Tomb Raiders Codex

Chapter 132

The situation at that time was weird and bizarre, and the reactions of Zhuan Rui and Zhong Gong can be imagined.How could a person who had been burned to death appear in the soil?The two felt astonished and incomprehensible, and looked at each other, but no one could tell the reason.

Finally, Zhuan Rui first knelt down to examine the corpse.

He believes that it is absolutely impossible for a burnt person to return to the original state, so the corpse in front of him may be strange.He stretched out his hand to touch it, and the touch was no different from that of a living person. Even the blood on the ground was like human blood. It felt like they had just killed someone.

Zhong Gong wiped the sweat from his forehead, and asked in a low voice, "What should I do, head of the house?"

Zhuan Ruixin said that the corpse appeared very evil, and evil things should not be kept, so he immediately made a decision to set fire to the corpse.

But this tomb was closed, and the oxygen that circulated in the tomb had been consumed a lot. If the fire continued, he and Zhong Gong would be trapped to death in the tomb before the robbers penetrated the hole.Thinking of this, the idea of ​​burning the corpse had no choice but to give up. The two moved the corpse to the side of the charred corpse and continued to fight back.

This is a technical job, because the normal burglary is dug underground, but the counter-attack is dug above the ground. The technology is very sophisticated, the burrow is unstable, and there is a problem with the structure. If a person is in the burglary, it is likely to collapse. There is a risk of being buried alive.

Zhong Gong played carefully, this kind of work does not require two people to do it at the same time, usually they do it alternately, when Zhong Gong was digging the hole, Zhuan Rui was watching from the side, thinking about the corpse in the soil , while paying attention to the progress of the new robbery hole, I am afraid that Zhong Gong will dig out some weird things again.

But as the saying goes, if you are afraid, you will come.Zhuan Rui looked at it, and then heard a ding. Immediately afterwards, the soil from the robber's hole continued to fall, all of which fell on Zhong Gong's body. Hearing the sound, it seemed as if he had dug into some iron object.

But how could iron appear in this soil layer?

This is really strange.

Zhong Gong backed away immediately, spit out the clods in his mouth loudly, and said, "It seems to have dug up stones and iron objects." Both of them knew that there was a problem, and their hearts became heavier, but Zhuan Rui said The man was bold and careful, stabilized his emotions, stared at the entrance of the robber's cave that kept falling into the ground, and began to think about countermeasures.

In fact, those who do tomb robbery are generally more courageous. Among the colleagues I met this month, counting and counting, except for the cowardly tofu, there is really no one who is timid.Folks divide tomb robbers into two types, one is indecent, unruly, and random digging tomb robbers.This kind of tomb robber is the most hateful. They dig graves as soon as they see them. They are short-sighted and have no awareness of cultural relics protection. They are the most hated.

The other type is Zhuanrui and Zhao Erye, who follow the industry's rules and regulations. The poor graves of ordinary people are not dug. In ancient times, the 'big money', rich merchants and officials, princes and dignitaries, and after the attack, there was a rule of 'not taking and keeping'.

What is no deposit?

For example, if you dig a large tomb, there are too many things in it, and it is impossible to get them all out. At this time, of course, you should choose the best ones. No matter how eye-catching the ghost weapon is, it cannot be destroyed.

There are two main reasons for this. One is that antiques cannot be copied. Will deliberately sabotage.Those little thieves were different, they were running around in the tomb, and an unattractive earthen pot at their feet might be kicked into pieces.This kind of behavior is very criticized in the industry.

The second is a kind of ghost mentality. Since you have already stolen the treasure of the owner of the tomb, you should stop smashing other people's homes, and at least leave a few things for it.

This Zhuanrui is naturally upright, unlike those scattered thieves, he is superior to others in terms of courage and brains. Under the circumstances at that time, he still remained calm and did not fall into the robbery hole again. When the soil was clod, Zhuan Rui took a flashlight to look up, and suddenly found a black and black thing lying at the end of the hole, which looked like a stone slab at first glance.

Taking a closer look, Zhuan Rui was shocked. It turned out that there was a relief on the stone slab, and it was the pattern in front of him that was engraved.

This pattern resembles a fox. The face of a fox is already pointed, but the face of this thing is even sharper, which makes its pair of eyeballs stand out. There are many tails and claws behind it. dazzled feeling.Zhuan Rui said that the blueprint in his hand was drawn from memory after the event, and it seemed that there was nothing abnormal, but in fact, when he looked up and saw the relief on the stone slab, he seemed to be drawn by that fox-like thing. As if he was holding onto his heart, he suddenly heard the beating of his heart in his ears, and the blood all over his body couldn't control the surge.

Why did Zhuan Rui behave like this?

