Tomb Raiders Codex

Chapter 505
Tofu was even more frightened and at a loss, as if I was a monster that was out of control and was about to go crazy. With a strange cry, he immediately moved away from me by a foot.

Guessing it was for my self-esteem, he tentatively asked again: "Are you Chen Xuan or a goblin?"

I was about to die of anger, and said coldly: "Fairy."

When Tofu heard that I was talking ironically, he patted his chest and came back together, looked at the gloomy and dark space around him, and said, "Tell me... is that thing hiding somewhere to watch us now? Chen, how about, why don't we go out, can we surrender?"

I couldn't help but slapped him on the head, and said, "Are you playing tricks? Although their goal is Zhuanrui, I have killed their people before, and now we are regarded as a group , what are you going out to seek death?"

Tofu said: "Then, what should we do then? Let's just wait here to die? What if, what if that goblin appears again?" Qi Xin said, I'm afraid that the thing hasn't left at all now, and the mahogany beads given by grandpa have been destroyed. , I don’t know if that thing broke free, it’s probably thinking how to get revenge on us right now.

But I didn't say this, because Tofu is timid enough, after thinking about it, I think it's not an option to wait, so I decided to follow the original plan and find Zhuanrui and the other two.We need to see people when we live, and we need to see corpses when we die. After confirming their situation, we can also arrange the next step.So Tofu and I took a flashlight, and according to the original plan, we went down to the hole covered with black quicksand, and started to destroy the wall with a crowbar.

These piled up boulders are very rough. The reason why they have not collapsed so far is entirely dependent on their own volume. Therefore, we took turns to divide the labor and worked for more than two hours, and finally destroyed one of the boulders.

After digging out the stone completely, I was surprised to find that the back of the stone wall was actually empty. Looking carefully, it was a man-made earth hole. Half of the space in the earth hole was covered with this kind of The quicksand-like substance, when the light hits it, it is completely black.

I observed it and found that the quicksand behind the stone wall was not flowing, so I leaned halfway in and observed the surrounding environment with a flashlight.At this time, I also suddenly figured out the structure of this place.I reckon that the entire ghost creature is just like the tunnel wars in the past. Every household has an underground entrance. For the sake of structural stability, the tunnels between different areas will be staggered up and down, and the entrances will be connected together.I guess, the tunnel we see now is the principle of thinking through, thus forming the group of tunnels I see now.

That being the case, then these tunnels must eventually lead to the underground palace.I was overjoyed, looking at the dark sand nest in front of me, and a little worried, I don't know what these black quicksand substances are?
Obviously, these things could not have been made by the ghosts, otherwise they would not be able to move around at all. The only possibility is that these substances must have been formed during the thousands of years when the ghosts perished.

And this straight entrance is probably the entrance for this family to enter the tunnel. After Zhuanrui and Harichagai were swallowed by these things, there were only two possibilities.One is that the passage below has been blocked by these black substances. In this way, the two people will definitely not be able to survive.The second possibility is that the passage below is not blocked, but the two of them can't go back the same way. It is likely that they are already on their way to the underground palace at this moment.

Thinking of this, I felt a surge of excitement. At this time, Tofu asked me how I was doing. I told the situation and made a gesture to signal him to come down.Immediately afterwards, the two of us climbed into the tunnel behind the stone wall.The black sand grains under the body lie prone on it, and there is a feeling of lying in the desert, which makes people feel very relaxed.Tofu looked back and forth and asked me, "Where are you going?"

At this moment, no one can know the specific location of the underground palace, so how can I make a judgment, so I said: "If you go to the left or not to the right, choose the left." In the rules of digging mushrooms with a bucket, some seniors have left a lot of experience For example, in the underground palace, if you can't find a way and you need to choose one at random, you should choose left instead of right.Because the left side is respected and the right side is humble. From a superstitious point of view, the left side is auspicious and the right side is the Xiongnu.

Although we are not in the fight now, since we have no way to make a choice, we simply follow the rules of the fight.So Tofu and I chose the left hand side and climbed forward with a flashlight.Tofu is probably worried that I will suddenly grow an extra face, crawl for a while, and look back at me from time to time.Logically speaking, people should be able to walk upright inside the tunnel, otherwise, the efficiency of crawling inside would be too slow when escaping. Moreover, it is inevitable that some things will be brought with them when escaping, so the tunnel must be higher and wider.But now, most of it is blocked by these black sand grains, and Tofu and I can only walk on our knees inside.

