[Notes on Tomb Raiders] Return to Wushan

I kept my eyes open until dawn. I seldom have insomnia, but tonight I tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep. When they all got up, I felt a little sleepy, and I was forced to beat myself.

After the fat man woke up, I briefly told him what happened last night, and his eyes were wide open.

"Damn, why didn't you wake me up, I've had a bit of a pang of conscience during my sleep."

"Don't you know what it's like to fall asleep by yourself? When you wake up, I'll be queuing up at Lord Yan's place waiting to be reincarnated."

Naively didn't even look at the fat man, the fat man rescued himself and said

"Forget it, anyway, you are alive and kicking, so this little scene doesn't need Mr. Fatty to appear."

The serum was injected in time, and the naive body was fine. I got up and moved a few times, and found that I could barely walk. The fat man wanted to carry me. I was a little embarrassed, so I refused his kindness. The fat man didn’t insist. My backpack and we continue on the road.

The gravel road stopped abruptly in front of the temple, and the rest of our journey was in the rainforest. Keep going in the direction of the temple.

When we walked to a place where the trees were sparse and almost bald, a large ruins of an ancient city appeared in front of us. Xuanyuan City was surrounded by walls made of stone bricks. However, due to the age, the walls collapsed and fell down. Drilling into the hole, there are towering stone pillars everywhere, and a few small square towers are distributed among them.

There is no sign of the winged bird on the stone pillars. The temple stands in the middle of the city, and there are scattered buildings around it, all of which have collapsed. Around Xuanyuan City, there are still many strange stone piles, some of which are piled up in a triangular shape. Some are piled up in squares, naively speculating that they may be landmarks in the city for indication.

The square tower is only half the height of a person, and no one can enter it. Through the small hole on the top, it can be seen that there is nothing inside. Tianzhen wanted to check it carefully, but the fat man pulled him past.

"Time is money, don't dawdle, those turtle grandsons might all be setting up hot pot next to the altar."

As soon as Tianzhen heard it was reasonable, he gave up the square tower in front of him and greeted us to walk towards the temple.

I don't know where the temple's building materials come from. It's about five stories high. The whole body is black and slightly gray.

The double gates are in the middle of the temple, and they have already been opened. It seems that the people from the organization have already entered the temple first.

My gaze scanned the surrounding area. No one was stationed outside, so we did not delay much. We entered the interior of the temple one after another. Behind the gate is an extremely wide main hall. When you look up, you can see the black dome. The stone walls are engraved with reliefs, and if you look at it, you can see that there are some pictures of gods and beasts.

There is a huge statue of Jiao Ming in the middle of the main hall. We are all familiar with it. On both sides of the base of the statue of Jiao Ming, there are two stone tablets with a height of one person. Tianzhen stood in front of the stele and tried to identify it for a long time. The little brother took a look, his eyes stopped on the inscription, and he frowned slightly

"Combination leads to death, separation leads to life."

"Brother, do you recognize him?" Tian Zhen asked in surprise.

"I saw it in a tomb before, but what I saw at the time was that if you unite, you will live, and if you divide, you will die."

After the little brother finished talking, he went straight around the stele, and we walked together. On the wall behind the statue, there were many semicircular arches. I counted them, and there were about 8 of them. It was a deep passage, and the flashlight could not illuminate the bottom at all. I immediately understood the meaning of the stone tablet.

It is prompting us to move forward separately.

The arc of the passage has a certain slope, leading to the ground like a downhill. It turns out that the building on the surface is just a cover. The real temple is built under the Xuanyuan City. Affected by the inscription, we dare not enter the arch rashly, naively hesitated.

"What should we do? Are we going to move forward separately? I don't know if we can meet at the end of the passage. I feel that the instructions on the inscription are very mysterious. If we join together, we will die, and if we divide, we will live. It looks like we are cheating people. Maybe after we separate, There are countless organs waiting for us inside."

The little brother was silent, and the fat man also made a mistake

"My mother is also afraid, but this is not an ancient tomb. The people who could come in before were all the Lin family, right? I think no matter how abnormal Lin Zuzong is, he won't get it on his own head. Why don't you try?"

I'm most afraid of being alone, not to mention that the passage is so dark, it's not haunted, I'm sorry for its atmosphere, innocently touching my chin

"Brother, are you sure you are right? Have you not seen this kind of text for a long time, and suddenly read it backwards?"

The little brother shook his head, expressing that he did not admit his mistake. He walked to the arch and reached out to touch the brick joint inspection mechanism. We were deadlocked in place, in a dilemma.

"If you want me to say, let's take a gamble with our eyes closed, and if it doesn't work, we can back out again. You see, those people surnamed Wang have gone through the thunder for us, and we haven't seen dead bodies everywhere in the passage. There is nothing to be afraid of." .”

