Tomb Raiders Codex

Chapter 622 Tracking
Early the next morning, everyone packed up their equipment, bid farewell to Jiangzhu's house, and started heading towards the mountain.The three mountains we are going to climb are actually a whole. The shape of the mountains resembles three connected steamed buns, and the gap between them is not big.

When we set off, we didn't see the Guo family group. Although I don't know what they are doing, I know very well that they will definitely follow.Everyone climbed the mountain all the way, sat down to rest for about ten minutes when tired, and ate some compressed biscuits when hungry. Fortunately, we are all people who are used to long-distance trekking, so the first day did not feel hard.

This mountain is deep and densely forested. It is actually a primitive jungle, but it is not the same as the jungles we have seen before.Most of the trees here are not too thick, but they are very tall. In addition to the abundant groundwater in the mountains, you can see flowing clear springs from time to time, so it looks very quiet and humid.The surrounding tree trunks are covered with moss, the leaves are green or yellow, blue or red, and the mountains are covered with various small shrubs, red berries, purple vines, gray rabbits, Pheasants and squirrels make the whole mountain full of vitality.

We walked among them without feeling tired, and walked for a whole day in one breath. At around five o'clock in the afternoon, we set up camp next to a small stream, and raised a strong bonfire, and sprinkled some sulfur powder around it. .

Everyone did all this skillfully, and the camp was quickly set up.Since it was close to the stream, Tofu ate two bites of compressed biscuits and said he had no appetite, so he said he was going to catch a fish. Although he didn't catch the fish, he caught a bunch of freshwater shrimp.

Immediately afterwards, Tofu found a thin stone slab, washed it in the stream, put it on the fire, and said to me: "Hurry up, I'm starving to death." I squatted by the stream to kill the shrimp, and the shrimp's internal organs were There is a dorsal meridian on the head and back, which are actually the intestines. Generally, those who are more particular will remove these two things.When I used to sell barbecue, customers asked for shrimps most of the time, so it was very easy to sit up.The big yellow duck on the side saw me and tofu as a partner, and said with emotion: "You guys are out camping, right? You've even started to make barbecue."

The tofu washed the shrimps I had killed and spread them on the hot stone slab. There was a sizzling sound, and a smell of shrimp meat came out. He turned the shrimps with chopsticks made of wooden sticks. One side said: "You don't understand this, what are we doing, fighting against each other! This fight is so dangerous, if one is not paying attention, it will be a pity, so before that, we can't treat ourselves too badly. Is it right? To be a ghost is to be a full-fledged ghost, I don’t want my stomach to be full of compressed biscuits when I die.”

When the big yellow duck heard the words, he gave a thumbs up and said, "Great idea, why didn't I think about this before. Eating only shrimp is too monotonous, just wait." A few minutes later, he twisted a wild pheasant and came back. He disemboweled the belly and plucked the feathers. He skewered it on the fire and roasted it. The fragrance overflowed for a while, and the whole chicken was golden and oily. Everyone was tired for a day. , What I ate were biscuits and what I drank was plain water, the smell made me greedy.

Only Mr. Hu frowned and said that we were messing around, and he was not afraid of attracting any beasts.

The big yellow duck patted the gun beside him and said, "What are you afraid of? One will die and one will die, and two will die." Tofu slurred while eating the chicken legs, "We must protect wild animals." While talking, I saw The lazy guy is still sleeping. The kid didn’t eat a bite of our grilled shrimp and chicken. He ate half of the compressed biscuit in his mouth and put it on his lips, as if he forgot to eat the other half, and fell asleep again.

Tofu thought for a while, then quietly asked the big yellow duck if the lazy egg had some kind of disease and why he could sleep so well.The big yellow duck coughed dryly, and said in a low voice: "When I met him, he was like this. He will never wake up. Don't worry about it, don't inquire about it. Anyway, he is not bad, and he has unique skills. With him, we will Any danger can be detected in advance." I remembered the scene where the lazy guy killed the snake last night, and I couldn't help nodding slightly.

Tofu said: "Is his ear particularly sensitive? So he can detect the danger around him even with his eyes closed?"

The big yellow duck shook his head and said, "This is his unique skill, how would I know."

"Aren't you three all the way?"

The big yellow duck rolled his eyes and said, "We are all just doing things under the hands of Master Bai. We usually do our own things, who knows so clearly, but let me remind you, I don't know how this kid compares with Master Hu , anyway, he is definitely better than me. You guys, don’t provoke him if you have nothing to do, as long as you don’t disturb his sleep, he is easy to get along with.” While speaking, everyone had enough food and drink, washed up by the stream, soaked Soak the feet of the mountain road for a day.

