Tomb Raiders Codex

Chapter 509 Underground Palace
I entered the selected area with tofu and walked in with the lights on.Tofu's self-esteem was hit by Zhuan Rui, so he scrambled to show his masculinity and rushed to the front.Since this underground palace is a place where people live and there are no institutions, I let him go.

Searching all the way, I saw stone rooms, stone beds, pots and pans, bottles and jars, everything is available. Such stone rooms are connected one after another, and the planning is unified, which reminds me of prisons.About half an hour later, we touched the end of the first tunnel, so we turned around and prepared to search the second tunnel. Unexpectedly, at this moment, in the darkness, two gunshots suddenly sounded.

The gun fired twice, which was Zhuan Rui's signal.Tofu and I exchanged glances, and immediately headed towards the entrance of the cave where Zhuan Rui was.In order to distinguish the direction, we had various secret conventions earlier, marking numbers outside the passages that have been viewed.

At this time, there were only two holes in it, which were marked with 1 and 2 respectively. Obviously, Zhuan Rui must be in the second passage now, and it seemed that he had discovered something.Tofu and I were overjoyed, and ran in without saying a word.

As soon as we entered, we immediately found that this passage was different from the ones we entered before. In contrast, the construction was more orderly and spacious. The houses inside were not densely distributed, and each room had a very large area. .I took a rough look at the first two rooms, and found that there were masks and other things hanging on the walls inside. It seemed that the rooms planned by this passage should be occupied by shamans with high status among ghosts and ghosts.

During this process, I also discovered a rule, that is, the planning of the stone chamber becomes more complicated and exquisite as the time goes on, and even at the end, there are murals and stone carvings on the stone walls.You must know that this underground complex was built for refuge, so it is natural that it is relatively rough, but this area has also taken into account the aesthetic effect. As a country ruled by theocracy, it is obviously inhabited by the power of ghosts and monsters.

Perhaps, we are going to find the core secret of ghosts and creatures, just ahead.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for Zhuan Rui's back to appear in our sight.He turned his head, his masked face was half hidden in the darkness, and he didn't make a sound.As soon as Tofu and I arrived, Harichagai also followed, and the four of them gathered together again, but saw that the front of this passage was not a dead end like the other passages, but a closed stone gate, on which entrenched There are strange beasts and divine inscriptions engraved on them.

Tofu turned his head and asked Harichagai: "What's written on it?"

Harichagai checked them one by one with a flashlight, and finally raised his eyebrows, with a smile that was not a smile, and said: "It says that no one who is not a shaman or witch is not allowed to enter, and those who violate it..." He paused, as if there was something taboo , Tofu couldn't help asking: "What about the offenders?"

Harichagai shrugged his shoulders and said: "The violator will die unexpectedly, and the evil spirit will follow."

Tofu touched his chin, only the eyeballs were exposed on his bandaged face, he turned around twice, and said: "I have seen this kind of curse a lot, before in the Xuanbing Tomb, there was also a curse, I am not too good Alive. In contrast, this curse is too nonsense, why die unexpectedly, and the evil spirit is accompanying him, where is the evil spirit?"

Zhuan Rui frowned, and said: "Shamanism believes that everything has animism, including stones are objects of worship, and gods are everywhere."

Harichagai snapped his fingers and said: "According to the divine texts, the ghost wizards once predicted the disaster of the country's destruction, which shows that their wizards are very powerful. You laymen don't understand the way of doing this. But, my best Just to remind you, that is to abide by the rules, it is best not to go in, otherwise if something happens, I may not be able to protect you."

Tofu said: "Damn it, if I'm scared, if I don't go in, this trip will not be in vain."

Harichagai pointed to himself and said, "Don't you still have me? I'm a shaman, and it's not a violation of the rules to go in. Why don't you just wait here, and I'll go in and have a look." If it was before, I would definitely be concerned about this I suggested to sneer at it, but now, the more I experience, the more I feel that the world is full of wonders, and I have to pay more attention to the curse that I originally sneered at.Since this Harichagai is willing to go in and be a pioneer, we have nothing to lose by waiting outside. Even if we fail, it is a big deal to go in again by ourselves.

Thinking of this, I cast a questioning look at Zhuan Rui, and he nodded in agreement without saying a word.Harichagai tidied up his equipment, and the four of us pushed open the stone door together.

