Tomb Raider's Notes of Qilin City Lord

Chapter 179 Awakening
179 Chapter 179 Awakening

We found a cave in advance before it started to rain. The cave was not far from where we found them, so we quickly ran to the cave and got in one after another.

After entering, Fatty and Pan Zi put them down first and asked them to sit down against a rock wall. Their equipment was thrown aside. Pan Zi hurriedly laid out sleeping bags, and then put Wu Xie and Aning down. Help them onto their sleeping bags and let them lie down to rest.

The fat man quickly put some small stones on the pile and set up the tripod. After a while, the bonfire was lit, the pot was hung, water was poured in and the hot water started to boil.

The little brother also slowly put me down. Not to mention, thanks to the little brother's coat, most of the rain was blocked. However, it was raining heavily at the moment. For someone like me with insufficient heat, the heat on my body was still absorbed by the rain. It was almost done, I was trembling a little and my body was feeling cold.

The little brother asked me to wait aside. He quickly packed up our small doubles and asked me to take off the clothes that were a little wet on the outside. Wear the small single clothes inside, and let my cat go into the sleeping bag to keep warm and touch He touched my head and said to me: "Have a good rest." After that, he helped me pick up the corners of my sleeping bag.

Just like that, I slept for a while. When I woke up, my little brother was beside me. He was sitting facing the fire. When he felt that I was awake, he turned around and stretched out his hand to help me up.

I put on my brother's dried clothes, sat next to him, and looked outside the cave. It was already dark outside.

Following me, I saw the fat man staring at Wu Xie with a smile.Wu Xie seemed to have regained consciousness. He was a little dazed and looked like he was about to wake up.

Wu Xie felt that he was gradually getting better, so he slowly opened his eyes, and a big, rough face came into view. He didn't realize who it was for a moment, but he felt that it was very familiar. This big face was still normal. Smirking to himself.He felt very strange in his heart.Then he closed his eyes again in confusion, and saw that he frowned, his expression seemed to be thinking about something.

After being stunned for a moment, he seemed to suddenly think of something. He opened his eyes suddenly, blinked, looked at the person in front of him, and thought to himself, this face is too familiar. Isn't this the familiar big face of Fatty Wang? What's going on? His face was still covered with stubble, and he looked a little older than before. This face was also leaning towards him, getting closer and closer... and staring at him with a serious look.

I turned around and thought, this is wrong, the fat man didn't come this time either, could it be a dream?That was even more wrong. He firmly believed that he could dream about nothing but not about him... and it was still so real. There must be something wrong with this, so he closed his eyes again.

I asked softly: "What happened to him?"

When the fat man saw that Wu Xie had woken up and looked like nothing had happened, he felt relieved. He sat next to him, lit a cigarette, and said to me with a smile: "He is seeing my handsome fat man." The face is more handsome than him, but he can't accept it and is escaping from reality." After saying this, he burst into laughter.

Then Wu Xie opened his eyes again, and this time he saw very clearly. The person in front of him was indeed Fatty Wang. He was saying something, but he couldn't hear clearly. Just when he was full of doubts, he saw again A man came over and looked at him. Wu Xie took a quick look and said, Huh?This face was also very familiar, and then his eyes widened, realizing that the person in front of him turned out to be Pan Zi...

At the same time, I was saying to the fat man: "I don't think so. Look at his expression, he obviously thinks your face is strange."

The fat man smiled and deliberately "hummed" and said: "Fat man, I am not as handsome as our little brother, but at least I am mature and sexy." As he said this, he winked, twisted his body, and touched The stubble on his chin.

Pan Zi and I were both delighted when we heard this. We followed Pan Zi and looked at Wu Xie and said, "Little Third Master, how do you feel?"

Wu Xie must have woken up now. He arched his back and tried to sit up. Pan Zi saw this and hurriedly went up to help him up.

The first thing he did when he sat up was let out a deep breath, and then he started to look around.I followed him and looked at the little brother who was sitting by the campfire cooking something. I was sitting in a sleeping bag next to him, and Aning was sleeping in a sleeping bag on the other side.

I said, "Brother Wu Xie, are you realizing now that you have escaped death, and you also saw Fatty and Pan Zi in front of you, who were not supposed to be here, and you feel very confused, aren't you?"

Wu Xie said "Ah", massaged his temples and asked Pan Zi: "What on earth is going on? Why are you here? Am I not dreaming? Am I not dead?"

The fat man said from the side: "I'm not dead, I almost died. If it weren't for you, Fatty, and my sharp eyes, I would have seen this, and you would have stunk there." At this moment, the fat man was holding A Ning's coins. Copper coins were fiddled with.

Following his gaze, he looked at Pan Zi, who said to him: "Actually, we have been following your team. In fact, after you entered the Gobi, the third master's team immediately followed. Each of you camped Brother will leave marks to guide us, so we will keep a distance from you and always stay behind."

