Tomb Raiders Codex

Chapter 355 "Messenger" Clears the Way

Tofu was taken aback, and said, "You agreed?"

I said: "Just this one time, it's not an example." Tofu was overjoyed, got up from the ground, patted his buttocks and said: "I know, I know, I'm not an example, you have said this many times." He said more, took the key, and immediately began to open the iron cage.I said to the 'everyone' in the cage: "I'll let you out. If you have wronged you, you will get wronged. If you have revenge, you will get revenge." Of course, there is another sentence I didn't say, that is, don't forget to be ungrateful and make trouble for me and Tofu.

Fortunately, these 'people' have not lost their minds, and they probably remember the pain of the experiment. After they were released, no one was interested in me and Tofu. There was viciousness and hatred in their rotten eye sockets, and they flocked to the iron gate, wanting to Break out to get revenge.

As a result, this time, Tofu and I were at the end instead.Seeing this situation, Tofu breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "Look, they are conscious, they are not walking corpses, and they know what is a benefactor and what is an enemy." I am noncommittal about what Tofu said. It didn't work either.

I said: "It's good to have them open the way ahead, let the surname Zhao suffer on his own."

Tofu looked relieved, and said: "Yes!" As soon as the words fell, the group of "messengers" surging in front suddenly had a commotion, and they suddenly backed away, squeezing me and Tofu back, because there were too many people, For a moment, those couriers were almost touching us, the feeling of sticking to a piece of soft carrion, not to mention how disgusting it is.

I immediately held my breath, dragged the tofu back, and thought: What happened?It's a pity that there are too many people in front of you, and when you look around, you can only see figures.At this moment, I suddenly heard a loud bang from the position in front of the iron gate, accompanied by a stench, followed by a strong smell of gunpowder.

not good.

My heart said: Someone used explosives!
Immediately afterwards, I heard a familiar voice ordering: "Light on the fire! Lock the door! Change the oxygen." It was Bai Zhanji's voice, damn it, what did he want to do?
Knowing that something had happened, I immediately rushed out with the tofu and pulled the courier who was blocking the front. However, I was only halfway there when there were screams from the front, accompanied by a burst of fire and A strong burnt smell came.

Tofu's face was pale, and he said, "They locked the door and set fire to it." These messengers were originally people, ghosts and ghosts, and they were covered in corpse oil, so the fire quickly spread among the 'crowd'. The burnt smell was almost disgusting. At this moment, I could already see the iron gate standing like a wall, and it should have been locked from the outside.

That Bai Zhanji looked young, but unexpectedly he was so vicious. Leaving aside the messengers, there was one of his subordinates who were guarding the door. He didn't ask if the subordinates were dead or alive, so he set explosives on fire, which is really cruel and merciless. Four words.

At this moment, the 'crowd' was in a commotion, screams and stench mixed with thick smoke, blurring the vision. In order to avoid being affected by the fire, Tofu and I quickly hid in a corner, and Tofu said anxiously: "What should I do? If this continues, we will all be burned to death." I looked at those people in front of me who looked like walking corpses, but were crying in pain in the burning flames, and my heart was full of anger, but I couldn't think of any other way except anger.

First of all, the basement is very strong, and we have no tools, so it is impossible to escape. Secondly, the iron door has been locked from the outside. This move is obviously intended to abandon this research institute and avoid the subsequent attack. The police came and planned to destroy the evidence.

How can we escape?
How are Lu Su and Gu Wenmin doing now?

Did they escape safely?
All of this is unknown, the smoke is so thick that people can't open their eyes anymore, this place is like a corpse incinerator, the stench almost makes people faint, and in this stench, people's thinking seems to be dull.

Seeing a 'person' being burned into coke in the screams, Tofu burst into tears, and said, "It's my fault. If you didn't open these cages and waste so much time, you would have already run out, old Chen. ,I'm sorry."

The smoke goes up. I pressed Tofu's head and motioned him to lie down on the ground, and then said: "It's useless to talk about it now, Xiaodou, listen, we are still alive, as long as we are not dead, there is hope. We have overcome so many dangers, and at this time, we should not give up."

Tofu wiped his eyes, and said forcefully, "You are right, we have to find a way to get out." The two of us stopped talking. At this time, saying anything is superfluous. At this moment, the only thought in my mind is , how to get out of here.

