Tomb Raiders Codex

Chapter 392
Holding the quilt in my hands, I wondered in my heart, wondering what Puzhen was doing with this bowl?Could it be that he put the silk book map in the bowl?

Immediately afterwards, I immediately went to look at the third layer of quilt. At this time, I saw several white mountains on the quilt. Looking at the layout, it was the Xuelong Mountain Range, and Puzhen, who was holding a compass, was standing at the foot of the mountain. Supervising and urging a group of people in strange costumes to work, and looking carefully, it is impressive to level one of the snow mountains.I immediately understood that what was shown above was the start of the construction of the Xuanbing Tomb.Looking down, it was a huge coffin being carried into the Xuanbing tomb.

That coffin must be the real owner of this mysterious ice tomb.Before, everyone had been wondering how Puzhen built this Xuanbing tomb, but now it seems that this tomb was only built by Puzhen's supervisor.

So, whose body is contained in this coffin?

Why was Puzhen buried with him?

Where did the real Puzhen go?
Was the silk book map that Chen Ci produced back then poured out of this black wooden coffin?

All of this is unknown, but no one is willing to be buried with others. I estimate that this is probably not voluntary.After groping for a while, there were no other objects in the coffin. Tofu and I stood on this high place and turned around to look back. After the bird's nest magnified the light, everything below was very clear. We could see the heavy armor standing in a row not far away. The samurai could also see the huge brass mirror, but he didn't see the mute and Lu Su's shadows.

In addition, there is a large passageway on the left side of the ice cave. From this angle, you can see countless sharp ice cones, showing a solemn and mysterious atmosphere.I thought to myself: Did the mute and Lu Su go there?I saw the funeral coffin, why didn't I even see the shadow of Mr. Zhao and the others?
After I analyzed it in my heart, I immediately came to a conclusion. The old man Zhao and his group didn't know what they were looking for. They probably came here not for Puzhen, but for the tomb owner here. Coffin did not start.There is nothing in this place, and the only passage is the entrance and exit that is full of ice cones. From this, it can be inferred that the body of the owner of the tomb must be behind the ice cone passage.There must be no good place behind that, so old man Zhao and his party went there without returning.

Immediately afterwards, I thought of Dumb and Lu Su. These two told Tofu and me that they would turn back within three days at most. Now that the three days have passed, they are silent and have no news. Could it be that they are just like old man Zhao? Same, what's the point?
What is behind the ice cave?
After analyzing the situation in front of me, I said that no matter what, I have to go and find out, to see if Lu Su and Lu Su are alive or dead. If even these two people suffer, then Tofu and I can just leave.Tofu has no objection either. In his words, Dumb and Lu Su are extremely righteous in their performance this time. Even if the front is full of dangers, we must do our best and not be an ungrateful person.

After the discussion, the two of us got out of the corpse bed, took the lighter, and headed for the ice pick passage.Because there are so many ice cones inside, it is very inconvenient to move. After Tofu and I entered, we carefully observed the surrounding environment, not daring to take it lightly. Unexpectedly, after walking forward for a long time, a beam of fire suddenly appeared in front of the convenience.

A faint blue flame.

Tofu paused, lowered his voice and said, "Woman's fire?"

I said, "I don't know, just wait and see."

The flame danced in the air, and after a while, it moved towards me and Tofu.The fire didn't make people feel hot, but instead had a gloomy feeling, hanging in the air, circling around me and the tofu, but after a while, it slowly shrank again, and then disappeared without a trace.

This kind of characteristic is somewhat similar to the will-o'-the-wisp, that is, the phosphorus fire, but how can there be a phosphorus fire under the mysterious ice layer?You must know that phosphorous fire is a substance produced by the decay of corpses, which can spontaneously ignite in the air, but in this mysterious ice cave, corpses will not rot at all, so where does the phosphorous fire come from?

I was full of puzzles and doubts, but in order not to scare Tofu's fragile heart, I didn't say anything, just said that there is nothing to be afraid of.Tofu trusted me so much that he didn't doubt it, so he continued to walk forward boldly. After a while, he turned back with a sad face and said, "You lied to me again."

I thought to myself, how did he find out so quickly?When I looked again, I suddenly found that the ice cone in front of me disappeared, replaced by a flat ice surface, and inside the ice surface, there were blue flames floating one after another. In the flames, images that looked like human faces Intertwining and changing, without exception, there are extremely painful and distorted expressions.They burned in the ice beneath their feet, and the faces of people in the flames turned towards us, as if we would step on their faces if we took a step forward.

