Tomb Raider's Notes of Qilin City Lord

Chapter 102
102 Chapter 1: Arrangement
The fat man rescued Pan Zi, and said to him with a pale face and breathing heavily: "Did you see it? It seems that your wife still likes you more."

Pan Zi was so frightened that he waved his hands: "No more talking, let's make it even. Monk, is this damn hole a nest for a corpse? If so, I will blow it up so that it can be reincarnated as soon as possible."

Monk Hua waved his hand: "Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. This corpse is not an animal. Where did it come from? This hole is indeed strange. What did you see inside when you just fell down?"

The fat man said based on his feeling: "I didn't bring a flashlight just now, so I couldn't see anything, but I touched several stone slabs. This hole should have been repaired manually."

Both Monk Hua and Wu Xie turned their attention to the big hole again.I actually want to ask what kind of hole this is, but the little brother eats quietly and looks good, so I don’t want to disturb him. After all, they are also thinking about it. It’s better to eat seriously first and then talk after eating. You can’t say anything after eating. .

After careful observation, Wu Xie said: "The entrance of this hole looks like a well. It is quite deep, but if it is the entrance of a well, the diameter is a bit large. It is impossible for the pile hole wells at that time to be drilled to this extent... But this well hole There are traces of chiseling on the edge, and it is not a naturally formed volcanic lava hole."

He cautiously looked down again. At this time, the corpse had disappeared. He didn't know whether it had escaped or had been beaten to death by Monk Hua. If it was not dead, there would be trouble in the future, so he was still a little worried.

Looking further inside, Wu Xie said: "The well wall here only has some stone inlays at the beginning, but there are no more at the back. It is also very uneven, a bit like the inner wall of the human duodenum. There is wind blowing here. , and there is some damp smell." He then poked his head in for a few meters and said, "No, you can't see anything further in."

The fat man frowned slightly: "Don't tell me, this thing looks a bit like a cellar opening in the Northeast. It must be the place where craftsmen used to pickle cabbage when this spiritual palace was built."

I smiled slightly. Wu Xie compared the lumps on the black totem to crispy rice, and Fatty compared the cave wall to a cellar for pickling cabbage. He always felt that they were hungry.

Monk Hua felt the hole with his hand: "Indeed, the wind is blowing from inside, which means that the well is not solid and must lead to somewhere."

The fat man asked: "Could it be the back door leading to the Heavenly Palace and the Underground Palace, the secret passage between the three-headed dragons you mentioned?"

Wu Xie said softly: "The three-headed dragon bureau has been proven to be fake, and even if it is true, this secret passage should be opened in the underground palace, how could it be opened here?"

The fat man looked at him and said, "You don't understand this. Haven't you heard of the sound of barking in the east and west? The most dangerous place is the safest place. Maybe this is the strategy of the "barking"."

The fat man couldn't remember Wang Zanghai's name for a while, so he gave him a nickname. After hearing it, I laughed out loud, not to mention that the nickname seemed a little cute.

Wu Xie almost laughed when he heard this, and said angrily: "Please be respectful, after all, Wang Zanghai is also a master of this sect. You have to call me Grandmaster when you see him. And it was Chu Liuxiang who said that."

I thought to myself, no, no, Gu Long should have said it.

The fat man glanced at him and said: "Don't recognize your ancestors for me. What kind of ancestor? He recognizes me, but I still don't recognize him. Oh, stop talking about these useless things. What should we do with this hole?" Why don't you just go in and take a look? Maybe I'm right. That thing is a scourge. If it comes back to find us, it will be a trouble. If it really makes a nest in this hole, it might It can still harm people, so let’s go down and kill it and eradicate its roots.”

The little brother finished the fight earlier than me. After eating, he sat there and looked at me with a silly smile.

After a while I finished eating and wiped my mouth with a tissue. I felt that it would take Wu Xie and the others a long time to talk. Anyway, they had finished eating and could talk.I looked at him with a smile and asked: "Brother, that hole they are talking about..." I looked at him and blinked, which meant "Tell me about it."

The little brother just realized that I wanted to ask this. He knew that I had been holding it in for a long time because I wanted him to eat steadily. He thought that after eating, the girl would definitely have to ask himself, so he kept asking after eating. Looking at me, waiting for me to ask him a question.

Seeing that I had finished eating now, I knew that the little girl must have been unable to hold back any longer. Sure enough, I asked him after a while.He looked at me and replied, "That's Pai Dao."

"Paiduo?"

The little brother continued to say calmly: "Did you notice the chiseling marks on the cave wall and which direction they were."

"Uh...direction..." I was thinking, making gestures with my little hands, thinking about what it would be like to dig from the inside out, and what it would be like to dig from the outside in. I thought of "Ah" and said, "This hole" It's driven from the inside out, not driven in from the outside."

