Tomb Raiders Codex

Chapter 130 Black Flame
I also blame Zhuan Rui for being careless.

The scale of this turtle burial tomb is small, the main tomb is empty, you can see it all at a glance, there is no mechanism, and the coffin is also rotten, so he is a little lax, and the rules that have always been strictly followed have been forgotten, and no incense is invited. , Only wearing the gloves for touching the corpse, he opened the coffin board.

I saw a dead bone lying inside, covered with a tattered and blackened bedding, and some inconspicuous funerary objects were placed on both sides.

This should be his ancestor, Zhuan Rui thought to himself that his ancestor was sorry, and gestured to the two subordinates behind him, signaling them to open their backpacks and prepare to pick up the bones in the coffin.This process of picking up the bones was of course done by Zhuan Rui himself, no matter what, this is his own ancestor, and he must not let outsiders to trouble him.

Even if Zhuan Rui went to hold the skull of the corpse first, some yellowed skulls were held by Zhuan Rui in his hands, which looked ancient and strange under the light.Just when he was holding the head and was about to put it into the backpack, something suddenly flashed in the two dark eye sockets of the skeleton, like some kind of bug, or an eyeball blinked for a moment.

Zhuan Rui was startled, he was not a coward, so he wondered if there was something weird about skeletons?Dang even leaned closer and looked into the hole.The pair of eye holes, like two black holes, seemed to have a huge attraction. Zhuan Rui stared at the two holes, and suddenly found that he couldn't look away from the hole.

what happened?

Zhuan Rui couldn't say it well, and struggled to look away, at this moment, he was suddenly stunned, because he saw something in the pair of dark holes.

When he said this, Zhuan Rui's originally lukewarm expression was covered with a layer of gloom, and his whole person became even more gloomy.

Tofu couldn't help but said: "What can you see in the eye hole? Could it be a 'corpse shell'?"

Corpse husks are also known as 'corpse beetles'. During the decay process of the corpse, many maggots will grow. When the flesh of the corpse is rotten, the maggots will also die.But in contrast, another bug, commonly known as the husk, will breed.No one can tell how they came here. They mainly gather in places with dry bones, and are good at hiding in the gaps between bones or floor tiles.

This kind of insect is completely black, like an aquatic beetle, most of them can't fly, and some of them are highly poisonous.It is said that once a foreign expedition team entered a pyramid to investigate, and after returning, they all died strangely and violently, as if they were bitten by corpse shells.

But the poisonous husks are only a few after all, and it is normal to see them inside the dead bones. As long as the number is not large, there is no threat to people.

After Tofu finished speaking, Zhuan Rui shook his head slightly. I was facing his face, and I only felt that the expression on his face was unprecedentedly weird.The disfigured half of the face was like a ghost, and the eyeballs seemed to protrude out of fear.But on the undisfigured side of the face, the thin lips were tightly pursed, and the light was shining in the slightly narrowed eyes.

After a while, he spit out a few words: "I saw death."

Tofu was stunned, scratched his head and said, "What kind of riddle are you playing? I can't understand it with such a high IQ. Old Chen, do you understand?" I couldn't help shaking my head.

Saw death in that skull?What does it mean?
Before I could open my mouth, Zhuan Rui continued to talk. He only said something about death, but he didn't say what he saw in the skull. He just signaled us not to worry, and continued to listen.

When Zhuan Rui was able to move his eyes, he subconsciously threw the skull into the coffin, recalling what he saw before, the more he thought about it, the more frightened he became, and he immediately told his two subordinates to return.

One of the subordinates was surprised: "Let's not do it anymore?"

Zhuanrui said in a deep voice, "I can't do it anymore, if I do it again, I'm finished." He was about to lead people away from the tomb of the tomb, but when he looked up, he couldn't help being stunned, because he was beaten down before. The robbery hole, for some reason, actually disappeared.

The two subordinates were quite shocked, and one of them speculated: "Is there something unclean in here? Have we encountered a ghost blindfolded?" The so-called ghost blindfolded is the ghost in the tomb, blindfolded. People's eyes make people see many illusions in front of their eyes. Even if the robbery hole is right above the head, they may not be able to see it.

The other subordinate immediately decided to light a candle, and the two of them took out a white candle and lit it, but after a while, the flame of the candle turned black!

Even if there is something unclean in the tomb, under normal circumstances, the flames of the ghost panting should be blue. When did it turn black?

In this world, I am afraid that no one has ever seen a black flame. It is beating and can hardly emit light, and the candle is quickly burned by its flame.

Zhuan Rui looked at the black flames in front of him and remembered a legend.

From the perspective of modern science, as the temperature rises, the color of the flame is from red orange to yellow and white. When it reaches above [-] degrees, it will turn into cyan or blue, and if it reaches above [-] degrees, it will turn into purple. Higher, that is, invisible ultraviolet rays, reaching tens of thousands of degrees.But in the folk, it is not classified according to temperature.Occasionally, someone would see some bluish, temperatureless 'will-o'-the-wisps' among the tombs. In fact, that kind of flame did not reach a high temperature of [-] degrees.

