Tomb Raiders Codex

Chapter 379 Storage
The thing let go of its hand, and the messenger slid back into the vertical ice hole, and the fleshless face disappeared before my eyes.In the middle of the shot, the thing came towards me, very fast, and every step was accompanied by a clicking sound.

The gun is completely useless.

Not even bullets could penetrate its skin, let alone the dagger in my hand, so I had no choice but to run away in desperation.If Happy Tofu, I'm afraid I can't walk the road at this moment. At this moment, I am especially grateful for my strong psychological quality.

When I turned around and ran, that thing also started to run, faster than me, so after barely running a few steps, I felt a gust of palm wind behind me, as if that thing was grabbing towards my neck.Although I didn't look back, the experience still made me fall to the ground in an instant, and I was hit with a stick on the ground.While the light was flickering, I caught a glimpse of the thing's hand, it was too close, and it had a weird smell on it. It wasn't smelly, but it wasn't fragrant either.

As soon as I rolled, it jumped into the air, looking very angry, and stepped on me with a pair of big red feet.All of this happened in an instant. Before I could get up, my body was one step ahead of my brain, and I was climbing forward to escape. However, this movement was nothing compared to it. He got down and stepped on my waist fiercely.

Not to mention the feeling, I just felt that my stomach was about to be squeezed, and there was a sharp pain in my waist. If it wasn't for the thick winter clothing that cushioned the force, I reckoned that my waist would definitely be crushed.This time I felt dizzy from the pain, and I stopped breathing for a while, but in this severe pain, my mind was still clear.I am not a person who sits and waits to be killed. Even if the chance is small, it is impossible for me to be slaughtered.

So I stabbed the dagger backwards and stabbed it on the instep. Similarly, the dagger was like a bayonet with a piece of super rubber, which had a soft feeling, but it was not stressed. Even a small wound on the instep I didn't poke it out, but I forcibly twisted myself, which made my injured waist throbbing even more.

Its feet kept stepping on my waist, just like a person stepping on a dog's neck, unable to resist at all.Now that we are getting closer, this crimson person is more clear in my eyes, with a swollen face and a big mouth, the teeth inside are bigger than normal people's, and the two canine teeth are sharper.The hands and feet are bigger than humans, and the fingernails are not too long, but unlike humans, its nails are like cat claws, triangular in shape, with a hook at the top.

In addition, there are many patterns on the red skin. Now that I have a closer look, I suddenly think it looks like a tattoo.

These weird tattoos, like some kind of spells, are all over its body, which looks very strange.

What exactly is this thing?
If it was a human, how could a human become like this?
But at this moment, I don't have the energy to think so much, because this thing has already reached out and grabbed my neck.The feeling of the whole person being lifted by the neck is not to mention how uncomfortable it is, but I can’t struggle at all, because those barb-like claws on its hands are close to the skin on my neck, as long as it is tightened again, or myself With a couple of struggles, the claws will penetrate deep into the skin.

I don't have to move.

The thing squeezed me closer, and my face met its swollen face, and I suddenly discovered that it was actually breathing, and every time it breathed, a foul-smelling gas would come out of its nostrils.In fact, seeing its strange appearance, I subconsciously thought it might be a big rice dumpling, but the breathing told me that it was a living thing.

The distance between my face and its face was less than five centimeters, and that face, which seemed to be swollen with blisters, was twice as big as mine.Gray eyes looked at me with no emotion.The scene I saw just now popped up in my mind, the flesh in its hand, and the missing other half of the messenger’s face, I only felt that my feet were weak, and I felt nothing on my body, even the pain in my neck and waist seemed to be felt No more, only fear remains.

At this moment, the thing stuck out its long gray tongue, and suddenly licked my face, brushing it up from my chin, like licking a lollipop, and I was stupefied.What does the heart say it wants to do?Lick it before eating?The sticky and foul-smelling saliva stuck to his face, not to mention how disgusting it was.I didn't dare to struggle, so I could only keep my mouth and eyes tightly shut.The thing pretty much licked my entire face, then twisted me back.

After a while, it moved forward about four or five meters to the ice pit where the messenger was placed across the country, and then put me down, but this time, I was also put into an ice cave.As soon as I entered, I felt something wrapping my legs tightly, and that thing was still wriggling like a snake.

My scalp exploded, and I subconsciously wanted to crawl out, but I was bound tightly by the things under my feet.And the ice hole is just one person wide, I can't even look down to see what is causing trouble, the whole person can only maintain the posture like a popsicle.

