Tomb Raider's Notes of Qilin City Lord

Chapter 204 Snake’s Intention
204 Chapter 2 The Snake’s Intention
Wu Xie looked at the situation around him and froze in place with a hint of fear. He said in a slightly trembling voice: "It seems that they were deliberately luring us closer to them. Listen to the noise and see. There are quite a few coming.”

The fat man said with a "humph": "This place is really evil, and the Chang Chong here is even more damn evil. We actually asked Chang Chong to make dumplings. How naive! Even Chang Chong can play team battles and cooperate these days. Isn't it surprising? , surprise or not." He raised the knife to guard against it.

Pan Zi waved to them, and the three of them immediately lowered their bodies to hide. Pan Zi said softly: "There are too many snakes, we can't fight hard." He took out the alcohol stove from his backpack and quickly unscrewed the lid. Kai said: "While those snakes are still on the canopy, let's rush out using the burning man tactics as mentioned earlier."

Wu Xie was stunned and said: "Are you kidding? It will burn you to death. Rather than burning yourself into a completely unrecognizable human shape, it would be better to be bitten to death by a snake. At least it will look better."

Pan Zi said: "Mr. Mistress, of course I'm not asking you to burn your clothes. Come and squat down." Pan Zi quickly pulled out a tarpaulin from his backpack and put it on their heads, then poured all the alcohol on it and said to them : "You must be able to hold on to your hands for a while. Even if the skin is burned off, you have to endure it. Don't let go. As soon as I give the signal, we will rush forward." He took out the lighter and got ready.

They listened to the approaching snakes all around. The three of them looked at each other, and following the right timing, Pan Zi quickly lit the alcohol on the tarp, and saw the flames on the cloth burning on the tarp with a "whoosh". After getting up, Pan Zi immediately got under the cloth and shouted: "Run!"

The three people carried a large ball of blazing flames and rushed in one direction.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the snakes immediately became restless as the prey they were targeting ran away on fire. They began to swim wildly, and the leaves on the surrounding tree trunks were rustled by them.

The three of them ran out for 30 meters despite the fire. The alcohol on the tarpaulin had almost burned out, and the cloth began to burn. Then Pan Zi shouted: "Throw it away."

The three people immediately threw the burning tarp out with a "swish". They had no time to care about their surroundings, and they didn't even have time to look carefully at the road. They rushed forward like crazy, desperately cutting through the vegetation. It passed through time, and the skin on the body was also scratched by sharp vegetation. Although the pain made his teeth and mouth crack, he had no time to care too much.

They probably ran for another mile or two, but they stopped when they were really tired. Panting, the three squatted into the grass around them to hide, and watched the surrounding situation vigilantly.

They gradually became quiet, and after a while they realized that the surroundings were eerily quiet. The sounds of snakes and weird intercom sounds that had started at some point were gone.

Wu Xie said to them carefully and softly: "It seems that he didn't follow."

The fat man said: "Are these snakes quite aware of current affairs? They also know that they are afraid of people like us who are desperate. Dapan has you, and you know how to be flexible. This is a good trick. I will remember it. How many more do we have?" Tarp?”

Pan Zi told them with a dark face and breathing heavily: "There are plenty of tarpaulins, but there is only one bottle of alcohol left. I think they may be nearby, but they just didn't make a sound. We still have to leave quickly." "As he said that, he looked at the compass.

Wu Xie rubbed his hands, and the fat man asked him: "Are your hands burning?"

Wu Xie said to him: "It's okay. I burned it a little. I thought I was going to lose one of my fingers just now." After saying that, he smiled lightly.

Pan Zi quickly re-determined the direction, pushed them and said: "Go this way."

The first part of the journey they walked was relatively calm, but as they walked, they heard faint, intermittent, and sparse sounds in the woods not far ahead.

The three of them suddenly froze on the spot, and the fat man said softly: "Fuck!" He quickly reached out and pushed them down and squatted down.

The fat man gasped and said solemnly: "Da Pan, how did you lead the way? Why did we go back again?"

Pan Zi stretched his neck and turned around to look around. His face gradually became distorted and he said, "This is not the place just now. Oh, I understand. They are not chasing us, they are outflanking us."

Wu Xie and Fatty also carefully looked at their surroundings, and their hearts trembled. Fatty said: "This is really a raw land, how can these beasts fucking outflank you? Fatty, I finally have some experience." ”

Pan Zi said: "I have already said that these snakes are definitely snake charms. They are almost becoming spirits."

The fat man said: "Didn't you say that after the founding of the People's Republic of China, you are not allowed to become a spirit? These gadgets will not be a hundred years old. This is not according to the routine."

