Ghostly Eyes [Tomb Raiders]

"Hey, it's Big Brother! Damn, we're finally out!"

Ah Jiu immediately sensed that something was wrong, and rushed over to hug Li Qiu. When Li Qiu saw him, he blinked, and suddenly stretched out his arms to hug Ah Jiu, hugging him tightly without saying a word.It was rare for Ah Jiu not to refuse, and his questioning eyes turned to Zhang Bold.

Zhang Bold really couldn't see the two of them getting tired of crooked, and his sore mouth was crooked: "Well, you two brothers go out to hug the same one, it's not too late. The most important thing is to get out now, otherwise the rainstorm will have another pear blossom needle in a while." do it again."

Zhang boldly told what happened behind him and Li Qiu while running.It turned out that the two were delayed by the ghost zongzi and lost contact with the people in front. Seeing that the mechanism was about to start, Li Qiu thought of the ghost statues on both sides.You must know that the mechanism of the rainstorm pear blossom needle is automatically activated every once in a while, why is there no damage on the ghost statue?

So the two boldly speculated that perhaps the location of these statues was a blind spot that the mechanism could not reach.So the two gave it a go and hid in the gap between the statues. Who knew that they were lucky, the blind cat bumped into the dead mouse, and they narrowly escaped unharmed.

Zhang boldly said that he deliberately concealed the occurrence of the ghost bite curse on Li Qiu's body. Fortunately, Ah Jiu didn't ask any more questions, and carried Li Qiu on his back without saying a word, and quickly led them away from the dense fog. narrow road.

Outside the narrow road, there is a majestic underground castle. Zhang Boldly curled his lips: "What about those two people? Where are Glasses Chen and Old Wei? They're not with you."

Ah Jiu didn't speak, and looked forward.

In front of the pavilion not far away, Mr. Wei was still unconscious on the ground. Glasses Chen sat on the steps with red eyes and hugged a person tightly with his arms, but it was Ms. Wei who everyone was looking for all the way.

Zhang Bold quickly understood why no one spoke, because Ms. Wei was dead with her eyes closed and motionless.

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In front of the mysterious underground pavilion, all the surviving members of the donkey team that set off during the day are all gathered here.

Zhang Bold, Li Qiu, Ah Jiu, the unconscious Teacher Wei, and Glasses Chen.

Glasses Chen carefully placed Ms. Wei's body on the ground, and placed it next to the unconscious Teacher Wei. Ms. Wei's face was calm, and there was not a drop of blood on her body, only the criss-crossing ghost bite marks on her slender neck.

"She walked very peacefully, without too much pain, and she was talking to me all the time before she closed her eyes." Glasses Chen covered his eyes, and the foggy glasses were ruthlessly thrown aside by the owner, without knowing it. "I want to take her forward and find a way out, but she refuses... She said that a curse is a curse, there is no escape, and she will definitely die in this tomb. I have no choice but to stay with her , and then her body became colder and colder..."

Zhang boldly patted him on the shoulder regretfully, took out a cigarette from his pocket, and handed it to Glasses Chen.Another victim appeared, and they were familiar with them. If everyone could laugh at the absurdity of cursing at first, but after Team Huang and Ms. Wei died in such strange ways one after another, no one dared to Belief can only be swallowed abruptly, and then surrender to the fear of the unknown.

Zhang Bold glanced at Li Qiu standing aside from the corner of his eye.

After facing death once at close range, and seeing the second victim again, for some reason, at this moment, Li Qiu felt a sense of peace that he had never felt before.When the god of death is close at hand, he forgets how to be afraid. Think about it, God treats him very well. Three people were cursed by the demon pool at the same time, but he is the last one to accept the trial of the god of death. .

In the silence, several people worked together to dispose of Ms. Wei's body. All they could do was to keep this poor woman's body from being exposed.Before leaving, Ah Jiu went to conduct an autopsy as usual.Glasses Chen insisted on taking Ms. Wei out together, but was stopped by Zhang Bold. The future is uncertain, and what will happen to them after connecting is unclear, so how can they risk adding another cumbersome corpse.

