Tomb Raiders Codex

Chapter 52 Pursuit
At this moment, I was poisoned by the snake venom. Although it was not fatal, it made me paralyzed and unable to move.Surrounded by snakes under the feet, the King Snake is at the edge of the stone, with small round eyes emitting this icy light, and the scarlet letter hesitating, as if he will give another order in the next moment.

A large part of the small snakes have already begun to erect their bodies tentatively, trying to bite us. Fortunately, the beams of the house are high enough, so they can't attack us for a while.These snakes are extremely patient. Driven by the snake king, they confronted us for a long time and had no intention of retreating.The three of us squatted on the beams for a long time, and our backs were sore and our legs were numb.

These snakes used to live in this house, surrounded us here, as if they were at home, and didn't get tired at all, but the three of us couldn't.My mind was running fast, hoping to come up with a way to get out. At this moment, Gu Wenmin probably squatted for too long, so she propped up her upper body and twisted a few times. Her movement, the old beams, seemed to be unbearable. Like a heavy load, there was a slight creaking sound, and at the same time, some dust also fell from the roof, the choking person coughed, and his eyes were fascinated.

I coughed, but I had an idea in my mind.Since we can't pass below, why don't we go from above?The roof structure of this old-fashioned house is made of wooden frames, which are covered with mud and covered with tiles. Compared with the current cement and steel roof, it is naturally much easier to damage.Moreover, this house is not known how old it is, and the wood has already decayed. It would be too easy to break the roof and get out.

I couldn't help saying to Tofu: "Turn the light on it and see how high it is."

The roof construction in ancient times is different from today’s. Because the roof was covered with tiles to avoid rain, the roof is triangular, and there will be a large gap between the beam and the roof. This gap is easy to drop dust and other things, so Generally, it will be blocked with wooden boards or kraft paper.

Tofu said that the lights were turned up, and we saw a height of about two meters above our heads. We couldn’t see the beams, but a large piece of damp wood. , This house has a history of at least several hundred years. Judging from the architectural characteristics, it looks like a building from the Ming Dynasty. It is not easy to preserve it to this day.

The beam we are currently in is a horizontal beam, and intersecting with the beam, there is also a vertical beam, climbing forward along the longitudinal beam, you can reach the isolation plank above the head, the isolation plank The top is the roof.

I explained my plan to Gu Wenmin and Tofu, both of them said that this method is feasible.

Tofu said: "The beams of this house are made of rotten wood and are narrow. If I climb with you on my back, I will accidentally fall down and feed the snakes. How about this, Miss Gu and I go up to the isolation board first, and then pull you Come up, you wait here."

After the discussion, Tofu and Gu Wenmin climbed up the beam one after the other, and the little snakes below, as if they saw through our attempt to escape, suddenly became restless, hissing and spitting out letters, and the sound Makes the teeth soft.

The two of Tofu quickly climbed onto the isolation board. At this time, I couldn't see the figures of the two of them, only the flashlights shining through the holes.

He listened to the two people above talking.

Tofu said: "It's a good thing you have a rope in your bag, first pull Lao Chen up and then... hiss..." Suddenly, he gasped, followed by the sound of vomiting, accompanied by the sound of stomping his feet.

I was waiting for the two people to pull me up, when I heard this movement, I couldn't help being startled, looked up, and saw that a piece of the wooden board not far above had collapsed, revealing a big hole, accompanied by the rotten wood falling down There are also insects such as cockroaches, wood turtles, centipedes, geckos, and ground cows, mixed with a lot of feces-like particles, like rain, and people's scalps explode when they hear it.

Those small things like cockroaches and turtles quickly disappeared without a trace, but for the big ones like geckos and centipedes, they fell into the snake pile and were eaten up in an instant.

At this time, I heard Gu Wenmin from above say: "On the roof, no one has cleaned it for hundreds of years. Any dark place must hide dirt. Xiao Dou, don't worry about throwing up. Chen Xuan get it up."

