Tomb Raiders Codex

Chapter 493
On the dark and desolate Gobi, there was a whimpering wind, and with the help of the bleak green light, those black shadows crawling on the ground not far away gradually moved away from us, and disappeared without a trace in an instant.Until then, I breathed a sigh of relief, lowered my voice extremely low, and asked Harichagai, "What was that just now?"

Haricagai shook his head, shrugged, and said, "How do I know? However, these things have been around our camp before."

Tofu was surprised and clicked his tongue: "That is to say, they have been hiding next to the camp?"

Haricha Gai nodded, and said: "Then it came here suddenly, so I came in to check it out, trying to find out what it was. Why are you here?" After asking, he seemed to have thought of something, showing With a clear expression, he said with a smirk: "Understood, you must have seen that I was not there and worried about me, so you followed me, right?"

Tofu said: "The devil is worried about you, we are afraid that you will make some kind of moth, and we are going to deal with you."

"If you care, you care, don't deny it." He looked like the truth, which made Tofu speechless for a while.I shook my head, ignored the meaningless conversation between the two, and observed for a while, guessing that those things had gone far away and would not come out again, so I leaned forward, took the flashlight in Zhuanrui's hand, and looked sideways. He got up and left this narrow place, and slowly walked towards the place where those things crawled before.

Looking at the light, I saw that where they crawled, they left a series of slender marks, which looked like scratches left by finger claws.I thought to myself: Could it be that these things have very sharp claws?It seems to have a certain lethality, it is better to be careful.Immediately, the four of them left the place. As they walked, Zhuan Rui said, "Although this place is sparsely populated, it's not that there are no people. Why haven't I heard of such creatures? Hari, you live in this area. do not know either?"

Harichagai put his hands in his trouser pockets, walked leisurely ahead, and said without turning his head: "There are many legends in this place, and many things are groundless and cannot be taken seriously. What do you want me to tell you? But before those things Surrounding our camp, and then evacuating on their own, it doesn't look like there is any danger, so don't worry, don't worry."

While speaking, everyone was getting closer and closer to the campsite.The bonfire on the ground had been extinguished at some point, and when the light was turned on, only some ashes and charred particles of solid fuel could be seen.At this moment, Harichagai, who was walking in front, suddenly let out a sigh, then turned around with the corner of his mouth hooked, and said, "It seems that there is trouble."

At this time, I also suddenly saw that the tent on the ground had fallen down at some point.

To be more precise, it was almost torn into shreds, and there were some scattered things scattered around the ground, as if it had been looted.

How could this be?
Except for Harichagai who was still slow, the three of us quickly stepped forward to check.But I heard Tofu wailing: "Which bastard ate my potato chips." I saw that there was an equipment bag that was placed in the tent, but it was completely turned into rags. A change of clothes, most of the rest is food.But now, almost all the food packages have been opened, and the inside is empty, and the clothes are also gone.

Seeing the traces of these fragments, Zhuan Rui said, "It looks like it was cut open by something with its claws."

Tofu looked heartbroken, and said: "How sharp are those claws, can't they be the things we saw before? Could it be that they came and divided into two groups to divert the tiger away from the mountain? They lured us away and came to attack us Camp?"

I said: "It's possible, no, these things look dangerous, we can't stay here."

At this time, Harichagai said: "The ruins of the ghost are probably nearby. Is it possible to hide? I think it's better to go to rest in the car and wait until dawn." Fortunately, the equipment is placed in the trunk, otherwise, if it is damaged by those things, our trip will be in vain, and we have to go back to buy the equipment again, which is really time-consuming and labor-intensive.

Immediately afterwards, the four of them got into the car, locked the doors and windows, turned on the air conditioner for ventilation, and huddled in the car to rest.After all, there are four old men, and it is not comfortable to sleep in the car. In addition, the camp was attacked in the middle of the night, so they didn't sleep deeply. I grumbled, "Don't squeeze me."

I thought in a daze, two-thirds of the entire back seat is occupied by you, who is squeezing whom?But I am also used to it, knowing that this kind of question is not worth arguing at all, so I moved my body and continued to sleep.Unexpectedly, within two seconds, Tofu kicked me again.

This kick was a bit heavy, and it woke me up. I was a little dazed, and seeing his angry look, I couldn't help saying: "I was the one who got kicked, and I'm not angry yet. What does your expression mean?"

Tofu looked at me with a look of disgust, and cursed: "Wretched! You can forget about dreaming in the middle of the night, why do you keep grabbing my ass. If you touch me again, you will be charged!"

