Tomb Raiders Codex

Chapter 397 Drum Wall
These three days are enough for him to go back and forth to the Xuanbing Tomb.At this moment, he may still be in the tomb. Of course, it is also possible that Lu Su has gone out alone.

Although I was surprised by this possibility, I accepted it frankly. I was prepared for the possibility of being stalked by him when I was in contact with Lu Su, so at this moment, the dumb face is ugly.He kicked the corpse to vent his dissatisfaction, and then his eyes shifted to the front of us, which is the position blocked by the unfreezing water.

Everything just now is just a speculation after all, we can't give up because of a speculation, so I said: "What is the truth, we can only find the old man's body first, I have already inquired about this place, we have to Thinking of the opposite side, I can only wade across."

Tofu shrank his neck, with a reluctant expression on his face, and said: "In my image, it's not a good thing to get into the water. I always think that old Puzhen must have tampered with in the water." Hearing this, I couldn't help but Yile said, "Okay, you finally know how to seek good luck and avoid bad luck. It seems that Daodou has gained experience. The water is not too deep, and there should be no such thing as fierce fish."

Even tofu can think of this, how can I be careless, long before that, before the dumb came out, I had already studied it carefully, the unfrozen water is only one meter deep, it is crystal clear, nothing can be hidden, Wading through the water shouldn't cause any serious problems.

After the three corpses were searched by the mute, they were useless, so they were put on the spot. The three of us took off our shoes and socks, rolled up our trousers and waded into the water.Fortunately, the unfrozen water is not cold, and it is warmer after entering the water than standing on the shore.I walked in the first place with a searchlight. In the darkness, everything in the ice cave seemed foggy. Except for the breathing of the three of us, there was the sound of footsteps wading in the water.

At the junction of light and darkness in front, there seems to be a cloud of black mist surging. When we walked into this group of weapons, it was like being eaten by something, which gave people a strange feeling.

The range of this piece of unfreezing water is quite large, and we can’t see the end if we walk tens of meters away. On the ice wall above our heads, there are countless stalactite-like ice cones hanging.The drop in this ice cave is relatively large, about [-] meters in the middle, so the light is turned upwards, and the ice cones above reflect a little bit of cold light, which makes me feel like there are countless swords hanging on my head.

After wading in the water for about 5 minutes, the shoreline appeared at the end of the light. Under the light, a blue line appeared, and the opposite should be an ice surface.As the distance drew closer, everything on the opposite side was also exposed in front of our eyes. The moment I saw the situation clearly, I only felt my scalp go numb, and a thought flashed in my heart: What should come is still coming, what the hell is this? thing?

But at the end of the unfrozen water, there is a platform of ice surface, behind the platform is a continuous ice wall, it seems that we have reached the end of the entire ice cave, but in fact it is not, because the last mysterious ice wall, It's not blue ice, but white, a sickly white, like the skin of a dead person, with cyan in the white.

How could Xuanbing be such a color?
Taking a closer look, it turns out that Sean is white, it looks like big drums, only the drum surface is exposed, and the rest of the body is embedded in the ice wall, so at first glance, it is pale, it should be peeled off. Soon the sheepskin made.

I have seen many objects in the bucket, and there are also burial drums, but I have never seen such a large drum wall.

As the old saying goes, if you compare it to a demon, it is the same as the seemingly harmless chain formation before, and there is definitely something wrong with this drum wall.So I just glanced at it and felt that there was one head and two big ones.

The three climbed onto the ice, dried their feet and put on shoes and socks, observing the drums while paying attention to the movement around them.Tofu said, "Could it be that the owner of the tomb is also a music lover?"

I said: "Don't talk nonsense, look for other passages." This place seems to have come to an end, there is only an ice wall and a big drum on it, other than that, there is no other passage.I asked the mute if he knew the origin of the drum, and he suddenly made a silent gesture and pointed to the center of the ice wall.

I looked in the direction of his finger. Due to the high position and the distance, I couldn't see it clearly. I just found that the drum in the center of the ice wall was much larger than the other drums. , There seems to be some pattern on the surface of the drum.

I looked at it for a while, and found that the rest of the drums were arranged in sequence with this big drum as the center. Other than that, I didn't find anything special.I couldn't help lowering my voice: "Why, is there something wrong with that drum?"

The mute's vision seemed to be very good. He squinted his eyes and lowered his voice, saying, "There is someone up there."

