Tomb raiding: Today is another day I don't want to go home.

Chapter 29 Being naked is the norm

Zhang Qiling reached out to support Yan Huai, but unexpectedly his fingertips recoiled from the heat of Yan Huai's sudden burning body.

Zhang Qiling turned her gaze and met Yan Huai's eyes, which faintly shimmered with gold.

"Hold this safe for me, I'll come back for it." Yan Huai handed the branding knife to Zhang Qiling, then gently squeezed his fingertips. "Also, don't draw any more blood! I'm leaving..."

As soon as he finished speaking, Yan Huai ignored the astonished expressions of everyone and rushed straight towards the large stone door that separated the tomb chamber.

With a loud bang, another cloud of dust rose from the ground as the stone door shattered.

As for Yan Huai, once the dust settled, he ran away again...

"Brother Yan, where are you going again!?"

Wu Xie's shout brought Zhang Qiling back to his senses. He held the branding knife in his hand and two fluorescent, seemingly pill-like objects in his palm. A look of confusion and an unknown shock flashed in his eyes.

"three--

two--

......"

As Yan Huai listened to the countdown in his mind, he recalled the request Lin Xuan had made of him six years ago, and said, "Use teleportation!"

"One! Teleportation successfully activated!"

Under the midday sun, in the deepest part of the dense rainforest, a huge patch of dark green lingers. The breeze cannot dispel the mist on its body, nor can it reduce the burning heat in its veins.

"Host, the system suggests that you take the Restoration Pill during the fusion process, which can greatly repair the burns and scratches on your body."

"Um......"

The response was barely audible. Yan Huai shifted his body slightly and then fell into a deep, unconscious sleep, oblivious to the tremors on the ground and the evening wildfire. He slept for three days and two nights without any disturbance, longer than the system had predicted the day before.

"I'm saying... could you include clothes as a reward in your system?"

Yan Huai woke up at noon on the third day. The scales on his abdomen had fused together, and along with them, the burns from the dragon's horns and the scratches from its claws had also healed.

Hmm, he looked completely refreshed, except his hair seemed to have grown quite a bit. His buzz cut had turned into short, wispy hair. He could just slick it back over his forehead, but the hair on the sides was covering his ears, which Yan Huai found a little unusual.

Besides that, what Yan Huai found even more difficult was that he had no clothes left...

"Host, the system rewards are specific necessities and cannot be customized according to your wishes."

"But aren't clothes a necessity!?"

"...Clothing is a necessity for humans. As long as the host still needs to transform, they are not considered a true human."

"What if I don't have any clothes left in the future?"

"There are 1.1 million in funds in the host space, which can be used to buy clothes in human shopping malls."

"Then... I'm just going like this?" Yan Huai was dumbfounded. Everyone else was wearing clothes, but he wasn't. That was too strange!

"...No, you can't do that! You'll be arrested as a pervert." A host without memories is really...unbelievable!

“Oh…” Yan Huai fell silent. He still needed to take the things Lin Xuan had entrusted to him back to Yin Lan and A Zhao.

Otherwise, we can wait until it gets dark and then borrow a set of clothes from Yin Lan. After handing the things over to the mother and son, we can go find Zhang Qiling.

"The system thinks the host's method is very good."

"Okay, how much longer until it gets dark?"

Seven hours.

"(-_-||)" Yan Huai deflated instantly upon hearing this. He was supposed to stay naked in the rainforest for seven hours!?

At the foot of the mountain, more than ten kilometers away, Puyang Village remains peaceful and serene.

Yin Lan was knitting a sweater, but she kept looking around restlessly. A Zhao stayed obediently beside her, but her little head kept nodding.

Ever since Yan Huai and his group went into the mountains, Yin Lan has been living in constant fear, and A Zhao has also been standing guard with her.

On the evening of the same day they entered the mountains, Wu Xie and his group returned in a disheveled state. Although there were two unfamiliar faces among them, Yan Huai and Da Kui were nowhere to be seen.

“Brother Yan ran very fast at the time, but we didn’t know where he was going.”

