Tomb Raiders Codex

Chapter 540 Acting Alone
This thought stirred my heart. If this is the case, then the mute may already know his identity. If so, why did he come to the tomb of King Juer?Seeing that I didn't reply for a long time, Lu Su thought that I disagreed, so he said again: "If you really think he is untrustworthy, I have a way, you can follow him secretly."

I said: "Do you want to complete your cooperation?"

Lu Su smiled wryly, and said, "Brother Chen, I've been waiting for too long. This operation is very important to everyone, and I can't wait any longer."

Looking at his helpless expression, I asked back: "Can I wait? If I don't agree, what do you want?" Lu Su was silent for a while, finally sighed, and said: "If you don't agree, I will also There is no choice but to start all over again.”

I said, "What you said is really beautiful."

Lu Su put away his sad face, finally smiled and did not answer. He just turned around and walked towards the camp, and then said to the mute: "The team led by me, Lu Su, cannot be dismantled. You can do it yourself." Then he turned his head and looked at We, said: "Pack up your things and go back, come back later."

Feng Guishou glanced at me with weird eyes, and just leaned into Lu Su's ear, saying something, Lu Su frowned, looked at me again, and finally shook his head.I don't know what Feng Guishou said to Lu Su, but right now my heart is very complicated. I never thought that Lu Su would give up this great opportunity because of me alone.The main purpose of the mute is to make a statement, and there is no conflict with Lu Su. Together, these two people are definitely a strong team.

But now for me...

I, Chen Xuan, have lived for most of my life. Ever since my grandfather disappeared, I have seen many conflicts of interests. I never thought that at such a time, Lu Su would actually give up the interests he obtained for me.

After a while, everyone packed up their equipment, and the mute didn't stop us, just watched us leave.I looked at Lu Su's gloomy face, and felt a little uncomfortable.Sensing my gaze, Lu Su forced a smile and said, "Don't take it to heart, just pretend you haven't met this group of people. We still have only one way back."

But Bai Zhanji stopped with Fatty Li, and said in a strange way: "Pretend you haven't met? Lu Su, what you said is light, and it's useless. Have you ever thought that this person surnamed Wu will rush ahead? We went in the end, and what was left was the leftover soup. If he was more ruthless, we wouldn't even be able to drink the soup." The two stopped, and it was obvious that Bai Zhanji didn't intend to go with him. we went back.

Lu Su smiled slightly, and said: "Brother Zhao, Wu Shui is arrogant and arrogant. You are old, so I'm afraid he can't take care of you." This is a beautiful statement, but it is actually an allusion that a dumb person is not like him. Fight with an old man.

Bai Zhanji patted Fatty Li and sneered, "I have him, so you don't have to worry about it."

The smile on Lu Su's face couldn't hold back, and finally said: "There will be a period later."

Feng Guishou whistled and said, "I said Brother Lu, my partner fee will increase."

Lu Su nodded slightly and said with a smile, "Of course I won't treat you badly."

At this moment, before we had gone far, we could see the figure of the mute group standing by the river. At this moment, the mute turned his head, and his eyes suddenly met mine. For some reason, I suddenly felt that this glance, The cold and haughty look in his eyes dissipated, replaced by what seemed to be a very strange emotion, for which I couldn't find an adjective at all.I just feel that kind of gaze is not malicious, and even reminds me of my grandpa.

I couldn't help but stop, however, in the blink of an eye, that feeling disappeared again, the dumb eyes were cold, like a thousand years of ice, everything just now seemed to be just my illusion.At this time, I looked at the corners of Lu Su and the others' tightly pursed lips, feeling a little uncomfortable in my heart, and finally said: "You guys go back."

Lu Su raised his head and asked me what was going on with his eyes.

I said, "Why don't you take a shortcut? Why don't you join forces with Wu Shui."

Feng Guishou raised his eyebrows and said, "Then what should you do?"

I said: "I will not give up, not this time, and next time, I will go back first."

Heizi was surprised and said: "How can that be done? This place is so dangerous, how can you handle it alone." Feng Gui shook his head, indicating that he would not express his opinion, it all depends on Lu Su.Lu Su said lightly: "Don't think too much, time and fate, I admit it."

