Tomb Raiders Codex

Chapter 262
Everyone was originally silent because of Xiao Jing's matter, but now, such a lantern suddenly floated in, and their scalps went numb with shock.The lantern happened to be on top of my head. I opened my mouth and couldn't say a word.Immediately afterwards, Zhuanji exclaimed, "What the hell is this, fuck it."

Compared with the serious and upright Zhuan Rui, Zhuanji seemed to have a strong sense of the market, without any aristocratic temperament. After swearing a dirty word, he struggled for a while, and suddenly said, "Hey, I seem to be able to move." Sure enough, he saw his hands and feet slowly He started to move, but his strength didn't seem to recover much, and his movements were very slow.

There is such a thing hanging above my head, how dare I lie on the ground, seeing that Zhuanji regained consciousness, I also tried to move my body, as expected I regained some consciousness, and I was able to crawl, but I still couldn't stand up.At this moment, the lantern with a human face circled in the air, and the side with a human face suddenly rushed towards me, and a sallow and sallow face came towards me all of a sudden.

All this happened in an instant, I closed my eyes subconsciously, yelled, and waved my hand to resist, but the wave was empty, and I opened my eyes to see that there was no shadow of the human skin lantern.

Where did the lantern go?

I was a little dazed for a while, and looked around vigilantly, but saw that everyone around me was staring at me in a daze, and Tofu pointed at me with a trembling hand, and exclaimed, "Ghost!" I ran away, but because I hadn't recovered my strength, I lost my strength after just climbing a few steps, and I kept shrinking back trying to stay away from me.

I whispered in my heart.

ghost?
Where is the ghost?

Where did the human skin lantern go?I looked around and saw that everyone had different expressions, but they all had one reaction, that is to stay away from me, and even Gu Wenmin shrank back in shock.

My heart skipped a beat, thinking of the scene where the human skin lantern rushed towards me, I couldn't help but secretly startled, I quickly lowered my head to examine myself, but there was no abnormality in my body, I couldn't help but sternly said: "What's going on!"

When I heard my voice, Gu Wenmin calmed down a little, and said in her usually clear and soft voice, "Are you Chen Xuan?"

The question was inexplicable, and I felt even more uneasy in my heart, and said, "Of course I am Chen Xuan, you... what's going on with you? What's the matter?" I just closed my eyes for a while, why did I become like this when I opened them? up?But at this moment, Tofu said: "I don't believe you, but for the password, what is your bank card password!"

I said, "Tell you I'm an idiot."

Tofu nodded, and said to Gu Wenmin: "This is true." Gu Wenmin's expression changed when he heard this, and he suddenly went to touch his pocket, then took out a small mirror, and then threw it to me, saying nervously: "Take a picture." A trace of anxiety flashed in my heart, I took a look in the mirror, and finally knew why they reacted like this.

In the mirror is a strange face, sallow and sallow...

I thought of the scene where the lantern with a human face rushed towards me, and suddenly I felt chills on my back, hairs on my face, and a thought flashed in my mind: Could it be that the human skin on the lantern ran onto my face?I immediately reached out to touch my face, only to feel that the tentacles were cold, and I could feel a thin crack near my ear.

That piece of human skin really stuck to my face, I was anxious in my heart, and immediately stretched out my hand along the slit, ready to tear it off, but who knew that thing seemed to grow on my face, no matter how much I tore it off movement.If I am bold, when encountering this kind of thing, I also feel that my scalp is numb, and I can’t tear it apart after a few times. I jumped anxiously. Only after this jump did I realize that my body’s mobility has recovered a lot, and I don’t need to climb anymore. Now, I can already stand up.

Only then did the rest of the people realize that things were getting better, so they quickly gathered together.

Tofu looked around my face, stretched out his hand and tried to tear it off, clicked his tongue, and said: "No, it seems to grow together with your face, Miss Gu, it's over, what a face, Now that it has become like this, will you continue to kiss me in the future?"

I was so angry that I kicked Tofu directly, and I didn't even have the strength to scold him. The thought of another human skin covering my face made me feel disgusted and creepy.

At this moment, I am like a monkey. Compared with the scary human skin lantern just now, everyone is obviously more curious about this new skin on my face.

Gu Wenmin was worried, and reached out to touch my face. Normally, this scene would be beautiful, but at this time, there was a piece of skin covering my face, so I couldn't feel the touch. Gu Wenmin touched it anxiously. Turning to Zhuan Rui, he said, "Mr. Zhuan, you have seen a lot, do you know what this is?"

Zhuanrui frowned slightly, shook his head, and said, "I don't know." Immediately afterwards, he looked at the gradually dimming flames in the house, and the little snakes that were tentatively trying to crawl out, and said, "I'll discuss this matter later." Find a way to solve it, leave this place first, the big snake may come back soon."

