Tomb Raiders Codex

Chapter 143

My eyes couldn't help moving to the bottom of the bed. After the female corpse was taken out, the place was empty, and there was still a puddle of yellow soup mixed under the bed.

Tofu covered her nose and said, "This woman must have encountered something terrible. She hid under the bed, and she was so frightened that she peed out." , there is also a round black hole, about the thickness of a human thigh, the thing I cut off before has disappeared, maybe it ran away along the hole.

We went to check the woman's body again, and found no trauma, and the cause of death was very strange.

Tofu suddenly came up with a guess and said, "Could the wound be below." He pointed to the woman's abdomen. The woman was wearing jeans, her abdomen was flat, and there was no blood, so out of respect, Tofu and I didn't check that place .Originally, they hoped to pull her out to ask about the situation, so as to find out how Mrs. Tang and the bald four disappeared, but now it seems that there is no hope.

As soon as Tofu said it, I said, "Impossible, there is no blood, and the pants are intact." I reached out and touched the woman's lower abdomen, and suddenly felt something was wrong, and the touch felt a little strange.

Seeing me touch it again and again, Tofu patted the back of my hand and muttered, "You don't even let the dead body go."

I ignored him, the more I touched it, the more weird it felt. There seemed to be a big hole in this woman's abdomen?In order to confirm this idea, I had to take off the pants of the female corpse. Once the pants were unbuttoned, the stench was even stronger, and there was a mixture of feces and urine in the pants pocket, and there was a hole the size of a fist in her abdomen, but there was no blood at all inside. , as if sucked dry by something.

Tofu was so shocked that he couldn't speak. We stared at the hole, only to see that the inside was flat, and the internal organs and intestines were gone, revealing a hollow cavity.

Then I said: "She didn't pee because she was frightened, she became incontinent because of the pain."

I can almost imagine the scene at that time.

Something weird must have happened on the ship. In desperation, some people hid in the lounge, locked the door, and hid under the bed, but they still did not survive. The thing finally got out from under the bed and took a An extremely painful way took the life of this woman, making her die without any dignity.

What kind of monster could it be?

Does it have anything to do with Miss Tang's disappearance?

I threw the body down, looked at the black hole at the bottom of the bed, passed the light along the black hole, and found that there was a white space behind the black hole, like a whitewashed wall.

What's behind that black hole?A monster in hiding?

If it is so powerful, how can it be afraid of me and tofu?The horseshoe-shaped shovel was just about the same size as the hole. My heart moved, and I inserted the shovel into the hole, trying to attract the things hiding behind.Knowing ourselves and the enemy, we are victorious in all battles. Only when we know what the opponent is, Doufu and I know how to deal with it.

Unexpectedly, before the shovel was stretched out, the white behind the black hole was suddenly covered, like a curtain that was suddenly lowered to block the window.

I was stunned for a moment, and the movements in my hands couldn't help but stop.Immediately afterwards, the thing that blocked it opened again, and the back of the black hole returned to a pale white, and I suddenly realized... Behind that is a huge white eyeball, which has been staring at us!

I rely on!

Tofu uttered a swear word in shock, and I was also taken aback, but I didn't hide. The concept of attacking first was deeply rooted in my heart. While being frightened, I violently poked the shovel in my hand into the hole.That thing probably hurts, and it disappeared all of a sudden, as if hiding.But before I could make any other movements, the whole hull suddenly shook violently, as if being held by a pair of big hands. Along with the violent shaking, a sticky and blackened tentacle protruded out of the black hole, getting closer and closer. The thicker it gets to the back, the wood on the ship board cracks, and the hole becomes bigger.

The thing came out suddenly, very fast, because I had lowered the shovel before, so I was the closest to the hole, and was locked by the thing first.

That thing didn't do anything, its tentacles protruded out as fast as lightning, and went straight to my lower abdomen. Before I could react, I felt a chill in my abdomen, and instantly thought of the female corpse next to me in my mind.Probably the human stress response played a role. In this frightened and angry situation, I reacted very quickly, rolled on the spot, and changed the original kneeling posture to face up.