The water in the mountains is relatively cool, but there are many green shrimps at the bottom of the water. When you put your feet in, these shrimps will bump into it. It's like a massage, which is very comfortable.We arranged night vigils one by one. Tofu, I am not at ease to let him watch alone. According to past records, he is really unreliable, so I and Tofu will watch for three hours in the first shift, which is longer. .

Everyone huddled in the tent to sleep, and Tofu and I sat by the fire, chatting nonsense. After a while, this kid was talking, his head was biting, apparently falling asleep.I was speechless for a while, it seems that my decision just now was correct, I really can't let this kid watch alone, let him watch the night, we might as well bring a big yellow dog with us when we go on the road.Thinking of this, I didn't bother to wake him up, so I took out the map that Mr. Bai gave me.

Although Mr. Hu is in charge of our team, this map is a Fengshui map, and he can't understand it, so it directly came into my hands.

The place names on this map are too old to be judged, and Jingquan Mountain is only a possible target.What is the truth about the secret that Puzhen guards?Why did he spend so much energy collecting related things?If there are things left by Puzhen in Jingquan Mountain, how many are left, and where are they placed?
These thoughts swirled in my mind, but there was no clue. I looked at the sleeping tofu. Maybe it was just like Bai Sanye said, too long time has passed, and all the clues have been washed away by the torrent of history. , no matter how powerful a person is, it is impossible to restore all the truth.

And the only one who can know the truth may be tofu.

I don't know how the situation with Bai Shuang is going. If there is really hope to get rid of the thing in Tofu, the matter can be over.As for how Lu Su and the others will continue to struggle, that is their business.The clue of the curse has been broken, and I don't want to continue chasing it and let the people around me take risks.

I hope Bai Shuang can bring us good news when the time comes.

I don't know how long it took to think about it. At this moment, I heard footsteps coming from behind, and I turned my head back in shock.

When I saw it, it turned out to be a lazy guy. He squinted his eyes and glanced at me, then looked into the darkness aside to see how he lifted his pants. Most likely he was going to drain the water, so I didn't care.But for a full ten minutes, I didn't see the lazy guy coming back, so I couldn't help thinking to myself: Could something be wrong?But if so, at least there should be a voice, right?Could it be that this kid is doing something else behind our backs?Thinking of this, I immediately woke up Tofu and said, "Stay here and watch, I'll go and have a look."

Hearing what I said, Tofu regained his energy, and said, "I've long felt that something is wrong with this kid. Be careful and see what tricks he is up to." I nodded, took a flashlight and a gun, and pointed at the lazy boy Leo's position.

With the light of the flashlight, I could see the traces left by the lazy guy. He had nothing to hide. Following these traces for a while, I suddenly saw a fire in the distance.

It was obviously a bonfire made by people.

In an instant, I realized that the lazy guy probably sensed the movement, so he came to check.

I just feel startled, and I don't know whether the lazy guy did it on purpose or a coincidence. If he sleeps in a tent, he can actually know someone in the distance, then this skill is really terrifying.

Thinking of this, I turned off the light, and cautiously looked towards the distant flames. When I was about to approach, I suddenly felt a pain in my head, as if I had been hit by some small stone.Because it was too dark, I couldn't see what it was, so I couldn't help but look up, and then with the faint light, I found a black shadow squatting among the branches above my head.

Lazy?

I didn't speak, but the person in the tree gestured to me, obviously telling me to go up.

I knew in my heart that this man was undoubtedly a lazy person, so I climbed up the tree without making a sound, and arrived beside him in a short while.The lazy guy didn't look at me too much, but kept staring at the position of the fire.The so-called stand tall and see far away. Now squatting on the tree, I immediately saw the situation in the firelight, and it was a member of the Guo family.

Due to the distance, in my eyes, they are just a few small figures, and they have pitched a few tents.A total of two people who were watching the night seemed to be playing something like poker.I asked the lazy guy in a low voice, "How do you know they're here?"

Lazy's eyes were always half-closed, and he yawned when he heard the words, and said calmly, "Why are you following me here?"

I said: "I thought you were going to pee, but seeing that you didn't come back for a long time, I was worried that you might be caught by some jackal, tiger, and leopard. It seems that I was worrying too much." My business." Hearing what he said, I was a little surprised, and said, "What do you want to do?"

The lazy guy shook his neck, made two clicks, and his sleepy eyes, which had been half-closed, opened in an instant, staring sharply at the fire, and suddenly jumped forward, like an ape , Silently jumped to a tree in front of me again.

(End of this chapter)