Tomb Raiders Codex

Chapter 546
As usual, the mute didn't explain to us, but just ordered to go on, so everyone went on along the mountain stream.The stream is meandering, tinkling, jubilant and jubilant, clear to the bottom, like an elf in the mountains.People walking among them didn't feel how tired they were, they were just puzzled by what the dumb did.

At this moment, some boulders piled up again on the road ahead. The mute immediately stepped forward, pulled out his dagger, and continued to scrape the moss as before. The rest of us didn't say much, and immediately stepped forward to work.Not long after scraping, I suddenly felt my dagger slammed, as if there were some grooves on the stone.With a thought in my heart, I slowed down and carefully shaved the moss. After a while, the grooves on the stone were cleaned out. Only then did I realize that there was a rough cross on it, which was obviously carved by humans.

Is this what the dumb is looking for?
I froze for a moment, patted the mute on the shoulder, and motioned him to look.

The mute stared at the crudely carved cross on the stone without blinking his icy eyes. After a while, he stretched out his hand to stroke it a few times, and said, "It's here."

I finally couldn't help the doubt in my heart, and said: "What you are looking for is this cross? How did you know there is such a thing here? Mr. Bai told you?" If my previous speculation is true, Mr. Bai is a flying knife For the descendants of Bai Lao Si, then this mark is likely to be left by Bai Lao Si back then. Today, Third Master Bai provides manpower for the mute and tells him about the situation of the tomb of King Ju Er, obviously there is something for the mute to do.

So, what does this cross represent?
After I finished asking, the mute glanced at me and said coldly: "This cross is left by the statement." I was shocked and felt a little confused.The statement left?For a moment, my eyes were glued to the cross on the boulder, and I felt a very special feeling in my heart, like excitement, but also very nervous.

But the next moment, I felt something was wrong.If it was a mark left by the statement, how would the mute know?
Even if Bai Sanye is a descendant of Bai Laosi, it is impossible for him to know what Chen Ci did right back then.

Before I could ask, the mute pointed to the surroundings, and said coldly: "Search along the mountain wall, there is a cave near here, and Chen Ci is inside, look for it." , but there is no reason not to follow, only Bai Zhanji's old face showed a thoughtful expression. He is the son of old man Zhao, so he naturally knows about the statement, so after the mute gave the order, he also signaled Fatty Li to join the search.

The crowd dispersed and began to search.

I just feel that I have never been so focused as I am now. I hardly let go of the plants and trees around me. I am afraid that I will miss something. The location of the second master. Afterwards, the second master Zhao took Chen Ci to live in a nearby cave and asked Chen Ci about the situation of King Juer's tomb, and Chen Ci's body was left in that cave.

This cave didn't take much trouble, and it didn't take long to find it. Fatty Li was the first to find that cave.

The entrance of the cave is relatively small. Judging from the structure, it should be a natural stone cave with dark holes inside. For some reason, the sky is getting dark now, as if it is going to rain again, and even the sun cannot penetrate.I took a deep breath, the hand holding the flashlight was trembling, and then I walked in first.

The cave is relatively spacious. The internal structure is gourd-shaped, with a narrow middle, passing through the narrow area, and a slightly smaller space at the back.

As I walked into the front end, I saw ash strewn across the ground, the ash was almost gone, it looked like it had been a long time.Then I walked in, it was a little narrow, I walked in front, and the dumb man followed me leisurely.

When they reached the final space, under the light of the flashlight, something suddenly appeared.

To be exact, it's a skeleton rack.

It is scattered on the ground in a side-lying position, and dirty black fabric can be seen on the outer layer of the shelf.I felt that my legs began to shake uncontrollably, my breathing became short of breath, my eyes became hot instantly, and even my brain became extremely sluggish.

There is only one thought in my mind.

Dead body.

There are real dead bodies here,

The statement... really died here.

I walked to the side of the corpse, my legs were trembling, my whole strength seemed to be drained, my legs were weak, and I knelt on the ground uncontrollably.

At this moment, I don't know how to express my feelings, I just feel that my head is empty, my heart is like a balloon being inflated, I feel a pain, my throat feels like it's being choked, and I can't say a word.After a while, he barely made a sound: "Dad, I'm here..."

It wasn't until this moment that I realized that the so-called indifference was just a self-deception. At this moment, except for the corpse in front of me, my mind was full of the appearance of death.He died silently in this cave without being buried or buried. His body rotted and was bitten by snakes and insects. In the end, only a pair of dry bones remained.

No matter how powerful a person is in life, they cannot escape this fate after death.

