Tomb Raiders Codex

Chapter 372 Rabbit
Lu Su chopped it down with a knife, exhaled, and said: "It's a hard thing. I don't know how thick it is. If it breaks slowly, it will take at least a whole day." I don’t know if this is connected to the ancient tomb.” The mute didn’t say a word, and used a searchlight to send a signal to the people below, signaling them to come up, and then sat on the ground, signaling to wait for people to join.It seems that he intends to slowly break through the mysterious ice layer.

I couldn't figure out the mute's intentions for a while, and I didn't have any tools at hand, so I couldn't do anything about Xuanbing in front of me at the moment, so I just sat on the ground and waited for the team to arrive.

About an hour later, Tofu and other talents carried their equipment and went up the mountain panting.This place was a slope, and there was no way to set up camp. Everyone piled up unused equipment, took out tools such as iron chisels and chisels, and began to work on the mysterious ice layer under the arrangement of the mute.

Lu Su instructed: "There may be something hidden under this mysterious ice layer, be careful." In the process of arranging the task, Lu Su stayed to take care of the overall situation, but the mute did not assign tasks to Tofu and me.Tofu rolled his eyes and said, "Could it be that he wants to give us a little treat?"

I said, "He's not a Chen Ci, so what's wrong with him if he has nothing to do?" And based on the evaluation of Chen Ci by the people around him, it is estimated that even if he knew that I was his son, he would not make any trouble for me.As soon as the words finished, the mute raised his chin towards Tofu and me, and said coldly, "Come here."

Tofu said angrily: "If you ask me to come here, I will come here, treat me like a dog!" Said while passing... this coward.

While shaking my head, I walked forward and said, "What's the matter?" It seemed that Tofu and I had other missions.The mute pointed to the terrain on the left and right, and said, "Go to the right and gather at the opposite side." What he meant was that the three of us divided into two groups, one on the left and one on the right, and searched around the top of the mountain. The two groups of us will meet at the back of the snow ridge.It seems that the mute doesn't have much hope for breaking the ice. He probably wants to find the route left by the old man Zhao and others.As for the statement, even if he had left any route at the beginning, it has already been frozen and hidden in the past few decades.

Each of us did his own thing, and Tofu and I didn't say much. We brought searchlights, daggers, ropes and other items, so we packed lightly and searched all the way to the right.This kind of slope-shaped terrain is prone to have some cavities between the slopes, which are called Xuepaozi.Some of the paozi still have stagnant water. People around the snow area call it "unfreezing water", which means that the snow water buried in the snow paozi will never freeze. It is said that washing the eyes with this water has a famous effect.However, non-freezing water often means hollowness. If it is a small snow bubble, it will wet the shoes and socks at best. If it is some big snow bubble, it may be able to swallow people directly.

As I walked forward, I noticed that the terrain was getting steeper. Every time I stepped on a hole in the snow ridge, I had already stepped on three holes at this moment.Seeing that the terrain ahead was getting steeper, there were many snow cones on the slope, and there was a big difference in height. I was afraid there might be a big hole, so I untied the rope around my waist and tied it with tofu around my waist, with an interval of ten meters in between. He said, "I'll go ahead, so that if you step on a snowball, you can hold me back,"

Tofu said nervously, "Then if you fall into the water, your clothes will get wet, and it will be so cold."

Does he still care about this?I was speechless for a while, and said: "It's okay, my clothes are wet, so I'll take yours off." As I said that, I distanced myself from Tofu, and the two were connected by ropes, separated by ten meters, along the dangerous snow in front of me. way forward.

I brought an iron drill in my hand, which is the tool used by Tufuzi to insert into the ground to judge the vibration. It is very thin, like a western foil sword. I used it to pry while I was walking. Some snow bubbles.This journey is not long or short, and it takes about forty minutes. When I was about to walk out of this landform gap, the rope around my waist suddenly tightened, and there was a strong force, which pushed me backwards. A pull.

I was startled, the iron rod in my hand fell to the ground, and I quickly grabbed the nearest prism-shaped stone, and managed to stabilize my figure. When I looked back, my angry eyes were straightened. The tofu suddenly disappeared, and behind him, a big snow pit appeared.

I just found out that there is a big snow bubble, so I forgive you, and I reminded the tofu not to step on it, why did he fall down instead?
Don't be afraid of enemies like wolves, but teammates like pigs.At first, I was furious and heartbroken because of the unreliability of tofu, and then I could only accept the reality, dragging the rope to catch people.

The range of the Xuepaozi was about six or seven meters, and it would continue to expand, so I could only go around the edge, and the voice of Tofu shouting for help could already be heard inside.

