Tomb Raiders Codex

Chapter 99 Empty Bricks
At that time, the eyes of the three people were all attracted by the group of corpses on the iron railing above their heads, and no one noticed that the giant dragon bound by iron chains, which looked like a stone sculpture, started to move.When the three of them noticed the movement and reacted, the surrounding iron chains suddenly snapped, and the cries of ghosts from all around were mixed with the clinking of the iron chains falling to the ground.And that giant dragon also suddenly opened a pair of eyeballs, the eyes were bright yellow, like two huge lanterns.

Everyone had never seen such a thing before, they all retreated in horror, but they were too close to Jiaolong before, so it was too late to retreat now.The Corpse Raising Bureau that suppressed the dragon was destroyed, and the evil dragon was mad and generous, and when he opened his mouth, he let out a dragon chant.In fact, no one has really heard the dragon cry. The voice is somewhat similar to the virtual voice in TV dramas, but it is also somewhat different, and it is difficult to describe it in words.

How big is that mouth?

In Lu Su's words, the size of us is equivalent to the length of one of its teeth.When the dragon opened its mouth, there was a huge suction force, and the people who had already retreated a few steps, like iron nails seduced by a big magnet, went towards the dragon's mouth one after another.

At the critical moment, the steel knife in Lu Su's hand slammed heavily into the floor tiles, and he used all his skills in that thrust.

What a precious sword, it didn't break.Lu Su relied on this treasured sword to support and forcibly fixed his figure, so that he was not sucked in.Under the strong wind, it was difficult for people to open their eyes, and they were dazed. They only saw Luo Ren and Wei Nanjing being sucked past without any resistance. Even if Lu Su wanted to save people, he was powerless.

When the evil dragon stopped its chant, where would there be any shadows of Wei Nanjing around?Lu Su was full of remorse, knowing that the two people were more or less evil, and most of them had already been swallowed by the evil dragon.

At that time, when Tofu and I were escaping, we did hear the strange sound of dragon chant coming from under the pile of corpses. At that time, we only thought that the evil dragon was about to come out, and we only cared about escaping for our lives.Now that I think about it, when we ran for our lives, Wei Nanjing and Luo Ren died at the same time.I don't know about Luo Ren, let alone, but Wei Nanjing is a man, so it's a pity that he died in vain.After all, it was me and Tofu who killed me.

Listening to Lu Su's explanation of the reasons for each school, Tofu and I couldn't help but look at each other, feeling uncomfortable in our hearts.Tofu pursed his lips and said nothing, his eyes were a little red.

Lu Su went on to talk, but also mentioned it in one sentence.

The evil dragon gradually regained consciousness, it was impossible to save the two of them, they might have already been chewed to pieces.Lu Su had nowhere to hide for a while, so he could only turn his head and run wildly, trying to climb out of the cave where he came from, and return to the cave opposite the underground river.The evil dragon must have been restrained for a long time, and his figure was not very flexible for a while. Although he stared fiercely at Lu Su, he couldn't pursue him. At this moment, Lu Su suddenly realized that the huge stone gate was not for people. , but for Jiaolong.

When he climbed up to the entrance of the cave, the evil dragon had completely broken free from its shackles. After the iron chain originally embedded in the rock was pulled out, a secret passage was revealed.

The four-square secret passage was obviously artificially repaired, and it didn't know where it spread all the way up.

Lu Su thought to himself: This secret passage is relatively small, and the dragon's body is too big. If you hide in it, the evil dragon will have nothing to do with him.If he returns the same way, God knows if he will be overtaken by the evil dragon.

After a quick calculation in his mind, he entered the secret passage, and it went smoothly afterwards.

The secret passage was not neatly built, it seemed narrow and hasty, but it was very safe along the way, probably it was a private secret passage set up by the workers who built the mausoleum.In the construction of the tomb in ancient times, the owner of the tomb built it secretly in order to prevent the information of the tomb from being leaked and attract future generations to rob the tomb. "Book of Burial" says: "Buried, hidden, and invisible to others."It refers to the secrecy of the tomb.

Some people, after the mausoleum is completed, in order to prevent the workers from revealing the location of the tomb, often when the tomb is sealed, the supervisor will kill the craftsman in the tomb and starve to death, which is regarded as a free burial.To be more ruthless, when the supervisor was evacuated and returned to work, even the supervisor was killed, which was very cruel.But as the saying goes, there are policies at the top and countermeasures at the bottom. Some clever and experienced craftsmen will secretly dig a secret passage for themselves when building the mausoleum for future escape.