Pan Zi asked: "What should we do now? The snakes seem to be getting closer to us."

The fat man continued to observe the surroundings and said: "This thing is quite a thief. It is hidden very deep. You see, the tree crowns are all still. We can only hear the movement but cannot see the shadows. There is no way to attack it. Damn it, we can't fight it." No, it’s not even hiding, it’s too damn disturbing.”

Wu Xie couldn't think of any good ideas for the time being. He just felt that his head was confused and he was feeling cold all over. He asked: "Pan Zi, do you have any local methods to deal with snake monsters in your hometown?"

Pan Zi said: "Ah? It is said that snake charms are always gods. I remember my grandpa said that in ancient times, boys and girls were sacrificed."

The fat man said: "Where can you find boys and girls in the deep mountains and wild forests? You have found them, and they won't let you donate them. Please come up with some more reliable ideas."

Pan Zi said: "Huh? Then I don't know. Anyway, it's absolutely impossible to fight head-on. You see, Aning is so powerful. He doesn't die instantly."

The three of them were silent, thinking about what to do.

After a while, Pan Zi said: "How about we fight guerrillas with them. I am the ancestor of this. I will hide and seek with them and see who outflanks who." Then he pointed in a direction and said: "Go that way. Follow me."

Wu Xie hurriedly grabbed him and said, "Oh, wait, I don't feel right."

Pan Zi looked at him doubtfully, and Wu Xie said: "We have to think about it again. Running around like this may be more dangerous for us. Remember, when Aning was attacked, she had almost no defense ability. That is to say, based on the abilities of these snakes, if they want to kill us, all we need to do is bite us, and a few of our lives will be gone. It is simply a piece of cake. They don't need to be so big at all. There is no need to do so many tricks in a battle, so there must be something fishy."

The fat man asked: "Did you see anything fishy that day?"

Wu Xie nodded and said: "Actually, when we were outside the canyon, these snakes had countless opportunities to kill us, but they did nothing and did not attack us sneakily. Now they are doing this kind of bluffing trick. I Look, maybe our lives don’t matter to them.”

Pan Zi shook his head and said: "Little Third Master, this doesn't make sense. If you don't want our lives, then why do you want to sting Aning to death and follow us again now?"

Wu Xie said: "The biggest suspicion that comes to mind is this. I think they probably have other purposes. Think about it, what's the difference between Aning and us?" Pan Zi and Fatty both frowned and looked at each other. , the fat man suddenly said "Ah!" and said in surprise: "A Ning is a girl? The little snake that bit An Ning straightened up and ran towards our little Xun girl. If the little brother hadn't been quick, The girl is gone too, it bites the girl."

Wu Xie nodded and said: "Yes, it may be because of this that the few of us can survive until now. From this point of view, it proves that they did this intentionally. When we came in, they killed those around us first. women, and then don’t kill us, and then use this method to keep our nerves tense at all times, what do you think their purpose is?”

The fat man felt a little helpless and grinned: "You want me to guess Changchong's intention? Are you kidding me? Meng at least give me a direction."

Wu Xie said: "The behavior of these snakes is too weird. It is definitely not possible to use the behavior of ordinary animals to speculate on their intentions. Since they have such high IQs, then we might as well treat them as a group of people. If it is a human doing this , there must be other more secretive purposes behind it, what could it be?"

The fat man patted him on the shoulder and said, "How innocent of me. This is not easy. How about we catch one and have a good chat with it to see what their intentions are. Do you understand snake language?"

Wu Xie paused and said, "No need to ask, of course I don't understand. If Menyouping and Xiaoxun were here, maybe they could come up with some more ideas."

The fat man chuckled and said, "I miss them. It's been so long since I last saw them, so I really miss them."

Wu Xie glared at him and said, "How about getting into shape? Our lives are at stake now. Besides, that's what I was thinking."

The fat man smiled and said: "Well, it's okay, it's good. We don't know if this little girl understands snake language, but I know how to chat with thousand-year-old rice dumplings. I'm not sure he can really talk to snakes."

It's a pity, we don't know where these two people have gone. We will definitely not get any information from the snake's mouth. It will definitely be dangerous for us to act rashly now. So, I think you, fat man, should run away first. , otherwise they come back hand in hand and we hang up, ah, that would be embarrassing, quick, give me a warm word, what will happen now?Hard fight? "

Wu Xie shook his head and said: "Don't act rashly first, and then think about it, otherwise we will be too passive. Why do you think they kill the girls and keep the boys?"

The fat man frowned and said hesitantly: "Could it be that these long worms are lusting after men? This is still a daughter's country, and those long worms are all female, and they are coveting our beauties?"

