Tomb Raiders Codex

Chapter 50 Snakes
As if understanding our doubts, Gu Wenmin smiled slightly and explained: "Actually, there are some monsters in the shape of human faces and beasts all over the world. Human beings always create such shapes unconsciously. Irrelevant, as if it is a kind of deep genetic information. The people who participated in the test at the beginning also included some low-level workers. The animal-body tomb-preserving beast gives rise to a sense of familiarity. Therefore, some people think that this may be caused by an ancient genetic code. Perhaps there was indeed such a group of people in a certain period of human development."

After finishing speaking, Gu Wenmin said strangely: "It seems that this is indeed a place for processing stone materials, but who would process stone materials in such a remote place, and it is such a thing as a tomb-suppressing beast?"

I thought to myself: This ancient house looks like it has been around for a long time, and I don’t know where it was passed down from generation to generation. Since there are stones piled up in it, it may be a place where stones were exported for the construction of mountains and tombs in the past.Regardless of whether the tomb of the ghost king Yulong is in this deep mountain, at least one thing is certain, there must be an ancient tomb here.

Although I knew it, I didn't say much.

Tofu was confused, and said bluntly: "This is a bit ridiculous. Let's stop studying this stone statue. It's more important to find someone. I was calling for help just now, but now there is no sound at all, let alone already... ..."

His words reminded us, the three of them stopped talking immediately, held the torch, and focused on observing the surroundings.Although the place is full of stone piles, there is a narrow corridor in the middle, winding and extending to the dark place ahead.

I walked in the front, with a shotgun in my hand, and the three of them lined up in a file and moved forward along the aisle until the end.

There is only one road in the entire space, and the rest of the space is piled with stones. Walking in it is like stepping into a maze.After turning around a few bends, the tofu behind me suddenly tugged at my arm, his expression became a little nervous, and he lowered his voice and said, "Old Chen, do you smell a fishy smell?"

Tofu has always been timid. In such a cramped environment, the psychological pressure must be great. I patted his shoulder comfortingly and sniffed the smell carefully. Suddenly, there was a fishy smell. Which direction is it coming from.

Seeing my expression change, Tofu immediately asked nervously, "What do you think it tastes like?"

"I can't tell, it smells like an animal."

Gu Wenmin also shook his head and said, "I can't smell it. Wait... Could it be the group of prey that disappeared?"

Tofu immediately asked, "Are there any snakes among the prey they caught? I think it smells like snakes, and... it should be the smell of many snakes."

Don't think that tofu emphasizes loyalty and affection, but it is too timid and very sensitive to things like snakes, insects, rats and ants. He said that it smells like snakes, so it must be indistinguishable.However, this place has been abandoned for many years, and there are some snakes, insects, rats and ants living here, which is already expected, so I said: "It's okay, be careful not to let the torch go out, in fact, snakes are afraid of people, as long as they don't enter the snake's territory, they will They generally don’t take the initiative to attack people.”

Gu Wenmin didn't have any emotions of fear, but Tofu looked very nervous, shrinking his neck like a tail, and followed me every step of the way. If the conditions didn't allow it, I really wanted to laugh at him a few times.

After walking two steps forward, a pile of things appeared on the ground in front of me. As soon as I took a look, I felt that my calves were a little weak.At this time, Tofu behind me probably sensed that something was wrong with me, and while asking what was going on, he was about to poke his head out. I felt that I pushed his head back and said, "Don't look at it, it's a little scary." It was the most disgusting scene I have ever seen in my life. I felt my heart beating and my stomach was overwhelmed. Even I couldn't stand it, let alone the reaction of tofu after watching it.

But Tofu's character is of the type that doesn't want to be beaten. I do it for his own good and don't let him see it. Instead, he is as curious as a cat.He poked his head out from the side, then his eyes widened, he stared at the pile of things on the ground, hissed, his legs softened, and he sat down on the ground.

