Tomb Raiders Codex

Chapter 292
I handed Miss Gu's pistol to Tofu's hand, and said, "If she comes again, you will shoot." Tofu held the pistol back, cursing and saying, "Damn it, she's a corpse. Guns are useful."

Zhuan Rui behind him said: "Everyone has their weaknesses, and corpses have their weaknesses. As long as she dares to show up, you can shoot at her upper dantian." The so-called dantian in traditional anthropology is divided into upper, middle and lower three. The upper dantian is located between the eyebrows of the human body, which was considered by the ancients to be the place where the soul lives. The middle dantian, located in the center of the chest, is the acupoint for the life of a living person. The lower dantian is located in the sea of ​​​​qi in the lower abdomen, which stores the essence of the human body. .This traditional theory is inherited in one continuous line, so in ghost theology, Shangdantian is also one of the ways to eliminate ghouls.

Although Tofu was cursing, he didn't back down, and began to crawl forward slowly. I could only see his feet. Everyone took off their equipment bags and pushed forward. our vanguard.While crawling, I cheered up Tofu, for fear that he would suddenly become cowardly and stay put.

About twenty minutes later, we turned another corner in the Z-shaped robbery hole. At this moment, Tofu was overjoyed and said, "I saw the exit, hiss..." Then, he hissed fiercely, Immediately afterwards, we heard a gunshot in our ears. The gunshot was even more deafening in the narrow robbery cave. The robbery cave was impacted by the huge sound wave, and the broken soil rolled down for a while, and the eyes of the confused people became hot. .

I spit out the fishy soil and coughed: "Xiaodou, is she here?"

Tofu stayed where he was, but said, "No, Xiao Jing didn't see it, but we can't get out of the hole. There is a spider web with a spider bigger than a human head squatting on it."

spider?

Gu Wenmin was surprised: "There are spiders in such a deep underground?"

I said: "I know that there is a kind of earth spider, which is said to be a remnant of the Cretaceous period. It is good at digging burrows, lives extremely deep underground, and feeds on gophers and young earth pythons." Immediately afterwards, I asked Tofu: "What does that spider look like? Does it have white patterns on its head, like Peking Opera masks?"

Tofu said: "Yes, how do you know!"

I said: "Don't be afraid, this is the earth spider. It doesn't eat people. Did your shot hit it? If you miss it, give it another shot." In fact, I said this to comfort Tofu. The earth spider actually It is extremely ferocious, and it also feeds on other animals of the same kind. It is good at storing prey. It is said that its spider silk is so sticky that it can trap a human child. The most frightening thing is that it is highly poisonous. The degenerate big turtle can secrete venom, and a bite can kill a big cow.

If I were to tell the truth, wouldn't Tofu pee your pants?At this moment, the robbery hole is narrow, and Tofu is tightly blocked in front of him. We can only move forward if he goes forward, so I lied and encouraged Tofu to act first, otherwise, when the big spider crawls in, we will not be able to move forward. Big bad.

Tofu is easy to fool. Hearing what I said, he immediately became arrogant and said: "It turns out that he is a shoddy, look at me." After finishing speaking, he heard another gunshot, and Tofu immediately said: "OK , I shot him flying." Saying that, he began to crawl forward.

After a while, everyone finally got out of the cave. After being suffocated in the robbery cave for so long, as soon as they came out, everyone shook their hands and raised their arms to exercise their muscles and bones. While moving, they observed the surrounding environment.

Outside the hole was the spider that had been shot to death by the tofu. It was not completely dead, and its furry legs twitched from time to time.With the light of the headlights, we can see that where we are now is a gourd-shaped cave, and there is a narrow arched passage not far away, just like the thin waist in the middle of the gourd.

And above our heads is the treetop of the ghost tree of the underworld. Grandpa and his party's thieving hole is really superb and clever, not only avoiding the poisonous needle, but also going straight to the ground.

This cave has very obvious artificial traces. On the surrounding rocky and earthy walls, there are fire troughs dug into the shape of square holes, which should be the place where torches were placed thousands of years ago.Tofu hissed, looked around, and said: "This place seems to be dug out by hand. It seems that the disappearance of Zimu Kingdom has nothing to do with the earthquake, otherwise this hole would have been destroyed in the earthquake. You say, such a deep hole What is the underground cave used for?"

According to the height of the ghost tree in the underworld, we have already descended a full hundred meters. This depth is not scary.Why did the people of Guzmu country build such a deep underground cave thousands of years ago?Why did they suddenly disappear in history?Is there any connection between their disappearance and this underground cave?

