Tomb Raider's Notes of Qilin City Lord

Chapter 289 Don't Open It
289 Chapter 289 Don’t open it
I had already been mentally prepared for the contents of this box. The little brother had placed it so hiddenly, so what was inside must be extremely important and even dangerous. Therefore, when the little brother said that they would not be allowed to open it, I did not Surprised.

My eyes always fell on the little brother. I held his arm, and I could feel that his whole body was tense, and he was trembling slightly, and his breathing was a little short.

I saw that his face was pale, there were tiny beads of sweat on his forehead, and the tips of his hair on the temples were wet with sweat. Something that could make my calm brother break out in a cold sweat must be a hot potato.

Wu Xie and Fatty were startled by the little brother's words "Don't open it". Seeing how nervous the little brother was, they couldn't help but become nervous. Wu Xie suddenly broke out in a cold sweat and asked: "What's wrong?"

The little brother frowned and looked at the box, and after being stunned for a long time, he said to us: "Don't open it, I feel... very bad."

Wu Xie looked at the box and then looked at the little brother and asked, "What did you remember? You remembered that you couldn't open this box?"

The little brother nodded and said: "I don't know, I just have a very bad feeling. If I open this box, something will happen."

When Wu Xie heard this, he immediately asked the fat man to take back the hand that was twisting the lock.

I watched the little brother's face getting worse and worse. I supported him with one hand and stroked his back with the other hand. I found that the clothes on his body were soaked with sweat. I looked carefully at his little face and nose. There were also a lot of small beads of cold sweat coming out of the box. I was afraid that the box was either poisonous or something evil... I took out a small handkerchief from my bag and wiped it with him.

The fat man asked: "What's wrong? Is there something weird about this thing? Is there a mechanism? Could it be that this box may shoot poisonous needles or leak venom?"

Wu Xie thought for a while and asked his brother: "Maybe it's because you put something very important in it, so there may be some powerful mechanism on it. If you don't know the trick, if you open it, there will be a lot of trouble." It's a big danger, and your memory is incomplete, so you think you can't open it?"

The younger brother said, "I don't remember."

I said, "I don't think it's a trap. No trap can stump him. The only things that can make my brother nervous are overly dangerous items. I think there's something wrong with the things inside."

The fat man glanced at the box and said to us: "Damn..." He then said "tsk": "Don't scare me. Oh, what did you remember?"

The little brother pinched his forehead and said with some pain: "I can't describe this feeling."

I continued to gently rub my little brother's back, trying to calm him down, and said to him: "Don't be anxious, take your time."

After being stunned for a moment, Wu Xie suggested: "Fat man, help me, let's put the box on the table and take a closer look."

The fat man said to me: "Come on, girl, get out of the way, don't touch you."

I quickly dodged a little, and followed the fat man to carefully help put the iron box on the table.

We stared at the lock on top carefully. Wu Xie looked at it and said: "This old-fashioned twist lock is actually not a lock, but an ordinary hasp. It can be opened with just a slight push. It also looks like Will there be any problems behind this twist lock?..."

The fat man sighed and said depressedly: "What should we do?"

Wu Xie said: "It seems that the only way is to take this thing back first, find a few experts to take a look at it, and then look elsewhere here to see if there is anything worth noting."

The fat man knocked on the iron sheet: "Damn it, how long will it take to open this thing? It might take half a year. Or we can just ask Agui to get a knife and pry it in from the iron sheet."

I suddenly reached out to the box, and the little brother grabbed my wrist very hard.Wu Xie also said "Oh" and stretched out his hand to hold me. The fat man said: "Your brother said you won't touch me." "

I looked at my brother seriously, smiled lightly and said, "Worried about me? Don't worry, I won't touch it, it'll be fine."

He saw that I was very calm and didn't seem to be doing anything impulsive, so he hesitated for a moment before letting go.

I opened my right hand and floated it in front of the lock of the box, leaving a certain distance to reassure my brother. Then I closed my eyes and scanned the box with my spiritual power. I felt something inside that I couldn't understand, something black. Something pitch black.

The fat man scratched his head and looked at me and said, "What are you doing?"

I said "Uh...", thought about it, took back my hand and said, "I... will feel it."

Wu Xie and Fatty both looked at me with puzzled faces. Fatty looked at me and said, "Then... what are you sensing?"

I glanced at the little brother, gestured with my hands and said, "There is a lump inside..." For the little brother, this answer was a hint, but for Fatty and Wu Xie, it was inexplicable.

The fat man lowered his eyes and said: "Then, what else can you see?" I raised my eyebrows and said: "I'm telling you, my brother's feeling is not wrong. If he says it doesn't feel right, then that's for sure. There is something wrong with it. It must not be an ordinary thing. If it is hidden so tightly, it means that it is something that cannot be seen by others, or something that cannot be obtained by others.

