[Tomb Raiders Notes] Play to the depths, enter the venue by yourself

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Wu Xie grabbed the chain, quite a bit in shock; what's going on, why did he step on it all of a sudden?

With lingering fear, he raised his flashlight and looked down, but he couldn't see the ground. The fog below was very thick. When he stepped down into the fog, he couldn't step on anything. There seemed to be a deep depression.

Sure enough, there was something strange, Wu Xie immediately silently guessed what was going on in his heart,

The sacrificial altar on the top of the bronze tree is embedded in the coffin for two meters, and there is nothing in the middle. It may be a multi-layer embedded coffin method like in the period of war results. There may be a depression in the middle of the coffin room, which is called the coffin well. , the bottom is the real coffin, I don’t know how deep this coffin well is, it’s really dangerous, if I stepped on the empty space just now and fell, I might fall to my death.

Just when he felt that he was overjoyed for the rest of his life, there was another commotion nearby, and the false Zhang Yan suddenly rushed towards him, with an extra knife in his hand that he didn't know where he got it, but the other party seemed to rely on it. Wu Xie judged the position by the light of the flashlight shaking, and rushed towards the flashlight Wu Xie was holding. Wu Xie saw that it was wrong, but his flashlight was shining in the hole, and subconsciously yelled: "No! Stop! Down!"

But it was too late, the fake Zhang Yan said "ah", stepped on the air and fell down, Wu Xie felt the chain below shake violently, presumably it was because the fake Zhang Yan grabbed the bronze chain. At the same time, Wu Xie made a slight grunt at the friction between his hand and the chain, and his body suddenly began to slide down.

Wu Xie immediately looked at the chain. It turned out that the mushroom-like fungus on it was squeezed by his hands, and a lot of greasy, wax-like juice was squeezed out, making the bronze chain as if coated with oil. Wu Xie I yelled in my heart that it was not good, so I hurriedly inserted the short-handled knife into the hole of the chain, but the damn thing still couldn't go in. After three times, five times and two, the knife got stuck in the root of the tree, and I twisted hard to stop my body. When he came down, he had already slid down no less than ten meters and entered the inside of the coffin well, the trunk of the bronze tree.

Wu Xie stabilized his figure, looked down again, and saw that fake Zhang Yan was covered in blood, hanging on a bronze chain about one foot below him.The other party couldn't pull the chain either, so he barely stopped with a belt that came from nowhere through a chain hole. Wu Xie shone a flashlight on him, and he turned his head to avoid the glare of the light while cursing.

A counterfeit, with this trick, he still wanted to pretend to be Zhang Yan. Wu Xie couldn't help gloating in his heart, and seeing that the other party was not a threat to him for the time being, he went to see the situation of the coffin well.

The inside of the trunk of the bronze tree is the same as the outside, engraved with the pattern of cloud and thunder that goes deep into the gully. The roots of the tree meander down from the top and follow the pattern all the way down. The fog inside is much thinner than the top. Know the size of the coffin well in the center of the coffin chamber, because if it is too big, how he can climb out again may be another big problem.

The coffin well is a rectangle, four meters long and two meters wide, just enough to accommodate a coffin.

Wu Xie touched the wall of the coffin well with her hand, and found that the roots of the well wall did not have a lot of parasitic fungi.I don't know if it's because of the fog, but you can see the true colors of the roots here.

But there was a peculiar smell floating in the air in the coffin well, probably because it was too foggy outside, the isolation medium inside the gas mask began to get damp, and the effect began to decline. Wu Xie only felt that the smell was getting stronger and more pungent.

The false Zhang Yan underneath watched Wu Xie shake his head from time to time and put his hands on the gas mask, smiled mockingly, opened his lips slightly, and repeated the old trick.

Sure enough, when he heard the sound of "...of..." again, Wu Xie immediately looked down in surprise and uncertainty. False Zhang Yan immediately looked at Wu Xie in surprise, and then looked down at the dark abyss. look in.

Wu Xie looked at the dark abyss, and listened carefully to the strange voice. From here, the voice was a little different, with a certain echo, as if it came from a very deep place, even with the The rhythm of the sound can still be clearly felt. The bronze chain is vibrating slightly and in short intervals, as if the other end is pressing against a giant's artery.

There was an irresistible chill in Wu Xie's heart, because he didn't feel a wind blowing up from below, and even two people couldn't make such a heavy bronze chain vibrate at such a high frequency. In the darkness below, What is it that pulls these bronze chains?

He subconsciously looked down at the counterfeit, and found that the other party was listening quietly, with a calm expression, as if he was judging something, Wu Xie silently thought, it seems that the other party came prepared, and now Do you know the reason for the sound here?

