Tomb Raider's Notes of Qilin City Lord

Chapter 71
071 Chapter 71 Exposed

In order to temporarily ease the atmosphere, Wu Xie chatted with Boss Wang about the amber cocoon. Boss Wang told him that in his early years, when his great-grandfather was serving as a minister in Hong Kong, he saw some wealthy people who immigrated during the war. Among the treasures revealed was an amber corpse cocoon.

His great-grandfather once saw a corpse cocoon. Inside was a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl in red clothes, her eyes closed as if she was asleep, lifelike.

His great-grandfather saw that the little girl was pitiful, so he burned the cocoon while the boss was not paying attention.At that time, the war was in chaos, and the boss didn't notice it. Of course, his great-grandfather had a dream that night, in which he dreamed that the little girl in red clothes came to him and kowtowed to him to say thank you.

But Wu Xie and Boss Wang both felt that this thing was precious and rare, but they couldn't understand what Li Pipa said was "better than Qin Shihuang's Mausoleum".

The corpse cocoon was fixed by a bronze chain. They couldn't walk to the same end at the same time, otherwise they would lose their balance, so Wu Xie stayed where he was, holding on to the bronze chain. Boss Wang looked up and down, but still found nothing.

I only saw that there seemed to be a layer of liquid flowing inside the amber, affecting the transparency.Apart from the black shadow, there was nothing else inside.

Looking around again, there is nothing around except this corpse cocoon. There is no sign to climb down. Below is a dark abyss.

Both of them were silent for a long time, unable to say a word.

Later, when the silence was finally broken, Wu Xie asked, "Li Pipa didn't reveal anything?"Boss Wang said: "He said that as long as you come here, you can have everything you want."

Wu Xie felt that this sentence was very strange. It seemed to have some inner meaning. He suddenly thought that in the information that Mr. Qi gave him, the mural in the cave showed many people kneeling under the tree to worship the bronze tree. According to the photo Judging from some hieroglyphs on the side photographed here, those people are making wishes. It is recorded on it that the ancients made a wish to this bronze tree and dedicated their blood, and the wish will come true. Perhaps the purpose of Li Pipa's coming here is to believe in this A bronze tree really has the ability to help people realize their wishes. If this is true, it is indeed a well-deserved benefit.No benefit in the world is worth one billionth of this benefit.The more Wu Xie thought about it, the more excited he became, scratching his head in excitement.

Boss Wang looked at him suddenly with a strange expression and looked at him inexplicably.

However, when he thought about it, Wu Xie felt that this was completely impossible. How could such an unscientific thing happen?

Wu Xie told Boss Wang this idea. To his surprise, Boss Wang actually thought it was possible.

Boss Wang said: "When I fell from the top just now, I was afraid that you would attack me as soon as I landed, so I immediately ran to the center of the fog. I also saw these bronze chains at that time, but they would pass through the middle of the chains. After all, the ground is solid. But when I sneak attacked you for the second time, I missed it. There was already a hole underneath, as if the hole came out of thin air."

Wu Xie asked: "What do you mean?"

Boss Wang said: "When I stepped on that piece of land for the first time, I was thinking that there should be a coffin pit underneath, but when I stepped on it there was not one. When I stepped on it the second time, there was a coffin shaft. The coffin well was born. Does this count as my wish coming true? "Hemu Ji" has never been wrong. If this is the benefit Li Pipa said, then he must be very confident, and maybe it is really possible. .”

Wu Xie frowned, still not convinced, but if this is what Li Pipa meant by what he said, then the owner of "Hemu Ji" was climbing or interrogating the ancestors of the She Kingdom. It is already known that this bronze tree has the power of "materialization" like a god, so Li Pipa must have wanted to get this power, so she instigated this group of people to come to this place.

Wu Xie thought, although based on this premise, Li Pipa's words can be explained. Now this is a world where subconscious consciousness and reality are intertwined. So what does the original shape of the bronze tree actually look like?What is the scene like here?Maybe everything here might be fake, all imagined by oneself, and then everything would be messed up.

If there is such a power, it seems very good at first, but when you think about it carefully, it feels inexplicably terrifying, because human thoughts are uncontrollable...

Wu Xie suddenly thought, No!Lao Itch and the others also dug out bronze branches. Could it be that they knew this tree had such power?So now that Zhiya is in Lao Itch's hands, will Lao Itch also know the inside story of this matter?

