Tomb Raiders Codex

Chapter 174

We have detoured the burrow to the side of the fire aid room. It can be clearly seen that the top of the fire aid room is made up of long strips of boulders.Since the place was too small, too many people could enter, so the four robots were given the work of prying stones, and the rest of us stayed outside, while Gu Wenmin and the others were preparing lunch.

Seeing the right opportunity, Tofu and I pulled Professor Lin aside, and as soon as we explained the situation, Professor Lin's expression changed, and he said, "I read that notebook from beginning to end, and there is no record of any cure for the virus. , How could this happen, it’s not good.” He walked back and forth in a hurry, shaking people dizzy, I said: “Uncle Lin, don’t walk around, we came to you because we wanted to Let you think of an idea, not to let you rush along."

Professor Lin glared at me and said, can I not be in a hurry?Of the twelve people in the team, four of them may have been infected with the virus left over from [-]. Isn't this serious enough?
After thinking for a while, Professor Lin could only shake his head, sighed and said, "I'm on the island now, and I really can't do anything. But it's not what it used to be. The current medical research is not what it was more than 60 years ago. The solution. It seems that we must speed up our actions, return to the inland as soon as possible, and go to the hospital to check it out."

Tofu and I looked at each other and said, "I wish I was still a human and not turned into a snake. Old Chen, if I become a snake, will you throw me alone on the island?"

I said lightly: "For the sake of the happiness of the female snake on the island, I will definitely take you away." Tofu didn't hear it at first, but after thinking about it, he immediately jumped three feet high, and when he was going to settle accounts with me , I have put all my thoughts into the fire room under my feet.Up to now, the method Professor Lin mentioned is our only way out. It seems that we must hurry up and not waste any more time.

After a while, I heard the voice of Robot No. [-] from below the entrance of the cave: "Got it, damn it, it stinks." After a while, the four of them climbed up following the horse's hoof prints.Said that a stone had been pried away below, revealing a rectangular entrance that could allow us to enter.But from below, there is a strong tar smell, which makes you dizzy. Although we have gas masks, the filtering effect of the gas masks is limited, so we still have to wait for it to ventilate.

Not long after the two came up, the tar smell they described diffused along the entrance of the cave. The outside space was relatively large, so they didn't feel dizzy, but the smell was really unpleasant.Gu Wenmin said: "If there is really a thousand-year-old fire below, then there must be air holes for ventilation. Otherwise, there is no air in the fire support room, how can the fire burn?"

I smelled the dull tar smell and said: "There should have been air holes, but those air holes were probably blocked or destroyed for some reason during the past 2000 years, so the fire chamber burned The gas has been stagnant in it all the time, now that the stones are pried open, there will be such a strong smell."

Duan Fei rolled her eyes when she heard this, and asked with a smile: "Brother Chen, you said yesterday that you would use firepower to help the mountain. Now that there is no fire, wouldn't Xu Fu's back mountain collapse? Will it have any impact? "

I shook my head. I have never encountered this kind of thing before, and I didn't want to make random inferences. Immediately, everyone packed up their equipment, ate and drank, and waited until the strong tar gas below had almost dissipated before preparing to help. fire room.Since there are still outsiders on this island, in order to prevent any accidents, we left Li Yu and Aying to let the wind go, and the rest of them went down to the hole one by one, and entered the rectangular entrance that was pried open.

Our equipment this time is indeed sufficient. Everyone is wearing gas masks and gloves on their hands. There is no exposed skin on their bodies. The four robots are wearing body armor. Even if there are hidden crossbows in the tomb, Can't hurt them either.Ordinary mushroom diggers can’t get things like body armor, but my grandfather told me before that the older generation of tomb robbers used to have a lot of special tools for digging mushrooms. , Many of them have been lost, and there are only a few scattered clues left.

For example, bulletproof vests, which used to exist, but they were not worn on the body. More precisely, they were called "life-saving umbrellas".

What is a life-saving umbrella?It's just a big umbrella. After opening it, no matter what mechanism or dark crossbow is around, it will be taken in by this umbrella. It's amazing.It is said that it is because a large magnet is installed in the center of the umbrella, which can attract the dark crossbow with an iron head after it is opened. Of course, this is only speculation by later generations, and it is unknown how the thing was made.

I turned on the flashlight and looked down at the rectangular opening, only to see that the place below was dark and bottomless. As far as I could see, there were huge stone steps descending layer by layer, like an upside-down Egyptian cave. The distance to the pyramid is not high, only about two meters. Everyone jumped down one by one, and finally entered the interior of this stone building more than 2000 years ago.