Until then, he said: "Why am I afraid of that pattern? This is what I have never wanted to tell you, the death I saw in the eyes of the pair of holes."

It turned out that Zhuan Rui saw a very strange scene in the eyes of the skeleton.He saw himself walking into a mass of darkness, and at the end of the darkness was a black stone door, and on the door was such a fox-like monster.The monster was originally a relief, but it suddenly rushed down from the door and devoured Zhuan Rui bit by bit.

That's right, Zhuan Rui was staring at the black eye sockets of the skeleton and couldn't look away at all. He wasn't even sure if it was a hallucination, so he could only look at the monster and eat the other himself bite by bite.

He even thought it was just his own hallucination, or the influence of some kind of sorcery, but he didn't expect that when he was digging the hole and digging up the soil layer, he would actually see such a black piece with monsters painted on it. slate.

Zhuan Rui's breathing was short, his blood flowed backwards, and he suddenly thought: Could it be that what I see in the eyes of the skeleton is my own future?

However, how could the reliefs on the stone slabs eat people?Just as he was thinking, Zhong Gong beside him was not affected, but asked him what to do next.Even though Zhuan Rui had experienced many battles, he couldn't help sweating on his forehead, staring at the stone slab above his head, and finally uttered two words: "Go to Shengjing."

"What?" Zhong Gong was startled, and said, "Stop beating?"

Zhuan Rui shook his head. He is not a reckless person. He always thinks twice before doing things. He knows that there are weird things, and it is related to his own life. How could he easily take risks?
Dang even decided to adopt the second strategy and escape from the well.In this way, you have to pass through several tombs.Fortunately, the three of them had sufficient equipment before they went down to the battle, and the tortoise burial tomb did not have any traps or hidden crossbows, so the trip was very smooth, and the two of them entered the main tomb passage without much effort.

The surroundings of the tomb passage are inlaid with tortoise shells, and tortoises belong to water, so even though the tomb is extremely dry, the air always feels damp and cold, as if filled with water vapor. , only the footsteps of the two echoed in the tomb passage, and the body of the other person was still discarded in that tomb.

At this juncture, no one is in the mood to collect the corpse.

Soon, the two reached the end of the tomb passage, and at the end was a piece of natural stone, which was against the stone gate from the inside out.

What is natural stone?That is, the stone slab used to seal the door of the tomb when sealing the tomb.

There are many types of natural stones, including stone balls, stone strips, and stone slabs. Its principle is relatively simple, but it is very practical to see the big from the small.

First, dig a pit behind the door of the tomb, near the door, with a moderate depth.Then stand the stone bar on it, leaning against the tomb door that has not been completely closed, and then with the action of gravity, the stone bar will slowly slide down obliquely until it touches the door, so that the tomb door will be closed from the inside die.

When the tomb robbers arrived at the door, they would definitely not be able to push the door, because later on the stone was used to prop it up, and the door couldn't even be opened.Of course, there are policies at the top and countermeasures at the bottom. Anti-theft and tomb robbery are originally a business that tests both technology and IQ.This kind of natural stone was quickly deciphered by clever tomb robbers, and the deciphering method is also very simple. There is a very simple and clear record in my grandfather's notebook.

That is to say, a steel bar is used first, and there is no need to bring it specially. The iron brazing used for tomb robbers on weekdays is the most suitable.Bend the front end of the steel bar into a hook, then insert it through the crack of the stone door, turn the hook once, and the iron hook will catch the natural stone, and then push forward hard outside the tomb door, and the natural stone will be released push away.This kind of technology is widely used, so in the end, the anti-theft of the natural stone basically became a tasteless existence, just as a door bolt.

Since the two were in the tomb passage at that time, naturally they didn't need to bother to bend the iron hook or something. The two used their strength to move the stone away and prepare to open the tomb door.Generally speaking, the outside of the tomb gate is a relatively weak part, because the people who completed the construction leave here when they retreat, so even if there are traps such as quicksand and stone accumulation outside the tomb, the tomb gate can only be backfilled with soil. safer.

Zhuanrui's wish was to dig a hole out of the tomb door, but as soon as the two of them moved away the natural stone, their eyes immediately focused on the tomb door, only to see that there was another embossed statue on the black tomb door. Quirky fox pattern.This time, Zhuan Rui was not given any more time. In the next second, a black shadow jumped out from the tomb door and rushed towards Zhuan Rui. In an instant, Zhuan Rui's eyes were darkened, as if he was fascinated by something. unconscious.

At the last moment, all that flashed in Zhuan Rui's mind was the image of himself being eaten bite by bite, the horror can be imagined.

Tofu swallowed when he heard this, and said, "Could it be this thing that jumped from the stone gate?" He pointed to the monster on the drawing, and said, "Then did it do anything to you in the end?"

(End of this chapter)