Harichagai and Zhuanrui were woken up by us, and they heard Harichagai yawned and said, "Charges? I don't even touch the upside down. I said Uncle Chen, although it is now advocated that love is gender-neutral, but you also take it easy." How about a little?"

I was choked up, and I just wanted to refute that I have been huddling aside to sleep neatly, so I wouldn't touch people's buttocks.Before I could say this, I suddenly saw a black and dry thing with black claws sticking out from under the seat under Tofu's feet, which looked like a human arm.
That thing seemed to want to sit down from the bottom, groped randomly, and happened to touch Tofu's buttocks.Now everything is understood, the four of us choked for breath, Tofu's face turned blue, we moved our bodies carefully, pointed to the bottom of the cushion, and made lips: there is something under it.

I gestured to Zhuan Rui, pointed at his waist, and signaled him to give me the pistol.Without further ado, Zhuan Rui unloaded the gun and threw it to me. I loaded the gun, squatted down carefully, then suddenly lowered my head and looked under the cushion.

In an instant, a mass of dark things appeared in my sight.

I saw this thing with long hands and long legs, a layer of snake-like scales on the surface, and a pointed mouth on the triangular head. It looked so weird.

This thing has long hands, long legs, and sharp claws. I reckon it's the ones that attacked our camp.The window was not closed tightly before, and it probably got into our car along the window. It was probably stuck under the seat cushion, so it wanted to climb out.

When I met my face, the thing's long claws immediately scratched my face. I was prepared, I backed up and dodged it, and at the very moment, I fired a shot.The thing was stuck, so it didn't do much harm, and the shot just happened to hit its triangular head, killing it instantly.

Tofu breathed a sigh of relief, shook his whole body, and said, "With such sharp claws, it's a good thing I slept inward just now, it's so dangerous."

I kicked him and said, "Stop talking nonsense, hurry up and pull out the corpse." Tofu and I worked together to lift the cushion while the other pulled the corpse, and pulled this thing out.I saw that this thing looked like a hairless ape, and its teeth were not sharp enough, so it didn't look like a carnivore.

Harichagai glanced at it and said: "I see, this thing is called a terrestrial ape. It doesn't eat meat, but it is poisonous. You can see that its teeth are blue inside. This thing lives in groups and is very vengeful. Hurry up and take it away." Throw the body out and check under the car seat to see if there is anything hidden."

I opened the car door and threw the body a few meters away. When I got in the car again, Tofu and others had checked the entire car, and I was relieved when I made sure that there was nothing hiding.Unexpectedly, just as I was going to sleep, suddenly, a pointed black head appeared upside down on the car window. Through the car window, a pair of small eyes looked straight at me.Before I could react, there were countless whining sounds around me, and then, black shadows rushed towards our car one by one.

Harichagai snorted and said, "Revenge is coming."

Tofu said, "You fucking laugh?"

Haricha Gai rested his hands on his head, and said with a look of indifference, "What are you afraid of, they can't come in, they will make a fuss for a while, and then they will leave naturally."

While talking, these things kept hitting the car door, one face after another stuck to the glass, scratching with sharp claws, the car windows were covered with saliva, it was quite disgusting to watch.But soon, these things were just like what Harichagai said, presumably knowing that the iron bump was different from the cloth strips, so they retreated resentfully, and disappeared without a trace within half an hour.

I looked at my watch. It was only two o'clock in the morning. Everyone was huddled in the car, feeling exhausted. In order to prevent any accidents, I decided to drink Harichagai and take turns to watch the night.Tofu said that in order to express his apology for wronging me just now, let me rest first, and he will be fine.I was right when I thought about it, this kid slept in the car for a long time during the day, and guessed that he would not be able to fall asleep now, so he nodded and curled up in the car to continue sleeping.The thing that was shot and killed in the car before had splashed some blood under the seat cushion, and when it was put down on the car seat, it could smell a lot of fishy smell, making it difficult to sleep well.

Tofu saw it, and the dog-legged handed me a gas mask and asked me to wear it to sleep.I was speechless for a while, and thought to myself, who would sleep with such a heavy thing on my face?He simply got up, touched a cigarette and smoked it, preparing to use the smell of smoke to smoke the fishy smell.

When I smoked almost half of it, I suddenly felt something was wrong.At this moment, the night wind was whimpering outside, but amidst the whimpering, there seemed to be other sounds, whistling, seeming to be approaching us.

I looked out through the glass, and within the visible range, except for the scratches left by those apes before, I couldn't see anything else.

(End of this chapter)