Tomb Raiders Codex

Chapter 371 Xuan Bing
I don't think this is a place to bury people. The mute may have made a mistake, or the clue given by the mysterious person who revealed the route to him was wrong.Unexpectedly, after I finished speaking, the mute said with certainty: "It's near here." I was taken aback by his firm tone, and asked back: "You are so sure, why do you want me? I would like to ask... this The news, who revealed it to you? Do you trust that person so much?"

The mute looked haughty, dismissed me, and said coldly: "It has nothing to do with you." Then he got up, stood by the fire, and looked at the snowy peak in the dark.I saw that he seemed to be determined by the weight, and he believed that there was an ancient tomb in this place, so he couldn't help but feel a big headache, and said: "Since you say that, then let's keep our eyes open, but now it's so dark that you can't see it." Clearly, it is better to make plans in the daytime tomorrow."

Lu Su said: "Brother Chen is right, it's too late now, and we can't see the clue." The mute ignored our two words, still staring at the distance.I was secretly annoyed in my heart, and said to make you proud, I will not serve you anymore, thinking about it, I planned to enter the tent to keep warm, it was much better than blowing the cold wind outside.

Unexpectedly, when I was about to turn around, there was a sudden flicker on the top of the snow in the north, like a star shining, and it disappeared in an instant.I stopped and stared at the place where the light flashed before, and said in my heart: What is that?Could it be someone?
No, the artificial light source should not be that color.

Lu Su also gave a surprise, and wondered: "Could it be that there is something else on the snowy ridge? I guess it will take half an hour to climb up, do you want to go and have a look?" He was asking for advice, but the mute had already acted and turned on the searchlight , Climbing up the snow ridge, I was puzzled, and I couldn't help but find out, so I followed.

This snowy ridge has no road at all, and the snow is heavier and looser. When you step on it, the snow reaches your knees, and in some deep places, you can't even pull out your legs.In the dark, the mute walked ahead, and we marched against the wind and snow under the light of the searchlights. Needless to say, it was cold, and the pants were always in a state of half-dryness, and our legs were numb from the cold.It was originally expected to take half an hour, but we climbed for nearly an hour before reaching the top of the snow ridge.

When we reached the top, the terrain on the top sloped into a relatively steep slope, and the sudden flash of light before was emitted from here, and when we stood on it, there was nothing around except snow, not even a person. No footprints can be seen.

How is this going?

It's not that the three of us were all dazzled just now, right?

Lu Su said: "Look around to see if there are any traces of people passing by."

I said, "Even if there was, we climbed up from the bottom of the ridge for nearly an hour, and the snow would have buried us long ago." The snowflakes fell, and the shallower footprints were covered within ten minutes.

Lu Su exhaled a puff of white mist and said, "Do your best." The three of us started to search separately.At this time, I looked at my watch. It was already close to twelve o'clock. According to the traditional saying, it is the time when the yin and yang energy of heaven and earth interact with each other, and it is also the time when the living and the dead can come in and out at the same time. For some reason, I see It was three minutes before the needle was about to point straight to the twelve o'clock needle, and a sense of foreboding suddenly appeared in my heart.

This should be an intuition of impending danger.

At this moment, I, Lu Su and the dumb two have separated, and the three of them checked separately, and I was the only one in the snowstorm.Youdao is suspicious, so I turned on the searchlight and looked around. Although I didn’t find anything, I always felt that there was something peeping at me in the dark. There were hairs on my back and neck, but when I turned around, And nothing.

On the one hand, I felt that I might be overwhelmed, on the other hand, I had a trusting attitude towards the intuition that had saved me many times, and I said to myself that it is better to make a quick decision so that I can meet up with the mutes, otherwise if something happens, I can just Not good.

Just as this thought flashed across my mind, the corners of my eyes flicked to a distance not far away, as if some metal was reflecting the light.I immediately locked on to that location. This time, the flashing light did not disappear. I approached it, took a closer look, and couldn't help being very annoyed. Immediately shouted to the mute and Lu Su: "I found it, come back."

In front of me, there is a protruding black ice layer, covered with snow, which is integrated with everything around it, but because a piece is extended from the top, its front, that is, faces the location of our camp. There is no snow, so the deep blue ice layer is exposed.

At this moment, the moonlight is moving, and subtle light is reflected in the snow. The mysterious ice layer reflects light from time to time with the moonlight. What we saw under the snowy ridge before should be the light of this thing.Lu Su and the mute gathered here, and they understood the way at a glance. Lu Su couldn't help laughing, and simply sat down on the ground. I said, "What are you doing sitting here? Let's go back to the camp."

