[HP Tomb Raiders Notes] Zhaoming

The canyon was really too big, which was beyond her expectation. There should be very few oases of this size in the desert.After walking for almost two hours, the amethyst in his hand was getting brighter and brighter, which made Jiang Lin even more impatient.She stopped beside a huge sandstone, estimated the distance shown by the tracking spell, and apparated again.

The moment she landed, her feet were cold, and she realized that she was stepping on the water, and she could feel the unevenness of the bottom. When the tip of the lit stick came close, it seemed to be many broken pottery fragments. Hairlike filaments and broken skulls intermingle.A deep coolness spread from the soles of the feet to the heart.Could this be an abandoned pottery kiln?

Jiang Lin regained his composure and used a spherical fluorescent spell. The bright fluorescent ball sprayed out from the tip of the stick, snaked and flew all the way to the water bank.Under the effect of fluorescence, she could clearly see a huge stone-like object above her head. It was extremely dark, covered with countless holes, giving people a rather bad feeling, as if there were countless pairs of eyes staring at her.She suddenly felt uncomfortable in her arm, and touched it involuntarily. It turned out that her body had already responded—goosebumps on one hand.At the junction of the dome and the cave on the opposite bank, there are countless tentacle-like stone pillars pouring down like a waterfall. There is a light source that is not fluorescent, and there seems to be something.

Holding the wand tightly in her hand, she walked over slowly holding her breath, and when she got closer, she found a very simple stone step, and on the top was a stone platform, on which was placed a large stone throne, and a female corpse Sitting upright, there are two armored people behind him, who seem to be guards.Stepping onto the stone platform cautiously, she saw three people lying under the hole not far from the stone platform at a glance.The man on the left is fatter, looks like he is in his thirties, and is sleeping; on the right is a handsome young man with his brows tightly locked; the thin man in the middle is very familiar to her, and he is dreaming like a dream He kept mumbling something, and under the illumination of the miner's lamp beside him, his expression was very tired.

What exactly is going on?What happened to them?

Suppressing the horror in her heart, she approached the place where the three of them were, and after checking one by one, she found that only Zhang Qiling was in the worst condition, the other two were only slightly tired, and he was seriously dehydrated, and he had lost a lot of weight.After feeding him the recovery potion, the other party slowly opened his eyes.

"You...what's going on with you?" She asked anxiously.

The man's gaze was so empty that he couldn't focus at all. At this moment, he said vaguely: "There is no time... There is no time..."

Her heart tightened, and she couldn't understand what it meant, but she thought that she would not encounter any good things in this deep and treacherous underground space.

When there was any movement around him, Jiang Lin turned his head and saw a black gun pointing at him. The fat man next to him woke up at some point and was staring at him with vigilance and defense in his eyes.

"Let go, little brother!" The fat man scolded, looking very protective of Zhang Qiling.

"Brother? Are you talking about him?" Jiang Lin asked cautiously. She knew a little about Muggle weapons. Most of the time, the speed of bullets is faster than magic. Perhaps this is one of the reasons why wizards always keep a low profile.

The fat man was a little irritable when he heard the words. He yanked the bolt with his hand and the bullet was already loaded: "Don't play dumb, it's the guy in your hand. He's my brother. Where did you come from?"

She looked away from the muzzle of the gun, and turned to stare at the fat man. After a while, she let go of her hand, raised it above her head and said, "I'm not a fairy, my name is Jiang Lin, and I'm here to help you."

The fat man obviously didn't believe it. He glanced at the little brother out of the corner of his eye: "What did you drink for him just now? Be honest! If there is a nonsense, don't blame me for being rude."

"Glucose. I think this little brother is seriously lacking in energy, so give him some energy." Jiang Lin glanced at the trigger finger of the other party, and then looked into the other party's eyes, "Are you his friend? May I ask your name?"

"Cough, your surname is Wang. The little brother is of course my brother. If it weren't for these two silly boys, I would have run away. This ghost place is not a place for people to stay. It's useless to talk about it, say, you are How did you come here, did you follow us all the way?"

Jiang Lin looked away, and she lowered her head slightly to consider whether to tell the other party.Just before the fat man couldn't help urging him again, she suddenly looked up at him, with a little green in her chestnut eyes, and said something in a dreamlike tone.Fatty only felt that there were countless voices buzzing in his head, each sentence made him drowsy.

His last impression of the girl who appeared suddenly was that she pushed aside the muzzle of the gun in front of her, raised the small wooden stick she had been holding in her hand and whispered a strange sentence.

