Tomb Raiders Codex

Chapter 49 Tomb Suppression Beast

Inside the gate is a hall, empty, with four wooden pillars standing upright, and a desk in front of it, maybe there was something on it at first, but it is empty now, apart from that, there is nothing in the hall, except the remaining A bonfire in the center was burning fiercely.

Several equipment bags can be seen next to the campfire, two of which have two long-barreled shotguns strewn across them.

Obviously, not long ago, these people were still sitting around the fire. Since they had never gone out, they must still be inside the old house.The eyes of the three of us couldn't help but look at an arch in the front left.There is no door panel in that place, it is pitch black, it should lead to the back hall or other places, and it is also the only escape route in the whole hall. Such a scream.

Gu Wenmin turned on the flashlight, and was about to go towards the arched door. I stopped her and said, "Don't worry. This old house has been abandoned for not only how many years, it is inevitable that some snakes, rats and ants will live in it. Let's take an open flame to be on the safe side. There are also shotguns here, so you can take them with you for self-defense."

Gu Wenmin was probably a little impatient, but she calmed down after I said this, and said: "You are still thoughtful." As he spoke, he lit a torch.I took the two shotguns out of the bag, picked them up and took a look, good guy, they are still semi-automatic shotguns, which can be loaded and ejected automatically.

I haven’t seen that kind of old-fashioned shotgun filled with gunpowder when I was reselling Heizhen. It is very troublesome to use, and it is easy to fire once fired. The force is also relatively strong. Although I have never used it before, I figured out the method after thinking about it for a while. While instructing Tofu on how to use the gun, after packing it up, the three of them held the torches and walked into the arch behind.

The orange torch gradually illuminates the darkness. With the widening of the field of vision, the situation behind is also displayed in front of our eyes. When we said that we came in, we had made many guesses in our hearts, but when we suddenly saw the weird situation in front of us, we still couldn’t help being dumbfounded .

There is neither the hall I imagined, nor snakes, rats and ants. In the whole space, there are no other living objects except the supporting pillars. The rest are densely piled up huge stones. In an instant, we It's like falling into a stonehenge.

Then the flames can be seen, all the stones have begun to turn blue, the original color should be grayish white, probably due to the erosion of the earth's atmosphere all the year round, the colors of the stones are different, and when combined together, various strange scenes are formed. What's more, like a human face stuck to a stone, at first glance, it makes people feel extremely uncomfortable.

Tofu gasped and said, "Why are there all stones here?"

Gu Wenmin stretched out his hand and stroked the boulder closest to her, frowned slightly, and said softly: "Look, most of these stones are processed into rectangular cuboids, as if they were used to carve something."

When she said this, it reminded me of the strange stone statue at the foot of the mountain, and I thought: Is that where the statue came from?Who is it that hoards so many stones here?What's the use of carving such weird things?Thinking of this, I couldn't help but start to pay attention to the shape of the surrounding stone statues.Some of them are still complete square stones, while others have been processed, but most of them are unfinished works, so it is difficult to distinguish what they are.

At this moment, I found another one that was exactly the same as the stone statue at the foot of the mountain, and I couldn't help but get closer to it for a closer look. The sense of familiarity is still vague, but I still can't recall it.

At this moment, as we entered, the singing that was faintly present gradually disappeared, and the place we were in was full of huge stones at a glance, and there were no poachers at all. What's more, I Discovering an extremely strange thing, he asked Gu Wenmin, "The prey they hunted at that time was also brought here, right?"

Gu Wenmin nodded immediately, she is very smart, she immediately understood the meaning of my question, and said in surprise: "Yes, there are still live animals, and they are all brought in, but where did those things go?"

If people encountered some danger, or some accident happened, so that we could not see them, this can be said, but where did the dead prey go?
Tofu also analyzed: "If I were them, for the sake of safety, I would definitely pile up the prey nearby, such as in the corner of the hall outside."

Gu Wenmin also nodded.But I thought otherwise and said, "If it were me, I wouldn't do that."