The little brother blinked and said, "Dig from the inside out. The chiseling marks on the cave wall are back chisels. This kind of passage is called a row of passages. It is usually a retreat left by the tomb builders."

"That means this passage should be safe. Once they figure it out, they will go down there."

The little brother said "yes" and said: "After they get down, it's time for us to set off, so we can take some time to rest."

Normally, he would close his eyes and rest for a while, but after such a short rest, he would never recover. I quickly replied, "Oh." I moved a chair and sat next to him.

He tilted his head and looked at me calmly. I sat down, stretched out my right hand to hold his arm, leaned against him, and shared the power of the little fox tail with him. The little fox tail emitted a layer of hazy white light, a continuous cloud of mist. Surrounded by us, the little brother looked at me again, closed his eyes and started to rest.

At this time, Wu Xie and others were doing research. Monk Hua said to them: "I think since the Dragon Seat is fake, there is no need to dig through three mountains and build a cloud top with the manpower and energy they had at that time." I'm afraid the Heavenly Palace is enough. This cave is here, I'm afraid there is a lot of knowledge."

Wu Xie felt that he seemed to have some clues and said to him: "If you have an idea, just say it so that everyone can discuss it."

Monk Hua said: "I just have a preliminary idea. You may not believe it when I tell you."

The fat man said to him: "It's okay. Just say it first. If there are any mistakes, the comrades will help you correct them."

Monk Hua speculated: "The entrance of the cave was opened under this spiritual hall for concealment. There is wind blowing out here, indicating that this cave is a passage leading to somewhere. If you look at the traces of chiseling on the cave wall, It is obvious that the hole opens from the inside out. With these three key points, based on our experience, we can infer that this may be an escape route. If the ancient tomb is sealed, the craftsmen who repaired the tomb can escape from here. "

Wu Xie felt strange and asked: "Pai Dao? No way, so there is still an underground palace down here? Although this is not a three-headed dragon, a burial mausoleum was still built?"

Monk Hua shook his head: "It's unlikely. If there is an entrance to the underground palace, it will definitely be under the tombstone. If there is no entrance, there will definitely be no underground palace. This is an eternal truth. Build the entrance at the Feng Shui position." Otherwise, it will be a great disadvantage to the Lord."

The fat man said: "This guy who is barking is acting very eccentricly. Maybe he built the entrance somewhere else."

Monk Hua waved his hand and said: "Don't think so complicatedly. Wang Zanghai still has the limitations of the times. If he doesn't even abide by the burial scriptures and acts randomly, we won't be able to die ten thousand times." Wu Xie thought about it. Also, if you don’t even follow the burial scriptures, then you don’t need to look at Feng Shui.Asked him: "Since there is no underground palace below, where do you think this corridor leads to?"

Monk Hua said: "Look, first, this row of roads was built under the fake burial tomb, and it must have something to do with the craftsmen of Yunding Tiangong. Second, where could such a row of roads be built nearby? Only The underground palace of Yunding Tiangong. So my conclusion is that this row of roads was dug all the way from the Tiangong and underground palace under Sansheng Mountain."

Wu Xie thought it was impossible and immediately shouted: "How is this possible? We really need to dig a tunnel to make a back road. We can go directly to Sansheng Mountain. It is close and saves effort. Moreover, we can dig such a long tunnel in the mountain." , at least it will take 30 to [-] years, right? Can such a project be accomplished by humans?"

Monk Hua explained: "A huge project like Yunding Tiangong would have taken six to seventy years, or even several generations, to build in ancient times. I think the craftsmen inside knew that they would die in the end, so they secretly dug a row of It's not impossible to tell. As for why they opened the exit of the cave on another mountain so far away, they must have their own reasons. We will definitely know if we go down and take a look. "

Ye Cheng, who had been listening stupidly, now asked: "Monk, are you sure of your idea?"

Monk Hua paused and said to them: "To be honest, I dare not say, but it is worth giving us a try. It is better than running again after we go out. All the signs now indicate that this is a platoon, and it should not be Is there any danger, because no one will set up traps on their way to escape, no matter where it leads below, it is not a bad thing to enter."

In fact, Wu Xie also finds Monk Hua's statement very attractive. The Feng Shui theory here is too confusing, and he is not really interested in whether it is good or bad. He is mainly worried about the progress of Aning and has wasted a lot of time. Although I don’t know what the third uncle’s purpose was in arranging this trip to the ground, but I can’t let all his plans fail. That would be a huge injustice to his old man.

After thinking about it again, Shunzi should have known what they were doing, but he stood silently and indifferently. However, he was obviously on guard, and his hand never left his knife. More than two feet, once he returns to the village, he will be uncontrollable. Who knows what he will do. Chen Pi Asi must have considered this. If we have to go out and start over, the first thing before entering the village is not to kill people and silence them. Even if you pay a lot of money, it is not easy to find a guide again.