It really is a fairy.Before he passed out completely, the fat man thought that the woman's words were really unbelievable at all. It's a pity for the famous labor and capital, and today he will bring his two brothers to be planted here.

Jiang Lin put down her wand, and finally couldn't hold back a violent cough after seeing the other party fell to the ground. She just used the Silence and No Wand Charm, and the result of the forced activation was that the magic power was in disorder.She wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth while swallowing a mouthful of rust in her throat.After confirming that the three of them were fine, the girl staggered to her feet and cast defensive spells around them.When she turned around, the strange atmosphere that she had felt since she came to this weird place became more intense. She looked at the glimmer of water under the stone platform, and the silhouette of the huge strange rock above her head was projected, making her look extraordinarily creepy.Except for the breathing of the three men behind them, there was no sound around them, as if they were in a cold container, and something was watching their every move through the outside world.Glancing at the female corpse and the two guards on the throne, the girl picked up the wand and pointed it at the void in front of her. Little bits of fluorescent light emerged from the tip of the wand, spinning and coiling above the water, like a river on the bank, gradually forming a huge cloud. nebula.The fluorescent nebula flows slowly, making people feel clear and empty, like roaming in the clouds, and the weird atmosphere is slightly relieved.

After waiting for a while, countless blue shadows gradually appeared on the deep and dark water surface, including men and women. If you carefully identify them, you can see the outlines of many old people and children.They are not like ghosts or other ghosts that we are used to seeing. These blue shadows are not even ghosts, but gathering in large numbers will still have an inestimable impact.At this time, they were attracted by the nebula summoned by Jiang Lin, and they slowly escaped from the water. The clothes on the silhouette moved without wind, and most of them were staring at the faintly hovering nebula.

She noticed that there was a dark blue dot on almost every shadow, as if gathering the whole soul, which roughly matched what Alka told her.In addition to treatment, she sometimes learns some ancient healing techniques from the horse people. They often go to the inaccessible snow line to collect medicinal materials. That time at the bottom of a glacier valley, they found countless corpses embedded in the ice, either struggling or terrified. Fear, no one sleeps peacefully.Alka told her that these were ancient human sacrifices, trapped under the cold glacier for thousands of years, and their souls could not rest in peace. Therefore, tragedies of travelers missing or dying often occur on the snow-capped mountains, which are caused by evil spirits.

Thinking of this, Jiang Lin's chanting voice became firmer.She had been paying attention to the underwater situation when she saw the broken skulls everywhere, and now it seems that it is.The nebula whirled faster, and the ghosts finally followed suit, and soon disappeared into the nebula.Through the nebula, they successfully escaped the shackles of thousands of years. If a wizard happened to pass by, they would be surprised to find that the entire oasis rose with blue light spots, and countless evil spirits drove towards the deep night sky like fireflies. To the unknown shore.

The last bit of blue light was absorbed by the nebula, and Jiang Lin's chanting finally stopped. She lowered her wand, and the speed of the nebula's whirling gradually slowed down and disappeared slowly.The girl was really exhausted. The exhaustion and confusion accumulated since she came to the Gobi came together at this moment. She felt her throat itch, and immediately coughed up a big mouthful of blood.Forced to kneel down, she clutched her heart and felt pain in her body.The blood quickly dissolved into the water under the stone platform, and the crystal chain in his hand was also stained a lot, and then gave off a strange light.She propped herself up on the ground and glanced at the three people behind her one last time. The young man beside him seemed to be waking up.

The next step is up to you, you must go back safely.

She waited intensely before losing consciousness.

The crystal lit up, and the unconscious girl disappeared with a burst of strong light, leaving no traces on the ground, as if she had never appeared before.

Wu Xie rubbed his eyes after waking up, he woke up in a daze, and found that the fat man had fallen asleep at some point and was snoring slightly.He didn't bother to wake up the other party, and walked to the hole where the Poker Oil Bottle disappeared and looked around in a daze. Like the countless times before, he didn't find anything.He turned back numbly, pulled out the leftover half of the biscuit and chewed it mechanically. While eating, he felt that something was wrong. A strange voice kept talking, and when he turned around, he found that the person he was looking for was wrapped Lying on the side under the blanket.

