"Laura?!"

The moment he heard this name from Sam Mansa's mouth, Lu Qi couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, and he immediately had a rough guess about the world he was in.

Among the many games he has played, there are very few games in which women are the protagonists. It can be said that there are only a handful of them.

What impressed him the most was, of course, the heroine of the "Tomb Raider" series of games, with nicknames such as "Tomb Raider", "Tomb Destroyer" and "Demolition Expert".

Thank you!

After thinking about it, Lu Qi rolled his eyes and asked seemingly casually:

"This Laura, is she your good friend?"

"Yes, Laura is my best friend. We have known each other since boarding high school, and then we also attended the same university..."

Speaking of her best friend, Samantha seemed to be more energetic, and even the movements of spooning mapo tofu in her hands were unconsciously slower.

"You can ask her to accompany you to the party..."

"Forget it, rather than lively parties, she prefers to spend time in a quiet library with books about ancient relics."

"Oh, it sounds like she is the kind of nerd who holds a lot of books and wears highly myopic glasses..."

"Haha, then you guessed wrong! If you saw her, you would definitely not think so."

After putting the last bite of Mapo Tofu into her mouth, Samantha seemed to think of an interesting idea, and then said:

"I'll bring her over some other day to try the dishes here and introduce them to you. I'd like to see who is the real language genius between you and her!"

"By the way, she is proficient in eight languages..."

Hearing this, Lu Qi's heart moved, and then he shrugged, spread his hands, and looked indifferent:

"Always waiting..."

Anyway, with [Language Translator] by my side, whether you speak Javanese or alien language, I can understand it...

...

Samantha does what she says.

Just two days later, she took her best friend to "Huaji"

"Lu Qi, come meet my best friend, Lara Croft!"

Laura was seen wearing a black leather jacket on her upper body, a gray vest underneath, and a pair of jeans and Martin boots on her lower body.

Although Laura doesn't look very tall, maybe just over 1.6 meters tall, this fit and neat outfit makes her look extraordinarily tall.

Her brown hair was tied up randomly, revealing her beautiful, slightly childish face.

Those brown eyes were full of curiosity and scrutiny, as if they were looking at Lu Qi.

When Lu Qi saw Lara Croft in front of him, who looked like she had stepped out of a game, a prompt sounded in his mind at the right time:

[Contact the protagonist of the world, and the world mission begins! 】

After being stunned for a moment, Lu Qi reached out his hand and said hello:

"Hello, Miss Crawford, I heard a lot about you from Samantha..."

Laura was not shy at all, but generously stretched out her hand to shake it, and said with a smile:

"Hello, Mr. Lu. I was also at Sam Mantha's place and heard a lot about you."

"Haha, did Samantha tell you how we met?"

"Of course, only she can do such a thing as forgetting her wallet."

Hearing this, Samantha, who had already sat down and looked at the menu, couldn't help but protested:

"Hey, I'm right here. Is it really okay for you to speak ill of me openly like this?!"

"Hahaha..."

With Sam Mantha as a middleman, the awkwardness of Lu Qi and Laura's first meeting was resolved...

Since it was already past dinner time and there were not many customers in the restaurant, Lu Qi was able to take some time off to chat with the two girls.

“The dishes I recommend more are Cantonese roast duck and Mapo tofu...”

After listening to Lu Qi’s recommendation, Laura looked at the menu for a while, couldn’t help but look up at Lu Qi, and said:

"Mr. Lu, this..."

"Just call me Qi, Mr. Lu sounds a bit...weird..."

"Oh, okay. Then you can call me Laura. Miss Crawford sounds a bit weird too."

After saying that, Laura smiled, like a sunflower in summer, exuding enthusiasm.

After the two of them placed their orders, Lu Qi temporarily excused himself, took the order, went to the kitchen outlet, and handed it to the restaurant owner who was secretly watching the show.

After taking the order, the restaurant owner raised his eyebrows at Lu Qi, pretended to be a stranger, and joked in Chinese:

"Aqi, it's okay, one drags two, you have the same style as I did back then!"

Hearing this, the corners of Lu Qi's mouth twitched sharply, he looked at the boss's Mediterranean and beer belly, opened his mouth, but stopped talking.

He almost blurted out, "Boss, are you sure you can really drag yourself out back then?"

However, considering that he still needed this job, he did not say what was in his heart in the end.

You are the boss, you can do whatever you say...

...

The dishes were served quickly, and with Samantha’s strong recommendation,

After the two of them had finished eating, Lu Qi walked out of the kitchen again and came to the two of them.

"Is the food to your liking?"

Hearing this, Laura, whose face was slightly red from the heat, couldn't help but give a thumbs up, then pointed at the completely eaten Mapo Tofu and praised:

“It’s delicious! Especially this Mapo Tofu. I have never tasted a dish that is so spicy yet so delicious that I can’t stop eating it!”

Samantha on the side also echoed:

"I told you a long time ago, Mapo tofu is the best!"

After a pause, she seemed to have remembered something, and her mood suddenly dropped, "Oh, but in the next two months, we won't be able to eat such delicious food..."

Hearing this, Lu Qi raised his eyebrows, pretended to be curious, and asked:

"Why do you say that? Where are you going?"

Laura on the side took over the conversation and explained:

"It's like this. Samantha and I are going to participate in an archaeological project and take a boat out to sea to find the legendary Yamatai."

"It sounds very interesting, can you tell me more about it?"

"certainly..."

After Laura and Samantha's descriptions, Lu Qi confirmed that the game timeline he was in was before the start of the main plot of "Tomb Raider 9"!

The main story line of "Tomb Raider 9" actually revolves around Lara Croft's first adventure.

The plot is roughly that Lara Croft went to sea with an archaeological team and encountered a shipwreck when heading to the Dragon Triangle. She happened to land on the ancient Yamatai ruins. She struggled to survive amid many difficulties such as refugees on the island, supernatural forces, harsh environments, etc., and finally met her.

The story of friends escaping from the island together.

And when he heard that they were about to board a ship named "Endurance" in half a month and set off on an adventure, Lu Qi had only one thought left in his mind:
Chapter completed!