Tomb Raiders Codex

Chapter 441 Sand Trap
At nightfall, Batu hunted two rabbits and roasted them over the fire to improve our food. Unfortunately, we are a group of big men, the two rabbits were stripped of their internal organs, and the remaining meat was shared between each of us and stuffed between our teeth. Not enough.Moreover, the rabbit meat was so fragrant that it aroused the gluttons. The tofu looked completely dissatisfied with the rabbit bone in its mouth, and asked Ouyang Xuan to act as an interpreter, and asked Batu to go to the river to get two more fish.

Since the river was not far away, we didn't think too much about it. Unexpectedly, after a while, Tofu ran back nervously, drenched all over, panting, and said, "No, it's not good, Batu, Batu is gone."

We were resting, and we couldn't help being stunned when we heard the words. I looked behind Tofu, and I followed the corpse fairy. I couldn't help getting up immediately, and said, "Speak slowly, what's going on?" Here, there are no beasts in the oasis, so why did something happen?

Tofu said anxiously: "The three of us went into the water to fish in the river. At that time, we were all on our own. I saw Batu running along the river. I thought he was just playing around. I ignored him, and finally looked up again. , people disappear.”

Zhuan Rui calmly said, "Have you looked around?"

Tofu pointed to the sky and said, "It's not completely dark yet. Is there anyone around who can see it clearly at a glance, but I can't find it."

Everyone looked at each other in dismay, all puzzled, there were no beasts, and there was no movement, how could a living person suddenly disappear?Batu is the son of the old man Bilier, and he kindly led us the way. If something happened to him, how would we explain to the old man Bilier?So I said to Zhong Gong: "Old Zhong, you and Ms. Ouyang will stay and watch the camp, and we will look for the rest."

Zhuan Rui said: "Do as Chen Xuan said, take the guys and go." There were guns in the equipment, and everyone brought three guns, two cold weapons, a flashlight and other things and followed the tofu to the river.

There are dense rabbit grasses by the river, leaving no traces, and there are no clues in the riverbed, so when we arrived at the place, we were also blinded and didn't know what to do.Zhuan Rui pointed to the upper reaches of the river and said, "Did you disappear while running up?"

Tofu nodded affirmatively.So Zhuanrui said: "The soldiers divided into two groups, followed the upper reaches of the river, one left and one right to check." So Tofu and I waded to the opposite side with the corpse fairy, and the two groups of people called Batu's name while walking, along the The river gradually parted.

I have been paying attention to the traces on the meadow. Unfortunately, because the rabbit grass is tangled and very elastic, there are no traces of trampling. As time goes by, the surrounding area is completely plunged into darkness, and we have to Turn on all the searchlights, and at this time, it has become very far away from our camp.

In the end, the two groups of us reunited by the river. Zhang Wen showed worry and said, "I didn't find any clues. It's strange. What's going on?" When I was also wondering, Wan Shi Tong cast his gaze into the river bed and said, " Could it be that there is a problem in the river?"

Tofu said: "The river is so shallow, and if you can see the bottom at a glance, there can't be any big fish that eat people. What's the problem?"

Wanshitong shook his head and said, "Other than that, I can't think of any other circumstances that would make a living person disappear." As he spoke, he took off his shoes and socks, rolled up his trousers, walked to the middle of the river, and began to walk towards the river. Walking forward, he said as he walked, "Come and try to restore the scene." Then he started running forward in the river as Tofu described before.I stared at the back of Wanshitong, and suddenly thought of a question: Why did Batu suddenly run away at that time?
Could it be that he saw something attractive at the time?The rest of us stood on the bank of the river, running after the figure of Know-it-all. Suddenly, he staggered and almost fell into the water. Immediately afterwards, we saw bright red blood splattered in the water.

"Oh, damn it." Wan Shitong said so, guessing that the back of his foot was scratched, and quickly retracted one of his legs. When the light came on, he saw that the side of his foot was bleeding profusely.Tofu quickly helped him up and said, "Is the scene restored to this?"

Wanshitong covered the wound with his hand, and said: "Can you blame me? Don't say it." How could it be scratched?Immediately afterwards, I ignored the others and waded into the water where Wanshitong was injured. I reached out and touched under the river bed, and found something out of the sand.

When I looked carefully, I couldn't help being shocked, because this thing was a piece of broken white bone.I stared at it for a long while but didn't see any animal bones, but at this moment, Zhuan Rui made a conclusion and said, "Human leg bones."

