Tomb Raiders Codex

Chapter 694 The Prophet
Although we don't know what's going on, but judging by the calm appearance of the red hair, there should be no danger. We walked into the dark room behind the stone slab, but found that the place is not very big, square, and the head can be seen when the light is turned on.

The moment the light came into the dark room, I suddenly saw that there was a child in the dark room, looking straight at us, which shocked me for a moment.

It's really weird for a child to appear suddenly in this kind of place.

After a closer look, I realized that it turned out to be the corpse of a child. It was not sealed or buried, and I don't know how it was disposed of. The corpse is still lifelike. Except for some bruises on the face, it looks like a living person. Like, I don't know if it's because of the climate here, or some special anti-corrosion measures have been taken.

In the entire dark room, there seemed to be no one else except this child. I asked Harichagai what was going on, and he said, "Look, what is the surface of this child's corpse?"

A few of us took a closer look, and found that it was a layer of transparent oily material, as if it was covered with a layer of wax.Hongmao said: "This is called human candle oil. In our shamanic art, there is a method, which is to use human candle oil to smear the body of the corpse, and then cooperate with special divine words. Not only can the corpse not rot for a long time, the most important What's more, the corpse owner's ghost will always be locked in this layer of human candle oil."

Following Hongmao's explanation, I went to observe the layer of human candle oil, and found that it was quite thick. Who would use such a method to deal with a child?Let's not talk about whether this secret technique is useful, but what's the use of keeping a child's ghost behind?
Shamanism is a worldwide religion, but due to its long history and chaotic inheritance, there are few relevant records found in the Bashu area. Now this kind of shamanism has appeared on this child, which is really bizarre.

At this time, I suddenly discovered that there was a circular hole in the human candle oil on the top of the child's head, which was not completely sealed. The most important thing was that there was still blood in the hole, which was not dried up, and was in the form of paste. The blood was obviously fresh.

I suddenly felt strange, pointed to the hole, and said, "What's going on?"

The red hair shrugged, and said, "I did it. I released the ghost of the child, and then it told me many things." The one-eyed dragon gasped, turning his head like a rattle, Said: "Ghost? The ghost of this child came out? Where is it?"

Harichagai rolled his eyes and said, "It has already been saved. However, this is not the point."

Cyclops murmured: "This damn thing is not the point, so what is the point?"

Hongmao said: "This kind of human candle oil method is actually extremely cruel. It needs to take the vitality of children's oil. Such a large layer of human candle oil must have killed many children alive at that time. This is among us shamans. , is actually a secret technique that has been lost. Even in ancient times, it was only known to a small number of powerful shamans. That is to say, if it is not me who enters here today, but anyone else enters Here, even if the trap is opened by chance or something like a hand model, it is impossible to release the ghost of this child, because they don't know the correct method."

When I heard this, I couldn't help but gasp, the meaning is obvious, everything is too coincidental, the handprint on the stone slab, and the identity of the shaman, all of these seem to be tailor-made for Harichagai Same.

Wen Min asked in surprise: "How could such a thing happen? No, since it has been lost, how do you know?" She asked this question sharply.Hongmao shrugged, pointed at me, and said, "Why do you think I helped you go to 'Ghosts' to find Hu Yuduo?" Hongmao was our guide for money.Now that I've known him for a long time, I also know Hongmao's temper. This kid usually smiles playfully and cries for poverty everywhere, but he's not the kind who sacrifices his life for money. On the contrary, this kid is very clever and cunning.

After Guishen and his entourage, he did a loss-making business, but in the end, not only was he not angry, he begged for nothing and followed Toufu and me to Shenzhen, and finally stayed with Zhuanrui directly through our relationship.

No matter how you think about it, this kid's purpose doesn't seem to be purely for money.

Before I could reply, Harichagai said: "In the early years, I have been in Inner Mongolia. That area is the birthplace of Shaman culture in Northwest China. Actually, I know Yao Fang and Gui Shen. There are many treasures left by our ancestors there. Mysterious technique, but I was too weak to do it. Later, Zhuan suddenly approached me and gave me a copy of the information you dug out from Yaofang."

I understood in an instant, and said, "In that pile of materials, are there any records related to it?"

Harichagai nodded, and said, "Yes, this lost secret technique was discovered in the rubbings that Zhuanrui gave me."