Therefore, the folk classification in the past is very different from the current one. At that time, flames were divided into five types, namely yellow, white, red, blue and black.

Yellow is the fire for cooking and boiling water, such as candles and bonfires, we call it Yanghuo.

White fire was rarely seen under artificial conditions in the past. The ancients believed that the temperature of white flame was the highest, and it was not a firepower that could be controlled by humans. It was often seen at the moment when lightning struck trees, so it was called divine fire.

Red refers to ground fire. Some people describe flames and like to say that they are glowing red bonfires. In fact, bonfires are not red, but orange. The real red flame is the color of underground magma. Therefore, ground fire is also called burning evil spirits. of hellfire.

Cyan is called ghost fire. For example, when a ghost breathes, the yin qi covers the yang fire, and the flames will turn blue.

And black fire is not a normal flame, black fire is considered witch fire.

Witch refers to a person who can communicate with gods and spirits, and who can use divine power. Since the beginning of human beings, witchcraft has been born. With the evolution of history, witchcraft has gradually evolved into Taoism, law, Yi, divination, and divination. , seal, gas and so on.

Witchcraft in a narrow sense refers to the use of unknown power to perform vicious spells, and when that power comes, if there is a sun fire around, you will feel the coming of witchcraft, and under the confrontation between the two sides, It will become a black flame.

Looking at the situation in front of him, Zhuan Rui thought to himself, no wonder there is no anti-theft mechanism in the ghost tomb, could it be that some sorcery has been planted?

Now that the black flame is swaying, how should I deal with it?
If some ghost is panting, he still knows what to do, but the black light has never happened.The two subordinates were also frightened, unable to speak for a while, they looked at each other, their appearances looked a little scary in the black flames.

After thinking about it, Zhuanrui remembered something. It is said that Yiwu, the prince of the Jin Kingdom, was persecuted because of the battle for the throne. When he was sleeping in the open while fleeing, the bonfire suddenly turned black. "It probably meant to scold Jin Xiangong: You are a fucking old man, you can't eat tiger poison, I was driven away from the capital by you, why don't you let me go, and use sorcery to persecute me I.

Yiwu usually likes to study Yixue divination techniques. In order to resist, he made a move at that time, dripping a drop of his own blood into the black flame, then took off his clothes, folded them into the shape of dried bean curd and placed them in front of his feet. The East 'curses evil'.While cursing, I saw that the clothes under my feet were puffing up like gas, and I could vaguely see a black thing in the clothes, which was the 'witch' who lived forever under the sorcery.

Yi Wu had been prepared for a long time, and immediately ordered the boys and girls accompanying him to piss on the thing for several times, and the clothes gradually deflated, and the flame gradually turned into a positive fire.

The method used by Yiwu can be summed up in three steps. One is to drop blood, which is said to be used to confuse the opponent and make the evil find the wrong person.The second is to face the east and curse evil, because the east is the land of Jiayi Qinglong, evil spirits do not invade, when you curse evil, that thing will be misled, and the clothes will be taken as victims.The third is to decipher the magic, the unformed sorcery is easy to decipher, and the most feared thing is boy urine.

Zhuan Rui thought to himself: Once the black flame comes out, I'm afraid I won't be kind this time. It seems that I have underestimated my ancestors. This is not as simple as an ordinary ghost covering one's eyes. The reason why the few of them couldn't get out because of the witch curse was that they were already trapped in it.

Witchcraft gradually disappeared after the Qin and Han Dynasties, and was replaced by orthodox Taoism. Nowadays, common folk talismans and ghost-fighting are all Taoism.

Shaman is one of those that really still retain the original witchcraft.

When I heard this, my heart moved, and I thought: Could it be that Zhuan Rui's face was disfigured later because of the sorcery?

Tofu also asked after hearing the words: "I understand. Your ancestors were too cunning. They didn't put hidden crossbows or set up traps in the tomb. Instead, they made these evil things. It was really careless. The pattern you have been following since then , it is inseparable from shamanism, tsk tsk tsk... Let me think about it, there must be an unknown story between your ancestor and the wizard at that time, and there is only one truth..."

Seeing that Tofu was about to be possessed by Conan again, I quickly knocked on the table to tell him not to guess, and signaled Zhuanrui to continue talking.

I just heard him say: "At that time, I did it according to Yiwu's method. Inside the clothes, something really appeared, black and smooth, like a meat ball. We didn't have such a thing as boy urine, but we were wearing a high-pressure gun at the time. I'm going to burn that thing to death, who knows..." Zhuan Rui's eyes turned cold, and his face was very gloomy.

At this time, I found that there was a bodyguard standing not far from the living room. Since he was not far away, he should be able to hear our conversation.When Zhuan Rui said this, the muscles on the bodyguard's face suddenly twitched, as if recalling something bad.

I immediately understood that this bodyguard was probably one of those who followed Zhuan Rui to Wanku Mountain.

What about the other person?
(End of this chapter)