While observing, Tofu said, "Will Xiao Jing hide around here? Let's not disperse, it's safer to walk together." This kid is timid, but I also have Xiao Jing in my heart, so I nodded and walked in Open the way ahead.The place is empty, and the ground is still a little wet, and I don't know what it is used for.Everyone was vigilant, while heading towards the waist of the gourd. When I got to the waist, I could no longer see the ghost tree of Huangquan behind me. White stuff.

I was startled, stopped and raised my head abruptly. In an instant, everyone exclaimed. It turned out that there were countless white-clothed corpses hanging in the cave above our heads.The white clothes of these corpses are fluttering, and their shadows are hidden in the darkness. If our headlights were not bright, it would be really difficult to find them.

When I looked up suddenly and saw such a scene, my heart skipped a beat, and I sank like a stone.At this moment, Gu Wenmin had sharp eyes and suddenly said, "No, they seem to be some dummies." In the dim environment, I squinted my eyes and looked carefully, and I found that these hanging people were originally made of wooden shelves. When he got up, a strange iron mask was tied to the top of the shelf, and his body was covered with white clothes. At first glance, he really looked like a hanged ghost.

Gu Wenmin said: "These dummies are wearing masks, and they seem to represent people from the earth ghost clan."

Tofu said: "The whole dummy is here to scare people. It seems that the people of Zimu are not as scary as the legends say."

At this time, Zhuanrui seemed to think of something, glanced at Tofu, and said calmly: "What do you know, this is called the 'hanging corpse formation', a kind of evil formation in the ancient tomb, look, these people Hanging on the top with the mask facing down, is it like staring at us?" I looked up, and sure enough, I saw that although the masks were tied to the wooden frame, the angle was a little drooping, as if they were hung on the wooden frame. The people above seemed to be looking down at us. Even though they knew they were fakes, it still made people feel a little creepy.

I have also heard of the hanging corpse formation. The ancients believed in ghosts and gods. In some large tombs, in addition to the anti-theft technology of the dark crossbow mechanism, some evil formations are often set up to block the tomb robbers. For example, in the tomb of Princess Gegeer. The dead body bureau and the weird jade bridge are one of them.The hanging corpse array was originally replaced by dummy, hanging at the entrance of the underground palace to scare the tomb robbers. Later, it evolved into an array of burials with living people, and later, some evil spells were added. The hanging corpse array has changed from scaring and warning tomb robbers at the beginning to a very dangerous and evil array.

The hanging corpse array in front of us is a dummy made of wood, that is to say, it is still in the initial stage, and it mainly plays a role of intimidation.

I felt strange, and said: "This hanging corpse array has been around for a long time, and it is used for the protection of the underground palace. How could it appear here? Could it be..." My eyes could not help but look at the waist of the gourd, and there is a wider space behind the waist , Our lights hit the past, but they couldn't reach the head.Everyone obviously thought of one thing: there is an array of hanging corpses here, could it be that behind the waist of the gourd is an ancient underground tomb thousands of years ago?
Who is the owner of the ancient tomb?

We ignored the original corpse formation above our heads, but walked cautiously into the space behind the waist of the gourd.

Once inside, Gu Wenmin shivered and said, "It's so cold." Tofu also shrank his neck and said, "The temperature difference is too strong."

We looked around and immediately found the source of the cold.To be precise, this is not cold air, but Yin air.

This cave has an irregular rectangular shape, with a wide avenue in the center. On both sides of the avenue is a typical ancient animal sacrifice pit. At a glance, it is full of ceramic earthen jars, sheep's head and cattle bones. On the wall, there are countless holes dug into square holes.

The pits are arranged layer by layer in a very orderly manner, just like the grid writing pads I used when I was a child. Due to the location, we can’t see how deep the pits are, but judging from the faintly exposed things at the entrance of the hole, Inside is a kind of black bamboo strip.

When I came here, I had a general understanding of the local conditions and customs of Guidi, and I immediately recognized that the kind of black bamboo mat is made of a plant similar to dogtail grass, called black bamboo mat, with a taste of Aromatic and has a natural insect repellent effect.

There are many insects and snakes in Guidi, and the mosquitoes and flies are big. In ancient times, people in Guidi used this grass to weave bamboo mats and sleep under their bodies. In summer, they can avoid mosquito bites. Until modern times, some remote mountainous areas still have Stay away from mosquito coils and insecticides, and sleep peacefully in summer with the old-fashioned method.

In addition to sleeping for the living, the black bamboo mats are usually wrapped in black bamboo mats when people die in their coffins. Now, with the mandatory cremation and people's gradual ignorance of funerals, this custom of wrapping corpses in black bamboo mats is rare. .
I was secretly startled, and said to myself: Could it be that the people wrapped in these holes are all dead bodies?Wherever the eyes can see, there are all square holes, densely packed at a glance, which makes people startled.

(End of this chapter)