Tomb Raiders Codex

Chapter 113 Earthquake
This sudden turn of events shocked me and Lu Su to back away immediately. I thought it was the princess except for something wrong, but after the female body floated to the surface of the water, there was no abnormal phenomenon. The water spread out and entangled me and Lu Su in a messy way. The slippery and cold feeling made people's skin crawl.

The princess, who was originally unparalleled in beauty, now entangles me and Lu Su with her hair, so her body is floating around us. The deformed face is exposed to the light at close range, and the loose skin looks even more terrifying.She didn't turn into a corpse as we imagined, which made Lu Su and I a little stunned. After a while, Lu Su said softly, "It's not about the corpse."

To be precise, it should be a water problem.The water in this cave seemed to be boiled suddenly, tumbling violently, and the water potential showed signs of rising.

It was fine before, why did the water level suddenly change?
Could it be related to this corpse?

Lu Su and I originally made up our minds, and when we got the things, we decided to rush out with all our might. Unexpectedly, the tangled hair of the female corpse hindered our movement, and Lu Su and I had to struggle to get out of the tangled hair. Unable to imagine, I kicked the female corpse away, causing the female corpse to cut a certain distance in the water like an arrow leaving the string, and I immediately said to Lu Su: "The groundwater seems to have changed, let's leave quickly. "

Lu Su said: "Maybe it's because we took away the Zhenhai Stone."

"Zhenhai Stone? Do you really believe that it can town the sea?"

According to Gu Wenmin, this stone is said to be an artifact used by Dayu to control the water. He once used it to suppress the Haihe River. As soon as the two of us took this stone, the water here suddenly rose.However, if a stone really has such a great ability, why would people build dikes to prevent floods for thousands of years, and the flood of the Yellow River may have subsided long ago.

The two of us didn't spend too much time on Zhenhai Stone, took a deep breath, raised our weapons, and swam out along the water hole we came from.I don't know where the water rose up from, and the situation at the bottom of the water became very chaotic. The eyeballs were hurt by the impact of the water flow, which was worse than when I went into the water before.

Even so, at this moment, he could only bear with it, forced his eyes to observe the chaotic underwater, and Lu Su and the other two cheered up 12 points, ready to deal with the underwater monsters that would appear at any time.

We were already ready to go shopping, but after the two of us swam out of the water hole, the monsters at the bottom seemed to suddenly lose interest in us. They ran amok under the water like headless chickens, as if the end of the world had arrived.Although they didn't come to harm us, I was not at ease. I vaguely felt that these things were so flustered that something terrible might happen here.

Lu Su obviously thought the same way, with a serious look on his face, but we didn't stop too long, we swam out against the chaotic current, and after only a few swims, we saw two figures swimming towards us, take a closer look , but tofu and Gu Wenmin.

How did they get down?
I was puzzled at first, then relieved, I was a little moved in my heart, knowing that these two people must have heard Feng Guishou's talk about the underwater situation, and they were going to risk their lives to save people.I hurriedly gestured to the two of them for the return trip, and I couldn't speak underwater. After we communicated briefly with the gestures, we immediately started to swim back.

By the time we came out of the water, the platform we were on had already been submerged by the rising water level, but fortunately there was still a rope tied to the cliff, and Feng Guishou and the woman surnamed Ren disappeared. .The tofu came out of the water, wiped the water off my face, punched me hard on the chest, and said, "Old Chen, I'm going to come down to find the corpse, why are you still alive! It seems that the old saying is true, the scourge It's been a thousand years." Although he was talking nonsense, his cheeks twitched, obviously showing a look of fear.

Gu Wenmin's wet black hair was draped behind him, and his already pale face was even more fragile after being soaked in cold water. His eyes were also a little bloodshot from the water, as if they still had tears in them. He didn't speak, just stared at me, breathing Panting a little urgently.

I patted Gu Wenmin's shoulder comfortingly and said, "I'm fine, don't worry."

At this moment, the water potential was rising rapidly, the water surface was not calm, and the waves were pushing and swelling, which made us a little unstable in the water.Fortunately, the rope that came here before was still hanging on the mountain wall. Tofu looked at the rope and said viciously: "The surname Feng ran away long ago. Miss Gu and I are in a hurry to save you. We don't have the time to watch people. Then The woman surnamed Ren probably ran away too. Damn it!"

Lu Su smiled slightly, and said softly: "It's good that people are fine, let them go. The water is very problematic, so don't delay, let's go up first and then talk." Just as the voice fell, a sudden crash came from above our heads. Countless rubble fell, and with quick eyesight and quick hands, I pushed Gu Wenmin beside me and pushed her against the stone wall.Tofu couldn't dodge, couldn't react in time, was scratched by a boulder, and a bloody gash was split on his forehead.

Lu Su was shocked, and pushed the tofu, and the two of them stuck to the stone wall. All this happened almost instantly. Countless boulders fell from the top of their heads, and the situation was in chaos. .