Glasses Chen certainly understood these principles, but he couldn't make it through psychologically, sitting alone in the distance and not speaking.

After a while, Teacher Wei, who had been in a coma for a long time, woke up slowly, but his mind was not very clear when he woke up. He opened his mouth in a daze, and couldn't even speak a complete sentence.Ah Jiu checked and said that although the puppet worm did not continue to manipulate him, it did not leave his body, but continued to affect Teacher Wei's brain and mind.But now that people can wake up, it is considered a blessing in misfortune.

Li Qiu silently came to Ah Jiu's side, hesitant to speak.Ah Jiu turned her head and said with a feeling: "What's the matter, do you have something to say?"

Li Qiu hesitated for a moment, and took out a bunch of keys from his backpack. "This is the key to the house. There are money and ID cards in the luggage. After you go out, you can take a long-distance bus back to Beijing."

Ah Jiu didn't seem to hear this tone of confession at all, and took the key with open hand, just as Li Qiu was about to relax, saw Ah Jiu opened his backpack again and threw the key back to its original place.

"I'll pretend I didn't hear anything."

"But Ah Jiu..."

Ah Jiu suddenly turned around, slightly angry: "If you say such things again, I will really be angry."

Li Qiu lowered his eyes blankly, the apex of his heart was forcibly torn in two by sourness and emotion, but once all the sprouting emotions were put in the face of life and death, they were insignificant and insignificant.Ah Jiu threw the bag on her back, and took the initiative to hold his cold hand: "Stay with me obediently, don't leave me this time, I won't let you be like them."

Li Qiu nodded heavily.

After sorting out their mood, the rest of the people continued to move towards the underground attic.Successive dead people dilute their passion for exploration, and the living people have only one purpose: whether it is the Buddha's burial tomb or the curse of the magic pool, it doesn't matter. They just want to go out and get out of here alive.

The attic doesn't look big from the outside, but inside it is full of caves and twists and turns, much like an ancient palace-style deep house.But what is interesting is that this building is full of statues of ghosts like those in the narrow alley.If a statue corresponds to a zongzi, then once all the statues here come alive, they will really fall into a zongzi nest and be unable to fly.

Zhang Boldly told everyone about the living statues in the Misty Cave, Ah Jiu shook his head, not worried: "Perhaps, these statues are rice dumplings, but if you look at the ground and surroundings, there is no trace of them, which means that they have been gone for a long time. Corpse."

Zhang Bold was a little unconvinced: "That's because there were no living things in this place before, but now that a large group of gentlemen like us have entered, it's not a matter of minutes to cheat corpses."

"Even if the corpse is fraudulent, there should be an 'opportunity'. For example, under certain factors, substances or circumstances, the living corpse will turn into rice dumplings. As long as we avoid outrageous behavior, they will always be just statues."

"Hey, it's easy for you to say..." Zhang boldly rambled unwillingly, sweating profusely with the dying teacher on his back.Li Qiu and Ah Jiu walked together, so Zhang boldly said to the depressed glasses: "Hey, what do you mean? Of the few of us left, you are the only one who has done some research on the tomb of the Buddha. At least say something useful."

Glasses Chen looked bitter and helpless: "I'm not an expert, the so-called knowledge is just hearsay, help the yellow team to collect some local rumors and stories. And there is only one about the Buddha's burial tomb."

Zhang boldly cheered up: "What is it, let's hear it!"

"It's a legend. An old man in his 90s told me mysteriously. He said that for thousands of years, Longmen Mountain has been a place guided by ten thousand Buddhas. Not only are countless treasures buried in the Buddha's burial tomb, There is also the true meaning of Buddha hidden there, the 'answer' to save all living beings."

"Answer? We're just a group of tourists, not pilgrims. We need a bullshit answer."

