Tomb Raiders Codex

Chapter 375 The Man in the Ice

Everyone didn't expect that there was still a person hiding in the ice road that they had walked before, and they were caught off guard for a while. Probably the person was hiding behind the ice pick before, so we didn't find it.When I ran into the ice track, it was already empty.

I don’t know if it’s my illusion, but I suddenly felt that once I entered this ice tunnel, the surrounding environment seemed to be colder and a bit gloomy. Looking at the empty ice tunnel, I didn’t think to myself: Could it be that what I saw just now wasn’t something? A human figure, but a ghost?
Think about it too, who else is there besides us in this place?
At this time, Tofu suddenly said: "Could it be Zhao Erye's people? They have messengers. If they are trapped, they will die of cold and starvation. If they are trusted, they will not die." His words reminded everyone, Lu Su The gentle expression became serious, and he gestured to everyone, indicating one left and one right, pay attention to the movement on both sides, the messenger may be hiding inside.

I was walking in front, keeping my eyes on the ice cone. These things stand upright, in different shapes, big or small, layered on top of each other. It is indeed very easy to hide something.It's just that this thing is relatively transparent, so when the light shines on it, there is nothing to hide.We walked too fast before, and the shadows of people were reflected in the ice cones, vaguely, and there was no difference.Thinking about it now, in that case, even if there was someone hidden behind, it would be easy for us to ignore it.

After figuring this out, everyone walked slowly, carefully distinguishing which ones were their own shadows, so as to avoid being misled by those things.I paid attention with 12 concentration, the figures in the ice cone moved with my walking, I observed their changes, noticed the difference of the figures, at this moment, there was a motionless black figure in the ice cone caught my attention.It hides behind the ice pick.Because of the light, it looks like a thin piece with an obscure face, no different from the shadows we projected on it, and it will almost be ignored if we are not careful.

But I keenly discovered its difference, because our shadow is moving, but it is not.I stopped and stared at it, and at the same time, waved a signal to everyone.The rest of the people immediately understood, and quickly caught the black shadow, and gathered together.

Lu Su's Ghost Crying Knife is the most powerful cold weapon among us, and it is also very skillful, so he did his part. After discovering this black shadow, he immediately pushed me back, and sternly shouted at the shadow: "Don't hide!" ,Come out!"

Judging from the height of that black shadow, it should be standing and hiding behind, and nine out of ten it is undoubtedly a messenger. I am ready to meet its rotten true face, but who knows, after Lu Su shouted, A scene that made our hair stand on end appeared.

The black shadow moved, as if it was about to come out obediently.

But it didn't mean to come out through the gap between the ice cones, but walked straight towards us.

You know, there are several huge ice picks in front of it. If you walk so straight, don't you want to hit the ice picks?However, it didn't collide, it kept moving forward, its body seemed to be a mass of gas, walking straight towards us, passing through the ice cone...

Finally, a human head poked out from the ice cone...

"what……"

It was Mengmeng who uttered the loud cry, and his legs went limp, and the tofu fell on me. As for myself, I basically froze.This scene is similar to that of Sadako crawling out of the TV. We were not mentally prepared in advance, seeing a human head protruding from the ice, not to mention how terrifying it was, we lost our voice in fright.

After I was frightened, I took a closer look at the appearance of the head. I couldn’t help feeling familiar, with a blue face, rolled white eyes, and a bald head. I seemed to have seen it somewhere before, but I couldn’t remember it.At this time, Tofu was finally able to stand on his own, and stammered: "Yes, he is the one who killed the chicken for nothing. He fed me worms..."

When he said that, I immediately recalled, isn't this person one of the subordinates who followed Bai Zhanji back then?Obviously, this is a soft rice dumpling.When all of us were frightened, Lu Su reacted immediately, and chopped down the head with a big silver knife.

Ghost Crying Knife, a famous murderous knife, the most powerful legend about it is that he can chop soft rice dumplings.You know, there are many ways to deal with hard zongzi, but there are too few ways to deal with soft zongzi.There is a rhetoric in the Dao Dou world: bully the strong but not the weak, look at the water but not the mountain; touch jade but not gold, words are the most valuable.

The general meaning is that it is better to encounter hard rice dumplings than soft rice dumplings; when looking for a tomb, one must look at the water instead of the mountains, and the trend of the water determines the general location of the ancient tomb; Gold wares are precious, and when touching Ming wares, the most valuable ones are those engraved with words.

