Tomb Raiders Codex

Chapter 82
At this time, it is a type of exploration shovel. The location of the tomb is generally about ten meters, so when it reaches a certain depth, it is necessary to change this kind of movable shovel. The handle is a detachable steel rod, which can be added to a length of more than ten meters. time, it can also be used as a golden cudgel.I immediately took out the movable steel pipe from my backpack. Since this thing weighs a lot, each of us brought four of them. I and the one in the tofu bag were about eight or nine meters long.Taking advantage of the opportunity of the tofu to cover, I quickly assembled the things, and then, like hitting a date, I swung a steel stick and hit the corpse raising cauldron fiercely.

This job is not as easy as it looks. Usually, the movable shovel is used downwards, which saves effort, but now it is used upwards. The weight of the steel rod and the shovel are all pressed on my arm, and the weight is very heavy. It's not that I have a lot of strength, but I really can't move it.

When Tan shovel struck, there was the sound of gold and iron colliding, and the corpse raising cauldron was shaken by Tan shovel, and even the chains on it jingled.At this moment, Tofu and I are dead horses as doctors. Although the corpse raising cauldron keeps shaking, it has a hard appearance and is bound by iron chains. It is very difficult to destroy it even if you have tools in hand.

After a few thoughts in my mind, I came up with an idea. Instead of taking pictures of it this time, I used a shovel to touch the bottom of the corpse tripod, and started to push it up with one of its legs.The corpse raising cauldron has three legs. When I made it like this, it suddenly became uneven and began to tilt to one side. The contents inside also flowed out along the edge of the corpse raising cauldron. What flowed out was actually some bright red liquid.

The liquid is a bit sticky, like the syrup of candied haws. Some of it falls on the ghost path, and some drips on the corpse. Everything that is touched by this liquid immediately emits a puff of black smoke, and the stone surface of the ghost path A big hole was burned out, and those zongzi that were drenched by the liquid melted into a puddle of water while smoking, as if encountering strong sulfuric acid.

I was startled, some liquid had already flowed down the steel pipe in my hand, forcing me to take back the shovel, remove the three joints at the head and throw it away. The destruction was as stable as before, but as if it had hurt its vitality, the previous rattling sound disappeared, and the surrounding corpses also stopped moving in an instant, and fell limply on the ground, forming various strange postures .

Everything calmed down in an instant.

I turned my head to look at Tofu, there were several spots on his body, he was panting heavily, his eyes had already taken on a trace of fierceness because of the long fight.I don't know if it was my illusion, but when the cauldron returned to calm, the sense of fear that surged from under the sacrificial pit became stronger, as if something was about to come out of it.

I have always trusted my intuition because it has saved me and helped me many times.My feeling tells me that although these corpses have stopped attacking, something worse may happen next.So I immediately grabbed the tofu and said, "It's not suitable to stay here for long, go quickly." As I said that, I turned onto the ghost road. At this moment, the ghost road is also full of corpses. People's nerves are already numb. When they entered the ghost path, they would run wildly forward. From time to time, they would squash their heads to the east and their stomachs to the west. The two of them rushed for about ten steps, and then they reached the end of the ghost path. place.

Tofu breathed a sigh of relief and didn't open his mouth to speak. We were too embarrassed at the moment. Once we opened our mouths, the liquid and rotten meat on our faces would slide into our mouths.Tofu pulled a clean T-shirt from his backpack. We didn't have time to change our clothes at this moment. Using the T-shirt as a towel, we cleaned up our faces in a few moments. Then Tofu opened his mouth and said: " Will the female ghost in red follow her?"

I shook my head and said, "I'm not sure, I don't know what will happen if the corpse raising cauldron is destroyed. No matter what, let's leave here first, I have a very bad feeling."

