Tomb Raiders Codex

Chapter 366 Snowman
The ropes are very firmly erected between the ice crevices. The sharp ice stalks are like thin bamboo shoots. The steel wires are sandwiched in the ropes, which have a strong load-bearing capacity.We found the slide lock in the gear bag, snapped it onto the rope, and were ready to slide over it.

Although the mute was arrogant and indifferent, when he did things, he took the lead and fastened the sliding buckle without changing his face. Then he stepped on the ground, his hands in cold gloves alternated quickly, and walked towards the opposite side.Tofu glanced at the bottom of the ice crevice, and said without tears: "Old Chen, what should I do if I, I am afraid of heights?"

I said: "Close your eyes, don't be afraid if you can't see, look at the mute, how brave he is..." As soon as I finished speaking, the crowd suddenly became commotion, and I don't know who said: "There seems to be something on the opposite side move."

opposite?

When I looked over, I saw thick snow on the opposite side of the ice crevasse, and the large and small snowdrifts were like white sand dunes. Besides, where is there anything else?Just as I had this thought, I suddenly saw one of the snow mounds move.The snow mound was originally only the size of a washbasin, but with this movement, it seemed to grow, and it rose rapidly. Then it shook suddenly, and countless snow pieces were shaken off. There was only a person as tall as a person, covered with long white hair. Something appeared on the opposite side.

"Hiss." Tofu took a deep breath and said, "Damn it, there's an ambush, what the hell is this?"

Lu Su frowned slightly, his voice was still calm and calm, but the smile on his face had disappeared, and he whispered, "Could it be the legendary snowman?" The thing was originally facing away from us. It had already turned around, and when it turned around, I immediately saw its whole body clearly, but it was a monster covered with snow-white long hair, with a face like an orangutan, and sharp claws. It really looked like the legendary snowman.

In the area of ​​Xuelong Mountain, there have always been legends of snowmen in the mountains. The vegetation at the foot of Xuelong Mountain is dense, and a red jujube grows. It is said that when food is scarce, the snowman will come out of the snow mountain to pick this kind of jujube.The snowman hates humans very much. It is said that the emperor in the Song Dynasty who liked rare birds and animals once sent troops into the mountains to capture the snowman. Probably because of this, the snowman left a bad impression on humans.When they are picking dates, if they encounter humans, they will become very fierce. Their sharp claws often cut people open, which is horrible.

Of course, these are just some local legends. The so-called wild red fruit dates are not found at the foot of Xuelong Mountain, at least not found yet.

At this moment, the snowman was standing opposite the ice crevice. It was supposed to be sleeping, but now we woke it up, panting heavily in its nose, snoring in its throat, and making threatening roars, looking very unfriendly.By this time, the mute had reached the middle of the rope.

He started to back away, with his hands back, trying to back up, but at this moment, he was suspended in mid-air, unable to move, no matter how fast he could be, he couldn't go as fast as the snowman.That thing seemed to be spiritual, and couldn't catch the mute with his hand, so he slammed his paw on the rope, and the whole rope violently swung up and down in an instant. If it wasn't for the firmness of the rope and the deep iron spine, it might have loosened a long time ago or broken.The mute was slapped, and instantly lost his balance, lying on his back in mid-air and spinning around, only leaning on the hook at his waist.

The hair on my face stood on end. At this moment, the mute's legs crossed and caught the rope, barely maintaining his balance.At this time, the long-haired Fusang woman said eagerly: "Shoot!" Her reminder made the others react.After Tofu and I entered the team, we each divided an equipment bag. However, the distribution of the equipment bag is different from that of ordinary teams. Not every equipment bag has a complete set of supplies, but all the supplies are scattered. let it go.

For example, Tofu and I each received a pack of equipment when we were on the road. There were no weapons, food, or medicine in it. The entire two packs were fuel. Packing food, or carrying weapons, or items in the bucket, this kind of distribution has a big disadvantage, that is, once someone leaves the team alone, they will definitely not be able to survive, because the equipment is single.However, this disadvantage can be converted into an advantage in an inverted team, that is, the team is united and unified to avoid the situation of eating gangsters and fighting in the nest.

If our team is in danger now, and Tofu and I get separated, under normal circumstances, those ruthless characters who dig mushrooms upside down will probably abandon us.But in this case, the fuel of the entire team is in the hands of me and Tofu, so they dare not give up on us easily, and vice versa, and it is impossible for me to stand idly by when others are in danger.

The person in charge of the weapon is one of the four people Lu Su brought to my attention, that is, the old smoker who loves to hold grudges.Although all the weapons are in his hands, he is not afraid of him making mistakes at critical moments, unless he wants to starve to death, freeze to death, or die of illness.Under this resource allocation, everyone is tied into the team.