Tofu is in front of me. From my perspective, I can only see his buttocks. After climbing for a while, we saw some other entrances and exits one after another. They should be connected to other residential buildings, but in order not to cause trouble It has become a fine stone statue, we dare not to toss any more, pretending not to see it, and concentrate on looking for the entrance to the tunnel on the next floor.

Because it is underground, the temperature in this place was originally a little low, but because Tofu and I have been doing physical labor, and we have been climbing for so long, a layer of oily sweat appeared on our bodies after a short time, and those black sand It's a grain-like thing, and it sticks to my body a lot.

I had been climbing for a long time, and I was wearing a gas mask on my face. I felt very uncomfortable, so I took off the mask.But after picking it up, I discovered that this tunnel has been filled with a strange smell, a bit fishy, ​​like the smell of snake gall that I have smelled before.

I thought to myself: Could it be that there are snakes in this place?
After all, after more than 2000 years, the vicissitudes of the sea and the hard Gobi landform are prone to cracks underground. It is not surprising that some snakes and scorpions go down to the ground along these cracks.I couldn't help but secretly raised my heart, and told the tofu in front of me to be careful about snakes and scorpions.

Tofu crawled forward with his buttocks shrugging. When he heard that there might be snakes in this place, he was a little scared. This kid was scared by the snake king before, and when he saw a snake, he became terrified and immediately became nervous.At this moment, Tofu suddenly stopped, stretched out his hand to grab his back, and said, "It seems that something fell on my back, isn't it a scorpion?"

I said why do you have so many things, and I stretched my neck to look at it. I saw a centipede-like insect crawling on the back of the tofu. The insect had a red head and a hooked tail. Yes, as it moved, something like black sand fell from its buttocks. In an instant, I suddenly understood, and I couldn't help being shocked: "Damn, so we are in centipede shit!" Climb up!"

"What? Why don't you shit?" Tofu didn't understand, and shook his body. The thing that looked like a centipede was thrown into the pile of 'sand grains' by him. gone.

I said, "It's not that I don't shit, it's centipede shit!"

After speaking, he told Tofu about the situation just now, and Tofu trembled all of a sudden, with a disgusted expression on his face, as if he had eaten a fly, and said: "You mean, these black sands are actually all those bugs. shit? Then, how many centipedes do you have to pull together to pull so much? Besides, centipede shit doesn’t look like this, does it?”

I also feel disgusting enough. When I think that these things that stick to my body because of sweat, and even get into my crotch along the thin seams of my pants, are actually some bug feces, I feel numb and itchy all over, not to mention too much It's hard.I endured my nausea and said, "I said that the bug looked like a centipede, but I didn't say it was a centipede. This is the same reason as a whale looks like a fish but is not a fish."

Tofu said: "Don't, you've made me dizzy, then, shall we still climb now?"

I said, "What if you don't climb? What will happen to Zhuanrui if you don't climb? Continue."

After thinking about it, I signaled Tofu to stop first, and then I grinded out a smokeless stove from his equipment bag.This stove is about half the size of a basketball, and there is a handle on it, so it is easy to move at any time.I broke off a piece of solid fuel and lit it, then took out a piece of sulfur and threw it in, watching the smokeless stove slowly emit a burst of thick smoke.

Tofu was puzzled and asked me what kind of moth I was messing with.I analyzed and said: "Look, the weight of these feces is so large, what does it mean? It means that the number of bugs just now is very large, and it may have been breeding in this place for hundreds or thousands of years. At this moment, they may be They are sleeping in the cracks of the ground, or maybe they are crawling around under these shits. Anyway, I ignore us for the time being, but if they all come out, what kind of scene will it be? This sulfur sheet can repel insects after volatilization, I hope It’s useful, it’s an insurance policy for us.”

Tofu immediately gave a thumbs up when he heard the words, and said, "It's better if you think about it, throw more quickly. It's best if they smell the smell and hide quickly." While talking, we tidied up and put them on again. Without a gas mask, he twisted the smoking smokeless stove and continued to climb forward, and soon found a downward passage.

This passage is vertical, and there are stairs on the earthen wall. Looking down from this position, you can see that the passage on the next floor is also filled with insect excrement.Fortunately, we have gas masks, and these insect excrements are relatively dry. If it is the kind of sparse insect excrement, I guess Tofu would rather die than crawl forward.

The stairs were also filled with insect feces, and there was no way to land. Tofu and I used the simplest method and jumped directly, as easy as jumping into the desert.

Below the tunnel, there are also one on the left and one on the left. I reckon that if Zhuan Rui and the two are still alive, they should be on this floor.Tofu said: "How do I go? Should I choose the left or the right?" I was about to nod when suddenly, a dim light came on in the passage on our right.

(End of this chapter)