Gu Wenmin is not much better, although she often walks in the deep mountains, and is probably used to seeing snakes, insects, rats and ants, but she is a girl after all, she turned pale with shock at the scene in front of her, she shook her whole body, and stood next to each other. The stone on the side did not fall.

On the ground in front of us, there was a dead body lying down impressively.It was completely invisible what he looked like, small green snakes as thick as thumbs, came in and out of his corpse, and his body was full of blood holes.The snake came out of those holes, and it was dyed scarlet. At first glance, it looked like a wriggling flesh and blood. The stench came out, and the intestines and viscera flowed all over the place. There were small snakes crawling in and out of the mouth, which made people feel sick. We who were watching from the side felt as if something was moving in our throats.

The blood of the corpse was still flowing, obviously he had just died not long ago, and his corpse had already been damaged by these seemingly weak little snakes, and the degree of tragedy could not be described in words.I even feel like I don't want to breathe, because when I inhale, I will smell the peculiar smell of human internal organs.

For a moment, none of the three of us could speak.

Could it be this person who screamed just now?
So who is calling for help?How could there be so many snakes here?Was that person also killed?
Gu Wenmin's face turned pale, and said, "What should we do now?"

The road ahead is almost occupied by snakes. It is definitely not possible to walk directly, but if we leave here, the miserable state of this person in front of us will make us feel unbearable.I am a person with a hard heart, and I have a feeling of lingering fear, let alone Gu Wenmin, who has a strong sense of justice, and Xiaodou, who is soft-hearted like tofu.

In just a moment, Gu Wenmin made a decision, with a hint of guilt on her beautiful silhouette, she whispered: "I blame me for not involving you. But if there are still people alive, I can't ignore it. Go on your own, let me think about it." Method."

Although I haven't been with Gu Wenmin for a long time, I still know her character well. To sum it up, people love and hate her.Her appearance is undoubtedly very beautiful, and it belongs to the kind that makes people unable to take their eyes off at a glance.She is also very gentle, tolerant, smart and not arrogant. When you are with her, you always feel peaceful and comfortable.But her sense of justice is really too strong. It can't be said that it is a disadvantage or an advantage. This kind of person belongs to the high standard of morality and is a trouble in reality.

It seemed that she was now planning to probe inside again to find the other two missing poachers.Maybe those two people are still alive now, maybe they have also been killed.

Tofu regained his strength, his arms were densely covered with goosebumps, he turned his head to avoid the corpse, and said: "The death is terrible, I don't know what happened to the other two people, if we don't save them, their fate will definitely be the same. It’s miserable. But...it’s dangerous enough, Old Chen, I’ll listen to you, if you say save it, save it, if you don’t, I’ll follow you.”

Although I am hard-hearted, I am not the kind of person who will do nothing but watch others being tortured. Seeing that Gu Wenmin has made up his mind, Tofu also has a look of unbearable, and said: "Although these poachers are hateful, But we have our own laws to punish them, and we have encountered this matter, so we must do our best to save it. But now our way is blocked by these snakes, how can we move forward?"

Tofu had an idea, pointed to the top of the surrounding stones, and said, "Let's climb up, climb along the top of the stones, and bypass this area with snakes."

Gu Wenmin finally breathed a sigh of relief, and praised: "Xiao Dou's idea is good." Saving people is like putting out a fire, just do what you say, the three of us didn't talk nonsense, and climbed up to the top of the piled stones with hands and feet.

The top was about a log high from the beams. The roof was dark and smelled of corruption. We didn’t bother to study the beams, so we crawled forward on the stone and looked down while climbing.

All the snakes are gathered around the corpse. You only need to crawl over the corpse, and the front is safe.

Unexpectedly, after crawling twice, Tofu suddenly hummed in his mouth, and then stopped crawling, as if something was wrong.I just felt an unknown fire in my heart, lowered my voice and looked back, and said, "Ancestor, what happened to you again?"

(End of this chapter)