Yin Yang Tomb Raider

Chapter 138 High temperature, the last hope
Tao Ran put on her clothes again, looked at the mud all over her body, and immediately washed her face with her hands. After all, she is a woman, and she has to take care of her face to any extent. , save some water, I don’t know if I can go out, and I don’t know how long I can resist it.”

Tao Ran's face can finally see people. We were completely surrounded by mud, and it took a long time for us to fall. After all, the mud was formed, and my stomach suddenly growled. I have been drinking water since I woke up in the morning. I didn't eat any dry food, so I quickly flipped through the backpack, and there were still compressed biscuits, and I was relieved.

I opened the biscuit and gave half of it to Tao Ran: "Take it easy, find a way to get out of here as soon as you recover your strength."

The biscuit was almost swallowed dry, my throat was a little sore, I spit out a mouthful of saliva, with blood in it, I pressed my throat: "What is the origin of this, is it clear?"

"The area around Ghost Mountain has always been a restricted area for the Gu clan, and no one comes here at all..." Tao Ran coughed, and lay weakly on the mud wall: "This secret room under the swamp should be the former Wuchi."

"Witch Chi?" I asked puzzledly, "It's not the first time I've heard this word. What is it used for?"

"Sacrifice..." Tao Ran said: "A custom handed down from the Warring States period, the annual sacrifice of the Wu clan..."

Tao Ran hesitated to speak, I asked curiously, "Why don't you continue?"

"Because it's a bit cruel." Tao Ran lowered his head: "It is said that it is a sacrifice of the Wu tribe, but it is actually a human sacrifice. The selected people become tributes and are tied to a wooden post without a trace. All the people sit around The ceremony started around four weeks ago. The wooden pillars were specially treated. They were cut in the middle, like a small house, but they could be closed on the left and right, just like the current flexible wooden doors. The space inside is simply not enough to accommodate an adult. The people tied to the wooden pillars were moved inside after the incense was burned, and two specially selected wizards began to carry out the execution..."

Pictures began to appear in my mind. Too much imagination is not a good thing. Before Tao Ran finished speaking, I already felt creepy. Tao Ran coughed several times. She hesitated, then took a sip of water and continued. Said: "The two wizards press in from the left and right respectively, and the people inside will let out a scream, but this is only part of the ceremony, until the people inside are squeezed to death, and their flesh and blood are squeezed into a ball..."

"Enough, what's the purpose of this?" I asked.

"I don't know either. Although I have learned Gu art since I was a child, I know that there are some incredible powers in this world, but there are more incomprehensible things in this world." Tao Ran said: "My mother-in-law said that black witchcraft is to put The existence used by dead things, the death of all existence is not the end, so that kind of ceremony does not have the meaning of massacre, it is just a ceremony, the person inside is not really dead, his body will have a bigger Function, another kind of glow and heat, perhaps, the rotten flesh is in the mud under our feet, which makes this place like spring all the year round, which is different.”

"It seems that the blood raingrass has its own reasons for growing here." I sighed and fell down weakly. Suddenly, I thought of a question: "Tao Ran, do you feel that something is wrong?"

"What's wrong?" Tao Ran shook his head in confusion: "Everything is wrong now."

"No, it's not like that. Listen to me, it's winter now." I pointed to the top of my head: "It's still raining and snowing up there, and the temperature in the mountains is much lower than in the city, but do you feel cold?"

Not only does it not feel cold, but it also feels warmer and warmer here. The temperature has been rising. Because of the warm air, I feel like I am sweating all the time. No wonder I always feel that something is wrong. It turns out to be like this!
Tao Ran gave a chill: "Temperature, here is not the temperature in winter at all, Lin Tianyi, the underground temperature is like this, so the plants on the surface grow smoothly, right? It has been kept green."

"That's right." What I'm worried about now is another point: "But the temperature is getting higher and higher. This is not normal. If this continues, this place will become a furnace. The moisture on our bodies will disappear quickly until we die of dehydration. Tao Ran, We must leave here immediately, how did we get down, and how do we get out..."

"No, if we got stuck in the swamp, we couldn't escape the mud even if we went out from where we were." Tao Ran said, "Unless there are other passages here."

The space here is not big, and there is nothing in it. Tao Ran’s strength suddenly came back, and he stood up energetically. I understand that the desire to survive has emerged, and the potential of the body has been stimulated. The body has no strength or something. Just throw it aside, Tao Ran's hand touched the mud wall, and immediately withdrew his hand: "It's so hot!"

This is verifying my guess, the temperature in this place will be getting higher and higher!

Tao Ran became nervous: "We must have fallen from above, Lin Tianyi, let me borrow your shoulder."

