Tomb Raiders Notes - Zhangjia Mausoleum Keeper

Gaoligong Mountain, the southern part of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the monsoon in May blows from the Indian Ocean, and the humid air brings four consecutive months of rainy season. Now that the rainy season has just passed, the mountain is full of rhododendrons. These flowers and trees can grow to more than 30 meters high , attracting many sunbirds, wild mushrooms and wild fruits are also growing all over the mountains, the products here are very rich, worthy of the name "secret land", there is an old stone path at the foot of the mountain, the legend is called the ancient tea-horse road, is Once an important passage connecting the southwestern tip of Asia.It's a pity that although this is my hometown, I am more like a donkey friend who is going on an adventure in a different place. I am unfamiliar and full of curiosity. The fat brother never stops talking nonsense along the way. The atmosphere is very lively, and the stuffy oil bottle is quiet in front. He led the way, occasionally came back and gave us a glance, and we pretended not to know.

I walked like this for a day. When it was getting dark, I found a flat place, lit a fire to cook, and set up a tent. No wonder everyone’s bags were so full. Jingle's treasure bag is the same.

After dinner, Fat Brother had another problem with tent allocation. He set up two tents. I’m a woman, who wants to share one with me. The three men use one, and I have one for myself. Although I am a little embarrassed, this is the only way to go.

It was my first time to spend the night in the mountains. Although the two tents were not far away, I was still so scared that I couldn’t sleep. The three of them were divided into two shifts to watch the night. , I am a woman, so naturally I was excluded.

I lay in my sleeping bag and tossed and turned for a long time, but still couldn't sleep, so I got up and went out to chat with Poker Face, but after looking around, I couldn't find Poker Face, so I thought it was convenient to go, next to The fat man's snoring in the tent was loud, I don't know how Wu Xie could fall asleep, I smiled helplessly and sat down by the fire, and added more firewood to the fire.

At this time, there was suddenly a screaming sound from an unknown animal in the distance. I stood up vigilantly, and the surrounding was dark, except for the snoring of the fat brother, there was no movement. This kind of tranquility made me uneasy. The shadow left by "The Plague of the Python".

I took out a dagger from my bag to defend myself, and woke up Wu Xie and Fat Brother, whispering that there was movement, and they immediately got up on alert and got up.

The three of us waited in full force for a while, and there was no movement around. The fat man couldn't help but glared at me and said, "Sister, are you scared of not sleeping at night? There is no fart movement."

I was about to argue, when I heard a group of things suddenly buzzing and flying in the dark night, and then they burrowed into the fire, and there was a burning smell in the air.

Fat Brother suddenly jumped up and shouted: "Oh, my god, what the hell, it hurts me to death."

Wu Xie and I quickly turned over his collar and saw that a thumb-sized moth was biting his neck with sharp teeth. I took a breath, and it was the first time I saw a moth bite. Yes, at this time a figure quickly flashed out of the bushes and jumped in front of us, roaring in a low voice: "Hurry up, hurry up..."

I saw that it was a stuffy oil bottle, and I didn't know where it came from.

There are more and more moths around, the fire is gradually suppressed, and a puff of black smoke rises up. Our anxious tent has no time to pack up and drag our backpacks and run away. The moths tend to light so that we dare not use the flashlight. We are in a panic in the darkness Running wildly with one foot deep and one foot shallow, the three of them moved quickly, and they disappeared after a while, and I was left behind. The group of moths didn't come after them, so they took a lighter out of the bag, and with the dim light, it turned out that the thing that tripped me was a rusty iron pipe, and there were still a few pieces of unrotted iron pipes hanging on the side. The rain cloth, this should be the camp where the group of people spent the night that my aunt said.

It seems that they were also attacked by moths at that time, but the ensuing question made me shudder. Since the moths are so powerful, how did my aunt and father escape unscathed?

