Tomb Raiders I Can Hear Antique Talk

Chapter 77

The cry for help from the well made Xiao Ran suddenly get goosebumps, just like the feeling he had when overlooking the dark ancient city of Xiye on the sand hill.

It seems that this trip will not be in vain. There must be something good waiting for him in the tomb of Prince Gumo down the well.

Under Hao Aiguo's nagging offensive, An Liman finally turned his head: "Okay, okay, just take it as Hu Da's will. Don't dirty the holy well..."

Seeing that An Liman finally stopped interfering, Shirley Yang and Hu Bayi also discussed countermeasures.Because the underground well is too deep and it is too dark to see clearly, we can only make a double-button safety lock and hang people down to observe it on the spot.

Xiao Ran volunteered, of course he knew that there must be an ancient tomb underground.But Hu Bayi thought that he was the captain and shouldered the safety of everyone, so he insisted that he go down the well first.

Even Professor Chen suddenly started to protect the calf at this time, took his hand and said, "Xiao Ran, Captain Hu has been on the battlefield and served as an engineer. He has experience in such things. Now is not the time to be brave..."

As long as he can go down the well, Xiao Ran has no choice but to give up.

Hu Bayi was fully armed, with a gas mask, a flashlight, a whistle, an engineering shovel and a dagger.Seeing that he seemed to have some concerns, Xiao Ran hurried back to the stone house, took a black cloth bag, and handed it to Hu Bayi.

Hu Bayi touched the shape of the things in the pocket, smiled at Xiao Ran, and quickly stuffed them into his arms while everyone was not paying attention.In the pocket is the black donkey's hoof that Xiao Ran specially packed.

Hu Bayi tied up the rope and said to everyone: "When I go down the well, you loosen the rope slowly. If I shake the flashlight three times at the mouth of the well, you should stop immediately. If I shake it three more times, I will be thrown away." Pull it up. In case you can’t see the light clearly, I will still blow the whistle, the first time I blow it is to stop the lowering, and the second time I blow it is to pull me up.”

After discussing the contact method, Xiao Ran, Fatty, and Chu Jian put Hu Bayi down together, and An Liman also came up curiously, watching the foreigners gradually invade the holy well that he thought should not be offended.

The rope fell little by little, and occasionally moved a few times suddenly, and the fat man shouted down nervously: "Old Hu, are you alright?"

Hu Bayi's buzzing voice came up: "It's okay, the well wall is too slippery, just hold on tight."

In Xiao Ran's ear, the ghostly lingering voice continued intermittently, as if he sensed someone approaching, and the voice calling for help became more frequent.

Suddenly, a light flashed under the mouth of the well. At the same time, with the sound of a whistle, several people quickly stopped, grabbed the rope, and looked down the well nervously.

At the same time, the rope began to shake slightly, as if Hu Bayi was moving.After a while, the mouth of the well flashed light again, and the whistle sounded at the same time, which was a signal for Hu Bayi to come up.

Several people pulled Hu Bayi up, and he took off his gas mask and said, "[-] to [-] meters down from the mouth of the well, there is a stone door on the wall of the well. There is a gap that should be able to be opened with a crowbar."

After hearing this, Professor Chen said in surprise: "The stone gate is not necessarily a mausoleum, it may be a secret escape route. After all, there were often wars in the small countries in the ancient Western Regions. It is said that no one would build a mausoleum on the wall of a well and leave a passage."

An Liman interrupted suddenly: "This well is older than West Night City, the passage inside must be Hu Da's sanctuary, so don't go down..."

The fat man looked contemptuous: "You don't have to be so big and so big, be careful that your Boss Hu will punish you. I don't think it's pointless for us to guess wildly. Just go down and have a look. I'll go down this time and I'll pry open the door for you!"

Everyone shook their heads and waved their hands in unison, Hu Bayi said: "You can pull it down, I am familiar with the road, and I will pry the door. You are so heavy, we have to fish you out first if you fall into the well."

This time, Hu Bayi made a rope ladder to make it easier for everyone to go up and down. After a final discussion, Professor Chen, Shirley Yang, Hu Bayi, Xiao Ran and Sati Peng became the expedition team, and the others stayed behind.

Hu Bayi went down first, followed by Xiao Ran.The two of them stuffed the crowbar into the crack of the stone door, and then kicked it hard together. Although the earth and rock debris splashed, the stone door opened wide in an instant.

Hu Ba said to Xiao Ran: "Fortunately, we are together. If we are alone, the rope ladder will be too wobbly to handle."

The two of them entered the stone gate, and in front of them was a long and deep corridor. The masonry repaired ground was very neat and wide enough for four people to pass side by side, and the weak light of the flashlight could not reach the end.

Hu Bayi whistled as a signal, and several others climbed down from the rope ladder one by one.

Shirley Yang took out anti-hypoxia tablets from his pocket and gave them to everyone, and asked them to wear gas masks just in case, before walking inside with peace of mind.

Walking for 50 meters in the corridor, passing through two stone gates, finally arrived at the last embossed gate sealed with animal skin.At this time, the mournful cry for help became clearer, making Xiao Ran a little anxious.

He felt that something was wrong, neither the celestial fragments nor the handle had ever babbled so much before.He had a question mark in his heart as to what was in Prince Gumo's tomb.

But Yi Jiukuo pointed at this ancient well several times in a row, so it must be something to tease him.

Hu Bayi had already scraped off all the animal skins with a shovel, Xiao Ran opened the door together with him, and walked more than ten meters, finally there was a spacious stone room in front of him.

Xiao Ran turned back and said to Sati Peng, "Don't pee your pants later..."

Sati Peng looked puzzled: "What are you talking about, why did you pee your pants?"

While speaking, several people stepped into the stone room.Hu Bayi made a sound of "snap" under his feet, and he took a flashlight to take a photo, only to see that there were many animal bones intertwined on the ground, almost covering the entire ground.Raising the flashlight, there are more than a dozen wooden pillars on all sides, all of which are tied with dried human corpses.

Judging from their body shape and certain local features, these people were all young and middle-aged men.

Sati Peng stood at the door, pale and swallowing.Xiao Ran leaned towards him and said, "Look, they are all about your age, and they are all prisoners who were sacrificed. The owner of this tomb is just like this..."

As soon as he finished speaking, Sati Peng quickly took two steps back, leaning on the wall and panting heavily.

Professor Chen explained: "This should be a place for sacrifices. These people are prisoners. They were tied up in the desert and dried to death, and then drenched with animal blood. This is the custom of the ancient country of Gumo. There should be a tomb here. Sa, please record the situation here. Sa..."

Professor Chen saw that Sati Peng was huddled outside the stone gate and refused to come in, so he sighed and said, "Go ahead, let Aiguo in..."

Sati Peng seemed to be pardoned, Xiao Ran grabbed him and told him: "If you don't want the tomb owner to be entangled, you have to bring tribute down to make amends. The wolf skin that was peeled today, let Teacher Hao bring it down later..."

Xiao Ran returned to the stone room and saw the other three people were still groping on the wall, so he went straight to the middle floor and swept away the animal bones, and a relief stone slab with two pull rings appeared in front of him.

Under the astonished gazes of the other three, he lifted the ring and exerted force, and the stone slab was lifted up with a bang.

A clear and joyful voice came into Xiao Ran's mind in an instant: "Someone finally came! Hurry up and save me! I am the Soul-Locking Orb!"

(End of this chapter)