Tomb Raiders Codex

Chapter 194

Obviously prepared, Robot One said, "I think so too, but don't worry." He patted his gear bag and said, "Times are changing, and even if the entrance is really closed, it won't stop us." We The explosives are well prepared. There are too many strange things in this tomb. If the stone door closed by the mysterious force was in the past, it might really trap the tomb robbers to death, but now that there are explosives, it is not considered any danger.

The feeling of dyspnea became more and more intense. If he didn't have a gas mask, he might have been caught. The crowd smashed the terracotta warriors, and they didn't dare to delay, so they walked back quickly.Since the road had already been traveled and there was no danger, we let our guard down, but it turned out to be a fatal crisis.

Just as we were trotting about twenty meters away, I suddenly heard a clicking sound in my ears, a bit like the sound of a machine starting. Immediately afterwards, I saw countless small holes appearing on the surrounding curtain walls. , and in each small hole, there is a gleaming arrow.

There is a dark crossbow!
I was startled.

Damn it, why did we have nothing to do when we went there, but this kind of mechanism appeared when we came back?In an instant, I remembered a rare tomb mechanism that I had heard about from Feng Guishou.Feng Guishou is a seasoned mushroom digger with a lot of experience. When he was with us, he talked about a lot of strange things, among which he mentioned a mechanism called "Go back to hell".

Just by hearing the name, you can tell that as long as you turn your back, you can immediately go to the Palace of the King of Hades to see a ghost.The so-called 'turn back to hell' is a hidden mechanism that can be put to death and reborn. Before the hidden mechanism, of course there are some terrible things.If the tomb robbers were capable enough to survive without accident, then they would definitely go back when they left the palace of the ancient tomb.At this time, once encountering this kind of mechanism, the tomb robbers will be out of luck, because they have traveled the road before, and they know where there is danger and where there is no danger. The mushroom diggers know it well, and they will naturally follow the road they have traveled. Let your guard down.

When the tomb robbers relax their vigilance, it is time for these hidden organs to show their power. Generally, such organs are buried in the ground, and they need to go back and forth before they can be activated. Therefore, when the tomb robbers advance, the hidden organs are silent. , but if you return, you will be shot. There are hidden crossbows, flowing fire, and poisonous gas. The specific arrangement depends on the intention of the tomb owner.Often when there is no vigilance and no precautions, the tomb robbers who have already succeeded are the easiest to get caught.

Archaeologists once dug up an underground palace and found the bones of the tomb robber inside, which seemed to be burned to death, but the strange thing is that the tomb robber carried cultural relics from the main tomb.In other words, the tomb robber died after he succeeded, and he died unjustly.Of course, for archaeologists, this is the best.

This kind of agency, nicknamed "turn back to hell", was more common before the Qin and Han Dynasties. Later, because someone developed a cracking method, that is, to prepare in advance and take the S route when advancing. In this way, the activation conditions required by the agency are just It cannot be satisfied, so it will not start when returning.It's a pity that although I heard Feng Guishou said it, the situation was special before. First, I was absent-minded at the time, and second, I was not experienced enough, and I didn't expect this level. Now it's too late to regret it.

When everyone heard the sound of the machine being activated, they saw black square holes suddenly appeared on the surrounding tomb walls, and in an instant, the dark crossbows inside shot towards us.This tomb passage is not wide at all, and the speed of the dark crossbow is so fast, how could everyone react, at the critical moment, they could only lie down and roll on the ground.The attacking direction of those dark crossbows is relatively high, and they all shoot towards the chest of the person, so we barely escaped the first round this time.

The four robots were even more sturdy, wearing bulletproof vests, and they were completely unscathed. They reacted quickly, and the moment they saw the dark crossbow, they protected Professor Lin, Duan Fei and others and pressed them to the ground.I was laying on the ground, only to hear countless piercing sounds above my head, and the empty crossbows were inserted into the opposite tomb wall one after another.

At this moment, the first round of shooting from the dark crossbow was completed, and we heard another click in our ears.

I said to myself: What else is there?I couldn't help but immediately looked to the side, and I was quite shocked. It turned out that the hidden holes in the wall were movable, but the second batch of dark holes actually tilted towards the ground, which meant that the next batch of dark crossbows would not shoot empty, but would Shooting directly to the ground, except for the four robots who can survive, the rest of us have no room to hide!
There was a gap of about five seconds between the filling of the dark crossbow, and I immediately shouted: "Get up, run!" In fact, I knew that even if I ran, it would be too late. Run out of the attack area of ​​​​the dark crossbow within a short time, but what can we do now?You can't just lie on the ground and wait to be shot, can you?