Immediately afterwards, the crimson man circled around me, suddenly licked my face again, and then walked away, as if he had no intention of eating me.The top of my head was still lit, so I could see hallucinations around me, and the thing went away.

At this time, I heard the voice of the messenger again, and it said: "This place is not the only one. It uses saliva to mark the ownership of the prey."

I immediately rubbed my face against the clothes on my shoulders twice. Although the smell couldn't be wiped off, I managed to wipe off the sticky saliva.

It seems that this messenger has been trapped here for a long time.

I took a deep breath, forced myself to calm down, and said, "Do you know what it is?"

The messenger said he didn't know.

It has the same thinking as a living person. Of course, the premise is that you can't see its true face. The messenger continued: "I thought you could rescue me, and you are finished." I said coldly: "I still have companions, they Coming soon."

The messenger got excited and said, "How long will it take to find this place? I guess that thing will be back in half an hour."

I was surprised, although it took me a long time to find this place, but I made a mark on the correct road later, so it would take about 10 minutes for Lu Su and the others to come in, and there was no problem with the time, so I Asked: "Are you sure it was more than half an hour? What did it do? How do you know what it came back?"

Messenger said, "I've been here for three months... I don't know what it's been doing, but it comes back every half hour or so, sometimes just to re-lick, sometimes it will, it will eat me..."

I felt something was wrong and said, "It's been three months, and you haven't been eaten yet?"

The messenger said: "Our regenerative ability is very strong, but... But I am getting weaker and weaker, and it will not be long before I will really be eaten clean." A little cold.

I don't have the messenger's ability to regenerate. In comparison, the ability to endure pain can't compare to the messenger. If that thing also grabs a piece of meat on my face to eat...

Just thinking about this scene can make people tremble with fear.I suddenly realized that the vertical ice cave I was in now should be the food storage room of that thing.The messenger then said: "But don't worry, it takes a long time to eat, and you are safe within ten hours, but don't wipe the saliva on your face, because there will be other things breaking into this territory." , without that mark, they'll eat you."

I rely on!

I almost fainted, and I thought that if you didn't tell me the fuck, I would have wiped it off my clothes long ago!I looked down, and luckily the jacket didn't absorb water, so a lot of the mucus that rubbed off was still in liquid form, hanging stickily on my shoulders.At this moment, I didn't care about the nausea anymore, and quickly lowered my head again, rubbing these things on my face again.Don't mention how useless it is, I just hope that Lu Su and the others will come over quickly.

The previous battle was so fierce, they could definitely hear the movement.Those old smokers are more cunning and may play some tricks, but Lu Su and Tofu will definitely rush over.As long as there is Lu Su, it is enough. Of course, it is better for Tofu to stay below. He has the physique of a crow's mouth and a drag bottle. If he is there, I feel that the hope of being rescued is very slim.

I finally rubbed some on my face, and about ten minutes passed. During this period, I saw another red-red person, which was obviously different from the previous one.slightly smaller.I wore a headlamp on my head, and it probably hadn't seen the light source, so it stared at those swollen gray-white eyeballs in an instant.It circled around me twice, finally twitched its nose and sniffed, grinning its teeth, as if it wanted to eat me but didn't dare to.

My hairs stood up in shock, and I held my breath, for fear that it would not follow the rules and bite me.Fortunately, what the messenger said was right, the thing was delayed for a while, and he reluctantly left.I breathed a sigh of relief, estimated the time, and became excited in my heart.Lu Su and the others, if there are no accidents, should arrive within 5 minutes.

I turned my head to where I had come, eagerly awaiting their arrival.This is all thanks to my tall enough head, so the head can be exposed.The courier was estimated to be relatively short, so the whole body was sunk in the ice hole.Not long after, I suddenly heard a burst of soft footsteps, followed by a familiar voice: "It's related to the front, it must be Lao Chen."

I was overjoyed and surprised, happy that the person finally came, and surprised that the crow's mouth, Tofu, also followed.

Seeing the light, they quickened their pace and soon appeared around the corner.Immediately afterwards, Tofu and I looked at each other, and Tofu seemed to be struck by lightning, and his lips trembled, "Head...head, Lao Chen only has one head left."

The rest of my body is in the ice cave. From their position, I really only have one head left on the ice, just like the hands of the messenger I saw not long ago, I thought it was a severed hand.

(End of this chapter)