Tomb Raiders I Can Hear Antique Talk

Chapter 256 Empty Golden Corpse
The stone gate is like an old donkey pulling a mill, so heavy that it cannot be moved.The gears in the wall kept rattling and slipping, and the stone door, which was supposed to be opened quickly, had to ring several times before it could move an inch.

Originally, Xiao Ran hoped that the stone gate could be opened quickly, taking advantage of Xia Qiusheng's clumsiness, he could take advantage of it.But now that the Shimen was opening so hard, he was worried that the noisy sound would reactivate Xia Qiusheng's dead hearing.

Because the stone door opened too slowly, he had to ask Lu Shengli and Xu Er to extinguish the torches in their hands first.In the absolute darkness, the three could only gain a sense of security by listening to each other's panicked breathing.

One can only hope that this little movement will open the door wide enough for them to pass through.

What Xiao Ran was most worried about at this moment was that the gears in the wall kept slipping like this. If they got stuck, they would be trapped here forever.He carefully stretched out his hand and kept touching the crack of the door, relying on the sense of touch to roughly estimate the degree of opening of the stone door.

One punch, two punches, three punches... When the Shimen opened to about four punches, Xiao Ran quickly and lightly pushed the lever to the middle, and the Shimen also stopped moving.

At this width, he should be able to go out first as long as he relaxes his joints a little.Then stabilize the bookshelf, so that there is no need to worry about the mechanism being damaged, and the other two can come out smoothly.

But in order to ensure the safety behind the door, he had to turn on the flashlight to observe the environment first.He said to Liu Shengli and Xu Er: "Later, let's go to Liangzi together. Once Xia Qiusheng is alarmed, you should first throw the torch to lure him away, and I will go out and open the door."

Xiao Ran counted one, two, three, and the three of them lit the torches and flashlights at the same time, and shone toward the crack of the door.

"what!"

The light source shone on the other side of the crack of the door, and the scene in front of him made Liu Shengli let out a loud roar, and subconsciously threw the torch out.Xiao Ran was also taken aback, and quickly pulled Xu Er and Liu Shengli back.

That Xia Qiusheng, at this moment, was lying on the crack of the door with his whole body, his big face covered with molten gold, facing the three people inside the door.

Xiao Ran pushed the two of them behind, and subconsciously drew his sword and slashed at them.The blade of Guan Shandao sank into Xia Qiusheng's skull, and Xia Qiusheng still lay motionless on the crack of the door, as if he didn't feel anything.

"Dead... dead?" Xu Er asked.

Liu Shengli picked up the torch that was thrown to the ground by Xia Qiusheng, and mustered up his courage to shine a light on Xia Qiusheng's face.At this time, except that he was lying on the crack of the door, which was more frightening, he did maintain the same movement from beginning to end, as if he was already dead before Xiao Ran cut him.

"A good thing! This is a good thing! We are blessed by God!"

Liu Shengli's voice perfectly interpreted what it meant to cry with joy, it was the first time Xiao Ran heard someone laughing.

Xiao Ran wanted to pull out the knife, but he didn't expect that the explosive force was too fast in the crisis just now, and the knife sank a few inches into Xia Qiusheng's head, so he couldn't move it.

Xiao Ran had no choice but to stretch out his feet, stepped on Xia Qiusheng's chest, and pulled out the saber forcefully.Seeing that Xiao Ran was struggling so much, Liu Shengli on the side also came over and pulled the handle of the knife, imitating Xiao Ran's movement and stretching out his feet, but he stepped on Xia Qiusheng's face fiercely, as if to vent his anger.

Xu Er carefully stood behind the two of them, raising his hands to protect them.

"You're dead, don't let go, no, don't let go! Send it to me!"

While kicking, Liu Shengli kept talking about bits and pieces.He kicked over fiercely again, Xiao Ran felt the blade loosen, and suddenly leaned back. Xu Er behind him had been prepared and pushed his back to retreat two steps, which prevented him from going down the stairs. Get off.

On Liu Shengli's side, one leg was across Xia Qiusheng's neck. Xia Qiusheng's head had already been kicked out by him, and he did not know where it landed in the alchemy room.

On the one hand, Liu Shengli was afraid, and on the other hand, he had to yell loudly because of the excruciating pain from the chopping.

"Head! I kicked my head off!"

This time, his voice perfectly interpreted that extreme joy begets sorrow, and it was also the first time Xiao Ran heard his cry of "Hey Hey Hey" in pain.

Pulling out the knife, Xiao Ran looked at the headless golden corpse outside the door, and found that Xia Qiusheng was actually hollow, with a big hole in his neck, with nothing inside, like a golden statue with a severed head.

Is this the so-called immortality?The body has been repaired into a golden shell, which only contains the soul.Once the soul is gone, is there really only a golden body left?
He turned the mechanism again, and found that the reason why the stone door kept jamming and rubbing was mainly because Xia Qiusheng's body blocked the door.He only liked to call out to the other two, and stretched out his hands together to push Xia Qiusheng's body backwards.

This time, the Shimen really opened up a lot, instead of being stuck while moving like before, it was completely stuck when it moved more than halfway.

Such a width was enough for the three to pass sideways, Xiao Ran entered first, followed by Liu Shengli and Xu Er.They stepped over Xia Qiusheng's hollow body, which was now slowly flattening like a deflated balloon.

The three squatted in front of the corpse, examining the golden body.Xiao Ran took a closer look, and found that this so-called golden corpse did not really become gold, but a strange keratinization occurred on the surface of the body, that is, a layer of hard skin grew, but the color was golden yellow.

He explained the situation to the two of them. Liu Shengli not only lamented, how much would such a big golden lump be worth if it was real gold.

Xiao Ran took another photo behind him, and the Shimen was indeed blocked by broken bookshelves that had collapsed.It seems that after they entered Shimen, Xia Qiusheng vented his anger on the bookshelf.

Just to be on the safe side, he asked a few more artifacts, whether they smelled evil spirits, heard spiritual sounds, or smelled blood.Both Yin Yang Mirror and Soul Locking Ding Lingzhu said they didn't feel anything unusual, but as for Guan Shandao, they were silent.

Haven't woken up from the desert worm's electric shock yet?But just now, he obviously prevented him from killing himself by mistake.

Yi Jiukuo smiled and said: "This lunatic also knows how to lose face. He just finished singing Tsing Yi singing Huadan, and now he is embarrassed to speak."

Hearing what Yan Jiugui said, Xiao Ran finally felt relieved.He hurriedly led the two of them to the stone room outside Dan's room, shining the flashlight on the damaged lever, and said to the two: "Use a shovel to dig out the wall bricks. Replace the handle with a new one, and we can open the door." .”

Liu Shengli and Xu Er hurriedly got up and scraped the soil along the cracks of the bricks, and the whole stone room was suddenly filled with dust.

Seeing that he didn't need his help at this time, Xiao Ran sat by the wooden door of the alchemy room, and touched the ball in the bag with his hand.At this time, a few drops of viscous liquid dripped on his shoulder, and there was a sound of "cracking" coming from above.

He hurriedly stood up and flashed his flashlight towards the top of the wooden door, only to see a golden figure without skin lying on the top of the door and grinning at him.

(End of this chapter)