I was shocked when I heard the words, and couldn't help but look carefully again, but I couldn't even see anyone.

Tofu also stretched his neck to look, wondering: "Where is there someone, why can't I see it? Huh... Is it the pattern on the drum? You say it like a human figure, doing yoga," or what? Artists have a lot of imagination. After he reminded me, I immediately found out that the pattern really looks like a human figure, a bit like a person bending over, forming a C-shape with the mouth facing down. I can’t see the details. clear.

Did the dumb person mean the pattern?
I asked the mute with my eyes, but he did not speak, but pulled out the two black scimitars from his waist, and said coldly: "I'll go up and have a look, you wait." The boy inserted the scimitar into the slit between the drum and the drum, and used it to climb up. From time to time, the toe kicked the drum, and the deep and unique sound of the drum would echo in the ice cave. Perhaps it was due to the size. Or maybe it is due to the craftsmanship, this dull drum sound is different from the waist drums, drum kits, and modern drums I have heard before, and it has a unique sound that is thick and long-lasting.

Tofu and I stood below to observe the mute's every move. He was very steady every time, giving people a feeling that he was not in a hurry and that he was sure of victory.He firmly moved towards the big drum in the center, to be precise, for the figure on the drum.

We have prepared binoculars, but when we cleaned up the equipment before, we lost all these things, so now due to the problem of eyesight, we can't determine whether the figure is a real person or just a certain pattern.

Tofu stared at the mute's dexterity, and commented: "Although your father has a bad temper, this ability is really not for bragging. When will you be better than him?"

I said lightly: "He is not my father, don't talk nonsense."

Tofu shrugged, and said: "Whether he admits it or not is the same thing. The facts are in front of you. The face is exactly the same, the personality is [-]% similar, there are flying knives, and what he said... It's not your father. , could it be my father?"

I stared at the dumb figure who had no insurance measures, hanging in the air and climbing on the ice wall, and calmly said: "First, he doesn't admit it; second, it doesn't matter if I have a father or not; my goal is to unravel the curse, and the rest not my business."

Tofu raised his eyebrows, and said to himself: "Sometimes, even the tone of speech is exactly the same... Hey, don't hit, don't hit, I shut up, I shut up." Seeing that I was going to hit someone, Tofu stepped aside , and finally shut up knowingly, and at this time, the dumb also climbed onto the big drum.

Seen from this position, the mute was standing on the top of the big drum. Immediately afterwards, his figure became shorter, and it seemed that he squatted down.It can be seen from this that the big drum should protrude a bit, and it should be no problem for a person to stand on it.

Immediately afterwards, I saw the C-shape begin to move, slowly moving upwards.Tofu took a deep breath and said, "It's a real person. The mute is pulling him up, but this person is just hanging in mid-air without moving. It's probably a dead person, but I don't know who it is?"

As soon as the words were said, something seemed to have happened above, the mute's figure suddenly swayed, and immediately fell down unexpectedly.This scene happened suddenly and unexpectedly, and Tofu and I were shocked. I just felt my heart skip a beat, and I rushed forward, subconsciously wanting to catch the mute.In fact, if you fall from such a high place, let alone whether you can catch it, even if you catch it, you probably won't be able to catch it.

Crippled me.

This is completely a behavior without thinking, perhaps subconsciously, I really equate the dumb with the statement.

All this was only in an instant, and before I could go far, the dumb figure suddenly stopped and stopped in mid-air.And the person he pulled up was also suspended in its original position.The mute seemed to have grabbed the man's hand, so it didn't fall off.Because the figure was shaking, I could see now that there was a rope connected to the waist of the figure. It seemed that he had been hung in that position by the rope all the time.

I breathed a sigh of relief, but I couldn't help but feel puzzled.

The mute is so skilled, how could he suddenly fall down?Did it slip?Things like slippery feet can happen to Tofu, but the probability of it happening to Dumb is too low.

With this doubt, I couldn't help squinting at the place where the mute was standing, but saw a dark shadow there, I don't know what it was, and it disappeared before I took a second look.

At this moment, the mute began to crawl along the rope net, and soon stood on the big drum again, followed by a low sound, and suddenly disappeared.

"Huh." Tofu was startled, stretched his neck and said, "Where is the person? Why is this like playing magic, and it disappeared in a blink of an eye?" response.

I was startled, and said: "The mute probably has something wrong, I knew there must be something weird on this drum wall, Xiaodou, you wait below, I'll go up and have a look."

(End of this chapter)