Tomb Raider's Notes of Qilin City Lord

Chapter 69 slide down

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Wu Xie was helplessly forced to go down to the dark tree hole for a walk. He was very unhappy, but he had no choice but to put on a headlamp and a small walkie-talkie, and asked Boss Wang for one. Cold weapon, he was very reluctant to give it. He took out a small hunting knife specially used for peeling skin from his boots. As soon as he entered, a musty smell hit his face. Wu Xie quickly put on a gas mask. .

Wu Xie felt that this fat guy from Guangdong was very violent. Now that he thought about it, the Fatty Wang he knew before was much cuter and more cheerful. There was a huge difference between the same Fatty Wang. Now this fat guy was too shady.

Wu Xie accidentally lost his waist when he was looking for a tree hole just now, and now he is so sore that he breaks into a cold sweat.Thinking about the lies that Lao Itch had told himself along the way, he had deliberately planned to lead him to this place, but when he got here, he saw nothing.And what is the so-called benefit that he cannot tell himself, and even if he knows it, he will not do it?Wu Xie had more and more doubts in his heart.

When we saw that the man had also gone down into the cave, the little brother took us to the rope. The little brother looked at the rope they left and checked it. It was quite strong, the angle of the rope was good, and it was not difficult. , so I decided to slide over first, preparing to catch me at the altar.

Before I set off, the fat man probably gave me another lesson and said: "Just hold the rope between your legs, and with the help of the slope of the rope, it will naturally slide to the opposite side without any effort. Don't be afraid. Don't close your eyes." Eyes, don't look down." He could hold me tight at first and never let go. When he saw that my movements were quite standard, he said to me: "Girl, you're ready. Fatty, I'm sorry to let you go."

Then, with a "swish", I slid over. Seeing that I was almost there, the little brother stretched out his hand and was ready to catch me.The fat man soon followed and slid over easily.

The tree roots at the altar are very thick, much thicker than telephone poles. They are twisted and twisted like hemp flowers. The tree holes are staggered and overlapping. I don’t know what is in the holes. Some of them are not touching each other. The places are hollowed out into holes one by one. This place has been here for a long time, and the hollowed out holes extend in all directions. It is a natural maze inside.

The little brother looked around and walked directly to the approximate location where Wu Xie and the others went down just now. He saw the equipment that the stranger had not brought down, maybe because he was afraid of getting stuck in it.

The fat man opened his mouth when he saw it and said, "This tree must have become a spirit. It's so old and thick. Can you tell which hole here is the one they went down just now?"

The little brother watched quietly for a while, then suddenly asked us to be silent, and squatted down carefully, as if listening to something. The fat man also came closer and squatted against the root of the tree to listen, and clearly heard the tree There was a slight "..." sound coming from inside.

I didn't dare to listen so I just stood there and looked at them. The little brother frowned and the fat man looked a little unnatural. The fat man said softly: "The intervals between each sound are the same length. What is this? There is no such thing in the roots of the old tree. Big Zongzi is grinding his teeth right now..."

The little brother took a flashlight to shine inside, and the sound suddenly stopped. He looked at the hole and said: "The root system cave inside is very complicated, much more complicated than those cave systems in cave terrain, and there may be something underneath. dangerous."

The fat man asked: "Will little Tianzhen be okay?"

The younger brother shook his head and said, "We'll go down after a while, and the girl will follow me closely."

After a while, we followed the little brother into the tree hole. The tree hole was not too small. Both the little brother and I had a lot of room to spare. But the fat man felt a little uncomfortable. He looked tired with his big belly.It was very humid inside and the air was very bad. The skin of the tree roots was completely different from the outside. It was very soft. There were many nameless mushrooms and some cicada larvae. I followed my brother closely.

The three of us climbed in together for a while, and there were several forks in front of us. The younger brother stepped forward to check and saw a mark on one of the forks. Yes, it was the mark he had left before, so we went there directly. .

But going forward, the younger brother was afraid that he would bump into them and be spotted using the flashlight, so we turned off the flashlights and walked quietly in the dark tree hole. I instantly looked like a little blind man or something. We couldn't see it either, so we moved forward a few meters further by feeling.

Suddenly the guy stopped. There was a hole in front of him. It was a short hollow. You could only lie down when you went in. Wu Xie and that guy should be right in front. You can already hear their voices. We have to stop for the time being. Here, there is also a strange electromagnetic interference sound, which is very permeating.

