Tomb Raiders Codex

Chapter 298 Ghost Mask
Zhuan Rui pointed to the tomb passage where the salt corpse was located, and motioned us to hide in the tomb passage. It seems that he has not completely lost his mind. What he wants to blow up is this tomb chamber, the strange jade on the ground, and the mask on the wall.

But in this way, this tomb will become a dead end, how will we get out then?

Even Tofu saw the haste of Zhuan Rui's order, and immediately said: "Lord, we all understand your current mood, but don't be impulsive, won't we be blocked after the bombing? It will take a long time, but we have lost a drop of water, so we can't hold on."

Zhuanrui squinted his eyes when he heard the words, and seemed to have calmed down. He struck the tofu while the iron was hot, pointed to the mask on the wall, and said, "Let's just set it on fire. I also thought those things were not pleasing to the eye. Let's just serve them in one pot. Since we can’t find out what the enemy is doing, let’s destroy the enemies we can see first.”

Fortunately, Tofu was smart for a while, this Zhong Gong is a typical loyal dog, Zhuan Rui told him to go east, he would never go west, if these two people really don't change their minds, we two groups will definitely fight.After Tofu finished speaking, Zhuan Rui didn't speak, but Zhong Gong seemed to have understood something, and immediately gestured to us, signaling to set fire.

Everyone is full of anger at the moment. While feeling terrified, they are more angry and hatred. Driven by this force, those masks, the broken jade pieces, and the thing similar to the salt corpse were taken away by us. Heaped up to the center of the tomb.Zhong Gong ignited the solid fuel, smashed it in, and the fuel broke into several pieces and began to burn simultaneously.Soon, the corpse and the mask turned into raging fire, and the weird jade-like thing gradually softened in our sight.

The deep underground world was instantly filled with a scorching stench. Fortunately, we were prepared, we tore some cloth to cover our mouth and nose, squinted and watched from a distance from where the salt corpse was before.The dry flat human skin left by Zhuan Ji was carefully rolled up into a bundle by Zhong Gong like a roll of paper.

To be honest, this is a very strange scene. A moment ago, a living person turned into a piece of skin and was rolled up. It made me feel that human life is so fragile, and the world is impermanent. Expected to end up like this.

What about my future?
Did he die in a certain battle, or was he gradually dying under the curse of the face of the ghost?Or is everything going well, successfully solving the mystery, and living a normal life?

Everyone watched silently, and when the flames were about to go out, nothing happened, and we entered the tomb again.This time, the team was very silent, and Zhuanji's death weighed heavily on the hearts of the group. In fact, apart from regret and feeling, I didn't feel any grief at all. After all, I didn't know the Zhuan family very well.

Reminiscent of the situation where Zhuanji was at the end and suffered, I didn't dare to let Doufu and others back up, so I took the initiative to walk at the end and took out my weapon to suppress the formation.Walking in front of me was Tofu, and in front of Tofu was Gu Wenmin, followed by Zhong Gong and Zhuan Rui.This tomb passage is relatively long, and I have never seen a single tomb brick. When I walked about a hundred meters, the tofu in front of me suddenly stopped, then took a sharp step back, and hit my arms directly, causing my jaw to bite He bit his tongue, his sore nose became sore, and his heart became angry instantly, and he said, "Damn, what kind of plane are you doing?"

No one in the crowd is in a good mood at the moment. After being treated like this by Tofu, I feel so angry that I can't suppress it.

Tofu shrank his neck in fright, and stammered: "No, no, there is a fish that slipped through the net here." He pointed to the position in front of him on the left, and when he lowered his head, the light shone straight on. Another mask, exactly the same as the one hanging on the wall before.

I was taken aback, thinking that the mask had already been burned?Why is there another one here?It's no wonder that Tofu reacted so strongly just now, this mask really gave people a very uncomfortable feeling, not to mention that the dead Zhuan Ji had worn this mask before, it was uncomfortable even thinking about it.

Is this mask left by someone else?

What happened to Grandpa and others when they came here?Under normal circumstances, if someone died in the team, at least the body should be collected. Why did the people in Grandpa ignore the people in Yuzhong and the salt corpse?
Tofu said: "This mask cannot be left by Mr. Chen."

"why?"

Tofu swallowed his saliva, and said: "There are three masks that were taken away from the wall, one was on Yanshi's body, and it was destroyed, and the other was on Zhuanji's body, and I burned them together when I set the fire just now." , and there is another one... yes, I took it down before." I felt a thump in my heart, and hurriedly said, "Did you throw the one you took out into the fire?"

