Tomb Raiders

Chapter 9

I don't know if it's because I have experienced life and death just now, even if the two are silent, the relationship between the two is much more relaxed than before. Shen Liaobai intentionally or unintentionally finds something to say. Asked what kind of weapon was used to deal with those shooters, Chu Yuyang raised his hand and showed Shen Liaobai the blade.

Even in the dim light, the blade as thin as a cicada's wing still reflects the cold light. Shen Liaobai has never seen such a sharp weapon. He couldn't help reaching out to touch it, but was stopped by Chu Yuyang, "Don't touch it, both sides are open blade."

Shen Liaobai had no choice but to withdraw his hand. He has been exposed to pens, inks, papers and inkstones since he was a child, but he rarely sees such sharp weapons, so he is inevitably a little curious.

Chu Yuyang was silent for a while, and then said: "The knife on Song Qiancheng's back is considered a good knife, but it is not suitable for use in such a small place."

Shen Liaobai was stunned, Chu Yuyang's words were blunt, but to appease him, he couldn't help but smiled, and then said: "What kind of knife is that?"

"Modao." Chu Yuyang said: "This kind of sword is only found in the army, and the people are not allowed to make it privately, but Song Qiancheng's is a little special, and the handle is shortened, probably for his convenience. King Ding treats him very well." It is very important, but I don’t know why they sent helpless staff to follow us.”

Shen Liaobai thought for a while, and said: "It's true, if you want to monitor us, there are many people around King Ding, and there are many wise and brave people, but now he sent such a scholar who seems to have no city, among them..."

He stopped suddenly, Chu Yuyang didn't hear the following, and looked at him with a little surprise, only to see that the blush on Shen Liaobai's face had long since faded, and under the glow of green fireflies, the ghostly green was like a ghost, and this ghost had a serious face Said: "I'm afraid that Song Qiancheng is far more than that simple. He happened to find the entrance several times. I'm afraid he was prepared. He was also the first one to disappear when he was up there. He must have more detailed map information than us, but He is a scholar, how dare he leave us alone and go hunting for treasures?"

Shen Liaobai couldn't figure it out, and suddenly he lightened his hand, but it was Chu Yuyang who took away the tent fire in his hand. Chu Yuyang's own tent fire had already fallen into the previous tomb, and now he is holding Shen Liao Bai Penghuo continued to walk forward, and said coldly: "Don't think too much, you will know when the time comes."

Shen Liaobai hurriedly chased after him, and the tomb passage fell into silence again, the footsteps of both of them were very light, and only occasionally could be heard the slight sound of the fire wriggling in the gauze bag.

After walking for about half a quarter, the tomb passage became narrower and narrower. Shen Liaobai was guessing in his mind what would be at the end of the tomb passage, when another curved arch appeared on the right side of the tomb passage.

Chu Yuyang threw the blood beads in, but there was still no movement.

The two walked into the arch, and the two sides of the tomb passage inside the arch were clean, but there was nothing there, but since entering this arch, Shen Liaobai always felt uncomfortable, and his exposed skin seemed to be lightly stung by something in the air. Thorn, he stretched out his hand to touch the skin, but found nothing unusual. Just when he was wondering, Chu Yuyang had already checked the stone door of the tomb, and turned to look at him, "What's wrong?"

Shen Liaobai was surprised, so he told his feelings. Chu Yuyang came over, stretched out his hand to pinch his chin, looked around under the light of fireflies, and said in a low voice, "It's a little red."

"En?" Shen Liaobai was confused, and felt that the pinched part of his chin was a little hot.

"Your five senses are all sharp?" Chu Yuyang let go of him and asked.

Shen Liaobai nodded, and rubbed his chin vigorously to get rid of the strange feeling, "Probably because he was weak and sick when he was young, and he was more sensitive to everything than ordinary people."

Chu Yuyang raised his eyebrows, "No wonder I didn't use any effort at Xie Wu's place, and your neck became bruised and swollen. Now it looks really delicate."

Shen Liaobai was a little embarrassed, and couldn't help arguing: "It's going to get better soon, and it won't get in the way."