Judging from my brother's nervousness, I think the thing here is a disaster for ordinary people. I'm afraid it is something that can cause disaster for people with ulterior motives. Moreover, I don't realize that this lock has any complicated structure. "

The fat man said "yo ho": "You can figure out a lot of things with your little hands. You are like a little semi-immortal. You can't reveal secrets when you say a word."

I said to myself, my little brother’s reaction actually explained everything. Those so-called methods of immortality are all lies. They will only make people die and turn into monsters. This thing must be related to that. The two of them are I can't explain it too clearly. It's a bit vague. I hope it can be helpful.

The little brother also thought about it again and said: "Indeed, it shouldn't be a problem with the mechanism." As he said that, he pressed the twist lock with his long fingers, turned it a little and said: "There is no sense of mechanism, the lock no problem."

Wu Xie thought deeply: "Is there really something wrong with the contents of this box?"

The fat man drooped his face and said a little impatiently: "What can this mean? Could it be that there is a poisonous snake inside? After being locked up for so many years, it would have become a snake long ago. Otherwise, you all retreat, Fatty, I will do it, I Life is tough, I don’t believe I can be killed by a box.”

Wu Xie hurriedly said: "Absolutely not. Not to mention it is a living thing, there may be something highly poisonous inside. Once you open it, not only will it implicate us, but everyone in the village may be implicated by you."

The fat man cursed and sat down on the bed: "This won't work, and that won't work either. Then let's send it to the steel mill to be melted. Let's just pretend that it doesn't happen."

Wu Xie patted the fat man and said to him: "Don't be impatient. We came all the way here and found Menyou Ping's house and also found important clues. However, taking risks in this kind of link is really dangerous. It's not worth it either.

Look at the way the oil bottle broke off the floor. When making this mezzanine, a whole wooden board was used to nail it down, which shows that he is not going to take out the box in a short time. This method of hiding the mezzanine is a huge project, and there may be more than one.

Why not knock on the floor again to see if there is a mezzanine underneath. "

So we started knocking in the east and west. However, the stilt buildings were all elevated, with pigs and cattle and other livestock houses on the ground floor, and people living on the upper floors. They were all in the same layout, and I felt the same sound from the knocking.

I saw the fat man lying directly on the ground, looking down through the gaps between the wooden boards. Half of the bottom was a place for raising chickens, and he could see the mud. He looked over bit by bit, and he was covered in mud. , but gained nothing.

We searched three times and checked every area inside and outside. We were sure that there was only one hidden compartment.

The fat man patted his clothes and said, "Okay, I can't find what I'm looking for, and I can't drive what I'm supposed to drive. Let's pack up and evacuate first, lest Agui and the others get suspicious. It's impossible to take photos of a dilapidated house for so long." "

Wu Xiejue was about to move the box, but the fat man stopped him and said, "This thing can't see the light. Move it out now. Agui saw us coming out empty-handed. I'm afraid it's hard to explain when we move such a big thing back. If things spread If we go out, it may reach Chen Pi's ears. I think we should put the box back to its original place and find another night to move it out before leaving."

Wu Xie nodded and said, "You are still thoughtful."

So the fat man crawled under the bed, pushed the box into the hole again, and then hastily covered the hole with the wooden boards.

Then Wu Xie packed up the photo files and put them in his bag, ready to go back and take a closer look. As he was packing, we suddenly heard the sound of knocking on the floor again.

Wu Xie said to the fat man, "Stop knocking. Didn't you say you were leaving?" But he saw the fat man smoking and raised his hands to show that he didn't knock. I was accompanying my brother to put those boxes and The books were all neatly placed, and I looked over them at the moment.

We didn't dare to make a sound, so we listened carefully and calmly, and found that the sound came from the "tap-tuk-tuk" sound under the bed. It was very slight, but very rapid.

Fatty and Wu Xie looked at each other, pinched off their cigarette butts, and carefully bent down to look under the bed. Wu Xie also squatted down, and the little brother also became alert and stared in the direction under the bed.

We all know that there must be no one under the bed. They are close to the floor, but they can't feel the floor vibrating. The sound is not knocking on the floor, and it sounds a bit far away. It is impossible to tell which corner under the bed it is.

The fat man made a gesture, which meant: Under the floor!It was obvious that there was something alive underneath, and suddenly I saw that the scraps of wood covering the iron box moved.

I suddenly had a bad feeling. There was movement even though no one was around, but the things in the box shouldn't be moving. That means something was moving in the box...

Wu Xie was a little worried. If there was something really wrong with the things there, it would be troublesome if the box was accidentally opened. He immediately crawled towards the hidden compartment and patted the floor twice, as if to warn the living creatures below. He meant to scare him away.

Unexpectedly, Wu Xie slapped the floor. The living creature below seemed to be frightened, and the movement became louder. I felt that the thing must be quite big.

(End of this chapter)