He was short of breath, and felt that a big stone had fallen from his heart. He rushed over and dragged the other person up and shouted: "You bastard, where the hell have you been?!" (Note 1)

At this moment, Jiang Yu, who was thousands of miles away, felt a shock in her heart. She unconsciously clenched Wei Chengnan's hand, trembling as if she had been hit by something.Fortunately, it was only a moment, and she immediately recovered, but the inexplicable emotion in her heart was still lingering.The man held her hand and asked softly, she just shook her head and smiled.

But when she looked at the full house of guests again, she felt a little disappointed, that person never showed up.What she didn't know was that the other party would never appear again.

The mossy trunks cast shadows from the spruce trees, and now and then a strange bird song or two pierced the air.At the edge of the forest, a herd of red deer rested close together in twos and threes, and a small red deer with a poor sleeping posture kicked its companions, causing a brief commotion.Sparse stars are scattered in the sky, like a deep sapphire buckled on the dome, with a broad white belt running across it.Two sturdy centaur walked out from the edge of the forest, one of them was covered in silver as if covered with a layer of veil, looked at Tianhe for a long time, his eyes were full of melancholy, and then slowly said: "The fate The stars have returned to their original orbit, and she will not return."

"Arka, you are wrong about one thing. The staggered star trails have already had an effect, and that girl will return in 20 years." Another companion added, looking at the starry sky.

On the cliff in the distance, an adult snow leopard was lying on the ground with its head drooping, wondering why the human being with its fragrant and gentle scent hadn't come to look for it after so long.

"I said earlier, that guy used the Killing Curse, why didn't he be sentenced? You can't keep dragging because you can't find Jiang Lin, isn't my witness enough?!" A tall witch said In the main office of the Auror Command, there was a violent roar. There was a middle-aged man sitting behind the rosewood desk, but the man just pushed his glasses and remained unmoved.

"Ye Mei, according to regulations, this accident should be handed over to the Department of Law Enforcement. The two scavengers who were captured have not confessed any crimes. We have to be more cautious. As for your partner, it is only based on your family's words." There is no way to give them a sentence. But don’t worry, the Ministry has specially sent investigators, and your duty is to assist them. The monitoring networks in various places are also paying attention at all times, and you will be notified as soon as there is any news.” The middle-aged man put his hands on his hands. At the table, he persuaded, "Besides, the Jiang family is more concerned about this matter. Although Jiang Lin's mother has broken away from the tribe before, but blood is thicker than water, and the Jiang family will not let their descendants just disappear like this. "

Ye Mei snorted softly after hearing this: "Minister, I know the situation of her family best, so I won't talk about other people's family affairs here. In short, I can't believe what the Jiang family said. As for Jiang Lin, that's mine. Partner, I will naturally try my best to find it. Sorry to bother you for so long, I have nothing to say, so I will leave first."

The witch nodded slightly to the other party, turned around and walked out of the office quickly.

It's been a long time since the off-duty time, and the office building seemed a little quiet. There were no people on the way. Ye Mei adjusted her uniform and went to the Auror-only apparition passage to return to the small rented attic.After taking off her slightly heavy uniform, she lay on her back on the bed, sighing irritably.

It has been a week since her partner disappeared inexplicably, and she and her colleagues have exhausted almost every conceivable method, but there is still no progress.She even applied to the Ministry of Magic to use a Time-Turner, but because the report she submitted was not convincing enough, and the few remaining Transformers were in the Department of Mysteries, it was not approved.

She was so anxious that she would go to the first room almost every day, but the wizard who cast the spell still refused to tell Jiang Lin's whereabouts, and just kept repeating that he didn't know what happened.If she hadn't been concerned about her Auror status, she would have cursed him so much that her mother wouldn't even recognize him.

where are you?

Ye Mei stared at the glass panel in the attic and thought silently, but no one could give her an answer.

After lying quietly for a long time, she finally dragged her tired body to the kitchen and prepared a dinner for herself.Swallowing the fried noodles, Ye Mei was fascinated by the southward exchange mission arranged by the captain. She originally planned to ask that girl Jiang Lin to go with her, but now.Her nose was sore, she took a sharp breath, and the mist in her eyes dissipated.After packing up the dishes and returning to the room, she opened today's newspaper and looked carefully, trying to find some reports about the girl.

When she read the second page, she felt something flicker, and when she looked up, a group of fluorescent lights spread out in the air, and the familiar snow fox appeared in front of her.

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Note 1: For the description about Xiwangmu City and Wu Xie, please refer to "Tomb Raiders Notes: Chapter 13 and No. 17 of Ghost City of Four Snakes".