Tomb Raiders Codex

Chapter 402 Into the Tiger's Den
This celestial soldier was much more flexible than the ones I encountered before, and I was caught off guard. I was kicked to the ground, my eyes were dazed, and I couldn't figure out the north for a while.But at this time, I heard old man Zhao's footsteps getting closer and closer to me. I tried to open my eyes to look, but saw him walking towards me with a strange smile on his face. It's about to step on me after a few steps.At this moment, my back was throbbing with pain, and the surrounding smoke seemed to be unable to relieve the pain. I couldn't stand up for a while, so I could only support my upper body and back up, trying to get up.

But my movements are nothing compared to the old man Zhao, the Heavenly Soldier. Seeing that this thing is about to be stepped down, I feel a chill in my heart, and secretly think that my life is over.Unexpectedly, at this critical moment, the clothes on the back of my neck suddenly tightened, and then a force pulled me back suddenly.

Then I heard a bang, and the old man Zhao's big foot stepped on the air. I turned my head and saw that it was Tofu who was pulling my collar.

Before I could open my mouth, Tofu scolded: "Run, run, run, Grandpa Dou ran halfway, and found that you are nowhere to be seen at all, co-authoring is to live and die with the mute here!" I was moved and excited Anxious, I said to Tofu: "You have a fart when you come back, the most important thing is to run for your life." At this moment, my back and chest no longer hurt so much, so I stood up with Tofu's hand, The two retreated again and again.

Tofu stood up in front of me and said, "Whoever said it was useless, if I hadn't come in time, you would have been trampled into meatloaf. You retreat first, and I will cover!"

These words are quite clear, but I am not ignorant of Tofu's skills. As soon as the words fell, the old man Zhao who caught up with him stretched out his big hand, grabbed the clothes in front of Tofu's chest, and lifted him up, and then he slammed fiercely at him. Fell over the ice wall next to me,

Not to mention that the ice wall is hard, and it was formed by a rift valley. There are many ice cones on it, which are uneven and extremely sharp.At this moment, I felt that the blood in my whole body was cold. In desperation, my brain stopped thinking, and my body reacted first, and stabbed at old man Zhao fiercely with the dagger.

Although I know it's futile, at this moment, I simply can't let myself do nothing.

At about the critical moment, the potential of human beings burst out. I jumped more than one meter high. The dagger in my hand pierced the neck of Tianbing according to the usual practice of chopping rice dumplings. At the same time, The mute had already turned over and stood up, the moment Tianbing raised his hand to smash the tofu, the mute jumped up, his legs were extremely precise, and fiercely kicked Tianbing's wrist joints.The mute is also really smart, knowing that a sword is useless against a heavenly soldier, so he used brute force instead. With this kick, the hand of the heavenly soldier that hit the ice wall was immediately deflected, and the force was lost, and the tofu fell to the ground. He was on all fours, but he was also out of danger.

I stabbed Tianbing's neck, but it also had no effect. On the contrary, Tianbing was kicked by the mute, and he stepped back two steps, which shows the strength of this kick.

The mute turned and landed on the ground. As soon as he landed, he knelt down on one knee, and the other leg twitched. I knew that the kick of the mute was actually head-on. It was no different from kicking an iron plate. So he quickly helped him up and said: "This thing is too powerful, let's withdraw first."

At this moment, a preliminary plan has been formed in my mind. The dumb leg and foot are injured. It is difficult to make a big difference for a while, let alone tofu. At this time, old man Zhao is following closely, wanting to retreat , the difficulty is even more difficult, for the current plan, only if I first divert the attention of the heavenly soldiers, can I create a chance for the dumb and tofu to escape.

Thinking of this, I quickly whispered a few words to the mute, signaling him to go first with the tofu, and then ran towards the old man Zhao. At this moment, he was interrupted by the mute, and he was furious. Then stepped on me.

This time I was well prepared, I exerted strength on my feet, and sprinted forward, taking advantage of the sliding force of the ice surface to slide behind Tianbing.It followed me around in a circle, with its back facing Dumb and Tofu, and my attention was completely attracted.

I never thought about confronting it head-on. The only thought in my mind was to procrastinate as long as I could. When the dumb and tofu were out of danger, I would look for a chance to get out, so I immediately got up, ignoring everything, and desperately moved forward. Run, and then, the next moment, the footsteps of the heavenly soldiers sounded behind me.

I have no time to look back at its speed, only listening to the approaching footsteps and the trembling ice surface, I know that the speed of Tianbing is definitely beyond my comparability. If I can escape, whether I can live on is not certain.