I carefully looked at the dead bones in front of me, inch by inch, imagining what this person would look like when he was alive, his whole body was weak and weak.

I don’t know how long it took before someone patted me on the shoulder. I turned around and found that it was Heizi, who was holding jerky in his hand, looked at me worriedly, and said, “Brother Chen, you’ve been here for several hours. It's an hour, let's eat something."

At this time, I realized that it had started raining outside at some point, and we couldn't go anymore. Xiao Yu and others lit a bonfire in the cave outside, and used a raincloth to block the wind and rain pouring in from the cave entrance. There was a thunderclap.

I just felt exhausted, took the jerky in his hand, and ate it silently.At this time, I found that the mute had been sitting not far away, staring coldly at the corpse on the ground.Perhaps, as long as I kneel here, he sits for as long.Heizi didn't dare approach the mute, so he didn't bring him food.

I got up and kept my knees in one position for a long time, so I was a little trembling. I went to sit next to the mute, broke the dried meat in half, and handed half to him.The mute took it and chewed it slowly, but his eyes still did not leave the dry bone.

If what this dry bone brings to me is pain, then what it brings to the mute may be confusion.

Until now, I have completely believed that he is not a statement.

As the mute himself said, he just wanted to know: who am I.But now, the corpse of the statement is right in front of our eyes, and some previous speculations have been completely wiped out.

The cave was silent, only Xiao Yu and others outside were talking, cursing the damn rainy day, raining would mean that we would walk in the mud tomorrow, and rainy days are prone to accidents, mudslides, landslides, trees suddenly The collapse of the road will increase the risk of our travel.

Accompanied by Leizi's cursing and the crackling of the bonfire, I asked the mute: "Have you ever remembered what is the relationship between you and Chen Ci?"

The mute chewed the jerky silently, but did not answer my question.I was about to continue asking, when I suddenly felt that something was wrong with the mute, he was motionless, chewing the jerky slowly, but there was a fine layer of sweat on his forehead.I was shocked, and I touched him, and suddenly felt the mute's muscles tense, as if he was suffering some kind of pain, before I could react, his hand suddenly loosened, and the flesh in his hand rolled On the ground, the whole person suddenly tilted his head back, and narrowed his cold eyes, as if in extreme pain.

I was terrified, and immediately supported him. Just as I was about to speak, the dumb man suddenly covered my mouth, and lowered his voice extremely low, saying: "Don't make any noise." He didn't want people outside to know his condition.

In desperation, I could only keep silent, watching the mute bury his head in pain, his muscles tensed and his body covered in sweat.

What the hell is wrong with him?
Does the dumb have some hidden disease?
After such a toss, the grief in my heart was suppressed instead, and my whole mind was on the mute for a while.At this moment, Feng Guishou from the outside said: "What kind of moths are they doing inside, are they still kneeling? I'll go and see." Immediately afterwards, there was a sound of footsteps approaching us.The mute was sweating profusely, and he raised his head suddenly, staring at the gourd-shaped narrow entrance. I don’t know what to think at the moment, and I probably subconsciously regard the mute as my relative, so I immediately got up and walked outside. , Blocking Feng Gui who was about to come in.

Feng Gui paused, and said, "I heard that you have been kneeling inside until now?"

I said: "It has nothing to do with you." Feng Guishou shrugged his shoulders and said, "It really has nothing to do with me. What is Wu doing in there?"

I said: "I'm staring at the corpse in a daze, you'd better not disturb him."

Feng Guishou nodded, noncommittal, with a low voice, and said: "That's a freak who doesn't eat fireworks. I'm not interested in provoking him." After speaking, he turned and sat by the fire.I also sat down, but I was thinking about the situation of the mute just now. It seems that he has some hidden disease, why didn't he find it before?
It wasn't until night that the heavy rain stopped. Could there be some rumbling sounds in the distance, like a landslide.According to the current road conditions, no matter how optimistic the situation is, we will not be able to go on the road until noon tomorrow. If it is slightly worse, we may have to be trapped for another day.

Looking at the time, everyone arranged a vigil, and then rested.Seeing that everyone else had fallen asleep, I went to sleep in the inner cave by myself. The mute seemed to have recovered, and he leaned against the mountain wall and closed his eyes to rest.I lowered my voice and asked, "What happened to you just now?"

The mute said, "Headache."

My heart moved, I looked at the bones next to me, and said, "Did you remember something?"

The mute squinted his eyes, followed my gaze to look at the bone, finally shook his head, and said, "Nothing." I stared at his calm expression, vaguely feeling that something was wrong, maybe it was a psychological effect, I felt that he lying.

(End of this chapter)