Tomb Raiders Codex

Chapter 325 Eternal Death

The three of us backed away slowly, our heads froze.

At that moment, I thought of a word: Yuren.

In ancient times, there was such a word as Yuhua Dengxian, Yuren, that is, immortal.I remember one time when I was bored, I read some art books about tofu. In one of the albums called "Copy of Zhoushan Mural Paintings", there was a picture of a god-man covered in bird feathers having a banquet with all the immortals. scene.

Grandpa's words confirmed one of my guesses even more.Back then, the ghost king died suddenly after using the last magic lamp that is said to make people immortal. Maybe it was not a real death, but the magic lamp played a role, and he really became a 'feather man'.However, if the Empress Dowager ascended to immortality with such a strange appearance, I am afraid few people would be willing to become immortals.

When Grandpa Tofu was reminded, he would meet again and said nervously, "Is this what a fairy looks like? The Earth Ghost King must have been tricked, and after death he turned into this human, bird-like appearance, no wonder So much resentment, now in our class? It is not a zongzi, and our tricks to deal with zongzi have nothing to do with it."

At this time, the feathers on the Earth Ghost King's body grew more and more, and the mutilated lower body gradually began to recover. I had a premonition that once it fully recovered, we would not be able to run away.

Everyone was forced to retreat, no matter how many weapons they summoned, it was useless. At this moment, I finally saw what Grandpa was looking for.I thought he was looking for the Soul-Suppressing Dream Knife, but what Grandpa took out was a black hollowed-out iron ball.I couldn't help being a little anxious, it's this time, what are you doing with that lamp?
Before I could ask, Grandpa suddenly put his hand to his mouth and whistled.The sound of this whistle is very strange, with ups and downs, and the tune is very different from modern vocal music. It seems to be blowing some ancient minor tunes.As the sound sounded, the ghost king on the ground suddenly turned around and crawled towards Grandpa.

While blowing the whistle, Grandpa retreated towards the new grave. At the same time, the other free hand was gesturing towards us, telling us to leave first.Of course, I couldn't leave my grandfather and escape by myself, so I hurriedly said to Tofu, "You take Wen Min and go first."

Tofu still needs to say more, I said sharply: "This is the only chance, I will come back safely, and you staying here will not help, it will only make me worry."

Tofu also knew this situation, gritted his teeth, and said: "Old Chen, I am here to make trouble, so I won't trust you, Miss Gu, leave it to me, I am here, she is here, I will die and she will not die, You and Mr. Chen come out quickly." After saying that, he helped Gu Wenmin run out.

"Chen Xuan." She called my name, there was a layer of mist in her eyes, but she did not shed tears, and said firmly: "We will wait for you." The figures of the two disappeared in the tomb in the blink of an eye, and this At that time, Grandpa had already stood at the highest point of the tomb, that is, the top of the tomb.

The sound of my grandfather blowing the whistle didn't stop. Seeing that I didn't leave, he didn't have a chance to speak. He just kept gesturing for me to leave quickly with his eyes.

The grave mound is located in the innermost part of the rectangular tomb, that is to say, Grandpa has been blocked by the ghost king now, and there is almost no way to retreat. If I leave, how can he escape?In fact, from what Grandpa did just now, I reckoned that he might have thought of something, but now that the situation is urgent, it's too late to ask.

At this moment, the Earth Ghost King's body is almost covered with feathers, and his lower body has grown to his thighs. He only needs to grow a calf and it's over. Grandpa is still just whistling, and he has no weapons at all. The throwing knife given to him, in order to prevent Grandpa from suddenly going crazy and making hurtful actions, so when he fainted last time, I had already taken the flying knife back.

In any case, it is impossible for me to leave my grandfather and escape alone. The ancients described a person with great virtue, saying that people are not only kissing their relatives, not only sons and sons, but there are too few people who are truly virtuous. I am just a layman, even Worse in some ways.If it was Zhuan Rui or someone else who was trapped on the grave, I would probably have run away with Tofu and Miss Gu, but because it was Grandpa who was trapped on top, I couldn't run away.

At this time, I found that the ghost king was not actually going for grandpa, but for the lamp in his hand. I suddenly came up with an idea, pointed to the position on the opposite corner, and motioned for grandpa to use it Throw the lamp to that direction with all my strength, because that direction is very far away from my grandpa and me, and it happens to form an irregular triangle with us.If the ghost king chased him away, then my grandpa and I would have a chance to escape.