Several people weighed it again and again. Ye Cheng was frightened by the corpse and said he didn't agree to die.Pan Zi thought that thing was too evil.Wu Xie, Fatty, and Monk Hua all thought they could give it a try.Opinions are still not unified, and everyone has his own concerns.

Monk Hua went to ask for instructions from Chen Pi Asi and said to him: "Old man, why don't we just do something?"

I saw Chen Pi Asi sitting there, closing his eyes and listening to them. Monk Hua asked several times, but he didn't respond at all. He seemed to be asleep.

Seeing that he didn't respond, the fat man walked over and patted him: "Old man, please tell me something, don't pretend to be cool here." Unexpectedly, with this push, Chen Pi'asi shook, but his eyes remained unchanged. Tightly closed.

Suddenly they both felt that something was wrong!Monk Hua took a closer look, and his expression suddenly changed. He took two steps forward and grabbed the old man's hand. His face turned pale with a "swish" sound. When the fat man looked at it, he reached out and touched the old man's neck, and his expression suddenly changed. : "Holy shit, I'm dead!" The fat man's face suddenly turned pale, and Monk Hua was sweating on his forehead.

Wu Xie and the others realized something was wrong as soon as they saw it, and immediately gathered around.I quietly glanced at the little brother and saw that he didn't respond, so I decided to see what was going on first.

Wu Xie went over and looked at Chen Pi Ah Si. He was sitting there like an ice sculpture with his eyes closed, motionless.Wu Xie took his wrist and touched his pulse. His dry skin was terribly cold. After touching for a long time, he could not feel his pulse, and the flesh inside seemed to be stiff.

Wu Xie said with confusion on his face: "Is it hypothermia?" Wu Xie thought to himself.

I whispered: "Hypothermia..."

The boy on the side closed his eyes and said calmly: "Hypothermia mostly occurs in low temperature environments below minus 5 degrees Celsius. When the core temperature of the human body drops below 35 degrees Celsius, hypothermia will occur. Lowering, the blood supply to the skin is insufficient. If the body temperature drops below 32°C, many different symptoms will appear, such as erected hairs, muscle tremors, increased blood pressure, accelerated heart rate, and shortness of breath. As the condition worsens, blood pressure and heart rate will decrease. Slowing down or even cardiac arrest, and in severe cases, loss of consciousness or even death.”

"Uh...brother, why do I think what you said is so familiar..."

The little brother continued to say calmly: "A similar situation happened to you when your memory fragments were restored. On the contrary, you also suffered from hyperthermia where the temperature was too high."

"Am I always that dangerous?"

The younger brother sighed and replied, "Yeah."

I only knew that I would feel very uncomfortable every time, and then I would faint, get cold, or have a fever. I didn’t know it was so serious.No wonder every time he wakes up, his eyes are... like that...

Just as I was thinking of this, the little brother suddenly took out his arm from my arms and hugged me. I continued to lean against him, feeling warm in my heart.

No matter how Wu Xie thought about it, it didn't make sense. As far as he knew, it would take at least 10 minutes at low temperature for someone to truly die, but why did it only take 5 minutes... He himself reached out and touched Chen Pi Asi's neck and said : "Could it be that he was just in shock? He ran too fast all the way just now. How could a 90-year-old man endure it?"

Monk Hua frowned, opened the old man's eyes, and looked behind them with a flashlight. His face became increasingly ugly. Finally, he looked back at Ye Cheng and shook his head.

I asked softly: "Brother, is Chen Pi really dead?"

The younger brother seemed to be still observing and didn't reply.

Pan Zi asked softly, "What's going on, how did you die?"

Monk Hua sighed, with a gloomy face, and suddenly collapsed on the ground.

The fat man pulled Pan Zi and said, "At such an old age, I can die no matter what."

Wu Xie thought to himself that it was really too much for a ninety-year-old man to come here. It was an accident, but it was also reasonable. Maybe Chen Pi'asi himself didn't expect that he would actually do it. Will die like this.But he also did bad things, and this was his retribution.

Thinking of this, Wu Xie suddenly remembered his grandfather and sighed and said: "Old people are like this sometimes. My grandfather died suddenly like this in the end. He was eating at the time, and a minute ago he was asking me to get him wine. He left within a minute."

The fat man patted him: "Hey...many tomb robbers have been exposed to a lot of tomb gas in their early years, and their hearts will be damaged to a certain extent, so most of them die like this when they get old. Anyway, this is the most comfortable Way to die."

At this time, they were all a little at a loss. Now that Ye Cheng and Monk Hua were dead, there was no point for them to be here.But once Chen Pi's Si died and Men You Ping and the others were not around, it would be difficult to rely on Fatty and Pan Zi alone to lead everyone... What should we do next?

(End of this chapter)