Glasses Chen shrank his head, "I don't know... To be honest, what I want to know most now is how to get out of this place. If there is an 'answer' in the main tomb, then show us a way out."

Li Qiu was in a sleepy mood, and never participated in their conversation, and followed Ah Jiu with a heavy heart.The road in the attic was unexpectedly long, and Ah Jiu had to double-check the direction every time he walked, and he hardly walked a meter of fork in the road, but the long-distance trek in the attic still made the rest of the people overwhelmed.

After walking for an hour without rest or food, Ah Jiu found a clean lobby where everyone could light a fire and eat to replenish their energy.Zhang Bold was so tired that he couldn't take it anymore, he rolled on the ground in all directions, and kicked Teacher Wei several times as if to vent his anger.

Li Qiu didn't say a word along the way, sitting beside Ah Jiu, he still habitually took out the snacks and water that he had brought all the way, unpacked them and handed them to Ah Jiu to eat.

Zhang boldly rested for a while, saw Ah Jiu lighting a fire, and joked, "Hey big brother, this pavilion is all made of wood, and it hasn't been moved for hundreds of years. Are you sure it's okay to light a fire here?"

"It's wet wood, don't you smell it? The wood here has a rotten wet smell."

"That's right, it's the Yi River in front of Longmen Mountain, right? So our current location should be very close to the river, will we go out soon?"

"almost."

The majestic firelight reflected on Ah Jiuying's smooth silhouette, invisibly casting a layer of light that does not belong to ordinary people, like a god but not a god.At this point, the calm and calm Ah Jiu has become the backbone of the team. Although Zhang Bold is occasionally unconvinced, he still obeys Ah Jiu's command.Everyone pinned their hopes on him, hoping that this strange man would bring them salvation and miracles.

Glasses Chen held his chin and said, "Do you have any impression that the Huang team said a word before, he said that if we can't find the Buddha jade, we will all die in this tomb before dawn, is this also a curse? a part of."

"Buddha jade? This war is in chaos, who cares about Buddha jade? Besides, even if you find it, so what, dare a piece of small jade Buddha to take us to heaven."

"Maybe Team Huang means that Buddha Jade can break the curse of mortal death? It may also be related to the main tomb. Think about it, if there is a door across the final way out, the key to open the door turns out to be Buddha Jade. With this Is it possible?"

"Haha, that's a good guess, I'll give it full marks. Come on, little glasses, Brother Zhang, I'll reward you with this salted chicken drumstick."

The closer he was to the plight, the more Zhang Bold was able to enjoy himself in the midst of suffering, and he joked with Glasses Chen without saying a word.Ah Jiu took care of the fire, and Li Qiu who was beside him didn't speak, and he didn't want to speak, just quietly thinking about what had happened and where he was going next.

Except for him and Li Qiu, the only ones who are sure to be alive now are Teacher Wei, Zhang Bold and Glasses Chen.If his guess is correct, there must be a "stranger" among these three people.

Just like what he said in the Misty Road, he is a person who does not believe in gods and Buddhas, he only respects but does not believe in them.In his opinion, the so-called deadly curse was just an exaggerated murder, and there were reasonable explanations and clues. In this team, the "curse" was more like man-made than a coincidence.

——Team Huang and Ms. Wei, both of them had definite causes of death, and that cause of death was definitely not an illusory curse.

In the dark, Ah Jiu watched the two gags on the opposite side. After a while, he raised his body slightly. When he moved like this, Li Qiu beside him leaned on his shoulder.

Ah Jiu instinctively reached out to help her, her fingertips slid across Li Qiu's icy cheeks, and she froze in the air for a moment.

In the next second, Li Qiu slipped from his shoulder and fell heavily to the ground.Under the light of the fire, Li Qiu's eyes were slightly closed, half of his snow-white neck was covered with interlaced blue and purple teeth marks, his whole body was icy cold, and he could no longer breathe.

The fire is shining brightly.