Fatty advocated believing the words of the inscription.

"Don't take the rhythm of your mother. Others are well equipped and manned. Can we compare with others? I always feel that these two sentences appear here inexplicably. There is a feeling that there is no silver 300 taels here. Assuming that according to what you said, this It's a reminder written by the Lin family to future generations, there are two sentences and six characters in total, why can't you dictate, and who can see Baba's engraved two steles here?" Tian Zhen cautiously said.

"Then the four of us are scared to death by two sentences? Can you wait, can the surnamed Wang wait? Look at this door, there is only a frame, and it can't be closed. We can't beat it, can't we escape it? Are you still afraid that the tunnel will shrink and eat you?!"

"Fatty, it's useless for you to run on me. I'm mainly not worried about the three of us. I'm worried about my sister. She has a small body and is still injured. She doesn't need any fancy tricks. She can scare herself to death. "

After innocently speaking, he looked at me for proof, I didn't know whether to nod or shake my head, the fat man turned back and forth irritably

"Damn, then let's go together, just point to a door, and die, don't waste time here."

At this time, the little brother came back after the inspection, and we all looked at him in unison, the little brother said

"There is no agency, but I don't know what's going on inside."

"Brother, we discussed it for a long time, but we couldn't make up our minds. Fatty felt that it would be dangerous not to follow the instructions of the inscription, and I was afraid that the inscription was a trap deliberately set by the Lin family. Do you think it's better to go separately or together?" Could it be.

"Go separately, but—"

Halfway through the little brother's speech, his eyes fell on me, and I immediately understood what the little brother meant. His thoughts were as naive as they were afraid that I would not be able to handle it alone.

Now the score is two to one. Both the little brother and the fat man agree to go separately, and the innocent tend to go together. The final decision rests with me. At this time, the two ideas in my mind are having a fierce confrontation.

One way of thinking is that I don’t want to be alone. I know how capable I am. I can’t deal with any crisis even under normal circumstances. What’s more, I still have a foot injury. If something happens, the game will end immediately. I lay down and die and it's over.

But another idea in my heart is that I don’t want to drag them down. Obviously, although Naive advocates not to act separately, I know that more than half of his considerations in making this decision are based on me. He knows that I am afraid of the dark, and he is also worried about me. A person can't deal with emergencies. If I wasn't there, he would definitely agree with Fatty's words after thinking about it. After all, what Fatty said made sense.

Under their eyes, the two thoughts in my heart collided fiercely. I struggled until my scalp ached, and I walked back and forth. Anxiety occupied my whole brain for a while.

Seeing this, Tianzhen sighed, patted me on the shoulder, and motioned me not to think about it anymore, he opened his mouth to continue persuading the two of them, when I saw him like this, his temple suddenly jumped, and a burst of courage came from my heart, I rushed to talk

"I can, let's go separately."

Naive slightly surprised, he said

"It's okay, don't carry it if you're afraid, we won't blame you, and the words on the inscription may not be really credible."

"No, it doesn't matter. I think what Fat Brother said is right. The temple is a place of worship, not an ancient tomb. No matter how wicked my ancestors are, they won't even plot against their own people. They must have their intentions to erect a stone monument here. I Walk quickly when entering the tunnel, there must be a road converging inside, I... I am not afraid."

Just now I made up my mind in an instant. Since they all think it is safer to follow the instructions of the inscription, I can't drag them all into a dangerous situation because of my selfish fear. I am the murderer who indirectly killed them when dealing with institutions that deal with many people. Instead of regretting why I was so selfish at the time, it is better to avoid this possibility from the beginning.

Isn't it just a dark road, I gritted my teeth and closed my eyes, at worst I ran over quickly, afraid of a hammer!

The fat man stared at the arch for a long time, then he suddenly asked

"Brother, if we knock on the wall inside, can we hear the sound on the other side of the passage?"

Brother shook his head

"No, the walls are too thick to transmit sound, but with enough force, you can feel the frequency of the knock."

The fat man clapped his hands excitedly

"It's fine if we can knock. In this way, before we go in, we will agree on a few codes to knock on the wall. When we are in danger, we will use the codes to pass on information. Although the information we get out of knocking out is very limited, it is better than being in the dark."

Fatty’s plan is feasible, and being able to communicate with each other will greatly reduce my fear. Now we are discussing together, and the vocabulary should not be too complicated, or I will forget it when I get nervous.

With everyone's brainstorming, we have decided on the code words "organized", "someone", "dangerous", "safe", "return", and "move forward", unify the tapping frequency, and keep each in mind. After passing through the four adjacent arches on the left, I took a deep breath, turned on the flashlight and walked in.