With the creaking sound of the stone door opening, the door was slowly pushed open, and the door was completely dark. With the help of the light, a downward stone step could be seen.Harichagai waved the scepter in his hand, and suddenly took out something from the equipment bag.When I looked at it, I found it was a strange mask. Immediately afterwards, he put the mask on his face, carried the equipment bag on his back, and quickly slipped into the darkness.

There were only the three of us left outside the door for a moment. Tofu sat cross-legged on the ground, propped his chin, stared into the darkness and said, "You two are too poor. You are usually awesome, so let's retreat now."

Zhuan Rui also sat down, and said in a nonchalant way: "Going forward without regard for the consequences, that's a reckless man."

I didn't say a word, this place looked relatively safe, so I leaned against the wall and closed my eyes to rest.Tofu was injured on his shoulder before, and now his face is also injured. After a lot of tossing, he was also exhausted. After muttering a few words, he fell asleep directly.

I closed my eyes and listened to the movement around me. After about 20 minutes, there was a sudden sound of footsteps in the darkness. I opened my eyes and saw Harichagai running up with a mask, saying: : "I saw something good, there is no danger below, follow me."

I was overjoyed and asked, "Is there any clue about the ghost's face?"

Harichagai said: "What do you think? Don't waste time, let's make a quick decision and get the cameras ready." Then he gestured to us to signal that we should not delay any longer.Tofu and I put our equipment bags on our backs and were about to go down when suddenly, Zhuanrui's hand grabbed me and Tofu's shoulders, and said in a deep voice, "Wait a minute."

I couldn't help but pause when he gave me such a slap on the shoulder. When I turned my head, I saw Zhuanrui's eyes fixed on Harichagai in front of me. The muscles on one side of my face were tense, showing vigilance.I had a sudden shock in my heart, and I thought that there was something wrong with Harichagai?Thinking of this, I couldn't help but follow Zhuan Rui's gaze. At this moment, I suddenly found that there was no shadow on the ground behind Harichagai.

How can people have no shadow? ,

My heart skipped a beat, and I suddenly raised my gun: "What are you!"

Hari Chagai paused, and then remained motionless.Now I can be sure that 'he' is definitely not Haricha Gai.In folklore, only ghosts and spirits have no shadows.The tofu was also found, and he couldn't help but gasped, picked up the shovel, and for a while, the atmosphere became tense.

In this case, Harichagai on the opposite side kept a motionless posture. After a while, the mask on his face suddenly began to twist, and the whole person disappeared in an instant. Then it returned to the original state, and it was as if nothing had happened at all.

Tofu opened his head and looked around, and asked nervously, "Where did it go?" The three of us back to back, forming a defensive triangle, surrounded by deathly silence, only the dim cold light of the flashlight dispelled a trace of darkness.

From the stairs behind the door, a gust of dark wind began to blow faintly, and I suddenly had a feeling, as if there was something attracting me at the bottom of the stone steps, so I couldn't help but move slightly.But this feeling was almost only for a moment, and I quickly reacted and pinched my thigh suddenly.The pain woke me up a bit, and I reminded Zhuan Rui and the others: "There is something strange behind this door, please don't go in."

Unexpectedly, just as I finished speaking, Tofu suddenly murmured: "No, I'll save you, I'll save you..." Save you?save who?Before I could react, Tofu suddenly rushed out, our triangle formation was destroyed immediately, and Tofu rushed towards the dark stone steps.

My heart was so startled that it was in my throat, and it was too late to reach out to grab it, and the boy rushed into the darkness all of a sudden.

Zhuan Rui clicked his tongue and said, "Chase."

How could I care about being weird or not, so I ran after Zhuan Rui.In fact, Zhuan Rui had always looked down on tofu before. The two of them, one is a wolf and the other is a sheep, they have different ideas and will never see each other.After the corpse fairy incident happened, Zhuan Rui changed his view on tofu, and now he resolutely chased me out.

Almost the moment I stepped into the stone gate, I felt a gust of wind blowing up from below, and at this moment, I also saw the figure of Tofu, who kept running forward, saying something in his mouth, and followed Zhong It's like evil.My footsteps were faster than Tofu, and I caught up with him in a few strokes, and I slammed him down again.

Unexpectedly, Tofu kicked him, I didn't guard against him, this kick landed on my stomach, and it was hardened all of a sudden, my center of gravity was unstable, so I rolled down the stone steps.

At the very moment, Zhuan Rui yanked me, and I stopped.At the same time, with a side kick, he slammed the tofu that got up again, and then rode on the tofu without saying a word, grabbed the tofu by the neck, and yelled: "What madness! Give me Wake up."

(End of this chapter)