Tomb Raiders Codex

Chapter 39
I don't know how many years this staircase has been. It creaks when you step on it, as if it will collapse at any time. I remind everyone to be careful, it may not be safe down here, maybe the little moving corpse is hidden under it.

Soon, there was a banging sound from the toilet, followed by a crashing sound. It should be that the things we used to push the door were pushed down.We know that those things, as well as that thing with a lantern, and we don't know if it's a human or a ghost, are right above our heads.

In the darkness, Gu Wenmin suddenly turned off the lights and said in a low voice, "Let's see the situation first."

Once the lights went out, no matter it was under the stairs or at the entrance of the stairs, it was pitch black.We held our breath, listening to the footsteps above our heads, our hearts beating like drums, and the sound of footsteps reached directly above our heads, which is where we found the entrance.

At this moment, my heart sank involuntarily, and I fixed my eyes on the entrance.

A faint yellow light came in from the entrance, and a lantern emitting this yellow light could be faintly seen. The hand holding the lantern was thin and sallow, skin covered with bones, and because it was not far away, I could even see its blue nails.

Immediately afterwards, beside the lantern, a human face and a human head appeared, lying at the entrance, looking down at us.

Its skin is sallow, and under the light, the corpse oil on its face reflects a greasy texture, and its two yellow eyes are slightly turning to look at the four of us, as if a person is looking at the wings and legs of a roast duck before eating it. , Comparing which one is more delicious.

But if he wants to come down, he has to climb in, and in the process of climbing, I have full confidence that I can kill him.

So I said: "Go ahead and see if there is any other way out. I will stop it here." As soon as the voice fell, the thing had already started to climb down the stairs. Then he picked up the thing and rushed up, before the thing crawled in and the threat was not too great, he immediately hit its fragile neck with a pole.

This thing no longer has muscles, and the bones are covered with skin. When it was knocked down with a pole, it made a bang sound, and its head suddenly turned halfway, and a mouthful of black air spewed out from its mouth.

Fortunately, I had experience this time, and I dodged the body after hitting it down, so I didn’t get sprayed straight on. Because it crawled halfway and I got rid of it, it blocked the entrance, and the rest of the corpses couldn’t crawl out for a while. I exclaimed lucky, and hurried to follow in the footsteps of Tofu and others.

The bottom of this staircase is also a wooden structure, but it is not on the first floor. It should be a separate space where there are a lot of sundries, rotten wooden boxes and the like.When I caught up, the three of Tofu were looking for a way out, he said anxiously: "Damn, this is actually a dead end, there is no door."

Gu Wenmin seemed to have expected it, and said: "The underground warehouse is used to store things. Who will open the door here? But fortunately, it is made of wood. Let's find the right direction and open a hole by ourselves."

I took a hasty glance, and it was really pitch black and there was nowhere to go, so I said, "Wen Min is right, let's do it quickly."

The outside of the village is facing the west. We found the right location, and then we rummaged through the heavy objects from the warehouse, and slammed them against the wooden wall. The four of us worked together, and the tiger's mouth was shaken. Numbness, burning shoulder pain, did not dare to stop, after a few times, we heard a bang, sawdust splashed, and we made a big hole in the western wooden wall.

Looking along the light of the flashlight, there is a piece of weeds outside the wooden wall, with water droplets on the grass, and there are no buildings in the distance. From this point of view, this is the direction outside the village.I breathed a sigh of relief and climbed out first, only to see that I was in front of a piece of weeds. The convenience before me was the village I went to. Not far away was the route we used to enter the village, and those few lanterns were still hanging high.

A few people climbed out of the hole and rolled around in the grass, all covered in mud, regardless of whether they were handsome or ugly before, now they are all painted faces.After this night, no one wanted to stay in this place any longer, and was afraid that those things would leave the village, so he immediately chose a direction, flashlighted a dim yellow light, and ran wildly in the mud under the night. As for the child he saw before, It didn't appear again.

I don't know how far I ran in this breath, my tired legs were as soft as noodles, and I was panting, so I had to stop, and the previous Yinyang Liubu Village had already disappeared from sight.

Tofu breathed in a hurry and said: "It's so dangerous, it's a good thing I found the hole under the bed, otherwise we might be buried in that place this time." Thinking of this, I couldn't help but think of the corpse of the child who disappeared, Xindao: If it hadn't appeared at that position at that time, no matter what, the few of us would never have thought that there would be a secret passage under the bed. Could it be that the child was deliberately helping us find a way out?