At the same time, Tofu next to me also rushed over with a loud shout, hugged the tentacle with both hands, and immediately pulled it up from me.

This is also due to the tacit understanding between the two of us for many years. I can only create a chance for Tofu to save me.At this moment, he didn't disappoint me. After embracing the thing, he jumped onto the bed, and immediately pressed the tentacle back against the bed, as if forcibly bending a person's waist.In this way, the underside of the tentacles is exposed, and there are countless suckers underneath, just like the tentacles of an octopus!But this is different from the octopus I have seen before. There are many steel needle-like hairs in the sucker of this thing.

I immediately thought of a term: ghost octopus

Ghost octopus, also known as vampire squid, is said to be the ancestor of squid and octopus. It migrated from the shallow sea to the deep sea to avoid the predation of plesiosaurs hundreds of millions of years ago. Its shape has not changed for hundreds of millions of years. It is known as the living fossil of marine life. It was only discovered by marine scientists many years ago.They are generally only about 100 centimeters in size, and look like jellyfish and squid. The most distinctive feature is the "vascular hair" in the sucker.

Those needle-like hairs hidden in the suckers are actually suckers.The prey it targets, these blood-sucking vessels, will pierce into the softest place to suck the opponent's blood.

This kind of ghost octopus lives in the deep sea and is rarely seen by people, and it is not so big.

I looked at the countless blood vessels under the sucker, and suddenly felt my scalp go numb, and immediately shouted: "Tofu, let go!" When it came out, it was like twisting a twisted twist, and went up along the arm of the tofu.

Tofu hurriedly wanted to shake off the tentacle, but who knew that although the hand was loosened, the capillaries wrapped around him did not loosen at all and went straight to his neck.I have read information about ghost octopuses, because I used to sell fish in Shenzhen and often deal with fishmongers by the sea, and I am quite familiar with various sea legends and marine life.

This kind of ghost octopus is a sea creature with little blood. Apart from the blood in the main body, the blood in the tentacles is very small, so the pain-sensing nerves are also degenerated severely. They are not very afraid of pain, and it is useless to deal with it.Although I knew about this, I couldn't think of any other way in desperation. I could only swing the horseshoe-shaped shovel and prepare to cut its tentacles again.Unexpectedly, this time, because there are many parts protruding from the tentacles, the thicker the place, the stronger the flesh. After two consecutive chops, only two cracks were cut, which has no effect on the ghost octopus.On the other hand, the tofu was entangled by those blood vessels, like a tarsal maggot, unable to break free. In desperation, he could only shrink back at his neck, and use his other unrestrained hand to pull those blood vessels.

I wanted to shovel the relatively weak point, but the point was firmly attached to the tofu's arm. If I cut it off, I couldn't control the force, and even the tofu's hand would be chopped off. Don't mention how anxious I am for a while.In an instant, the thing had reached the neck. Tofu tried to shrink his neck, and those thin and soft blood vessel hairs tried hard to drill into the shrinking neck. The squirming feeling was particularly itchy on the sensitive neck, and Tofu shrunk. She shrank and laughed, but the smile was ugly: "Haha...it's itchy, help me."

In desperation, I didn't care too much. I rushed up and pulled the capillaries with my hands. The thing was full of elasticity. When it was hidden between the suction cups, it looked like it was only about ten centimeters, but the space between the pulls was like a rubber band. No matter how you talk about it, you can't stop talking.With a heartbeat, I shoveled the shovel upright, making its sharp head point upwards, pulling the capillaries towards the edge, and they were all broken in an instant, black blood gushed out from the capillaries.

These vascular hairs seemed to have pain-sensing nerves, and the severed part retracted immediately, letting go of the tofu in an instant, and the entire huge tentacles swayed wildly.This sudden force was not light, and the tofu was directly swept from the left bed to the right bed, and the bed in the lounge also made a thumping sound, as if something was about to rush out.

I don't think so, the ghost octopus is offended.

70.00% of this thing's body is pain-free, and its attack speed is so fast that people really can't do anything about it. If it really meets its body, all the tentacles will follow. It's just me and Tofu. Can handle.So I hurriedly dragged up the tofu that was hit on the bed, opened the door and ran out, saying: "I'm afraid that thing will break the cabin, we can't deal with it, so hurry back to the boat."