The more Wu Xie thought about it, the more complicated it became. Suddenly he felt something strange coming into his heart. He turned his head sharply and stared at Boss Wang.Suddenly I remembered that when I came here, Master Liang once said that Boss Wang was a rough man with a very low level of education. When I explained the subconscious to him just now, he understood it all at once and could even give examples. This shows that He has more or less understanding of psychology, but judging from his violent temper, it is unlikely. So could this person not be Boss Wang?
Wu Xie took advantage of Boss Wang not paying attention and carefully looked at his expression, clothes, and many details on his body. He felt that he had discovered a problem, but he was not sure yet.

Wu Xie decided at this moment to deceive him and deliberately pretended to see something suddenly. He waved his hand in front of him and shouted softly: "Boss Wang!"

Boss Wang suddenly turned his head and asked, "What?"

"Don't move!" Wu Xie made a gesture to tell him not to move, and walked over carefully bit by bit.

He looked at him nervously, thinking he had something on his shoulder, and glanced to the side.Wu Xie walked up to him, pressed his chest, sighed in his heart, and stepped back without doing anything.

He immediately confused Wu Xie and asked softly: "What are you doing? What happened?"

Wu Xie felt somewhat confident at this time. He glanced at him and said, "I think your clothes are strange. Where did you buy them?"

Boss Wang looked at him with an expression that looked like he was seeing a mental patient, and said with a smile: "Did you make a mistake? You suddenly asked me this question."

Wu Xie said: "That's not wrong at all, Boss Wang. A few months ago, when I went to fight for the first time, my uncle asked me to buy things. At that time, I also wanted to buy the same brand of mountaineering clothes you are wearing. But I didn’t buy it later. Do you know why? Because the two pockets on the chest of this kind of clothes look very big, but they are actually fake and are used for decoration. I thought at the time that clothes for adventure would of course have bigger pockets. The more the merrier, so I bought another style.”

Boss Wang touched the two pockets and his expression changed.

Wu Xie clapped his hands and said softly: "So I feel a little strange. Where did you get the glow stick and your cigarettes just now? Well, Boss Wang? Or... I should still call you Lao Is it better to itch?”

Fatty and I waited outside, but the little brother didn't come back. My head started to feel uncomfortable again, so I had to close my eyes. I don't know why, but I always felt that there was a pungent smell here, and it was getting stronger and stronger.

After a while, I just felt that my nose was sore and painful. I could bear it at first, but then the pain made me cry. I felt like the capillaries in my nasal cavity were broken, and there was even a smell of blood, which made my head spin. It hurt, and the air in both noses and eyes became blocked and blocked, and breathing was not smooth, and I started to feel a little confused.

The fat man felt something was wrong with me and asked, "What's wrong, girl? What's wrong with you?" He reached out and touched my forehead, and then touched himself. "Oh, it's a little hot. Do you have a cold?" He looked at me again and said "Oh" and said: "What are you wearing? Why are you still flashing?" I lowered my head, slowly opened my eyes and looked at my chest. I don't know when it started. Yes, I could vaguely see the little fox tail flickering through my clothes, and I thought, what happened... I weakly said to the fat man: "Tell me, there are snakes here..." and then I didn't know anything else.

When the fat man saw that I was about to collapse, he quickly stretched out his hand to catch me. He was stunned and whispered: "It's not that hot. Can you faint with a cold? Girl? Xiaoxun girl?" The fat man thought he should call the little brother. , but I don’t know the situation below, so it’s not appropriate to leave me here alone, and the fat man is a little at a loss.

After some time passed, the little brother hadn't come back yet, and I didn't feel any better. He always put me on my head and covered him with his clothes. He walked to the gap between the coffins and tried to call me, but there was no response. The fat man sighed for a while.

At this time, the little brother was still in the darkness of thick fog. He seemed to have thought of something and hurriedly walked back the same way.

The fat man was sitting next to the seam of the coffin, so he couldn't shout. After all, he was following him, so he muttered like a ghost: "Mute Zhang, come back quickly. Mute Zhang, come back quickly."

Suddenly I heard a sound in the gap. Just as I was looking over there, the little brother jumped up from below.

The fat man tilted his body in fright, and said in a daze: "Oh my God, you scared me to death. You are back. Something is not right, girl. Take a look quickly."

