Tomb Raiders Codex

Chapter 579 Argument
No, if someone has ever triggered this mechanism, then there will definitely be traces left in this place.The doubt that puzzled everyone before appeared again.There have been so many groups of people entering the tomb of King Juer, but why is it that the organs of King Juer's tomb seem to have never been activated?
Why did that charred corpse stand behind the stone gate after death?
Could it be that in the tomb of King Juer, there is still a special person responsible for cleaning up the funeral?This idea is a bit too bizarre, but now I can't allow me to think about it anymore, because the flames have already spread towards us quickly along the sand grains on the ground.

This is very fast.

I estimate the whole process takes less than 1 minute.

In a few tens of seconds, we will be burned by the flames, following in the footsteps of that charred corpse.

Now, it’s too late even to blow up the door, because putting the explosives needs to be calculated. We are too close at the moment, and putting the explosives will only send us to the west together. That’s not called survival, it’s called death.

At this critical juncture, almost everyone was stunned, they could only see the line of fire ahead, advancing towards us rapidly, Wen Min's face turned pale from fright, and she suddenly buried her head in my arms. I was so courageous that I was too scared right now, and grabbed my clothes tightly with both hands.

I subconsciously hugged her back, and turned my body slightly to block the person, trying to resist the fire for her.All these are subconscious behaviors. I don't want to think so much. My whole mind is frozen, and I only see fire in my eyes. The fire that will almost engulf the entire tomb.

However, at this moment, the previous whistle suddenly sounded again in the tomb. As soon as the sound came out, my nerves jumped. Everyone remembered this bizarre whistle, because it had saved us once.

As soon as the sound came out, I couldn't help looking up to find the source of the sound, but all I saw was the dancing flames.

Zhuan Rui suddenly gasped and said, "The fire is getting weaker."

When he reminded me, I suddenly found that the speed of the flame that had been advancing rapidly slowed down a lot, and it gradually became smaller, as if it was unable to burn due to lack of oxygen.

Sure enough, the whistle sound saved us again!
At this moment, in the darkness, I suddenly heard a voice shouting to us: "Come here!"

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound, and saw the tomb passage where the mute had appeared before. At some point, the stone door opened again, and the voice came from the tomb passage impressively.When I heard it, isn't this the sound of tofu?
I was shocked, looked at the mute, and said, "He's inside? Why didn't you tell me!"

Zhong Gong was overjoyed and said, "It's Brother Dou, that's great, could it be that he saved us?"

But the mute's expression changed, and he clasped my shoulder with one hand. His usually cold voice was a little hoarse this time. He stared at the tomb passage with his dark eyes, and said, "Don't go!" At that time, the stone door on the tomb passage slowly began to close again. At this time, the sound of tofu came from the tomb passage again, and this time he seemed very anxious: "Come in quickly, there is no time! I cut off the air hole. If you don't come in, you will be suffocated, Old Chen! Trust me!"

Upon hearing this, I immediately understood why the fires suddenly went out. It seemed that Tofu knew that we were in danger, so he did something to block the ventilation holes in this tomb.If this tomb wants to use fire as a mechanism, it must have a ventilation system. Tofu seems to know the mechanism here very well. It seems that the sound of the whistle is probably related to him.

Thinking of this, I ignored my dumbness, and said to everyone: "Go to the tomb first, otherwise the stone gate will be closed, and the oxygen here will be exhausted by the fire, and we will die too." , but Tofu has a good criminal record, and his fixed image is there, so when he heard his voice, even Zhuan Rui didn't doze off, and waved his hand to signal to change positions.

Only the mute grabbed my shoulder and said, "Don't go in, you can't go in there." The stone gate was half closed, so how could I bother the mute, in desperation, I directly hugged the mute, followed Everyone rushed towards the stone gate that was about to close.Because there were still tongues of fire in that place, when we passed by, our trousers were on fire. As soon as we entered the tomb passage, the stone door was closed with a bang.

The fire outside was cut off immediately, only our burning trousers were left. Everyone howled and rolled on the ground, and rushed to the fire. Fortunately, it didn't take long and no one was injured.

Once the fire was extinguished, the tomb was pitch-black, and Feng Guishou on one side quickly turned on the flashlight.I first went to see the mute, and I didn't dare to just pick him up and run away, and I could only be tough when this person was injured.

