Tomb Raiders Notes - Zhangjia Mausoleum Keeper

Chapter 75 The Mark of the Culvert

During the fall, I was stirred by the trees and vines in the waterfall, which slowed down the speed of the dive. Otherwise, the force of the water flow and the height of 20 meters would make me fall directly. I would undoubtedly hit the cement board, and I would fall even if I did not die It's a half-damaged one, but this bump is also messy, and it was brought directly to the bottom of the pool below with the current. Fortunately, due to the years of impact, I was choked on two mouthfuls of water and forced to calm down. After kicking his legs, he left the vortex area and swam to the shore by buoyancy.

Pulling the weeds on the bank, he took two big breaths, and then called Uncle Jin a few times at the top of his voice, but no one responded, so he had to dive into the water again to find someone.

I don’t know where my backpack was washed away. The water was pitch black, so I had to turn on the light on my watch. The visibility was still extremely low. I dived deep. The water plants under the waterfall were very lush, and it looked like a big black area. Driven by the water waves, Meimei dances. I don’t know how many years it has grown, and I have no time to pay attention to it. I turned around a few times and didn’t see Uncle Jin’s figure and equipment bag. Suddenly it tightened, as if being caught by something, I looked back, good guy, the water plant was like a living claw, I don’t know when it was tightly wrapped around my little foot, and it became more and more A lot of them spread upwards, and my heart felt cold, so I pulled as hard as I could, but it was in vain, because the aquatic plants were very tenacious.

As the oxygen in my body is gradually consumed, my limbs also become weak. If this continues, I am afraid that I will be buried at the bottom of the waterfall. I have no one in my hand, so I can only try to go upstream. When I was exhausted, suddenly A black shadow flashed past, and then a cold light flashed across the branches and vines of the water plants. The things wrapped around my feet seemed to be threatened and immediately retracted. I only felt a light on my legs, and then kicked my feet hard , Paddle hard to the surface of the water, and once out of the water, I took a few greedy breaths, and there was a "thud" sound beside me, I looked back, and couldn't help being amused, I dare say that the black shadow just now is Uncle Jin!

This old guy's water skills are not bad. You can tell from the speed just now. We climbed ashore in embarrassment. He took a bag and threw it in front of me, saying: "Your equipment bag."

It’s like seeing a rare treasure. The things in the equipment bag are all necessary for survival in the jungle. I am naturally very happy that it has been lost and recovered.

"Those snakes shouldn't be able to chase them down?" I asked.

"Probably not, but snakes are watery. It's better for us to stay away from here and rest."

I nodded in agreement.

Then we went through the forest again and found a mossy rock wall. Uncle Jin pushed aside the marked one, and there was a big opening that could allow people to get in. He pointed at me. Said, "Sleep in there tonight!"

It seems that he has been here before. Although I have doubts about this hole, but now I am soaked and shivering from the cold, and I have no energy to look for another place.

Uncle Jin was behind and covered the hole with the layer of moss again so that the snake would not get in. We climbed forward for a while, and the hole became more and more spacious, and we climbed to a fork with an obvious fire on it. There were traces, and some dry firewood was placed. Uncle Jin lit a fire. We watched the fire quietly and fell into silence.

The wet clothes creaked on our bodies, men and women were different, we just took off our coats and baked beside us.My "sulphur clothes" emit a strong smell when heated, and I dare not put them too close to the fire for fear of poisoning myself.

Uncle Jin didn't seem to notice the strangeness of this dress, he just frowned and didn't ask any more questions. We took out dry food and heated it up, and finally felt a little better after eating.

I looked around. It seemed to be an ancient underground drainage ditch, but it was abandoned because of the age or the change of the waterway. I touched the solid wall of the ditch and couldn't help but sigh the wisdom of the ancients. Modern is also extremely rare.

There are still two forked roads ahead. I don’t know where they lead. I want to ask Uncle Jin why he knows this place. Who knows that this old guy has already curled up and fell asleep. There is still a little time before dawn. I also seized the time and squinted for a while.

When I woke up, I saw Uncle Jin squatting aside and looking at the cave wall at the intersection seriously. I don’t know what he was studying?

I also leaned over curiously.

I saw some strange symbols written on it, and the handwriting was very blurred. It looked like pinyin and English. Since some places were unclear, we couldn't deduce what it meant.

But what can be concluded is that this must have been written artificially, and it is very old, and I don't know how many years I have stayed here.

I suddenly remembered Poker Ping and the three of them, could it be them?Thinking of this, he didn't want to stay for a moment, picked up the equipment and called Uncle Jin to go on the road.

Uncle Jin was calmer than me. He pressed my shoulder, gave me a blank look and said, "Let's go? There are two roads in front of you. Where do you go?"

Yes, if I really care about it, I will be confused. This symbol must be used to mark the direction, but it is a pity that I can't see it clearly.

I frowned, sat down depressed again, looked at Uncle Jin and asked, "Then what can you do?"

He shook his head.

In front of us, it is possible that one of them can lead to the Palace of Hades of the Queen Mother of the West, but if we choose the wrong one, we don’t know how dangerous the other one will be.

I looked at those characters in a daze, guessing the original intention of the person who wrote these symbols at that time, stood up, searched around it to see if there were any other clues, after searching for a long time, but found nothing, I squatted on the ground tired, suddenly from the There was a strange smell in the soil on the ground, so I grabbed a handful of soil and smelled it.

"Damn, the smell of urine."

I glared at Uncle Jin and complained that he was peeing everywhere.

Who knew that he shook his head innocently, indicating that it wasn't him.

Not him, not him, who would it be?I suddenly became excited, took out a knife and carefully scraped off a layer of mud on the surface, and laughed out loud when I saw what was exposed.

I saw an arrow clearly engraved on the bottom, clearly marking the direction. Looking at this simple and slightly disgusting idea, I must have guessed it. It must be the masterpiece of Fat Brother.

I wiped my hands, and looked at Uncle Jin with a very surprised expression, and I was a little proud.

Uncle Jin was probably also affected by the smell, first he frowned, then shook his head and said, "I've been wondering what the meaning of this blurred handwriting is, why have I never thought of looking for it elsewhere!"

I pursed my lips and smiled, Fat Brother's mind is not something that ordinary people can guess, his rough and subtle wisdom can only be understood by knowing him at least a little bit.

"My friend is very interesting. If he engraves the mark on the conspicuous wall aboveboard, then you can carefully consider it before following him, so as not to be taken into the ditch. If the mark he took pains to hide is mostly It’s believable.” I looked at Uncle Jin with a puzzled face, smiled, packed up my equipment, and told him to follow the instructions and go on the road.

The culvert became narrower and narrower as we walked, and finally we could only crawl forward. Thinking of the fatty fat in my stomach, I think it would be choking when I climbed through here. The inside of the culvert is very dry. It seems that the water has been cut off for some years. Due to the air inside There was no circulation and the smell was terrible. We could only hold our noses and walk forward with difficulty. Fortunately, we didn't climb very far, and felt a cool breeze ahead, which seemed to be the end.

Sure enough, not long after, an exit appeared in front of us. We climbed out and turned on the flashlight. There was a vast expanse of whiteness in front of us, which seemed to be foggy, and we couldn't see what was going on in front of us.

Uncle Jin picked up a stone on the ground and threw it out. Hearing the echo, the area here must not be small. I don't know where it belongs to Queen Mother Xi.

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