Tomb Raiders Codex

Chapter 297
It was an irregular flake the size of a fingernail, like some kind of wreck, it was pitch black, and it couldn't be seen what it was.I twisted it up and squeezed it in my hand. The scorched black color suddenly made me realize that this is a fragment of the mask!

Could it be that this person took the mask that disappeared in the corner?

It stands to reason that after a person dies, if there is no support for the body, it is impossible to maintain an upright standing shape, but the person in front of me, without any support, just stands in front of us, covered in white powder, reminds me The most primitive anti-corrosion technology in ancient times, the salt corpse.

Gu Wenmin said softly: "The powder on it seems to be salt."

Tofu said: "It looks a bit like it, why don't you try it to see if it's salty." I said: "This is a good idea, you can try it."

Tofu scratched his head and said, "I'm trying to find a way, but we've been here for so long, and we haven't seen any ghosts. The organ, it's probably Mr. Chen and the others, who have already wiped out the thunder for us. I don’t think we need to be so careful.” Tofu’s idea is good, but I’m different from him, he likes to think about the good in everything, and I tend to prepare for the worst first.The person trapped in the jade, and this thing that looks like a salt corpse in front of me, no matter from that aspect, there is no way to reassure me.

Up to now, we are at a loss and have found nothing. It is not a problem to just stand here. After searching for nothing, we can only walk around this weird salt corpse.On the top of the stone gate, there are obvious traces of a mechanism, but it is a one-time triggered mechanism. After being triggered by Grandpa and others, this mechanism has no threat to us.

Behind the stone gate is also a tomb passage without tomb bricks. This is very strange in the structure of the underground palace. The tomb passage is very tightly rammed, much narrower than the first tomb passage before. Everyone lined up and walked forward. Because we The drinking water has been exhausted, which is destined to prevent everyone from staying underground for a long time, so they are all in a hurry.

We were all focused on moving forward, but not long after, Zhuan Rui who was behind me suddenly stopped, turned his head sharply, and stared at the tofu at the back.Tofu looked a little dazed, touched his face, and said blankly: "Why do you suddenly look at me, and finally find that I am more handsome than you?"

I was the one who was walking in front. After hearing this, I turned around and felt puzzled. I followed Zhuanrui's gaze, and my heart skipped a beat. It wasn't because of Tofu, but because there was no one behind Tofu. .

Our walking order is like this, I am at the front, Zhuan Rui is behind me, Zhong Gong is third, Gu Wenmin is fourth, and Doufu is fifth. In this way, Doufu should be followed by Zhuanji.This young man was born in the Wang family. He was fearless in his actions and was easily impulsive, so he was left behind by Zhuan Rui. But at this moment, there was no one behind Tofu.

Zhuanrui's calmness was broken, and he immediately walked back quickly, looking around, grabbed Tofu by the collar, and shouted, "Where are you?" Tofu's personality will not hide this kind of discomfort, and he immediately said: "Fuck you, I'm not a Chihuahua's nanny, and I don't have eyes on him, who knows where he went!"

Zhuanrui snorted coldly, let go of his hands and walked straight on the same road, it seemed that he was going to find Zhuanji, Zhong Gong naturally followed closely, and for a while, only me, Gu Wenmin and Tofu were left in the same place.Tofu straightened his dirty T-shirt. After greeting the [-]th generation of Zhuanrui's ancestors, he said, "The Chihuahua is probably in danger. Let's not be idle. Find someone!"

Immediately afterwards, a group of five of us walked back and forth several times in this narrow tomb passage.It is impossible for a living person to evaporate suddenly. The most likely reason may be that there are traps in the tomb passage, but there are no tomb bricks in this tomb passage.After searching the tomb passage, we turned our attention to the previous stone chamber... Did the Chihuahua go back through the tomb door?
What is going on?

For the current plan, everyone could only wrap their skins again, covered their eyes, walked through the poisonous powder belt, and rushed back to the tomb.In the dark tomb, the mask on the wall was still watching us with a strange smile, but at this moment, a terrifying scene suddenly appeared in everyone's sight.

The person in the jade in the center of the tomb disappeared, and was replaced by another person.

It was Zhuanji, although he was not naked, but he wore a scorched mask on his face, wrapped in jade in a struggling posture.I just felt my scalp go numb, thinking what the hell is this, how could it be like this?Staring at the dark mask on Zhuanji's face, and thinking of the fragments of the mask from the brain of the dead body behind the stone gate, I suddenly had an idea: Could it be that these masks are harming people?
But now there is no time for us to think too much, Zhuanji is trapped in the jade, his expression is distorted, and he seems to want to climb out in pain, but he has also turned into something like amber just like the previous person.Tofu's eyes turned red, and he immediately picked up the shovel and said, "What are you doing in a daze, save people quickly!"

