Tomb Raiders Codex

Chapter 443 Totem Pole

Batu was dripping wet at the moment, obviously he had floated up from the water. When he saw us, let alone how excited he was, he was probably terrified when he fell into this place all of a sudden.I also breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "Batu, why did you get out of the water?" After speaking, I remembered that he can't speak Chinese, so he probably couldn't understand what I said.

Batu was still holding a wet flashlight in the water, emitting a faint light. Fortunately, we were carrying waterproof equipment, otherwise he fell before and there was no light source. I am afraid that he would really be scared to death here.

After I finished speaking, I suddenly felt that Batu's expression was not right. After he was pleasantly surprised, his expression became flustered, and he was gurgling in Mongolian, which we could not understand. things.

Batu can speak some simple Chinese. Seeing our puzzled faces, he stammered: "Below...the water, below." He pointed to the surface of the water, and the three of us couldn't help but look at each other.

Is there something underwater?
Zhong Gong immediately took the initiative to talk about it, and then plunged into the water. I also wanted to find out, so I took a deep breath and dived into the water.

Under the light, the deep sand and sand accumulated on the bottom of the water. Even if there was anything under the water, it was mostly covered by the sand, and nothing could be seen at all, except for some protruding objects occasionally. Pulled out two to see, found some gravel pieces, without any value.At this moment, when the light turned, I suddenly realized that something was wrong, because it was a square room, but when my light hit the southeast corner, I saw a stone pillar standing in the corner.

This stone pillar and the surrounding stone walls are obviously not made of the same material, the stone is slightly black, and the skin has not peeled off after being soaked in water for so long, so when Zhong Gong and I got closer, the surface shape of the stone pillar could be clearly seen.I concluded at a glance that this should be a totem pole, and it is the kind that every household has.Because this pillar is not too thick, its shape is ancient and clumsy, and some birds and beasts are carved on its surface.If you look closely, you can see that the shapes of these birds are all kinds of strange things, and none of them are normal.

Among these birds, there is one animal that stands out the most. That thing is engraved on the top of the totem pole, and it looks like a hummingbird.I am sure, knowing that we are looking for the right direction, and then it is just a matter of time and energy.

As soon as this idea came to my mind, I suddenly discovered that the eyeballs of Huyuduo on the totem pole suddenly turned, emitting a blue demonic light. In this underwater world, at this moment, I was concentrating on staring at Huyuduo Suddenly, in this underwater world, I was so shocked that I almost choked on water.

However, I was so shocked that when I opened my eyes again, the eyeballs were still motionless, as if everything just now was my illusion.Having experienced too many weird things, I dared not be careless, so I made a cautious gesture to Zhong Gong who was underwater.He also seemed to have seen the scene just now, and his expression became very nervous. He and I were on the left and right, slowly approaching the totem pole, while the searchlight shone directly on Huduo's fox-like pointed face.

As the distance got closer, I suddenly discovered that the eyes of this Huduo were actually hollowed out, and there were two blue balls inside to act as eyeballs.

The water surface here was originally stable. When we got into the water, the surrounding water flow secretly moved while swimming, which caused the things inside the eyeballs to move. The cyan ball turned, reflecting the light of the flashlight slightly. When we saw it suddenly, we I thought it was a trick.

My heart was relieved, I thought it was unlucky, I was startled when I got into the water, could it be that Batu was so panicked just now because he was also scared by this pair of fake eyes?Although I don't have much in-depth research on shaman culture, I also know that Huduo is just one of many totem worships.It is engraved on the highest point of the pillar, it is the largest in size, and it is also equipped with a pair of false eyes. It seems that the status is not low. The ancestors of this site should be in awe of Huduo.

In addition to this totem pole, there is another channel under the water, but it has been completely blocked by sand and cannot be cleaned by our manpower, so it is impossible to go to the totem pole.
Immediately afterwards, Zhong Gong and I surfaced the water and told Zhuan Rui about the underwater situation. He frowned, and his face with the mask off looked very strange under the light. After a long time, I couldn't bear it any longer, and my emotions seemed agitated, so I said, "Let's go out first." When the four of us returned the same way, it was almost dawn. People, who have not closed their eyes for almost a day and night, come out now, they feel that everything is secondary, and they will sleep first, and they will not take off their wet clothes.

But no one told me to calm down, Tofu immediately shook my shoulder and said, "Don't sleep, what's going on next?"

I said, "Ask Zhong Gong, I'm tired."

Tofu stretched out both hands, forced my eyelids open, stared at me, and said, "He has fallen asleep."

I said, "Ask Zhuan Rui."