Just as he was in a daze, his arm was lifted up, and the faint light flickered on Poker Face's face, looking both familiar and unfamiliar.

"I'm fine." I nodded at him, the lighter burned a little hot, I simply turned it off, and he let go of his hand to signal me to follow him.

Not long after I walked, I saw two sparks flickering and extinguishing in the air. It turned out that Fat Brother and Wu Xie were sitting not far away, each lighting a cigarette, and I sat beside them silently.

"I've killed Fatty, I need to take a deep breath." He smiled at me as he spoke.

"Fat brother, are you alright?"

"It's okay, that thing has already been dropped by Wu Xie, you don't know how deep the bite is! If it wasn't for the fat guy, I'm afraid at least two taels of meat would have been lost."

"Hehe..." I laughed dryly speechlessly.

"Did you find something?" Wu Xie asked cautiously seeing that my expression was wrong.

"Well, not far from where we stayed overnight is the camp of that group of people back then." After finishing speaking, he fell into deep thought.

"You mean that group of people were also attacked by this kind of moth and were eaten up in the end?" Wu Xie asked in horror.

I nodded slightly.

"They should have been bitten to death unconsciously." Poker Fase suddenly interjected coldly, like a sharp knife digging out the doubts I least wanted to imagine from the bottom of my heart.

"What does this mean?" Wu Xie asked.

"They were poisoned by the Miao family's lost soul grass. This kind of grass should be added to the burning fire. It is colorless and odorless. As the air diffuses, the people around will unconsciously fall into a coma." After finishing speaking, he was silent. up.

We looked at each other in the dark, a kind of sadness that is common to the Zhang family surged up. If this is the case, then my aunt must have lied. Naturally, they were the ones who lost their souls. They watched moths kill this group of people. have eaten.I don't know what kind of power it is that made two children do such a thing, and I don't know what secrets in the mountains are worth making them so terrible.

Everyone was silent for a while, and the fat man patted me on the shoulder and said: "Sister, this matter is very complicated, don't think too much, those people deserve what they deserve, they deserve to die."

"Hmm" I nodded weakly, not because I was comforted by his words, but because he interrupted my thoughts and made me stop thinking about it.

"Brother, what should we do now?" Wu Xie asked while looking at Poker Ping.

"It's not safe to drive at night, just wait here for dawn!" Poker-Face said calmly.

We all had no objection, so we each found a big rock to rest on.

The night in the mountains was quiet and long, with the heavy humidity mixed with the smell of cigarettes, I finally fell asleep after being exhausted.

It was already dawn when I woke up, and I had an extra shirt that I didn’t know was covered by help. The fat brother was lighting a fire to make breakfast, but he didn’t see Wu Xie and Boyouping. Seeing that I woke up, the fat man greeted proudly and said: "Do you think I'm wise? Although the tent is lost, the guy who eats is still there!" After speaking, I laughed, and I consciously gave him a thumbs up, fearing that he would not give me food later.

After a while, Wu Xie and Poker Ping also came back. They each picked a handful of wild straw mushrooms and put them on the cooking instant noodles. A burst of fresh fragrance wafted out immediately, and I was so hungry that my stomach screamed immediately protest.

After breakfast, we continued on our way. The fat brother originally wanted to go back to collect the tent, but he thought of the cruelty of the demon moth and gave up with lingering fear.

After walking for half a day into the hinterland of the mountains and forests, there is basically no road. The vegetation grows very dense and primitive. You can see many precious Chinese herbal medicines on the side of the road. It seems that this is the place where parents often come to collect medicines. Canyons, cliffs, and a lot of rare herbs, we decided to rest on the spot before studying the route.

After eating something casually, Poker-Face suddenly made a silent sound, signaling us not to say anything.

The author has something to say:

Recently, I have been thinking about companionship. The story of my little brother has accompanied me for ten years, and the story I am writing now is still about him. Who is accompanying me?Who can accompany me through a decade of words and love?