Tomb Raiders Codex

Chapter 667 Dispute
This kind of ancient city is much bigger than I imagined, in fact, it is better preserved than I imagined.I thought that after more than 2000 years, what awaited us would be broken ridges and broken walls, maybe not even a single wall, but I didn't expect that in this inaccessible area, a part of the overall building was still preserved.

This piece of architecture must be small compared to the area of ​​the entire ancient city, but for us after more than 2000 years, it is already shocking that it can be preserved to this extent.

"Susu..."

I don't know what animals have been disturbed by my arrival. In the ancient city densely wrapped by plants, there are some shadows, which are probably animals living in it.This ancient city is probably the best natural cave for animals, and I don't know what's inside.

I originally intended to investigate by myself, hoping to seize the first opportunity, but now looking at the surrounding situation, I reckon that this ancient city will not be too peaceful, I am afraid that there may be some big snakes and cunning foxes hiding, and it is too dangerous to go in alone , You still have to find all the manpower and equipment.

In desperation, I got out of the bushes, and it took me over an hour to get back to where I was.At this time, everyone had already noticed that I was missing, and they were following my traces.The two groups of people met each other, and I described the situation in the ancient city. Captain Liu was overjoyed and said, "It seems that this trip will not be in vain." Although she was excited, she still had a plan. It was already four o'clock in the afternoon, and it would be too hasty to enter the ancient city at this moment, so everyone moved the camp to a place closer to the ancient city to facilitate future work.

After a lot of shifting and tossing, it was past seven o'clock in the evening in the blink of an eye.After a tiring day, everyone sat by the fire to eat and drink, and the lazy guy went back to sleep in the tent after eating. Because he was too lazy, when the sadism didn't happen, his sense of existence was very low.

The rest of the people also entered the tent one after another, and after a while, only me, Liu Dui, Wen Min, and Harichagai were left by the fire.Hari Chagai couldn't sleep, while Wen Min and Liu Dui looked serious, apparently they wanted to say something to me.

Liu Dui was the first to speak, and she said: "I am very happy that the ancient city has been found, but now there are some things that we must deal with." She did not wait for me to reply, and then said: "Before, you said that you want to Just take a few treasures and leave, but now I have observed all the way, and they are all very expensive, so they should look down on those bottles and cans. Let's open the skylight and tell the truth, what are you doing here?"

From the looks of it, although Wen Min lost his temper with me, his tone was tight. Team Liu probably doesn't know our real purpose yet.

Liu Dui’s eyes were on me and Harichagai, and Harichagai quickly stopped when he heard the words, and said with a smile: “Captain Liu, this has nothing to do with me. The pervert with the knife and I are just doing things with money. I'm just responsible for protecting Brother Chen's safety, I'm at his command, as for what purpose, I don't know, don't ask me." After finishing speaking, he left with his hands in his trouser pockets.

I cursed in my heart, saying that Zhuanrui came here for me to dispatch and help me, but why don't I feel like the boss at all?Is this appearance fee too unfair?I muttered a few words in my heart, and quickly organized the words in my mind.

Before Tianyan finds it, we can't turn against Team Liu. After all, she knows more about ancient Shu than us, and there are still many things that will depend on her.

After a pause, I said: "Liu team, I know that these two friends who joined suddenly may have caused your misunderstanding. You know, I am a weapons consultant, and our line of work is just wandering in the underworld. I will not hide from you the origins of these two. It is indeed wrong, but there is no malice. It is just that my friend found out that this place is not safe, so he paid me for two helpers. If you Don't worry, I can't help it."

Team Liu obviously didn't believe it. She twitched her lips, glanced at Wen Min, and said, "Min Min, I hope the person you introduced is reliable."

Wen Min frowned, and glanced at me, the anger in his eyes was gone, he probably calmed down a lot, and said: "You can rest assured, these people are trustworthy, not to mention, they have already helped us A lot, isn't it?"

Probably because of thinking about the skills of lazy people, Team Liu calmed down a little, nodded, and didn't ask any more questions.For a while, Wen Min and I were the only ones left by the campfire.I was in the first shift, and out of consideration for taking care of the lesbians, Wen Min and Liu Dui stayed in the last shift.I signaled her to go to sleep, she shook her head, with a wry smile on her face, and said: "Chen Xuan, I didn't expect that we would come to this point. When I first met you, you were not such a person, but now, I Really disappointed."

