Tomb Raiders Codex

Chapter 682 Dream Mandrill
But it’s okay if he didn’t mention it. When I mentioned it, I found that I was really sleepy. In fact, the rest of the people had slept for more than two hours, but I hadn’t slept. So now that the lazy guy finished talking, I almost subconsciously I just yawned.

Yawning is contagious, Cyclops followed suit, and the originally quiet team suddenly seemed sleepy.I couldn't help but said: "I said... You all slept at least, why are you so useless, be more energetic."

The one-eyed dragon seemed to want to reply, but was interrupted by the lazy guy. The lazy guy pointed to the weird human-shaped reliefs on the surrounding stone walls, and said, "This is the 'Dream Mandrill' in ancient mythology. It is said that when you see it, you will fall asleep. Trapped in a boundless dream, difficult to break free, until death."

The one-eyed dragon asked in surprise: "Could it be that we all want to sleep because of these dream-drills? But this thing is just a relief. Besides, can such a thing exist?"

Team Liu said: "Although I haven't heard of Mengdrill, there is a kind of 'magic pattern' in the Inca ruins in South America. This pattern has a psychological suggestion. If people see it, they will fall asleep. Gradually lose their sanity and do some unthinkable things. Could this Mengdrill be like this too?"

Lazy raised his eyebrows, yawned, and said, "Mengdrill is not a psychological suggestion. In mythology, it really exists. Since Mengdrill appears on a large scale here, there must be some reason." Pause , he glanced at Team Liu.

Team Liu is not an idiot either, he immediately understood what the lazy guy meant, shook his head and said, "I have walked this road before, and I will indeed feel sleepy when I get here, but there is nothing special...ah!" She seemed to have remembered something , his expression suddenly changed, and his voice became a little hoarse, and said: "I remembered, it was at this place that Qin Shi suddenly became strange and started to strangle me, and then I killed him..." As he said, like To confirm something, she ran forward a few steps quickly with the flashlight on, and then stopped.

At this time, with the light of the flashlight, I saw a puddle of dried blood on the ground in front of Liu Dui.

I had a sudden shock in my heart, and said to myself: Could it be that Qin Shi was influenced by Mengdrill and had some strange dreams, so he had something like sleepwalking and killed Dui Liu?

But if this is the case, why did Mengdrill have no influence on Team Liu?

Everyone has already walked to the side of Team Liu, and their eyes can't help but focus on the pool of blood. I couldn't help expressing my speculations and questions.Liu Dui looked tired and sad. Hearing this, he thought for a while and speculated: "I fell into a coma for a while before that, and my mental state was better after waking up. Qin Shi...he, he has been carrying me behind his back, and has suffered a lot. , probably because she was too tired and mentally ill. So..." As she spoke, she knelt on the ground covering her face, and murmured, "God... what have I done?"

For Qin Shi's death, she was obviously very painful and guilty, which did not seem to be pretending.The lazy guy has no sympathy for the good, holding a knife in one hand and a flashlight in the other, and in a lazy voice he motioned to Team Liu not to waste time by kneeling and crying.

Immediately afterwards, everyone started to move forward. In order to prevent Qin Shi's situation from happening, we all put up 12 points of energy, but the further we walked, the more sleepy we became. The whole team yawned one after another.

This kind of sudden drowsiness, I don’t know whether it is really the psychological suggestion of the relief, or something is playing tricks, which makes it difficult to resist. In the end, we had to pinch our legs hard, using the pain to maintain wide awake.

After a while, the surrounding Mengdrill reliefs disappeared, most of the sleepiness of the people suddenly disappeared, and the spirit returned, and they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.Right now we are in a long line, Team Liu is at the front, the lazy guy is second, the one-eyed man is the third, and I am the last.

Just when everyone was relaxing, for some reason, I always felt as if something was watching me from behind.People's sixth sense can be exercised. This feeling of being spied on is so strong that I can't help but look back.

After I turned around, there was only darkness behind me. I turned the lights around, and there was nothing else in the range of my eyes, and as I turned back, the feeling of being peeped disappeared immediately.

Is it my illusion?Or am I too nervous?
I felt a little uncomfortable. After watching for a while, I had to turn around.But almost as soon as I turned around, the sense of voyeurism came back, stronger this time, and made me look back again.My reaction caught the attention of the others, Cyclops frowned and said, "Master, what's the matter, what's the matter?"

I nodded and said, "Do you feel that something is following us?"

