Tomb Raiders Codex

Chapter 307

I can almost imagine that this big fish lived here 14 years ago. After grandpa and his gang went into the water, the smell of blood attracted it, so it swam towards grandpa and his party...

What happened after the big fish swam past?
It was taken for granted that those who were the most injured in the team and those with limited mobility must be the first to suffer. When someone in the team was killed, the rest of the crowd attacked and finally killed this huge guy.And these human heads located under the fish bones are most likely the people who were swallowed by the big fish at that time and did not have time to digest them.

I couldn't help hissing, and said to myself that the river here is wide and deep underground, and there are countless big fish and giant crabs bred in the water. Fortunately, the underground river has changed its course, otherwise I don't know what I will encounter when I go down this underground river.Immediately afterwards, we bypassed the fishbone and went upstream along the trickling yellow stream.The underground river is winding and winding, and the dark stones and mud are densely covered in it. The air is filled with the smell of water, damp and dark. Under the dim headlights, the surrounding black rocks that have been washed away by the water flow reflect dim light.During the zigzag walk, I felt that the terrain had risen a lot, and I found two more marks along the way, and some unknown little bugs crawled through the mud from time to time, and everything seemed silent.

For some reason, I suddenly remembered Zha Taoist's oracle. He said that there is another evil ghost in the tomb of the ghost king, who has been watching our every move.The oracle has already proved its accuracy with its efficacy, so if the evil ghost said it, is it true?If this is the case, who is that evil spirit referring to?

So I walked forward and asked Xiao Jing: "You can smell the smell of corpses, can you feel the same kind?"

"Same kind?" Xiao Jing understood what I meant, and was furious: "I'm not dead yet, I still have thoughts, don't treat me like a ghost!" I was a little surprised by her strong reaction, and at this moment, I vaguely understood After some things, maybe a person will linger on life so much only when he is really dead.

She didn't answer my question, but her expression told me that she didn't have the ability I imagined.

Who is the evil ghost who stares at everyone and can lead everyone to death?I have no way of knowing the answer to this matter, so I can only leave it behind for a while.The road was wet and muddy. It didn't take long for our clothes to be stained with yellow mud. It was the yellow sand and mud accumulated in the depths of the ground for tens of millions of years. It was as fine as powder. same thing.

At this time, I was a little confused in the water-scarce river with seven turns and eight turns, but I remembered one main direction: southeast.So I took out the compass to locate it. The compass showed that our current position had changed. Instead of facing north, we turned our heads completely and turned south.

The condition of Grandpa’s group of people should have been more difficult than ours now, because we walked on two legs, and they should have been swimming in the cold groundwater in December weather at that time. For the group of injured people at that time Said that this should be an extremely difficult and dangerous journey.

I looked at my watch. Since we entered this underground river, we have been walking in the winding river for nearly an hour. Our legs have already been covered with mud, and we have been stuck in the mud for a long time. Every time we lift our feet, we feel exhausted. Unbearable, I don't know where the end of this underground river is.In fact, I am not interested in the so-called seven lamps. For me, the most important thing is to find the bones of my grandfather and find out the real cause of his death.My grandpa's old arms and legs, I don't expect him to be one of those three survivors.

If he really left the Tomb of the Earth Ghost King alive, he would definitely not leave me alone back then, so although I don't want to admit it, I know that the chance of Grandpa surviving from this place is zero.

Where will he be?Was it also eaten by a big fish?Maybe the bone scum has been digested, or maybe the bones are sinking into a pool of yellow mud?Just as she was thinking, Xiao Jing suddenly said, "There is someone!"

"Where?" Before I could react, Xiao Jing suddenly transformed, or she didn't care about using tricks like covering her eyes to take care of my aesthetics. At this moment, she 'changed' back to that The deputy general looked like he was about to rot, and then jumped out very quickly, like a gecko, crawling against the wall, swishing twice, and instantly rushed into the darkness.

I was taken aback and ran wildly in the direction she was crawling. After a while, I saw an irregular arched passage on the rock wall on the right hand side, and Xiao Jing's figure disappeared in a flash at the entrance of the passage.

Did you go after that person?
How could there be anyone else in this place?

The arched passage is about six or seven meters high from the river floor. I don't have Xiao Jing's gecko skills, so I can only climb up along the uneven marks on the stone wall.Fortunately, I have good physical fitness. I used to travel all over the world, into the deep mountains and old forests, and I often climbed rocks. After a few efforts, I also climbed to the position of the arched passage.