Anyone with a discerning eye understands that it may be too late to save people now, but at this time, no one is willing to give up.We took out our tools and began to excavate this strange piece of jade.We soon discovered that its texture is softer than jade, which is brittle and easy to break, but its texture is more like a high-concentration gel, which feels like jade, but has a slight elasticity when chiseled.

This took us a lot of time, and when we completely split it in half with a chisel, the Chihuahua's body was finally revealed.With a sullen face, Zhuan Rui stretched out his hands to pull the person away, but at this moment, a tingling scene appeared.Zhuanji was pulled out, but what was pulled out was an empty human skin!

The human skin was pulled out, without the jade package, it completely collapsed, and finally only the clothes remained.

Everyone stood in front of this human skin, and no one could say a word.After a while, I heard a suppressed grunt from Zhuan Rui's throat, as if he was about to go into a rage, but he suppressed it, so he only made a strange and meaningless sound.My thinking is completely messed up.To Zhuanji, my impression is that he is bold, probably because he was born in a wealthy family and has not encountered many difficulties, so he has the unique arrogance of young people, and this arrogance has been magnified several times in him.

But now, this young man has transformed from a living person into a piece of skin. In the end, even the piece of skin was wrapped under the clothes and disappeared.At this moment, I even suspected that I was dreaming. The dark tomb, the silent group of people, and the rigid and unchanging posture were like a dark dream.

Immediately afterwards, Tofu was the first to speak. He pinched his leg hard, then hissed in pain, and then his eyes turned red, and he muttered, "I must be dreaming." .”

Miss Gu squatted beside me, her lips parted slightly, unable to speak a word, after a while, she looked at me with dark eyes, the horror inside was hard to hide.

Even if I don't want to believe the truth in front of me, this is not a dream after all. After a while, everyone had to accept this fact. I felt my legs were a little weak, so I just sat down on the ground, my mind was in a mess.Why did Zhuanji become like this?From the time he disappeared to the present, it has not been more than half an hour, and he has not made a sound at all, just like this silently...

The scorched mask also rolled down with Gululu, and just rolled to my feet.Zhuan Rui's expression was very cold, the disfigured half of his face was even more terrifying, and the remaining handsome face also twitched slightly. I could see that he was trying his best to endure his grief and anger. The mask fell on my feet Beside, Tofu stepped on it angrily, tearing the mask apart.

After a while, Gu Wenmin spoke first. She took a deep breath, managed to calm down, and said, "Here... there is an unknown danger, what should we do?"

Zhuan Rui raised his head, stared at the 'jade' that had been split into several pieces in front of him, and slowly uttered two words: "Revenge." Revenge to whom?The thing that killed Zhuanji?Even we don't even know what that thing is, if it's just the 'jade' in front of us, then it has been torn apart by us, or maybe it's revenge for the owner of the tomb?After finding it, drag it out to flog the corpse?
I forced myself to calm down and said, "Who do you think the owner of the tomb will be?"

Tofu said: "Who knows." After a pause, he blinked a few times, wiped his wet eyes twice, gritted his teeth and said, "Outside this tomb is a mass burial pit, but this ancient tomb was repaired alone. , so the owner of the tomb must be the most honorable person in the Zimu Kingdom."

Gu Wenmin immediately said: "Earth Ghost King?"

Tofu shook his head, and said, "I don't know, but I think the thing that killed Zhuanji...should have come out from behind." He looked at the tomb passage where Yan's corpse stood. With that weird smile on his face, the corpse stood at the door and watched us. On the stone door, the eight blood characters were clearly visible.

Could it be that we opened the stone gate and released the evil spirits, and Zhuanji had this catastrophe?

For Zhuanji's death, I feel regret and fear more, regret this fresh life, and fear that enemy we can't see.

But Zhuanrui lost his composure a little bit, his brother died tragically in front of his eyes, whether it was out of friendship or other considerations, Zhuanrui suffered the worst blow of all.He always thinks twice before acting, but now he is a little desperate, standing up abruptly, his eyes turn between the mask on the wall and the salt corpse, and then at the shattered jade ball in front of him, with a strange face, He showed an expression that he didn't know whether it was a smile or something, and he looked extremely cold, and then he said, "Fried."

(End of this chapter)