"Throw it away." Tofu nodded hurriedly, his voice almost crying, and said, "But, but I recognize this mask, it's the one I took off."

The hairs on my back stood on end at Tofu's words, and I hurriedly said, "Don't talk nonsense, the masks all look the same, how did you know it was yours back then?"

Trembling, Tofu picked up the mask, pointed to the scorched mask, and said, "There is blood on it, which is from the wound on my hand." There were more or less small wounds on everyone's bodies that did not need to be bandaged, and some blood seeped on the surface. Inevitably, I stared at the mask in Tofu's hand and took a closer look, there was indeed a very faint trace of blood at the corner of the mouth!
At this moment, my scalp was almost numb, and I immediately snatched the mask from Tofu's hands, and snapped it into two pieces with both hands.Gu Wenmin and others have already noticed the movement on our side, and now seeing me split the mask into two, Gu Wenmin was surprised and said: "Why is there another mask, where did it come from?" What she said made me feel something was wrong.First of all, the tomb passage is relatively narrow, and secondly, our light source is relatively sufficient. Gu Wenmin and others walked in front of the tofu. It stands to reason that they should have discovered the mask earlier. Why did Miss Gu ask such a question instead?Apparently, they didn't find the mask.

Could it be... Could it be that this mask appeared in front of Tofu on purpose?
Thinking about the salt corpse and Zhuanji who died wearing a mask, I immediately knew something was wrong, and I was afraid in my heart, if I hadn't been in the rear, would Tofu be killed for no apparent reason like Zhuanji?

Immediately afterwards, I shared my analysis with everyone and said, "This mask is inseparably related to Zhuanji's death. If I guess correctly, its next target is tofu."

What kind of power is so weird?Even if it was Zongzi who caused the trouble, after so long, Zongzi should show up, right?
But now, apart from confirming the mask, we don't even know where the enemy is.

Tofu's face turned pale from fright, and after a while, he looked at me with tears in his eyes and said, "Old Chen, the biggest dream of my life is to own a helicopter and travel around the world. After I die, you Remember to burn one for me."

I said: "You can rub someone's BMW with a bicycle, and it's too dangerous to drive a helicopter." I remember one time, Tofu rode that second-hand bicycle to buy paint. Tofu carelessly rubbed over the illegally parked 5 million X[-], leaving an arm-long scratch on the body.

Tofu was dumbfounded at first, but his second reaction was to run. He didn't run two steps. In a hurry, the bicycle drove into the sewer without a manhole cover, and the whole person fell to the ground, and the paint exploded and dyed from head to toe.

When Tofu heard me mention this, it probably brought back painful memories, and said, "Then I'll live."

Miss Gu was anxious and angry for a while, and said: "What time is it, you two are still talking about this." She took out a small piece of solid fuel from her bag and said, "I don't think it's safe, I'd better burn it. "This mask is made of wood. Put some fuel on it, and the lighter will ignite, leaving a handful of ashes in no time.

Looking at the ashes in front of us, we were slightly relieved, and we didn't want to stay in this weird tomb passage anymore, so we hurried forward.After walking for a while, the tomb passage has not yet ended, as if it is endless.At this moment, Tofu stopped, squatted down, picked up something, turned to me, and said, "Old Chen, I think... I'm being targeted by it."

What he held in his hand was the burnt black mask.

The mask stared straight at me with a weird smile, as if mocking our previous overweening actions, and the blood at the corner of the mouth looked like a ghost who had just drunk human blood.

I gasped, my mind was buzzing, the rest of the people also stopped, and the tomb was silent for a while.

Tofu stuttered in fright: "I don't want the helicopter anymore, I don't want to die. Old Chen, don't you claim that the King of Hades will make a detour when you see him? Hurry up and think of a way, I'm the only one left in our Dou family I'm an only child, if I die, my parents will definitely talk to you."

As soon as I heard that he even moved out his parents, I couldn't help but smiled wryly, looked at the mask in my hand, was heartbroken, and sneered: "If it wants to follow, let it follow. I don't believe it can still do it under my nose." Make trouble." Then, everyone became more vigilant, and the mask was also penetrated by me, and hung on the dagger, always paying attention to its movements.

Not long after, I suddenly felt itchy on my face, as if there were a lot of ants crawling, I couldn't help stretching out my hand to scratch it, but I scratched it, and immediately found that there was an extra layer on my face at some point. I was startled by the thin sticky thing, and I knew it was weird. Then I looked at the mask stuck on the dagger, and suddenly found that the pitch-black mask turned into snow-white in an instant!
(End of this chapter)