Tomb Raiders Codex

Chapter 255 True and False Memory
Immediately, I chose a location, let Tofu walk in front with eyes closed, and the rest followed behind Tofu, and it didn't take long to get out of the maze.From nowhere in the hall, a gust of wind would blow from time to time, causing the canvas to shake, and the monsters and ghosts with different expressions twisted together with the canvas, and their expressions became strange and unpredictable, staring at us in a gloomy manner people.

We were relieved when we left the range of the cloth sail. Everyone was tortured by the roses before, covered in mucus, and there were bloodstains on their bodies. Even if the men and women were separated, they each found a corner to change their clothes. medicine.After a while, we gathered in front of the closed wooden door in front of us.

At this time, Gu Wenmin seemed to think of something, and asked: "We were unable to get out of the maze at that time, how did you and Xiaodou know how to get out of the maze?" When I told the situation of the archaeological team, Zhuan Rui suddenly frowned. Frowning, he said calmly, "Do you think this place is real or fake?"

real?fake?
Tofu didn't turn his head around, and said, "What's the truth, local tyrant, don't be so unpredictable in your words." Zhuanji smiled, not as worried as his brother, hooked Tofu's shoulders, and said : "Brother, you forgot, this Yashan treasure hall popped up out of nowhere."

Tofu finally came back to his senses, stroked his chin, and said, "You mean, this hall, maybe it's our hallucination?"

Zhuan Rui shook his head and said, "Maybe it is, maybe it's not, maybe it's a combination of truth and falsehood."

Tofu looked dumbfounded, and said: "Local tyrant, can you not be so arrogant, say something that I can understand." Zhuanrui glanced at Tofu, and said calmly, "Do you know about ghost ships?"

More than knowing, we have also been on a ghost ship.

Although Zhuan Rui didn't explain what he said, when he mentioned the ghost ship, I suddenly recalled it and said, "You mean, the nature of this hall and the ghost ship are the same?" Zhuan Rui nodded and said : "In the legend, the ghost ship on the sea is haunted by ghosts after the ship is in distress. People have souls, ships have spirits, and ghosts float on the sea with the ship spirits. People can touch it and feel it. But, in fact, It doesn't exist."

According to Zhuan Rui, he believes that the Yashan Palace we see now is not the real Yashan Palace.Rather, after it sank into the ground, it formed a 'spirit' similar to a ghost ship.Things become refined over a long period of time, old antiques, or things with special materials, are easy to become refined. This is the case with the Huiyonghe cat I met before.

I once heard a story about how a shoe turned into a genius. I don’t know if it’s true or not, but I heard it when I was a peddler and chatting with people around me.The story is told by a Changsha fellow who sells stinky tofu. Tomb robbery is prevalent in Changsha. It's made of ivory with micro-carved magnolias on it, which is not uncommon.

The folks saw it, yo, cultural relics have been dug up, and they are going to make a fortune, so they quickly put away their shoes, and are going to inquire for a few days, and go to the cultural relics market to sell them.As a result, when he was sleeping that night, the fellow had a dream. He dreamed that he was digging under a magnolia tree. As he was digging, the magnolia tree spoke and said, "You old thing, I'm lying under it." Okay, what did you dig me out for?"

When the fellow woke up, he felt that the dream was weird, rubbed his eyes, and was dizzy from sleep. When he looked up, he was shocked, and saw the pair of three-inch golden lotuses that he had put away. Put it next to your pillow.The fellow thought to himself, could it be that he remembered wrongly?Or maybe I have a sleepwalking problem at night, and I put my shoes next to the pillow?
He was eager to ask for money and didn't believe in evil, so he put away his shoes again. This time, he locked them in a cupboard and went out to the local antique market.The fellow was so foolish, and he negotiated the base price with an antique dealer not long after, and was ready to increase the price after seeing the real thing. The fellow returned home happily, and planned to sell the things the next day to make money to repair the old house at home.

As a result, he dreamed again at night, still digging the tree, digging and digging, the magnolia tree said to him: "Where did you dig it, and where will you put me tomorrow, otherwise this will be your fate." End, what end?Before the fellow could understand, it was dawn and he woke up from his dream.

When he opened the door, he felt that something was wrong at first glance. This morning was a little different.

Where is it different?
By the way, my big rooster didn't crow today, and the three dogs at home usually come up and wag their tails when the door is opened, but there is no movement today. The yard is quiet, as if there are no living things.The fellow felt that something was wrong, so he hurried to the kennel to see that it was actually a straw stack in the countryside, on which the three dogs usually slept.

Seeing this, the fellow was shocked. All three dogs were bleeding from their nostrils, and they were obviously dead.