Tao Ran suddenly took off his coat, and said, "Turn around."

"Are you going to borrow your shoulder or turn around?" I said angrily, "Come on."

"Turn around first and then borrow my shoulder." Tao Ran pushed me violently, and my body turned 180 degrees. Tao Ran tossed and tossed behind me. It didn't take long, about 2 minutes, and then said: "bring it on."

As soon as I turned around, she actually changed into a pair of clean pants, took off her shoes, and put on new socks. I also took off my coat, then stretched out my hands and squatted automatically. Tao Ran ran over from a distance and stepped on me. Then she jumped onto my shoulder and stepped on it. I held her legs and stood up slowly. Tao Ran was already tall and her arms were long. When I stood up, she stood up alone. Hold your hands up to the top.

I tried my best not to shake my legs, so as not to make this woman look down on me, so I gritted my teeth and asked, "How is it?"

"Turn to the left." Tao Ran said, "I'm going to look for it a little bit."

"I understand." I said, gritted my teeth and let Tao Ran check it over and over again. After I finished, Tao Ran was almost thrown to the ground by me. I sat down on the ground and asked out of breath: "How is it?" , is there a mechanism?"

"The top can basically be ruled out. Even if there are organs that come in, they don't go out." Tao Ran said: "Now divide the work and start checking other places."

"If Wuchi was abandoned on purpose back then, would there still be a passage leading to the outside?" It's not that I'm pessimistic and desperate, but this possibility is very high: "Why did Wuchi become a forbidden place?"

"Because I can't control it." Tao Ran said: "The mother-in-law said that the evil spirit in the Wuchi is getting stronger and stronger, and the wizard can't resist it. In the future, this place will become a swamp, and the plants on the ground will grow evergreen, and eventually it will become a forbidden area for the witch clan."

"So, you think there will be a way out of such a place?" I shook my head: "Tao Ran, let's face it, there is no way out here, we are buried, and the way in is only kept because once in, we go out." Don't go, it's a trap."

An unprecedented loss knocked me down. I sat on the ground and didn't want to get up. I was dejected. We couldn't get out, and the blood rainweed we found was useless. Old Nine and Meng Luo, we again Being able to meet in Huangquan is another kind of reunion. I giggled strangely, and Tao Ran looked at me with strange eyes, like looking at a monster: "You are really disappointing."

"Whatever, I'm really tired." I simply lay down on the ground: "It's dead anyway."

Tao Ran punched the mud wall, and the soil on the mud wall fell down one after another. The little spider was startled, and immediately hid to the side. Tao Ran's eyes lit up immediately, came over suddenly, and kicked me hard: "Get up, it's not over yet!"

"What other tricks?" I said dejectedly, "We are trapped to death."

"We still have Little Spider." Tao Ran said: "Little Spider can go out to find rescuers for us, Lin Tianyi, as long as there is a glimmer of hope, you can't give up, right?"

Seeing that I was unmoved and just pulling my hair irritably, Tao Ran put the little spider in his palm, bit his finger, dripped blood on the little spider's mouth, and let the little spider spin around in his palm, This move is similar to the one just now, I don't understand what Tao Ran is doing, let her put the little spider in the corner, and the little spider walks away along the corner, and immediately disappears...

Tao Ran also sat down on his buttocks: "Let's resign ourselves to fate now."

"The little spider is the last hope?" I laughed so hard that my saliva spewed out, and I clearly saw the saliva splashing on Tao Ran's face. She looked at me with disdainful eyes, and then wiped away the saliva fiercely: "do not laugh."

I stopped smiling. A person who is knocked down by despair is the current virtue. Looking at Tao Ran's face and dirty hair, where is the shadow of an urban woman?I sarcastically said: "Women love beauty, so wash your hair with all the water in a while, even if you die, you must die beautifully."

"Lin Tianyi, if you say one more unnecessary word, I will kill you first." Tao Ran finally got impatient.

"It's death anyway." I said, "Do you know what a revolving lantern is? Before you die, you will see your whole life. When you fell just now, did you see everything in the past, including your babyhood?"

"I don't believe in revolving doors. Where did you hear this strange saying?"

"I heard it when I was a child. I don't remember who said it. It must be Grandpa." I smiled bitterly and said, "I saw it when I fell down just now, so this is my fate, I will die here. "

"That's a psychological suggestion, Lin Tianyi, I'm going to accept this psychological suggestion and die here obediently? You will, I won't." Tao Ran said: "The ancestor's will has not been fulfilled. If you want to die, you have to wait until you are 30 years old. .”

(End of this chapter)