Tomb Raiders Codex

Chapter 373 Welcome
Tofu and I hurried back to the camp to call for someone, and sent a light signal to the mute. Half an hour later, everyone gathered at the entrance of the cave.Lu Su jumped down and plunged his front half into the ice cave, which was just big enough for one person to pass through. Then he stepped back and said with certainty, "It was left by Mr. Zhao."

Tofu felt strange and said, "You can tell who made it just by looking at the opening of the hole? Could it be that old man Zhao's name is written on it."

I said: "It's easy to judge. The hole was made with an impact drill. If you want to use that thing, you have to bring your own engine, which requires a lot of manpower and equipment. The statement was made by one person at the beginning, and it was impossible for one People carry a generator, so it can only be Zhao Erye's gang."

Lu Su nodded and said with a smile, "Brother Chen is right. The reason why I made such a conclusion is because of this reason." The mute nodded, then raised his chin to Hei Niqiu and said, "Go." Although the size of the ice cave can fit a person, it is not convenient to get in and out of it. If there is any danger inside, it is difficult to retreat, so it is best to check the situation first.

The black loach is thin and small, and can shrink bones, so it is suitable for him to go in and explore the way.

He didn't refuse, jumped down the snow pit, and when he got to the edge of the hole, he suddenly trembled a few times.It was the first time for Tofu and I to see someone using the bone shrinking technique, so we couldn't help but stare at it carefully.Due to the close distance, I heard a very slight sound in my ears, a bit like the sound of chewing tendons when gnawing chicken feet.I saw that with the shaking of the black loach these few times, the sound became more and more intensive, and then, the clothes that were originally propped up suddenly fell down more than half of them as if there was no support. People are very visually shocked, like a living person, slowly shrinking in front of their eyes.

Of course, his head didn't change in any way. Immediately afterwards, the black loach easily got into the ice cave, and his figure gradually disappeared.

Seeing Doufu and me staring dumbfounded, Lu Su smiled slightly, turned his head and whispered, "Those who have practiced the bone shrinking kung fu are the ones who can endure pain, because practicing kung fu itself is an extremely painful process. Of course, Chen The old man is very talented, so he is an exception."

At the beginning, the reason why Bai Laosi took a fancy to my grandfather was because of his slippery bone disease, which led our Chen family to go on such a road. Thinking about it now, it has to be embarrassing.We waited outside, and not long after, the black loach came out with a happy face, and said to the mute: "Mr. Wu, the ice road is divided into two sections. The first 20 meters are formed by artificial impact drills. It’s not bottomless, it’s an ancient ice road, maybe it’s the divine way of Puzhen’s tomb.”

I have always been more cautious, so I don’t have the optimism of black loach. I know that there is an ancient glacial cave landform, that is, a naturally formed ring channel or large cavity inside a glacier.Is the ancient ice passage in the back formed naturally or man-made?

I raised this question. The black loach probably didn't think about this level. Hearing this and thinking for a moment, he shrugged and said that he couldn't see it. Over time, even if it was man-made, the traces had already disappeared.He was already shrunk very thin, so the movement of shrugging his shoulders was particularly comical. He shrank his neck and buried his head in his clothes.

Seeing my hesitation, Lu Su asked me what I was worried about, and I stated my concerns, and said: "...if it is really a natural landform in the shape of a glacier cave, the depth of the ice channel is difficult to estimate, maybe not too deep , it may be very deep, it may be warm below, or it may be very cold, if you go down rashly, you may be able to get in but not get out."

When Lu Su heard me talking about the glacier cave, he couldn't help hissing, and suddenly squinted his eyes. After a while, he said slowly: "It's hard to sustain manpower to dig out the ice to build the tomb. I think, maybe the tomb of Puzhen is natural. Formed." His words awakened me, we had been wondering before, how did Puzhen build a tomb in the mysterious ice layer of the snow-capped mountain with meager manpower, now combined with the current situation, it is very likely that he It was the discovery of a glacier cave, so he took advantage of the trend and built a rare mysterious ice underground palace.If this is the case, then the mystery of the construction of the Puzhen Tomb will be clear.

After discussing with Lu Su, I decided to tie the rope and go down to investigate first.They connected two ropes that were nearly 40 meters long, laid a stabilizing cone on the outer layer, buckled the ropes, and the mute entered the ice cave first.

Everyone was waiting outside. I lit a damp cigarette and took two puffs before throwing it away. By the way, I looked at my watch. According to our prediction, I stretched out my hand dumbly. It should take about ten minutes to go back and forth, but I waited for more than 20 minutes. , I can't stand still.

I haven't come up for so long, is something wrong with the mute?
Lu Su and I looked at each other, and his expression became serious. At this moment, the originally stretched straight rope suddenly broke.

