Tomb Raiders Codex

Chapter 48 Accidental Encounter
The night is dark at the moment, if the situation is not too weird, I don't want to climb the mountain in the middle of the night.This trip was originally an underground business. These days, the punishment for digging mushrooms with buckets is extremely severe. Once something goes wrong, this life is worthless, so there is no room for mistakes.

In order to find out the situation, Tofu and I carried our burdens on our backs, held the unburned fire in the campfire in our hands, and headed towards the bright light not far above our heads.This mountain is not difficult to walk, there is an open fire in hand, and there are no snakes, insects, rats and ants. After about [-] minutes of touching, I arrived at the place. I saw an old building in the dark, which looked very dilapidated from the outside. It's a bit like a mansion in the past, and it's a bit like a temple.

But in this barren mountain and wild land, no matter whether it is a house or a temple, it looks extremely strange.

The door of that house was covered with a big cloak, and the fire came out from the door. The torch in the hands of Tofu and I was almost burned, and we immediately threw it on the ground and stomped it out with our feet. The two walked towards the burning door with light hands and feet. .

If there is fire, there must be someone.

Tofu and I gradually approached the gate along the stone wall outside the house, being very careful, very careful, for fear of being noticed, but when we got closer, we looked in through the crack of the door, but there was only a bunch of blazing bonfires inside. silhouette.

Tofu couldn't help but let out an exclamation, and wanted to go in. I grabbed him and signaled to wait a little longer. Maybe the person who raised the bonfire was still inside. Compared with us looking at people through the crack of the door, but the scope is limited, let's observe for a while. time.

While waiting, I heard a rattling, rattling, footstep-like sound coming from the palace gate. The sound of the footsteps seemed to be approaching the position of the fire. Tofu and I stared closely, wanting to come out Who would it be, who knows, the sound of footsteps suddenly stopped, followed by a burst of ethereal, singing-like voices.

It's the sound we heard before. Could it be that the source of the sound is actually in this ancient house?
There was surprise in Tofu's eyes, and he probably wanted to speak, but before he could speak, he covered Tofu's mouth with one hand.This is by no means my hand, but the hand protruding from behind the two of us. I was so frightened that I suddenly turned around, only to see a dark figure standing behind me.

Tofu and I were peeping, our minds were tied in the old house, we never thought that a person would suddenly appear behind us, our heart skipped half a beat for a while, before we could react, that person quickly made a silent speech gesture, the whole person also leaned forward, and through the firelight from the hall, I could clearly see who was coming, it was actually Gu Wenmin!

Gu Wenmin shook his head at both of us, motioning to keep quiet, then put down his hand, and pointed to the interior of the old house, letting us wait and see.From beginning to end, she didn't say a word.

I cursed in my heart: How could this Gu Wenmin be in this place?Is she not a photographer at all?She lied to me?

In fact, I have some good feelings for her, so when I thought that she might be a liar, I felt a sense of anger in my heart, and the more I watched her, the more unhappy I became, but because of the current situation, I didn't make a sound.

The three of them waited outside the house for about half an hour, when Gu Wenmin suddenly said, "Could something happen to them?"

"They?" I asked. "Who are they?"

Gu Wenmin paused, and said: "A group of poachers. I heard people say that this canyon is beautiful. The end of the canyon is divided into two, like a two-headed snake. The sunset is very spectacular, so I want to come here to take pictures. In the afternoon, I found this old house by accident, and I wanted to spend the night in it, but after I went out to take a few photos, I found a group of thieves with guns, who lived in first."

I was a little surprised for a moment, I didn't expect Gu Wenmin to be so courageous, she dared to sleep in this place alone, then, she looked at me and Tofu, and said thoughtfully: "It's you two, how could you Come to this place?"

Tofu has always been slow-witted, but now he is clever. He lied without blinking, and said: "Although we live in a city full of exhaust gas, we can't stop our love for nature. Such a beautiful place, just you Can you come, we can’t? You are an artist, so am I. If you want to take pictures, I want to take pictures too.” As I said that, I winked at me, and I quickly said, “Not bad, I knew you would too. If you want to go sightseeing in the canyon, we should go on the road together, by the way, these hunters with guns live here, so you can live in another place, why do you stay here?"