I know it.She was referring to the previous incident about the lunatic. Although it turned out that there was nothing wrong with the lazy man doing that, we all treated the lunatic as a living person at the time, which was completely different in meaning.In fact, even I have some doubts about myself, am I still not me...

Did the curse change me, or did the experiences of the past few years change me?Or, is it because of the curse that influenced my fate that I have experienced the past two years?

I said, "Then what do you think now? Or, what are you going to do?"

Wen Min took a deep breath, and said firmly: "Now, you are doubting me, and you have become too cruel. Chen Xuan, perhaps, the future we dreamed of before will not exist."

"Yes, there is no balance between good and evil. You are the policeman who upholds justice, and I am a ruthless tomb robber." When I said these words, I felt a stone was stuck in my heart, and my whole heart sank. fall down.

She smiled and said: "I know, you have been forced to take this road all this time, so I will accompany you. But now, you have been on this road for too long, and you have become too strange. I When we first met you, we were just strangers. You and Xiaodou risked your lives to save me. No matter how critical the situation was, you never gave up on me... But now, I, I really can't accept this kind of situation You, Xiaodou told me about the curse, but I have always been dubious about it, but now I believe it... In just four short years, it wiped out the person I once loved."

Barely giving me a chance to speak, she continued: "I know, you are doubting me now, and with your suspicious mentality, no matter how I explain, you will not believe me, so I am not going to explain." Paused Suddenly, she said something that I didn't expect, she said: "So, I don't intend to give up looking for a way to lift the curse, as you said before, if this is a big scam, then I will reveal the true colors of this scam Take it."

I was very surprised, and there was a buzz in my mind. To be honest, I thought she was going to show me off or say a clean break, but I didn't expect her to say this. After I realized it, I realized that I had already asked: "why?"

Wen Min said: "Didn't you say that there is no balance between good and evil? The curse will one day create a super criminal. If I destroy it, I will destroy the criminal. Therefore, this is a contest between justice and evil. I will kill you, and then Get back the one I love."

Across the blazing bonfire, we stared at each other for a long time, as if we had a tacit understanding, and everything became clear naturally.

Immediately afterwards, she went into the tent to sleep, and I continued the vigil.At this moment, two weird emotions were intertwined in my heart, yes, it can only be described as weird.On the one hand, Wen Min's words touched me a lot. She is a more serious person, she will not reveal her emotions like Xiao Jing, and she will always be gluey, but what she just said clearly expresses a meaning: No matter you No matter what happens, I won't give up.

If I am no longer me, if all the attractive things in me become mediocre or even disappear one day, who will be by my side?

This is a feeling that is difficult to describe in words, but apart from this feeling, there is another very clear consciousness.This consciousness is analyzing very rationally: Why did she tell me this?Did my suspicion put her on guard?Are these words a lie?Was she planning to have a lie to take my guard off?
Just as Wen Min expected, even at this point, the suspicious thinking in my heart still lingers.

I know that I am a cautious person, but now I think about it a few years ago, and I suddenly realized that if it was a few years ago, I would never have thought so much.Appropriate vigilance and suspicion are the most basic means of defense for people, which can make people safer.But excessive suspicion and vigilance can have dire consequences.You will always be in a state of doubt, and in the end, you will not know who is trustworthy and who is not around you.

The most familiar example is Cao Cao. Cao Cao is suspicious by nature and has a headache. The genius doctor Hua Tuo wants to open his head and treat his illness. Hua Tuo punished him, and finally buried his own life.

According to my current development, I simply can't imagine what I will become in the future.When a person suspects and denies everything around him, he will inevitably act and cause irreparable losses.

Ever since I gave up looking for that scam, I have been waiting for the curse to come, but only now do I know that it has been there all along, quietly changing everything about me.At this moment, I desperately wanted to suppress that doubtful thought, but just like obsessive-compulsive disorder, that thought became clearer and clearer, and I even wondered if I had a split personality.

Why do two completely different thoughts exist in a person's brain at the same time?My heart was obviously so moved by Wen Min's words that my eyes were sore, but why did the string of doubt in my mind become more and more tense?

(End of this chapter)