Tomb Raiders Codex

Chapter 559 Iron Crossbow
Tofu was also quite guilty, and said, "I didn't do it on purpose, but now that the doors are open, what shall we do?"

I thought for a while and said, "There is no mark on this Yin-Yang Gate. We have to choose sooner or later, so it doesn't matter. Let's go in and have a look." Tofu breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and said that he would go ahead to explore the way and make up for his mistakes. I was so angry Enough, he dragged the person back, and said: "Exploring the way, don't give me hands and feet, just stay behind." As they spoke, everyone started to walk into Heiyu's cave. As soon as they entered the door, Heiyu behind him slammed With a bang, it shuts abruptly.

In an instant, the tunnel was pitch black, so we had to turn on the flashlight.Tofu tried to push the closed Heiyu door, but the door didn't move at all, and said discouragedly: "This technology is too advanced, it can still sense, it doesn't close sooner or later, it closes the door as soon as you enter, it's really cheating."

I said in my heart: If you are not advanced, can you be worthy of my dead father?
Zhuan Rui said: "Don't worry about this door, if it doesn't work then just blow it up, let's go ahead first."

While talking, everyone moved forward with flashlights. This tunnel is narrow, but it can still accommodate two people to pass side by side. After a while, there are some more holes in the two walls, which are square and black and gray on the walls. With the fire holes used, it is impossible for workers to work in the dark, so it is normal to have fire holes, on the contrary, it is not normal if there are no fire holes.

Because of this, we didn't pay much attention to these fire holes, but after walking a few steps, everyone suddenly heard a click. We are all too familiar with this sound, and it is the sound of the opening and closing of the mechanism.

Zhong Gong asked in surprise: "Who stepped on the mechanism?" Everyone looked at their feet, only to see that the ground under their feet was polished and smooth without any changes. How could they know if they stepped on the mechanism.At this time, I suddenly discovered that Tofu's hand was actually placed in one of the fire holes!

Could it be tofu?
I was furious and said, "Idiot, what are you doing?"

Tofu quickly withdrew his hands, and said, "I saw something black in the fire hole, so..." While speaking, the so-called black thing suddenly protruded out of the fire hole, and I saw It was a black iron cylinder, like an old-fashioned single-barreled shotgun.Seeing this thing, Zhuan Rui immediately said: "Cover your head and run!" This thing is nothing but an iron crossbow!
Unlike ordinary dark crossbows, the iron crossbow has a long body and powerful firing power, which can almost shoot people through. Once hit, there is absolutely no possibility of survival.No one would have thought that there would be an iron crossbow hidden in the most common fire hole in the tomb passage, and they ran away in fright, but at this time, there was a burst of whistling sound in the tomb passage, but they missed us.I couldn't help turning my head to look, it turned out that Bai Zhanji threw Fatty Li out as a human pad.

Because of Bai Zhanji's poor physical strength, we didn't let him take charge. We still had thick equipment behind us, but he didn't have any protective measures. It was presumably because of this reason that he let Fatty Li go out.

The messenger is really different. Although Fatty Li became a little weak due to being close to the Dragon Lake, he is obviously much stronger than ordinary people like us.

I saw that he reached out to catch those iron crossbows extremely quickly, and if he couldn't catch them, he blocked them with his body. After a while, a round of iron crossbows was fired, and Fatty Li was also shot into a hornet's nest. His expression was distorted and he was in great pain. But I can't die.Fortunately, because of the great power of this iron crossbow, there was only one shot, and everyone dared not move any more, so they quickly stopped on the spot.

At this time, Fatty Li approached us step by step. He had more than a dozen iron crossbows inserted in his front. He looked painful, moved slowly, and a burst of special purple blood flowed from his body.Tofu gasped, unable to even speak out of guilt, and reached out to help Fatty Li draw his crossbow. After a lot of tossing, everyone was sweating profusely, not because they were tired, but because they were completely scared.

Fatty Li pulled out the iron crossbow, but he also seemed dying and in great pain. Bai Zhanji's face was gloomy, and his eyes were spitting fire as he looked at Tofu.Tofu felt so guilty that he almost cried while shaking his head.At this moment, Wen Min shook his head suddenly and said, "This matter has nothing to do with Xiaodou, you are blaming him by mistake."

Bai Zhanji said gloomily: "Isn't it the mechanism he provoked? What do you mean we wrongly blamed him?"