What should I do?
The scene of us being shot flashed through my mind. Because the dark crossbow was facing down, the parts above our chest would not be attacked, but the area below our abdomen was the attack area.These areas are not fatal points, that is to say, after we are shot into hedgehogs from the lower body, we will not die immediately, but we are afraid that we will die after suffering for a while.

Unless we grow wings, unless our feet lift off the ground, we're just waiting to be shot through.

These thoughts are just for a moment. The moment I got up, a thought flashed in my mind.

It's not impossible to keep your feet off the ground.

I immediately shouted to the robots: "Don't run, lift us up." The robots were wearing black one-piece body armor. Except for the head and palms, the whole body was a safe zone. Avoid the dark crossbow.These four are strong gentlemen. We only need to lift the rest of us in the air with our strength, and we can completely escape this shooting.

The four of them were not stupid, they reacted quickly, and immediately grabbed the nearest people around them, entrusting Professor Lin, Gu Wenmin and Duan Fei up one after another.The robot No. [-] was the closest to me. He lifted me up and said suddenly, "Oh my god, it's too heavy." I also tied a tofu with a rope, can it not sink?

I said: "Hold on..." Before I finished speaking, the second round of dark crossbows arrived as scheduled, and the four robots ran wildly with the four of us in their arms.Although the bulletproof vest cannot be shot through, it cannot be unloaded. The impact of the dark crossbow hitting the body is still unbearable.I saw the cold sweat on the face of robot No. [-], and immediately cheered him up, saying: "Brother, don't give up, a better tomorrow is waiting for us, and the baked clams in the backpack are still waiting for you, you have to be strong."

As soon as he heard the food, robot No. 20 got excited, yelled, endured the pain, and ran forward. This burst of dark crossbows shot for about ten seconds. Shoot more for a while, I'm afraid it will be scrapped.After this round, there was another clicking sound, obviously there was a third round.I cursed secretly, but I was no longer worried, because the process of filling the dark crossbow took about five seconds, and we had already run a long distance in these [-] seconds, and the front had already left the strafing area.

At the critical moment, the four robots jumped out of the shooting area one after another. The excessive physical exertion exhausted the four of them. As soon as they got out of the shooting area, they stumbled with their left foot and fell down one after another as if they had discussed it. On the ground, the person being supported was also thrown out, crying all over the ground for a while, with the tofu cushion behind me, it didn't hurt too much from the fall, and I got up in an instant.

The third round of strafing has begun. Even though we are out of danger, in the silent ancient tomb, the chilling sound of the dark crossbow firing still makes us tremble with fear. It's astonishing, and behind us is the entrance when we came, just as we guessed, the entrance has already been closed silently.

That curse, like a shadow, closed all passages, and even sent a ghost to sneak into our team.

I wiped the cold sweat from my brow, and slowly breathed a sigh of relief as I watched the dark crossbow mechanism gradually die down.At this moment, the rest of the people also got up, Duan Fei scratched a large piece of skin on his hand, and complained that the robot number three didn't know how to be sympathetic, and the number three was wronged, but he was not good at explaining. Arguing, he shook his head, changed the subject and said, "Blast open the stone gate first."

After this series of accidents, everyone felt chest tightness and panting, and no one wanted to stay in this tomb any longer, so they immediately took out the explosives and prepared to blow up the secret passage of the stone gate.

During the period when the robot was debugging four explosives, the rest of us retreated a little bit. The atmosphere between me and Gu Wenmin had cooled down, which seemed particularly embarrassing. At the moment of life and death just now, I regretted that I should not have said to Gu Wenmin Those words, but now that I am safe, I don’t feel regretful anymore. People are so fickle sometimes, and in different situations, they will have different moods.

Professor Lin looked exhausted, his student was possessed by an evil spirit, how could he be in a better mood.Everyone's bodies were filthy, and the dirt that was stained in the coffin before was still there. Although they were a little hungry, they lost their appetite just by smelling their own body.

After a while, the robots prepared the explosives and signaled everyone to stand far away. Immediately after throwing the prepared grenade over there, there was a loud bang, and the entire tomb passage seemed to vibrate. For a moment, gravel flew, and there appeared in front of our eyes There is an irregular entrance and exit, and the outside is connected to the tomb where the tofu died.

However, no one expected that we would see people after blasting the tomb passage.

It's Wu Sidong.

He stood a few meters away from us, looked at us in the tomb passage, and suddenly showed a very strange smile.

(End of this chapter)