"Have you still not understood, Laura Croft? There is no natural space beyond this stone door. Spectral analysis has found that the minerals composing it did not originate on Earth, and it is protected by supernatural forces whose purpose remains unclear. No one knows what will happen if this stone door is opened." Supiluliumas spoke gravely. The Arcanists from Kamar-Taj were busy conducting divination rituals, trying to glean fragments of information from the silver stone door. The technicians from Mars Foundry were performing chemical analyses on the rock walls and stone door while conducting live research on the Snake People that had previously invaded this place. The Martian Technicians and Sacred Guard intelligence officers believed that the Snake People here must have some unknown purpose, so extracting intelligence from their deformed mouths was deemed necessary.
Even if all they obtained were meaningless hisses.
"If the risk of opening it exceeds the price we must pay for knowledge, then we will choose to bury this place completely, sealing every space here with solidified magma until we can destroy this mountain in the future. We need you to search for clues that prove we can afford this price, and we believe you may be able to communicate in detail with Queen Yaaxil and obtain knowledge we do not possess."
"Your master can communicate with her too. Why doesn't he come himself?"
"Because he has no time, ma'am." Supiluliumas keenly noticed Laura Croft's displeasure and patiently explained, "Every action he takes concerns the lives and deaths of tens of thousands, so he must devote his limited time to work. For instance, he should currently be dealing with crime caused by extremist refugees at the border."
"Really?" Laura Croft asked skeptically.
No matter how London tabloids slandered her and her father, or how they