Tomb Raider's Notes of Qilin City Lord

Chapter 198

Chapter 198198 Shocked

"Brother, can you talk to me? It's so quiet here, I'm scared." The last "I'm scared" was said very clearly and neatly.

But after being stunned for a while, the little brother didn't say anything, so I asked him tentatively: "What did you and Wen Jin talk about? Can I know?" Although I was thinking, this may be some kind of pot that I don't want to mention. Which pot, but my stupid mouth didn’t know what to ask. I only thought of this for a moment...I cried in my heart...

I blinked at him, but he didn't even look over, he just led me to keep walking.I stared at him for a long time, but he never looked back.

As the saying goes, "Things don't always come together." If he ignored me this time, I would have to give up. Although my brother is the most important thing, don't people want to lose face? I held the last glimmer of hope and said to him: "Brother, that red smoke should have been set off by Third Uncle and his friends. Let's not talk about the meaning of the red smoke. Aren't they supposed to be behind us, but they ran to the front instead. Don't you think it's strange? They didn't They are also groping forward, there is no shortcut, obviously they did not act according to the original plan. It seems that they must have discovered something on the road, so they ran in front of us quickly.

That is the West Queen Mother City. Did you leave something for them to discover after you were here before, so they were able to get in smoothly?

I don’t know if you have remembered it. After you left me before, until I met you again, from 1984 to 2000, you left me for 15 or 6 years, although I don’t remember what happened in those years. It’s too complete, but I’ve recorded a few important things.

When you left, you only said that you would go to the snowy mountains, so I think you should be in the snowy mountains over the Lama Temple, because that’s where you came from when you were a child. In the first few years, you spent your time exploring the snowy mountains there. Some family matters were only revealed in Xueshan in 1990, and it was not until 1992 that you left the lamasery.

After that, I couldn't find you for the next 8 or 9 years. 8 or 9 years is actually quite a long time. You see, it took us more than two years to find the Queen Mother of the West this time. Come on, there’s no reason why you haven’t been here even once in so many years.

If you want to enter here, it must be after this special rain that only happens once in five years. So moving forward, it is now 5, and the previous rain was in 2005, but you lost your memory that year. , you can't come here when it rains.Pushing forward to 2000, Wen Jin and Huo Ling came.Going further back, you were still in the snowy mountains in 1995, so it would be impossible for you to come..." At this point, I suddenly paused.

Then he continued: "That is to say, from 1984 to 2000, if you have been here, it can only be during the special rain in 1995... Then you... didn't meet them? Or you are Came together?
You must have remembered something about the snow mountain you left in 1992. The clues coming out of that snow mountain should point directly to the undersea tomb or the Heavenly Palace... Going to the Heavenly Palace seems to be under a specific environment and climate, so in 1992 When they went to the Undersea Tomb and the Heavenly Palace in 1993, did you also go..."

As he talked, his voice became smaller and smaller, because his mind couldn't stop, so he turned into muttering to himself: "After all, brother, if you meet Wen Jin and the others again since 1992, I’ve been to the Undersea Tomb again, and explored the Heavenly Palace again, and maybe I’ve been here before, so I ended up appearing where I found you...

During that period, you became more and more familiar with each other. Otherwise, why would Wen Jin and you suddenly become so familiar? I remember she used to call you "Xiao Zhang", but now she calls you "Qi Ling", and I have never called you that. Well..." I pouted as I thought about it.

I thought, forget it, I have said so much, but he ignored me, a little downcast, and I seemed to have announced something terrible. If I was right, he and Chen Wenjin had already known each other. But he didn't seem to want me to know, just didn't want me to get involved, but I had already guessed it, and pointed it out to his face. If he didn't get angry, I should be "Amitabha", so I calmed down.

At this moment, the little brother suddenly stopped and I was stunned. I slowly raised my head and looked at him. He was looking at me with cold eyes. My heart skipped a beat and I couldn't help but swallow my saliva. , instantly frightened, thinking, this is over, and lowered his head.

As a result, the little brother suddenly let go of my hand. I reflexively looked at the released hand. He held my arms with both hands and lifted me up a little hard. My feet were no longer in the air. On the ground, I immediately put my hands on his chest. He asked me to look at him. I didn't dare to move or speak anymore. I just felt that my arms hurt and my heart was tightened...

He looked at me seriously, and his eyes were cold, making me instantly feel scared and uneasy.

His hands were very strong and he had a cold face towards me. I thought that I was really dead this time. I felt like I was his prey and was about to be eaten... I really couldn't escape it. I couldn't escape the fifteenth grade on the first day of the new year. I escaped the night before. I guess I can't escape this afternoon...

After he looked at me for a moment, I wondered if he would throw me on the ground next, turn around, walk away on his own, ignore me, etc. Just thinking about it made me feel special. Uncomfortable.

But he suddenly held my head with one hand and pulled me into his arms, hugging me very tightly. In an instant, I felt as if time had stopped, my mind went blank, my heart was pounding, and my face turned red. This embrace was very warm, and I really didn’t want to come out of his arms. Moreover, I knew as soon as he hugged me that he was not angry.

At this time, the fat man was shining a miner's lamp on the stone sculpture with only its head exposed and part of its body sunk into the swamp. He murmured: "This thing, squatting in it, looks like it's about to fly. It's so permeable." , look down there..." He stretched out his hand and pointed to them deeper under the stone sculpture. There were some strange-shaped black shadows in the water and said, "What is that? It's not dark in the middle of winter."