Suddenly, there was silence in the cave, which became even more eerie. The little brother turned slightly sideways and reached out to hold my scared cold hand.

Wu Xie was frightened by this sudden change and his whole body tensed up. Suddenly, something seemed to be put on his shoulder. He didn't know what it was. Anyway, he returned with a knife and knocked away the search light. The light hit him. On the root of the tree, it was immediately extinguished, and the surrounding area became pitch black. Immediately afterwards, Wu Xie's hand was entangled with something again, and he twisted it back desperately. He was so frightened that he completely lost his mind. He howled and tried his best to think. Turning over, as soon as he struggled, the tree roots under him clicked. Wu Xie sank and fell into a shallow pit together with the things behind him.

The man cursed: "You bastard!" Then the flashlight came on. Boss Wang pressed him tightly while shining the flashlight into his eyes, which made him almost blind.Just as Wu Xie was about to cover it up with his hands, he was suddenly slapped upward, causing blood to flow from Wu Xie's nose.

After he beat Wu Xie, he cursed a few more times and said, "You street boy, you are so shameless and you are playing tricks on my fat guy, you go to hell."

Only then did Wu Xie realize that this fat guy from Guangdong had sneaked in. Seeing that Wu Xie didn't respond, he thought Wu Xie was playing tricks on him and was afraid that he would get into his way after he came in, so he didn't turn on the flashlight. He was listening to the ghost jumping sound, and almost made Wu Xie hit him with a knife. Now he probably thought Wu Xie wanted to kill him.

Wu Xie wanted to explain, but the fat man had his neck stuck, and he couldn't speak at all.While pinching him, he also slapped Wu Xie, which made his ears buzz. Wu Xie suddenly couldn't hold back his anger any longer. He suddenly bumped into him with his head and knocked him hard.

The two of them rolled together, one punched and the other kicked, and they rolled to the edge of the gap in the coffin. Boss Wang was stronger than Wu Xie, so he had the upper hand and pinned Wu Xie under him. He raised his head and wanted to pinch him again. As it turned out, the hole was too short, and when he raised his head, he was blinded. Wu Xie took the opportunity to put his foot on his crotch, pushing him out, then rushed forward, grabbed his flashlight, and pointed it at his head. With a strong force, he was completely knocked over.

Wu Xie pressed on top of him and looked around, seeing that the fat man had brought nothing in. Wu Xie wanted to get his dagger, but to his surprise, the fat man woke up and suddenly pushed him up. Wu Xie hit his head on the On top of it, stars were popping up in my eyes, and I hurriedly turned it to the side, really afraid that he would do it to me again.

At this time, the embarrassed Boss Wang got up, his face was twisted with anger, he was breathing heavily, and his eyes were red. When Wu Xie saw it, it was broken!This bastard has murderous intentions. It seems that this time, he is really going to fight to the death.Boss Wang calmed down, pulled out the dagger from his belt, held it with his backhand, and approached Wu Xie menacingly. Wu Xie's hunting knife was half shorter than his dagger, so he couldn't stab him at all, so he had to use a flashlight to chase him. Looking into his eyes, the damn fat man turned his head to avoid the strong light, and rushed over quickly, slashing at Wu Xie's neck with a knife. Wu Xie ducked his head to avoid it, grabbed his hand with his left hand, and suddenly his right hand went out. Got a flashlight.

The fat man's eyes were used to strong light. Suddenly, it went dark and he couldn't see anything. He subconsciously stopped for a moment. Wu Xie remembered the direction of his head, flew up the flashlight, rounded his arm and struck, and there was a sound in the darkness. He groaned, and the flashlight was brightened.Wu Xie took a photo of his position, and the guy fell there with blood all over his mouth, unconscious.

Wu Xie didn't know if he was pretending or if he was really fainted, so he kicked him hard into the gap in the coffin. Seeing that he didn't respond, he kicked him several times in a row. The fat man slipped in with his feet first, but unfortunately he didn't. When it came to the chest, it got stuck, so he went up and added another kick, and pushed him in hard. Boss Wang was stuck like a dead fish for a long time, and suddenly slipped into the gap. At that moment, Wu Xie finally let go. tone.

As a result, at this moment, a fat hand suddenly stretched out from the gap, grabbed the foot Wu Xie kicked, and pulled it down suddenly.

Then, Wu Xie, who had just relaxed, felt that his eyes were blurred, and his whole body had been dragged into the coffin. In panic, Wu Xie grabbed everywhere, but unfortunately he couldn't catch anything, and fell straight into the endless darkness.

