Tomb Raiders Codex

Chapter 265 Woman
Things got back to the original point, everyone discussed for a while, and still felt that we should first find out the thing that made the poisonous snake afraid. Soon, we thoroughly explored this side hall, but found nothing.

Could it be that things have really developed to the worst point?The poisonous snake and the human skin are afraid of the side hall itself, not something inside?
Speaking of which, the side hall was empty, and there were really no other objects, and everyone fell into a stalemate for a while.Tofu walked back and forth anxiously holding his hair, looked at the silent crowd, and said, "Why are you all dumb, think of a way quickly, I don't want to be trapped here and become a bone of bones."

So far, what else can be done?I said: "The only way is to break through."

Zhuan Rui nodded and began to check his guns. Everyone knew in their hearts that there was no other way.After a while, the equipment was integrated. We discussed the countermeasures and decided to divide into three groups. Among them, Zhuan Rui and I took the lead. Gu Wenmin and Zhong Gong were the best marksman. Going in and out of these dangerous places, lacking experience, and Tofu teamed up and walked in the middle of the team.

I said to Miss Gu: "You have always been very vigilant, so I will leave the battle to you and Zhong Gong, pay more attention to the surrounding situation, and leave the rest to me and Zhuan Rui."

Tofu said, "Then what do I need to do?"

I thought about it and said, "The gun in your hand, just make sure not to shoot at your own people." After planning, we put away the flashlight, turned on the headlights, adjusted the brightness of the lights to the maximum, and walked to the the door.There was a dark wind outside the door, and the poisonous snake had disappeared. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Zhuanrui and I leaned out immediately, and the other two groups of people followed closely behind according to the previous plan. A group of six people walked out quickly and stretched towards the corridor direction.

Our idea is that if we want to find out the layout of the Yashan Palace first, we must first find a relatively safe place, and then climb to the highest place to take a look at the situation.

Soon, the corridor came to an end, and the end was divided into two, forming a T-shaped corridor. Looking around, there were vermilion closed doors on three sides of the corridor. It was silent, as if we had walked into a closed room. In the alley, but what makes us feel gratifying is that during this process, the poisonous snake and the human skin lantern did not appear.

Tofu breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It can be regarded as leaving."

Gu Wenmin was still very vigilant, and said: "It's not far away, we haven't completely escaped danger yet, we'd better be careful." I nodded and agreed with her words, then looked up and found that the top of the corridor was still covered with wood. The custom-made corridor blocks the sky, and the corridor connects the doors on three sides into one, like a big box, and we are like the little bugs that got into the box, which makes people feel very uncomfortable.

Zhuan Rui looked around and said, "This place is relatively closed, it seems that we have to change places."

Tofu pointed to the closed doors around him, and said, "Should we go in and have a look at these places? Maybe Mr. Chen and the others have gone in that year, and they will probably leave some clues." Naturally, I don’t want to let go of any possibility, but the longer the current situation drags on, the more unfavorable it will be for us, so I said: “We can take a while to find a way to break the evil spirit of the two corpses first. It’s not too late to search slowly.” Having made up our minds, we decided to move on and find a high ground to see the situation.

Since we didn't know the specifications of this treasure hall, we chose a road at random and walked forward according to the previous formation.There are scarlet wooden doors on both sides of this corridor. The narrow corridor is dark and cramped. The headlights shine forward. I don’t know how long it is. You can’t see the end at a glance. The end is dark and gloomy, as if it is endless.

At this moment, I suddenly saw a familiar mark appeared on a wooden door on the right. It was a fork made by a dagger. Below the fork was a deformed character.I couldn't help hissing, and said in my heart: Could it be that Grandpa and the others also entered this room before?There was a fork in the side hall before, and there was a dead person inside, so what does this fork represent?Is there another dead person inside?

These thoughts flashed by almost in an instant, and before I could recall it, there was a burst of ethereal singing from the room, the tone was very soft, but it seemed to fall into the bottom of the heart, making it hard to remember neglect.In an instant, our eyes couldn't be turned elsewhere, and we all stared at the wooden door in front of us, with countless thoughts in our hearts.

who is singing?
In this place, besides us, can there be other living people?The singer inside was probably either a ghost or a monster. At this moment, Tofu went crazy, and suddenly slammed into the wooden door.The wooden door was not locked on the inside, and it was knocked open all at once.I was startled, and hurriedly said: "Xiaodou, what are you doing!" Under such a weird situation, why did he rush to open the door?
Tofu also had a dazed expression on his face, he turned abruptly and looked behind him, looked at Gu Wenmin and Zhong Gong, and said, "Which of you pushed me just now?"