Wu Xie said: "You can't see clearly, but if the human-faced bird statue outside the canyon tells outsiders that they have entered the territory of the Western Queen Mother Kingdom, then the human-faced bird stone sculpture that appears here may be a more serious warning. If it is Then, in the sea of ​​trees behind here, there must be some huge danger waiting for us uninvited guests..."

Pan Zi said to them: "The water flow is getting faster and faster. Be careful. I think there should be some gaps in the ruins under the mud that lead to the ground. It's like the mouth of a sewer well."

The fat man continued to shine the miner's lamp up and down, very seriously, and then he shone the light underwater and said, "Oh, the roots are entangled here, so you can't see clearly." Wu Xie looked down hard along the light, looked for a moment, and suddenly said with enlightenment: "I know!"

The fat man said "Ouch": "How can we not be surprised if we are so naive? What's going on? It's so dark."

Wu Xie said quite confidently: "The surrounding tree roots can be illuminated so clearly by the miner's lamp, but that thing is just a shadow no matter how it is illuminated. The reason is very simple, because it is not a black shadow at all, but a shadow." If you look carefully at the holes, there is still water flowing downwards. This may be part of the previous urban sewerage project. Some underground water channels and wells are still in use, so this phenomenon will occur."

The fat man glanced at him and said "Ah": "Then what's so exciting about this? I thought there was something good in it. Alas, tell me, where does this sewer channel lead to? This area is In low-lying areas, no matter how low there is, there is no place for water to flow. Is it possible that the bottom of this ancient city is empty?"

Wu Xie thought for a while and said: "This is indeed a bit strange. The city's drainage system generally exits from nearby large rivers, and finally rushes into the sea. There is very little rainfall in the Western Region, and there are no large above-ground lakes or rivers nearby. There must be underground rivers. There is and after going around, there is no need for such an extravagant system as "drainage".

I feel that the drainage system here is either led into the underground river, or there are wells or pools that store water everywhere underground in the ancient city. The water is flowing into those deep wells and is stored, and these The wells may be like the qanat in Turpan, which are connected underground. When one well is full, water is automatically sent to the other well until all the wells are filled with water.

The fat man said: "This fucking thing is to dig deep holes and store grains widely. Our Queen Mother of the West is really unambiguous."

Pan Zidao: "But there is so little rainfall here, and it only rains heavily every few years. Such a large project may take hundreds of years. Will it fucking work?"

Wu Xie said: "In the short term, the gains may not be worth the losses, but countries in the Western Regions can be kings if they have water. Loulan is known as a big country in the Western Regions and only has a few thousand soldiers. The terrain here is strange. If there is a lot of water, even if the country is not big, You can also stick to it. Look at the situation here. This oasis must have been formed because of this. Trees can hold water in place, and water can nourish trees. The Queen Mother of the West at that time was obviously a far-sighted person.

The ancient city of Xiwangmu is extremely low-lying. Such a setting can even introduce limited Gobi groundwater. However, if what I think is right, it has been a few days since we have been here. For such a long time, these wells are still draining water. , indicating that those wells are not full yet. How deep are the wells and thoroughfares underneath?
Pan Zi thought for a while and nodded: "It makes sense, but everything has advantages and disadvantages. If there is a war and someone sneaks into the city to poison the city, wouldn't everyone in the city be unlucky?"

Wu Xie said: "There must not be many wellheads. I think there may be wellheads only in the Palace of the Queen Mother of the West and in the homes of powerful ministers. The common people may use the public wellheads like the ones we just saw. These places must be heavily guarded to prevent poisoning." It seems easy, but it is still difficult to do. After all, the wellhead is deep, and even the most poisonous poison may not be able to kill E. coli once it is diluted."

The fat man was stunned for a moment, then thought about it and suddenly said: "Damn it, so these wellheads must be open, then we can go to the Palace of the Queen Mother of the West from the wellheads."

Wu Xie said: "This is indeed the case, but we are not fish, and the shafts below must be criss-crossed, like a maze. Even if you are given the most complete diving equipment, you may not be able to come out alive. Maybe, the wellhead thoroughfare below It’s only as thick as the mouth of a bowl, which is even more troublesome.”

The fat man scolded: "Are you mocking me again? Fatty, what will it do to you if I am fatter?"

Wu Xie said: "Holy crap, I'm not sarcastic. I'm not even as thin as a bowl."

The fat man said: "I don't think so. We learned basic lessons when we were supporting the border. We dug ridges to divert water. The width should be determined according to the amount of water. If it rains so heavily, will a thoroughfare as thick as a bowl be enough? Xiao Wu, aren't you? Can these be counted?”

When Wu Xie was studying architecture, he heard about this problem, but after thinking about it for a few seconds, he shook his head and said to him: "I can't think of it now, so I'd better think about it carefully when I have a rest."

Pan Zi said: "Okay, mistress, you two, don't think about this. Hurry up. Even if the subway is so wide, we can't get off. Moreover, the most important thing for us now is to get to the mistress as soon as possible."

We were like this. After an unknown amount of time, the little brother suddenly said to me softly: "Silly girl, this matter is too complicated. I don't want you to think too much."

I said to him: "But if I know more, I can tell you these things in the future. I will be your living memory trigger point, your exclusive memory bank, so that when you see me in the future, what about these things?" Don't you just remember it all, so you don't have to run to these places all the time, which is tiring, dangerous, and wastes time. I have so much time to take you out to play, eat delicious food, or just stay at home in a daze. "

The little brother gently put me on the ground and looked at me with soft eyes. I felt that he had something to say, but he didn't say it. He gently held my little face and looked at it for a moment, then stretched out his hand to touch me. After being stunned for a while, we gathered our minds and moved on.

(End of this chapter)