It was only after Fusang woman's reminder that Old Smoker realized that he quickly unloaded his equipment bag and took out the weapons inside.At this time, the snowman is still clapping or grabbing the rope with his paws, the whole rope is shaking violently, the mute is like an acrobat, dangling in the air, fully supported by the sliding buckle at the waist, and Due to the low terrain on the opposite side, the slider slid towards the opposite side unconsciously. If the mute's hands and feet were not fixed on the ropes, preventing the speed of the slider, he might have been sent to the snowman's door.

At this end, everyone took out their weapons to aim, but at this moment, the dumb man who was surrounded by danger in the air suddenly shouted coldly: "Put down the gun!"

The Fusang woman spoke anxiously in Chinese with a strange tone: "Mr. Wu..."

The mute said coldly: "Avalanche." As soon as I said this, I suddenly realized that we are in the middle of a snow-capped mountain, and there is a snow-capped peak beside us. trigger an avalanche.The situation was too dangerous just now, and everyone was guided by the words of the Fusang woman, only now did they realize that it was not suitable to use a gun in this situation.Only then did I discover that there were very few guns in the equipment bag, only two, which were probably used to deal with emergencies, and the rest were all cold weapons and some fighting tools.

Tofu said anxiously: "You can't shoot, what should you do then, ah..." He screamed, his eyes suddenly fixed on the dumb who was following the rope swinging violently, I followed his gaze, and was immediately dumbfounded , I saw the mute suddenly crossed his legs, like a snake, wrapped his legs around the rope, and let go of his hands.

This action, as long as the strength of the legs is strong enough, will not be thrown out. The real test is the psychological endurance of the person. After all, few people can do it. In the air, only the legs are hooked to the rope to stabilize the figure. , not to mention, the rope was still shaking violently.

I don't know how other people feel psychologically. In short, I can't do such a difficult and high-endurance move.

What does the mute want to do?
Immediately afterwards, a scene that surprised everyone even more appeared, the mute began to undo the sliding buckle on his waist.

My first reaction was: Is this kid crazy?
The sliding buckle was undone, and at any moment he could be thrown out, falling to pieces in the abyss below.Tofu was even more dazed, jumping his feet in shock, and said, "Don't be too hard on yourself, you're not ready for death yet." As soon as the words fell, the mute had already untied the sliding buckle on his forehead. On the rope, fortunately, the rope is of high quality, and it is clamped with iron, otherwise it would have been tossed and broken by the snowman. As soon as the mute slid the buckle, he immediately held the buckle with one hand, and as soon as his legs were retracted, he slid towards the opposite In the past, at the same time, I saw another black machete on his waist.

At this moment, I suddenly understood what the mute was thinking.But I understand that if this kind of thing happened to me, even if it happened again, I would not be able to do it again. Not only my physical strength, but also my psychological endurance. In this respect, I lost.

The mute slid over, almost in an instant, his legs kicked on the ice crevice, and before the snowman grabbed him, he shrank into a ball and rolled past the snowman's feet like a glutinous rice ball.The snowman was huge, but very flexible, and immediately turned to chase after him. At this time, the mute had jumped up from the ground, and the two black scimitars were unsheathed, and they were pointing straight at the snowman's head go.

There was a muffled sound, followed by a burst of red liquid splashing out, the rope still trembled, but the snowman was poured down from the top of his head by the hot blood.Scarlet blood slid down the white hair, falling drop by drop on the snow.

The mute let go, and the person fell to the ground. The snowman swayed twice, then fell to the ground with a bang, splashing countless snow foam.

I turned my head to look at Lu Su next to him, a soft smile appeared on his face again, but this time, his disguise was not so perfect. In those always gentle eyes, I saw hostility and vigilance, but also There was a deep shock.

The whole process just now took less than 3 minutes, but in this short 3 minutes, what the mute experienced was the danger and high pressure that ordinary people cannot bear. Only people who are not afraid of life and death can be so calm and calm.

I believe that I am not the only one who admits defeat at this moment.

The mute on the opposite side bent down, pulled out the two black knives from the top of the snowman's head, thrust the two knives into the snow, and when they were pulled out again, the blood on them had been wiped clean by the snow .With both knives in their sheaths, the mute raised his head, his face was splashed with blood donations, he just lifted his chin, his eyes remained sharp and haughty, and said coldly: "Next."

Someone pushed me, and I realized that I was standing in the front, so the next one was me.

This scene was deeply imprinted in my mind, and I had a momentary illusion that the person opposite seemed to be not dumb, not Wu Shui, but the person who walked out of the photo: Chen Ci.

(End of this chapter)