Tomb Raider's Notes of Qilin City Lord

Chapter 104 Stone Pattern Centipede
104 Chapter 1 Stone Pattern Centipede
After a short adjustment, Wu Xie and the others were ready to set off again. The gap in front of them was pitch black, and the flashlight seemed useless. Such darkness made Wu Xie couldn't help but think of some bad things about this kind of gap.

In Europe, for example, people believe that all such gaps are passages to hell.Tibetans believe that caves are the territory of demons, so they never enter them.

The more he thought about it, the faster his heart beat. Although he had entered the gap many times, but he was about to go in again, and he still couldn't help but feel uneasy.

One by one, they tightened their stomachs and squeezed into the narrow gap one by one.

This gap was so narrow that he could only walk sideways and slowly inward without being able to turn his head. He had to maintain a certain state. Less than a quarter of an hour after walking, he was already extremely sore. He thought to himself, those craftsmen back then It's not easy to escape either.

Along the way, he observed this place. The cave walls here were obviously formed naturally. There were traces of glazed flowers everywhere. A large number of karst nodules of various colors covered all the rocks, and there were evenly arranged crystal clear frosts.

The cracks here should be volcanic extrusive rocks. The cracks are formed at the moment of the volcanic eruption, and then formed as the pyroclastic flow rushes out at extremely high speeds. Such volcanic cracks are extremely long, but the tunnel is single. , will not form a maze of caves like volcanic caves.The same goes for the volcanic gap that I entered to escape the blizzard.

As we walked, the gap gradually widened as Monk Hua said, and finally I was able to turn around and move forward, instantly feeling more comfortable.

Although it was pitch black inside the gap, the surrounding glass and melted mica reflected their flashlight, and the surrounding light produced a magical effect. Coupled with the large area of ​​lava spines and rope-like crusted lava covered by volcanic debris. , the lava stalactites were really beautiful, and Wu Xie couldn't help but sigh.

After a while, my brother and I also came to this narrow gap. We took a short rest and were ready to set off again.

I tilted my head and looked at the gap and said to my little brother: "This gap is very tight and narrow. How about I take you directly through it?" After being stunned for a while, he didn't say anything, and I suddenly I turned around, not knowing that he was already standing close behind me, and my head hit his chest, and I heard an "Ah!", and the little brother stood there motionless, as steady as a mountain.

But with this collision, my head bounced back, and I fell backwards. He quickly pulled the rope around his waist and pulled me into his arms, and I was pulled back by him.

He stretched out his hand and hugged me back to his arms. His other hand immediately covered the head where I hit it and rubbed it for me. This time, I felt like my head was swollen and my brain was numb from the impact. The shock hurt, and I was a little dizzy. I didn't open my eyes for a long time, and my expression was very painful. My brother is really strong.

The little brother squeezed my head gently, and after being stunned for a while, my expression gradually eased, and he slowly opened his eyes, and asked me softly: "I feel better."

I pursed my lips and blinked my eyes and replied: "I still have a little brain pain." The little brother held my head with both hands and rubbed it for a while. It was so comfortable to rub his big hands, and I didn't realize it. He closed his eyes.

After a while, his hand stopped, not to mention that after rubbing it, it was indeed much more comfortable than before.I was still feeling a little uncomfortable, so I covered my head and continued to rub it, and then continued the topic: "Brother, you heard what I just said, okay?"

The little brother suddenly put his face over, and I stood there immediately. He held my arm with both hands and pulled it up slightly. His face was so close to mine, his eyes were very serious, and he spoke to me in a very serious tone. : "If we don't leave separately from them, do you think it's okay?"

Suddenly speaking so seriously, my heart skipped a beat, and I replied with a little fear: "No..."

After saying that, he stared at me for a while before straightening up. Before I could recover, he pulled me up without saying a word, pushed me into the gap a few times, and finally pressed my face and stuffed my head. He went in and said to me calmly: "Let's go."

