Tomb Raiders Codex

Chapter 457 Earth Immortal
There were no big rivers in that area in ancient times, and the climate was arid, so there were often famines. During the famine years, the food in the family must not be enough. As time goes by, some people will naturally have to make sacrifices.Whether voluntarily or compulsively, the first to be sacrificed are the elderly.

Both human beings and animals are born with the nature of being close to the young, that is, they like the young and not the old, and the human moral system requires people to be filial and grateful, so in normal times, families are generally harmonious.

However, once this kind of harmony comes under extreme conditions, such as famine and natural disasters, people's nature will be stimulated.At this time, strong adults will face a choice. There is not enough food, and some people must be given up. Should they give up the children or the old people?In extreme conditions, moral constraints are minimized, and thus the practice of sacrificing the elderly arises.

In reality, there are many examples of parents going bankrupt and raising money for sick children, which is tear-jerking, but how many children will go bankrupt for seriously ill parents?In essence, this is the biological parental nature at work.

Therefore, due to the land conditions in that place, natural disasters occur frequently, which have always been associated with famine and poverty, so there has been a habit of abandoning the elderly since ancient times.Later, this habit became a custom. It is estimated that the elderly in their 80s have no labor force at all. In addition to this age, most of them will suffer from diseases, and the local area is already poor, so their children are powerless, or they can’t. Willing to make great sacrifices to take care of an old man, so this cruel habit has been preserved to this day.

As for the local elderly, their ancestors have come here from generation to generation, and their thinking is solidified. They think that at their age, they really deserve to die. Instead, they will not resent their children. My children and grandsons are doing well, so I have no complaints.

Therefore, I have always believed that in an environment where the human moral system is disintegrated, those who can still maintain virtue are truly virtuous.

This habit of exposing the bad nature of human nature is shocking, so it was not reported in the news, only a few small newspapers reported it, but the impression given by the tabloids is exaggerated and untrue, so most people may think that It's fiction, but I know it's true because I passed by that place when I was collecting mountain goods.

At that time, I happened to see a tearful son carrying his mother, who was also alive, up the mountain. Some people around were playing suona and throwing paper money.Of course, this was already ten years ago, and the road should have been connected to that place by now. It is estimated that this bad habit has disappeared.

Of course, the whole story is not over yet.

In the process of those reporters entering the village for interviews, in order to collect evidence, some reporters secretly removed the graves, that is, pried open the stone slabs covering the surface.After the stone slab was pried open, the corpse could indeed be seen inside, but the strange thing was that the corpse turned into petrification, and it was combined with the rocks under the body, which was very miraculous.

According to folk superstition, this is the "Chengdixian", that is, the body and soul are integrated with the mountains, rivers and earth.Zhang Wen wondered if the unmovable corpse had petrified, so I remembered what I had seen and heard before.

But at this moment, because the distance is too far, we have no way to find out whether the corpse is petrified. The only thought is how to get the thing in its chest.The distance between the two of us is about 40 meters, and we don’t use the probing claws and corpse ropes very much. In fact, we can also set up a rope and slide across, but it is more troublesome.

Just as I was thinking about it, another group of zongzi came up to the top, stood on the edge of the platform, and were about to jump down. There were eight of these zongzi one after another, and their faces were all blurred. They jumped straight down one by one, repeating In the cycle of death, the scalp of the people who watched it became tight, and their hearts felt weak.

But at this moment, the eighth zongzi stopped jumping for some reason, and stood motionless on the edge, as if waiting for something.This abnormal zongzi caught our attention, and we didn't bother with the old corpse for a while.At the moment it is facing away from us, wrapped in a flaxen cloth, and there seems to be some ornaments hanging around its neck, but it is not clear.

Tofu boldly walked to the side, wanting to see what the zongzi was doing, suddenly, the zongzi turned his head suddenly, and the blurred face gradually became clear, and that face seemed to be being rubbed by a hand. Just like pinching, it suddenly changed into another appearance.

Taking a closer look at this face, everyone couldn't help but gasp, because this face was exactly the same as the master of everything.

Wanshitong's expression changed drastically, showing that he was not lightly frightened.

