Tomb Raiders Codex

Chapter 306 Fishbone
The organist finally understood, and said with a pale face, this is a loudspeaker organ.The loudspeaker mechanism is just a verbal statement. In this regard, we have to admire the wisdom of our ancestors.A long time ago, the ancients had learned to use the different shapes of objects to make use of sound, but this use did not last long.It's like the ancestors invented gunpowder and used it to make firecrackers, but foreigners made gunpowder into guns and bombs.In the same way, the ancestors discovered the mystery of the sound, but they didn't use it to attack, but used it on musical instruments.

The only thing used for attack is probably this kind of short-lived loudspeaker mechanism. The more formal name is called "Soul-killing Gate" in ancient times. It is said that it can drive a normal person alive and crazy.However, this soul-killing level cannot be arranged at will, it requires the cooperation of organs and voices.

What is that constant, never-ending sound?
wind?

The wind comes from nature and will never disappear, but it is intermittent. If the tomb robbers enter the tomb when the wind just disappears, then the whole Soul Killing Level will be useless.In the end, people found that the best partner for the Soul Killing Pass is groundwater, which has been surging for thousands of years, but there are also many kinds of groundwater, some are gentle and some are passionate. Of course, the latter is better.In this way, if you want to set up the Soul-killing Pass, not only must you have good geomantic omen, but you must also have the help of impassioned groundwater. In this way, the Soul-killing Pass will naturally become a very difficult mechanism.

And this short-lived institution now appeared in the tomb of the local ghost king.

The organist said, let it go on, and in the end, most of the people will go crazy in great pain.Immediately afterwards, he said a way to crack it, which is very simple, bomb.Blow up the underground organs and destroy the structure of the tomb's sound cycle. That is to say, not only the underground, but also the tomb must be blown up.

In this case, everyone had to find a hiding place first, so a group of people began to dig underground burrows quickly.Placing explosives in such a place is a dangerous job. Strictly speaking, it is a job with no hope of survival, because the weight of explosives is relatively heavy, and the integrity of the vicinity of the robbery must be maintained, so it is necessary to stay away from the robbery and carry out Exploding at close range.

Who wants to do this?

No one wants to go.

In the end, my grandfather said that life and death are a matter of life, and the decision should be made by drawing lots.

Among the wounded, someone pointed to Taoist Zha and said that he was the one who deceived the public with his lies, and now he has another leg broken, half of his life is gone, if he doesn't die now, he will die sooner or later.Zha Daoshi looked at the group of people as if they were going to eat people, and knew that he was doomed today. In addition, his leg was injured, he lost too much blood, and the pain was unbearable. Even if he did not die now, he would be in danger in the next operation , and no one would care about himself, he accepted his fate and stayed as the victim.

That's right, it was Old Daoist Cha who left this bloody letter.

Grandpa and others hid in the robbery cave. The reason why Zha Laodao left this blood book made me feel suffocated, because he wrote on it, the results of the inscriptions predicted that in 14 years, another person would arrive this place.

A person?

That's right, it's a person, because Xiao Jing next to me is no longer a person.

Is everything really predestined?
As early as 14 years ago, he calculated that I would come to this place?This is unbelievable, but I have always believed that man conquers nature. Although I was shocked, I quickly calmed down.Zha Laodao hoped that I could collect his remains and give them to his family.After reading the blood book, many doubts were resolved, and I couldn't help looking at the robbery hole next to the corpse.

When the lights were turned on, the burrow was about seven or eight meters deep, and there was a turn at seven or eight meters, which seemed to turn elsewhere, and a cold wind blew from the burrow.

I used to think that this robbery hole was connected to the outside, so there was wind. Now, considering the terrain, we are below [-] meters, and it is impossible for a robbery hole to go straight to the outside. Thinking about it, the end of the robbery hole may be Opened up the groundwater.Thinking of this, I couldn't help but put my body close to my ears, and vaguely, it seemed that I really heard a subtle sound of water flowing.

At this moment, Xiao Jing kicked the pile of bones and said, "Aren't you packing the bones?"

I said: "Next, I don't know how many dangers are waiting. It's best to pack lightly. Why pack it up?"

Xiao Jing smiled strangely and said, "Heart of stone."

I said: "These people dig graves and destroy other people's mausoleums all their lives. Isn't it ridiculous that they still think that someone will collect their bodies after death? In the world, there are gains and losses. Whatever you do, you should What kind of consequences will you bear?" Xiao Jing remained silent for a while, then sneered: "You mean me when you accuse Sang and Huai, right? But what did I do wrong? Look!" Before I could speak, she seemed a little annoyed, kicked the pile of bones into chaos, stomped on the way, and cursed: "Don't waste time, what to do next!"