Lu Su said leisurely: "I've come here. It's not worthwhile to go on like this without achieving anything. Look at this silver light, ice-covered snow dance, isn't it a pity to let you down?" Cold and tired, I really didn't have time to appreciate the scenery in the snow-capped mountains. At this moment, the moonlight is bright, and at a glance, the snow-capped mountains are shrouded in a thin layer of brilliance, which is really spectacular.However, only people like Lu Su would suddenly sit down and enjoy the snow. I was still not so leisurely, so I urged to go down the mountain after watching it for a while.

Only then did Lu Su pat the snowflakes on his body, and the three of them were about to walk down the ridge. Halfway through, the feeling of being peeped came again, as if they were right behind me.My back is very uncomfortable, and the back of my neck is also tense. On the other hand, Dumb and Lu Su don't feel it. These two people are more vigilant and skilled than me. If there is danger, or something is following and peeping, Should have found out earlier.Although I decided in my heart that I was a suspicious ghost, I still couldn't help but look back. When I saw this, I was so shocked that my legs went limp for a moment, because a picture suddenly appeared in the slightly reflective blue ice layer. Big gray and puffy face!

At this moment, it was staring at me greedily with red eyes across the black ice layer. Its scarlet tongue was very long, and it licked its entire face violently.

I couldn't help gasping, the movement startled the mute and Lu Su, they turned their heads one after another, but the big face sank down again and disappeared.

Lu Su and the mute turned their heads too slowly, so naturally they didn't see anything, probably because of my expression, Lu Su looked worried, and asked, "Brother Chen, what's wrong?"

"There's something inside." I pointed to the piece of profound ice that was far away, and described what I saw just now.The mute and Lu Su looked at each other, and they rushed back.Soon, the three of us regrouped in front of that piece of black ice.

Lu Su stretched out his hand and knocked, and said in a deep voice: "The layer of mysterious ice is a bit thick." He drew out the Ghost Crying Knife again, and slashed at the ice layer, only heard a crisp sound, leaving a very eye-catching line on the ice layer. white marks.But I know that with the ghost cry knife's ability to cut gold and iron, I slashed vigorously, but left only a white mark, which is enough to show the hardness of this mysterious ice layer.

I immediately felt that something was wrong. The reason why I called it Xuanbing was because it showed a slight blue color. This is the visual color difference caused by the crystallization of the ice body becoming extremely dense. In fact, it is still transparent.The journey of Xuanbing is not a day or two, nor is it a year or two, but it takes tens of millions of years to form, so this kind of ice is mostly covered under snow and thin ice, or Among the glaciers in the deep groove is a typical symbol of the year.

But at this moment, it appeared on the top of this snow ridge, what does it mean?
The problem of the snow chair that had puzzled me before was finally solved, and I suddenly realized in my heart: the place we are now is not at the top of the snow ridge at all, its real top has long been destroyed by man-made leveling That's why this mysterious ice layer is exposed!

As soon as I told the dumb two my thoughts, Lu Su's eyes lit up, and he said with a smile, "One word awakens the dreamer, it seems that's the case, these eight achievements are Puzhen's masterpiece, but why did he cut the snow top?" ?”

No matter how famous this Puzhen was, he was just a builder of mausoleums and tombs. He himself didn't have much ability. What ability would he have to level a mountain top?Moreover, this approach runs counter to the feng shui technique of tombs, which is really puzzling.

Lu Su continued: "But you said that you saw a human face in the mysterious ice layer just now. Could it be that the mysterious ice is hollow?" I understand Lu Su's thoughts. Although he didn't finish speaking, he obviously wanted to Question: Could the Puzhen Tomb be built in the mysterious ice layer?
In fact, this is also my thought. What could be more suitable for a tomb than the black ice formed over thousands of years?There is no need for any embalming measures to be buried in it, and the corpse will not rot for thousands of years, and its benefits are self-evident.It's just that traditional burial techniques, embalming is only one of them, and more importantly, the harmony between man and nature is emphasized. Therefore, it is easy to find a place with black ice, but it is very rare to find a place with excellent Fengshui.

This Puzhen built tombs for others all his life, with a very high vision. Although we have never entered the tombs we built for ourselves, the location alone is convincing and amazing.

However, this mysterious ice layer is extremely hard, and metal and iron are hard to hit. How easy is it to build a tomb inside?How did Pu really do it?
If the map in Chen Ci's hand was poured out of Puzhen's tomb, how did Chen Ci get into the tomb?At least I have gone through all the bucket tools carried by the team. Except for the detonator explosives, I can hardly think of anything else that can break through the ice layer, but we carried very little explosives this time, because this thing is not applicable in the snow mountain Yes, that's also a means of killing each other.

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