The gap was still difficult for me to tilt my head. I looked at him pitifully and slowly started to walk in. Walking in this narrow gap, I felt like my waist was about to break...I almost got a cramp. …

Wu Xie and the others continued to move forward. It was safe along the way. There were no mechanisms or monsters. The gaps were very clean. They also found some signs of human activities.I saw very old abandoned rusty tools and traces of bonfires.

After walking for nearly six hours, they arrived at what Monk Hua said was a tunnel the size of an underground corridor.The gap inside is very, very wide, and a lot of signs of artificial construction were found here. On one side of the gap wall, there are many simple and protruding stone steps cut out, going all the way up. These stone steps should be the explanation of this tunnel. Entering the second stage, at the end of the steps, there may be the mysterious underground palace of Yunding Tiangong.But these bumps are obviously not easy to walk on.

Wu Xie and the others stopped to rest for a while. He roughly calculated the distance traveled and the slope down, and found that their altitude at this time was already lower than the snow line, and might already be below the canyon between the two peaks.If you walk these two peaks on the surface, even if you walk in a straight line, it will take at least eight hours. But walking underground now saves a lot of time.I thought, if the border defense line above knew that there was such an underground corridor, they would definitely be shocked.If you continue walking at the bottom of the gap, you may reach the center of the earth.

After calming down for a while, several of them couldn't restrain their emotions, so they decided to start again immediately. They all connected each other with climbing ropes, and then tried to stick to the cliff on one side as much as possible, stepping on the "stone steps" that looked like a joke. Walk up little by little.

It was okay at first, but after climbing to a certain height, Wu Xie suddenly felt like a rock climber, but he had no rock climbing experience at all, so this feeling was extremely panicking.

The fat man's big feet were like walking on stilts on these steps. After taking a few steps, his feet began to tremble. He was so frightened that he kept muttering: "Amitabha, Amitabha."

Everyone walked very carefully and climbed up bit by bit.Soon, there was a dark abyss beneath our feet, a distance that would make us dizzy just looking at it.Wu Xie thought to himself, if he hadn't climbed up bit by bit from below, he would have thought that there was hell down there...

The little brother and I walked to the place where Wu Xie and the others saw where they could turn around and have a good view. As the road widened and the people loosened up, I couldn't stand anymore. The little brother grabbed me from behind and held me I held him in his arms, and when he saw me wilting, he retracted his hand and took out a lollipop from his pocket, brought it to me, opened it, and put it to my mouth. I looked at it and took it in one bite. stand up.We took it easy, enjoyed the scenery, took a short rest and continued walking forward.I kept walking until the end and I was confused. After walking for several hours, my physical strength gradually declined. I felt like I was walking stupidly. I felt nothing except tiredness...

I held on until I reached the place where there were traces of the bonfire, and I started to wander. The little brother stopped me and said, "Get some rest."

By this time, I was sweating all over, my back was sore, but my legs were not cramped, but I was shaking. My brother took me to a more comfortable place to sit down.He said he wanted to make a fire, but there was nothing to light it, so I stretched out my hand and asked him to give me the bag. The treasure bag can contain anything, just firewood, or a lit bonfire.

After a while we sat in front of the campfire, heated up some food and drinks, and replenished it. While I was eating, my eyelids began to tighten. Suddenly, the little brother said to me: "Have you eaten yet?"

I opened my eyes, and there was still some uneaten food in my hand, but I was too sleepy to eat. I just wanted to sleep. I fell asleep immediately sitting down.

The little brother took the food and put it aside. He took out the sleeping bag from the bag, opened it and laid it out. He picked me up and put me in. When I was confused, I asked him: "How are we going to go after that, little brother?" Brother, I might not be able to climb up that one."

The little brother hugged me, touched my little head and said to me: "Don't think so much, have a good rest first." I fell asleep after a while.

The little brother forced me into the gap before and let me walk on my own, just to let me exercise, but if I go further, I will reach the stone steps and cliff. The little brother knows that I can only walk on that kind of road by myself, but if the little girl doesn’t use her wits, It's very difficult to get up with strength, and the girl has already worked very hard, so there's nothing wrong with just letting her fly up. She looked at me sleeping very fondly, and unconsciously scratched my fingertips. Nose, said softly: "Little fool."

