Yin Yang Tomb Raider

Chapter 233 A City, Blood
"Compared to what?" Hwaseong didn't back down at all, and said stiffly: "I will accompany you at any time."

"Let's see who can find the clues of the missing archaeologists first." I said, "We are now in a duel between professionals and non-professionals. Police officer Hua has the upper hand. How about it?"

"Nonsense." Hwaseong said, "I don't need to be afraid of people like you."

"Let's start." I said coldly: "It's time to get serious. From now on, I will grasp every detail, and I hope you will do your best."

Tao Ran urged: "In this case, let's start early, we have already wasted too much time."

We checked the house quickly, and our curiosity grew stronger, "If you want to know, go out and have a look." I had a wonderful premonition.

Meng Luo suddenly said: "Four waters return to the hall. This house uses the Fengshui pattern of four waters returning to the hall. The gates of the houses are mostly opened on the central axis. The small yard surrounded by the houses is commonly known as the patio, which is only used for lighting and drainage. Because the rainwater from the inner slope of the roof flows into the patio from all sides, this is the four waters. The light fills the entire space. People standing behind look at it, and they seem to disappear in this space. Opposite the entrance is a ground lying on a long stone slab, called a patio. Standing here looking up, surrounded by There is only one long strip of eaves and sky, and a kind of silence that is isolated from the outside world permeates it. There is an open hall in the middle of the ground floor, which is open to the patio, this is the hall."

"This is underground, there is no sunlight." Tao Ran reminded.

"But here is the division of dragon veins, and the four waters return to the hall is also a Fengshui bureau. In Fengshui theory, in the Fengshui theory, the courtyard is related to wealth. Create a courtyard so that the rain, dew, and wealth from the sky will not flow to other places, and the four waters will return to the hall." , The wealth of the four directions is like water from the sky, flowing into one's home in a steady stream. Putting it under the dragon's veins has other meanings." Meng Luo insisted: "The more important point is that the four waters return to the hall is well known by the Han people. Feng Shui pattern, Han Chinese!"

Lao Jiu and I exchanged glances. The Tangut stone inscriptions we brought back from the desert showed that the Xixia Royal Tomb was written by the Han people, and the hidden dwellings under the Xixia Royal Tomb were also written by the Han Chinese. These two points are completely consistent. Chinese!
"What are you planning?" Hwaseong asked suddenly.

"It's nothing, let's go out and have a look." I said, "I'm thinking now that this might be a city."

For some reason, I thought of a novel—"A City". We walked to the courtyard and opened the door. The moment I pushed the door, I took a deep breath, and there was a hazy feeling in my heart. Feeling anticipation, I looked back at the remaining four people, including the two sea holly on my shoulders, they have been quiet since they came here, staying silently on my shoulders, and I said: "I'm going to open the door... "

With a "squeak", the dust splashed up, and rushed out with a "plop", and the vast scene in front of us made all of us gasp. We saw it was a city!The shadows of countless houses appear in front of your eyes, all of which have exactly the same pattern. They are located in a patchwork pattern on the left and right sides of the street, and extending out from the left and right sides, the corners are also neat, and the ground is covered with square bluestone slabs. That is, there are no traces of living people, no green plants, no grass grows between the houses, and there is no greenery in the house, all dead furniture, dead streets, dead houses...

The other four people stayed there for a long time, unable to say a word, I looked back at them: "My feeling is right."

Tao Ran finally muttered to himself, "It's unbelievable that there is a city hidden under the Xixia King's Mausoleum."

The place was empty, and Tao Ran's voice echoed, as calm as Tao Ran, and she looked around nervously, Huacheng comforted: "It's okay, there are still five of us, but the heartbeats of these two sea holly are also very obvious, Listening to the heartbeat, there are actually seven voices, and the footsteps are counted as five people."

I want to look at this guy with admiration, five people, but seven heartbeats, sea holly is a living thing, not dead, just looks like bigu, no need to eat, metabolism stops.

Hai Dongqing came to the open place again, excited, spread her wings and flew out with a "whoosh", hovered in the air, and let out a long whistle, which annoyed me now: "Come down, bastard, this will cause you to fly stiff!"

The two sea holly immediately lost their energy and flew down at the fastest speed. The scale of the dungeon is very large. We decided to divide our troops into two groups. I went with Laojiu and Tao Ran, and Mengluo and Huacheng. The distribution is naturally because Meng Luo knows Yin and Yang, and can protect Hwaseong to a certain extent. Hwaseong did not object, so we separated, all the way to the left, all the way to the right, and began to search the dungeon!