Chu Yuyang nodded resolutely, "I'm afraid there is something here, you can wait outside the door later."

He handed Penghuo to Shen Liaobai, "Be careful yourself, and call me if anything goes wrong."

Shen Liaobai was quite surprised, "Don't you use a torch for lighting?"

"Penghuo is just a small gadget after all. It will pretend to be dead when encountering something fierce. Speaking of which, it can only be used when it is safe. I have my own way." After speaking, he saw him take out a porcelain bottle from his pocket, about It was only as long as two knuckles of the middle finger, and a black pill as round as a bean was poured out from it and swallowed.

I don't know if it's an illusion. The moment the pill was taken in, Shen Liaobai seemed to see a golden-green light flashing in Chu Yuyang's pale eyes. When he blinked, Chu Yuyang didn't seem to change at all. After putting away the small bottle, he went to reopen the blocked hole, and disappeared from Shen Liaobai's sight all at once.

Shen Liaobai held the bonfire, and walked around the short tomb passage behind the arch, boredly. Although his skin often felt slightly tingling, he didn't dare to go far, so he had to hold up the bonfire, and carefully searched the corners of the wall. See if there are any clues.

At first, he didn't hold any hope, but at the edge of the arch, he really saw something. Shen Liaobai brought the canopy closer, and under the dim light, he could see strange patterns engraved on the edge of the arch. Superb, Shen Liaobai stretched out his hand to touch it, and it was cold and smooth, as if the place where the pattern was engraved was not made of the same material as other places here.

Twirling his fingertips, Shen Liaobai murmured: "It seems to be jade..."

Just as he was about to take a closer look, there was a sound of broken bricks and mud behind him, and Shen Liaobai turned around suddenly. The short tomb passage was empty, except for some broken bricks on the ground. Before that, the tomb passage was very clean .

He couldn't help being a little nervous, without Chu Yuyang by his side, he couldn't handle these strange things by himself.So he made a decisive decision and ran to the door of the tomb.

Originally, it was only a few steps, but Shen Liaobai tripped over something and fell hard to the ground. He felt worse and worse in his heart. Just as he was about to get up, he realized that something was firmly gripping his ankle. He caught it, and when he looked back, he saw a tiny muddy hand sticking out from the dusty ground, clutching his ankle.

This clay hand is as small as a child's hand of seven or eight years old, but its strength is frighteningly strong, no matter how hard he struggles, he can't break free.The muddy hand exerted force little by little, and Shen Liaobai felt that his ankle was about to be crushed, which reminded him of the hand he met in the swamp outside, and he shivered suddenly.

He kicked the muddy hand hard with the other foot, as if feeling pain, the muddy hand let go and slowly sank into the ground.And the ground is still flat, as if nothing happened just now.

Knowing that it was not time to relax, Shen Liaobai was about to stand up when suddenly a huge force grabbed his knee and pulled half of his leg into the soil violently, causing Shen Liaobai to gasp in pain. Take a breath.That muddy hand was much bigger than before, even the arm was stretched out, and the dirt on the arm exploded, almost crushing his kneecap.

Shen Liaobai climbed onto the arch with one hand, and kicked the muddy hand vigorously. The muddy hand was irritated by him, and the force was amazing, and it dragged his legs into the bottom bit by bit. At this time, the ground was like a huge long mouth. , slowly devouring him.

His head was sweating from the pain and he was in a panic, the bricks were out of his reach, and all he could use was a dragonscale dagger stuck in his boot.

Holding the dragon scale in his hand was much lighter than expected. Shen Liaobai had never used a knife or gun in his life, so he hesitated a lot. Unexpectedly, the muddy hand only slightly touched the dragon scale, and it shattered into dirt, Shen Liaobai. Liao Bai was stunned, and pulled his leg back. The ground was as soft as cotton at this time, with a slight movement, a deep hole was pulled out.

Shen Liaobai was still shocked, and didn't have time to take a closer look. He stood up and took two steps towards the door of the tomb, then lay down and called Chu Yuyang inside.

But there is no movement inside, don't Chu Yuyang also meet the mud hand?He hesitated for a moment, held the dragon scale, and decided to go in and have a look.

