Tomb Raider's Notes of Qilin City Lord

Chapter 97
097 Chapter 97Lighting up

At this time, Shunzi's voice came from the distance: "Bosses, light a fire! These bugs will lay eggs on warm things. Don't let your body become the warmest thing around."

As soon as Shunzi finished speaking, I heard the little brother sigh again. I didn't react at first. I was just thinking about why I was sighing, but suddenly I thought, it's broken!I asked quietly: "Do you think this step was also a trap and was planned?" Although the little brother didn't answer, it seemed that he was inseparable...

When Wu Xie and Fatty heard this, Shunzi woke up. He understood this thing, so they immediately did as he said.

They climbed up to a stone lamp slave that was as tall as one person on the side. The lamp slave was shaped like a man carrying a basin on his back. Wu Xie climbed up and took a look. There were wicks and frozen lumps of eternal oil in the basin, and it was also crawling with insects. .

He picked up a lighter and burned the wick, and it was quickly lit. The flame was very small at first, but as the ten thousand years of oil melted, the fire slowly became stronger. The bugs in the basin were entangled together and crackled with the fire. ring.

After lighting the lamp, Wu Xie turned on the flashlight again and looked at the roof. As expected, the colorful paintings on the beams above had changed. The pattern just now was undoubtedly formed by the arrangement of these insects.Soon I saw a lamp lighted not far away. It seemed that the separated person was over there.

Ever since the little deer bumped into me, I have been standing in front of my little brother, and he has been holding me with one arm. We looked at Wu Xie and the others together, turning on the sensors and observing quietly.

I was thinking that if they didn't light the lamp slaves, they would be attacked by insects and die, but lighting the lamp slaves might just bring the calm before the storm... This is simply being led by the nose, this trick, Pushing people into despair step by step, when you think there is hope again and again, another desperate situation will always appear, until you are driven to despair... and then trapped here... No wonder the expression on the little brother's face was like this before That... is indeed very tricky, much trickier than the previous monsters. Those monsters can be fine as long as they are killed, but this one is simply... Is this called an infinite loop?

I was lost in thought when my little brother saw them lighting up a few lantern slaves. He didn’t even say hello. He suddenly turned me 180 degrees to face him and held me in his arms. Immediately afterwards, I felt my feet leave. On the ground, he directly picked me up vertically. Of course, it can also be said that I was forcibly lifted and moved away. Anyway, it was very sudden. He took me back a little like that, then put me down steadily, and smoothly lifted me 180 She turned around and returned to the one-armed hugging position.

Now I got used to the light here, and I could vaguely see him. He still had the same expression as if nothing had happened. Looking at him, I didn’t know why I suddenly wanted to laugh, but I didn’t dare to laugh out loud. After all, I was observing in secret. Well, I still couldn't help but reach out and poke him in the face. He calmly stretched out his other hand and grabbed the hand I was using to poke him, and then held that hand and never let go.

The firelight was still very dim after passing through the darkness. Although Wu Xie still couldn't see the people beside him, he already knew their location.In fact, if there is strong enough light, it can still penetrate the darkness here.

After lighting the lamp slave, although there were still sporadic bugs falling from the head, most of them fell in the direction of the lamp slave.

Several people quickly covered their heads and ran towards the source of the sound. After running a few steps, they saw Lang Feng and Shunzi.

However, Lang Feng fell to the ground and kept twitching. Shunzi touched the back of his head and patted the bugs on him. Wu Xie ran up and asked, "What's wrong with him?"

Shunzi said, "It's over, the worm has run into the brain, it's gone too deep, and it can't be dug out."

The fat man said "Ah" and couldn't help but pick his ears and said to himself: "Oh, luckily I have a lot of earwax."

Wu Xie asked him: "Is there any way to save him?"

Shunzi shook his head: "I don't know either. In our village, once you are hit by this snow-caught child, your life or death is left to your fate."