I said: "So you followed Zhuan Rui all the time because you knew that he had been chasing clues about the shaman, so you wanted to follow him." Hongmao nodded without hesitation, and said: "Yes, but not all, After I found out that he was a purifier, I gave up a little bit." When he said this, some of my doubts before were resolved, and Wen Min took up the conversation and asked about the child.

According to the conditions for the activation of the ghost, first of all, the handprints must match, and secondly, it must be a powerful shaman.Harichagai is not a great talent, at best it is a blind cat who met a dead mouse.But this coincidence is really weird.

This was originally a reserved institution, and everything now shows that this reserved institution seems to be reserved for Hongmao.

Could it be that the ancients 2000 years ago had predicted that a group of people like us would come here after 2000 years?

After Wenmin asked, Harichagai told us the reason. Of course, all this was told by the child in front of him.

In fact, the child was not a shaman, but a seer.

The so-called prophet generally has two meanings. One is a person with profound wisdom and profound knowledge. They can use history as a mirror and can clearly understand the world, so they can calculate the future situation very accurately based on the current situation.To put it bluntly, it is a kind of foresight, such as those experts predicting housing prices in the property market.

The other meaning is mythical. This kind of prophet is born and appointed by the gods to save the world. They can see the past, present and future through their souls, and help people avoid evil.

The child in front of him is a prophet in the second sense.As long as he can remember, he began to have some prophetic dreams, and these dreams finally became reality.At the beginning, he only dreamed about some small things, such as it will rain tomorrow, and later the firewood at home will not be enough, etc., but as he grows older, he dreams of more and more things.

In the end, he predicted a terrible thing, that is, 'Emma', who was suppressed under the temple, would break through the barriers, and then eat the people in the entire ancient city, swallowing silkworms, and become an empty city.

Emma, ​​that's what they call 01.

His predictions were all accurate, so at that time, he was regarded as a prophet at a young age.

When Cyclops heard this, he clicked his tongue and said, "Dreaming about the future? Is that an exaggeration?"

Wen Min shook his head and said, "It's not an exaggeration. There was a prophet in England in the 19th century who also spoke in a dream. It caused a sensation at the time, but he disappeared suddenly." I subconsciously asked, "Why did he disappear?" of?"

Wen Min said: "No one knows how he disappeared. Think about it, if you were a very powerful person, what would happen to you if you found someone who could prophesy?" Without waiting for my answer, Cyclops immediately said : "Let him predict all the lottery tickets and stocks for me, and then I will give out."

Wen Min nodded and said: "Yes, so although no one knows the truth about his disappearance, many people speculate that he was probably forcibly recruited or hijacked by a certain force. Even if he can predict, it is only Just an ordinary person."

The one-eyed dragon sighed unceasingly upon hearing this.Wen Min's words reminded me of one thing. A small group of people will have such an experience, that is, at a certain moment, they will feel that what is happening in front of them has been dreamed in a dream, and they can clearly realize the next thing. What will happen in a moment.Although this situation is rare, it is relatively common compared to rare prophets.

Scientists have studied this phenomenon, thinking that it is an illusion caused by memory delay, while some opponents believe that this is the disappearance of the sixth sense of human beings.The sixth sense used to seem mysterious, but now it has been proven to be real.

Animals will have a sense before a disaster strikes, and the strength of each animal's sense is different, and humans also have a sixth sense, but this sense has gradually deteriorated in the long-term comfortable life.

There are a small number of people who will leave some behind. This part of people is relatively small, but they do exist. Someone once joked: If there is really a doomsday in the world, and there is really a Noah’s Ark, then when the doomsday comes, whoever is truly qualified to board Those on the Ark should be the group of people with the strongest sixth sense, not politicians or wealthy businessmen, because the former retain the sixth sense, which is the ability of human beings to gradually disappear, so that new human beings can find the most correct way in the last days. Survival method.

Closer to home, the prophecy of the new birth of the Prophet caused unprecedented panic in the ancient city of Tuncan. In order to change this terrible nightmare, with the participation of all the priests, they began to use more exaggerated human priests to enhance the power of the eye of the sky, in an attempt to change fate.

The Prophet also anticipated this scene, as well as the unchangeable fact.Under his mobilization, most of the people began to move, leaving only a small number of diehards still defending. The prophet predicted the demise of the ancient city and a great hidden danger, so he asked a priest to Save your body and soul in this way, waiting for the person who can eliminate hidden dangers to come.

Cyclops looked at the red hair strangely, and said, "Don't tell me, this person is you."

Hongmao said calmly: "That's right, this person is me."

(End of this chapter)