However, at this moment, out of the corner of my eye, I caught a glimpse of a deep crack that was as wide as a person on the ice wall on the right hand side.Almost at this moment, Tianbing's big foot stepped on the position where I was just now.

My heart skipped a beat, and my legs felt weak.

so close.

I didn't dare to stay, and immediately drilled deep into the ice crevasse. The ice crevasse was about four or five meters deep. When I drilled to the end, there was no way to go.The Heavenly Soldiers are too big to squeeze in. A big head is stuck outside the ice crevice. Two huge fish bubble eyes are staring at me, and they put one of their hands into the ice crevice, trying to catch me. go out.

Tianbing's hands are also long enough, the red muscles are knotted, at least two meters long, it looks scary, but I hid in a place nearly five meters deep, so it can't reach me when it reaches in. .I hid in it and breathed a sigh of relief, and the muscles that had been tense all the time relaxed.

However, at the next moment, the Heavenly Soldiers transformed by the old man Zhao seemed to have no perseverance. Seeing that they couldn't catch me, they immediately gave up and retracted their hands, intending to give up on me and go after Tofu and the others again.I estimated that according to the speed of Tofu and the others, they should have returned to the ice road when they came back at this moment, so I didn't stop them. Seeing the figure of Tianbing disappeared, I immediately drilled out of the ice crevice.

At this moment, I am alone, and it is impossible to go back, because old man Zhao is also on that road, and the only way is to keep going.I wanted to figure out what was going on, so I didn't dare to stay any longer. I ran forward along the ice valley to buy time, so as not to be chased by the heavenly soldiers.

In the process of moving forward, I have been paying attention to the surrounding environment, where there are ice crevices where I can hide, I keep it in my heart, and if I am blocked by the heavenly soldiers, I can use the same trick to hide.At this moment, the narrow ice valley suddenly widened, and the red smoke became more intense.At this time, the only lighting device in my hand is the cold smoke that I pulled out from the dumb chest when I ran away.The light of the cold smoke and fire was already dim, but at the moment the thick fog filled the air, almost nothing, and nothing could be seen clearly.

I cautiously groped in the thick fog, and after walking two steps, my feet suddenly stepped on the air, and I fell down.When I stepped on the air, I just felt that my heart missed a beat, and I reflexively scratched my hands and feet, hoping to catch something.

In fact, this is just a normal human reaction. Anyone who falls down will scratch their hands randomly. This is just a natural reaction for me, but I didn't expect that I would actually grab something.The moment I grabbed it, I tried my best, but my body still slid down for a while, and the palm of my hand suddenly felt hot and painful.

Immediately afterwards, my body stopped in the air and began to sway.

As for the cold fireworks, I carefully discerned in the dense fog, it turned out to be a rope!
This rope is modern professional expedition equipment, with steel wires sandwiched in it. Although it is only two fingers thick, it has a very strong load-bearing capacity. One hangs on the ice wall. When I pull it, the rope immediately dangles, and my whole body also swings along with it. swing away.

I didn't dare to be careless, knowing that this was my life-saving rope, I immediately tightened the rope.The rope hanging here was probably made by old man Zhao and the others, and the place where I fell now, although I haven't reached the bottom yet, it can be imagined that it should be a relatively large space.Old man Zhao and the others should have wanted to go down to the bottom.

Could it be that there is something that old man Zhao and others are looking for?
Old man Zhao will become a heavenly soldier, could it be related to this?These two thoughts flashed through my mind, and I didn't dare to be careless, so I immediately followed the rope and began to slide down cautiously.Old man Zhao is also number one, and he turned into this ghostly look in the end. It can be seen that this place is definitely not a good place. The only weapon I have now is a dagger, and the light source is a cold smoke and a lighter. The outside is a suit of clothes, which contains some small items such as a compass, and the rest of the equipment is completely absent.As far as these two are empty-handed, it is definitely not as good as the old man Zhao's original lineup. Even he will be recruited, let alone me alone.

As we went down, the red smoke gradually became thinner, and the smoke was going up, so now I can conclude that the bottom here should be the source of this red smoke.

And with the absorption of this period of time, I was kicked by the old man Zhao before, and the chest that was throbbing with pain has recovered now, and the injury on the palm of my hand that was rubbed not long ago disappeared without a trace within a minute. Without a trace, it seemed that with the thickening of the smoke, the recovery speed of the injury also accelerated.

If he has been in such a space, it stands to reason that any injuries should recover. What exactly did old man Zhao go through to become what he is now?
At this moment, the smoke became thinner, and with the light of the cold fireworks, I finally saw the environment below clearly.

(End of this chapter)