After a stalemate for a while, the voice finally fell silent, and the bronze chain stopped vibrating. Wu Xie breathed a sigh of relief for no reason, but he was too happy,

After listening to the fake Zhang Yan for a while, when he took out a fluorescent stick from his bag and wanted to do something, the whole bronze chain suddenly vibrated violently, the amplitude was so large that it almost threw the two of them out, and what the hell was it? what's the situation?Surprised, Wu Xie grabbed the short-handled knife with one hand and the bronze chain with the other, trying to stabilize his figure, but it was of no use. The knife that was stuck in the root of the tree was shaken out, and Wu Xie only had time to hug it. Tightening the bronze chain, the whole person immediately slid down as if holding a pillar of oil.

The fake Zhang Yan was also startled, and the shaking this time was beyond his expectation. A figure flashed in his mind for a moment, and he wondered if it was really Zhang Yan who rushed over to do it, but after seeing Wu Xie had already fallen Not daring to be negligent, he took the initiative to remove the belt and slid down the chain.

Wu Xie originally wanted to pull out the belt and hang it on the chain to stop his body from sliding down, but after seeing that fake Zhang Yan slid down on his own initiative, he gave up this idea. There must be something down there by himself, Wu Xie thought of the great benefits that Old Itch had said before, and even needed his help, and was unwilling to let something fall into that guy's hands, so he quickly slid down with him.

The speed of the fall started to be very fast.The roots entangled from the top disappeared when they reached the bottom, and the speed slowed down when they reached the back section. After about ten seconds, the two of them reached the end of the chain and felt that they had stepped on something.

Zhang Yan regained his composure and looked at the huge corpse cocoon chained in the air again. After thinking about where the imprint he left was, he jumped to the top of the corpse cocoon hanging in the air. He looked at the corpse cocoon under his feet. Above the center where the mark was originally engraved, there is a black six-sided seamless mechanism long box.

Zhang Yan squatted down, gently picked up the box, stared at it for two seconds, then stopped looking at it, put it in the package, and began to check the imprint composed of Taoist runes carved by himself on the bottom of the box.

The imprint was deeply engraved, and there was still a dark brown powder inside, with a slight smell. Zhang Yan picked out a little bit and smelled it, and he was sure that it was the trace of his own blood drying up. He stood up and checked the mark. After checking that there were no other traces of the seal that should have remained on the cocoon, he touched the chain and jumped on the cocoon forcefully, forcing the cocoon to vibrate, but he didn't see any reaction.

So he shook the chain vigorously again, and after shaking for a long time, one or two pieces of incomplete talisman papers fell from the depth above the bronze chain.

"Which bastard did it? The seal is really completely destroyed. The materials I brought must not be enough. I'm going to have to bleed again..." Seeing this situation, Zhang Yan sighed heavily, swallowed two pills, and resigned to his fate. I took out the cinnabar, the special brush and other things from the package, and concentrated on remaking the sealing materials on the spot, preparing to seal this place again.

Feeling that his feet had stepped on the ground, Wu Xie turned on the flashlight carefully, and found that there was a huge olive-shaped amber-shaped boulder under his feet. Under the light of the flashlight, it reflected the light of glass like gold.As long as you turn the angle of the flashlight a little, the whole space will present a radiant and magnificent scene.

The four bronze chains hanging from the top have been cast into the inside of the amber. Looking inside along the chains, you can also see a black shadow of a human figure inside the amber.It was very blurry, and the head and shoulders could be barely distinguished. The shadow's shoulders were raised high, like two humps, and the whole person was curled up, like a fetus in a mother's womb.

Wu Xie had never seen this thing before, and was stunned for a moment, unable to speak.

The fake Zhang Yan next to him was also looking at the corpse cocoon. After observing it for a while, he wanted to take a few steps on the amber tentatively. Wu Xie quickly stopped: "No!"

Fake Zhang Yan turned around and looked at Wu Xie inexplicably,

Wu Xie immediately said: "I've never seen such a big amber, maybe it's a rosin stone, and it might break if you walk too much."

Fake Zhang Yan immediately smiled contemptuously, and said: "You know what, what amber, this is a corpse cocoon." As he said that, he stepped on it, and the corpse cocoon was really strong. It only shook slightly and then there was no movement at all .

Seeing that there was nothing wrong, Wu Xie didn't want to be left behind, and immediately stepped forward, holding a short-handled hunting knife at the same time, intending to thrust it back into his waist.In case of a flashlight in one hand and a dagger in the other hand, it is too difficult to walk on this slippery amber cocoon.

False Zhang Yan was startled when he saw Wu Xie's actions, and immediately thought that Wu Xie wanted to fight with him, so he put his waist on guard, pulled up his belt and put it on his chest, and was about to fight, Wu Xie was also startled immediately, originally The short knife that was about to be inserted back into the waist was also set up.

The atmosphere was extremely tense for a while, but no one moved, because both of them knew that in this place, if there was a slight mistake, it would not be enough to kick someone, and there was an abyss below, no matter how strong the strength was, no matter how fierce the temper was , It takes only a second or two to fall and finish.

