Tomb Raiders Codex

Chapter 378 The Messenger
I'm not sure if Jizi is telling the truth, but through my observation of this Fusang woman, she is indeed just an ordinary person, even if she has some scheming, it is not too deep.As for the mute, on the one hand, he was looking for the statement and the structural diagram of King Juer's tomb, but on the other hand, he refused to admit that he had any relationship with our Chen family. The combination of various clues is very contradictory and incomprehensible.

So far, our conversation can only end here. The three of them returned to the team, and the rest of them have already discussed a plan. They decided to send a person, tied with a rope, to prevent getting lost, and climb to the ice above. Find out the identity of the man in the ice on the cave.

The other people were more or less cunning, knowing that if the man in the ice was really dumb, there might be other things in the ice cave. Although the plan was discussed, no one came forward.In fact, I can't understand why the mute has to bring so many people. In fact, many of our staff can be revoked.In this regard, there is a similarity with the old man Zhao sending a large number of messengers into the mountain.What kind of calculations are the dumb and old man Zhao planning?
Seeing that no one came forward, Lu Su smiled, and said to me: "Brother Chen, I'll go up and have a look, and you can meet me below." I thought of that ghost with blue face and white eyes, and thought that there was Lu Su's murderous knife. Now, that thing probably wouldn't dare to get close to it. If he wants to leave, I don't know what will happen. Jizi is soft and weak, and will fall when the wind blows. Tofu is unreliable, impulsive, old smoker and black loach They are all cunning, but Feng Guishou is a little more reliable, it is not safe, so I let Lu Su stay, and I took the weapon into the ice cave.

Based on the inclination of the entrance of the ice cave, we can roughly judge the trend of the ice cave. There are about a dozen cave entrances close to the man in the ice, but these ten or so cave entrances are likely to be connected in the depths. The main thing is to recognize the position.I carried the weapon, turned out the headlamp and put it on, with a compass in my chest pocket, and climbed into an ice cave by building a ladder.

To be on the safe side, a rope was tied around his waist, and the other end of the rope was left in the hands of Lu Su and the others, so that even if they couldn't find where the man in the ice was, at least they wouldn't get lost.As soon as they entered the ice cave, the dim lights painted amber on everything around them.The Xuanbing is transparent, looking down through it, you can still vaguely see Doufu and others.It's just that the more I climbed in, the trend of the ice cave gradually increased, and the ice layer at the bottom gradually thickened, and gradually I couldn't see anything clearly.

After a while, some connected ice caves appeared in front of my eyes, forming a dense cobweb-like fork. I simply had a compass, and I looked for the direction and continued to climb forward.The rope tied to my body is more than 40 meters long. If you calculate the straight-line distance, it is almost the same as where the man in the ice is. , the rope is really not enough.After climbing 40 meters, I couldn't even see a shadow of the man in the ice, but the rope around my waist was already tightened. I had no choice but to untie the rope and move on.

Fortunately, there was an agreement in advance that if something happened, I would fire a warning shot.This place is full of black ice, so you don't have to worry about avalanches, and you can use your guns with confidence.Until then, the rope can temporarily serve as a signpost.

The next road without ropes, without climbing for a while, I will chisel a mark on the ice wall. In this way, it takes time to stop and go.About half an hour later, the hole in front of me suddenly started to widen, which made me slowly change from crawling posture to kneeling crawling. Recently, it has reached the height of a person, and I can walk directly in it.At the same time, there was also a faint smell in the cold ice cave, like animal feces.

I was vigilant in my heart, knowing that everyone's speculations had come true, I never thought that there would be living creatures in this mysterious ice layer.

As the distance got closer, the smell became more intense. At this moment, a pair of hands suddenly appeared at the end of my sight.

The hands were well-knitted and very pale, protruding from the ice, but otherwise hidden under the ice.I realized right away that the Man in the Ice was here.Dang even walked over quickly, and at the same time, the man in the ice seemed to hear my footsteps, and stretched out his hand in response, as if hoping that I would pull him out.

Needless to say, he was definitely dumb.

Although I breathed a sigh of relief, I was also worried that something would suddenly come out, so I kept holding the gun in my right hand, and when I walked to the side of the hands, I looked down.Immediately, I saw a head of black hair. At the same time, the person in the ice cave also raised his head and said, "Help." When I saw his face, I gasped. Where was the dumb man? It was clearly a big rice dumpling. !