I couldn't help laughing, to be honest, I don't know if Lu Su really gave up this opportunity for me, or if he was just acting for me, waiting for me to say something like this now.But these are actually not important to me. After half my life, I know who is trustworthy and who can only be a partner. So I said it was decided like this. The opportunity is rare. I am alone, losing the whole team, if it is true as Bai Zhanji said, the dumb one step ahead, no one knows what will happen, probably there will be no soup left.

Immediately afterwards, without waiting for Lu Su to speak again, I divided up the equipment. Seeing that I had made up my mind, Lu Su sighed and handed me the Yin-Exploring Claw, indicating that I could use it on the return journey.The method of making Yin-Exploring Claws has long been lost. This thing is usually only in the hands of people like Lu Su. It is also a treasure. I am not polite. I took the thing, carried the equipment bag on my back, and waved to everyone, signaling to part ways. .

After a while, I heard the footsteps behind me fading away and finally disappearing completely.

I stopped, looked back, then sat down on the spot, leaning against a big tree, took out half a pack of cigarettes and smoked silently.This opportunity is so rare, how could I go back just because of a word from the mute?
The only way now is to distance themselves from them and follow them.

Mute and the others were well equipped, so they should continue to choose the water route. Without the Snake King, the rest of the boa constrictors were not to be feared, as long as they ignited the sulfur, they would be able to face the water.what should I do?The only way I can do it is to take the dry road, which will take more time, and the equipment on my body is only some food, medicine, ropes, daggers, etc., there are no weapons with great attack power, and what else is there in this jungle? Danger, everything is unknown.

But I am not a person who gives up lightly. I missed this opportunity. With my own ability, the chances of organizing another tomb of the Giant Ear King are really very small. Play dead.

After sitting under the tree for more than an hour, I guessed that Lu Su and the others probably had already set off again, so I put on my equipment bag and walked back to the place where I camped before. As expected, it was completely empty, and the raft was gone. .In addition, there are many branches scattered around. It seems that there are many people, and they have built another raft.

This makes more people more powerful, you know, before Lu Su and I spent more than two hours setting up the raft, but now, in less than an hour, there is no one on the river.

Without any further hesitation, I started to put my feet on the ground and headed for the second bend.For the sake of safety, I have been walking on land and water, and I can see the Nu River when I turn my head. Although the humidity is heavy, most creatures, except amphibians, do not like to live directly by the water. Time is safer.

After about half an hour, the python forest was getting closer and closer. Those pythons were huddled on the top of the trees in the water, presumably they like water.I didn't dare to go any further, so I took a detour into the jungle and kept away from the river before continuing. Sure enough, I didn't find those blue pythons along the way, but it was smoother than the previous way. There were no strange things, but the dead branches and leaves on the road, and the miasma and poisonous insects in the forest, so I suffered a lot.

As soon as we walked, it gradually became night. I looked at the time, and it was already seven o'clock in the evening. Although it was still early, the forest was about to be shrouded in darkness.Before it was completely dark around me, I quickly found a place to stay.It was a tree hole, which was presumably lived in by some kind of beast, and there were some ants crawling in it.I lit a wet dry firewood, fumigated the ants in the tree hole, tidied up a bit, and lit a bonfire in front of the tree hole, and then I felt at ease.

At this moment, the black liquid descended, and in the dark jungle, there were various weird noises from time to time. I curled up in the tree hole, and I didn’t dare to sleep deeply. I would wake up with a slight abnormal movement. After a night like this, the next day Drag your tired body and move on.

At this time, I reckoned that I had passed the second bend. Due to the dense forest, I couldn't see the situation behind, so I decided to go to the riverside to see if there were any clues left by Lu Su and others.At that time, Lu Su only told us to go through three bends, but we didn't know how to go after the third bend.

Unexpectedly, not long after I walked towards the direction of the river, there was a sudden rush of footsteps in the woods in front of me,

It was the sound of human footsteps.

It can be heard that there are many people.

I was taken aback, and said to myself: Could it be the dumb people?Strange, they should be much faster by water, so they shouldn't have stayed in this place.

Before I could react, those people had already rushed out from the forest. When I saw it, they were indeed dumb people.

(End of this chapter)