Tomb Raiders Codex

Chapter 270 Human Flesh Cauldron

What happened in the Yashan Palace was really weird, and everyone couldn't figure it out for a while, but it was extremely difficult. Fortunately, Xiao Jing returned safely, which was the greatest luck among misfortunes, and everyone felt better.Just when we were talking to Xiao Jing, Zhong Gong and Gu Wenmin, who were sitting on the big tripod, saw the movement and were about to get off the tripod and came towards us, but at this moment, Gu Wenmin leaned back, as if It's like not sitting firmly, it's like falling into a tripod.

I was startled, and thought that the big cauldron was weird, with boiling water tumbling inside, if Gu Wenmin fell, what would happen.Shock turns into shock, but I'm too far away now, even if I want to help, it's impossible, my heart skipped a beat, my whole body felt as if a basin of cold water had been poured on it, from head to toe cold.

At this critical moment, Gu Wenmin's legs suddenly opened, and he hooked the two ears next to the tripod with his ankles, preventing him from leaning down. The crowd dared not delay, and hurriedly ran over to save people.

Zhong Gong was the closest to Gu Wenmin, he was already halfway down, but now he climbed up again immediately, before we reached the edge of the tripod, Zhong Gong had already leaned out and pulled Gu Wenmin up violently.

At this time, I saw Gu Wenmin sitting up straight, her hair tied into a ponytail probably was broken, and her black hair was loose, before she could sit still, she called out: "Don't come here."

Don't go there?

what happened?

At this time, Zhong Gong and the two actually jumped down directly.You know, this big tripod is five or six meters high, and if most people jump off like this, although they won't break their legs, they will still hurt their muscles and bones. The two of them are too brave.I knew that Gu Wenmin was not a fool, and she must have had her intentions in doing so. The two rolled on the ground, and Gu Wenmin stood up limping, presumably with a sprained leg. At this time, the clock on the side Gong Ye immediately helped her to our side, and said while running, "There is something in the cauldron."

At this moment, we had already turned on the headlights, and the will-o'-the-wisps around us went out as those four things disappeared.As soon as Zhong Gong finished speaking, I saw that the white mist above the cauldron was getting thicker and thicker, and at the same time, a black figure in the shape of a human appeared in the hazy white mist.

What it is?
Soft dumplings?
Gu Wenmin limped to my side, and while I was staring at the black shadow in the thick fog above the main hall, I asked Gu Damei, "What happened just now?" Legs, with some inconvenience in movement, he described what happened with a pale face.

It turned out that just as she was about to get off the cauldron, a force suddenly came from the cauldron behind her, grabbing her equipment bag.The equipment bag is different from the ordinary mountaineering bag. It has many hidden buckles. It is to avoid things such as the backpack falling off during intense exercise. Therefore, the equipment bag is closely attached to the back of the person, which is equivalent to the back of the back at critical times. armor.

The equipment bag was pulled back, and Gu Wenmin, who was sitting on the edge of the tripod, fell backwards inevitably, but she reacted very quickly. The moment she fell, she hooked the ears of the tripod with her ankles, so she did not fall into the tripod. inside.At this very moment, her face was only a dozen centimeters away from the boiling water in the cauldron, and the heat was steaming up, making her face burn.At this moment, Gu Wenmin suddenly saw some round objects rolling in the boiling yellow soup, and one of the round objects happened to turn over.

Scary, it turned out to be a human head!
Gu Wenmin was shocked, thinking that this huge cauldron actually boiled dead people?She hurriedly exerted her waist and legs, and was about to turn over and sit up, but the force that grabbed her equipment bag actually pulled her down. Gu Wenmin couldn't help but looked sideways, only to find that it was a human hand protruding from the boiling water. !
All this happened almost instantly, and the comparison of the two forces made it impossible for Gu Wenmin to get up.Fortunately, Zhong Gong was not far away at that time, so he rescued Gu Wenmin, and then pulled Gu Wenmin up.The two were frightened by the vision in the cauldron, and saw the tumbling head and limbs in the cauldron trying to crawl out as if they were alive, so they jumped down without saying a word.

At this moment, the white mist rolled around the cauldron, and the black shadow was in the center of the cauldron, as if it had just crawled out.

My heart broke, and I said, "It's the best thing to do first, kill it." No matter what it is, anyway, the thing crawling out of the cauldron will never be able to make good friends with us.As soon as I opened my mouth, the rest of the people didn't say much, and immediately fired. The gunshots were deafening for a while, and they all went towards the black shadow above the cauldron.

As soon as we fired, the thing seemed to know how powerful it was, and suddenly retracted into the cauldron, the white mist became thinner again, and everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, not knowing why for a while.After a while, Tofu asked me: "Old Chen, what are you doing now?"

I told everyone that one thing more is worse than one thing less. As long as the things in the cauldron don't come to provoke us, we should not cause trouble for the upper body, and we must not forget our original purpose because of these things.