There was no movement outside, and the little brother whispered: "Let's go out."

We climbed out in order. The younger brother went down to the shallow pit first to follow me. The fat man climbed to the entrance of the hole and got stuck. In fact, the hole was not that narrow. It was just that the equipment on his back and his huge body added up to the hole. It seems smaller.

I couldn't help but laugh. The fat man didn't dare to shout when he was stuck there, so he shouted in a low voice: "Help, you two, hurry up, help me, I'm stuck, don't just watch, hurry up." He himself No matter how hard I tried, it was useless. I twisted so hard that my face turned red but I couldn't twist it out. I moved towards the shallow pit to make some room. The boy moved over and patted his bag, and then he moved towards me again. He moved a little, and the fat man squeezed his stomach hard. The little brother used his strength and pulled him out in one fell swoop. He fell to the ground with a groan, and lay down in the pit with an "ouch".He gasped and said to me: "Little girl, if the fat man is good to you, then...you won't be afraid of me, right? Believe it or not, I will bite you, ow~"

My brother applied medicine to me, so I feel much better now, but I still dare not use my voice, and I still feel uncomfortable. But I used another method, and managed to make some sound. It felt like blowing air. Hiding next to the little brother, he said in a very soft voice: "You don't dare."

The fat man looked at me with squinted eyes, and said "Ouch~" to scare me.I immediately hid behind the little brother, stuck out my little head and stuck out my tongue at him.

The fat man sat up, patted himself and asked, "Where is Xiao Wu?"

The younger brother looked at him and said, "The man dragged him into the gap in the coffin."

The fat man said "Ah" and asked, "What should I do? I fell in? There won't be any problems down there, right?"

The little brother looked at the coffin seam and said, "The thing below is what they are looking for. There will be no danger for the time being."

The fat man asked: "Then what exactly are they looking for? Do you remember it?"

The little brother looked at us and nodded.

Boss Wang pulled Wu Xie all the way down. Wu Xie originally thought that the coffin was only as high as one person, but when he entered it, he realized something was wrong. There was a dent in it. It seemed that it was indeed sunken into the copper tree.It felt like he had slid for about three or four meters before he sat down on something. Wu Xie gritted his teeth in pain. At the same time, Boss Wang also let go of his hand and followed him, trying to pounce on him again.

Wu Xie immediately shined his flashlight around to see if Boss Wang was around him, but all he saw was fog and gray, and he couldn't see anything half a meter away.

Wu Xie stood up and looked around with his flashlight. There was nothing there. Moreover, the fog here was so unusually thick that it seemed as thick as water. A whirlpool of airflow visible to the naked eye actually appeared.

I couldn't see anything clearly in the middle of the coffin, and I didn't dare to walk in easily. I wanted to see the way back, but when I looked up, I couldn't see anything. I saw only tree roots growing in through the gaps, like ivy. Also attached to the inner wall and bottom of the coffin, the tree roots were covered with velvety-like fungi that fell off when touched, a bit like mold threads.

There are some reliefs on the inner wall of the coffin that are not covered by tree roots. Some of the patterns inside are the same style as the four statues standing outside, but most of these patterns are covered.The knife in his hand was not for work, so he had to cut off some divergent new roots. But there was nothing he could do about the taproots that had become horny and stuck to the walls of the coffin. The knife cut down like cutting stones, only to cut off the new roots. A white line can be cut.

The above should be the scene when the ancient bronze tree was being built. The person on it was wearing left-hand clothes. Unexpectedly, the bronze tree above was segmented. It seems that this giant caster was not cast in one go. , it may have taken several generations to cast it section by section, and finally it became such a spectacular work of art.

There are many reliefs here, but the sightline is so poor that Wu Xie didn't dare to walk around at will. After looking at the piece behind him, Wu Xie looked back at the fog and felt inexplicably afraid. He wanted to crawl back along the original path.

But the strange thing is that the tree roots that seem to be very good for climbing will soon slide down, just like stepping on ice.I touched it with my hand and found that the fungi were now squashed and became as smooth as if they were greased. I thought to myself, it seems like I need to scrape off the fungus on it first, or use the knife as a mountaineering pick.

While he was thinking, "The...the..." an unusually clear strange sound suddenly appeared again. This time, it was behind Wu Xie. Although the sound was not loud, it was very close.

(End of this chapter)