Tomb Raiders Codex

Chapter 569
The dim light shone through, and in the hazy mist, accompanied by the sound of footsteps, a group of dark shadows suddenly appeared.The shadow was as big as two people clustered together, but it was relatively short, and it didn't look like a human being.

Since we are not human beings, then we are not polite. Everyone is experienced and knows that the danger must be killed before it occurs. When dealing with things in the fight, our principle has always been to kill by mistake rather than let it go.Immediately, before they could fully see what that thing looked like, the others had already fired.

"Bang, bang...!" The thing was big and easy to aim, and the shots were all hit. The sound of footsteps stopped immediately, and the huge thing shook in the darkness, and then fell to the ground. Once down, there is no sound.

Everyone waited for a while, guessing what that thing should be, probably already shot to death, so they walked over to have a look.

How could there be such a big animal in this bucket?It can't be a wild boar, can it?

Because the distance was not far, we came to the thing in a few steps, and when we got closer, everyone was shocked, because this thing turned out to be a pangolin as big as a wild boar!The shell of a pangolin is usually gray-black, but this one can be said to be almost a giant pangolin. Its shell has turned white, and it has lived for an unknown number of years.

It wasn't until we got closer that we realized that the pangolin was actually playing dead, with its eyes closed, its body curled slightly, and there were no bullet holes on its body, but a few scratches, which seemed to be scratches from bullets.Wen Min was surprised: "Its shell is so hard, how could there be pangolins here?"

Zhong Gong said: "Pangolins are very timid, look at the claws of this old pangolin..." Everyone followed his gaze, and saw that the old pangolin's sharp claws were not at all under the light. The flaw, as if it had never been used, reflected the dim light, but with such sharp claws, as long as it swung over, it could definitely stab a person's head right through.But the old pangolin was timid and ruthless, it didn't resist at all, it just pretended to be dead.

For a while, we thought it was funny.As soon as the attention was relaxed, the old pangolin seemed to notice something, and suddenly opened his eyes, a pair of dark eyeballs rolled around, turned over suddenly, got up and ran, at an extremely fast speed, and plunged into the black mist among.

I looked in the direction of its escape, and suddenly found that there was an irregular circular hole on the mountain wall of the sacrificial pit, and the pangolin slipped into the hole and disappeared.We squatted at the entrance of the cave and saw that it was dark inside, and as we got closer, the cry that had disappeared before reappeared. Only then did we realize that the cry came from behind the cave. .

Wen Min looked at the structure of the hole and said in surprise, "It looks like it was made by a pangolin." The reason why she was so surprised was not without reason.Pangolins are called pangolins. In fact, they can only dig holes in the soil. When they encounter smaller stones blocking the way, they know how to transport the stones out of the hole. In fact, it is impossible for them to penetrate the stones.

And this place has a complex structure, intertwined mountains and rocks, especially the burial pit we are in now, surrounded by stone walls, but this old pangolin has pierced through the stones forcibly, which is really surprising.

Zhuan Rui heard the words, and said lightly: "Things are old and refined, the world is so big, there are no surprises. It is estimated that this thing is hiding in this geomantic treasure to practice. One thing is worse than one thing, or leave here first." The cave does not know where it leads. Nowhere, not to mention that behind the cave there was a voice of unidentified crying souls, and the people did not dare to rush in, fearing that more troubles would happen, so they left the entrance of the cave and continued walking along the burial pit.

About 40 steps away, everyone felt that something was wrong. It stands to reason that the length of the sacrificial pit is about [-] meters, plus the distance we have traveled before. There is no end in sight.

As soon as the dumb footsteps stopped, his dark eyes suddenly turned to the right side, that is, the zongzi on the top with lowered faces, looking straight at our zongzi.We didn't feel it before, but now when we looked up and looked in the direction we were coming and going, we saw that all the faces were crooked, as if a row of people were looking at us with slanted faces, and the surroundings were gloomy. One piece, white bones under your feet, don't mention that feeling.

I lowered my voice and said, "Did a ghost hit the wall?"

The mute nodded slightly, as if he had understood the current situation.