This is a particularly weird feeling. Tofu and I stopped at the same time, not daring to test it out, what would happen if we really walked up.Tofu didn't speak, and the atmosphere was a little silent.After a while, I took out the iron rod from the side of the equipment bag, and poked it a few times towards the ice in front of me.

The blue flame inside seemed to be touched, and the light shone brightly, but nothing else happened.Tofu said: "What should I do? It doesn't look like a good thing at first glance. I think we've been fooled just by going there like this."

With the lessons learned from the iron chain before, I know that I cannot be easily deceived by appearances. It seems that there is no danger now. Who knows what will happen if I step on it?I'm already a little scared of Puzhen, this man is definitely a genius, and the things he designed must not be taken lightly.

Seeing that I didn't answer, Tofu said, "Tell me, what are these things in the ice layer? Could it be soft rice dumplings? How many people will die here?"

I said: "I'm not sure, I've never seen or heard of this thing, let's take it easy, you kid, give me peace of mind." As soon as I finished speaking, I saw the ground in front of me. The blue lights of the lights went out one by one, and after a while, all the blue lights disappeared, and there was no other light source in the passage except the lighter in my hand.

I wondered for a while, what is this thing?It comes and goes quickly, and it doesn't seem to be dangerous, which is really weird.But it's useless to think about it, I can't just waste it here, so I walked forward a few steps, nothing unusual, and then continued on the road with Tofu.

About fifty steps away, a bunch of orange flames suddenly appeared in front of us, and then, a beam of light shot straight towards me and Tofu, which was the light of a searchlight.

I squinted my eyes, but I saw that if it wasn't Lu Su in front of me, who else?With his sudden appearance, Doufu and I felt a little unreal. Tofu looked suspicious, looked at Lu Su who was approaching us, showed disbelief, and asked, "Why are you here? Mute Woolen cloth?"

Lu Su was still the same, no different from when he left. He also looked at me and Tofu for a while, and suddenly, he drew his knife and slashed at Tofu.We are already close, and besides, how fast is Lu Su's knife?Who can hide?Tofu was stunned in place for an instant. At the very moment, my body reacted one step ahead of my brain. Since Tofu was right next to me, I slammed him and knocked him out of Lu Su's knife. The silver-handled big knife came straight towards my face.

All this happened in an instant, so at this moment, I didn't even have time to think.At this very moment, the blade of the Ghost Crying Knife stopped within half a centimeter of my skin.Immediately afterwards, Lu Su retracted the saber.

It wasn't until this time that I realized that I was afraid, my legs were a little weak, I stared at Lu Su, and said coldly, "What do you mean by the surname Lu?"

Lu Su showed a relaxed expression, sighed, and said, "The two of you have suffered internal injuries, so you shouldn't be here, so why don't I test it out?" On the ground, I also got up now, and said angrily: "Are you tempting like this? Besides, why do you tempt us? It's strange that you appear in this place?"

It stands to reason that Lu Su has lost contact with us for three days, and according to the itinerary, he shouldn't be staying in this place.I looked at the fire not far away, and asked this doubt.

There is only Lu Su here, but I saw all the equipment bags, so I said, "Where is the dumb?"

Lu Su said: "He is looking for a way out, and he will probably come back in a while." Immediately afterwards, he threw dry food for Tofu and me, and said, "When we left, there wasn't much left. You two must be very hungry. Eat while you eat." Say, I know what you want to ask."

Tofu and I were already starving. Now that we saw something to eat, our eyes turned green, and we started gobbling it up immediately, while Lu Su slowly described the situation of the past three days.It turned out that after the two of Lu Su entered the ice cave, they also saw those will-o'-the-wisps before. Immediately afterwards, he and the mute continued to walk forward. Unexpectedly, as they walked, they returned to their original positions and couldn't get out anyway. Trapped here.

While eating the tofu, he put on a professional appearance and said with certainty: "The ghost hit the wall, it is definitely the ghost hitting the wall, it must be made by those soft rice dumplings in the will-o'-the-wisp."

I ignored the tofu, but asked Lu Su: "If it's a trick like ghost hitting the wall, how could it possibly trap you and the mute? It's not that simple, is it?"

Lu Su showed a wry smile, nodded slightly, and said: "We have verified all the possible guesses one by one. It's not a maze, it's not a ghost hitting the wall, and we even thought it was a hallucination, but it's not a hallucination either. In the past three days, the mute and I Tried everything, nothing worked. But sure enough, those blue will-o'-the-wisps were at work."

(End of this chapter)