Gu Wenmin looked very surprised, and said softly: "How could we push you?"

Although the words were not made clear, everyone also understood that Tofu didn't hit the door by himself, but...

My heart skipped a beat, and my heart said: Is the singing thing in this room 'inviting' us in?Under normal circumstances, I would definitely not let go of this opportunity to find out, but the strange collision of tofu makes everything seem like a trap. We are not fools if we know it is a trap and still jump into it .

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, the surroundings were gloomy, and the faint singing stopped almost the moment the door was broken.

The surroundings have regained the deathly silence. The world inside the gate surprised us a bit, because this Yashan Palace is said to be a place for ghosts to enter and exit, so there are almost no objects, all are full of ghostly sculptures, murals, etc. , but in this room, where the light shines and where the eyes can see, there are some dusty ornaments, which seem to be a place where living people live.

Because of this trace of abnormality, everyone's curiosity was aroused, and they looked around subconsciously. With the swing of several headlights, some things hidden in the dark in the room were also revealed.Just then, a strange thing caught our attention.It was a mass of charred black matter, piled on the ground, this thing is familiar to us, it is the material left after the burning of solid fuel.In general solid fuels, 90.00% are combustibles, so there is not much waste produced, and such a large piece of waste can be piled up, it is obvious that someone has stayed here for a long time.

Who is that person?

What are you doing in this room?
Now, I didn't care about any traps or not, and immediately walked towards the pile of waste. As the distance got closer, some things around the waste were also displayed in front of our eyes: a small portable iron pot, a pile of food packaging Bags, some bad cigarette butts, some towels, and some unisex clothes for men and women.

Among those clothes, I found a yellowed white vest. The moment I saw it, I felt my eyes heat up instantly, because I remembered this dress, which was often worn by my grandfather in summer. In the lower right corner, there is a puddle of yellowish substance that cannot be washed off. I remember that it was stained by an oil lamp that was knocked over.

I held the dress in my hands, feeling my hands trembling, and the image of my grandfather became clearer in my mind.It was the first time in the 14 years since my grandfather disappeared that I felt so close to him.

Soon, I forced myself to calm down and start analyzing the situation in front of me.

First of all, judging from the traces left on the scene, this is not a single person, but a group of people, both male and female, and they stayed here for a long time.

Obviously, this group of people left later, leaving behind these remnants, and before leaving, someone carved the cross mark representing some kind of information on the door.I am keenly aware that there may be other things in this room that we haven't discovered. Everyone was attracted by this pile of remnants before, and didn't look too much at other places.

Thinking of this, I exhaled, calmed down, and signaled everyone to search separately.

This room is relatively large, with several rooms separated by hollow wooden doors. There are tables, chairs and benches inside, which seem to be for living people to live in, but soon we found that these tables, chairs and benches were all painted black without exception. The back is also engraved with the Yinquan pattern representing the underworld of the underworld.

Obviously, although the layout here is complete, it is not for living people to live in.

I was looking around, trying to find the source of the previous sound, but when I raised my head, I suddenly saw a woman in a gorgeous dress, with her back to me, sitting on a chair engraved with Yinquan patterns. On the chair, a head of black hair hangs loose, and a bronze mirror is placed in front of it. From the not-so-clear bronze mirror, a blue and purple human face is reflected. The human face in the bronze mirror is separated from me by the mirror. Look at each other.

Seeing this situation suddenly, I gasped in shock, backed up again and again, accidentally tripped over something, and fell to the ground with my feet in the air.This movement attracted the rest of the people around. After discovering the sitting woman, I was obviously not the only one who was frightened. Tofu even jumped three feet high, covering his eyes and ears, as if the woman would disappear like this of.

Gu Wenmin tremblingly said: "Could it be that the voice just now was made by her?"

Zhuanji swallowed, and said, "No way, it looks like a dead person, and a dead person can sing?" Then he looked at Zhong Gong, and said, "Xiao Zhong, go and get her here, and see if she is a dead person." What the hell." Zhong Gong wasn't stupid, he pretended he didn't hear, watching his nose with his eyes and his heart with his nose.

(End of this chapter)