I pointed to the robbery hole and said, "Of course I follow their route." I made a gesture of invitation and signaled her to go ahead.Xiao Jing sneered and said, "Let me go to Lei."

"You have this qualification."

Xiao Jing didn't refuse either, she was a dead person now, and she had nothing to fear, so she immediately went down the robbery hole and opened the way ahead.After the robbery hole turned the corner, it kept a steady trend. Looking at the direction, it was heading towards the southeast. It seemed that the location of the underground palace of the Earth Ghost King should be in that direction.

After about ten minutes, I could hear the sound of water flowing more and more clearly, and suddenly I heard Xiao Jing gasp, and then, the person ran forward and disappeared without a trace.It turned out that there was a downward hole at the end of the robbery hole. When the light came on, there was a hole seven or eight meters high under the hole. Xiao Jing was a dead person, so she just jumped down.

I lay down at the entrance of the cave and saw that the bottom seemed to be a naturally formed underground water channel, but it may be due to the diversion of the underground river, so looking down now, there is only a little water flowing in the middle of the underground river bed below, and the water quality looks yellow. Zhuo, it reminded me of the underground yellow soup mentioned in the Yashan Palace, and I said to myself: Could it be that Master Wu Yan also visited the tomb of the Earth Ghost King?

About this point, perhaps only the people like Grandpa know it well. After all, many dangers or clues have been wiped out under the vanguard of Grandpa's gang in the underground palace of the Earth Ghost King.

I fumbled for the rope, drove the crowbar into the ground, put on the rope, and went down the rope.

This robbery hole was opened at the top of the underground river, so when I went down to the ground, I stepped on the river.Our water source was exhausted before, and we hadn’t drank water for a day, and our mouth was already parched, and now we saw water, which was even more unbearable. Unfortunately, the water was yellow and turbid, so I couldn’t drink it directly, so I went to the water to dig Pit, ready to do a basic filter.

Xiao Jing urged me to act quickly, but I ignored her and said, "You don't need to drink water, but I have to. I am a human, not a ghost." Xiao Jing was furious, saying that I will kill you right now, believe it or not.I said: "Come on, let's see how you find the underground palace alone." After saying this, Xiao Jing let out a sigh of relief, cursed a few bad words, and waited aside.

After the first water was filtered out, I filled myself up first, then filtered the second water, filled the water bag, and prepared it for the tofu.I don't know where they are at the moment, but with Zhuan Rui and Miss Gu around, I feel more at ease.Zhuanrui doesn't have a deep friendship with us. When we are in danger, he may not take care of the two of Tofu, but he is a person with a strong purpose. With him leading the team, the four of them will definitely go towards the coffin of the ghost king. .As long as everyone is safe, there will be a chance for us to meet each other. I'm afraid those few people will be thirsty by then.

Now that things have happened, I can't care about my own situation anymore. I can only pray that the four of them will be united and can tide over the difficulties together.

While I was filling the water bag, Xiao Jing wandered around, and found an engraved mark on the dark and damp stone wall.We are very familiar with this mark. It is a cross and a deformed character that we saw in the Yashan Palace. Now I can be sure that this is a white character.

But the notation is weird.It is carved about four or five meters above the stone wall.

This position is a bit high, and it is completely unnecessary to engrave it so high.I thought about it for a while, and then looked at the traces left on the stone wall. I knew that 14 years ago, the groundwater here should not have been diverted. engraved on it.

The terrain of this underground waterway is high in the north and low in the south. When the light is turned on, neither side can be seen. There is still something sticking in front of it.I couldn't help but headed north, where the groundwater was upstream.

The riverbed at the bottom of the water is covered with yellow silt. When you step on it, the silt overflows your calves, making it difficult to walk.After a while, we walked to the side of that huge monster. When Xiao Jing saw it, she couldn't help but yelled out.

I saw that this is a huge skeleton. I don't know how to describe it. It has a huge skull and a huge body with a total of 31 pairs of ribs, which become narrower towards the back, showing the shape of a fish.

Its bone structure is very strong, and there are barbs at the joints, so the skeleton does not spread out, but presents a whole, quietly lying on the bottom of the river bed.I have seen many wild animals, but this huge fish has only a skeleton, but I can't tell what species it is.

At this moment, Xiao Jing moved her nose again, then squatted down, and suddenly began to dig the sand under the fish bones. In a short while, several things were violently dug out. When I saw it, I couldn't help but gasped. , that is obviously an undigested human bone, which is just below the fish bone. At a cursory glance, there are three complete skulls.

(End of this chapter)