Tomb Raiders Codex

Chapter 68

Guangtou Wei knew that the thing in front of him was not a human being, so he asked Lu Su to come forward.There is a saying that takes people's money and eliminates disasters with others. Lu Su is very skilled. He immediately rushed towards the black shadow in front of him with a steel knife in his hand.

As if sensing that the steel knife in Lu Su's hand was unusual, in the darkness, those blurred figures turned their heads sharply as if frightened.Turning around, everyone was terrified, only to see a few white faces in the darkness, with blush on their faces, black eyebrows and blood-red mouth, where there is no living person, it looks like a shadow puppet show in the past The characters in the painting.

At this moment in the darkness, those pale faces stared at the approaching Lu Su.Lu Su was also a brave man, he was already so close, he had no choice but to shoot the arrow, and immediately slashed across, chopping off those white heads.A stench erupted from the necks of those black shadows, and then they fell to the ground with a puff.

With lingering fears in their hearts, they leaned forward to take a closer look, and with the light of the flashlight, they couldn't help gasping.What I saw lying on the ground were a few shadow puppets, which were thin and headless.

Lu Su was surprised: "What is this?"

Wei Guangtou was bold, he knelt down, picked up one of the puppets, sniffed it under his nose, his face showed joy, and said: "So that's it." He has seen a lot, so he told everyone the reason .

It turned out that when he lowered his head and smelled it, he could smell the corpse's breath above the shadow puppet.Tomb robbery also pays attention to seeing, hearing and asking.The so-called Wang means looking at the shape of the mountain and watching Fengshui; smelling means smelling the smell in the soil. For example, if there is an ancient tomb in the soil, the soil brought out by the shovel must have a different smell. It depends on accumulated experience to smell it. To come out; and to ask, refers to looking for ancient tombs, inquiring and collecting some local legends or news, which are used as auxiliary clues; cutting refers to the ability to quickly locate ancient tombs with tools such as probes and shovels.

Wei Guangtou has been in the industry for many years, and he has practiced well. He smelled corpses on the shadow puppet.This corpse smell was acquired after staying with corpses for many years, and the smell was mild, but the wind could not blow it away, obviously it had been wet for a long time.This shows that this shadow puppet not only has a long history, but also has been buried in ancient tombs.

There are countless legends about the shadow puppet becoming a spirit. In fact, it is not the shadow puppet itself that has become a spirit, but the corpse in the ancient tomb is strong. In the old days, there was a custom of burying the living. On top of that, shadow puppets can emerge through the soil and come out to move around at night.

Wei Guangtou said to several people: "The shadow puppets must have come out of Yulong's tomb. Let's follow them and we will surely find the ancient tomb."

Lu Su said: "They have been heading down the north slope, and they seem to be heading towards the lake during the day, but we have clearly explored the terrain during the day, and there are no ancient tombs in that area."

Baldy Wei frowned, not sure what was going on, the night was late and the sky was dark, so in the end he could only make a decision and wait until dawn.They were about to go back to Fengzui Village when they suddenly felt a gust of cold wind blowing from behind them. As soon as the cold wind blew, the fallen shadow puppets on the ground stood up again, their bodies twisted in the wind and made a rustling sound. , and the few thin heads that were chopped off were also blown by the wind and fluttered around the few people. The originally expressionless faces were distorted by the wind into various weird expressions. The situation was extremely scary for a while. people.

Feng Guishou was taken aback, while Lu Su raised his ancestral steel knife to ward off evil and went forward.Unexpectedly, at this moment, the sudden cold wind suddenly strengthened, and Feng Guishou's body was instantly glued to a shadow puppet. At that moment, he only felt a breath stuck in his throat, and his eyes turned black When he opened his eyes again, he found that Lu Su's steel knife was swinging towards him.

what happened?

Feng Guishou was shocked, turned his head and saw Luo Ren said: "No, something happened to Lao Feng!" Isn't the person Luo Ren is protecting in his arms the same as himself?
Feng Guishou then lowered his head to look at his current body, which was a thin shadow puppet.