Immediately after I realized that Zongzi can’t speak, this person whose face has been half rotten and whose flesh has been frozen bluish white should be a messenger 1
I was quite shocked, and at this moment I also understood that the stench I smelled just now was not the smell of feces, but came from the messenger, but the temperature here is relatively low, so the smell of corpses is not too strong, which makes people feel uncomfortable for a while. Did not notice it.

Taking a closer look, he was trapped in a vertical ice hole, and there was no such phenomenon as being frozen. It stands to reason that he should be able to climb out by himself, but he seems to be unable to move in his current situation.How is this going?

I know that messengers are different from zongzi. They have language and thinking. Besides, this is not the first time I have met them. Apart from the momentary shock just now, I have no other feelings at the moment, so I asked it: "Who are you?" Someone from Master Zhao?"

Half of the flesh on his face was rotten, and he only had one eyeball. He didn't answer my question, but scratched with both hands in an extremely painful voice, and said, "Help me, save me."

From the looks of him, he doesn't seem to be in any danger, not to mention that the courier has to find someone close to him, such as parents, wife and children, etc., to "renew his life". You have to kill those closest to you.I have nothing to do with the messenger in front of me, so it's useless for him to kill me, and there shouldn't be any crooked thoughts.So I said, "I rescued you, but you cooperate obediently and don't cause trouble for me afterwards."

It nodded.Just when my hand was close to it and was about to pull it in, its rotten face suddenly turned hideous, and it said to me: "Hide quickly, it's back, hurry up!" I was startled by his frightened, almost hideous face He turned around and ran without saying a word, ran to the corner to hide, turned off the lights, held a dagger in one hand, and a gun in the other.

what is it
I don't know, but something that even couriers can be tricked and feared, I have to be more careful.Thinking of this, I squatted down and listened to the movement in front of me.As soon as the lights were turned off, the surroundings were so dark that you couldn't see your fingers.I only heard a rattling sound in my ears. I didn't react at first, but then I realized that it was the rubbing sound of the courier's teeth shaking when he was afraid.

My heart couldn't help beating wildly. What made the messenger so terrified?
At this moment, I suddenly felt a little grateful to this messenger, because it at least reminded me to hide, otherwise I might have to face the same thing as it.At this time, accompanied by the trembling sound of the courier, there was a pattering sound from a distance, approaching the courier's location.The sound was like the bouncing sound of a fish struggling on the chopping board, or the slapping sound of the soles of a person with big feet walking barefoot.

The sound came very quickly, within a few seconds, it reached the courier, and I could almost smell a fishy smell from the tip of my nose.

What exactly is it?Before I could make a sound, a shrill scream suddenly sounded in the ice cave.The sound came so suddenly that I took a step back in shock.This step made a big mistake in an instant. The headlamp on my head, because it was a little slack from crawling all the way, suddenly fell to the ground.

I was sure, it must be the damned curse, because the headlamp fell to the ground, and not only did it click, but the light went on for an instant.

My tongue was dry and every muscle in my body was tense.At this time, I also completely saw the thing that made the messenger extremely afraid.It was really a person, a person with big feet and a naked body, but this person's skin was crimson red, with many dark green patterns on it, like a charm, as for the face, it was swollen, like Like a swollen corpse.

At this moment, it grabbed a piece of rotten meat in its hand, and was about to deliver it to its mouth. When its eyes turned, the messenger slipped away, and the meat on the other half of his face was gone...

I almost wanted to throw up, but my reason told me that throwing up at this time is the most stupid behavior, because at this moment, the thing stopped eating, and a pair of bulging dead fish eyes stared straight at me.Almost instantly, I opened fire, shooting at it recklessly.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!" The fierce gunshots, the way of playing without saving bullets at all, the violent gunshots, being infinitely enlarged by the structure of the ice cave, made my ears numb from the shock.I believe that Lu Su and the others must have heard the movement here.Not to mention the gunshots, the messenger's scream just now was enough for them to hear.

But my violent shooting didn't work, because its skin was like rubber, and all the bullets that hit it were bounced off.

As soon as my scalp exploded, I felt that my legs were soft like noodles.

(End of this chapter)