Tomb Raiders Codex

Chapter 438 Face Change
Afterwards, Xue An seemed to be a different person. He became very depressed, and seemed to be burdened with something in his heart. Bilier asked what happened to it afterwards, but Xue An couldn't explain it clearly, because he also passed out.At that time, Bilier didn't think much about it, because he was still young. It was only when he thought about it as an adult, and then recalled Xue An's later changes in personality, that he felt that things at that time were definitely not that simple.

Hearing this, Zhang Wen asked: "Sand dunes that will rise up by themselves? It's really strange. Could it be that the ruins where they lived at that time were the ruins of the ancient kingdom of Yao Fang?"

When Ouyang Xuan spoke, she kept looking at Zhuan Rui, her eyes were bright, and the admiration in it was self-evident, but Zhuan Rui didn't seem to be interested in her. I observed for a while, and came to the conclusion: these two people are not suitable, and their personality Too much travel.

Ouyang Xuan looks lively, clever, innocent and cute, while Zhuan Rui is always calm and steady, not as cold as a dumb person, but definitely not a warm-hearted person, and she really doesn't match the little beauty Ouyang.

At this time, Ouyang wrinkled his nose and said, "More strange things are coming later." She continued.

However, after that time, Xue An's temperament changed a little, and he appeared to be very melancholy.But the weirder thing came later. It was a day two years after the desert incident. During that time, under the call of the policy, there was a movement to fight wolves on the grassland. The meat and skin of wolves could be exchanged for money. In the end of the day, wild wolves are rarely seen on the grassland nowadays, which has a lot to do with the wolf hunting campaign back then. The wolves on the grassland were almost wiped out.

At the gathering point, there is a wooden platform outside the tent, on which there are pieces of wolf skins to dry.When it rained suddenly in the middle of the night, the people in the tent hurriedly got up to collect the furs. This was not some kind of work, so he was the only one who got up in the Bilier family.

At that time, there were a lot of skins collected in the rain, and they hid in the tent after collecting them.Bilier's father was a well-known sharpshooter on the grassland. He was very good at shooting a shotgun and bow and arrow. Bilier inherited his archery skills and went into battle with father and son. Therefore, he harvested a lot and was the last one to collect it.

Speaking of this, the old man Bilier also lamented that if he had known that there were no wolves now, he would not have killed so many wolves. There were no wolves on the grassland, and animals such as rabbits and gerbils had fewer natural enemies. Yes, it makes a good grassland. A few decades ago, many places were covered by desert.

Most people only care about immediate interests, not only the wolves on the grasslands have disappeared, but many species are being driven to a dead end by humans step by step.Of course, it’s useless to regret now, perhaps we will only start saving people when they wake up, but I don’t know if it will be too late.

The Bilier family was proud of this at the time. The wolves they hunted were big and numerous, and their furs were in good condition. One of them was heavy in the hand, so Bilier was slower than others to harvest them.When he finished collecting the last wolf skin, he suddenly found that at the moment when the lightning illuminated the world, a thin figure was walking towards the distance in the rainy night.

The pace was unhurried and unhurried, completely without the feeling of normal people rushing in the heavy rain.

Mongolians are generally muscular, and from the thin and familiar figure of the back, Bilier judged that it was Xue An.He has a good relationship with Xue An, and Xue An has saved his life, so he has always regarded Xue An as a life-saving benefactor. Even if Xue An's personality changes later, Bilier still likes to be with him.

It's so late, what is Brother Xue going to do?
Seeing the heavy rain pouring down, Xue An looked very weird without rain gear, so Bilier immediately put away the wolf fur and chased after him with a rain bucket.

At that time, there were very few people using flashlights, let alone on the grasslands, and the heavy rain made it impossible to light torches, so Bilier could only rely on the light of lightning to catch up with the man who appeared and disappeared.In a blink of an eye, both of them were a little far away from the yurt.Bilier quickened his pace, walked around to Xue An's face, and was about to speak, but the moment he saw Xue An's face, Bilier fainted from fright.

Because what he saw was not a human face, but a sharp-mouthed face that looked like a fox with fur on its face!
Although Bilier is not a timid person, seeing this scene suddenly, he was so frightened that he fainted.When he woke up, he found that he was sleeping on his own blanket, and everything around him was normal. The scene of last night seemed to be a dream.

In the end, Billier really thought he was dreaming, but when he saw the wolf fur and the wet clothes that had been changed, he felt shuddering.From now on, whenever he sees Xue An again, he can't help but think of that terrifying face.