He scolded: "Which one who received a thousand dollars poisoned my dog ​​to death!" He thought it was someone who stole the dog, and poisoned his dog to death with poisonous buns.In the countryside, almost every household has a few dogs. Some dog dealers like to use poisonous buns to poison dogs, and then drag the dead dogs to the city and sell them to dog meat restaurants in the city. Dog dealers themselves dare not eat these poisoned dogs. , anyway, they were sold to black-hearted dog meat restaurants, and then entered the stomachs of gluttonous diners.

But then, the fellow felt something was wrong, since he was already dead, why didn't the dog dealer take the dog's body away?He turned around again, and suddenly found that the chickens, ducks, geese, pigs and cattle raised at home, as well as the fish in the nearby pond, were all dead.

At this time, he remembered the dream of last night, his scalp exploded, and he hurried to the cupboard.The cupboard was locked, but when I opened it, it was empty.

where are the shoes
He looked up and found that the shoes were neatly placed in front of his bed.

Only then did the fellow know that the shoes had become fine. He wanted to bury the shoes back at that time, but the dead pigs, dogs, cattle, chickens, ducks and fish at home were a very big loss for the countryside. He felt unwilling and wanted to take revenge , I immediately took advantage of the daytime to burn the shoes, and nothing happened after that.

Now that Zhuan Rui mentioned the ghost ship, I couldn't help but think of the story, so I said to everyone: "The place we are now is almost the same as the ghost ship. It is the soul of the Yashan Palace. The truth is the same, and we have to tread carefully."

Tofu asked: "If this is the spirit, where is the real Yashan Palace?"

Gu Wenmin spit out a few words slowly, and said: "Under our feet. If I'm not wrong, we are actually still on the swamp now." Tofu stared at the stone-paved ground under his feet, with an unbelievable expression on his face. I jumped a few times, probably thinking why I didn't fall into the swamp.

Our group has seen a lot of weird things. Although we find it unbelievable, it is within the acceptable range, but Xiao Jing has never come into contact with it, and she completely disagrees, saying: "How could there be such a thing?" Things, houses and souls?"

Gu Wenmin glanced at her, and said: "You can think of it as a soul, or as an object memory. It has been scientifically proven that an object that exists in one place for a long time and is affected by the local magnetic field may produce object memory , such as the 'Devil's Ancient City' that once appeared in the desert."

"Devil's ancient city?" Xiao Jing looked at Gu Wenmin and said, "Your mouth is full of strange things."

Tofu is a supporter of Miss Gu, and immediately said: "That's right, our Miss Gu is the head of the cultural relics team and has a lot of knowledge. But Miss Gu, what is the ancient devil city you are talking about? Why don't I know? "

I have heard that the ancient city is said to be very strange, it only appears in certain special occasions, such as the desert's unique dry thunder sky, lightning and thunder, but there is no rain, dust is everywhere, a mysterious The ancient city will suddenly appear, and when the thunder and lightning pass, the ancient city will disappear mysteriously, so it is called the ancient city of the devil.

It is said that the reason why the ancient devil city appeared was because of the power of thunder and lightning, which brought back the memory of the objects on the sandy land, and projected the things that once existed on this land.

While explaining, Gu Wenmin said: "Of course, the memory of objects is just a scientific speculation. Maybe the truth is just like what Mr. Zhuan said, things grow old."

The culture of ghosts and gods has existed since the beginning of civilization, and it seems to run counter to science, but more and more studies have shown that there are always amazing coincidences between the two. These so-called superstitions are gradually being recognized by science. Under the impact, it became increasingly silent. Before that, I had never felt the so-called ghosts and gods, but the experience of these few months, like a brand new world, unfolded before our eyes little by little.

Tofu also seemed to be touched, sighed, and finally said: "Let's stop discussing this, our ancestors have discussed it for thousands of years and still haven't reached a conclusion, have you forgotten why we are here this time?" Of course I didn't forget. One is to find the remains of grandpa, and the other is to find out what is in this Yashan treasure hall that will attract grandpa to risk his death here.

The construction time of Yashan Treasure Hall is very close to that of Princess Gegeer's Tomb. Maybe there is something extremely important to Grandpa in this Treasure Hall.

For tofu, let us focus our attention on the wooden door in front of us.The painted red wooden door was covered with dust, and under the light of the flashlight, it was still as red as if it could drip blood.There was a lock on the door, but upon closer inspection, the lock was actually open.My heart moved, and I said, "Could it be that grandpa and his party opened it back then?"
Thinking of this, I walked towards the wooden door and pushed the vermilion-lacquered wooden door open. However, the door just opened a thin crack, and I couldn't help but close it again.

The sound of the door closing suddenly sounded particularly harsh in the darkness.

(End of this chapter)