Wu Xie didn't understand what he was saying, and looked at me fiercely. I felt a murderous aura... I shook my head and said to him, "Don't look at me, I don't know." He waved his little hands as he said that.

He said with confusion: "Mark? He..." pointed at the younger brother, and then said: "Third uncle? Behind us?"

Pan Zi slowly said to him: "This is the third master's plan to find out the true purpose of Jude's exam.

The third master said that the matter has reached this point, and he can only use this method, just like Jude Kao did back then, to get inside to understand the situation.

The younger brother and the black blind man were both arranged by the third master to cooperate with the foreigner. We had already prepared it in Golmud. Our people in Dunhuang prepared for nearly half a month. As soon as your team set off, we followed behind. .

At that time, the little brother left a message telling us that you were in the team, and the third master was even shocked.Young Master, you are serious too. Didn’t Third Master tell you not to wade into this muddy water again?Why are you still here? "

Wu Xie took a deep breath and sighed: "No wonder that black glasses guy came to take care of me like this all the way. It seems like it's my third uncle's respect."

I said to myself, this stinky master of mine seems to have always been paid to do things...

Pan Zi chuckled and said, "Yes, you are in there. The third master has to take care of your safety, so I let the black blind man help you."

Wu Xie asked: "What about my third uncle? Didn't you see his shadow?"

Pan Zi continued: "Third Master and the others are still behind us, and they are a little behind. There are many people here this time, and it is difficult to follow. So Fatty Wang and I are the vanguard, opening the way in front, and following you all the time, leaving behind us along the way. I marked it for Third Master, but I didn’t expect that something would happen to you when you got here.”

Wu Xie finally figured out what Menyou Ping said that night, saying that he was on his side and telling him not to worry. That was what he meant. Men You Ping was really saying that. It was vague, but he was on his side, and he felt happy. Then everything would be fine, and he felt much more comfortable.Third Uncle, this old fox, is too thief, and I am really not qualified to fight with him.

The fat man looked at him and said: "You are lucky, we have been following you, and the girl has helped shorten the distance a lot, otherwise you would have dried out by now. You are so naive, I say you have such a physique and such a small body , I still want to do this, I think after you go back, you should really start your small business."

Wu Xie asked Pan Zi: "Why is he here too?" Pan Zi said: "Oh, it's because all the guys and good guys in San Ye's Changsha went to other people's homes. This time he brought a new group of people, and they didn't have enough experience. So I invited him to support the scene, the old price."

The fat man curled his lips and said: "What's the matter? You still don't like me anymore? Let me tell you, you are the one I brought back, and you still despise me, huh"

Wu Xie hurriedly waved his hands to express that this was not what he meant. He immediately felt at ease. The third uncle's people are like family after all. They are his own people. There is no need to be wary of everything. Knowing the basics and knowing the skills will make him feel better. See a smile on his face.

The fat man handed him some water and said: "Wake up, come here, take it by yourself, drink more, drink slowly, don't drink too fast, you were the fat man just now and I woke you up by feeding you one mouthful at a time. That was really a load of shit." It takes a lot of hard work to pee!"

Wu Xie smiled and said, "Go!" and then took the water.The fat man laughed.I was also listening to their bickering, which was quite fun.

But the little brother started to feel dull again. Wu Xie was fine. He should continue to worry about Wen Jin. It was raining and time was running out.

Wu Xie saw that Aning had no reaction and asked Pan Zi, "Is she okay?"

Pan Zi said to him: "Don't worry, mistress, your best friend has a better constitution than you. He has woken up once, and now he has eaten something and fell asleep again. This is not a desert. You just passed out due to dehydration, not sunburn." , add some salt water and get more sleep."

Wu Xie was a little startled when he heard Pan Zi say this. Pan Zi teased himself, it seemed that it was because he saw them both looking disheveled... He thought, forget it, let's have a good rest.

I looked at Aning and thought that no matter what, she was sent by Jude Kao. She pretended to be unconscious when we were in the underwater tomb last time. Maybe she would listen to everything we said now, so it would be better to talk less.

Wu Xie crawled, and I happened to be hungry too, so he and I ate something together.

He asked: "What kind of hole is this? It's not bad. How did you find us?"

I said to him: "This is still in the Devil's City. This rock cave was discovered by Fatty. At that time, we saw Aning's people and Tashi's people escaping from the Devil's City in a panic, and we knew something was wrong, but I haven't seen you come out after waiting for you for a long time. Zhaxi said that neither you nor Aning knew how to look at the Arabian stone piles. The situation was critical, so I used a mirror to signal them. After preparation, we and I set off to look for you. Yes. The black blind man is still outside at the camp taking care of those people."

Wu Xie said: "Oh...but how did you find us in such a big place? In this shitty place, the broken roads are like a ghost building a wall. No matter how you walk, you can't reach the Gobi desert. The longer they get, the longer they get. …”

Pan Zi said: "In the beginning, Miss Xiaoxun led the way from the camp to the sunken ship, and we found it quickly. But it was getting late, so I checked and set up camp to rest." Wu Xie heard this. I was the one leading the way, and it felt very fresh. This was a strange thing. He looked at me curiously, and I smiled at him.