The child was the old man's corpse. Was it the child who helped us, or the corpse-destroyer who died on the bed appeared, manipulated the corpse, and guided us the way to escape?

All of this seemed too weird, and I was full of doubts in my heart, but I couldn't express it for a while.

Gu Wenmin wiped the muddy water from his face, his expression revealed exhaustion, he looked at the dark sky above our heads, and said in a worried tone: "I always feel that something is wrong with this place."

I have discovered this a long time ago. At this moment, the watch on my wrist shows that it is five o'clock in the morning. That is to say, since noon yesterday, the sky has not cleared up until now, and there is not even a ray of sunshine.

But now that the rain has stopped, what is the darkness that surrounds us?
Tofu made a conjecture that made everyone feel chilled, and he said: "Could it be that we are still in the gate of hell?"

Everyone was silent for a while, and Mao Rooster suddenly started to growl in his stomach, it seemed that he was hungry, and the tofu was not angry, and said, "Didn't you just eat it last night?" Mao Rooster covered his stomach, hissed and gasped, and said : "It's not hungry, it's pain, no, it seems to have diarrhea." After saying that, he moved away from us, hid in the grass, took off his pants in a hurry, and squatted down to lose sight of anyone.

Immediately afterwards, Gu Wenmin also frowned fiercely, and said in a low voice: "No, I seem to also..." She said, clutching her stomach and running away.Tofu seemed to have remembered something, and immediately showed an expression as if he had eaten a fly, and said, "The Yinyang Liubu village is full of dead people, so what are those leftovers we ate last night? Remember the food that Baigujing gave Tang Seng?"

As soon as the words fell, it was almost unanimous that both of us felt unbearable cramps in our stomachs. I used to hear ghost stories about eating things given by ghosts. In fact, those things are deception. What do you think you are eating? The delicacies of mountains and seas may actually be some clods, candles, straw paper, earthworms, grasshoppers, toads and other things, which can range from diarrhea to serious death.

Several people had diarrhea, and the diarrhea was so severe that they could barely stand upright. After waiting for the stomach to finally subside, it was almost as if they were seriously ill. They found a sheltered cliff and fell asleep together.

I think, if this continues and we continue to wander under the cliff, we may never be able to get out.There are too many accidents that will happen here.

When I woke up, I smelled a scent, my stomach was gurgling, and I was instantly nauseated.When he opened his eyes, it was Gu Wenmin who was cooking.She knows how to be considerate. The food that night was not too much. The remaining three of us are big men with a large appetite, so she deliberately ate very little, and most of the food went into the belly of tofu and hairy roosters. So now, instead, she is physically better than us.

Seeing me wake up, she said: "I just went to pick up some mushrooms, let's eat." Looking down, she used three stones to set up a small stove. I laid out a thin stone slab, and on the slate that was scalded by the fire, there were sliced ​​mushrooms and eggs, and there were many eggshells of bird eggs beside it.

I was so surprised that I couldn't close my mouth from ear to ear, I gave a thumbs up and praised: "Beauty Gu, I rarely admire others, you are one of them."

Gu Wenmin smiled, seemed a little embarrassed, and said softly: "I often take pictures everywhere, sleep outside, and I often do these things. It's nothing, but you are really brave enough. To be honest, last night in In the village, if you hadn't been so calm, I would really have no backbone."

I felt very relieved when I heard this, and I felt a faint sense of warmth. I didn't say a word, so I picked up some fried eggs and mushrooms and ate them.Mushrooms are natural ingredients, without any seasoning, the taste is very attractive. The tofu and hairy rooster were quickly awakened by the smell, and with pale faces, they came to grab food with flamboyant steps.

It was raining continuously here, and there was no shortage of mushrooms or anything. We roasted slowly and ate until we were full. Only then did we feel diarrhea until our collapsed body regained strength, and the whole person seemed to be reborn.

A few people leaned together to rest, and Tofu continued to slap Gu Meimei's horse, talking nonsense all over the place.There was no wind or rain at the moment, we hid under the rocky cliff to rest, and our tense hearts finally relaxed completely.

While they were resting, I began to think, what is going on in this ghostly place, and how should we get out?
(End of this chapter)