In an instant, Lu Su's steel sword had reached the top of his head, Feng Guishou subconsciously dodged, his body floated up by the cold wind, and just landed on Luo Ren's body. Immediately afterwards, Feng Guishou felt his eyes go dark, and when he opened his eyes again, he It returned to its original state, but Luo Ren, who was next to him, fell to the ground, and the puppet was standing next to Luo Ren, and Lu Su's steel knife slashed at the puppet again.

Feng Guishou hastily stopped him, saying: "Stop!" He suddenly uttered a sound, and Lu Su's steel knife stopped, and he said anxiously: "Stop, hack these things to death!" It was also stained by the shadow puppet, and Wei Guangtou fell down immediately.

Feng Guishou immediately understood that whoever this shadow puppet gets attached to will switch identities with that person. If he doesn't stop it in time, these people like himself will eventually become shadow puppets.

But... How can a person who has been touched by a shadow puppet return to his own body?

After everyone understood it, they couldn't help being afraid, no one wanted to become a shadow puppet, and even if they all burrowed into their bodies, once they returned to their bodies, the rest of the shadow puppets would stick to them again.For a while, everyone seemed to be caught in an endless loop, constantly switching between shadow puppets and people.As the situation became more and more chaotic, gradually, everyone could hardly tell whether the people and shadow puppets around them were their enemies or their companions.

At this moment, Wei Guangtou suddenly made a sound, and said to Feng Guishou: "I understand, this is the 'Ghost Labyrinth', the three of us are covering, you escape quickly, find a person named Chen Xuan, he There is a way to save us.

Feng Guishou had a chance to escape, so where would he keep it? He immediately asked, "How should I find him?"

Wei Guangtou said: "There is another brother with him. When you go out of the mountain, if you meet two men, one with a cold face, one with a hot face, one with a calm and wise face, and one with an unreliable mischief. he."

Immediately afterwards, under the joint cover of Wei Guangtou and the three of them, Feng Guishou was able to get rid of the shadow puppet and escaped by himself. He came to me for help.

Tofu and I looked at each other after listening to it, and Tofu said, "What ghost maze? How could someone with the surname Wei come to you for help?"

Don't say that tofu doesn't know, I am also at a loss, thinking that when encountering such a thing, if I want to find a Taoist priest who subdues demons and exorcises ghosts, what's the use of asking me?Feng Guishou said again: "You two, it's not too late, let's get on the road, ahem." He was a little impatient, and it seemed that he had a good relationship with Wei Guangtou and the others.

I hurriedly grabbed him and said, "Brother Feng, if you have something to say, please speak carefully. Hearing what you said, the ghost is very weird. Asking the two of us to go is almost like sending us to death. We have to figure it out carefully." "Wei Guangtou is a very righteous person, if he can help me, he will help me, but the ghost is very weird, and I am not a Taoist priest who subdues monsters and catches monsters. If I bring tofu to save people, isn't it self-inflicted?
Thinking about it this way, I couldn't help thinking: Wei Nanjing, Wei Nanjing, it's not that I'm not righteous, but that I really can't save you. Although our relationship is not bad, it's not enough to sacrifice for you. rest in peace.

Tofu understands my personality quite well. He is timid. He was already frightened when he heard Feng Guishou talking about possessing a shadow puppet. Seeing that I had no choice but to take risks, he directly refused: "No, no, then The shadow puppet is so powerful, if we went, it would be a waste of death, Wei Guangtou must have lost his mind at the time, what use is it to ask us for such a thing."

When Feng Guishou heard it, his expression changed immediately, and he said angrily: "It turns out that the descendants of the ghost king Chen Siyuan are nothing more than that. They are greedy for life and afraid of death. Wei Nanjing is blind."

Hearing what he said, I couldn't help but feel strange, and said, "Why, you also know my origin? Wei Guangtou told you?" Feng Guishou sneered, and said, "The people who can come to Yulong Tomb this time are all If you are not a descendant of the ghost king, how can we agree to you to join the master of the road? Unexpectedly, you are a wimp."

Tofu became angry when he heard it, and said: "Feng, who are you calling a coward! This really pissed me off, do you think we want to come? If it wasn't for the surname Zhao begging grandpa to sue grandma, or eight palanquins to invite us, Neither will we!"

Feng Guishou stared at us coldly with gloomy eyes.

(End of this chapter)