Tomb Raiders Codex

Chapter 502
Before I could speak, he touched the face of the corpse and said in surprise, "Like a stone. Ah, I see, this is the ancient city of Pompeii." As soon as he mentioned the ancient city of Pompeii, I immediately remembered it.

It is said that in 1748, when a farmer named Andrew was digging deep into his vineyard, the hoe suddenly "clanged", as if he had dug a huge rock, but he couldn't pull out the hoe no matter how hard he tried.He called in other people to help, and when they scraped away dirt and stones, they found that the hoe had penetrated a metal cabinet.

It goes without saying that this farmer dug up the ancient city of Pompeii.

As the news spread, the farmers who planted grapes on this land remembered the legend about the disappearance of Pompeii passed down from their ancestors, so treasure robbers flocked to it, and later also attracted a group of historians and archaeological experts to come here for archaeology. .

In 1876, the Italian government began to organize scientists to excavate the ancient city of Pompeii in an orderly manner.

After more than a hundred years of continuous work by seven or eight generations of experts and the hard maintenance of thousands of staff, the ancient city of Pompeii was able to come to life.

The historian Vanio, who participated in the excavation of Pompeii, said: "What a horrifying sight! Many people died in their sleep, and some died at the door of their homes. They raised their arms and opened their mouths; On the oven, the dog is still tied to the chain by the door; the slaves still have ropes; the library shelves have scrolls made of papyrus, and election slogans are still posted on the walls, and words of love are scrawled..."

This situation is due to the instantaneous injection of a large amount of volcanic ash during the volcanic eruption, which caused the extinction of humans and animals. Coupled with the coverage and wrapping of volcanic ash, Pompeii finally became an almost semi-fossilized ancient city.Including those ancient corpses, they all became fossils.Some of them maintained the posture of fleeing, while others were instantly engulfed by the thick volcanic ash, maintaining the actions at the moment before they died.It is said that there is a special exhibition hall for the fossil ashes formed by these volcanic ash.

When Tofu said this, it obviously connected this ghost with the ancient city of Pompeii.

Perhaps, buried under this piece of Gobi is an ancient city of Pompeii belonging to China!

I also touched the corpse, and sure enough, it felt more like a stone.After Tofu finished speaking, he said regretfully, "Didn't you say that ghosts built underground palaces to avoid disasters? Why didn't they hide underground?"

Harichagai said: "You are stupid, looking at them like this, it can be seen that there was no time to escape at all." After speaking, he walked to the door of this private house. Apart from the gray-black volcanic ash rock, there are no other entrances and exits.

I reckon that since there is an underground palace, the entrance and exit must be underground, and it is probably covered up. If you want to find the entrance, you have to search a lot.At this time, Tofu suddenly asked a question, saying: "Who made the hole outside first? Huyuduo doesn't know how to make holes? And don't you think the hole is very strange? It hit the stone wall I just gave up. The teapot lid... You said that you sensed the breath of Huyuduo through that hole before, that is to say, Huyuduo once appeared in this dwelling... This is strange, it What are you doing here?"

Harichagai said: "What do you think Huyuduo is? An animal? It is a totem, a symbol, a power that is materialized, just like a dragon. No one can see a dragon, but a dragon It has always been praised as being able to ward off evil spirits, and this is a reason. Do you think that the hole outside was dug by Hu Yuduo?"

Tofu was noncommittal and said, "I thought so at first, but now it seems that I was wrong. It seems that there are people who discovered this place earlier than us, but they didn't come in."

Zhuan Rui said: "In the last century, there was a treasure hunting craze in China. Many foreigners came to China to dig treasures. The hole outside may have been left by some treasure hunters. As for why they didn't come in, it's not clear. "

Harichagai said: "What are you thinking about now? Anyway, there are only four of us alive in this place. Let's find the entrance of the underground palace quickly. The precious documents of ghosts and monsters are stored in the palace. Do you still want to release them?" Cursed."

After he said that, we ended some unnecessary guesses and began to search intently in these two private houses.Tofu and I went to the room that came down first, searched the ground first, knocked and tapped, looking for possible passages. More than 2000 years ago, the technology was limited, and there were no powerful institutions. In addition, the people in this place have almost turned into fossils. Apart from Humuduo, there should be no other dangers, so the sense of security of tofu is overwhelming. , jumping up and down alone, like a grandson monkey.

