Tomb Raiders Codex

Chapter 173 Failure

I was horrified, took a step back, and thought: How could this happen?Then I thought: Is it a dream?Others dream in their sleep, what did this kid dream about, how did he learn from snakes?Just when I was thinking about this question, Tofu's body suddenly moved. He woke up and slowly got up.I just wanted to tell him about dreaming about learning snakes, when I suddenly realized that something was wrong with the tofu. After he woke up, he didn't look at me at all, and his eyes were out of focus. Wu Sidong walked over.

I was stunned for a moment, feeling an ominous premonition in my heart. I followed Tofu to look, but saw that Tofu was drooling from the corner of his mouth, and his eyes were shining faintly, staring at Wu Sidong's neck, intending to bite it down.This shocked me quite a bit, but I knew not to act rashly. Tofu's current state is too strange. If it disturbs other people, it will be too bad for Tofu.

In desperation, I quietly looped my arm under Tofu's neck, grabbed his neck and dragged him back to his original position. Tofu kicked his feet and struggled hard, making a lot of movement, which made people vigilant Robot No. [-], who was more sexual, woke up immediately and asked, "What happened?"

I was startled, turned around to block the tofu, restrained his movement, and said in a steady tone: "It's okay, this kid is dishonest, he peed next to him, it stinks, I'm teaching him a lesson."

Robot No. [-] laughed dryly when he heard the words, probably afraid of being smelled by the smell of tofu, so he turned his back to sleep.The strength of the tofu is getting stronger and stronger, so I might startle other people, so I cut him hard on the back of the neck.There is a large acupoint on the back of the neck. Heavy knocking can cause coma or even death. Ordinary percussion can refresh the mind. It is said that this acupoint is connected to Baihui. Baihui is also called Shenmen, and it is a place where souls gather. , tapping this acupuncture point can wake up some delirious people.

When I chopped it all at once, Tofu immediately shook his head, and then stopped moving. His unfocused eyes gradually gathered on me, looking very puzzled. He looked at himself, then at me, and said, "Old man. Chen, can you explain why we are hugging each other now? Hey... I understand, no wonder I always feel that you look at me wrongly, so you are a glass!"

I had just experienced some excitement, and when I heard Tofu say this again suddenly, I was almost suffocated, and I couldn't say a word for a long time. I saw something wrong with his eyes?What's wrong?When I see idiots, I use that kind of eyes uniformly.I no longer expected any good words to come out of Tofu's mouth, so I let go and sat where I was without saying a word.

Tofu waited for a while, probably wondering why I was uncharacteristically and stopped talking to him, so he leaned over again and said, "Old Chen, I was joking just now, what happened? Don't look serious, you always If I get serious, I don’t know what to do.” I still didn’t speak, Doufu had obviously forgotten what happened just now, that is to say, the scene where he was about to bite Wu Sidong was all done in a state of unconsciousness.

I have known Tofu for more than ten years. First of all, I am sure that he has no psychological and spiritual problems, but why did he suddenly become like this after he landed on the island?I remembered the poisonous snake that bit him yesterday, could it have been poisoned by some kind of snake?But it doesn't make sense, because Professor Lin has checked the body of the tofu, and there is no sign of poisoning.Furthermore, that venomous snake is a common species distributed in Asia. It is called 'Black Grass Snake' among the people. After being bitten, the wound must be treated immediately, otherwise after the poison occurs, the whole body will be paralyzed and the muscles will be stiff within six hours. .

The venom of this kind of black grass snake, there is a folk remedy, which is to take earthworms, leaf hemp, hairy wax gourd, three-step jumping, etc. and mash it, and half of it can be taken orally and half of it can be applied to the wound. What kind of nerve trauma makes people lose their minds, so the abnormality of tofu should have nothing to do with snake venom.

This abnormality must have started after we went to sea, but what caused it?

Of course, I can't let Professor Lin and others know about this matter. Although it is a shared adversity, the current situation is obvious. The three people before were [-]% killed by tofu. If it were me who was a cruel person, the conservative approach would be to tie up all kinds of flowers, and the more ruthless approach might just end it directly.

Professor Lin and the others are all educated people, so naturally they can't kill people, but what about the four robots?What if they decide what to do with tofu for the collective good?This matter can only be kept secret for the time being, but Tofu must make it clear here.

So I patted Tofu on the shoulder, gave him a wink, and signaled him to follow me.

Although Tofu was full of doubts, he still followed. After a while, the two of us were far away from the campsite. From here, we could only see the dancing flames. After making sure that this place was safe, I explained to Tofu what happened just now.

After Tofu heard this, his first reaction was: "You are kidding me."

