Tomb Raiders I Can Hear Antique Talk

Chapter 80 The Silent Truth

Xiao Ran was startled, it seemed that without the soul-locking orb, Prince Gumo would soon turn into a white-haired rice dumpling.

If it is allowed to pop out, let alone the fact that there are so many people in this small tomb, it may not be able to subdue it. With professor Chen and Hao Aiguo as slowing down existences, it would be really dangerous if one or two of them were injured. Can't fix it.

Besides, he didn't want everyone to know that he secretly opened the coffin to find the beads.

For the current plan, the only way is to strike first.Fortunately, after entering this desert, those artifacts were all dumbfounded, and now that he pulled out the Guanshan knife, there was no more noise than before.

The coffin shook again, and Xiao Ran lightly turned over on the coffin, trying his best not to let the coffin make a sound.Then he raised the knife and aimed at the position where Prince Gumo's head was, ready to stab it into the coffin to take the lead.

He held his breath, and was about to insert the knife downward, but the coffin shook violently again, and then there were several muffled "bang bang bang", and suddenly several arrows appeared from the four walls of the coffin, and one even rushed out of the coffin. It leaned on the ground, and the arrow was still covered with black and white pieces of flesh and blood.

After that, the coffin also stopped shaking.

Holding the knife, Xiao Ran was stunned, quickly turned over and opened the coffin lid slightly, and saw that Prince Gumo and his wife had been pierced by sharp arrows, Prince Gumo's head was also pierced by a sharp arrow, and the white hair on his face was pierced by sharp arrows. The hair and the originally soft body also shrank and rotted rapidly.

Before the rotting corpse had time to escape, Xiao Ran quickly closed the coffin lid, and quickly inserted the wooden wedge and copper nail back in place.

At this time, Hu Bayi poked his head in from the exit, just in time to see Xiao Ran stepping on the steps, and asked quietly: "Brother Xiao, are you planning to open the coffin? How about I find a way to send them away?"

Xiao Ran shook his head and said, "I'm just tying my shoelaces, it's too risky to open the coffin like this, let's forget it..."

What he said made sense, and Hu Bayi could only nod resentfully.

Xiao Ran recalled everything that happened just now, and roughly estimated that there might be some sharp arrow traps in the coffin.If the grave robber opened the coffin without authorization, he would be shot through a slit in the skull.

Unexpectedly, by chance, he touched the soul-locking spirit bead almost without opening the coffin lid. On the contrary, Prince Gumo, who lost the bead and triggered the corpse change, tossed about in the coffin and accidentally triggered it. After entering the organ, he was pierced through the head before he could get up.

He died a second time in his own coffin.

If there are archaeologists who can find this place in the future, they will probably be shocked by the sight inside the coffin, but this is not what Xiao Ran needs to consider.

Xiao Ran returned to the sacrificial room, picked up the wolf skin on the ground and went out. Professor Chen and the others were already waiting at the door.

"Professor Chen, look at these wolf skins, they should be able to block the door gap again?" Xiao Ran asked.

Professor Chen looked at the wolf fur in Xiao Ran's hand with a happy face, and his eyes were full of approval.

Hu Bayi asked: "Professor Chen, what do you mean by sticking the skin on the door?"

Professor Chen said: "The Gumo people in ancient times brought live animals into the sacrificial room. After killing them, they skinned and removed the flesh and cut off the internal organs. Only the bones were left, and the fur with flesh and blood was fixed on the door while it was hot. Close to the water source, so that the animal skin can be used to insulate the water vapor, and it will not be opened until the next sacrifice. The slaughter of livestock, skinning and deboning, and people tied to pillars to dry are all to protect the water source of the holy well from drying up."

Hu Bayi looked at the dry wolf skins inside and asked Professor Chen: "These skins are already dry, can they still be pasted on?"

"We just need to take protective measures as much as possible. If it doesn't work, just stick it with tape..."

Hu Bayi was taken aback for a moment, obviously he didn't expect that Professor Chen would be so flexible.But since the professor said so, then everyone can follow suit, so they had to use a lot of tape to fix the wolf fur layer by layer on the door crack.

I don't know if the future archaeological team will be dumbfounded when they see the scene inside and outside the door.

Back at the Stone House camp, the archaeologists gathered together, facing the records and pictures in the notebooks, discussing issues such as the underground sacrificial room and the tomb structure of the Gumo ancient country. Hu Bayi, Shirley Yang also discussed with Professor Chen. One step plan.

Judging from Hu Bayi's tone, he still wants safety to be a priority, but in fact he just hopes that these archaeological team members will retreat in spite of difficulties.

Xiao Ran knew in his heart that this trip would really take a lot of risks, and the gains might even outweigh the losses, and he would return with the curse of the Queen of Excellence in the end.

But if you find the Faqiu seal, you may not be able to restrain the curse.

Thinking of this, he found a secluded corner and fell asleep with his chest in his arms, and secretly called the Soul Locking Orb: "Dingling Orb, how much do you know about the Queen's curse?"

"Queen Essence believes that the treasures in the desert are hers. Anyone who wants to take away the things here will be swallowed by the desert. Even if they get away by chance, they will die."

Xiao Ran asked again: "Then if I take you away now, will I also be cursed?"

Suohun Dinglingzhu said in a very disdainful tone: "I am different, I am the burial object of Prince Gumo. Prince Gumo is the incarnation of the Sun God of War and the warrior who ended the rule of Queen Jingjue. Her curse will not affect me .”

Hearing what it said, Xiao Ran seemed to understand something: "Then if I bring some treasure with me into the desert, will she also treat it as my own?"

"I know what you want to ask. I can feel that those three things on you have been taken by the Queen of Essence. Now it is difficult for them to use their abilities. Next, you can only rely on me, as long as you lead me Go to the Queen of Essence..."

Hearing this bargaining tone, Xiao Ran felt annoyed, interrupted it and said: "What are you going to do? If you dare to play any tricks, I will throw you back into that well right now, and from now on, tens of thousands of people will Just stay there for the next year!"

The tone of the Soul Locking Lingzhu immediately softened: "I really don't remember, but as long as I see the Queen Jingjue, I will definitely remember it. Please don't leave me, I will serve you well, just like Serving the great Prince Gumo."

"Okay, it's a deal."

Xiao Ran decided to take a step at a time. Apart from the rubbish function of the current soul-locking orb, it doesn't look like an evil thing that can bring disaster.And he can still get rid of the control of Queen Jingjue. The other three artifacts are basically in a state of waste at present, maybe this bead will really be needed in the next period of time.

Xiao Ran listened to Hu Bayi and the others arguing about the next action plan, his eyelids slowly drooped and fell asleep.He dreamed of an old man in white clothes and white hair with his back facing him, struggling to slap the yellow sand dunes on the ground, as if very anxious.

In a blink of an eye, the sand dunes he slapped slowly bulged up, and the color also turned into yellow and white, and finally turned into a huge hump.

He felt that the old man gave him a familiar feeling, but he just didn't understand what he wanted to express.

When I woke up, the sun was already shining, and everyone was talking and laughing to make tea. Shirley Yang took pictures of the ancient city with his camera, and took pictures of other people as souvenirs. The atmosphere was as happy as a tour group.

After resting for three days in a row, everyone decided to go further into the desert.

(End of this chapter)