Tao Ran and I walked in front side by side, and Lao Jiu followed behind. He murmured: "This place is good, at least the dust is still there, even if there is flying stiffness, and the archaeological team comes in, there are traces on the ground." , we can prepare in advance, better than that ghost place, there is no dust at all, Munro said there is some enchantment."

"That's right, it's just that you keep talking loudly, and we are in great danger of being exposed." I said angrily, "You must at least restrain yourself."

"Now there is no other discovery except our footprints." Tao Ran said: "I have some doubts. Qiao Mo said that the zombies ran out from behind the small land parcel, but if they run out from here, there must be traces. It is ours." Didn't get to the position?"

People in the city kept a neat distance, crossing alleys one by one, feeling like riding a car, all objects were moving backwards, and the scene was exactly the same. After a long time, I began to feel dizzy, really I couldn't help cursing: "Are you kidding, do you want to keep searching for this damn place?"

"Are you starting to worry now?" Tao Ran taunted, "You looked very happy when you provoked just now."

I took a deep breath and asked helplessly, "How many people are there in the archaeological team?"

"16 people, excluding Qiao Mo, there are 13 people missing." Tao Ran said.

"Thirteen people, six flying zombies, if one flying zombie can take away two people, wouldn't it be one person?" I suddenly had a thought: "Could someone have escaped?"

"God knows." Tao Ran stopped suddenly, and took out the flashlight. After all, the flashlight is more flexible, and the flashlight swept to the door of a house: "There is blood."

"Well, I smelled it too." Lao Jiu said.

"You're a dog's nose, why didn't I smell it?" Before I finished speaking, two sea holly flew out and landed on the place where there was blood. The two little things learned to be smart this time, and they didn't make long whistles. , I just stretched my neck to signal us to go over, I walked over quickly, squatted down and looked, and there was indeed a pool of blood!
"The blood volume is not large, and it will not endanger life." Tao Ran raised his head calmly, his expression changed: "The door is ajar."

I followed Tao Ran's gaze and saw that the two wooden doors were slightly closed, leaving only a gap. The three of us exchanged glances and approached cautiously. At the door, I carefully looked in, and then slowly opened the door with one hand. Lao Jiu and I followed closely behind. Tao Ran and I had completely different concerns. I kept staring at the ground, always paying attention to the appearance of the shadow... …

The door pushed open with a "squeak", and a shadow shrank to the side. I immediately pulled Tao Ran behind me, and pointed cautiously at the back of the wooden door. Tao Ran gestured "OK" to me, and our headlights Our position has been exposed for a long time, but the opponent did not attack, but dodged instead. This is very telling. Tao Ran pushed the door in with confidence, and the shadow shrank back inside again. Tao Ran said cautiously: "Don't be afraid , we are human."

Tao Ran's self-introduction is a bit interesting. She didn't mention her occupation, but emphasized that she is a human being. The wooden door was completely pushed open, and the shadow suddenly crawled to one side, like a ball. Lao Jiu flew over and pressed him down. Zhu: "Don't run, don't run, we managed to catch one alive."

The man lay on the ground panting heavily, and the sound from his mouth made my heart palpitate. It was a desperate moan after being extremely frightened. This man didn't realize that we were normal people and came to save them, old man. Jiu turned his body over, his eyes were still closed, and he didn't say a word. Old Jiu cursed and pinched this person vigorously. While trembling, Lao Jiu touched his wound, and immediately cursed: "Damn Ge, why are you still bleeding?"

Lao Jiu raised his hand, the blood on his fingers was still flowing, the man was finally sober, although his mouth was still trembling, he was able to speak, but the light hit the man's face directly, and I couldn't see it. Clearing his face, I moved the headlight a little away, and looked at this person again. His clothes were also in tatters, and the badge of Imperial University was also pinned to it. I said in surprise, "I know you!"

This guy's face isn't very recognizable, but I've seen him a lot, and he's the professor's assistant!When I went to find the professor, he was there many times, but he didn’t seem to have a good impression of me. He will not take the initiative to talk to him, so the extent of my relationship with him is only a few times.

I suddenly couldn't remember the name, this guy suddenly became excited when he heard my words: "It's you, Boss Bu, Boss Bu, why is it you, why are you here, am I dreaming?"

He tugged at my clothes vigorously. In order to calm his emotions, I didn't push his hand away immediately, but asked, "Did you get bitten?"

(End of this chapter)