Tofu said: "It's not that you don't know that Yin Yang face likes to fight against me, one or two, forget it, I'll sleep too." However, this sleep was not peaceful, I vaguely heard Ouyang Xuan and Tofu Zhuan Rui's voice was occasionally interspersed with the voice of speaking.

I couldn't understand why these people didn't sleep, and finally had to force their eyes to open.At this time, I saw Tofu, Ouyang Xuan, Zhuan Rui and Batu sitting around the fire, and the rest of them fell asleep like me.

In the firelight, the faces of the four people were also full of exhaustion, but I noticed that this exhaustion seemed to be ignored by them, and replaced by a strange look.

I said to myself, what happened?Thinking of this, he patted his face to refresh himself and walked among them.Ouyang Xuan glanced at me, with a look of panic in her big eyes, and said: "...Why is there such a thing, is it hiding nearby?"

I couldn't hear clearly, so I asked Tofu next to me in a low voice: "What's going on?"

Tofu gestured to Batu with his eyes, and said, "Batu said that when he entered the water, he saw a stone pillar."

I said: "I saw it too, what's the relationship?"

Tofu swallowed his saliva and said, "He said that there was a child hiding behind the stone pillar, with a big mouth and long fangs. He smiled at him and then disappeared." I was surprised, and said, "Is that true?"

Tofu said angrily, "It's a puppy who lied to you."

Only then did I understand that when Batu emerged from the water, the reason he looked terrified was not because he was frightened by that Huduo, but because he was frightened by something else.It's just that the four of us were underwater at the time and couldn't understand the language, so we misinterpreted Batu's meaning on our own.So Batu came ashore, regardless of his fatigue, he immediately dragged Ouyang Xuan to translate, and told us to strengthen our vigilance.

After Tofu finished speaking, he swallowed his saliva and said, "Is it haunted down there?"

I looked at the sky, the morning glow had already appeared in the sky, and the sun showed a little orange arc, and the sky and the earth were in a state of twilight, but according to the folk saying, even if there are ghosts, I dare not come out at this point It's messed up.

A kid with a big mouth and fangs hiding behind a pillar?Still smiling at Batu?
What would that be?Why didn't I see Zhong Gong and I when we went into the water?

Could it be that it is really a soft rice dumpling?
Subconsciously, I looked at the corpse fairy next to me, and thought that if it was a zongzi, I would not be afraid, it happened to be a tonic for the corpse fairy.Tofu also stroked his chin and said: "There is wood here. In fact, we don't have to worry about soft or hard zongzi. It is a zongzi sucking machine. Come and eat one by one. But what if it is not a zongzi? For example, the one in the legend ate it." People, Huyuduo that can replant people? Is it a zongzi?"

Zhuan Rui guessed that he had learned something about the crow's mouth of tofu, and his usual lukewarm expression also turned cold, and he stared at tofu coldly.

Doufu held up his face and said, "Whatever you look at, I'm even more handsome than you, so it's useless to be jealous."

Zhuan Rui said: "Believe it or not, if I punish you, no one will be able to protect you, not even him." He gestured to me with his eyes.

Tofu provocatively said: "I don't believe you dare to touch me."

Zhuanrui smiled, his figure flickered, and he looked at a hand pinching Tofu's neck. Before I could react, Tofu had already yelled: "The hero, please forgive me..."

Ouyang Xuan pouted, her beautiful eyes were full of anger, she pointed at Tofu and said: "You are not serious at all, don't make our master angry, or I will beat you!" Tofu was greatly shocked, and said: "Xuanxuan , Am I kidding him, don't be angry. "

There is a saying that one thing is one thing. When this kid met Ouyang Xuan, he was as obedient as a grandson. I was angry and funny, and thought, why have I never seen you so obedient before.Instead, he made a haha, changed the topic, and said, "Forget it, don't care what that is, it's a dead end, and we don't need to go down anyway. It will be dawn soon, and it will be safer when it is dawn." .”

Tofu said: "Xuanxuan, go to sleep first, we will guard here."

Ouyang Xuan cautiously approached the seat where Zhuan Rui was sitting, and said, "Forget it, you can sleep by yourself, and I will guard with the head of the house."

I looked at Tofu's disappointed expression, and I was startled, wondering if this kid could be real?I know about Tofu. He usually doesn’t care about anything, but he is very affectionate. He has been with 27 partners before, and most of them are confused by his occupation and appearance. After a long time of contact, after knowing his nature, Just kicked him, and in his No.20 Fifth Ren's original words: "It's not like finding a boyfriend, but looking for a son who cares about everything..."

At first glance, Ouyang Xuan is absolutely devoted to Zhuan Rui, what if Tofu ends up using her affection deeply?
I couldn't help frowning, and there was a feeling of worry in my heart that my son had a puppy love with a bad woman.

(End of this chapter)