Human bones?

My heart skipped a beat, and when I looked carefully, the bone seemed to be old, slightly yellow, half broken, with sharp bony spurs protruding.

How could there be human bones in this place?

Could it be that there is something strange under the river bed?Thinking of this, everyone didn't say much. They gathered together and began to wash the sand. Under the impact of the water, the river bed could not be dug very deep. Half of the human skull was broken, and the other was a waist knife.

This is a Mongolian waist knife, I've seen it before, it's on Batu's waist.

Tofu stared at these two things, dumbfounded, as if struck by lightning, and said: "Could it be that this bone belongs to Batu...how, how could this be?" I also thought of being with Tofu at first, but soon He soon realized that the human bones could not belong to Batu.As a mushroom digger, I still have the eyesight to distinguish human bones. This bone is yellow, and it looks like an old bone that has been dead for many years. In some places, frost-like particles have appeared, showing natural weathering. It is conceivable that this bone must not be recent or even modern.

So I said to Tofu: "Don't be crowed, this is not Batu's bone, but it seems that Batu was indeed in danger at this place."

Zhang Wen stared at the river bed with doubts on his face and speculated, "This river is shallow and there are no big fish. What kind of situation will make a person disappear suddenly when he runs here?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Wanshitong replied, "The ground is sinking."

"Ground subsidence?" Tofu showed doubts, and immediately lifted his pants, and jumped up in the river, splashing and splashing, the river bed was soft but thick, it really didn't seem like a ground subsidence had happened.At this moment, Wanshitong ignored us and walked to the side of the river bed, and immediately squatted down without soaking his clothes in the water, tilting his head, as if he was observing the rabbit grass by the water.

I thought to myself, did he discover something?So I walked to her side, and at this moment, I saw Wanshitong gesture to us, pointing to the roots of those rabbit grasses stuck in the water, and said: "Look, there is no sand under this piece of grass roots, while the rest of the area is not. There is no such phenomenon, which means that there was a sand-sliding phenomenon not long ago, and the sand under most of the grass roots was suddenly taken away." When I saw it, I found that it was indeed the case.

Zhang Wen showed a look of pity, and said: "So, when Batu came here, the sand subsidence occurred in the river bed, and something happened? Then... isn't he buried under the river bed now?" After such a long time, People have long been suffocated to death.

My heart felt heavy for a moment, and I said, "You need to see people when you live, and you need to see corpses when you die. It's too early to draw conclusions now."

Tofu anxiously said: "But how do you see the corpse? If the corpse is sunk deep in the river bed, we don't have sand pumping equipment, so we can't get it out." I said: "What sand pumping equipment, have you forgotten what we do? "

Tofu didn't understand, but Zhang Wen and the others understood and said, "If you're in a hurry, forget about it. Wait, I'll go back and get the guy." Then he ran to the camp, and after a while, Zhang Wen brought it. Iron braze as thin as a western foil.

This thing is a common piece of soil masters. It can be lengthened and inserted into the soil. The structure and composition of the soil are different, and the vibrations are different. For example, the vibration of hitting a stone is different from the vibration of hitting a piece of wood.Through long-term proficient use, you can judge the distribution of sand, stones or objects in the soil with the help of iron drills.

Whether Batu was buried under the river bed or not, there was no need to dig the sand to determine it, it could be done with an iron drill.This kind of technical work is naturally done by Zhuan Rui himself. He calmly inserted the iron rod slowly. When he inserted it to the end, he seemed dissatisfied. He frowned, lengthened the iron rod, and continued to go down three times. Just pull it out.Immediately afterwards, it was repeated like this, forming a five-point point, which was inserted five times in a row, and finally retracted the iron rod, squinted his eyes, and said: "There is no corpse."

Tofu breathed a sigh of relief, and made the gesture of Amitabha Buddha, and said: "Fortunately, this means that Batu was not buried below, maybe he is still alive, thank God." Zhuanrui glanced at him, did not express his opinion, and then said: "But Sha There are many small smooth hard objects in the layer, which should be human bones, and there are thick stone slabs about six meters down."

slate?

No corpses, but slates?
Tofu doubted: "Boss Zhuan, is your iron brazing reliable? You can tell that there are bones and slabs underneath such a thin thing?" Make a decision on your own, saying: "There is no way at the bottom of the riverbed. We need to reinforce and dig down from the side of the meadow. Maybe what we are looking for is right below."

(End of this chapter)