Tomb Raiders Codex

Chapter 145
Tofu sighed, looked at the little girl who had passed out, then looked at the burning fireboat, and said, "What should we do now? Maybe we have to take a little girl on the road. She is so young, she has suffered a lot. This kind of accident, after waking up, I will definitely... Oh, just thinking about it will give me a headache."

I looked at Professor Lin. After all, he is the leader of the tour this time. According to the current situation, we only drove for one day. The best choice is to send the little girl back first, and then prepare to start again. After all, this kid is very energetic. Maybe he was hit hard, so he can't go ashore with us for fifteen days, right?

Professor Lin sighed and said, "Let's go back to the voyage, and send people back first."

The few of us rushed back from the fire boat and touched the corpse again. Not to mention how dirty our bodies are. The fresh water on the boat is only drinking water, and the shower is seawater. The stern washes up, while the carp resets the channel and prepares to return. This process takes about an hour.

In the shower, we will inevitably mention the things in the boat, and after chatting, we found out that the impression that Tofu and I had about the four bald men was completely wrong.These four people seem rather cold and hard, but they are actually in a relationship that is out of touch with the times.

This phenomenon is more common in the military, because the military career is relatively closed, and there are not many opportunities to come into contact with new things from the outside world during military training or performing tasks. Therefore, many veterans take a long time to adjust after retiring from the army. One's own psychology, and adapt to the surrounding world that seems to be unfamiliar.

The four bald heads have obviously been engaged in official robbers for a long time, and they can't match our chat rhythm. From time to time, Tofu will pop up a new word or two on the Internet, and they don't understand it at all. Since they don't understand it, they can't get in the conversation, so The four remained silent, doing their own things like robots.In fact, they are not bad people, it should be said, they are just not used to communicating with people like us.

Tofu understood, so he gave them new nicknames, namely Robot One to Robot Four.

We were talking nonsense, and the four robots who had been silent all this time suddenly started talking.

Robot One said, "Those two things escaped."

Robot No. [-] said: "It doesn't seem to be burned to death."

Robot Three said, "Just in case."

Four immediately began to wipe the water off his body, saying: "Search the whole ship, I suspect that they are probably hiding on the ship."

The conversation between the four of them was very tacit, and Tofu and I couldn't get in at all. It wasn't until the fourth finished that Tofu reacted, and said in surprise: "You said that those two things might come on our boat? No way, they are now He must have returned to the deep sea to recuperate."

Robot One said: "Fresh blood is the best healing product."

Number two said, "Especially human blood."

No. [-] said: "Among invertebrates, their brain capacity is relatively large."

Four said, "So they hold grudges."

During the conversation, the four of us had already got dressed, and Tofu and I were still standing naked, and in a blink of an eye they had already left the stern.

Tofu said, "Did you understand what they said?"

I nodded and said, "What they mean is that the ghost octopus will come to take revenge on us."

Tofu took a deep breath and said, "Damn." The two of us put on our clothes immediately, our spirits became tense, and we hurriedly left the stern to join the crowd. The bald four had obviously told them about the situation. All gathered in the relatively safe bow.

If those two things really lurked on our ship silently, how should we eliminate them?Are you attacking with fire again?Wouldn't we suffer ourselves too?
The little girl had already woken up, but she seemed to have been severely traumatized mentally, her eyes were dull, she didn't say a word, and Aying took care of her for the time being.After the pirate ship incident, the four robots never left their guns. After explaining the situation, the four of them immediately went to the command room with their weapons in their hands. They took the lead in every move and protected us all.

Tofu said with emotion: "It's admirable not to talk empty words, but to do practical things seriously. Shall we help?"

I shook my head and said to myself: The four of them didn't actually have direct contact with the ghost octopus before, but because of the little girl, they hid in the fish cabin.If there is really something on our boat, these four people are prepared this time, and they should be able to handle it with the four submachine guns in their hands, so I grabbed the more impulsive Tofu and told him to stay calm.

Everyone gathered on the bow deck, paying close attention to the movement around them. Professor Lin said: "There are countless strange creatures in the depths of the sea. We would never expect to see them. The definition of ghost octopus by modern biology is similar to ours. What I saw this time is different, it may be a relatively large species of ghost octopus, I don’t know why it came out of the deep sea.”

As expected of a professor level, we never leave the theoretical class to deduce the problem, but now we are not interested in these, so I said: "Uncle Lin, there are too many things that human beings don't know, so don't worry about it. But the kid’s condition is not good, is there any first aid measures that can be taken.”

