Tomb Raiders Codex

Chapter 41
When they chased to the end, they had already entered the middle of a forest, but the thing turned a corner and disappeared without a trace.

It was raining heavily in the forest like a waterfall. Panting for breath, I looked around and scolded his mother angrily, knowing that I had lost track of him.Not long after, the other three caught up. Seeing me standing still, Tofu grabbed my neck and shook me angrily, cursing, "What the hell are you crazy about? I thought you were possessed by a ghost."

I patted his hand away, wiped the rain off my face, and explained the previous situation. The three of them looked at each other, Gu Wenmin frowned slightly, looked around alertly with dark eyes, and said in a low voice: "Could it be After leaving the village, that thing has been following us?"

Mao Rooster nodded fiercely, and said: "It has been spying on us again, it must be trying to play tricks behind our backs."

Tofu was about to speak, when suddenly, his half-open mouth closed suddenly, and with his index finger on his mouth, he shook his head at us, and then pointed to the side.That position happened to be on my left hand side. I looked sideways and couldn't help but hold my breath.

A child in yellow with braids turned his back to us.

It is impossible for a child to appear in this place, it is definitely either a ghost or a monster.

As if it sensed our gaze, it suddenly started running forward again. I only felt my scalp go numb, and my heart shuddered, thinking: Could it be that it was always around me just now?Why didn't I notice it in the first place?But let the tofu find out?
Is this thing trying to lead us somewhere?
Everything seemed to be full of doubts, and faintly revealed a feeling of being calculated. Although he knew that if he followed this thing, he might fall into the trap designed by it, but at this moment, the only clue he could find was to start from it.

That thing that was a ghost or a corpse turned around and ran, and I immediately took the lead in chasing after it, while the other three were slightly behind due to their physical strength.

The rain was icy cold, the bushes stood tall in the forest, and the running was accompanied by the slight tingling of the trees piercing the skin, but the people in front didn't seem to feel the same, their figures didn't slow down at all, and suddenly, everything in front of them became more hazy stand up.

At first, I wasn't sure why, but when I took a step closer, I realized that there was actually a big river in front of me, and the river was shrouded in mist, covering everything around it, so it looked very hazy.

The thing jumped into the mist all of a sudden and disappeared without a trace.

Gu Wenmin looked at the river in front of him and said, "What kind of river is this?"

Mao Rooster said: "It's the Qianjiang River."

Gu Wenmin said: "Did that thing jump into the water?"

Our line of sight is not open in the fog, and the sound of the rushing water is deafening.The Qianjiang River is huge, with white waves mixed with cold rain. Standing by the river, the cold air hits you.We lost that figure again, but with the previous experience, I felt a little vigilant in my heart, thinking: that thing might be hiding around us.

At this moment, the tofu next to me suddenly started to walk into the river. I thought he wanted to wash off the mud on his feet, so I didn't care. Who knew that he walked forward and the river gradually spread to his butt.

Gu Wenmin exclaimed, and said, "It's not right, let Xiao Dou come back." At the moment I was the closest to Tofu, I immediately scooped up the tofu with my long arm, leaned forward, grabbed his neck, and dragged him ashore.

Tofu stared blankly. As soon as he landed, his whole body shivered suddenly, and he said, "It's so dangerous, I just had a dream."

Dream?
Mao Gongji was dumbfounded, and said: "Brother, the sky is bright and bright, and you haven't slept. It's only been a few minutes. What kind of dreams can you dream? Daydream?"

Tofu shook his head violently, with a nervous expression on his face, and said: "Don't interrupt, listen to me, things are a bit complicated." Tofu is usually very lazy, and he is rarely serious. I saw his expression , I knew that something was really going on, and immediately waved my hand, stopping the rooster who continued to talk, and said: "Is it related to your getting into the water just now? Tell me, what's going on."

Tofu nodded, and said, "I was wondering just now whether the child ran into the water, so I looked into the water, and as soon as I looked, someone patted my shoulder. When I turned around, I saw A little girl in yellow with braids."

Yellow clothes, braids?I thought to myself: From looking at the tofu, it is likely to be the thing we are chasing. It really is a ghost, but why is she only looking for tofu?

So I asked, "And then?"

Tofu went on to talk about it.

When he saw the little girl, he ignored us as if he had been possessed by an evil spirit.

Then the little girl said to him, "Big brother, do you remember me?"

Tofu carefully looked at the little girl's pink and jade-carved face, and said with a sad face: "Brother? I wish I had a beautiful and lovely sister like you. Unfortunately, I am only a younger brother, and I was kidnapped by traffickers. Little sister , why are you here?"

