Tomb Raiders Codex

Chapter 671 Mysterious Cave
At this moment, the mass of rotten meat was scorched and smelly, and there was no danger, so the one-eyed dragon bowed his back and walked towards the position of his sight.I looked along and found that there seemed to be a dark shadow there, and I thought to myself, could there be something else?

So I hurriedly followed the past, and when I got closer, I suddenly discovered that there were four or five red-haired animals that looked like dogs and jackals.At this time, the lazy guy said casually: "It's the plateau red jackal. This stuff is relatively rare now, and it's a rare animal."

From the looks of it, these things should be taken down by 01 and used as food.But the strange thing is that their exteriors are still intact, but they have been placed here for a while, so the corpses look a bit dry and flat, and the diamond lines of the bones are clear.At the same time, I found that the meaning was wrong, that is, there seemed to be something dragging behind the tail of the corpse.

I knelt down to take a closer look, and suddenly felt that my scalp was in trouble, and I was afraid for a while.I saw that there were some dead things in the rear anus of the corpse, which were obviously intestines.In order to prove my idea, I reached out and pushed the corpse, and found that the red jackal was very light, and everything inside the body seemed to have disappeared.

Obviously, this exploded 01 is not as perverted as the main body and can directly eat meat and chew bones, so the next best thing is to eat only the internal organs of animals.I was entangled by it just now, if it wasn't for the lazy guy who rescued it in time, I'm afraid I would end up like this red jackal, and all the internal organs would be ripped out by that tentacle.

That kind of death is extremely painful just thinking about it, and it is also disgraceful to think about it.

Cyclops and Lazy also obviously understood, Cyclops shook his body and said, "It's too dangerous to be in charge, you have to thank this, this...what's his name?" I knew that Lazy was Tibetan, but I really don't know his name, even in the materials that Zhuan Rui gave me back then, he didn't mention this matter.

Lazy obviously didn't intend to answer this question. He looked over the red jackal's body on the ground and looked behind the red jackal.

We ignored this area before, but now we discovered that there is a circular hole behind it. This hole is quite large, with a diameter of about two meters. People can stand upright when walking in it. Look at the edge of the hole. In terms of shape, this looks like a hole punched by some kind of beast.

But what kind of beast can punch such a big hole out?

At this time, Harichagai, who was lying on the ground beside him, said weakly: "What are you three doing there, do you think I don't exist?" He was carried by the one-eyed dragon before, and he fell together and rolled to the back Due to his weak body, he was half-sitting on the ground at the moment, looking very annoyed.

The one-eyed dragon rolled his eyes, helped the man over, and said, "I don't know where this hole leads to. Do you think it was made by 01?"

Lazy put the knife back into its sheath, yawned, and said, "Don't cause any trouble." As he spoke, he looked up, obviously thinking about how to crawl out of this big hole.At this moment, the fire in the cave has also become weaker. We are covered with muddy mud. Looking up, the surrounding area of ​​the cave is very smooth. If you want to climb up, there is no place to grab your hand at all, which seems to be more difficult.

Each of us takes care of that hole. Experience tells me that curiosity killed the cat. Things that have nothing to do with our purpose can be left alone, or try not to mix them up as much as possible.Therefore, everyone focused on how to get out.

The one-eyed dragon said: "If I knew it earlier, we should have brought the ground grip." The so-called ground grip is to modify the shoe. The board is embedded in the soil layer and can play a fixed role.

However, our manpower is limited, so we would not have expected such a situation. Naturally, it is impossible to carry all kinds of equipment.After thinking about it, I can only do it myself, prepare to let the lazy guy open the way in front, use a pry to dig some places where we can step on, wait for the lazy guy to go up, and then put the rope for us to climb up.

The lazy guy was unambiguous when it was time to do something. Although he was dozing off, his subordinates were not slow and quickly prepared the tools they needed.Just when we were about to act, suddenly, a dark wind blew from the cave behind us.

The wind was a bit chilly, and in this early winter season, the excited crowd trembled all over. At the same time, the movements of the lazy man's hands suddenly stopped, and the whole person suddenly turned around, staring straight at the man behind him. Black hole, said: "Someone."

people?
The one-eyed dragon and I were taken aback, and our eyes moved to the entrance of the cave. We could only see the darkness inside, and we couldn't see anyone there.

