Tomb Raiders Codex

Chapter 77 Ghost Road
For the scene in front of him, a professional like Feng Guishou didn't seem to feel any particular fear. He just covered his nose, looking a little surprised.

But in my eyes, those corpses seemed to be wriggling slowly, as if they were about to crawl out.I know it's just some of my associations, but the fear they bring is so real I can't even control it.

I'm not tofu, and I seldom think about what I have or what I don't, and I don't do such things to scare myself, but now I seem to be tempted by some kind of temptation, and I can't control the thoughts in my mind.At this time, Tofu pointed to a straight path in the middle of the funeral pit, and asked, holding his nose, "What is the purpose of building a road in the middle of this corpse pit?"

Feng Guishou shook his head and said, "This road is weird." Compared with me, Feng Guishou paid more attention to the corpses in the pit, but Feng Guishou's gaze was always on a road in the funeral pit.It is located in the very center of the sacrificial pit, extending straight to the opposite side.The overhead lighting range is limited, so we can't see clearly what the environment at the end of the sacrificial pit is.

Except for the piece in front of me, everything else is shrouded in a deep darkness.

The road in the middle was really weird, only about half a meter wide, and if it was for people to walk, it seemed too narrow.Not only that, on that road, there is a protruding thing at a certain distance, which looks like a stone carving. At first glance, one may think there are some animals squatting on the stone road.

But the strange things Feng Guishou mentioned did not refer to those things on the stone path. He told us that in some tombs, there would be a path on both sides of the sacrificial pit.Generally, the road on the left is straight and straight, unobstructed and relatively wide.When the owner of the tomb carries the coffin into the main tomb, he needs to walk through this path, so it is also called "Xiandao", which means that walking through this path, the soul of the tomb owner can become immortal.

In contrast, the other road is relatively narrow, and there will be a tomb-slayer beast standing in the center of the road.

In ancient legends, there is a thing named 魏, which eats the ghosts of the dead, and the tomb-slayer beast is the nemesis of slugs. Therefore, the tomb-slayer beast stands on this road, which has the meaning of eating ghosts, so this road also Known as the 'guidao', which is the path that ghosts walk.This ghost path is generally just a decoration, and the living cannot walk.

And the burial pit in front of us is huge, but we only see the way of ghosts, not the way of immortality.

After Feng Guishou said this, I couldn't help suppressing the fear in my heart, and walked a certain distance forward.The light of the searchlight drew closer, and I could clearly see the nearest tomb-slayer on the ghost road at a glance.After looking at it, he couldn't help being taken aback, and said, "Xiaodou, look, isn't this the stone statue we saw in that old house?"

On the ghost path, there was a shrunken statue of a beast with a human face. The two eyes of the stone statue were inlaid with emeralds. When the light on the forehead flickered, those eyes seemed to shine. of light.

There is only one road in front of us. Behind the burial pit should be the road leading to the center of the tomb. If we want to get there, we can only take this ghost road.

Perhaps Feng Guishou's previous words had an impact, the three of us looked at each other in the darkness full of corpse odor, our expressions were not natural.The three of us are all living beings, and it is estimated that none of us would like to walk this ghostly path.

Tofu looked at Feng Guishou, and finally fixed his eyes on me, probably asking for my opinion.To be honest, according to my usual temper, I would never be frightened by a ghost path, but this sacrificial pit gave me a very bad feeling, and the sense of fear that emerged for no reason has not disappeared.I have a strong feeling that something is watching us under the corpse pit.

That sense of danger and fear, that's what it exudes.

It's just a feeling, and I really don't know what to say.

Seeing that I didn't make a statement for a long time, Tofu couldn't help being a little surprised. He lowered his voice and said, "I said, Lao Chen, whether you want to move forward or not is up to you to make up your mind. You are not such a mother-in-law." I am not an impulsive person, let alone For the sake of face, people who will stick to it, after weighing it up, I think I can't go in such a blind way, so I explained the weird feeling to the two of them. Tofu nodded immediately when he heard my description, and said: "Yes, yes, I just now That’s how it feels. Is there really something unclean, and this mahogany bead is half of us?”

Feng Guishou heard the words, touched the buffalo horns on his waist, and then looked at the burial pit in front of him. He was probably a little uncertain, and finally he said: "I'll go there first, I still don't believe it, something dares to come out Come." Relying on his rich experience and his ability to ward off evil spirits, he immediately greeted Tofu and me, and then stepped onto the ghostly path, leaving only the two of us behind.

Feng Guishou moved forward very quickly, and it didn't take long to reach the center of the ghost path. Probably because this place has been eroded by water vapor all year round and is deep underground, there is a layer of mist floating in the entire space. These mist and The smell of decaying corpses mixed together, making everything a little hazy, and the back of Feng Guishou soon became a little blurred.

At this moment, he suddenly stopped in his tracks, and then started to back up, as if something threatening suddenly appeared in front of him.Tofu and I have been watching Feng Guishou closely. As soon as he retreated, we both became nervous instantly. I immediately pulled out the pistol at my waist and pointed it at the dark place, ready to shoot at any time.

Feng Gui moved back with his hands behind his back, gesturing at us non-stop.It was a gesture that I had never seen before, let alone tofu. We had no idea what Feng Guishou was trying to express.He put his hands behind his back and flapped them one by one, like a fish wagging its tail. I was stunned at first, but then I came to my senses and said to myself: Could it be that you want me to run away with Tofu?
What happened to him?

I squinted my eyes and saw that there was darkness in my vision. What was in front of Feng Guishou, I couldn't see clearly because of his figure, but the terrifying aura coming from the bottom of the burial pit was getting stronger and stronger. It's heavy, tofu body protector, maybe I can't feel it, but I can clearly feel that something seems to be coming out.

At this time, Feng Guishou seemed to get rid of the thing, he turned around suddenly and ran towards us, jumped down from the ghost road, his voice was very low, almost like a sound of breath, and he put his face close to me and Tofu, Said: "Ahead, there is a woman floating in the air." This sentence, the voice is low and hoarse like the convection of the air, it is heard in the ear, but it is like a gust of cool wind blowing, Tofu shivered, and raised his face first. Look in that direction.

At the end where the light cannot reach, there is still darkness, and we can't see anything.Even if I was bold, I couldn't help but feel a sense of fear in my heart. How could there be a woman in the ground more than 30 meters deep?

Or the one that floats in the air?
That's definitely not human.

Tofu glanced at it, his expression was a little stiff, he swallowed, and said, "You, are you joking? This joke is not funny at all."

Feng Guishou's face was gloomy, and his forehead was covered with a layer of white sweat. I knew that he was definitely not joking.In the darkness, apart from the breathing of the three of us, there was no extra sound. After a moment of silence, I had no choice but to ask what was going on.

Feng Guishou's voice was always very low, as if he was afraid of alarming the woman he was talking about.According to his description, when he walked on the ghost path, he didn't feel anything other than the heavy yin energy and goosebumps on his body.He was very cautious, keeping his eyes on six directions and his ears on all sides, for fear that something would happen.

Just as he walked to the central position, at the end of his light, where darkness and light meet, a red figure suddenly appeared, wearing a blood-red robe, with his back facing us, with long black hair floating behind him, like a woman.But how could there be women in this place?Or a woman in a red robe?
Feng Gui's palms thumped, his heart beat like a drum, and he looked down his hair, only to realize that the 'woman''s feet were still floating on the ground, and under the red robe, a pair of pale and stiff little feet were exposed. Just like a hanged ghost.

(End of this chapter)