Tomb Raiders I Can Hear Antique Talk

Chapter 414 Sectional View

The two of them moved to where the last painting was, but were stunned for a moment.

The entire wall that was supposed to have paintings only had some faintly visible dark color marks at the corners. At first glance, it seemed as if the original paintings had faded due to man-made or natural reasons.

Xiao Ran saw his second uncle's expression of depression, so he raised his flashlight and came forward, carefully inspecting the corners that had not faded. He didn't dare to breathe out, for fear that he would blow away the remaining corners with his breath. Gone.

"It shouldn't be...the other paintings are there, but this one is gone? That's wrong..."

The second uncle scratched his head anxiously. Xiao Ran didn't dare to interrupt, for fear of being stung in vain, so he had to look carefully along the edge, thinking that there might be some pointers left by the senior.

But he had been busy going up and down for a long time, and his nose was squeaking from exhaustion, and there were still only a few colorful corners covered with dust.

There was a clanking sound behind him. Xiao Ran quickly turned around and saw that his second uncle had already picked up his engineering shovel and started beating on the wooden floor and walls as if to vent his anger.

"Second uncle, please don't mess around and let your waist slip..."

After Xiao Ran finished speaking, the rising ashes made his nose and throat itchy. He sneezed several times and coughed one after another.

The second uncle turned his head and said angrily: "Didn't you say that? If you can't find a way, just... demolish..."

At the end of the second uncle's words, his speech suddenly slowed down and he looked blankly at Xiao Ran, his brows slowly wrinkled.

Xiao Ran suddenly realized that he had probably caused trouble by coughing and sneezing against the painting wall just now. He quickly covered his mouth and nose and stepped aside. He repeatedly said to his second uncle: "I didn't mean it. It's not you." The old man stirred up these ashes..."

As he spoke, he turned his head towards the picture wall, but when he saw the picture, he was stunned like his second uncle.

On the originally gray wall, a few small patterns of the same color as the corners appeared out of thin air, but the colors were relatively brighter, as if someone had just painted them not long ago.

There was a sudden thought in Xiao Ran's mind, and the first thing he thought of was the circle of mummies around him.

He quickly held the knife and shovel in his hand, quickly retreated to his second uncle to protect him, and at the same time looked at the kneeling mummies warily.However, more than ten seconds passed, and the mummies were still kneeling on the ground, as if they were welded to death.

Xiao Ran still looked at the surroundings warily, and at the same time secretly asked the soul-locking spirit beads and the Yin-Yang Mirror: "Suozi, Taoist Priest, are there any ghosts and demons that are causing trouble..."

Before the two artifacts could respond, the second uncle pushed Xiao Ran away, looked at him as if he was a fool, and asked: "Are you okay? What the hell?"

Xiao Ran turned to look at his second uncle in confusion, pointed at the painting on the wall and said, "That...that's not..."

"What is it? Ghostly painted talisman? Take a closer look..."

Xiao Ran turned his head and looked at the wall again, but was so shocked that he breathed cold air again.The bright paintings before were slowly shrinking and fading at a speed visible to the naked eye, until they disappeared.

The wall where the last painting was located turned gray again.

"Sure enough, there is a ghost!" Xiao Ran was about to re-arrange his posture, but was pushed away by his second uncle: "Go, go, go... get out of my way. If you don't study when you should study, everything will be unsolved when you grow up. Mystery. It is a common scientific phenomenon. If a painting is painted with lime water, as long as it is stained with some moisture or water, the painting underneath will be exposed. Once the water dries, the painting will disappear. I struggled all the way. Forget about this..."

When his second uncle said "science", Xiao Ran felt embarrassed and his cheeks were a little prickly.Fortunately it wasn't too bright here, otherwise his face would have been so red that it would have been very revealing.

As he put away the knife and shovel, he muttered: "Then why are you hanging back... Why didn't you tell me earlier..."

"I thought you had seen a ghost!"

The second uncle said something and strode towards the painting wall.Xiao Ran followed slowly, but felt a little more puzzled.It stands to reason that he came from the future. If this scientific phenomenon is really as simple as the second uncle said, he should not know about it, but why is there a blank in his mind?
Seeing the last bit of color on the wall turn into gray, Xiao Ran suddenly felt that his memory of the original world seemed to be covered by this gray, and he had no impression at all.

It seems that the original memory in the body is still too vivid, and it may even be expelling and replacing his own memory during this period. This is not a good thing...

While I was thinking about it, I heard the second uncle standing in front of the painting wall making a gurgling sound while gargling. Then the second uncle made a "pop" sound and sprayed some mild water from his mouth on the painting wall.

Xiao Ran pursed his lips and said to his second uncle: "You are too... an antique after all..."

"What's the matter? There's no hot water, otherwise we'll just end up peeing. Hurry, come together!"

The second uncle finished speaking with disdain, then picked up the kettle and took a sip of water.Xiao Ran had no choice but to follow the same pattern. The uncle and nephew took a bite from each other, and finally the painting wall in front of them was sprayed with color, fragrance and fragrance.

The colorful colors under the gray are finally exposed, and they are integrated with the original colors in the corners.The two of them came forward and shone their flashlights carefully. The second uncle did not forget to remind Xiao Ran that he had to block his mouth and nose this time, otherwise he would accidentally blow dry the water and would have to replenish it.

This last painting has a different style than the previous one.While the previous ones were more like narrative stories, this last one was an architectural section, depicting the tree they were standing on.

On the bottom layer of the tree, black corpses are outlined with simple lines. On the outermost edge is a layer of standing corpses, surrounding the bottom layer of the tree like a corpse wall.

Above the corpse wall is a cross-section of a tree, with two layers, inside and outside.The thinner layer outside is a passage composed of various hanging ladders and stairs. There are also some wedge-shaped and circular markings scattered among them, which should mark the location of the mechanism.

The wider part inside is where the Xinji people who live in seclusion in this big tree live their daily lives, and it is divided into several levels horizontally.

Judging from the movements of the characters in the painting, the lowest level among these floors is a cemetery, and on the upper level there are many people busy around the corpses. There are also two separate humanoid symbols of corpse evil with arms raised high and long fangs and claws. On both sides, this layer is marked as the "laboratory" where the Xinji tribe makes zombies.

Further up the corpse layer, there are many animals, and in the middle is a huge statue of a pigeon. The shape is very similar to the one Xiao Ran saw in Huangpizi Tomb, except that it is mostly red. It seems that this statue is based on Hu Xian is respected.

This layer should be regarded as the place where the Xinji tribe worships totems, and it is also the place where various kinds of beasts are raised to help fight monsters.

From this level up, there are mostly kitchens, residences, etc. The content is unremarkable, and is the same as the content painted on many remaining Qin bricks and Han tiles, except that the characters are of the Xie tribe with loose hair.

After searching, Xiao Ran's eyes lit up, he pointed to the middle floor and said: "Second uncle, this is the floor we are on now, right?! Look there is a round wall in the middle, and there are people kneeling around it... There are... …Two people with backpacks…”

As soon as these words came out, Xiao Ran was suddenly startled. He turned to look at his second uncle, but he met his second uncle's equally shocked gaze.

(End of this chapter)