Tomb Raiders Codex

Chapter 449 City
Tofu looked terrified, and continued to talk, telling us that the real horror is yet to come.He carried Ouyang Xuan on his back, led the corpse fairy, and with a flashlight, he searched for footprints on the ground and returned the same way.Due to psychological effects, he always felt that the mummy hanging on the tree behind him seemed to be staring at him, making his back tight and his scalp numb.

Tofu didn't dare to stay for a long time, and looked down at the footprints trotting back. Because it was in an unfamiliar place and surrounded by trees, it was so dark that it was difficult to distinguish the path.He was completely relying on his previous footprints to recognize the way, but he lowered his head and walked quickly, but the footprints stretched straight to the bottom of a big tree.Tofu stared at the footprints with all his heart, but he didn't react. He bumped his forehead against a tree, and his nose was sore from the pain.

"Ouch." With a rebound, Tofu subconsciously covered his forehead, but Ouyang Xuan fell off his back.When Tofu saw it, he thought it was unlucky, he drank cold water and got stuck between his teeth, and he himself was tired, so he helped Ouyang Xuan up and let the corpse fairy carry him, but the corpse fairy didn't care about him and didn't respond.

Tofu said: "Mu Mu is good, be obedient, and I will buy poisonous scorpions for you to eat later." The corpse fairy rolled his eyes, as if he couldn't understand what he said, and still didn't respond.Tofu was at a loss, sighed, and said: "You have to see how you feel when you are asked to do things together, right? Did you do it on purpose? Don't play dumb with me... Will you recite it? No?...Okay! I'll carry it by myself..." Although there was an urge to beat up the corpse fairy at the time, but for his own sake, Tofu endured it, and carried Ouyang Xuan on his back again and hurried on.

When he looked at the footprints again, he suddenly felt that something was wrong. The footprints were left when he came, and they were under the tree. This was obviously illogical. It stands to reason that the footprints should bypass the tree.The footprints are under the tree, could it be that the two of them passed through the tree at that time?
Tofu found something strange, he couldn't help hissing, subconsciously looked up the tree in front of him, he showed a pair of dry, skinny and dark feet, above the feet were long and thin legs covered in corpse oil, followed by hip bones , with a small lump of black flesh curled up in the middle, above which is the upper body with clearly visible ribs, and on the slender neck is a crooked head,
Tofu's eyes were straightened, and he shouted in his heart: Damn, why are there corpses here?Could it be that he was too focused when catching up before, so he was ignored by himself?Turning his gaze again, the surrounding treetops were still densely packed with hanging corpses, including both humans and animals.Suddenly, Tofu suddenly discovered that there was a palm print and a mess of footprints on the left side.

There was a buzz in Tofu's mind, flashing past Ouyang Xuan's posture of falling to the ground with her hands on the ground.

Could it be... I ran back again?
Impossible, I obviously ran back following the footsteps when I came here, and the direction where the Hanging Corpse Forest is located is completely different, no matter how I run, I should not run back!Whose footprints are on the ground?

With Tofu's brain size, it was difficult to figure out what was going on for a while. In the end, only two thoughts came to his mind: [-]. There are other people in this forest. Of course, there are also many similar hanging corpses. Lin; [-]: That is, I may have encountered something like a ghost hitting a wall.

Thinking of the ghost hitting the wall, and looking at the mummy hanging from the trees around him, Tofu shuddered, shrank back to the corpse fairy, tugged at the corpse fairy's sleeve, and stammered: "Wood, wood, how are you?" It's also a corpse fairy... If there are some zongzi, it won't trouble you, right?"

The corpse fairy blinked and tilted his head slightly, as if he couldn't understand what he said.Tofu wanted to cry, but in the end he had no choice but to run away with Ouyang Xuan on his back, but the end result was that no matter how he ran, he would eventually return to the place full of hanging corpses, countless corpses on the tree, all with empty eyes look at him.

Now, Tofu was finally sure that he had encountered a ghost, but fortunately, he hadn't practiced anything else during the fight these days, so he was a little more courageous.He endured his fear and recalled the method I told him to deal with the ghost hitting the wall, so he spat, stomped his feet, and cursed the ghost, thinking about everything he could think of until his mouth was dry Suddenly, Tofu felt a cold wind blowing on the back of his neck, followed by a rustling sound on the canopy, as if something was coming down the canopy.

This boy Tofu is quite cowardly, his first reaction was not to check what was going on, but to hide in front of the corpse fairy and glance up from the corner of his eye.This glance almost didn't scare him to death. A mummy on the canopy turned its head down and turned slowly. Under the obscure light, the corpse's face froze into a strange expression.

