexpected disasters, turning the tombs into ruins.
Xia Yu, who possesses the ancient tomb exploration system, naturally would not miss this opportunity. As long as he could stay with Laura at all times, exploring ancient tombs would no longer be a problem in the future.
Moreover, Laura is the eleventh generation Countess of the Crawford family, a wealthy woman. It just so happens that her stomach is not very good and she cannot eat hard meals.
Therefore, since he knew Laura's background inside and out, he catered to her preferences and managed to win her over. The facial shape of the 9th generation Laura was a combination of Asian and European and American features, which was very much in line with his aesthetic.
Xia Yu, who knows the plot, also knows that Laura will graduate from college at the age of 21 and then choose to take a boat to find the lost Yamatai.
Afterwards, she will meet supernatural beings in Yamatai, and then enter the mysterious supernatural world and start her life of going through ups and downs wherever she goes.
Therefore, Xia Yu also came on this trip, not only to visit the ancient tombs around Yamatai, but also to enter the mysterious world with Laura.
During his college years, he went to several ancient tombs with his archaeology teacher and successfully obtained important data.
The original single-digit energy and spirit also became double-digit after upgrading. Although it is not too high, it has definitely surpassed ordinary people.
He also purchased some skills from the skill store. Although they would not be used in college, they would definitely be useful when exploring ancient tombs in the future.
Because she had her own goals, her college years passed quickly as she explored ancient tombs and studied, until now, when Laura was 21 years old.
At this age, Laura has just left school and is still a young girl with childishness. She is not yet the future female devil who will kill people and massacre the island without blinking an eye.
But even though Laura is very young now, she still longs for adventure, so she creates an exploration team and embarks on the first adventure of her life.
After everything was ready, the Endurance began its voyage.