Then, I don’t know if grandpa didn’t understand me at all, and he didn’t have the urge to throw the lamp at all.When I was about to shout out in words, my grandfather suddenly waved his hand and threw the lamp out.

But he didn't throw the camouflage pointed at me, but threw it at me, with a hoarse voice, and suddenly said: "Go!" Before I could react, the moment the lamp was thrown over, Grandpa rushed towards the ghost king fiercely, using his body Stopping the ghost king from chasing me, the two of them rolled together and fell down the slope-shaped tomb.I don't know which part of the ghost king hurt Grandpa, but I can only see a string of blood marks left by the place where it rolled.

At this moment, the lamp fell to my feet!

"Grandpa!" For the first time after so many years of parting, I yelled heart-piercingly. Perhaps the older a person is, the more difficult it is to express his emotions.I used to fantasize about reuniting with my grandpa. I wanted to throw myself into his arms like when I was a child. I wanted to act like a baby to him like when I was a child. But when we really reunited, the years have left traces on us. Grandpa became silent and irritable. And I didn't jump over like I imagined.There is a thing called time and growth, which will firmly freeze us.

But now, the net of time was broken, and I shouted uncontrollably, and the only answer was my grandpa's roar: "Go! Take it and go!"

Apparently he was talking about this lamp that rolled down to my feet.

What is the use of it?
Why does grandpa attach so much importance to it?

Of course, now, I don't even care about thinking about these things. Grandpa told me to go, but how did I get away. It’s been 14 years, I’ve been traveling alone, and I don’t have a family member, whether it’s around me or far away. People who haven’t experienced this kind of loneliness can’t understand how I feel at this moment. Even if I die, I don’t want my grandpa to die here. here.

So I picked up the weird lamp and stuffed it into my pocket, and then I grabbed the shovel and rushed up.Only then did I see that grandpa was holding a feathered person tightly between his hands and feet. That person was not as disgusting and terrifying as it seemed at first, but hissing noises kept coming from his throat, and his hands were scratching. , didn't grab it, Grandpa's back was bloody and bloody, and he even saw bones!And his mouth kept hoarse on his grandfather's shoulders and neck.

There was a roar in my mind, and the world was almost spinning, because I could tell from a close distance that the injury of my grandfather was hopeless. Blood was protruding from most of the neck, and the flesh on the back was almost scratched. You can still see chunks of meat.

"Ah!" With the power of grief, I slashed at its neck with a shovel.

However, this time it didn’t go well. I thought it had already grown feathers. This layer of feathers was like gold and iron. Shocked by this force, he fell to the ground.

Grandpa's eyes were wide open, blood was pouring out of his mouth, he still didn't let go, and said in a hoarse voice intermittently: "Take it and go quickly... save, save people... land, map... find Bai, Bai..." I know, Grandpa's memory has recovered, but he can't say the rest of the words, his body twitched, and he hugged the ghost king tightly, but he didn't make a sound, he just panted rapidly, as if he was about to die.

At this moment, a person rushed out from behind me, grabbed my arm, and said, "Old Chen, hurry up, it's too late!"

Tofu?How did he come back?I knew that my grandfather had passed away, and that kind of grief overwhelmed all my rationality and calmness. I couldn't react to the sudden appearance of tofu at all.There were bloodstains on his body, his eyes were full of tears, he looked in the direction of grandpa, he gritted his teeth and dragged me to run. The torn dry arm fell to the ground.

There is not much blood on the arm, as if it has been drained.

At this moment, I lost my mind, and my only thought was to rush back to take revenge, even if we die together, but Tofu seemed to see through my purpose and shouted: "Big beauty Gu is dying! Do you want her to accompany me?" Are you going to die!"

Wenmin?

I cleared my mind a little bit.

What's up with her?Didn't you escape?
Tofu dragged me non-stop, and said: "It's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years. You can't let the rest die in vain. Run!" The door reached the tomb passage outside.But there was no one on the tomb, not even the mummy.

Tofu panted while running: "Zhuan Rui extinguished the psychic incense and led them away, let's run!" At this time, the strange voice of the ghost king came from behind, as if it was made by a toad when its throat was blocked. My brain is still stuck in the last scene, the ferocious face of the ghost king, the arm that slammed to the ground, and the bloody body of my grandfather.

I felt my eye sockets burning, and something slipped across my face, then I stopped abruptly and snatched Tofu's equipment bag.

(End of this chapter)