At this time, Zhong Gong also said: "I also think it's wrong. You said, if the iron crossbow was attracted by touching the mechanism in the fire hole, it would be too wrong. The mechanism is to kill tomb robbers. It is impossible to guard against it." , Sometimes a wrong step will trigger the mechanism. But do you think, which tomb robber would have nothing to poke the fire hole for fun? If the mechanism is in the fire hole, won’t it always be unable to activate? So, I guess, the real trigger The agency is not Brother Dou."

When Zhong Gong said this, I also realized that if the mechanism is really in the fire hole, this design will be a failure, because except for unreliable people like Tofu, all normal tomb robbers will not move around , In this way, the agency doesn't even have a chance to activate, isn't it just a decoration?
Wen Min nodded immediately, and said that she had been paying attention to the fire holes around her all the way, probably because of her professionalism as a policeman. She was very observant of her surroundings, and Tofu was walking behind her. She didn't see what Tofu was doing at all. Talk about dark things.

In other words, the mechanism in the fire hole has actually been going on quietly all the time, but we didn't know it, and it happened that Tofu discovered it in advance.Speaking of this, Wen Min said again: "If it weren't for Xiaodou, we wouldn't even know that a mechanism had been activated, and we wouldn't even have time to prepare for it. I'm afraid the consequences would be disastrous."

Zhong Gong had lingering fears, and said: "It seems that Brother Dou discovered the mechanism in advance this time, and he has done meritorious service."

Tofu was wronged by Wen Min, and immediately raised his head and chest, and said, "It's all thanks to me that you are alive now, okay? If you don't know how to be grateful, let's forget about it. Just now, each of them was so fierce, as if they were going to kill someone. I used two middle fingers I despise you!"

It seems that this place can't stay longer, we walked all the way, we have been well-behaved, and didn't touch other things, but the mechanism was activated naturally, so I guess the mechanism is probably under our feet.As soon as we came in before, the black fish door closed automatically, probably because there is a load-bearing mechanism underground, which is activated by weight.In this way, as long as our feet are still on the ground, we may activate other organs at any time, which is really dangerous.

I told everyone about my idea, and the guy named Shen Hao said, "If the mechanism has been activated once before, there will definitely be traces left in this place. Now it seems that the other group of people must have chosen Baiyu , we... probably made the wrong choice." When he said this, he glanced at Tofu.Tofu retracted his head that had just been raised, his eyes rolled around, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Zhong Gong heard the words and said: "If this road is wrong, then we can't go on. In my opinion, it's better to go back and find a way to open the white fish."

Tofu felt a little aggrieved, and murmured: "Maybe the other road is more dangerous. To be a man, you have to have confidence in yourself. Could it be that the road chosen by the dumb is the right one, and the one we chose is the wrong one?" Zhong Gong shrugged, Said; "I didn't say that, but... didn't you say that Wu Shui has some information about this tomb?"

I shook my head and said: "That's just our speculation, it's not sure." At this point, everyone can only accept their fate. Based on my understanding of Puzhen, as long as I enter his urn, I don't want to be safe Going out, and now turning back, I don't know what weird things will happen.Whether this path is correct or wrong, no one knows, and it is better to go all the way to the dark than to speculate and venture back.

After everyone's discussion, they stopped hesitating immediately and got up to move on. This time, they got up to 12 points and didn't dare to miss any details. Fortunately, there was no hidden crossbow this time, and they were very calm along the way. After a long time of calm, everyone felt a little abnormal in their hearts.

I have been walking in the front, after all, this time is my business, and Zhuanrui and others are here to help, there is no reason for them to walk in front of the thunder, in the ancient tomb palace, it is very dangerous to clear the way ahead, but the same , and only the most powerful character in the team is qualified for this position, such as the mute, most of the time, I just see his back, because no matter what the situation, he is always at the forefront.

At this moment, although I am not the most powerful in the team, but I am the one with the heaviest responsibility. I am walking in the front, and the situation has been calm, but I have no idea. , Is there any more powerful moth behind?

Why do I have the feeling that I am walking into a trap step by step?
Just as he was thinking, suddenly, at the junction of light and darkness, something suddenly appeared: it was a person.

I saw the tall man, who seemed to be holding something in his hand, standing straight in front of the crowd. At first glance, we thought it was some zongzi popping out, but after two steps forward, the lights unfolded, and we realized that It turned out to be a red figurine.

This figurine is very strange, holding a tray with a square pattern in its hand, and there are pieces of signs one finger long and three finger wide placed on the plate in a regular manner. Counting down, there are eight pieces in total.Tofu scratched his head and said, "Why is this figurine sticking straight in the middle? Could it be that he wants us to flip the sign?"

(End of this chapter)