Tofu shone the flashlight down and said, "I don't know how deep it is, and I didn't see the fire."

I said: "The fire should be at the bottom, but it's probably gone out now. This place was originally used to build momentum and form a pattern of three mountains guarding, so at the bottom, there must be a passage extending to the three peaks. One of them The passage will lead directly to Xu Fu's underground palace, what we are looking for is not the fire, but the tunnel."

In order to save time, I don't say too much, and continue as I speak.The stone platform here is half a meter high, and people have to bend their bodies when going down the stone steps.This underground building, which has been silent for more than 2000 years, has the unique simplicity and atmosphere of the Qin Dynasty. The rough stone steps cannot see any decorations, but they are layered and spread downwards, giving people a sense of infinity. Being in it, We are like a few little ants.

While going down, I estimated the depth, and it was about 20 meters before we reached the bottom.This upside-down pyramid has a square bottom, and there are no other redundant things. In the middle, there is a huge tripod, which is a full three meters high, and the whole body is pitch black. It has three legs and two ears.That dragon is different from the current five-clawed golden dragon. It has no horns or beards, no claws and no scales. It is a relatively early dragon shape.

We can't see what the lid of the tripod looks like, but the tripod is obviously used to raise the fire, and the top cover must be hollowed out so that the inner fire can burn.

Professor Lin only glanced at it, and said: "It is indeed Qin Shi's style, but there is something wrong..." After all, Wu Sidong is a professional. Apart from jealousy, he also has two brushes, and said: "To make such a big It is not easy to take a tripod, you must know that this is the boundary of Fusang, and it was still an uncivilized place more than 2000 years ago."

Gu Wenmin speculated: "If Xu Fu really leads people to settle down in Fusang, then there will definitely be mining, and it is not impossible to cast such a big tripod."

Professor Lin nodded and said, "It makes sense." He told Wu Sidong and Duan Fei to take out their cameras to take pictures of parts of the tripod. This is the style of the archaeological team. Research with photos or rubbings.While these people were taking photos, the rest of us scattered to look for the 'Fire Road' leading to the Sanshan Mausoleum.

This fire path is not concealed, it stands on the south side, there is a stone gate, the stone gate is closed tightly, and it does not move when pushed, obviously there is a natural stone behind it.However, this stone gate is different from what we have seen elsewhere. The stone gate is not really sealed. There are many holes on both sides. Through the holes, you can still see the situation behind the stone gate. Behind it is a straight passage.

Tofu felt strange, so he inserted his fingers into the large and small holes in the stone gate, and said, "Why do you open so many holes?" Suddenly, he stared at one of the holes without blinking his eyes, as if he had discovered something.

I couldn't help moving my eyes to it, but I saw that the hole was about three fingers wide in diameter. Except that the size was different from the surrounding ones, there was nothing special about it, so I asked Tofu what he found.He looked at the entrance of the hole, and then at the bottom of himself, with an expression of 'solved the case', and said, "That's how it is."

I didn't react for a while, and after a while I realized what this kid was thinking. I was almost pissed off, kicked him away from the door, and said, "I tell you to watch more serious things. If you don't listen , holding small discs all day long, and now my head is full of dirty thoughts. These holes are the crystallization of the wisdom of ancient people, with profound meaning and all-encompassing, what the hell are you thinking about."

Tofu covered his buttocks with an aggrieved expression, and said, "A few holes have far-reaching meanings and cover everything, so just talk about it, don't you just want to kick me, and you still have to find such a high-sounding excuse. Let me tell you, the one named Chen, Rabbit You will bite when you are in a hurry, and your brothers will turn against you, if you can't say anything today, I will definitely take revenge for this kick."

I said, "Okay, since you want to listen, I'll tell you. Look at the holes in this door. What's the order in which they are arranged?"

Tofu looked suspicious, but he also turned his head to observe carefully. After a while, his eyes lit up, and he said, "Up, down, left, right, add up to ten. The smaller the number, the bigger the hole. There are five in the middle, and one and nine at the top." ... Huh, I seem to have seen it somewhere." Tofu pondered for a moment, then slapped his forehead suddenly, and said, "I remembered, it's in your grandfather's work notebook, what's it called? Hetu or Luoshu ?”

When I study with my grandfather's notebook on weekdays, Tofu occasionally follows along, but he is impatient, and usually disappears after a few glances.

(End of this chapter)