The little brother hurriedly walked to me and helped me up. He also vaguely saw the little fox tail hidden in the clothes, shining faintly.He quickly checked my temperature and pulse, and found that there was no danger for the time being. He turned to the fat man and said, "Go up first."

Seeing the serious expression on the younger brother's face, the fat man asked, "Uh, is the girl okay?"

The little brother said to him: "It's okay for now."

The fat man asked again: "By the way, the girl said, there is a snake here. Uh, let's go up now. What will happen to the little innocent?" As the two of them talked, they stuffed me into the sleeping bag. The little brother ran up to the hole first, and the fat man took me After sending it up, the little brother pulled me up and said, "They will come up soon. The road here is too narrow and we can't all be blocked here. No one will be able to get out by then." The fat man helped push me back. In the tree hole, he also jumped up.

The fat man asked: "What did you remember that made you so anxious? Isn't there really any living thing? The girl said, snake?"

The little brother nodded: "Go up first and then talk."

Boss Wang looked at Wu Xie blankly, and after a long time, he burst into laughter. Suddenly, his fat body began to shrink, deflating like a deflated balloon.

Wu Xie looked at Boss Wang in front of him, and his face slowly turned into an old one. Wu Xie looked at him coldly.

Lao Itch stretched his body, sighed, and said: "Wu Xie deserves to be Wu Xie. You have been the only one who has lied to me since I was a child. I wanted to lie to you once, but I still exposed it to you."

Wu Xie said angrily: "Stop talking nonsense, what are you playing?"

Lao Itch smiled bitterly and waved his hand, "Listen to my explanation, listen to my explanation, oh! I just know that this matter won't be so easy to get away with."

Seeing that Wu Xie remained silent, he said: "My purpose is not to lie to you, but this matter must be done in order to be effective. When you listen to my explanation later, you will know that I have my reasons for doing this."

Seeing that he could control his appearance freely, Wu Xie realized that his use of the Bronze Tree's ability had exceeded his imagination.He must have some other purpose in bringing himself here.Now it is certain that from the moment Lao Itchy came to find him, he had fallen into a well-planned trap, which meant that he was lying from the beginning. It was a shame that he still believed in him, this damn son of a bitch, If I could control this power, I could turn him into a pig.

Looking at Wu Xie's expression, Lao Itch knew that although he looked calm on the surface, he must be furious inside. He didn't know how to calm Wu Xie's anger for a while, so he had to look at him at a loss.

Both of them were silent for a while. Lao Chi sighed, took out a photo from his pocket and said, "Look at this, and I'll explain it to you."

Wu Xie turned away from him, took it and took a photo with his flashlight. The photo showed his mother with gray hair and she looked very hardworking.It seems that during the years when Lao Itchi was in jail, she suffered a heavy blow.But Wu Xie didn't understand what those people were doing when they came out, so he said, "What do you mean?"

Lao Itch admitted that he had lied to him by saying he was short of money and brought him here. His mother had already left when he was in jail.

Wu Xie said "Ah", looked at him with an extremely suspicious look, frowned, and asked: "Your mother... passed away?"

He nodded silently, looked at his hands, and said: "On the second day after I was released from prison, all I wanted to do was go home quickly and give my mother a surprise. However, when I opened the door, I heard that There was a stench, and my mother was lying on the sewing machine, motionless. I thought my mother had a heart attack, so I immediately went to help her, and when I helped her up." Lao Chi closed his eyes and groaned in pain : "I saw... I saw her face was stuck to the sewing machine, and it was all torn off with one pull."

He touched his forehead and said: "After I put my mother to death, I stayed alone in an empty house. I didn't know what to do. I didn't dare to sleep. As soon as I lay down, I saw my mother clinging to her body. The face on the sewing machine. I stayed like this for nine days. I was so hungry that I thought I might starve to death. But at this time, suddenly, I smelled the aroma coming from the kitchen, as if someone was cooking. . I went over to take a look and saw that my mother actually appeared again. When she saw me coming, she said: Wait a minute, she will be fine soon."

When Wu Xie heard this, he knew that Lao Itch was very filial and would never make fun of his mother, but he also realized what was going on.

