darkest personality

Chapter 5 5. Cave Sarcophagus
The diary came to an abrupt end here.

"Uh, this Flag was established..."

It seems that the adventure journey of this great explorer probably came to an end here.

……

After his stamina bar had almost recovered, Bai Ye stuffed all these things back into his rucksack, carried the backpack on his body and continued to move forward.

He noticed that a white backpack pattern appeared next to the stamina bar, showing the load: 70/200.

Only when the player has "luggage" items on his body, the weight status will be displayed.

The initial load without luggage was only 100, and Rick Jones' backpack added 100 extra load to Bai Ye.

Once the carrying items exceed the upper limit of the load, the player's movement speed will be reduced by 50%.

……

As if to correspond to the dwarf status of the owner of the tomb, the entrance of the cave was built so low that Bai Ye could only enter with his waist bent.

It's not so dark inside that you can't see your fingers. On the cave walls on both sides, there are still green flames dancing, providing very limited lighting.

Bai Ye switched to a cautious stance, and the enhanced brightness of his field of vision allowed him to clearly see the source of the green flames—two rows of neatly arranged stone statues, with flames dancing in their black eye sockets.

As he walked forward, he focused on the stone statue and the cave floor to avoid triggering any traps.

The ground is paved with neat cyan stones, and there are many skeletons of animals or humans scattered on it.

The cave is not deep, and after walking for about 2 minutes, a downward step appeared in front of it, and there was a huge pit under the step.

Going down the stairs until the feet stepped on the ground at the bottom of the pit, nothing abnormal happened.

"No danger? Kind of weird?"

Bai Ye didn't dare to relax his vigilance and moved on.

The bottom of the dark pit is filled with a strong rancid smell, and it is also filled with an abnormally cold chill. Wherever the line of sight is, you can see more biological remains.

Bai Ye switched to a concentrated posture here, which can enhance the player's ability to collect clues and 'useable props' in the scene.

Keeping a concentrated posture and walking a few steps forward, a small object outlined by light appeared on the ground.

He leaned down to examine it, and saw that it was a balled-up coat.

- found in the item...

— Discovery failed.

In the process of grabbing the clothes from the ground, a long strip of things rolled out of it.

Bai Ye groped to pick it up.

- found in the item...

——You got [Crude Torch].

The system then gives the item introduction:
【Crude Torch】

[Category: Common Items]

【Load: 20】

[Whether the scene can be brought out: No]

[Remarks: The torch that someone left here is a rough prop made of animal fat and flammable wood.Ignite it to give you a limited amount of light, or use it to ward off beasts. 】

[Effect of use: It emits unpleasant black smoke and emits bright light. 】

"It came just fine."

He immediately took out the flint and steel from his backpack and lit the torch.

The fire illuminated the bottom of the black pit, and the dense white skeletons around it came into view.

This huge pit is impressively the accompanying burial pit in the tomb.

Bai Ye continued to check the dress again. There was a tear on the back of the dress, and there were spots of blood around it. The label on the neckline indicated that the size of the dress was XL, and there was a gold watch with a badly worn strap in the right pocket. .

- found in the item...

——You got [Vintage Watch].

【vintage watch】

[Category: Common Items]

【Load: 5】

[Whether the scene can be brought out: No]

[Remarks: The watch that someone left here looks quite old, but the hands can still move, and there is a line of hand-engraved small words on the back of 'For my old friend, I wish you a happy birthday'.There is also a calendar display on it, and the current time is September 9, 13:7 in the evening. 】

"This time..."

Judging from the time on the watch, only two days have passed since Rick Jones last recorded his expedition log? !

So... these clothes, torches, and watches are probably left here by explorer Rick Jones?

Moreover, judging from the fact that these objects were discarded in a mess, Rick Jones should have encountered some critical incident at the time, had a fight or was busy fleeing, or... He was captured on the spot by the 'danger' in the tomb. gone?
……

The area of ​​the corpse pit was huge, and because of the darkness, the surrounding area could not be seen at a glance, and the ground was also paved with stones.

Holding the torch, Bai Ye continued to walk less than a hundred meters, and found a white square sarcophagus in front of him.

Abnormally, there were no bones and corpses piled up near the sarcophagus. After getting closer, he noticed that there was a large black blood stain on the ground in front of the sarcophagus, which appeared to have not dried up for a long time.

This should be the location where Rick Jones was in distress at the time, right?

Thinking so, Bai Ye brought the torch closer to the sarcophagus, and found that the length of the square sarcophagus was only about 1 meter, and there was a small square groove on the coffin lid, which looked like something was originally inlaid.

There are also four lifelike patterns carved on the side of the sarcophagus.

Looking from left to right, the first picture depicts a group of small creatures with square heads and square brains looking up at the sky, and the white square sarcophagus in front of them is hovering in the center of the sky.

The second picture depicts a group of small, square-headed creatures bowing down to a similar creature standing on a sarcophagus.

The third picture depicts this group of small creatures capturing and killing a tall human being in front of the sarcophagus, and then performing a bloody skinning ceremony.

The meaning of the last picture is rather vague. It seems to be describing that these small creatures built a magnificent building for the same kind standing on the sarcophagus. Strangely, in this picture, the same kind standing on the sarcophagus has the same size , obviously larger than the previous one.

"The engraving on it should be related to the dwarf king's deeds?"

It is recorded in the expedition log that this is the tomb of the dwarf king. The appearance of the entrance of the tomb and the stone statues on the cave wall are very similar to the villains in the sarcophagus carvings, and also match the image of the dwarf.

Combining these points, the content described in the carving is easy to understand.

"The contents described in the four patterns all revolve around this white sarcophagus. This sarcophagus seems to be a symbol of the dwarf king's power?"

In addition, the adventure of explorer Rick Jones was also related to it, all these made Bai Ye naturally curious about this sarcophagus, imagining what kind of mystery is hidden in the sarcophagus?
He switched to an active posture, and his body was immediately awakened to vitality.

Just as he was about to try to push the lid on the sarcophagus, suddenly, Bai Ye heard slight footsteps behind him.

"Who?!"

He immediately turned around and swung the torch towards him.

The black figure approaching behind him took a few steps back in horror, raised his hands and shouted: "Oh! Calm down!"

With the help of the light from the torch, Bai Ye saw clearly that the man approaching him was a thin man in ragged clothes, his long messy hair and beard covered his pale face.

He waved his hands at Bai Ye, his voice trembling with fear:
"Are you also an explorer who came here to find treasure? I need to remind you, never open that sarcophagus."

"Otherwise you will become like me..."

He said and pointed to his eyes, "My eyes were blinded by the poisonous gas stored in this sarcophagus. This prevented me from going out from here, and I have been trapped here for two days and two nights, thank God! Fortunately, you showed up in time!"

There was joy in the man's voice.

"Are you... Mr. Rick Jones?"

Bai Ye hesitated for a moment, and asked tentatively. At the same time, he paid attention to the other person's eyes, bloody and bloody, and it really looked like it had been corroded by some poisonous gas.

"Yes, I am."

The other party nodded, answered quickly, and asked, "How do you know me?"

Bai Ye breathed a sigh of relief, took off his backpack and handed it to the other party, "I found your backpack outside, and there is a diary in it that records your adventures."

"Oh, I know, I almost forgot, that's what I left out on purpose."

Rick Jones reached out to take the backpack, held it in his hand and continued: "Let's go, this is an empty tomb, there is nothing worth searching for, let's go back outside first."

"Next, I may need to trouble you to act as my eyes."

As Rick Jones said, he extended his right hand towards Bai Ye.

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