Tofu first said angrily to me: "With a daughter-in-law, I forgot my brother, shit, I'm disfigured!"

I quickly comforted Tofu and said, "In times of crisis, we must protect the weak first. Xiaodou is a man, and I believe in you."

Tofu covered the bloody gash on his forehead, and said: "It must be the old woman surnamed Ren who wants to harm us by pushing stones on it and throwing people at people!" Gu Wenmin only came back to his senses at this time, his body was pressed against the cold rock, trembling , She suddenly said: "No, she is a woman, even if Lao Feng is with her, it is impossible to push so many stones down at the same time, this mountain is shaking, do you feel it?" To the surrounding rocks.

Lu Su and I looked at each other in shock, and we reached out our hands to touch the rocks at the same time.Sure enough, Gu Wenmin didn't tremble. The reason I saw her body trembling was because her back was against the rocks.

What is really shaking is the entire mountain!

One word immediately came to my mind: an earthquake.

Lu Su took a deep breath, the gentle smile on his face faded, his eyes kept flickering, and he said, "Brother Chen, what do you think?"

"As soon as we took the contents of the coffin, the water started to rise. I think... this matter is probably related to Zhenhai Stone." With so many coincidences together, even I have to believe that this Zhenhai Stone may really have something. It's a magical power.

While speaking, the trembling of the mountain became more and more violent, and more rocks fell from above. The few of us were trapped in a depression in the rock to hide, and there was no way to swim out. I was afraid that we would be smashed bloody head.I was flustered for a while, and kept thinking in my mind: What should I do, what should I do?If this continues, the entire cave will collapse.

This place has already been hollowed out, how can it withstand such an earthquake?
Just when the four of us were trapped and at a loss what to do, suddenly, only two loud yells were heard, and then two people fell from the top and fell into the water, flopping around like landlubbers in the water for a long time Only then did he stabilize his figure.If these two are not Feng Guishou, who are they?The two probably wanted to go back the same way, probably on the jade bridge, because they were knocked down due to the earthquake, they were shocked and frightened, and they were in a panic.As soon as he saw the four of us, he quickly swam over to avoid the disaster.

Tofu was furious, and immediately rolled up his sleeves, ready to beat someone. Lu Su was next to Tofu. Seeing this, he pressed Tofu's shoulder, smiled slightly, and shook his head at Tofu, signaling him not to act rashly.

I saw Feng Guishou and Ren surnamed hurriedly swam to our shelter, with somewhat embarrassed expressions.Feng Guishou was quite thick-skinned, so he laughed and said, "Thank you brother Lu for saving me under the water. You two are fine, so I feel at ease."

Hearing this, Tofu raised his head and laughed, then his face quickly turned cold, and he said, "Why did I hear a dog barking?"

Lu Su probably couldn't hold it back anymore, looked at the tofu and laughed, then straightened his face, and said calmly: "Brother Feng, you are welcome, why did you fall from the top?" This Lu Su is really capable of pretending, I guess He must have the heart to kill Feng Guishou, but on the surface he is kind, as if he is a high moral standard.

When Feng Guishou got down the steps, he immediately ignored the tofu and explained to Lu Su that the situation was exactly as I thought.Seeing that Gu Wenmin and Tofu insisted on going into the water to save people, the two of them would naturally not take any more risks with Feng Guishou. They immediately hit it off with the old woman surnamed Ren and prepared to run away with oil on their feet. Who knew there would be a sudden earthquake and they would leave On the narrow Liuhun Bridge, he was knocked down.

I didn't even bother to listen to his speech, so I said lightly: "These are not important, the things are already in hand, find a way to escape." People's hearts are fickle, but we can't share weal and woe with wealth, Feng Guishou's behavior is indeed despicable, But there is nothing wrong with it, at such a juncture, I am not interested in flirting with him and wasting time.

When Feng Guishou heard it, he said in surprise: "Have you got the Zhenhai Stone? That's great. It's just that we're trapped here, and we can't get out at all." Countless rocks are falling down in front of me, we just need to get out of this depression , as soon as his head rises, he will be smashed to death, even if the rope hangs not far away, there is nothing he can do.

Just when everyone was frowning, expecting the damn earthquake to stop, it actually stopped.

The mountain, which was still trembling, suddenly stopped shaking. After a few boulders fell, the whole cave calmed down again, and even the water waves stopped.

Tofu was taken aback, and suddenly said: "The eve of the storm is always quiet. No, it's a good thing that the earthquake has stopped. Why do I feel guilty instead?"

Gu Wenmin's slender eyebrows frowned slightly, and said in a hoarse voice, "Me too."

I also felt the same way, but with such a rare opportunity, I couldn't just sit still. I glanced at everyone and immediately said: "This opportunity is not to be missed, it won't come again, hurry up." Then he pointed to the rope on the mountain wall, He signaled to climb up quickly along the rope.

(End of this chapter)