There are many folk ways to break ghosts and walls, and this is not the first time we have encountered this kind of situation. When we saw the dumb nodding, Lei Zi immediately became angry and stomped his feet to scold the ghosts, but after a long while, The soft rice dumplings on it were motionless, and the situation in front of us hadn't changed in any way.

I feel that something is wrong. The ghost hitting the wall is easy to crack. When the sun shines at dawn, it will disappear naturally.But if this thing is placed in the ancient tomb, it will be very scary, because there is no sun gate in the ancient tomb, once it is entangled, it will never disappear, and it can trap people alive in it.Therefore, everyone who is fighting knows that when encountering a ghost hitting a wall, you can't pin your hope on time, you can only solve it by yourself, and you have learned a lot about cursing ghosts.

But now, Lei Zi's method of scolding ghosts has failed.

At this time, the mute said coldly: "This place is too cloudy, it's useless."

Wen Min said: "Mr. Wu, is there anything you can do?" The mute glanced sideways at Wen Min, nodded slightly, and pointed to the left side. Everyone immediately understood that he was referring to the hole made by the pangolin. "

I don't know where the hole leads, but one thing is certain, that is, there must be an exit. If we really can't break through the ghost wall, we can only hope for that hole, otherwise we will really be trapped to death.

I was unwilling to do so, so many near-death moments have passed, is it really going to be blocked by this little ghost hitting the wall?The mute didn't know what to think, his expression was calm, and he couldn't see if he was upset, but he just walked towards the entrance of the pangolin cave after speaking.

Everyone can only follow.

When I returned to the entrance of the cave again, the indistinct cry had disappeared, and the dumb man got into the cave right away without saying a word, and I followed closely behind him. situation.He knew the structure here, did he use some method to get away from this ghost and hit the wall, or did something happen?It is said that people trapped in the ghost wall at different time periods cannot see each other. Perhaps, Tofu is also trapped in a certain position at the moment.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but pause when I crawled. Wen Min who was following behind pushed my foot and asked, "What's wrong?"

The mute in front also turned his head when he heard the words. This time, I could clearly see the questioning expression in his dark eyes, and probably thought I had discovered something.I shook my head, said it was all right, and continued to climb forward with the mute. As for the tofu, I could only take a step forward.

However, he didn't climb very far, and suddenly, the mute let out a hmm from his nose, his voice raised, and he seemed to be suspicious, and his crawling movement stopped.At this moment, I could only see his feet, and I didn't know what the mute had discovered, so I couldn't help but push him twice.The mute ignored me. At this moment, I saw the mute put his hand on his waist, pulled out the black machete, and started poking around on the wall, as if he was making a mark or digging something. .

As soon as he stopped, the whole team also stopped, and for a while there was only the sound of the dagger scraping against the stone wall.After a while, the mute didn't use any explanation, he just said: "Go ahead." His voice was still cold, but I don't know if it was my illusion, I seemed to hear a trace of joy in his voice.

Happy?

This word really doesn’t match the mute. In my impression, the mute has a face of ice cubes, with words written on his face: You are ants, you are scum, and I am a god. Being with you is a disgrace!He was basically never happy, and he laughed twice by accident, but nothing good happened.

I almost doubted whether it was my illusion. Seeing the mute continue to move forward, I quickly followed him. When I climbed to his previous position, I found that there was a fist-sized groove on the stone wall, and there were gravels under the groove. Block, I immediately understood that the mute was digging something in this place just now.

what is he digging
I stared at the mute's feet, full of doubts in my mind. In the whole team, except for Wen Min and Zhuan Rui, everyone else has their own goals. We are just a temporary team, and we may part ways at some point.What the mute dug up just now obviously didn't want us to know.

This feeling makes people a little anxious. I originally wanted to greet the eighteenth generation of his ancestors, but then I thought about it. Although this person is not a statement, he should have something to do with our Chen family. Is it equivalent to scolding your ancestors?
Just when I was secretly annoyed, I heard the mute say: "Here we are." He shrank his feet forward and rolled out.

(End of this chapter)