Thinking of the poisonous smoke-spraying snake, we didn't dare to delay. We could only ignore the human skin on our face for the time being, and immediately ran out with our equipment bags on our backs.

After going out of the wooden door, there is still a piece of wildly growing vegetation outside the door, and it is dark and shrouded in thick fog.The air was cold and humid, everything looked hazy, and a string of crushed marks were left on the grass, which were obviously traces of the big snake following Xiao Jing away.

Although Tofu said that he was not forgiving, he always just said it quickly. When it came to the critical moment, he was the one who was most likely to soften his heart. He hesitated and said, "We really don't care about Xiao Jing? After all, we are a girl, aren't we too What's the matter?"

Zhuan Rui said lukewarmly: "This is not a place to be pitiful, so I never bring women with me when I fight."

Tofu was not happy, and said: "Although I am an upright old man, I still have to say something fair for the female compatriots. You are blatantly discriminatory."

Zhuan Rui glanced at him and said, "Yes, it's discrimination, you bite me?"

Tofu was choked, and he could not speak with his mouth open.I interrupted the two of them, having made a decision in my mind, and said: "Go back to the side hall first, there must be something that the big snake taboos in the side hall, go to a safe place first, and then plan countermeasures." Now, we There is only one way out.

At this moment, I suddenly felt the muscles on my face tense, as if being forcibly kneaded by two hands, the muscles on my face became uncontrollable.Tofu, who was closest to me, backed away violently, hid behind Zhong Gong, stared at me and said, "Old Chen, you... what kind of expression do you have, why, why does it look like you want to eat people."

The expressions of the rest of the people also changed when they saw me, as if they saw a monster. I knew something was wrong, and immediately took out the mirror that Gu Wenmin threw to me before to take a look. After seeing it, I gasped in fright Cool, I saw my face in the mirror, no, to be precise, it was that sallow and sallow strange face, unexpectedly showing a strange smile, grinning strangely.

I think I still pay attention to my image, and I will never grin to such an extent. I have never seen anyone who can smile like this except Tofu, who is heartless and happy all day long.That smile combined with this face gave it a particularly weird and penetrating feeling, which scared me so much that I didn't even dare to look at it myself.

What the hell is going on with this face?

It can actually control my expression?

What exactly is it trying to do?
My heart was pounding, and a thought came to me suddenly, and I said in my heart: Is it laughing at what I just said?
Damn, I was angry and hopeless in my heart, but at this moment, apart from controlling my expression, it had no other symptoms, so I would regenerate heresy, and I said to everyone: "I can't control my face, don't worry about it. What expression do I have, come on, let's hurry back to the side hall, I have a... very bad premonition."

Everyone encountered this bizarre change, and they didn't want to stay in the bushes any longer. Even with flashlights, we ran away according to the way we came. It didn't take long for us to rush out of the bushes and return to the dark road. Before the corridor.The door of the side hall is still as big as when we left.

It wasn't until here that everyone breathed a sigh of relief, escaped into the palace without saying a word, sat down on the ground and gasped for breath.

After a while, Zhuanji stared at my face, snorted, and said, "Your face has returned to normal."

Tofu also looked up, and said happily: "Really, the skin on the face is gone, and this face is still pleasing to the eye, although it is not as good as mine." Hearing this, I quickly took out the mirror and took a look. The human skin has disappeared.

How is this going?

I looked at the dark hall, thought about the previous situation, and thought: Is there something in this hall, not only the nemesis of the big snake, but also the nemesis of the human skin lantern?So as soon as I entered the hall, the human skin disappeared?No wonder that person was trapped here to death. If we leave the hall, wouldn't the big snake and the human-skin lantern come to us?
The rest of the people obviously thought of this too, and for a while everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, speechless.

Silence spread among us.

What should I do?
rush out?
Can we handle that big snake?

Can we deal with that weird human skin lantern?
Or stuck here?
Aren't we going to follow in the footsteps of the dead bones in the temple?
Back then, someone carved a cross on the door, which meant that the group of grandpa had also ventured out of the hall, but obviously...they failed to leave the Yashan treasure hall in the end, and they might have been killed by the big snake. Or the human skin lantern was killed.

Everyone obviously thought about the same thing, and their faces became more and more ugly. Just as we frowned and thought about it, a gust of wind blew in from outside the door, and the grass and trees on the other side of the corridor were rustling. You can see a black thing reflecting the dim light among the vegetation, what is it if it's not the poisonous snake!
It didn't know when it caught up and hid among the bushes, but this time it didn't rush in rashly, obviously it was afraid of something.

Tofu sighed, and said, "This big snake has come, but Xiao Jing has not been seen. It seems that she is probably... Well, even though I don't like her, now that I think about it, why do I feel a little disturbed?"

(End of this chapter)