Tomb raiding: A mere 20 is nothing!

Shen Mingchao felt that he was a perfect fit for a video.

[Oh my god, where the hell did I end up? Is this still in China?]

She had originally gone back to Yucun to do her practice tests, but as soon as she took out her "53" (a popular set of practice materials), a clear, unfamiliar voice rang in her mind, saying that there was a chance for her to meet her family and asking if she would like to go.

Her eyes lit up instantly!

It's here! It's here! The opportunity for reunion that Shen Mingyue had spoken of has finally arrived!

She nodded hurriedly and said: Go, go, go.

Then.....

The scene before her eyes changed instantly.

One second you're in the warm and humid Yucun village in Fujian, and the next you're in a strange place covered in ice and snow.

Looking around, the wind swirled snowflakes, which fell in a flurry, and the road was covered with a thick layer of snow. A few streetlights cast a dim yellow light, and there wasn't a soul in sight.

No, who opened a teleportation array for her?!

Shen Mingchao instinctively wrapped his coat tighter around himself, each breath bringing out a mist.

Strangely, she didn't feel cold at all; instead, she felt warm all over.

This is obviously not in line with common sense.

At that moment, Shen Mingchao thought he was dreaming again.

Until she heard the familiar male voice again.

"*host."

"I am Zhang Haixia. This is not a dream. I know you come from another world and long to see your family. So, there is someone here who can help you."

"Who?" Shen Mingchao asked reflexively.

"Qi Qiu".

I don't know them at all.

However, Qi Qiu put that aside for now. Zhang Haixia's words revealed too much information. On a whim, she asked, "Zhang Haixia, do you have another name?"

"What?"

"system."

Shen Mingchao felt that he had figured out the truth.

"You must have a system that every transmigrator in a book has, right?"

"You know my identity, can communicate with me telepathically, even gave me a buff last time, and this time you directly opened a teleportation array, and I'm not even cold at all. Is this some kind of cheat code you gave me?"

"Don't try to fool me, I'm a well-read bookworm!"

Zhang Haixia: "...You have quite a vivid imagination."

"Thank you for the compliment."

"But I..." Zhang Haixia paused. When things were too complicated to explain clearly, he chose to give up. "Okay, you can understand it that way too."

Shen Mingchao immediately became serious: "So, this Qi Qiu can really help me see my family?"

"Yes, he'll tell you the specifics of how to help when you see him, but that's on the condition that he's still alive."

"What does this mean?" Shen Mingchao frowned.

"Tonight is his death knell. His fate was already sealed, and no one can change it, but you can."

Shen Mingchao understood: before Qi Qiu could help her, she had to change Qi Qiu's inevitable death.

She hesitated, worried that if she failed to save the person and ended up getting herself killed, it wouldn't be worth it.

But she didn't want to miss the chance to reunite, so she started to deceive people.

"System, you're new to this position, so you might not be familiar with the situation outside. The system and the transmigrators are in a relationship of mutual benefit and loss. Normally, when assigning tasks to transmigrators, we would put them in invincible mode. That's what a good system should do, and you should do the same, right?"

After listening to Shen Mingchao's long explanation, Zhang Haixia roughly guessed what Shen Mingchao was trying to say. Coincidentally, this was exactly the key point he was about to make.

"*Lord, don't worry, you will be in no danger. Trust me, I will protect you the whole way. If you do encounter a trap, you will be teleported back immediately."

Wow! The Invincible Card has arrived!

Shen Mingchao breathed a small sigh of relief before agreeing: "Commander, with your words, I can go and save Qi Qiu. But there's something I've been holding back for a long time."

"Lord, speak."

"Please stop calling me 'Lord, Lord,' it sounds weird and gives me the illusion that I am Jesus. Why don't you just call me Mingchao?"

Zhang Haixia: "..."

It's been a long time since I've experienced what it feels like to be heartbroken.

So she couldn't hear the word "wife"...

Zhang Haixia sighed, feeling inexplicably disappointed, but changed his words and said, "I understand, the Ming Dynasty."

Shen Mingchao nodded in satisfaction.

That sounds much better.

After resolving the issue of how to address each other, she discovered another problem: "Master, there's one more thing. Could you please let me know in advance next time you activate teleportation so I can prepare? Otherwise, it'll be too awkward."

She had just glanced at all her gear: an autumn outfit, a black bear knife at her waist, a few fruit candies in her pocket, and a cell phone that had crashed due to the cold.

Oh.

Evidence that mobile phones are more sensitive to cold than people is √

Before he could even grieve over his phone, Shen Mingchao was so angry at the last piece of equipment that he laughed.

When the transfer was opened, she was doing practice problems, so she just grabbed one at random and picked up a... "53" (a popular set of practice problems).

Holding the purple-covered book, her face turned green.

Absurd, utterly absurd.

Of course, there are even more absurd ones.

Guided by Zhang Haixia, Shen Mingchao finally found it in a desolate, snow-covered area...

Qi Qiu was only wearing underwear!

She dared not look too closely, only glancing at him a few times. The boy lay curled up on the ground, thin and bony, with a tattoo resembling a cicada on his chest. He was left naked in the sub-zero temperatures of thirty degrees Celsius, waiting to die.

"Commander, you didn't tell me this was going to happen!! How am I supposed to save him? Will our constant temperature ability even work on him?"

"I'm sorry, Ming Dynasty... this ability only works on you, but I know a place where you can keep warm."

Then another question arises.

"You don't mean I should take him there, do you? Is that... appropriate?"

Shen Mingchao's voice trembled at the end of her sentence. She had a terrible headache: "If I had known it would be like this, I would have brought a blanket. It's better than bringing a set of practice problems."

Zhang Haixia sighed. What he didn't say was that this kind of teleportation was beyond his control.

He wouldn't have wanted Shen Mingchao to be in such an awkward situation if he hadn't really had no other choice.

"Ming Dynasty, how about you... use your coat?"

Shen Mingchao sighed as well: "That's all we can do now."

After mentally preparing himself for a while, putting himself in the shoes of a doctor saving lives, and silently reciting that saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda, Shen Mingchao quickly put his coat on the boy and picked him up in his arms.

Only then did they realize that Qi Qiu was really too light.

At the same time, she also felt inexplicably hot.

It must be that the constant temperature cheat code was set too high!

To divert his attention, Shen Mingchao continued, "By the way, Tongzi, I haven't asked you yet, where is this place? And where is the place you mentioned?"

"This is St. Petersburg, Russia. We're going to a villa."

(‧_‧？)

The Iranian missile, with a single flap, precisely targeted and shattered Shen Mingchao's mind.

"No, this really isn't China!"