After finally climbing in, Shen Liaobai raised his head, turned away from the stench pervading in the tomb, inserted the dragon scales back into his boots, Shen Liaobai covered his mouth and nose with one hand, and lifted the bonfire with the other, Just like in Shegong's tomb, the light of the fire was much dimmer, even to the point where it was about to be extinguished.

This hint of danger made Shen Liaobai more vigilant.

He barely saw the black liquid flowing on the ground in front of him with the light. The stench seemed to come from the black water. Shen Liaobai couldn't help turning his body sideways, getting further away from the liquid at his feet Some.

He squinted his eyes and looked into the depths of the tomb. Even if he got used to the dim light, it was difficult for him to see if there was anyone in the depths of the tomb. After hesitating for a while, he cautiously called out: "Chu Yuyang?"

The voice echoed in the tomb for a while, and then disappeared. Shen Liaobai felt uneasy, and as soon as he took a step, he was grabbed by the arm. Shocked, Shen Liaobai almost touched the dragon scale, but because of the familiar The voice stopped the movement, "What are you doing here!"

Shen Liaobai said softly: "There is something outside." His voice is still trembling.

Chu Yuyang was silent for a moment, Shen Liaobai heard his slightly thickened breathing, and asked in a low voice, "Why..."

Before he finished speaking, Chu Yuyang covered his mouth. In the faint light, he saw Chu Yuyang making a silent gesture, and hurriedly nodded to express his understanding. Then Chu Yuyang let go of him, and then signaled He follows himself.

Following Chu Yuyang walked more than a dozen steps, Chu Yuyang took his hand and put it on the wall. Shen Liaobai could barely see that several bricks had been dug out on the wall, revealing holes one by one. Bibi, let Shen Liaobai climb up by stepping on these holes.

Shen Liaobai glanced up, he didn't pay attention when he first came in, now he finds that the roof of this tomb is much higher than other tombs, and the whole tomb looks extremely empty.

There seemed to be some movement in the darkness behind him, Chu Yuyang immediately gave him a hand and told him to go up quickly.Shen Liaobai knew that he was probably a burden to Chu Yuyang below, so he stopped tossing and tried his best to climb up the hole carefully.He had just injured his foot, and he gritted his teeth tightly every step he took.

Climbing to a certain height, Shen Liaobai looked down and found that Chu Yuyang had disappeared. He looked up again, and he bit the gauze bag containing the fire in his mouth. With that light, he could see There was a protruding narrow platform above, and Shen Liaobai turned over and sat on it.

Looking from the platform, it was dark underneath, but it wasn’t like when he just came in, and there was no sound at all. In the darkness, there was a faint beeping sound of the blade as it slid through the air, mixed with a strange sound. , like the occasional purr of a cat, but much hoarse than that.

Shen Liaobai didn't know what it was, so he suppressed his impatience and stared intently.

After a while, the figure of Chu Yuyang seemed to appear in the blurred vision. Shen Liaobai rubbed his eyes and found that it was indeed Chu Yuyang. All the blades in his wrist flew out. bright.

When he pulled back the last blade, Chu Yuyang was standing under the platform, he jumped up, climbed up the wall, and climbed to the platform in just three or two strokes, compared to Shen Liaobai who was careful and slow I don't know how much faster the action is.

When he came up, Shen Liaobai finally saw clearly what was confronting Chu Yuyang.

He has gray-black skin, stiff and distorted facial features, is about two or three feet taller than ordinary people, and has longer arms. Even though many parts can no longer be called humanoid, it can still be seen that his prototype is a person.

"What is this?" Shen Liaobai asked in a low voice, he was cautious now, for fear that the thing lying on the bottom would jump up like a muddy hand just now.

However, it didn't jump up, it just raised its head and looked up.Although Shen Liaobai couldn't see it clearly, he could vaguely feel its gaze.

"This is a poisonous corpse." Chu Yuyang replied, "There is more than one in this tomb, but it is not difficult to deal with. You can use corpse water, but the venom in the poisonous corpse will flow out, and the poison cannot be touched. The only way is to walk from the wall, originally I was the only one, but who would have expected you to come in."

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