Tomb Raiders Codex

Chapter 36 Corpse Village
Those figures stood stiffly outside the door, and their shadows were reflected on the yellowed paper doors and windows, like ghosts. For a moment, the four people in the room froze for a moment, and all held their breath. Except for the sound of wind and rain, everything All sound stopped.

Gu Wenmin's beautiful lips were pursed into a line, her dark eyes stared straight at the shadow on the door, and then, she turned her head to look at me, her voice became unsteady, and said, "Old Chen...why? Do it." She always called me by my name, but now in a hurry, she even changed the address.

Tofu rubbed his eyes hard, and murmured: "This must be a hallucination, I must be fucking dreaming." After speaking, he opened his eyes again. There was a flash of fear, almost despair.

I don't know what expression I have at this moment, I should be the most courageous among them, but at this moment, I only feel that my hands and feet are cold, my heart is beating thumping, and my throat is a little dry.

At this moment, those stiff black figures outside the door suddenly moved, and with the bang bang resounding through the night, those things began to hit the door.There is no need to look through the crack of the door, I also know that all the things that were originally going out of the village at this moment have probably been piled up outside our door.

The old wooden door bolt squeaked under the impact, as if it would break in the next moment. The three of Tofu probably were too frightened to move. I forced myself to calm down and said suddenly; "Quick, put something on the door."

The three of them were at a loss, and their minds went blank. Hearing my greeting, he immediately got excited. He moved one step faster than me. He quickly moved the table closest to us, and then put the cabinet and the table together. , The whole wooden door was pushed up tightly.

These can't be broken no matter what, the four of us all heaved a sigh of relief, but just as the breath reached our throats, we heard a bang, a big hole was broken in the carved window, sawdust flew across, and a A thin head protruded through the hole.

It was a dead face with bruises, two wretched eyeballs with turbid yellow eyes, staring straight at us, with only a layer of skin on the head, like a moving mummy.

Accompanied by its appearance, a strong smell of corpses came to the nostrils. This thing was even more terrifying than the clear corpses that flowed back down the river at that time. It struggled its head and kept trying to get in.Although the door was blocked, the upper part of this old-fashioned wooden door is hollowed out, and its bearing capacity is relatively weak. There was another bang, and another head got in. If this continues, the upper part of the entire wooden door may Half of it is about to be smashed by them.

In an emergency, I thought of the old man on the second floor. Thinking about it now, I even suspected that the old man was a human or a ghost.

Seeing that those things were about to crawl in, Tofu's lips trembled, and he said, "Old, Lao Chen, what should I do?" If I were bold, in this situation, my brain's operation was much slower, so I could only say: "I don't know what these are. Quick, they are coming in. Hurry up, let's go to the second floor. There are still many rooms on the second floor. Close the door and hide for a while."

As soon as I reminded them, they didn't dare to delay. They unscrewed their backpacks and ran to the second floor in a hurry like stray dogs. We almost ran to the stairs when the wooden door was smashed by the mummy-like things outside the door. , One by one, they rushed in. After a quick look, they were all mummies wearing rags and purple skin. Among them, there were two mummies whose corpses had not decomposed yet, and they were wearing modern mountaineering costumes.

At a glance, densely packed mummies poured into the first floor, and their yellow eyes moved up, staring at us on the stairs.The four of us didn't dare to stay longer, we ran wildly and reached the corridor on the second floor in one breath.

It's pitch black here, only our flashlight emits a dim yellow light. It seems that the power supply is insufficient, and the light of the flashlight is already very weak.I immediately found a closed door, pointed to it and said: "The old man is inside, try to push it open, let's go in and hide."

Although Gu Wenmin is a girl, it is estimated that Gu Wenmin has been traveling for photography all year round, and her physical fitness is very good. She ran ahead of Tofu and was closest to that door.She heard the words and immediately pushed hard, and the wooden door creaked, and it opened all of a sudden.

Gu Wenmin probably didn't expect it to be so easy, and was taken aback for a moment.