As he spoke, the lazy man put away his tools, pulled out the knife from his waist, and went directly towards the cat in the hole.Cyclops hissed, and said: "Hey, do you have a little team spirit? Just don't say anything..." I saw the back of the lazy man blending into the darkness, interrupted Cyclops, and said, "Stop talking, Follow up and have a look."

I know that lazy people are more alert than most people, just like the big yellow duck said before, people are still in the fight, and they already know where the police are coming from outside.Perhaps, he just heard something that we can't hear?

Although the lazy guy is ferocious, he is not a person who would take risks for no reason, so the one-eyed dragon got into the hole with Harichagai and me on his back.

The lazy guy's speed is not fast, he is obviously very vigilant, and he is observing the surrounding caves as he walks.We all have miniature searchlights hanging around our waists. We didn't have time to react before, so we didn't turn them on. After turning them on now, several rays of light merged together, and the line of sight was relatively clear.

I saw the surrounding walls of the cave, and we could see the kind of scratch marks, which were obviously not excavated by humans, but ordinary animals would not make such a big hole at all, so after thinking about it, we only thought of 01 , could it be the hole it dug?
The lazy guy said that there are people in the cave, but I think there are ghosts, so there are no living people in this place besides us.

This cave is very long. After walking for a while, the trend of the cave started to go up. I recalled the terrain above, and suddenly found that the trend of this cave was heading towards the ruins of the ancient city we discovered before.

The route between the two is actually not too far away, it’s just walking on human legs, which takes a lot of time in the thick meadow, and there is still a section of uphill and downhill road in the middle, so when we returned yesterday, we went from It didn't arrive until the afternoon in the morning.

And underground, there is no obstacle of terrain, and there is no need to go up and down the mountain, so after walking for another two hours, I suspect that we may be close to the foot of the mountain.

This made the four of us feel incomparably magical. How did such a long hole be made?If, as I guessed, the burrow is likely to lead to the ancient ruins, does it mean that the burrow is probably man-made?
After walking for more than two hours, there were some forks in the cave. We stopped to investigate, but found that most of those forks were dead ends, and there were either huge rocks or landslides at the end.

After thinking about it, Cyclops came to a conclusion. He deduced: "Tell me, could things be like this. Isn't there a guess in the notebook that 01 is a product left over from an ancient civilization? This Could the ancient civilization be the ancient city of swallowing silkworms? It dug this hole from the ground of the ancient city of swallowing silkworms as a shelter?"

If this is the case, then why did such a monster appear in the ancient city of swallowing silkworms?
It disappeared strangely, could it be related to 01?

At this time, Harichagai asked another question. He asked the lazy guy in the front suspiciously, and said, "Didn't you just say that someone is there? It's been more than two hours since I walked here. Is there someone who farts?" All the way When we came, we didn't find any trace of anyone. Where is the person that the lazy guy said?

I was also puzzled by this question, so I waited to hear his answer.

The lazy guy is usually the last one to walk, but now he is clearing the way ahead, acting cautiously and holding a black knife. I can't help but think of the mute, and I feel quite uncomfortable.

The lazy man heard the words and said lightly: "It doesn't have to be a person."

I said, "Zongzi?"

Lazy nodded.

I am already numb to the stuff of zongzi, and also, so many people have died in this place, it is strange that there are no zongzi.However, although there are only four of us, Lanhuo and Harichagai are experts in dealing with zongzi.One of these two people has a dzi bead, and the other is a shaman wizard. If there are really one or two soft rice dumplings, it's really nothing to worry about.

So I said, "Then where is it now?"

Lazy said: "Look behind."

look back?Damn, could it be that the zongzi is behind me?Why didn't this kid say it earlier!
I turned around suddenly in shock, but it was pitch black behind me, and I couldn't see any zongzi.I know that most of the soft zongzi are not fragrant and invisible, so there is no surprise, I just thought in my heart, is the lazy guy playing me?If there are soft rice dumplings, will Hari Chagai not notice it?I cast a questioning look at Harichagai, and found that his expression was a little serious, so I nodded to me, and then said: "This cave is full of evil spirits, and it looks like many people have died. Strange, there are no corpses here... "

Cyclops said: "It must have been eaten by 01."

Harichagai looked around strangely. He seemed to be able to see something invisible to me and the one-eyed dragon. He finally shook his head and said that if he walked a little further, he might be able to find out the real source of 01. , if nothing else, probably this cave is connected to the ruins of the ancient city.

(End of this chapter)