We searched around the ground, and the voices were all solid. I thought to myself, could the passage opening be on the wall?First of all, a wall connected to another room can be excluded, and according to the orientation of this room, the outer wall can also be excluded.This leaves only the possibility of access on the west and south walls.Tofu and I turned to knock on the wall again. After a lot of tossing, Tofu suddenly stopped halfway and said, "It's strange, why is there no movement on the Yin Yang face?"

I was too concentrating on the situation in front of me. When Tofu reminded me like this, I suddenly felt that something was wrong. The two of us were knocking and beating here, but why didn't there be any movement on Zhuanrui's side?

Tofu and I looked at each other, thinking that the situation had changed, so without further ado, we rushed to the opposite room, and when the lights turned on, there were no Zhuanrui and Harichagai, these two had disappeared at some point !
Tofu and I stood at the entrance, and the flashlight moved accordingly, from left to right, from top to bottom, and the whole room did not change at all.

Tofu said: "Could it be that the two of them found the entrance to the underground palace and ran away without us? No way, Yin Yang is not such an unjust person!"

I said: "I'm afraid something has happened, look for it quickly." While talking, I observed the clues that might be left around. Although the whole place seemed to be covered with dust, in fact, the volcanic ash formed after thousands of years of precipitation. It has a semi-soft and semi-hard texture, and it won't even leave a footprint when walking on it.But at this moment, Tofu suddenly found something and shouted: "Under the table!" It turned out that the passageway we were looking for was at the bottom of this big table, because these petrified dead people were sitting here, The footsteps blocked the line of sight, coupled with the dim light, we didn't realize it for a while.

The name of tofu made me realize that Zhuan Rui and the others probably went down through this entrance.Tofu hurriedly climbed to the entrance of the cave to check the situation, so I quickly stopped him and said, "Don't act rashly, if Zhuanrui and the others find this cave, they will definitely not inform us, and the two of them will go down rashly. They must have gone out before. What's the matter. I'll go and see."

I am a businessman, and I have countless business partners and friends, but for so many years, there is only one brother who has lived through life and death, and shared weal and woe. I am a little worried about accidents with tofu, so if there are any dangerous things that I can do by myself, I will try my best on your own.While talking, he pulled the tofu back, lay down under the table, turned on the lamp, and looked towards the hole that came out from under the table.I saw that the entrance of the hole was about one meter square, but it was dark below, and even with a flashlight, I couldn't see what was going on below.

I find it strange, because the range of the flashlight is seven or eight meters away, and it is reasonable to see everything below clearly, but now, I can only see a mass of darkness. Is the hole too deep, or is it under the hole? What's there?
This idea came to me only in a split second. Before I could take a closer look, suddenly, my buttocks were suddenly pushed forward by a pair of hands. I was kneeling beside the hole at the moment. This push, The body suddenly rushed forward, the upper body was lifted, and the whole person fell directly into the hole. At the same time, there was a loud cry from Tofu.

The next second, I fell to the ground on my back. Fortunately, I carried an equipment bag on my back to cushion it, so I didn't fall into a concussion.Before I could wake up from the push and fall, the tofu slammed onto me in the next second. At this moment, my only feeling was: self-inflicted, why should I bring him with me this time?
"Ouch, my waist...Old Chen? Are you okay, Old Chen? I seem to have crushed your balls, is it okay? Miss Gu will kill me if something goes wrong."

I was in so much pain that I could hardly speak, I could not speak for a long while with my legs crossed, and the flashlight rolled to the side, the light was facing the wall, and the hazy reflection made everything around me appear obscure.Tofu had me as a human mat, and seemed to be fine. He got up from me, hit the flashlight on the ground immediately, and said, "Someone kicked me just now."

I scolded: "There isn't even a ghost in this place, so there are people? Don't make excuses."

Tofu looked innocent, saying that I am such an unreliable person in your heart, why push you down if I have nothing to do?Play house with you?When he said this, I couldn't help but fell silent, and looked up, wondering and uncertain in my heart.According to Tofu, he was kicked from behind, so he fell forward and pushed me uncontrollably.However, there is not even a zongzi in this place, and the only three dead people have been petrified, it is impossible to do something wrong, what is going on?
I felt that the pain in my body was relieved, so I was about to get up to see what happened. The distance is not high. Tofu and I can climb out with a ladder. I have to climb up to see what is causing the trouble.

Thinking about it, I was about to get up, but with this movement, I found that I couldn't get up.

(End of this chapter)