Lao Itch continued: "At first, I thought I was hallucinating because I was thinking about my mother. Later, I found out that it was not a hallucination. Not only me, but also the vegetable seller saw my mother. Only then did I know that my mother was really back. Yes, she is exactly the same as before, even the food she cooks tastes the same.

I began to think about what was going on, and I began to realize that there was something indescribably wrong with the environment around me. Once, I watched TV all night long. As a result, the power was cut off that night, and my house was the only one in the whole community who was still the same. There is electricity, and all electrical appliances are still on, even if there is no electricity, there is no need to plug in the plug.

Later, my cousin wrote me a letter. In the letter, he told me that he had also been in the same situation. At that time, I understood immediately that it had something to do with the bronze tree.

After that, I read a lot of books and learned that that tree might be the wish-making snake tree mentioned by the ancients. My ability might have come from that bronze tree.I was very happy at first and thought I was getting rich. But when I studied this ability and started to control it, something went wrong.Once you use your thinking to control this ability, if you cannot get rid of distracting thoughts, many things will mix together and become very bad.So, one day, when I got up, I saw my mother sewing with her back to me. As soon as I saw her sitting on the sewing machine, I was frightened and tiptoed over. You know what I saw, my God, my mother’s face…”

Wu Xie felt a chill in his heart when he heard it. Seeing Lao Itch in pain, it must be an unimaginably terrifying scene.

Lao Itch conjured a cigarette out of thin air and put it into his mouth. Without a lighter, the cigarette lit. He took a deep breath and continued: "From that time on, I realized the power of this power. It's scary, but I won't give it in. I really want my mother to come back, so I have to find someone to come over, someone who knows my mother and has a very clean subconscious, that is you, Lao Wu. At the same time, I have to bring me Eliminate your own abilities."

Wu Xie said: "But, Lao Itch, this thing sounds like it is going against the will of heaven. People cannot be resurrected after death."

"Old Wu, I'm not very greedy. I only need three years, and I will be satisfied as long as I get along with my mother for another three years. You come to my house a lot, and you don't want my mother to die alone like this. Bar?"

Wu Xie wondered if his mother was really resurrected, would he dare to go to his house? I don’t know who stood this Qingtong tree here. It has such evil power and was materialized with that power. Are people considered human beings? After thinking about it for a long time, they still shook their heads: "I can't do this, Lao Itchy, your mother is dead, just... just let her go, don't hold her back. She won’t let go.”

Lao Itch smiled: "It's too late, Lao Wu, you don't understand. This matter has nothing to do with whether you want to help me or not. This is why I can't tell you my purpose. Now, I want to The purpose has been achieved.”

Wu Xie didn't understand what he was talking about and asked, "What do you mean?"

Lao Itch said to me a little proudly: "This kind of power is definitely useless when you use it intentionally. It will only appear under certain circumstances. This is very difficult. Lao Wu can only guide , cannot be used, and even if trained, it is very difficult.”

Wu Xie looked at him and said, "You mean, this ability is passive? Does it need psychological guidance?"

He nodded and said: "Yes, for example, the words I just said to you can already guide your thinking in your brain, and make a person materialize in my home hundreds of miles away."

Wu Xie was stunned for a moment, looked at him and said, "Nonsense, you fucking think I really believe everything?"

Lao Itch shook his head. At this moment, suddenly the bronze tree and the entire amber shook. The two of them slipped and almost fell down. They quickly grabbed the bronze chain on the side. When they lowered their heads, they saw that they were There seemed to be something squirming in the abyss below. Every time it squirmed, the bronze tree shook, and the ground shook, making it difficult to even stand.

Wu Xie quickly grabbed the bronze chain, frowned, and shouted, "Then what's going on with this vibration!"

Lao Itch's expression also changed, and he said, "I don't know either, but Lao Wu, what is your first impression of this bronze tree?"

Wu Xie suddenly trembled, "I think... it leads to hell..." He looked down and said, "No, are you saying that the things down there are..."

Lao Itch kicked him hard and shouted: "Idiot, don't think so!"

As soon as the words fell, a huge eye appeared in the dark depths below, and the purple pupil turned into a strange narrow line like a cat.

The little brother dragged me and we retreated for a while. Suddenly we felt something vibrating. The fat man was shocked: "What the hell? It was coming from below... a snake is coming up."

The younger brother's expression became increasingly grim, and he just stepped up his pace.

(End of this chapter)