Professor Lin turned to look at the little girl who was held by Ah Ying in her arms. Ah Ying bathed her and changed into adult clothes. Her small body was wrapped in a black skirt, her eyes were dull, like a doll , the small face is haggard, looking very pitiful.Professor Lin sighed and said: "If it is trauma, we all have some first aid measures, but this is mental trauma, and we can't do anything. We must return to the voyage as soon as possible. The longer it is delayed, the worse it will be for her."

At this moment, the little girl suddenly spoke, and opened her mouth to call me Dad.

Tofu was startled, and said, "Old Chen, it's all over now, you are a big girl for nothing."

I said, "Fuck you, I have nothing to do with her mother." Even though I thought so, I didn't refuse. I thought that the little girl had something wrong, and I would follow her for a while. When she yelled, I agreed. Said: "Good girl, come here and give me a hug from Dad." The teasing Gu Wenmin and the others shook their shoulders and laughed.

Tofu was even more fun, and asked Ah Ying to quickly hug my daughter. Ah Ying handed the baby to me. I just hugged it and felt something was wrong. She was still calling Dad, but she was staring at my back. And the focal length of the pupils is very close, as if there is a person standing behind me.

My scalp was numb, and I turned around to see that there was tofu standing behind me, so I was happy and said, "I was called to you, hurry up and hug your daughter." I am an old man, and I am really not used to hugging children. This kind of thing, Ignore Tofu was in a hurry, and stuffed the person over, sure enough, the little girl stopped talking and stayed quietly.

After a while, the four robots came out of the deck, their expressions less tense.

Robot No. [-] said: "All investigations have been carried out."

Number Two said, "No danger."

Number Three said, "Tonight the four of us will take turns keeping vigil."

Number four said, "Let's have dinner, I'm hungry."

The last sentence was wrong, Robot No. [-] was expressionless, clutching his stomach and saying he was hungry. The scene was very funny. After hearing the words, the whole boat relaxed, and Ah Ying went to get some food.There is nothing to eat at sea, only fresh fish come and go, dinner is big mackerel boiled potatoes, I don’t know what seasoning Ah Ying put in the fish pot, it is very refreshing and not greasy at all.

At that time, Carp also adjusted the waterway, everyone ate and drank, and went to the rest room after eating.At this moment, the sky was approaching dawn, and we were exhausted from the tossing in the first half of the night, and we fell asleep groggyly after a while.

I didn't sleep well this time, and I kept dreaming about ghost octopuses in my dreams, and I didn't know why.

In a daze, I suddenly felt a pair of hands touching my neck. I was more vigilant, and immediately woke up and turned over to sit up. Only then did I realize that I was alone on the bed.

I slept with tofu on the bed, and Wu Sidong and Professor Lin were sleeping on the two upper and lower beds opposite each other. They were deeply sleepy and showed no signs of waking up. The small wattage light bulb above the lounge was emitting a hazy brilliance.I couldn't help touching my neck, could it be my hallucination?Or is it a dream?
Probably because of the ghost octopus, I felt a little nervous, and suddenly lowered my head to check under the bed.There is no debris under our bed, and we can see the bottom at a glance, and there is nothing hiding under it.

In this lounge, except for the things that can barely be hidden under the bed, the rest of the place is clear at a glance. Now there is no under the bed, it seems that I am a bit of a ghost.I have always been very courageous, could it be possible that I was infected by that cowardly tofu?Thinking of this, he shook his head, wrapped himself in a quilt and went back to sleep.

Not long after I fell asleep, the feeling came back in the twilight. I felt my bed suddenly shake violently, and then I couldn't breathe, as if someone was pressing on me.I struggled hard but in vain. At that time, because I was not fully asleep, I was in a daze, and I thought of a word: ghost press.

Am I being held down by a ghost?
The sea has swallowed countless human lives, and there are not many stories about encountering ghosts at sea. Didn’t we meet a Tang Dynasty at night?Am I going to be so unlucky, the sky is about to dawn, why do I attract some unclean things?
According to folklore, when a person's luck is low, the fire of the sun will naturally decline, and it is most likely to provoke fox ghosts and the like. I can almost imagine what my future will be like if I don't solve the curse of the ghost's face, maybe... …There is no future at all.In the confrontation with that force, I finally woke up and sat up again, but this time I was already sweating profusely.

Probably I made too much noise, waking up Professor Lin and the others. Tofu poked his head down, and said with sleepy eyes, "Old Chen, what are you doing on the bed? You have to choose a place to play a plane." , I think the place at the stern to put the fishing net is quite suitable."

(End of this chapter)