Pan Zi added: "The next day, Miss Xiaoxun took us to a crossroads. We tried to walk around, and found that this place was a bit evil. The order of the surrounding rocks seemed to be pre-designed. It seems that we followed our instincts and finally saw the mark of Aning, so we found you all the way, and you had already fallen on the sand."

Wu Xie asked worriedly: "Then if we go out later..."

Pan Zi smiled and said: "We are not as stupid as you. We have left marks along the way, so don't worry."

The fat man said "Ouch": "The signs I set are all made of such big stones that they can be seen from a kilometer away, so don't worry."

Wu Xie breathed a sigh of relief and said "Oh" and asked quickly: "Then why is this road like this?"

Later, Pan Zi told him that this place was at least 150 kilometers away from the original Devil City.This is a huge Yadan landform group, consisting of more than a dozen small devil cities, with the Gobi Desert in the middle. All the devil cities are connected by rock mountains, end to end, forming a huge chain of devil cities.They were walking along [-] square kilometers, so naturally they couldn't get out.

Wu Xie was dumbfounded and quickly shook his head and said, "It's impossible, how can it be such a coincidence? I just find a direction and keep walking, and it doesn't deviate at all?"

The fat man said: "Let's just call you stupid. You still don't admit that whichever direction you go in was designed by others. The placement of these stones in this devil city is very particular. They often go around a building. There are more rocks on one side and fewer rocks on the other. You can’t tell which way is easier to walk and which is harder to walk in an instant. You feel the same. Subconsciously, you subconsciously choose the direction designed by others. Almost every place here Intersections are always like this, and no matter how you walk, you will have this result. This trick was very common in ancient times, and it has a very simple name given by working people, it is called "Qi Men Dun Jia"." As he said this, he looked at To the little brother, "Brother, am I right?"

The little brother looked up at them and ignored him. He continued to look at the fire with a worried look. I stood next to him and watched him quietly.

Wu Xie straightened his face and said to the fat man: "When did you understand Qimen Dunjia?"

The fat man said to him with a proud look: "There are many things you don't know."

Seeing his smug look, Wu Xie wanted to kick him. He thought to himself, this guy must be learning now and selling it now. Forget it, it doesn't matter anymore, so he asked again: "Then you mean, in this devil city?" , someone used these broken stones to create a cover-up?"

The fat man nodded: "Well, that's not the case. It's not a profound formation." He squinted at Wu Xie and said, "If you meet someone who is short-sighted or has particularly careful observation skills, you will definitely find it. Who's name?" Our little innocent is smart and cute, so we have been fooled. Have you forgotten what the Queen Mother of the West does? She is a master of mathematics."

At this point, Aning, who was in the sleeping bag next to him, said softly: "You are wrong. Queen Mother Xi is basically the creator of Qimen Dunjia. The God-given Book that Huangdi received back then was given to him by Queen Mother Xi. Regarding Qimen Dunjia, , she is the ancestor.”

I sighed, tugged on my little brother, and winked at him, meaning "Look, this Aning really didn't sleep."

Wu Xie and the others were shocked by her, and the fat man deliberately harmed her: "I said Miss Aning, when you wake up, you can get up and talk. You even eavesdropped and wanted to scare us to death."

Aning was rescued by them and was too lazy to care about Fatty.

Wu Xie frowned and thought for a while, and just realized that the Devil City here is a ring... Then he started talking excitedly.He was still drawing circles on the ground, talking about what he read from Wen Jin's notes, and said: "The Queen Mother of the West is protected by an invisible wall. Others cannot see this wall, but if they encounter it, they will inevitably turn back. Here, thousands of years ago, there should have been water. In other words, there was a water belt here, similar to a moat, forming a circle. If we assume that this protective belt means that others cannot enter, it protects the ancient city of Xiwangmu. After many years of "invisible city wall", then the Western Queen Mother Kingdom should be within this circle, that is, in the middle of this Devil City Circle."

As a result, after he finished speaking, he found that except for me, who was holding my brother's arm and looking at him with a smile, everyone else was looking at him indifferently, as if looking at a fool... He spread his hands in confusion and asked: "I Is that wrong?"

Pan Zi sighed, patted his shoulder and said: "Little Third Master, we can all guess what you said without looking at Wen Jin's notes. However, if the situation was really that simple, then the Ancient City of the Queen Mother of the West would have been discovered long ago. This is the Qaidam Basin, not the Taklimakan. Although it is inaccessible, it has undergone countless geological surveys. Therefore, if the ghost town is here, the situation must be very special. It is likely that the entire ghost town is buried under the Gobi. Or you’re in a situation where it’s hard for others to find you. You’re really stupid and naive to think you can see it when you’re there.”

(End of this chapter)