Tofu jumped up and said, "Damn, what's going on?" But at this moment, the zongzi's hand suddenly pointed upwards, as if there was something on it.I looked up subconsciously, and there was nothing on it, it was pitch black, and I couldn't see it at all.

And the moment it finished raising its finger, the whole 'person' fell backwards and fell into the dark abyss.

Everyone looked at each other with different expressions, but none of them was relaxed. Even Tofu kept his mouth tightly shut, looking carefully at Wanshitong from time to time.And Wanshitong can be said to be the most irritated. A dumpling who doesn't know whether it is hard or soft suddenly turns into a face exactly like his own, which is hard for everyone to accept.

At this moment, countless questions popped up in my mind: Why did that zongzi become a know-it-all?

What does this matter represent?
When it jumped down, why did it point up?
At this moment, there is only empty darkness around us. We stand at the top of the stairs, no matter where we look, there is only darkness.Wanshitong looked very pale, turned his head to ask Zhuanrui, and said, "Master, this place is weird, and I have a very ominous feeling." He pointed to the old corpse sitting on the ground, and said which platform he would like to go to, Take out the things from the old corpse's arms, and investigate for us, and the matter is over, so we can leave this place early. "

Zhuan Rui naturally wouldn't object, after all, these people were his subordinates, they were not outsiders who joined forces casually, and they didn't dare to play games with their lives, so they didn't dare to delay, and immediately re-set up the rope.It took us more than half an hour to set up a [-]-meter-long cableway in the air.During this period, two more batches of zongzi came up, but the previous situation did not reappear, barely reassuring everyone.

Because the cableway is too long, for the sake of safety, we feel that we can't go too many people, and finally negotiated that Wanshitong and I should check the situation.Wan Shitong put on the safety buckle, held the rope, and turned his hands to the opposite side alternately.

Tofu was a little worried, and said quietly to me: "Old Chen, this is so high, and the cableway is too long, what if it breaks? What if there is a problem with the safety buckle? It's not that you don't know the quality of domestic products. Or... find an excuse and let Yin Yang face go."

I looked at Tofu's nervous expression, a little funny, and said, "What excuses are you looking for?"

Tofu said: "It's okay to say that your stomach hurts, or your eggs hurt. I always feel that something is going to happen to you, and I find that your luck is very bad. Every time you fight or make a decision, you will not be able to do it. It’s a good plan, but things always go wrong.”

I said in my heart that if I'm lucky, isn't the curse of the ghost's face a parallel import?I am already desperate for my luck. I know what Tofu said. I always think twice before doing things, and I rarely do wrong things. But this year, I feel that I am doing a lot of things that are obviously good. When I make a decision, it will turn into a bad thing in the end, and it will turn out to be good in the end, and I have to thank the people around me who have helped me.

Tofu was worried, so I comforted him and said, "I went bankrupt in the middle of the year before last, and it took me a year to work hard to get back. Besides, I have a high IQ, good looks, and a good figure. God also gave me such an excellent partner. , I am very lucky, don't think about it."

Ignoring Tofu and continuing to mutter, when Wanshitong reached the opposite side, I also climbed the rope and started walking towards the opposite side.Looking down, it is a bottomless abyss. Due to the rudimentary construction of the cableway, every time I move the entire 40-meter-long rope, I will dangle in the air with me. That kind of life is tied to a rope. The feeling that you may fall into the abyss at any time makes your heart beat faster.

I stared straight ahead, not looking at the abyss, and the rope swayed more violently as I moved forward.At this time, Wan Shitong had tightened his gloves on the corpse, squatted down and began to search the corpse, leaving only a back for me. I was just halfway through the walk, when Wan Shitong suddenly yelled, the whole person stood up and stepped back. It seems that something happened.

My heart skipped a beat, thinking that bad luck is coming, and I can't shake it off, damn it, what's wrong.

As Wanshitong retreated, his whole body retreated to the edge of the circular platform. If he took half a step back, he might fall into the abyss.For some reason, I suddenly remembered the scene of the dumpling who turned into a know-it-all and committed suicide backwards, and my back felt cold all of a sudden.

Could it be... that is some kind of omen?
Because of Wanshitong's dangerous action, Doufu and the others behind me also exclaimed, and Tofu shouted: "Boy, what's wrong with you! Don't be startled, people are scary, scary!"

(End of this chapter)