The little girl smiled and said, "I'll change you and you'll know." After she finished speaking, the corners of her mouth suddenly grinned to the back of her ears, and a layer of yellow hair grew on her face, and in an instant, she turned into a weasel. s face.

Tofu sat down on the ground in fright, trembling and unable to speak, the weasel's blue eyes stared straight at Tofu, and said, "Don't be afraid, big brother, I'm here to repay your life-saving grace. You have crashed into the gate of hell, and you are doomed to be trapped in this place where yin and yang stay, I am here to help you, you can get out by walking towards the bottom of the water."

Although Tofu was usually dumb, he didn't stay so far that he believed everything he said, but at that time he seemed to be fascinated by something, and he believed the weasel's words in an instant, and was ready to walk into the water.

Before leaving, he suddenly thought of us and said, "No, no, no, my brother is still outside, I can't go alone, you can also help them along the way."

The little sister's face changed in an instant, and she turned into the gloomy weasel again, and said, "They wanted to eat me at that time, and you were the one who saved me. Why should I help them? If you hesitate again, I won't even You can't save either."

How could Tofu leave me alone, and said: "Huang Daxian, sister Huang, you have great powers, and you know how to repay your kindness, so please help my friends."

The weasel bared his teeth and said, "Stop talking nonsense." Pushing the tofu, the tofu began to walk into the water involuntarily. Later, he suddenly woke up. Although he could hear our conversation, he couldn't control himself anymore. Yes, fortunately I pulled it in time.

At this point, everyone looked at each other, Gu Wenmin said: "Weasel, thank you for saving your life? Could it be the weasel cub that Xiao Dou let go?"

There has been a long history of folk stories about ghosts repaying kindness, and there are countless jokes like this. The most well-known one is "Legend of the White Snake", but I didn't expect such a thing to happen.

Could it be that the child we saw in the old man's room was not a dead body, but the weasel?Did it purposely show us the way out?
That being the case, saving people to the end and sending Buddhas to the West, why do you have to hate the three of us now?

Gu Wenmin said: According to folklore, spirits and monsters always repay favors and revenge, but if they really came to save Xiao Dou, why did they guide him into the river?Could it be that this is just a lie made by ghosts to confuse people? "

I thought to myself: Ghosts are alluring and good at deceiving, what Gu Meimei said makes sense, we should not trust it.

After hearing this, Tofu felt terrified, and said, "I think that's right, most likely it's a ghostly obsession. Even if the weasel really becomes a spirit, it should be an old weasel. No cub can become a spirit."

Mao Rooster suddenly retorted: "That's not necessarily true. I've heard a story before, and it's related to this. Let me tell you." Tofu said: "When is it, are you still in the mood to tell a story?"

The rooster said: "Well, I don't tell stories, but it is not impossible for a cub to become a spirit. Have you ever heard of old and young, young and young? According to folklore, spirits and monsters can be reborn and become Those old-fashioned spirits who look like children, are all unable to cultivate well, and the younger they are, the deeper they will be."

Gu Wenmin frowned suddenly, her voice was a bit worried, she happened to be standing next to me, she tilted her head, lowered her voice very low, and said: "If it is true that you will repay your kindness, and you will repay your revenge, I'm afraid... That thing will deal with Driver Mao.”,

When she said this, my heart skipped a beat, and I thought of one thing: That’s right, that cub was brought in by a Mao rooster. If there was any hatred between us, wouldn’t it be Mao who had the deepest hatred? cock up?

As soon as I changed my mind, Mao Rooster said to Tofu again: "...So, I think that weasel spirit is real, and she is still a woman, why don't you plead for mercy, or sacrifice your appearance , Let her save us together."

Tofu said angrily, "You beast, you won't even let a little girl go."

Mao Rooster came to his senses, slapped himself on the mouth, and said: "Don't blame me, Daxian, it's my mouth." Then he instigated Tofu to try again.

I didn't stop it either, this time things were weird and weird, and that weasel might be a major breakthrough.Seeing that the three of us were all staring at him, Tofu could only bite the bullet and said: "Little sister, my three companions, although a little bit greedy, are not bad people. You are so merciful, even they are together." Save it, otherwise, as an upright man, it is impossible for me to leave my friend and escape alone, please forgive me and forgive me, after I go back, I will definitely burn incense and serve you with roast chicken."

I was thinking in my heart, tofu is too nonsense, suddenly, something suddenly hit the back of the vest.

It was a cold human hand, a child's palm, and then, a little girl's voice appeared next to my ear, saying to me: "Go back!"Afterwards, a strong force struck from behind, and I fell down and plunged into the river.

(End of this chapter)