In the next few hours, Wu Xie and the others went higher and higher. In the end, they were unable to judge their position or even the time. They all entered a state of confusion.Wu Xie thought that maybe it was because of the innate greed of tomb robbers that no one suggested a break.But at this time, one foot was stepping on a palm-sized stone, and one foot was dangling in the air. There was a cliff below, and it was really impossible to rest.

As I was walking, I suddenly heard the sound of water from all around. I turned on my flashlight and took a photo. It turned out that there were several springs and waterfalls of different sizes flowing out of the cliff on one side. The sound of the water was very loud. Flow along the cliff.Looking at the water vapor above, it seems to be a hot spring. It seems that there is underground water vein activity nearby.

The fat man asked, "Hey, how about we crawl over there and wash our faces and feel comfortable." The nearest hot spring was only an arm's length away from him.

But Shunzi shook his head and said, "No!" Then he pointed to the rocks beside the hot spring. They looked over and found nothing at first glance, but upon closer inspection, there were many very strange things on the rocks beside the hot spring. Weird texture.

At first glance, Wu Xie thought they were volcano patterns, but when he looked carefully, he realized that something was wrong, and he suddenly felt angry. These patterns turned out to be centipedes!The stone here is almost covered with centipedes with patterns as thick as an arm. They are motionless and the color is exactly the same as the glazed volcanic stone on the side. If you don't look carefully, you can't tell them apart.

They all became quiet for a while, and the fat man asked softly: "What's going on? How did we get into the insect nest?"

Shunzi whispered to him: "The creatures on the snow-capped mountains are usually concentrated around the hot springs, so don't think about going down to feel comfortable as soon as you see the hot springs. Some hot springs are even full of leeches. But the temperature is still cold now, and these things They are in a semi-dead state here, and they will not wake up without a particularly strong stimulus. Let’s go quickly, they will be fine after this period.”

After saying that, several people started to move immediately. The fat man weighed his feet and asked as he moved, "What does a particularly strong stimulation mean?"

Before he finished speaking, Shunzi suddenly waved his hand and whispered: "Don't move, all of you."

They were confused, but immediately stopped there like wooden figures, all staring at Shunzi. Shunzi looked towards a dark cliff abyss. After a moment of silence, a hair-raising "sparse" sound came over. , there seemed to be countless feet rubbing against the rocks of the cliff, moving closer to them.

Shunzi said softly: "Turn off the flashlight."

Everyone immediately turned off their flashlights and turned around to see what they saw. Wu Xie was so frightened that he cursed in his heart, "Fuck..."

Looking around, the entire surrounding cliffs as far as the eye can see are all large and small green light spots. In this darkness, they look like a vast sea of ​​stars, which is extremely spectacular.Wu Xie looked down and saw that in the emptiness of the darkness at the bottom of the abyss, centipedes were winding away like a green galaxy, passing through the boundless darkness from one end of the sky to the other end.The number of centipedes down here is probably in the hundreds of millions, and the scene is so spectacular that one can really use the word fairyland to describe the scenery in front of us.

In the light spots below, a few huge red fluorescent lights suddenly flashed out. Those fluorescent lights twisted, moved among the stars, and disappeared into the darkness. Obviously, some of the centipedes below were not too small. …

Shunzi's voice came from the darkness: "This kind of insect is worshiped as a god here, because it can live for a long time, and after a gnat dies, its corpse will attract many, many of its kind, so we Be very careful when walking and don't step on them."

As he spoke, he turned on the flashlight, and as soon as the flashlight was turned on, the green sea of ​​stars around him disappeared immediately, and suddenly turned into boundless darkness again.

Hearing what Shunzi said, they couldn't help but feel a little scared. Fortunately, they didn't accidentally kill one of these stone-patterned centipedes when they were crawling. Otherwise, they would have died here, so they had to be more careful now. .They gathered their minds and continued to climb slowly up the stone stairs.

(End of this chapter)