The fire was getting bigger and bigger, and the screams were getting more and more horrific. At this moment, a person who was burned into a fireball screamed and rolled, rolling towards me and Tofu. We are hiding now. In the middle of the two iron cages, it rolled over and was caught by the two iron cages, so it didn't hit us directly, but the flames scorched us at close range, and the face wrapped in the flames couldn't be seen clearly. Face, only its mouth that was open and screaming in pain can be seen.

It was hell on earth.

At this moment, I suddenly thought of one thing.

This storage room is not big or small. It stands to reason that the oxygen should have been exhausted long ago with such a fire, but there is no lack of oxygen here. I suddenly remembered the last sentence Bai Zhanji said about changing oxygen. got an idea.

If you want to change oxygen, you must have ventilation facilities, and this kind of facility is generally integrated in the entire building, located on the roof, with a gap in the middle, where air conditioners or other equipment for air circulation are placed. Nowadays, all our roads They are all sealed, but the machine is still working, and we may be able to escape through the mezzanine above.

I immediately began to search for the location of the vent, and soon found that it is located on the roof not far from here, it is a square opening, covered with a layer of trapezoidal fan blades, usually made of plastic, easy to remove open.I said my thoughts to Tofu, and then said: "This is the only way. Of course, there are risks. It depends on the arrangement of the mezzanine. We may go out safely along it. It is full of fans and wires, we may be crushed by the fans, or electrocuted to death, are you afraid?"

Tofu gritted his teeth and said, "It's better to be afraid of a ball than to be burned alive. Stop talking and act quickly."

This distance is not too high, so I strode down and let the tofu step on my shoulders, and inserted the outer trapezoidal wind blades first.Tofu smashed it hard with the butt of the gun in his hand a few times, and then smashed the thing. Immediately afterwards, he stretched out his hands, climbed on both sides, and climbed in.

Seeing this, some of the messengers around who hadn't gotten angry also rushed up one after another, scrambling to climb up the ladder.Seeing this, I took the opportunity to borrow strength from them, stepped on a few steps and got into the mezzanine.

The inside is dark, and the fire from below shines up. We can only see the environment at the entrance. There are many large ventilation pipes. There are no wind blades and wires. We can climb forward along the space between the ventilation pipes.

The couriers didn't need any help, they jumped down and ran behind us. There were about a dozen of them, and the rest were all on fire. Even if they wanted to jump up, they would be kicked down again by the couriers behind.

Sometimes, survival and morality, you can only choose one.Tofu finally fell silent, crawling in front of him silently, without saying anything, I know that this incident had a great impact on him, but I can't say any words of comfort, this is human nature.

A group of us 'people' climbed in the mezzanine layer and turned a few turns. About forty meters or so, a trapezoidal wind blade appeared in front of it, and the end of the ventilation pipe was connected to it. Yes, the wind blades were all opened.Tofu took out the butt of his gun, and smashed it hard, smashing the wind blades to pieces, then stretched out his head to look, and said to us: "It's a corridor, no one is there." After speaking, he jumped down immediately.Soon, the rest of us also arrived in the corridor. The courier could use his breath to find the living. The dozen or so couriers, with a strong desire for revenge and madness, immediately ran in one direction.

Tofu and I looked at each other and quickly followed.

At least, they have no intention of harming us, and it will be much safer to follow them.

Soon, in the process of running, we encountered some white-cutters. They seemed to be carrying supplies, and before they had time to react, they were torn to pieces by the messengers.Wherever our group of 'people' went, it was almost bloody.There are messengers clearing the way ahead, the guns are completely useless, and now, I don't care about the consequences of releasing them. The thrill of revenge fills everyone's mind. After following the messenger and killing a bloody path, we Finally rushed out of the institute.

The door was slammed open, the outside of the institute was covered with vines, and there was no one around.

The messengers finally stopped, and they circled the house, with rotten faces and dazed expressions, as if they were asking: What is this place and why did I become like this.What are we doing wrong?
Tofu's head was already smashed, but now he sat on the ground, clutching his head and humming.

Bai Zhanji's group had already retreated, and the whole institute was filled with a strong smell of blood, but the building was empty.

(End of this chapter)