I originally thought that the few of us would at least knock on the door, but I didn't expect it to be so easy, and I was a little surprised for a while.I am a cautious person, the easier it is, the more weird and wrong I feel in my heart, but before I could think about it, Tofu gasped and said, "Here we come!"

Looking back, a mummy seemed to have already climbed the stairs, and was about to turn into the corridor where we were.Although I had a lot of doubts in my heart, but in this situation, I couldn't think too much. The four of them walked into the room, closed the door with their backhands, and inserted the latch. Only then did they breathe a sigh of relief, and Tofu shouted: "Quick, Move something over to top it."

Gu Wenmin and Mao Rooster immediately began to move the tables and chairs in the room. I was extra careful and observed the environment in the room with a flashlight.

The interior layout of the room is very retro. Although it is not gorgeous, it follows the layout of the ancient attic. It is divided into two parts, and the sleeping room inside is blocked by a rotten screen full of dust.

The outside is for hospitality, with old and simple tea tables and nothing else.But when there was such a big commotion, the old man did not show up. It seems that my estimation was correct, and the old man may not be a person.

Since it is on the second floor, the wooden door is much shorter. We stacked up everything, so we are not afraid of them breaking in for a while. Until then, we were really relieved.

Gu Wenmin worried: "What should we do now?"

Tofu said: "We can't stay in this place, we have to find a way to escape."

Mao Rooster stammered: "But...but this is a mummy village, there are, there are so many mummy corpses outside, we...how, how can we escape, escape?"

At the critical moment of Tofu, his mind was quite good, and he recalled: "When we came in, we walked through the gate of the village, but now we entered the second floor. The back of the second floor should be facing the outside of the village. Let's look at it from the back. Look."

Gu Wenmin's eyes lit up, and he praised: "This method is feasible. Let me think about it...the back should be..."

Tofu finally did something clever, and I immediately said, "It should be opposite us, that is, the bedroom behind the screen. Let's go and have a look."

At this moment, all the things outside had been squeezed to the second floor, and they began to slam on the door. The low wooden door could barely withstand it for a while under the accumulation of various tables, chairs and wardrobes.The four of us hurried past the screen, and entered the bedroom inside with the fading light of the flashlight.

Looking into the bedroom, there was actually a person lying on the bed inside.

Tofu said in surprise: "Damn, this old man is still asleep."

Gu Wenmin said: "Anything is abnormal. There must be monsters. Normal people can sleep with such a big commotion. Be careful." After finishing speaking, she took out something from her backpack and threw it at us, which looked like some cameras. Equipment, such as tripods, are of good quality, heavy in hand, very heavy, and can be used as weapons.

Tofu still didn't forget to flatter Gu Wenmin at the critical moment, and praised Gu Wenmin: "Miss Gu, you really send charcoal in a timely manner, just like timely rain in a dry land. The spring breeze warms my heart, and the blood shines on the red tassels. Xiao Dou admires it."

I really wanted to beat him to death with a stick, and said in a low voice, "Stop flattering, work."

Hairy roosters are useless, and I can't let a girl like Gu Wenmin take risks, so I immediately winked at Tofu.Although Tofu was timid, he didn't hold back at critical moments. Knowing the situation in front of him, he could only do his part and rush forward.The two of us flanked the old man on the bed, one on the left and the other on the right.

As the light gradually drew closer, I could also see the person on the bed clearly. Judging from the clothes, it was undoubtedly the old man. He was facing us with his back, and he was not covered with a quilt, showing the back of his neck.

When I saw the back of the neck, I felt a whizzing cold air coming from the ears, because there was no meat on the neck, only a layer of dry skin stuck to the bone, making the shape of the bone clearly visible, and at the same time, a smelly smell The non-stinky smell rushed into our noses.

Tofu held his breath, and said in a hoarse voice: "What kind of taste, why do I feel a little familiar?"

I thought to myself: Of course I am familiar with it, this is the smell of corpse oil from that Qing corpse in Huiyonghe.

The old man in front of him was a dead body that was already dripping with oil.

(End of this chapter)