Tofu cried out in surprise, and said, "The mute let go of the rope, so nothing happened to him?"

I knew that waiting was not an option, so I immediately said, "Go in and have a look." At this moment, the rest of the team is fine, except for that Fusang woman named Jizi, who was awake for too long because of being drowned, but now she is very sick Weak and unable to move at all.

And it's inappropriate to leave her alone in this icy and snowy place. After thinking about it, I said to the bearded man: "You and Jizi stay outside, take care of each other, and take care of us by the way. The rest of you will hate me when you go down."

The bearded man had already complained a lot about this operation, and he was naturally very happy to hear that he could not fight, and said: "Listen to you, don't worry, I will take good care of Miss Jizi."

The remaining seven of us, armed with equipment, slowly crawled into the ice cave. Passed through an ice tunnel that was obviously doubled in size.

This ice road is very steep, almost close to ninety degrees. When the lights are turned on, the black ice reflects the light of the flashlight. The ice layer is like glass, flowing with the light, beautiful and dazzling.The previous rope was placed on the ice path and stretched to the end of the ice path.

I signaled everyone to put on gloves, then held the rope, took a deep breath, jumped down, and went all the way down like a slide. When I needed to stop, I held the rope hard to slow down.

The ice track is relatively large and spiral-shaped, and it slides about 30 meters. At the end of the light, the traces of the ice track suddenly disappeared.

Relying on the rope to fix my figure, I opened my legs and kicked off the ice walls on both sides. I looked down and saw that at the end of the ice passage, there was a very huge space. One by one, the lights hit the past, and the ice cone reflected the light. At some special angles, a circle of full-color halo was formed, like an underground palace.

Looking down again, we found a clear pool of 'unfrozen water'. You can see the bottom at a glance, and the clarity is unforgettable. In the rest of the place, there are open spaces and walkways that can be seen to be dug artificially. , there are naturally formed ice cones with strange shapes, and there are also some carvings with artificial traces. The space is too large to be seen at a glance.But I didn't see the mute alone, where did he go?

The ice cave is about three meters high from the unfrozen water, and if you jump down, you will fall into the water. There is a stone step carved out by hand, which can lead to the bottom, so I shouted to the top of the ice road, State the situation and let them down.

The sound can travel very far through the circular ice tunnel, and after a while, Tofu and others slid down one after another.There are no traces left below, and the sound of dripping water can be heard occasionally. Tofu called Wu Shui, where are you, but no one responded to us.

Mengmeng felt strange and speculated, "It seems that there is no danger. Why did Boss Wu disappear?" Because there are black ice everywhere, there are no clues left, so we can only follow the artificially carved route to investigate.

This artificially built walkway is located on the right side of the unfreezing water, shuttling between the ice cones. When stepping into it, people's vision is immediately covered, and the figures sway on the ice cones with the lights, giving people a strange feeling.

At this moment, a very large ice cone suddenly appeared on our right side. It was obviously artificially modified and hit a stone tablet, which was more than three meters high.Everyone standing under it had to look up, only to see two lines of seal characters carved vertically with lapis lazuli:
The world is poor, and it reaches the mausoleum of people.

The hole is full of yin and yang, and those who come are welcome.

There is a signature at the bottom, which is the word Puzhen, which is flying and dancing.

Seeing this stele, we can already conclude that this is the tomb of Puzhen, and the ice road that came down before must also be divine.This tomb is really weird. First, the top of the mountain was flattened and Feng Shui was broken, but now there is such a monument, which makes people feel confused.

After reading the above words, Tofu was stunned, and said, "My dear, this Puzhen is too arrogant. It is too arrogant to say that he is poor and penetrating, and compare himself to a perfect person."

As the saying goes, the sky has five directions, the earth has five elements, the sound has five tones, the matter has five flavors, the color has five chapters, and the people have five persons, so there are 25 people between heaven and earth.

Among them, the top five are gods, real people, Taoists, perfect people, and saints.

It can be seen from this that what a lofty title the perfect person is.

And this Puzhen not only compares himself to a perfect person, but the most incredible thing is the last sentence: Those who come are welcome.Literally speaking, this means: Anyone who sees this stele must have broken into my tomb. It’s okay, come on, I’ll wait for you.

There is no threat in these words, but there is an air of not being afraid of the heavens and the earth, and I dare not let you out if you come.I've done quite a few fierce fights, and I've never seen such an arrogant one.We have only entered this place so far. There are no organs, no poisonous fog, and the layout is like a fairyland on earth. Now that it has been developed, it is definitely a 5A-level scenic spot.

What is hidden behind the scenes of this underground heavenly palace?
Everyone looked at this "Welcome" stone tablet, and their hearts sank.

(End of this chapter)