At this moment, in front of us, there is an arched stone gate. The stone gate has been pushed open, revealing a gap that can allow one person to enter and exit.On the right side of the stone gate, there is a stone tablet on the back of a piggyback, with dense inscriptions written on it.I don't have the heart to look at these inscriptions right now, so I only glanced at them. It seems that the name of Princess Geger is mentioned on it, and it is probably an inscription recording the life of the princess.This is very useful to me. Knowing this princess, maybe I can find out the relationship between her and the Wan Yao Concubine, the Tomb of the Giant-Eared King, and the face of the ghost, so I originally planned to rush in directly. Don't stop, look down patiently.

That feeling of fear became more and more serious as time passed, even the tofu with the mahogany hand beads felt it. He looked back at the burial pit hesitantly, and said in a hoarse voice: "I always feel that there is something inside. If you want to come out, do you have this feeling?" His face turned pale, and he didn't know if he lost too much blood just now, or he came out of fright, so I comforted him, opened his eyes and said nonsense, "What's wrong? Good feeling, you are too timid." Immediately afterwards, I used the fastest speed to browse through the inscriptions on the stone tablet, and I really got something.

According to the records on the inscription, this Gegeer is a Tatar princess. The Tatar in the Ming Dynasty refers to the Northern Yuan regime that retreated to the Mongolian Plateau. This is a concubine princess. The inscription records her life.This princess is quite poor, there are no major events in her life, the biggest thing is getting married, but she died of illness before she could be titled, so she was buried in this place.

In addition, the only thing worth noting is one of the paragraphs. The content recorded above makes people feel like a fantasy.

It says on it that it is said that Princess Gegeer is beautiful, but there is only one thing to be afraid of, that is, there is a large sunken circular hole on the top of her head. In modern times, we call it malocclusion of the skull, or The brain bone is not fully developed, but at that time, it was considered a symbol of evil.

The Mongolian people have always embraced shamanism, believing that everything has animism, and worshiping various natural gods, such as eagles and wolves. In the last century, Mongolia still maintained the custom of celestial burial, that is, the body is integrated into nature, and the wolf, the eagle, and the animals are fed. Integrating people into part of the cycle of nature.This is an ancient worship of nature and 'Tengri'.

The shaman believes that all things have spirits, and the round hole on Princess Gegeer's head is the channel of the gods opened by Changshengtian, so Princess Gegeer once studied with the shaman, and it is said that she used some very evil powers. , but there are some similarities.However, the ancients were very good at fabricating things out of thin air, especially they were very intolerant towards women. It is not certain whether the legend about her witchcraft is true or not.

Princess Gegeer left Mongolia and arrived in the Ming Dynasty. Naturally, she was not valued because of her evilness. After her death, in order to prevent her evil ghost from haunting her, her body was transported here for burial.

The ancient name of this place is "Qianlong Mountain". According to legend, there is a dragon, snake and dragon god in the mountain. Unexpectedly, in the process of building the tomb, the dragon's veins were actually dug inadvertently.Jiao has an evil nature and holds grudges. In order to avoid Jiaolong's misfortune, he specially set up a "Corpse Raising Bureau" to suppress it with corpse energy.

After reading it, I just feel chills on my back. If what is recorded on the inscription is true, then the real purpose of this 'Corpse Bureau' is not simply to prevent tomb robbers, it is a kind of suppression. effect.

Tofu couldn't help being shocked, and said: "Could it be that there is a dragon at the bottom of the sacrificial pit?" He probably remembered the words Du Shouyuan left on the back of the tomb-suppressing beast, and couldn't help but said anxiously: "It turns out that the group of ghosts came out of the nest. The evil dragon is about to come out, it turned out to be like this. Not good, we destroyed the corpse raising cauldron just now, will the evil dragon below..."

I was also a little uncertain, turned around and looked at the dead land behind me, and couldn't help saying: "It's useless to say this now, let's leave here first. If there is a dragon, it must be hungry after being trapped for hundreds of years. , I’m sure you won’t be polite when you see us.” Tofu nodded immediately, and said, “I don’t want to be Jiaolong’s snack, let’s go quickly.” While speaking, we passed the inscription and entered the stone gate.

(End of this chapter)