The secret passage that Lu Su drilled at this time may be the secret passage used by the craftsmen to escape.According to the structure of the tomb, the secret passage should extend from a relatively hidden place inside the tomb to the outside of the tomb, so Lu Su had already concluded at that time that walking along the secret passage would definitely lead to the tomb of the Ghost King Yulong.But the end of this secret passage happened to be in the secret room of the dragon. I don't know whether the craftsman who secretly dug this secret passage escaped and ascended to heaven, or was unlucky and swallowed by the evil dragon.

Going around, there is no need to repeat the process until you meet us.

When the three of Lu Su were chasing Gui Ying'er, they didn't bring any equipment in a hurry, so Lu Su hadn't eaten or drank for two whole days, and he looked really tired. We quickly took out some food, and everyone discussed countermeasures while eating and drinking.

The death of Wei and Nanjing has been decided, and everyone tacitly did not mention this matter. I have already prepared in my heart. Tomb robbery is an industry where people get rich quickly, it is a technical job, and it is a dangerous job.In this industry, there are countless disabled, dead, and missing people. Similarly, in the end, there are a lot of powerful, powerful and rich people. If you want to eat this bowl of rice, you have to have the consciousness to hang your head on your trouser belt .

It's just that in the final analysis, although he didn't say it, the deaths of Wei Nanjing and Luo Ren were related to me and Tofu. It's impossible not to feel a little guilty in my heart, but the matter has come to this point, and there is no way to regret it.

Everyone changed the topic and discussed in detail.

After Feng Guishou finished eating and drinking, he took off his coat, wrapped his hands, made a simple pair of gloves, and then went around to look for organs.This funeral room is obviously a tempting place to die. Presumably, since we entered the Ghost Mirror Bureau, our route has changed unconsciously.

What makes me a little strange is that Ren Ling and the other two, their ancestors once participated in the construction of Princess Gegeer's tomb, and they have the tomb information in their hands, how could they go wrong?

Is it because of the passage of time that the information passed on by them has gone wrong, or is there something weird about this tomb that tricked us all?
Because there are poisonous poisons everywhere, we didn't dare to walk around, so we sat where we were, waiting for news from Feng Guishou.Now when Wei Nanjing dies, our palm eyes will be gone.There are rules and regulations, and the eyes of a team of tomb robbers are often the most experienced. Experience is not enough, and there must be funds and backing behind them.Secondly, in the palm of his hand, he often has some information about the mausoleum. This information is his bottom line. Only by relying on this information can he lead the team, so the information is not easy to tell others.

Now that he's dead, we don't know anything about the secret information he kept in his heart.

What is the use of the Eight Carp Fighting Jiao Zhenhai Stone?

Princess Geger, Concubine Wan Yao and the owner of King Juer's Tomb lived in different eras, so what connection could there be between them?
In this ancient tomb, is there really a clue about the face of Ghost She?

What will the Chen Ci hand over to old man Zhao?
I have never had a father since I was a child, and I have never called anyone a father, so I am still relatively unfamiliar with the statement, and I can't say that I have any close feelings.If you want me to call a relatively unfamiliar person Dad in my heart, I feel that I will definitely get goose bumps.

While thinking about it, everyone was silent, the two members of the Ren family were restrained, so they behaved well, but Ren Ling must be extremely annoyed that Tofu and I spoiled her again and again, so a pair of beautiful eyes is the only thing between us. If you ignore her cruelty, the scene where the beauty is angry and her eyes are as beautiful as stars is really pleasing to the eye.

I ignored the two of them and turned to see what Feng Guishou was doing.Half an hour had passed, and he carefully groped every corner of the tomb with his hands, without showing any sign of impatience.Compared with the previous trick player, he has already won a lot in terms of patience, and I can't help but admire him.

Twenty minutes later, Feng Guishou suddenly said: "I found it." He took out a series of exquisite tools from his backpack and said, "It's a hollow brick, and there may be mechanisms like poisonous needles or flowing fire in the brick. You can’t use great force for this kind of mechanism, once the brick is broken, the mechanism will explode, you have to use skillful force to dig out the brick. I will do it, you wait patiently.”

I don't have much experience with tofu, so I wanted to learn some tricks, so I stood by and watched.I saw Feng Gui's hand, the small chisel in his hand was no more than one finger long, two-thirds thinner than chopsticks, he chiseled down carefully, and slowly picked the pieces on both sides, looking very cautious, for more than an hour, Only then did the piece of brick be taken out.Looking back through the brick hole, the backside is completely dark, obviously an unknown space.

Seeing this, except for two laymen, Tofu and Gu Wenmin, the rest of us were stunned.

How could there be only a thin layer of empty bricks in such a tomb?

According to my previous guess, at worst, there should be two layers of tomb bricks.My grandfather recorded many experiences of tomb robbery in his notes, but he has never encountered a layer of hollow bricks. Is it true that as Tofu said before, there are not enough bricks?

(End of this chapter)