I didn't speak, just stared at him.About a few minutes passed, the blood on Tofu's face faded away, a layer of sweat broke out on his forehead, and he said tremblingly: "It's really me..." His throat moved, probably because he remembered that The bitten necks of the three Fusang people, as well as the missing flesh on the necks, immediately turned around and vomited.

He vomited endlessly, so I could only interrupt him and said: "Don't vomit, you can't talk about this, you will be finished if you talk about it. Let's study first, how did you get into this way, Recall if there is anything special recently." Tofu wiped his mouth, his legs were trembling, he could barely stand with his back against a tree, his expression was ashen, he shook his head and said: "I have been with you all the time, what special things can happen? Things... ah... I don't know if one of them counts."

I glanced at him and motioned him to continue.

Tofu said: "I've been particularly energetic recently. I still remember that we were at sea and didn't eat or drink for two days, but apart from being thirsty and hungry, my physical strength has always been good."

I think this should be the key point of the matter. Tofu is an otaku. More than a month ago, he was locked in the room all day teaching children to draw happily. He didn't exercise much, and his physical strength was worse than ordinary people. It was only this month that he started to toss. But a person's physical strength cannot be exercised so fast.

I asked: "Recall, when did this state start?"

Tofu frowned and thought for a while, then suddenly his eyes moved, he looked at me, and said, "After leaving the boat burial ground. That's right, after riding Xiao Hei, after leaving the boat funeral ground." I was stunned and felt that my legs were a little weak, because I thought of the virus from the [-]st Unit.

Regarding the virus experiments of the [-] Unit, a large amount of historical data is still preserved.Not only did they study deadly viruses, such as plague, plague, malaria variants, etc., they were also said to have studied undead troops.

The so-called undead army is to stimulate the potential of the human body through the research of a virus, so that people infected by the virus will be very excited, their physical strength will increase, and they will be more excited when encountering blood in battle. After two or three shots, the opponent will not die. Insist on cutting people until they are shot into a hornet's nest before falling down.The plan of the Fusang people at that time was to use this virus in their own team, but fortunately, the virus was not successfully developed, but in the process, there were many failed experiments.

I've heard of one of the failed viruses, which produces zoomorphism, that is, people infected by the virus will have animal habits. These viruses will affect people's nerves. Over time, people will unconsciously imitate various An animal, even in the end, will completely identify itself as a certain kind of creature.

I imagined Tofu completely losing his sanity in the end, thinking of himself as a snake, crawling on the ground, and I felt a chill down my back.

After the virus is infected, the infected person is unaware of it.At the beginning, Tofu just took off the mask and gave it to Ah Ying. Could it be that he was infected after such a short time?So what about me and the carp?We have never worn a gas mask.And Ah Ying, Ah Ying did not wear a gas mask in the early stage.Have the three of us ever done something like tofu that we didn't even know about?

Or maybe it wasn't necessarily Tofu who killed the three Fusang people, or one of the four of us?
The most frightening thing is that this animalized virus is a failure in the research process of the undead army, that is to say, there is no way to fight the virus at all.As I was thinking about it, a thin layer of sweat broke out on my forehead. After a while, Tofu saw that I didn't say a word, and said anxiously: "Old Chen, come up with an idea." He was quite frightened by this fact, completely Lost size.

I said: "Do you think I am Baidu? You can search for everything and solve it?"

When Tofu heard this, he squatted down and stuck out his tongue. I was puzzled for a while, and asked, "What are you doing? Is there a dog attribute in animalization?"

Tofu cried and said weakly: "What kind of dog, I'm spitting out a letter. I want to get used to the life of being a snake first."

I didn't know whether to laugh or cry for a while, and let him make such a toss, but the panic in my heart was suppressed, so I pulled him up and said, "I was worried that they would be bad for you if they knew the truth of the matter. Don’t blame everyone, except you, including me, Liyu and Aying, may have been infected. This matter must find a solution. Professor Lin may know something after reading the entire notebook of Shenmu Ichiro. We have to confess to Professor Lin."

"What about the others?"

"Let's keep it secret for now. Professor Lin can be trusted, but the tempers of the four robots are unpredictable. It's hard to say. They won't act too softly."

After discussing with Tofu, we went back to the camp. The rest of us were still sleeping. I decided to wait until dawn and when everyone was working, I would find a chance to talk to Professor Lin alone.

After all this fright, Tofu was still asleep, like an ant on a hot pot, full of energy, walking back and forth, and finally ate something, picked up the shovel, and started to work by himself, cleaning the surrounding The floating soil has been cleaned up.When Professor Lin and others woke up, they immediately praised his hard work, and I understood that Tofu was just venting his exuberant energy.

(End of this chapter)