Cyclops blinked his own eye and said, "No." I looked at Lazy, and he shook his head, saying he didn't hear anything.So I looked at Harichagai and asked him if there was something unclean.This time it’s not Xiadou, so we didn’t bring some Xiadou’s things, and it’s impossible to invite incense. If we want to know if there are soft rice dumplings following us, I’m afraid we have to ask Harichagai.

After he met my gaze, he closed his eyes and frowned, as if he was sensing something. After a while, he opened his eyes and shook his head, saying: "This place is very clean, you may be worrying too much."

Team Liu said: "Psychology shows that people with a low sense of security are unwilling to face their backs to doors and windows. In a tense environment, they are also prone to feel peeped. Mr. Chen, you may be too tired." She said As soon as I said it, I couldn't help frowning.I lived in a very turbulent environment since I was a child. I had no father or mother since I was a child, and then my only relative disappeared. In the end, I left my hometown to seek a living.

Including the concept of doors and windows she said, she also gave her the right idea. I actually don't like the position of turning my back to the doors and windows. To be precise, I never turn my back to the doors and windows. Where I couldn't see, someone would quietly come out of the door and stab me.

However, in the feng shui of the ancestors, there is also a saying of "backward", that is, things like desks must lean against the wall inside, and people sitting in front of the desk must face the door and cannot carry the door.

If you make a back rush, it will make the owner restless, and it is easy to attract evil spirits in the house.At this point, modern psychology and Feng Shui of the ancestors are connected together.She hit the spot on my situation, which made me doubt whether I was really too weak, even Lazy and Harichagai didn't notice it, maybe there really wasn't any peeping.

Cyclops said: "I see, you go to the front, and I will hold you back." Zhang Sheng is old and sophisticated. Hearing Team Liu's words now, he immediately reacted.I was still a little moved in my heart, but also felt awed. I thought that I was a big man, and I had never done anything to kill people and cut rice dumplings. Now, a woman told me that I lacked a sense of security in front of so many people. It really made me lose face.

Team Liu seemed to see my unease, and said, "80.00% of people have mental illnesses to varying degrees. Don't worry about it, Mr. Chen. In fact, I have a slight delusional disorder."

"Delusion of persecution?"

She smiled and said: "Most people have it, but the degree is different. For example, when you see a knife, you will imagine the scene where you were stabbed by it, and then feel repelled by it. When you see water, you will think that you are drowned." die, and subconsciously stay away from the water."

This woman is obviously comforting me, and this comfort is very clumsy, because people with persecution paranoia will definitely not be explorers.They would feel uncomfortable even seeing a fruit knife, and would be seriously frightened. It is impossible for such a person to toss as much as they are now.

Lazy yawned and signaled us not to change the topic too quickly. Now is not the time to discuss psychology and feng shui in the mansion. As soon as he reminded us, we changed the topic.The one-eyed dragon had spontaneously walked behind me, so I supported Harichagai instead.

As soon as the location is changed, that feeling really disappears.

I can't help but mutter in my heart: Is it possible that I really have a problem?Tofu has already scolded me as a pervert every day, and now that it's happening again, it's too difficult for me to do it.

Just as he was thinking, the lazy guy suddenly stopped and turned around. He looked behind me and frowned, "What's wrong with you?" He wasn't looking at me, it seemed to be the one-eyed dragon behind me. I turned my head subconsciously, Only then did I realize that there was a distance of about three meters between Cyclops and me, and it seemed that he stopped suddenly.The lazy guy should have been listening to the movement around him, so even if he didn't turn his head, he found that the one-eyed dragon stopped suddenly, but I, who was walking in front of the one-eyed dragon, didn't notice it.

At this time, I turned around and realized that the eyes of the one-eyed dragon had closed at some point.He didn't answer the lazy man's words. All the lights in the hands of the crowd gathered on him. For a while, the light was a little dazzling, and Cyclops' whole body was completely exposed to the lights.

But at this moment, he didn't react at all. He stood there with his eyes closed, but there was a layer of black air clearly visible on his face.I was shocked and said, "Old Zhang!"

Although Haricagai was weak, his speed was very fast at the moment. He pulled out his staff, muttering something, and he didn't know what he was saying. One end of the staff suddenly hit the one-eyed dragon's chest.At this moment, the one-eyed dragon suddenly laughed, he didn't open his eyes, the laughter seemed very strange, and then he uttered a word: "Kill!"

His situation is clearly like the scene of Mengdiao falling into a dream described by the lazy guy before, but at this moment, we are obviously far away from that Mengdiao.

Thinking of this, my heart skipped a beat, and I suddenly realized: Could it be that the feeling of peeping before was not a psychological problem of mine, but a Mengdiao following us?

damn it!
(End of this chapter)