I quickly found a relatively large rock, hid behind the snow stone, borrowed my strength, pulled the rope, and dragged the snow-covered tofu out.He lay on the ground gasping for breath. Without further ado, I kicked the boy's buttocks twice, and he screamed until he scolded: "Okay you, you kid is a talent... huh? If you don’t, you’ll learn to make trouble for me? Are you sent by God to torture me?”

Tofu blinked, and said aggrievedly: "I was going around, but...but I suddenly saw a rabbit, so I forgot it for a while, so I just..."

I said: "Make it up, you continue to make it up. You shouldn't fight or draw, you should write fairy tales, you know?" In this snow-capped mountain, not a single blade of grass grows. Where did the rabbit come from?What do rabbits live on?Do you eat snow?

When Tofu heard this, he immediately became angry and said, "If you don't believe me, I'll let you down, anyway, I saw it.

I'm planning to continue educating him, it doesn't matter if you make a mistake, it's wrong to beg for nothing and not admit it.Unexpectedly, before I spoke, I suddenly discovered a strange phenomenon, that is, the clothes on Tofu's body were dry, and there was no sign of falling into the water except for being covered with snow.

I wondered in my heart, could it be that such a big Xue Paozi did it?The formation of snow bubbles is mainly caused by the melting of internal snow or the flow of groundwater under the snow. Generally, there will be water inside, and most of the ones without water are not real snow bubbles, but animal nests.

Could it be that this big hole is not Xuepaozi, but the lair of some large animal?Impossible, there are no living conditions in this place?
I suddenly thought of the snowman, and I thought something was wrong, did I run into a snowman's lair?Thinking about it this way, he didn't even bother to teach Tofu a lesson, and immediately pulled him up and said, "I'm afraid this place is dangerous, go away."

Tofu still doesn't understand, so he looked stupid and vowed to prove his innocence by catching that rabbit and showing me.Seeing him standing upright at this time, I said, "Ancestor, can't I be wrong? I apologize to that rabbit, let's go quickly."

Tofu put his nose on his face, ignored me, and said: "The rabbit seems to have been buried in the pit together, let's look for it." After that, he squatted by the pit and looked in.I was so angry that I was about to vomit blood, so I looked down, and couldn't help being stunned, the rabbit didn't look at it, but there was an ice hole under the snow bubble, and the traces, at first glance, were artificially made with drills and the like .

I realized right away that this was a major discovery.

Tofu jumped into the snow pit and rummaged through the snowdrifts, but he couldn't find the rabbit, so he looked very anxious and said, "There are really rabbits, the red ones are very rare."

I interrupted him and said, "Red rabbit?" Tofu nodded affirmatively, and said, "Red, I'm not color-blind, so I can't see it wrong." When I heard this, I felt my hair stand on end.When I was a child, my grandfather told me stories, and he liked to tell some strange things. He told me a story about a red rabbit.

At that time, the background of the stories my grandfather told was mostly in the countryside. He said that there was a young couple in the countryside. Their son was abducted, and the couple were very sad.One year, they went to pick 'congzi' in the nearby snow mountain. Suddenly, a red rabbit appeared out of nowhere.The couple looked at it curiously, the rabbit suddenly turned its face, and that face was their dead son!As soon as the rabbit turned its head, it disappeared again. They thought, could it be that the son was not kidnapped, but had an accident in the snow-capped mountains because of fun?So the husband and wife started digging at the place where the red rabbit appeared, and sure enough, they dug up the lifelike corpse of their son hidden in the snow.

Holding the son's body in her arms, the wife cried sadly: "Son, mother is willing to die for you. Wake up."

At this time, the corpse in her arms suddenly opened its eyes, and said quietly: "Mom, you are so kind to me." Immediately afterwards, the corpse opened its mouth, revealing its green fangs... I don't know the end of the story , because I was young at that time and was afraid, so I didn't dare to listen to it.Grandpa told me that the red rabbit is a way to seduce people, so don't look for it if you see it.

I felt a little cold in my ears, so I immediately stretched out my hand and said, "Don't look for it, I'll pull you up." Before Tofu could say anything, I sternly said, "Say one more word, and I'll make you look good." We are used to chatting, now Tofu shrank his neck when he saw that my face was not right, and he didn't dare to say more, so he climbed out of the snow cave with my hand, and said: "Go on, I won't look for it anymore .”

I said: "There is no need to go forward. Look at the edge of the hole. There are wear marks. It should be made with a small impact drill or something. Get out, let's go back and call someone."

(End of this chapter)