Tomb Raider: Starting from the Valley of Insects, integrating Golden Silkworm Gu

Chapter 19 Death Signal
A scarlet moon hangs in the dark night sky, and there is silence everywhere.

The two people in the narration were sleeping soundly, snoring loudly.

Shirley Yang looked puzzled and serious, her head held high and her eyes fixed on the dense tree canopy.

After a long time, he asked, "Didn't you hear anything?"

Shi Lei blinked, with his hearing ability, he naturally heard it, but he still shook his head.

"No, are you hallucinating?"

He held his breath and listened intently for a while, but there was no more sound, and then Shirley Yang came back suspiciously.

"Maybe I'm too tired, I'm hallucinating."

"Then you rest for a while, I'll be on duty myself."

Pulling the sleeping bag away, Shirley Yang sat in it.

"Well, wake me up in half an hour, and I'll replace you."

"Well, go to sleep."

After saying good night, Shi Lei silently turned his body backwards, and put his right hand behind him.

On the dense vegetation, a golden light rushed towards his hand at an extremely fast speed.

After entering the palm, it climbed along the arm to his shoulder.

"You came back pretty quickly." Looking at the lively Golden Snake Immortal Gu, he slightly raised the corners of his mouth, his eyes filled with fondness.

[Golden Snake Immortal Gu absorbs a large amount of rare toxins, upgrades its abilities, and increases its detoxification speed. 】

The reward this time was not big, but Shi Lei didn't care, he took it as a reward for the Golden Snake Immortal Gu.

Sparks crackled, dancing flames against the surrounding scenery.

Shirley Yang didn't sleep well, her brows were knit together, her hands were clenched into fists, and she was in a defensive posture.

Seeing her like this, Shi Lei couldn't help but look up at the couple banyan tree.

There was a constant beeping sound in my ears, three long and three short, very regular.

However, it didn't take long for this regular knocking sound to disappear, and was replaced by a sound that was sometimes light and sometimes heavy.

As a time traveler, he naturally knew what was causing trouble, but the other three were different.

When he turned his head slowly, as soon as he raised his eyes, he met Shirley Yang's cat-like eyes, full of vigilance.

"Did you hear it?"

"Hmm..." He turned his head and glanced at the two sleeping people beside him, "Do you want to wake them up?"

"Let's take a while, let them rest for a while, I'll go up to have a look first, and you will respond below."

With that said, Shirley Yang was about to get up.

"Wait, let me go."

"No, I'm still good at climbing trees."

The two argued for a few words, but before they could determine who would go up, they saw the sleeping bag on the side move a few times.

The fat man was still sleeping, and Lao Hu rubbed his sleepy eyes, propped up half of his body on his arms, and stared at them in bewilderment.

"What's the matter? Where are you going?"

Lao Hu's voice was a bit loud, maybe Shirley Yang leaned over and covered his mouth in fear of disturbing the things on the tree.

"Slow down, listen, there is a voice in the tree."

Lao Hu was stunned for a moment, and didn't move. He let Shirley Yang cover his mouth, slowly raised his eyelids, and searched upwards.

Didi drip, da da da...

The voice came again, this time more regular than before.

"Knocking sound? Could it be an animal?" Hu Bayi took Shirley Yang's hand and said in a low voice.

"It shouldn't be an animal. I just listened to it for a while, and there is a section that looks like an international distress signal—SOS."

"What? Don't talk nonsense, here in the wilderness, who else is there besides us?!"

Hu Bayi obviously disagreed with her statement, and turned his eyes to Shi Lei.

Just now when they were discussing, Shi Lei didn't say a word, just watched quietly.

A pair of eyes that are extremely deep, hiding things that others cannot understand.

"What it is, go up and see if you don't know."

A simple sentence is enough to solve all doubts.

Practice brings true knowledge.

The two looked at each other for a while, and Shirley Yang spoke first.

"I thought so too. I'm light, so I'll go up to have a look first, and you guys will respond below."

"Don't, I'll follow." Old Hu opened his sleeping bag and was about to get up when Shi Lei pushed him down.

"Your injury hasn't healed yet, let's go down there and take care of it, the two of us will go up and have a look."

Lao Hu took a look at his hand, it was bandaged like a rock, and it was impossible to climb a tree, so he nodded acquiescingly.

"Then be careful and call me if you have something to do."

"Ah."

Turning around and walking towards the couple banyan tree, looking up, the dense canopy is even more mysterious under the moonlight.

The two of them turned on the searchlights above their heads at the same time, rolled up their sleeves, and prepared for action.

After nearly a day of waterway, the range of the searchlight at this time is only about ten meters, but it takes a full 20 meters to reach the treetop.

The two discussed in low voices, and finally decided that Xueli Yang would go first, and Shi Lei would go second.

The couple's banyan tree is deeply rooted in the ground and has absorbed a lot of water, so many vines have grown.

They are intertwined with each other, tightly wound together, and twisted into a thick root branch.

The bark is rough, with many prominent root knots.

Shirley Yang climbed up first, nimbly like an ape, using both hands and feet, and it didn't take long to go up five meters.

After she stabilized, Shi Lei followed with an engineer shovel on his hip.

The two moved forward, one behind, at an unhurried pace, and were always five meters apart.

As it got closer to the canopy, the tapping sound became more and more obvious, and it was especially scary in the silent night.

……

Under the tree, Hu Bayi woke up the fat man, fearing that he would not be able to handle it alone.

"What's the matter? They don't let people sleep in the middle of the night."

"Why are you sleeping? Wake up!" Old Hu kicked him and threw the shotgun into his arms.

"Eh? Where are Commissioner Shi and Chief of Staff Yang?"

"Up there." Lao Hu pointed to the couple's banyan tree.

"On the tree? If you don't sleep in the middle of the night, what are these two doing on the tree?"

Old Hu snorted coldly, "Do you think everyone is like you, falling asleep as soon as you fall down, and you didn't hear anything?"

"What happened?" Fatty listened quietly for a while, "It seems that there is."

"The ticking sound came from the tree."

Hu Bayi nodded in agreement, "Well, I don't know if it's a human or an animal."

"Human? Impossible, designated as an animal."

"Let's stop guessing here, grab your guns, and go watch under the tree!"

The two turned on the searchlights and stared at the tree like guards, not daring to slack off in the slightest.

……

On the tree, the two are still climbing.

At the beginning, there were not many branches and vines, and they were easy to climb.

But the more they went to the back, the more branches and vines, the sight of the two of them was covered, they became tied up, and their speed slowed down.

"Sister Yang, there is a lot of water vapor up there and the bark is very slippery, so be careful."

"Be careful, don't worry about me."

As soon as she finished answering, she saw her foot slip and suddenly fell more than one meter.

(End of this chapter)