Wu Xie stretched out his hand and rolled Lang Feng's eyes, seeing that he was unconscious. It seemed that he was really choked. But then he thought about it, he was Chen Pi's Si's man. If they turned against each other later, they would be too weak. Being a powerful person may be a good thing for yourself.

At this time, I heard Pan Zi calling in the distance: "Little Third Master, you all come here quickly."

Wu Xie said to Shunzi: "Let's get everyone together first and then talk. Is your head okay?"

Shunzi nodded and wondered: "Why did I suddenly pass out? I remember that you were going to blow up the mountain. Where is this place?"

When he asked Wu Xie this question, the fat man immediately said: "You are so confused. We just wanted to set off a salute, but we didn't expect it. There was an avalanche and a rock fell down. It happened to hit you on the head." We were dizzy, so we got wrapped in snow and came here, it seemed like a temple, and we couldn’t figure out what was going on.”

Shunzi thought for a while and said: "Why don't I have any impression at all, but how can you bomb things on the snow-capped mountains? It's so messy... No, you have to pay me more when you go back. This deal is not worthwhile. "

The fat man still wanted to talk, but Wu Xie was afraid and patted him: "Stop talking nonsense, we will talk about this later, hurry up and get together."

As he said that, Wu Xie and Fatty used all their strength to push the big man, Lang Feng, who was twitching, to sit up. At this moment, his head was drooping and he couldn't straighten up.Wu Xie raised his eyes and saw the fat man suddenly frowning. Wu Xie followed his gaze and found a trace of a beating on the back of Lang Feng's head.

Wu Xie glanced at Shunzi who was carrying Lang Feng's backpack. Just when he was about to ask him what was going on, the fat man "shushed" and motioned for him to stop talking.Wu Xie didn't quite understand for a moment, but he was not without suspicion. He exchanged glances with the fat man, spent a lot of effort to lift up Lang Feng, and headed towards Pan Zi's direction with his support.The little brother also took my hand and followed me there.

They walked all the way towards the lamp slave on Pan Zi's side, and soon they were together. Chen Pi, Ah Si and Pan Zi were both there, but Menyou Ping and the girl were still missing.Wu Xie asked Pan Zi: "Where are my brother and Xiaoxun?"

Pan Zidao: "Aren't we with you? I haven't seen them." Wu Xie looked around. Except for the lights of a few lantern slaves that they lit, there was no fourth lantern slave that was lit. , logically speaking, in that kind of environment, if you hear Shunzi's cry, you will light the lamp slave next to it, otherwise you will definitely be attacked and killed by these bugs. Isn't it in Shunzi? I was hit and unconscious before I shouted... The more I thought about it, the more worried I became.

But thinking about it again, it couldn't be possible. The stuffy oil bottle has the constitution of a mosquito repellent. The bugs should be scared to see him and run away. The girl will naturally be fine if she follows him. Yes, that should be like this...it must be fine. , don’t keep scaring yourself.

The fat man shouted into the surrounding darkness: "Brother, girl!" The voice circled all the way in the empty spiritual palace for a long time, but no one answered. The fat man muttered: "Ouch, it's like It's like they never came in." When he calmed down and listened, there was no sound of breathing or footsteps.

Actually, this is the case. If we stand still, there will be no footsteps. The younger brother is afraid that they will hear our breathing. He holds his breath and controls it very well. He is mainly afraid that I, a timid person, will get nervous. The sound of breathing became heavier, so he had already covered me, but he was afraid of suffocating me, so he covered me loosely. After all, there was that old fox Chen Pi here, so he couldn't take it lightly.

When Wu Xie saw this situation, he understood in his heart that there must be some special reason why Menyou Ping and the girl disappeared without a trace. From the moment they came here, it was obvious that the two of them had something on their mind, or perhaps they discovered that Something happened, so he left the team.The girl only listens to Menyou Ping anyway, so for sure, as long as Menyou Ping makes up his mind not to show up, even if he is nearby, no matter how you shout, even if you kneel down to kowtow to him now, he will not show up.