When Doufu is playing tricks on weekdays, he can say all kinds of poisonous words, but his heart is actually very kind. When he heard this, he was startled and said, "We're not going to save Mrs. Tang and them?" The one with the kick, I can still take care of him now!"

Tofu panted and said, "No, we can't leave them behind!"

As I ran, I said, "The four bald men have guns in their hands, there are many people, and they are by no means weaker than us. If we can escape, they can escape. If they are dead, we stay behind Isn't it a death here? As for Mrs. Tang, it depends on his own life. I am not a superman who can save the world. Could it be that I risked my life to save him?" Tofu has such a good consciousness, but I don't, so I added: "Did you forget that you saved Feng Guishou at the Corpse Bureau?"

Tofu said: "Feng Guishou is a disaster in the first place, I was unlucky that time, but Mrs. Tang is not a bad person!"

I said: "Fuck it, there are good people and bad people. Let me tell you, it is not easy to earn clean money in this world, and it is not easy to make good money. You think his status as a financial tycoon fell from the sky!" "The two of us ran while talking, and we arrived at the stairs in an instant. Climbing up the stairs is the command room, and the deck is outside the command room. It will be safe then.Unexpectedly, the two of us rushed here, and we had only climbed half of the stairs. From the entrance above, a huge head suddenly popped out. The head was in a translucent state, with black and red skin mixed together.

I remember something like a ghost octopus, which has a light emitter on its head, which is a characteristic of deep-sea fish, because the deep sea is pitch black. Over the long years, many fish in the deep sea have evolved natural light. device.Tofu and I stared at the big glowing head and stopped abruptly.

This thing is actually more than one.Damn it, how did these things in the deep sea get on board?

That thing had a pair of huge white eyes with almost no pupils. It was obvious that its eyesight had already degenerated, and it was blocked by some kind of animal sensing. Two tentacles immediately came towards me and Tofu.

Tofu didn't have time to care about Mrs. Tang's problems at the moment, so startled that he couldn't close his mouth, he yelled what the hell, turned around and ran back.When we ran all the way back, the ghost octopus in the lounge had already protruded half of its body, with several tentacles on the ground, blocking our way.

There is no way to go to heaven and no way to go to earth.

In desperation, I saw the empty material room on the opposite side, and quickly said to Tofu: "Quickly, jump over and hide in the material room!" There is a lot of space in that place, and you can spread your hands and feet even if you are desperate. In the aisle, we don't even have a chance to resist.

Tofu said: "Jump? It's more than five meters, I can't jump over it!"

I said: "If you can't jump over, you will die. Do you still want to end the life of the little virgin! You jump quickly, and I will be behind." Tofu also knew that the situation was urgent, so he gestured a few times, and finally gritted his teeth, as if he was going to die , jumped up with a run-up, leaped forward in the air, who knew that the tentacle suddenly stretched out towards him.

I was already prepared, so I picked up the shovel and slapped the tentacles sideways. In an instant, all three tentacles rushed towards me. Tofu took this opportunity to cross the aisle and rushed to the spacious material room. Sleepy, scared to run back.In an emergency, I can only drink: "Leave me alone!"

The tentacles are coming fiercely, and guns are useless at all. Fortunately, the shovel carried by Tofu, I can only round it at the moment. The dancing tigers and tigers are windy, blocking the approaching of the tentacles. These tentacles are very powerful. My My arms felt sore and weak within a few strokes, they were too thick, waving blocked my sight, and I couldn't know the condition of the tofu.

And in this chaos, I heard a sizzling sound coming from behind me, as if something sticky was crawling on the ground, and I knew in my heart that the thing at the entrance had come down and was heading towards I crawl over.

Ruined!
What should I do?
I'm dead, and Tofu can't escape alone, how sad Wen Min should be.

I used to be alone, and I was never a person who was afraid of death. Anyway, no one was sad for me when I died, and there was no one I needed to take care of in this world, so when I did things, I went all out and didn't care about the consequences.But now, at this juncture, I suddenly have a lot of souvenirs.

(End of this chapter)