After a while, Tofu came back to me, tied a rope around my waist, and the two of them pulled me up on the isolation board with strength.When the dim yellow flashlight shined on it, the ground was covered with things like mouse feces, insects and ants were rampant, the stench was unstoppable, the air was cramped, and it was torture to stay there for a second.

At this moment, I couldn't move, so I sat on the ground first, and Tofu and Gu Wenmin observed the roof with flashlights. The two found a relatively low place, took out the camera tripod, and stabbed it up a few times. Hearing a sound of cracking, mud lumps mixed with tiles fell down, and a hole was exposed on the roof, and moonlight like white gauze shone in through the hole.

Tofu was full of joy, and said: "Thank God, it's done, hurry up, let's go quickly." After finishing speaking, he carried me on his back with a rope, and Gu Wenmin climbed out of the cave first, and went outside to meet him.

It was difficult for Tofu to carry me, but fortunately, the roof was not high, so it was not difficult to climb up.When we got out of the cave, we were on the roof of this house. The black tiles made all kinds of noises when we moved our feet a little.

At this time, we escaped to ascend to heaven and got rid of the predicament. We can no longer control the two poachers.Gu Wenmin looked heavy, and said: "Let's go down first, let's stay overnight in another place, and find agave grass for Lao Chen by the way."

That grass is easier to find. We got out of the house and dug a few outside the house not far away.Gu Wenmin took the stems and leaves of Dragon Snake Grass, rinsed them with water from the kettle a few times, and then asked me to chew them up and swallow them.The grass leaves were full of bitterness and nausea, but the effect of the medicine was not so fast, and I couldn't move for a while, and I was carried by the tofu.

The two discussed to find a place far away from the snake's nest house to spend the night safely. I suggested that we should go back to the canyon. Unexpectedly, the three of them had just turned around and walked a few steps when they heard a rustling sound coming from the grass in front of them. , I am too familiar with this sound, isn't it the sound of a snake spitting out a letter?
Tofu was startled and yelled strangely: "Damn it, could it be that these snakes chased them out?" After saying that, he shot the flashlight into the grass, and sure enough, there were countless small snakes densely coiled under the grass roots, with small black eyes , staring at us coldly.

Among the snakes in the weeds, the red snake crown is particularly eye-catching. I saw the snake king with a high head, and then stretched forward fiercely. The snakes in the grass, as if they heard the order to go into battle, crawled towards us in an instant. Come here, very fast.

At this moment, I don't care about thinking too much. Before I even opened my mouth, Tofu has already turned around and ran away. When people encounter danger, they often have amazing explosive power.This boy was soft and weak just now, just like Sister Lin, but now his physical strength exploded, he carried me on his back, and ran like a gust of wind.

Gu Wenmin's physical strength is not bad, the two of them ran forward, I was carried so hard that I didn't need to exert myself, the herbal medicine must have started to work, my mind became flexible, and I turned my head to look back, and there were big and small crawling on the ground. The green and green snakes are densely packed at a glance. It is not known how much is hidden in the invisible darkness.

Although Tofu's physical strength exploded, he was probably frightened and stupid, and he ran without thinking or discerning the path.No one can run faster than snakes. Seeing a group of snakes about to catch up, I just felt my heart pounding. Suddenly, I saw another building appearing vaguely in the mountain valley in front of me.

Although the night was dark, but the moonlight was brighter, I seemed to be fascinated, and I was not sure where it was, so I said to Tofu, "Go there, can I hide for a while."

Tofu's three souls are out of the body at this time, only the body is left.Where I pointed, he ran there, and he arrived in front of the building in a short while.It is a small building like an earth temple, but fortunately the doors and windows are in good condition.The three of us ran in, without caring about looking at the surrounding environment, and immediately closed the doors and windows tightly.

The sound of the snakes cruising outside the door immediately quieted down, as if it had stopped.Tofu leaned against the crack of the door and looked out, turned his head, swallowed, and said, "They didn't leave, they were guarding outside." After a pause, he said to me: "Old Chen, why do you think they are chasing the three of us so closely?" Reluctant? Could it be that the Snake King is a male, and you broke his lifeline with your grabbing and throwing before, and he wanted revenge on you, right?"

(End of this chapter)