As soon as I entered the passage, I immediately saw a familiar mark carved with a dagger on the stone wall.

I breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that the group of grandpa had landed from here.This is a rather strange psychology. I followed the traces of my grandfather and his party, felt the danger they were facing, and seemed to be trapped in it without knowing it.Immediately afterwards, I turned my gaze back from the mark, and immediately found a yellow mark on the ground, which was the mud mark left by Xiao Jing.

This trace extends all the way to the rear of the arched passage.

Did Xiao Jing really see someone in this place?

Who else is there besides us?
I can't think of it for a while, so I can only catch up first.Although this arched passage appears abruptly, don't think about it, it must be part of the tomb of the ghost king. It is relatively rough in construction, and it doesn't seem to be used for people to walk.I can't help but think of the "borrowing water channel" in Feng Shui.

The most basic requirement for a tomb is to embrace the three mountains and the jade belt across the waist. The so-called jade belt refers to water, the three mountains can hide the wind, and the jade belt can hold water.But in ancient times, especially in Guangxi, Yunnan, Tibet, Xinjiang and other places, there were always many small countries, and the boundaries between countries were often changed. Influenced by Han culture, Feng Shui can only be changed by external force.

This practice is also called Yi. The so-called borrowing water channel is done when there is no jade belt in the place where the mausoleum is built. The borrowing channel will be built in the north of the underground palace. It doesn't matter if you don't get it, because the water that can't be borrowed is called "Sishen" and it is borrowed by Xuanwu water beasts.

I recalled the landform of the ring-shaped mountains outside the Yashan Palace, and thought that thousands of years ago, the water and soil in this place were probably not prosperous, so such a waterway was built.The borrowed water channel can only be built under the main underground palace. If I go along this borrowed water channel, I will definitely be able to reach the core part of the underground palace soon.Thinking of this, I couldn't help but cheer up, and ran along the borrowed waterway, paying attention to the mud marks on the ground.

As you go deeper, the mud marks become less and less, and in the end they are almost invisible.

I was secretly surprised: Xiao Jing's real speed is very fast. We would not have been able to catch up to her if it hadn't been suppressed by the psychic fragrance.However, judging from the current situation, Xiao Jing obviously failed to catch up with that person. What kind of 'person' is that?Can't even catch up with ghosts?Could it be that Xiao Jing was wrong?
The borrowed water channel is very rough, and at intervals, there will be basaltic shapes on the stone wall, as well as wavy water patterns, and the long channel extends straight and straight.After a series of running around, my physical strength has been exhausted. At this moment, my heart is beating like a drum and I am out of breath. Just when I was about to stop to catch my breath, in the dim light, the junction of darkness and light suddenly appeared A figure!
I looked and found it was Xiao Jing.

She still had no disguise, her face was almost rotting, and she rushed towards me with a zombie-like expression.I was taken aback, thinking that this woman is crazy, don't you plan to cooperate?Thinking about it, she hurriedly dodged to hide, but at this moment, Xiao Jing ran only two steps, then suddenly fell to the ground, made a bang, and never got up again.

I collected myself, my brain throbbing due to the intense exercise and exhaustion, staring at the fallen Xiao Jing, my heart felt chilly for a moment.

What's up with her?Passed out?Can a dead person faint?It was fine before, why does it seem like it is suddenly going crazy?I stood cautiously on the spot for a while, seeing that Xiao Jing was motionless, and really had no intention of getting up, so I walked to her side and helped her up.

In an instant, the unconcealable stench of corpses wafted into his nostrils. Xiao Jing's face was pale, and the wound on his face was covered with dark red flesh, and he closed his eyes.I subconsciously checked her breath, and was shocked because she was out of breath.I thought to myself: Will the dead die again?
"Xiao Jing?" I endured the nausea and stench and called her name.Xiao Jing didn't respond, like a real corpse.But I know that she didn't 'die', maybe just encountered some special circumstances just now.I shook her twice, but no one woke up, and a thought suddenly came to my mind: Isn't now the best time to take care of her?
Staring at her tightly closed eyes and her body that was about to rot, I squinted my eyes and prepared to do it.From an emotional point of view, it is really difficult to kill a person who has slept with me for three years, but I know that if I hadn't proposed the corpse lamp to delay, I would have been killed by Xiao Jing.

You cannot be kind to your enemies.

I said to myself: Xiao Jing, let's cancel the account between us, and I will send you on your way.

"Rub—!" The dagger was unsheathed, and I pointed the tip of the dagger at Xiao Jing's throat.

(End of this chapter)