Is it real or an illusion?
Bilier had a feeling that the Xue An in front of him was no longer that Xue An.He couldn't tell what it was like, although he remembered Xue An's life-saving grace in his heart, he never dared to get close to Xue An, and Xue An became more and more silent, until the educated youth returned to the city in 77, and then he broke off contact.

The photo Zhuan Rui took out was the only one Billyer took at that time, with a rabbit on the gun.Billy never told anyone about this matter, because on the night when the educated youth returned to the city, he had a 'dream', an extremely real 'dream'.He dreamed that Xue An with a weird fox face was standing beside his bed, slowly lowered his head, and a fox mouth opened and bit towards him. The threat of verbal expression, as if if I speak out, I will be destroyed.

When he got up the next day, there was a circle of tooth marks on his forehead and forehead, a small circle, which didn't look like someone bit him.So in fear, he tied a forehead band to cover the teeth marks, and since then, he has buried this matter in his heart.

If we hadn't told him that Xue An had passed away, if it hadn't been for the trend of this old photo, he would definitely not have told about this past event.The old man Bilier said that the way Xue An became like that must have something to do with that night in the desert, and he also hoped that this matter would come to light in his lifetime and give himself and Xue An an explanation.However, Billyer was already too old to go into the desert again. In addition, the ruins had been covered by yellow sand back then, so it was hard to say whether he could still find them now.

Zhuan Rui asked, "As long as he is willing to tell us the location."

Ouyang showed a look of asking for credit, stared at Zhuan Rui, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, the head of the family, I have already negotiated, we will not know the way in the desert, Bilier will let his son lead us. But his son Ba Tu is now going to the city to sell goods, and it will take two days."

We had to continue to wait. Two days later, Batu came back. He was a typical Mongolian man with dark skin, a strong figure, a thick voice, and he could speak a few simple Chinese sentences, such as eating and hello.

Our equipment has already arrived. Batu said that our equipment is not enough, the desert is very exhausting, and we need livestock, so we prepared a few camels.In this season, there will also be tourists going on desert cycling tours, but that travel route is a safe route opened up, and it is thousands of miles away from the route we are going to take. The route we are taking is directly opposite On the border of Outer Mongolia, that area is the landform of the Gobi Desert. The area is very vast, sparsely populated, and extremely desolate. No body can be found in that place.

However, this route is a popular route for some expeditions.

We assisted Batu to prepare some items to go into the desert, and led the camels into Tengger. It was April, and the weather was not too hot. According to the memory of the old man Bilil, Batu will arrive around noon tomorrow. Our destination is not too far away.

In the afternoon, a round of red sun sets in the west, which is magnificent.The desert has a large temperature difference between day and night, so we collected some bushes to make a fire and eat something by the way.At this moment, Zhuan Rui, who was sitting by the fire and had taken off his mask, suddenly raised his head and looked at the direction we came from, showing a thoughtful look.

I followed his gaze, and in front of me were the sand dunes we had turned over not long ago, showing soft lines, and I couldn't see anything else.But Zhuan Rui stood up, with a thoughtful look on his face, and said to me, "Your follower is here."

Follower?
I was stunned for a moment, thinking I couldn't do it, and then I stood up abruptly, but my eyesight is limited, coupled with the undulating sand dunes, so I can't see the rest.Zhuan Rui said lukewarmly: "I smell potato chips, it should be him over there." He pointed to a direction and motioned for me to go and have a look.

I knew that Zhuan Rui was a great writer, and my lungs would explode in a moment, so I rushed over immediately, and Zhong Gong followed to join in the fun.Turning over the sand dune, I saw two people sitting under the sand dune, who else could it be?

Tofu was chewing potato chips, no wonder Zhuanrui would smell it and conclude that it was him, who the hell would do such a stupid thing as bringing potato chips in the desert?
Tofu didn't realize it, and murmured to the corpse fairy: "We followed up quietly. I always feel a little uneasy about letting Lao Chen come alone. You said that we have been together these few times in the next fight, and we separated suddenly. I feel that there is no bottom in my heart, and I always feel that something is going to happen. Let's follow secretly, and come forward when there is a situation... Why are you staring at my potato chips? This is junk food, corpse fairy, anyway. Immortal, can you be a little high-minded?"

"Let's see..." Tofu became unhappy, and moved away from the corpse with the potato chips.

(End of this chapter)