What is our original purpose?Naturally, it is necessary to find my grandfather's bones and explore the secrets of the Yashan Palace, but before that, we must first break through the evil situation of the two corpses. At this moment, the male and female corpses did not come out to make trouble, I guess it is hoped that we Help them get away, if we can't do it, I'm afraid that the future journey will definitely be full of dangers.

Immediately, we decided not to care about the cauldron, I took out the compass from my pocket, and prepared to check the direction.This place is filled with dense fog, dark and gloomy, and there is no reference point. It is easy to get lost if you walk indiscriminately. You must first set a coordinate for yourself before you can start searching.Unexpectedly, as soon as the compass was taken out, I was stunned, because the pointer inside was spinning round and round, and there was no way to locate it.

Gu Wenmin gasped and said, "Could it be broken?" Each of us carried the compass and other small accessories. Seeing that mine was broken, the rest of the people also took out their own compasses. Several people got together to have a look. All six compasses were unable to locate.Tofu stared at the compass, his eyes rolling around, which is his habit when thinking about things, and then he heard him say affirmatively: "There is magnetic field interference in this place."

It is impossible for the six compasses to be broken at the same time. The only possibility is that there is a problem with the magnetic field here.

Xiao Jing said: "I can't locate it, what should I do now?"

While she was talking, she pushed Gu Wenmin beside me, and I smiled wryly in my heart. To be honest, after sorting out my feelings, I don't want to go on in such an ambiguous way. I'm sure, I like it Who is it, but at this moment, in this environment, it is really inconvenient for me to reveal this matter to Xiao Jing.

She first came to the Yashan Palace for me, and she almost died in the end. If I made it clear at this time, I would feel that I am not a thing.

So at this moment, I can only pretend not to know. Gu Wenmin on the side probably thought of the agreement at that time, pursed his lips, stood silently on the side, and put the compass back in his pocket.

Tofu had better eyesight now, and saw that the atmosphere was not right, so he laughed and said, "Forget it, it doesn't matter if there is no compass, let's use this big tripod as a reference, and search around it." While talking, he yawned, and I subconsciously looked at my watch, only to realize that it was already two o'clock in the morning.

We entered the Yashan Treasure Hall at noon in the daytime. Up to now, it has been a full fourteen hours. Everyone has not rested, and they are always under tension and high-intensity physical exertion. They all say that yawning is contagious. This is indeed true. When Tofu yawned, we all felt sleepy and tired, but how to say resting near this big cauldron really made people feel panic, so everyone chose a location and decided to start from the cauldron. Search the west side of Susu, and go there to rest along the way.

The crowd headed west, the road was filled with dense fog, and there was nothing in sight. After walking for about twenty minutes, Gu Wenmin stopped and rubbed his feet, as if he couldn't move anymore.She never dragged back along the way, and now her ankle is sprained, and she has trouble moving, so I said, "Come up, I'll carry you on my back."

Xiao Jing was not happy anymore, she took my arm and said, "Did you forget the previous agreement?"

Even though I was usually described as paralyzed by Tofu, I also felt embarrassed at this moment, my expression was a little unsteady, and I hurriedly said: "Don't make trouble, her leg is injured."

Xiao Jing didn't talk to me, and turned her head to stare at Gu Wenmin.

Tofu quickly tugged at me, dragged my arm back, and said in a low voice, "This is a struggle between their women, so don't get involved." After a pause, Tofu became unhappy again, stared at me and said : "You are only half a centimeter taller than me, your muscles are stronger than mine, your skills are better than mine, and you have more money than me. Why do women like you?"

I said coldly, "Isn't what you said enough?"

Tofu choked, and swore to the sky: "One day I will be better than you. I will apply for a fitness card and enroll in a boxing class when I get back. From now on, I will never keep the proceeds from the store for you again. I have to take care of myself."

I said, "Then what about your height?"

Tofu said: "Men can also wear height-increasing shoes these days."

I nodded and said: "You seem to be able to catch up with me, but you forget that there is one thing that cannot be changed by external forces."

Tofu froze, tilted his head and asked, "What?"

I pointed to my head, and said lightly, "IQ." After speaking, without giving Tofu a chance to refute, I said to Zhuan Rui, "Let's rest where you are, it's been more than ten hours, and everyone can't stand it." Zhuan Rui He raised his eyebrows, he had no objection, but his expression was obviously saying: Don't make excuses.

I pretended I didn't see it, and sat down on the spot with my eyes closed to rest my mind. In fact, now is not the time to rest, and I also have selfish intentions. In Gu Wenmin's current situation, if I don't rest and take care of my injuries, I may fall into the root cause of the disease.Everyone rested in place, lit a pile of solid fuel, and rested for a total of two hours. Zhong Gong and I took turns to watch in two shifts. Except for Zhong Gong and me, everyone else could sleep for two hours. Not bad.

(End of this chapter)