Gu Wenmin was probably confused by me and Doufu singing together, and was immediately diverted from the topic, saying: "I want to find out who they are, there are a lot of poachers in this area, and the villagers told me before coming here that there are many poachers in this mountain." Rare animals, if they are really poached, we can't let them get away with it."

I thought to myself: There are a lot of lawbreakers in this world, you can control everything you want, can you manage it?People are poaching and doing your shit. If you have such a sense of justice, if you know that Tofu and I are digging graves, why don't you report us immediately.

So I said: "The other party has a gun in his hand. If he is found out, it's not safe. You are a big girl in this barren mountain. It's too easy to kill you." Tofu nodded and said: "Yes Ah yes, and you are so beautiful, it will definitely be worse."

Rao Gu Wenmin has always had a good temper, but he was also irritated by the tofu. He stomped his feet and became a little angry, and said, "You two don't have any sense of public morality. It's fine if you don't see it. Now that you have seen it, we can't let you see it." They continue to poach, do you know how easy it is for them to kill a tiger? Do you know how much human and financial resources are spent on captive breeding every year to protect wild tigers! Do you know..."

I didn't expect that this big beauty Gu would be a set of truths.If this continues, Tofu and I will become eternal sinners, so I quickly interrupted her, saying: "We were wrong, we should not just ignore the bad poaching behavior. But the other party has a gun in his hand, now what to do?"

Gu Wenmin saw that I admitted my mistake with sincerity, and calmed down a little. He lowered his voice and said, "When I found them, they had already seized quite a few things, some were dead, and some were alive. I wanted to find a chance Let those living creatures go, so I have been squatting there." She pointed to the dark place, thinking that she was squatting there at that time.

Gu Wenmin originally wanted to wait for the poachers to go out or relax, but who knew that the three poachers did not come out after entering.Not long after, there was a faint singing sound and occasional footsteps in the ancient house, which seemed very strange. Gu Wenmin was unsure of the situation, and didn't dare to make a move for a moment. He was squatting and guarding, but saw me and Tofu sneaking up the mountain. To prevent the two of us from being unaware of the situation and scaring the snake, we showed up.

She said: "I've been squatting for more than four hours, and they haven't come out, and they haven't moved. I think it's weird, but I dare not go in rashly. It's fine if you come here now."

Tofu said pitifully: "Although we are brave, we are of flesh and blood after all. Miss Gu, do you want us to use our bodies to block guns?" Gu Wenmin seemed to want to speak, opened his mouth, and then let out a Yin'er, all of a sudden, from the depths of the ancient house, there was a shrill scream, as if someone had been skinned alive, the sound was so shrill, it made the scalp numb and the ears feel cold.

The three of them stopped talking at the same time and looked at each other, not knowing what happened for a moment.

The shrill scream lasted for about half a minute before disappearing, and then another voice came out, this time it was not a scream, but a person yelling in horror: "Help!" Counting down, the voice becomes lower and lower until it disappears.

The voice, of course, must have belonged to the poachers, but what happened to them?Don't you have a gun in your hand?How could it make such a sound?As I was thinking about it, Tofu had already said: "What to do, someone is calling for help." Although this kid is timid, he is always easy to soften his heart. I remember once he went out to eat fast food and brought ten yuan with him. An old beggar with a broken leg.As soon as he showed kindness, he gave all ten yuan.

The kid was a little confused, he went to eat fast food after giving the money, he touched his pocket after eating, and suddenly remembered... Oh no, I brought ten yuan with me when I went out today.In the end, I had no choice but to be cheeky, and while the boss wasn't paying attention, I ran out and ate a king's meal.

Although poaching is hateful, it is a human life after all. How could Tofu hear this, and immediately said: "How about... let's go in and have a look?" He is kind, and someone has a sense of justice more than him, Gu Wenmin pursed his lips , A heavy frost formed on the beautiful outline, and said: "Go in and have a look." After saying that, go in first, and Tofu followed closely.

At the end, I didn't know how to react for a while, and I thought to myself: Go, go, you are all good people, fuck it!I'm just a bad guy with a heart of stone.I thought so, but I couldn't let them take a risk with a coward and a woman in front. Immediately, I also pulled out my dagger and entered the gate of the ancient house.

(End of this chapter)