"Why?" she asked strangely.

"Think about it. Dead animals have a strong smell of blood, and wild animals have stench on them. Would you like to sleep in that environment? There are also living creatures. If they are tied up, they will definitely bark or thump. It will disturb sleep. If it were me, I would sleep in the hall, and I would definitely throw those things in this place and isolate them."

After I finished speaking, both Tofu and Gu Wenmin thought it made sense, but there was nothing in this place, not to mention the sounds of animals, not even the bloody smell that should be there. The only smell was the old and corrupt old house damp and musty.

Where did those animals go?Where are those poachers?
If they were not in this stone house now, would they have gone somewhere else?When we were watching the tide outside, we found that the area of ​​the ancient house is very large, so it is impossible to only have the hall and the stone room. There should be a road leading to other places, but it is blocked by huge stones. We have to Just look for it.

At this moment, Gu Wenmin was next to me. She seemed to notice the stone statue with a human face behind me suddenly, and she let out a surprise, and her expression suddenly became strange.I knew something was wrong when I saw her expression, so I couldn't help but tentatively said: "This stone statue is quite weird, do you recognize it?"

Gu Wenmin squinted her eyes, and asked back: "Don't you guys know this kind of thing?"

Tofu said: "This kind of shape is related to feudal superstition at first glance. We are good young people who have received modern education. We have never touched these things. It's strange that we don't know them. Miss Gu, if you know, you can Say it quickly, don't tease me."

Gu Wenmin also understood Tofu's character, shook his head, and said softly: "It's true that most people don't know this thing. It's a kind of tomb-suppressing beast."

Tomb town beast?
Tofu opened his mouth wide and couldn't close it for a long time.

I just find it strange, of course I know about this tomb-slayer, but I've only heard of the two-headed deer-shaking tomb-slayer, but I've never heard of a tomb-slayer with a human face.

Gu Wenmin heard the words and said: "You don't understand now. The shapes of the tomb-suppressing beasts are all kinds of strange. Among them, the two-headed deer shaking tomb-suppressing beasts were more commonly used in the Warring States period; Toothed tortoises are not listed, but there are also human-faced beasts, but the unearthed amount is very rare, and there is also a very bizarre coincidence about the human-faced tomb-suppressing beast."

Tofu listened with great interest, and asked what was the coincidence, Gu Wenmin pointed to the beast with a human face and a beast body and said, "Do you feel familiar when you see it?"

I was shocked immediately, and my heart became vigilant, and I said, "How do you know?"

Gu Wenmin said: "This kind of tomb-suppressing beast has only been unearthed so far, and a test has been done on it. According to the test results, 70.00% of people will feel familiar with it when they see it."

I just feel that Gu Wenmin's words are like a fairy tale, something that has never been seen before, why do so many people feel familiar with it?Is this woman fooling people?
The weirdest thing is that I am a mushroom-digging tomb robber. I haven't recognized this rare tomb-slayer beast yet. How did she recognize it?

If I just kept an eye on her at the beginning, then now I am convinced that there is something wrong with Gu Wenmin.Her purpose is by no means as simple as photography, and even photography is probably just a cover.Since she doesn't want to reveal it now, I naturally won't ask any more questions. After all, we met by chance, and she hasn't done us any harm. As long as her purpose doesn't pose a threat to me and Tofu, I don't need to bother. , It's okay to pretend that you don't know.

I didn't ask, but Tofu has always been slack, so I immediately said: "It's amazing, Miss Gu, you are a photographer, and you have researched these things. Then tell me, how did you get this familiarity?"

Gu Wenmin stretched out two fingers, and said: "There are two kinds of familiarity. The first is innate, and the second is what you should know. In Egypt, there is a famous Sphinx named Sphinx." Don't you think, Finks, the two look very similar?"

Sphinx, of course I know, after Gu Wenmin’s reminder, Tofu and I couldn’t help but suddenly realized, no wonder it always feels familiar, because it is indeed somewhat similar to the Sphinx.

But what about her natural feeling?

(End of this chapter)