This is a low-level doggerel, and it talks about the most simple truths, which shows how tricky soft rice dumplings are.However, there has long been a saying in Taoism, saying that if you fight with Lu Su, don't be afraid of Zongzi, because his Ghost Crying Knife can cut hard when it is hard, and kill soft when it is soft. Lu Su also relied on this knife to enter and exit the ancient tomb. In No Man's Land, rumors from the outside world are miraculous.I also went on the same road with Lu Su, he never cut soft rice dumplings with this knife, but I have seen the skill of chopping hard rice dumplings, once the knife hits, the head will fly out.

I don't know if this legend is true or not.

But when Lu Su cut it down with the knife, the head suddenly disappeared, as if the scene just now was our illusion, only our own shadow was reflected on the ice pick, where was the bald head with blue face and white eyes?
Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, and the figures in the ice cone turned their heads accordingly, as if we were trapped in a prism world.

Lu Su slashed down with his knife, but missed. He seemed a little dissatisfied, frowned slightly, looked around, and said softly, "It should still be nearby."

Tofu swallowed his saliva, and said: "It seems that Bai Zhanji and Old Man Zhao's people have been wiped out. This bald man seems to want to harm us. You say... the dumb coma, could it be related to him?" As soon as he said dumb, I couldn't help but look at the number of people in the team. When I saw this, I was shocked immediately. I suddenly saw a ghost just now, and everyone was only focused on chasing after him, but they forgot the dumb!An ominous premonition surged in my heart, and I ran back.

After leaving the ice road, I looked again and saw that the mute had disappeared.

The most powerful person in the team first fell into a coma strangely, and now, in just 10 minutes, disappeared strangely.For a moment, the entire team was silent, but the ice lamp like a small sun was still bright and dazzling, and there was not even a single footprint left in the clean black ice cave.

Where did the dumb go?

Did he leave by himself, or...

Mengmeng stomped her feet, swearing, and said, "Damn it, I shouldn't have followed you just now, it's over." She can't be blamed for this. Under the circumstances at that time, everyone would be attracted to her. Think, I even have a feeling of being turned away from the mountain by someone.

If the mute left by himself, no matter what the reason was, it would be fine.But if it's taken away by something...

A dumb figure appeared in my mind, and gradually became one with the statement. Although I didn't show it on the surface, I was secretly anxious in my heart.Unexpectedly, at this moment, the black loach sharply pointed at the ice path and said, "It appeared again." Everyone looked in the direction of his finger, and there was indeed another black shadow shaking in the layers of ice cones.

This time we didn't chase after it in a hurry. The strange thing is that it seemed to lure us on purpose. As soon as it appeared before, it disappeared without a trace. It seems that now, I am almost more sure that there is some conspiracy in it.

However, everyone soon realized that something was wrong, this black shadow was different from the previous one.The previous one hid immediately, but this one, the black shadow moved slowly, and upon closer inspection, it turned out to be walking towards us!

Lu Su smiled slightly, looking calm, and softly uttered two words: "Looking for death."

Under the refraction of you under the light, the black shadow transforms into countless avatars, which slowly move with the position of the ice pick.Lu Su stood with a knife in his hand, and we were also fully armed. Then, at the end of the ice road, a figure suddenly appeared.

The old smoker had excellent eyesight, and when he saw that figure, he said in surprise: "Fusang girl." I took a closer look, and it turned out that the person who came was Jizi, and the figures that appeared on the ice cones were also her shadows.

How did she come?

When Jizi found us, he ran forward quickly, looking pale, out of breath, and looking weak.

Tofu was surprised and said, "Didn't you be told to stay up there? How did you get down? Where's the bearded man accompanying you?"

Jizi panted heavily, and intermittently said: "He is guarding the camp above, I want to go with you, I came down by myself." As she spoke, her eyes patrolled the crowd.Tofu said: "No, you want to be with your Mr. Wu, right? Unfortunately, he has disappeared."

Jizi is interested in the mute, everyone can see that, when Tofu said this, Jizi became a little anxious, and stammered: "Mr. Wu... What's wrong with him and her?"

When Tofu talked about the matter, Jizi looked very anxious, and she drowned before, and her vitality did not recover. This anxiety made her face turn pale, and she looked very charming.The coward Tofu softened his heart and said, "Don't worry, don't worry, there are so many of us, we will definitely find him."

There was a layer of tears in Jizi's eyes, he didn't look at Tofu, but looked at Lu Su, and said: "Mr. Lu, please find Mr. Wu, he must be in danger."

Well, we little shrimps were completely ignored.

(End of this chapter)