“Da Kui… is dead. The guide who went with us from the village was also dead. We found his body on the way back and brought it back.”

"Brother Yan should be coming back. He entrusted his knife to him for safekeeping, saying he'd come back to retrieve it!"

"Boss lady, don't worry too much, Brother Yan will be alright..."

This is what Wu Xie said to Yin Lan and her son that day.

However, the group felt somewhat uncomfortable, so they decided to stay at the guesthouse for another day, partly to wait for Yan Huai, and partly to keep the mother and son company.

But later, because Wu Sansheng had some trouble at Changsha, they all left in a hurry the next morning, along with Fatty Wang and A Ning.

It's getting dark, and Yan Huai probably won't be coming back today...

Yin Lan concealed the disappointment and worry in her eyes. She rolled up her sweater, reached out and picked up the sleeping A Zhao, and slowly walked into the room.

After placing A-Zhao in her arms on the bed, Yin Lan stared blankly at A-Zhao's face, then gently tucked the blanket around him.

knock knock --

Just as she was about to get up and turn off the light, Yin Lan suddenly heard a knocking sound on the back window of the room. In that instant, she had a premonition that Yan Huai had returned!

"Xiao Huai?"

"it's me……"

Yan Huai stood behind the window, pressed tightly against the wall. Yin Lan couldn't see him clearly, but she could hear the embarrassment in his tone.

"Xiao Huai, what happened? Why didn't you come in through the front door?"

"Um... could you give me some clothes?"

"I'll go get it for you right away, wait for me!" Yin Lan wondered what had happened to Yan Huai while rummaging through the room for clothes that barely fit Yan Huai's size.

Not long after, Yan Huai, who was standing behind the window, heard knocking on the window from the inside, followed by Yin Lan's voice.

"Xiao Huai, this isn't the outfit you wore before, so please make do with it for now."

"it is good!"

The window was slowly opened, and Yan Huai reached out to take the clothes. He didn't expect Yin Lan to be so thoughtful, even preparing a pair of shoes for him, which fit perfectly.

Yan Huai pursed his lips, quickly dressed, and went around the wall. When he entered Yin Lan's courtyard, she was sitting on a chair inside waiting for him.

"Xiao Huai, what happened to you guys in the mountains? Why didn't you come back with your friends?"

Yin Lan's originally gentle face was now full of worry and anxiety. She pulled Yan Huai to sit down on another chair, feeling relieved that he had returned.

"...It's just that some unexpected things happened, which is why I had to separate from them. It's nothing serious!" Yan Huai didn't want to lie to Yin Lan, but he couldn't reveal the system and his transformation, so he could only steer the conversation away from the main point and bring up the matter he wanted to discuss.

"I went deep into the mountains and brought something back for you and A-Zhao." Yan Huai took out a dagger sheath from his waistband. Inside was a dagger that Lin Xuan used to use when he was alive. Yin Lan would definitely recognize it.

"This is……"

When Yan Huai saw Yin Lan's eyes turn red and moist, his heart clenched, but he still said, "When I met Lin Xuan six years ago, he was still alive, but it was too late to save him. He asked me to bring this dagger back at a suitable time and hand it over to you and A Zhao."

"The reason I was able to save you and your child last time was because he entrusted me with this task. He was afraid you might do something rash, so he gave me a general location and asked me to keep an eye on you in the village."

As Yan Huai finished speaking, Yin Lan clutched the dagger sheath tightly with both hands, sobbing uncontrollably. Lin Xuan had only replied after six years! She had waited so long…

That night, Yan Huai didn't sleep. He watched Yin Lan, whose emotions only stabilized slightly in the early hours of the morning, and silently stayed with her, listening to her talk about Lin Xuan, as well as about A Zhao's experiences over the past six years, and about Puyang Village...

Yin Lan looked grief-stricken and exhausted. She moved gently, placed the dagger in front of Lin Xuan's portrait, and lit three incense sticks.

Meanwhile, Yan Huai watched the rising gray smoke and thought to himself: Lin Xuan, I've brought your dagger back. I hope it's not too late, and I hope I've fulfilled your request...