Pan Zi suddenly took a breath of air and said, "Little Third Master, is this the kind of forest that you can't come out of once you enter?"

The fat man asked: "You mean the "Ghost Forest" in the Northeast."

Pan Zi said: "I don't know what it is called. It's called "akong" in Vietnam. The growth of trees in that kind of forest is affected by certain laws. It's easy to get lost when you go in. You'll be exposed to various sounds inside. Interference makes the whole forest seem alive, trapping you to death in the end." Pan Zi looked a little excited, cut down a vine, squeezed out the water inside and drank a few sips: "The locals say this is The forest has a mind of its own.”

Wu Xie said: "I have heard this statement before. Some people say that this is a manifestation of forest evolution. The forest hopes to trap everything that enters it and provide it with nutrients. This is a kind of group wisdom of the forest. All The forests in the world are complex and mysterious. The more they evolve, the more complex they will become. However, this statement is too mysterious and I don’t really believe it.

I believe in another theory, which is that this phenomenon is caused by certain animals surrounding their prey.

You see, these snakes are very smart. They understand that we are afraid of them. They make noises to scare us, so that we dare not go where they make sounds.

They know that we dare not look back, so no matter how we go, it is actually the path they have arranged for us, and we will obediently keep walking in the direction they want us to go.

They are now constantly correcting our direction until they force us to a place where they want us to go. This is the same as what happened in Devil City before. We have been led by the noses of these snakes. "

The fat man thought for a while and said: "Damn, you mean they are driving us to their lair? Then when they get to the ground, they will definitely attack us. If they want to force us to death, the gadgets are still there. Quite vicious.”

After the analysis, all three of them were covered in cold sweat. Pan Zi pointed at the direction where the sound came from and said: "That means if we go towards it, we will be bitten to death by them, but if we avoid the sound, we will be driven into a desperate situation by them." We have to go in, so we have already been tricked from the moment we started to take the detour. This thing is too cunning. Thanks to the mistress's suspicion, otherwise we would really be in bad luck." As he spoke, Pan Zi's eyes Gradually filled with fierce light.

When Pan Zi said this, the fat man burst into joy. After hearing this, Wu Xie glanced at him helplessly and thought to himself, "Are you praising me or hurting me?".

The fat man asked them: "The analysis is over. Now we are stuck in the middle. Should we move forward or retreat?"

Pan Zi said: "Since they have blocked the front, they will also block the back. We have been forced by them. We can only go and meet them. Since they don't want to kill us, then we must be of no use to them." It's good. If he doesn't go, let's block him and see if we can rush over."

The fat man chuckled and said, "Okay, I've wanted to do this for a long time. Let's take a roundabout way and waste some time playing with them."

Pan Zi said: "It's just that my gun cannot fire continuously, and the visibility is too low now. If the first shot misses and misses the opportunity, its function is not as effective as a dagger. If you want to hit the target, this time It just depends on luck.”

The fat man suggested: "I think, let's make a few torches to hold up, which can illuminate and scare them. Seeing three moving fires, they won't dare to approach rashly no matter what. We can also have some Time to react.”

Pan Zi nodded and said: "Okay, if the fire can deter them, I will have time to shoot and change ammunition." Then he sighed and said: "If the other party is a human, I will not be aware of it. When I was in Vietnam, I was pretty good at sneak attacks in the woods, but if it was a snake, I wasn't sure at all.

If the sound comes from the shadow, then it must be in front. We must try our best to avoid direct conflicts and make passage the main purpose. If we really can't do it any more. "

So they made two short-handled torches and one long-handled torch as planned. After lighting the torches, the three of them held the torches and walked slowly toward the direction of the sound in the midnight rain forest, waiting for a sneak attack. opportunity.

Holding the torch, their target was extremely conspicuous, and Wu Xie felt a little uneasy, because what the three of them were doing now was like holding a bright big sign with the words "I'm a fool, I'm here to peep" blatantly The feeling of breaking into the women's restroom is both helpless and funny.

At this moment, the sound was about two or three hundred meters away from them. They concentrated on their surroundings and stared at the place where the sound came from.

The sound was getting closer and closer to them. They still couldn't hear clearly what the radio noise meant, but they could hear it more clearly.

Gradually, when the sound was almost above their heads, Pan Zi raised his hand to ask them to stop, and the three of them raised their torches and looked up.

The hazy moonlight could not penetrate the dense canopy of the tree to illuminate the situation below, and the light of the torch could not shine above it at all. They carefully identified it for a moment, only knowing that the source of the sound must be nearby and above, and all they could see was something like The ghostly tree shadow made it impossible to tell which tree the thing was on.

(End of this chapter)