Chapter 022 Forgiveness

Wang Bo heard the report from the cheat artifact and felt a secret joy—it had succeeded.

So he struck one after another, sending all fifty people back, with the alert sound ringing incessantly in his ears.

When it was over, the cheat artifact couldn't help but curse.

[Holy shit, this is impossible. How could there be so many穿越者 in this world? I didn't even notice. What the hell is going on?]

Wang Bo carefully explained the exchange of the Yamatai Kingdom islands between the two worlds, but in his report, he claimed it was the first time he knew about such a thing.

[Bullshit, the first time you knew about it. You think I don't know what you're thinking? I just need to observe your past to know what you've done. You're totally cheating, Host.]

Wang Bo was startled; he hadn't expected the artifact to have this function.

"You can peek into my thoughts?"

[Don't talk nonsense. It's not thoughts, it's the past. You are my host; every move you make is recorded in my core data. I just need to retrieve that data to know what you did in the past.]

This time Wang Bo was truly shocked. Without a doubt, he had screwed up.

It seemed the cheat artifact had many functions it hadn't told him about.

"So what are you going to do?" Wang Bo asked bitterly. Was he really going to have to work for free fifty times? That was no small number; Wang Bo hadn't even accumulated fifty draws yet.

[Considering you have some self-awareness, I'll turn a blind eye this time. Host, if you really dared to capture tens of thousands of people, I would punish you severely. But it's only fifty people. Forget it, I'll forgive you this time.]

[But there won't be fifty draws. I can only give you five draws.]

WTF?

Wang Bo was stunned. This was an unexpected delight.

Wang Bo thought even his fifty draws would be wiped out, but he didn't expect to be given five draws. Plus the one from Lara, that made six.

This was too awesome.

Wang Bo couldn't help but pump his fist.

Xiao Bai quickly asked, "Did it succeed?"

Xiao Qing said, "Look at how excited he is; you know it succeeded."

Wang Bo came back to his senses and shook his head. "It didn't succeed, but it didn't fail either." He repeated his conversation with the artifact to the two women.

Xiao Bai nodded thoughtfully. "That's good too."

Xiao Qing said regretfully, "Only five? That's too good. If I'd known, we would have captured five hundred people; maybe we'd have gotten fifty draws."

Wang Bo raised his hand and flicked her forehead hard.

With a dull thud, Xiao Qing was almost in tears from the pain.

"Don't get too carried away, Xiao Qing. Getting five draws this time is already good enough." Wang Bo was content with what he had.

Xiao Qing glared at Wang Bo hatefully. "What's that saying? 'I cheated with my own skills; why should I be treated like this?'"

Wang Bo said helplessly, "Because he's my boss."

"Aren't you the host?" Xiao Qing said indignantly.

Wang Bo said self-deprecatingly, "'Host' is just a nice term. Honestly, I'm just a wage earner. The results are all decided by the higher-ups, you know?"

Xiao Qing snorted and didn't want to talk to Wang Bo.

Xiao Bai chuckled and stood between them. "Alright, you two stop arguing. We should find Lara now. I wonder if she managed to save her friend."

Wang Bo nodded. "When I opened the portal earlier, I took a glance and didn't see Lara in London. The most likely result is that she's not in London."

Xiao Bai said, "But it's also possible she went back to another Tomb Raider world with the Yamatai Kingdom."

Wang Bo thought for a moment. "She shouldn't be that stupid. She knows we'll come to this world; she should be waiting for us here."

Xiao Bai agreed. "So what do we do now?"

"Of course, we wait. If I were Lara, knowing that the two Yamatai Kingdoms would soon swap, I would find a safe place and quietly wait for the exchange, waiting for my friends to arrive. So I judge that Lara is waiting for us in the nearby waters."

Wang Bo looked around, his gaze sweeping over the nearby sea, especially the waters outside the Dragon's Triangle.

A few minutes later, a faint smile appeared on Wang Bo's face.

"Found her."

In the waters near the Dragon's Triangle, Wang Bo spotted a boat. On the boat lay a beautiful woman in a swimsuit.

Who else could it be but Lara?

Wang Bo, with Xiao Bai and Xiao Qing, teleported onto the boat.

Lara, who was sunbathing, felt several people on her boat. She looked up and smiled. She put down her wine glass, stood up from the lounge chair, and hugged Wang Bo and the others in turn.

"Welcome to my world, my friends."

Finally, Lara hugged Wang Bo and didn't want to let go for a long time.

Xiao Bai and Xiao Qing looked at Lara teasingly.

Lara blushed and quickly let go of Wang Bo. "I've been waiting here for you for days. You're finally here."

Wang Bo nodded slightly. "Did you save your companion?"

Lara's face darkened. "When I came back, it was too late. Himiko had already possessed Samantha and turned all my companions into Storm Warriors."

"So I've been here monitoring Himiko's every move, not letting her leave the Yamatai Kingdom, waiting for you to arrive."

Wang Bo patted Lara on the shoulder. "Don't worry. Now that we're here, we can definitely save your companions. Trust me."

Lara hummed in agreement. "I believe you."

So far, Wang Bo had never let her down, so of course she believed him.

Then Wang Bo asked Lara some key questions, such as when she first encountered the storm on the Endurance, and when she came back a few days ago, how late she was, etc.

Lara answered them all.

The two discussed the details from day to night and finally decided to use the Moonlight Box to return to the night when Lara traveled to the Mummy world, and then start saving their companions from the beginning.

Neither Xiao Bai nor Xiao Qing had any objections to this.

After some preparation, Wang Bo took out the Time Villa. Xiao Bai, Xiao Qing, and Lara all entered the Time Villa.

Wang Bo put away the Time Villa, then took out the Moonlight Box. Under the moonlight, he opened the Moonlight Box and recited the incantation to activate it for the third time.

"Bōrě bōluómì!!"