At this moment, the mute was sitting with his back against the stone door. He wasn't angry because of my sudden act of getting up just now, but his dark eyes were fixed on the front of the tomb passage.

I just remembered about the tofu, so I suddenly turned my head and looked towards the front of the tomb passage.

Wherever the light reaches, there is emptiness.

"Xiaodou!" I called out, but no one responded.

Wen Min also said: "Xiaodou, don't hide, we are all worried about you." Similarly, no one responded.I got a little angry, so I picked up the flashlight that fell on the ground, turned on the power and walked forward. After walking two steps, the dumb voice hoarsely said: "Stop."

His voice was cold.

It's a coldness I've never felt before.

If the usual dumbness is just indifference and arrogance, then now, from his voice and eyes, I seem to see the killing intent, as if as long as I take a step forward, he will strike.Although the mute had no fighting power, his ruthless and bloodthirsty aura shocked people.

Not only me, but even the rest of the people couldn't help lowering their voices. For a moment, the tomb passage fell into a deathly silence.After a while, Shen Hao murmured: "What's so awesome now..." His voice was not loud, but it was clearly heard in the silent tomb passage.

The mute didn't respond, as if he didn't hear it at all.Only then did I realize that there were bloodstains on the floor of the tomb passage, which were the bloodstains when we saw the mute before.At that time, after a distance, I didn't think there was anything, but now I entered this tomb passage, and then I saw the blood dripping from the nose under my feet, and I felt a little shocking.

If Feng Guishou hadn't opened that mechanism in time, if we hadn't healed the mute, he would probably have lost blood and died.

A picture flashed in my mind, it was the mute covered in blood, walking towards the stone gate step by step, leaving a series of blood marks behind him.

What's the danger behind this?
Why did you lie before you were dumb?

Why doesn't he want us to enter this passage?Even lied?
A person who has never bothered to lie, what made him hide his arrogance?

I stopped, and finally retreated to his side, squatted down, looked at him, and asked solemnly: "Tell me, why? What's behind this?"

The mute voice was still cold and hoarse, and said, "A place you absolutely don't want to see."

At this time, Zhonghua clutched his leg and groaned. Although his injury was not serious, it was on his leg, and it pierced through the bone. The atmosphere is one of relaxation.Seeing that his partner was in such pain, Shen Hao raised his voice and said to the mute: "Stop playing charades, you're talking about something, is there a mechanism behind it or something? Look at the broken teeth in your wound before, could it be that there are some monsters behind the tomb passage?"

What he said was purely aimed at the mute, not at me, after all he is Zhuan Rui's subordinate, and Zhuan Rui is my friend.

The mute turned a deaf ear to his words, even at this time, his haughty nature has not changed, and he directly ignores those who disdain to talk to him.He just looked at me and said, "Don't go any further, get out of here, we, together..."

Together we will.

I didn't expect him to say these four words, and for a while I felt a little bloated and weird.What does it mean?I finally fell into his eyes?

I am a person who eats soft things but not hard things. The four words dumb move my heart.Although I knew that he was not making a statement, it was difficult for me to be hardened when facing this face, but this time I had to refuse him, and after taking a breath, I said: "We can't be together this time, my brother still Inside, whatever happened, I gotta figure it out."

The mute's eyes drooped slightly, and he said coldly, "Doesn't matter the woman next to you, or the people who accompany you? You're going to take them to death." His voice was calm and cold, and he spoke clearly , It is completely impossible to imagine that he once thought he was Japanese for a while.

Wen Min said in a deep voice: "Mr. Wu, Xiaodou is also my friend, I don't regret saving him."

Zhuan Rui said nonchalantly: "That kid broke my antique vase, and he hasn't paid for it yet, so don't even think about dying."

The dumb breath was short of breath, and he didn't know what he was thinking. Then, he stood up with the help of Shimen, looked around us, and said, "Whether you die or not has nothing to do with me. He can't die." His hand slowly Lifting it up slowly, the slender and powerful fingers pointed at me.

Wen Min froze for a moment, and said, "Mr. Wu, with all due respect, what is the relationship between you and Chen Xuan?" The mute seemed to be protecting me?Is it really so dangerous behind here?
(End of this chapter)