Pan Zi and Fatty called a few more times, and after confirming that there was no response, they turned on their flashlights and prepared to look for them. Wu Xie stopped them and said, "Don't get separated at this time. Let's take care of the wounded first. Then we'll go together." Then they began to gather around Lang Feng.

Chen Pi Asi checked Lang Feng's injuries. He immediately discovered the wound on the back of Lang Feng's head, but he didn't show any surprise at all, and just glanced at Wu Xie.

Wu Xie suddenly felt that something was wrong and thought, that's not right. The people who came back carrying Lang Feng just now were Fatty and himself. If he thought this way, Chen Pi Asi would most likely suspect that it was himself and Fatty Zhong who injured Lang Feng. One, or both.

I just don’t understand why Shunzi knocked Langfeng unconscious. Could it be that he was jealous of them along the way, so he temporarily pretended to be stupid to confuse everyone. ...Looking at it this way, the situation seems to have become complicated...

Shunzi put Lang Feng down, took out two toothpicks from his pocket, opened his ears, picked out the "centipedes" inside, patted them on the ground, and the fat man immediately trampled them to death.

Shunzi said: "We call this kind of bug "Xuemaozi", which is a very rare traditional Chinese medicine. But it usually moves under the snow line, and has never been seen above the snow line. He has planted bugs in his head, probably. I can’t hold on much longer.”

Wu Xie touched Lang Feng's jaw and found redness and swelling. It should be that an insect bit him inside his ear and was poisoned. It was not as serious as Shunzi said.One question asked: "Where do these bugs come from?"

The fat man looked at the top of his head and said to him: "It must be hidden in the tiles of the roof. After being smoked by that insect-scented jade, he woke up. This move is really damn cruel. But does Lao Wang know? Will we burn the magnetic turtle?"

Wu Xie said helplessly: "I must know. Since the magnetic turtle was buried at the bottom of the tomb stone, I must hope that the tomb robbers will find it and destroy it. Whether it is burning or smashing, it will probably lead to insect-scented jade." The volatilization will wake up the centipedes hiding on the tiled roof of the palace, but if those who respect the spiritual palace do not destroy it, then the magnetic turtle will be here to protect the safety of Yunding Heavenly Palace forever. Among us, only the girl said It’s best not to touch this turtle.”

The fat man smiled and said, "That's what Heavenly Palace is not. She has never been interested in any of this. Naturally, she can see clearly that all her interests lie in my little brother."

Wu Xie chuckled after hearing this, and even Pan Zi smiled slightly.

This damn fat man... I admit, although what he said is true, but... my face got hot when he said it...

Monk Hua brought some medicine and injected one into Lang Feng, saying it could save his life for the time being.After the injection, they took off Lang Feng's coat, patted away the insects curled up inside the clothes, and cleaned them up.

Pan Zi said to Chen Pi Ah Si: "Grandpa Si, this bug is very poisonous. We'd better get out of here quickly. If someone stings us again, the medicine won't be enough."

Ye Cheng told them the problem he had just discovered again. Pan Zi was full of doubts when he heard it: "Are you sure we didn't go astray?"

Just as Ye Cheng was about to speak, Shunzi said "hmm" and said, "Weird."

Wu Xie looked back and saw that the flame of the first lamp he had just lit disappeared, leaving only darkness over there.

The little brother also saw it and grabbed me tightly with his hand.It seems that danger is approaching.

Wu Xie didn't think anything of it at first and said, "The lamp oil in the lamp slave has been useless for hundreds of years. Thank God it can be lit now. There is nothing surprising."

But Shunzi still frowned, patted him and said softly: "No, please look again."

The flame of the second lamp Slave lit in the distance began to tremble. It seemed that someone was walking beside him, causing the wind to blow the flame. However, there was absolutely no wind in the hall. If nothing passed by, , such a thing will never happen, I thought, is it Menyouping and the others who are back?Just when he was about to scream, the fat man suddenly covered his mouth.

Through the light and shadow of the fire, the outline of a person was vaguely illuminated. The shadow was vague and very tall. This was definitely not Menyouping and the girl.

(End of this chapter)