"Why, even if I'm not Zhang Yan, how about everyone taking a step back when I'm at this point, so we don't have to die together?" Old Itchy, who was pretending to be Zhang Yan, took a step back first, waved his hand, and smiled, "whatever Whoever dies is of no benefit to anyone, and this place cannot be entered by one person. Don’t expect that Taoist priest to save you, he can’t get in, and maybe you are too busy to take care of you right now.” Otherwise, The guy who guarded the cub should have come to settle accounts when he ordered Wu Xie to explore the way in.

Wu Xie was startled, this person was so clear about Zhang Yan's situation?Are you bluffing him or do you really know what Zhang Yan is doing?What about itching?Why didn't he mention the old itch?

Wu Xie wanted to ask again, but he was afraid of being caught by this person and trapped himself in. Besides, at this place, to climb up, at least two people are needed. If outsiders really can't get in, as long as they are still Now, he shouldn't dare to touch himself, otherwise he might die more miserable than himself.

Wu Xie thought about it calmly for a while, first slowly put down the hunting knife, made a gesture of reconciliation, and briefly talked about the fact that the radio interference could not hear the other party's voice, and at the same time, he was frightened instead of making the first move on purpose.So that both sides have a step down. After all, he himself was actually murderous just now, so it is impossible for the other party to let go of his guard so easily.

False Zhang Yan took out his walkie-talkie and opened it half-believingly. Suddenly, a series of high-decibel static noises erupted inside.He was so terrified when he heard it that he stopped pretending to be Zhang Yan's calm, and quickly turned off the intercom, cursing: "I fuck him, it surprised me."

Wu Xie was also frightened half to death by the sound, it must be very close to the source of the interference, the sound is so harsh.He really didn't expect such a terrible sound to exist in the world, he just felt that if he listened to it for a few more seconds, he might lose his mind and jump down.

False Zhang Yan put the belt back around his waist, "That's fine, this time, even if I got the word out, I used my face to trick you, but you saw through it, and there was a fight just now, so it's even Yes. Let’s live together peacefully for now, and we’ll part ways when we go out.”

Wu Xie sneered endlessly in his heart, if there were no other people around here, would it be parting ways if he went out?He is not stupid, this person is obviously afraid of something when he said such a thing, saying these things now is just a tactic to appease and delay the attack, but at this time, it is true that we still need to use each other, so he nodded, and did not say that he wanted to see the real face, etc. Throw the flashlight directly at him for balance.

Although the two temporarily reconciled, both parties still dare not get too close to the other party.To avoid being pushed down suddenly.

The two tacitly guarded each other while carefully squatting down to look carefully at the corpse cocoon under their feet.

Seeing that the atmosphere had eased a bit, Wu Xie took the opportunity to ask the other party as if nothing had happened, "What does the cocoon show?"

False Zhang Yan also wanted to ease the atmosphere, and said directly, "Ancient books record that this thing may be the medicine primer used by alchemists in the pre-Qin period to make alchemy. They dipped pregnant women under the age of one month into the medicine solution to kill them, put them in a jar, and buried them for 27 years. If it is dug up again in the next year, the inside of the stomach will become a corpse cocoon. The outer layer is the petrified substance of the placenta of pregnant women. The amber color we see is actually the solidified amniotic fluid inside. But the specifics are I don’t know if it’s not true. Some people also say that this is a corpse embalming technique, using a special resin mixed with traditional Chinese medicine to wrap the corpse so that the corpse does not lose moisture. This kind of thing was used in southern Sichuan and Inner Mongolia a few years ago. They have been dug out, but they are all as big as washbasins, some like jade, some like amber, and there are shriveled small animals or the corpses of children wrapped in them, and there are few adult ones. These things are usually unearthed as funeral objects. "

Seeing that Wu Xie listened with gusto, he continued, "I have also heard about one thing. In the early years, some rich people who emigrated because of the Japanese war caused treasures. Among them were amber cocoons, which contained children's The most expensive, and the ones that are animals are cheaper. There was a cocoon once seen by a court official, and inside it was a little girl in red clothes, sixteen or seventeen years old, with her eyes closed as if she was asleep, lifelike. When I saw it, I cried. This is really a fucking injustice. It was too tragic. At that time, the war was chaotic, so he took advantage of the boss's carelessness and burned it. As a result, he had a dream that night, dreaming of the red The little girl in neon clothes came to him and kowtowed to him to say thank you, so she said that this thing is a monster, and those rich people would go in without knowing it. Hearing Mr. Feng Shui's nonsense, they thought this kind of thing was a treasure of Feng Shui to gather wealth, and kept putting it on the table. At home, it ended up making trouble to the point of fleeing."

Wu Xie felt a little surprised after hearing this. Could it be that the "big benefits" that Lao You said was this. It is true in terms of monetary value, but why is it so mysterious?What is the reason for the special danger that Zhang said?Is there any hidden secret that he doesn't know?