"Oh my god!" The little brother frightened by the tofu stiffened, and a desire to pee arose.Immediately afterwards, the mummy fell to the ground with a bang under Tofu's terrified gaze.Tofu froze, poked the corpse fairy, and said, "Go, go... kill it..."

The corpse fairy remained motionless.

Tofu was about to cry, and said, "Wood...ah no, brother, big brother, Grandpa Shixian, can I please?" Shixian still ignored him, and Tofu was about to vomit blood, but at this moment, Tofu suddenly discovered that the fallen mummy didn't make any trouble, it was just lying on the ground, and one leg was broken in two.

Can you still get angry like this?

Is it because I think too much?Maybe it was blown by the wind just now, so it fell from the tree, right?

Tofu walked over hesitantly, knelt down to observe carefully, but just as he got closer, the corpse suddenly raised its head, opened its mouth wide and let out a puff of black air.

Was Tofu suffocated by the black air? He was dizzy all of a sudden, his whole body went limp, and he lost control of himself, and suddenly fell beside the corpse.After the corpse exhaled, it collapsed silently.Tofu knew that the black smoke was the smell of corpses, and if it was not right, it would kill someone, but now he was dizzy, his eyes were black, and he couldn't see anything clearly.

In desperation, Tofu panted and scolded: "Puzhen, you bastard, you don't do anything, what's the use of supporting you!" As soon as he said this, Tofu suddenly felt that there was an extra hand on his chest. The feeling of dizziness and brain swelling gradually disappeared, and the vision also recovered.

At this time, I saw that the corpse fairy knelt down and pressed his chest with one hand, and a puff of black smoke was sucked into his mouth by it.Tofu came over for a meeting, and said in his heart that he didn't expect this corpse fairy to suck corpse poison. This skill is too powerful. With it in the future, any fight in the world will be up to me?

While thinking about it, Tofu got up and praised the corpse fairy, saying that it performed well, and that it would be rewarded with rewards after returning home. It didn't want to stay here any longer, so it continued to run back with Ouyang Xuan on its back.Tofu Xin said, since the zongzi has lost its body energy, it should not make trouble anymore, and he should be able to go back.

This time, he really ran out of the weird forest of hanging corpses, but because the Populus euphratica forest was too big, his footprints had been destroyed long ago, and Tofu immediately lost his way. place.

The Populus euphratica forest was lifeless and pitch black, except for his own breathing, there was no sound in the darkness.

Tofu talked to the corpse fairy to build his courage, and at the same time, he watched and listened to all directions to prevent any danger.The corpse fairy basically didn't answer, Tofu talked nonsense to himself for a long time, and finally the corpse fairy said slowly: "Going back...after...then...heavy...heavy...there is...reward..."

Tofu was so annoyed that he couldn't help kicking it and said, "Grandpa Dou, I told you so much, and I remember this sentence when I co-operated with you? You old monster, are you really stupid or not?" Are you stupid?" After the kick, I realized that the corpse fairy would automatically fight back, but it is estimated that the corpse fairy has a little consciousness and knows acquaintances, so it didn't kill the tofu.

As soon as the words fell, Tofu suddenly realized that the corpse fairy's eyes passed over him, and stared straight at the position on the left. It seemed that there was something there that attracted its attention. It was so dark that I couldn't see anything clearly, and I didn't know what the corpse fairy was looking at.

He couldn't help guessing: "Do you mean that there is the way back?"

The corpse fairy didn't answer Tofu, but walked straight in that direction.The Corpse Fairy seldom acts on his own, and every time he takes action, it is a big one. Tofu thought he guessed it right, so he hurriedly followed. After walking not far, he saw a fire in front of him.

Tofu breathed a sigh of relief, thinking it was our campsite, he was very excited, so he quickened his pace, but after walking a few times, Tofu was a little confused, thinking how the closer he got, the more strange the color of the light would be?Why does it look green?
A word came to Tofu's mind: ghost fire.

Immediately afterwards, I thought of the few active experiences of the corpse, which are nothing more than two situations, one: finding food and smoking.Two: Counterattack in self-defense.In addition, there is almost no experience of voluntary departure.The tofu's scalp felt numb all of a sudden, and he wondered if he was looking for something to eat?

Youdao is afraid of what will come. Although Tofu stopped, he couldn't stop the corpse fairy. Seeing the corpse fairy go further and further away, he couldn't call back no matter how much he called. Tofu gritted his teeth and could only follow.Gradually, the green light approached, and Tofu suddenly found a figure in the halo.

I saw that it was an open space, and many people were walking back and forth on the open space, and some people were sitting or standing on both sides, with blankets in front of them, dressed in very strange clothes, just like a scene of a night market.

However, this night market is quiet, the people coming and going, and the people who set up stalls all have blue faces and different expressions.

Tofu swallowed, his legs trembling.

He knew what it was: a ghost market.

(End of this chapter)