Tomb Raiders Codex

Chapter 70 Dead Fish
In the darkness, apart from the three of us, there was no one else.

At this moment, the night wind was howling, like the whimpering of ghosts, and the trees in the forest were rustling. The three of us rushed to feel this place, and made complete preparations, but we didn't expect that people had disappeared without a trace.I looked down at the ground, and sure enough, I saw a lot of footprints. For some reason, the atmosphere in this mountain is very humid, so the footprints are relatively clear.Looking along the footprints, one can find an obvious feature.

The footprints in the place we were in were very chaotic, but after a while of panic, we calmed down again, and the footprints began to move towards the foot of the mountain regularly.The three of us looked at each other in the dark, our faces glowing orange against the light of the flashlight.In the end, Tofu stopped greeting my ancestors, but said: "Old Chen, it seems that something happened to them and they walked towards the foot of the mountain. You said... what are they doing towards the foot of the mountain in the middle of the night? "

Before I could open my mouth, Feng Guishou's face was already a little strange, and he wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and said: "The shadow puppets we were tracking at that time also ran all the way to the foot of the mountain, you say... Could they have been killed by the shadow puppets?" Possessed?"

Tofu was so frightened that he didn't say a word, and stared at me, obviously asking me to give me an idea.

Up to now, Wei Guangtou has to save him. After all, if he wants to enter Princess Gegeer's tomb, he has to rely on him for many things, but... I couldn't help but glanced at Tofu and thought: If I had known that this trip was so dangerous, Back then, I really shouldn't have brought him to take risks. I was alone. If something happened to me, it would be fine. Tofu is my brother who died. What should I do if I got involved and killed him?
I was still hesitating. Seeing that I was silent, Tofu said anxiously: "If Wei Nanjing died, old man Zhao would definitely not give you the things. And that curse, you are already perverted enough now, if you don't find out the curse If you have any clues, there is no guarantee that you will not evolve into a perverted murderer in the future. In order not to spend the rest of your life in prison, I think we should catch up."

Feng Guishou didn't delay, and immediately followed the footprints after hearing the words.The three of us followed the footprints to the foot of the mountain. The footprints circled among the mountains. After turning over a small mountain, we saw a lake under our feet, sparkling under the moonlight.

The lake was exactly as Feng Guishou described it, not too big, it was in the shape of a crescent moon, surrounded by plants like reeds, rustling in the night wind.Just like what was introduced in the phoenix's neck turning, there must be running water at the neck turning, and now it has come true one by one. I didn't believe this before, but now it seems that Fengshui is not unfounded.

The woman surnamed Ren once said that in front of the princess's tomb, there is a golden spring. Could it be referring to the lake in front of her?But the difference between the two is too great.

As if seeing my thoughts, Feng Guishou said: "We drilled a lot of caves in this area yesterday, but there are no ancient tombs." Tofu is not interested in this, he observes the footprints on the ground , said: "It's strange, how did they disappear when they got here?" We are now on a small mountain, with a drop of seven or eight meters below our feet, and there is a lake. When people come here, they suddenly jump into the lake.

This possibility made our hearts sink.

It is impossible for normal people to jump into the lake. Could it be that they were really possessed by ghosts?If this is the case, why did Gui Yinger jump into the lake?
Tofu's head is very unconstrained, so he immediately made a guess, saying: "Didn't Qianwei Nanjing say that those shadow puppets came out of ancient tombs? Assuming those shadow puppets really got on their bodies, then Jumped into the lake, then, could it be that the ancient tomb is actually at the bottom of the lake?"

"Impossible." Feng Guishou and I said this at the same time.Feng Guishou was obviously very dissatisfied with the unreliable guess of tofu, and said: "It's a big taboo for an ancient tomb to be near water. No one would build a tomb at the bottom of a lake, or even a place too close to water."

I also nodded and said: "There is a blue dragon on the left, a white tiger on the right, a red bird in the front, and Xuanwu in the back. In Fengshui, surrounded by three mountains, it is better to be surrounded by water. There is no problem with the mountains and water here. This lake is actually A very important feng shui, with this lake, this place is a treasure cave, without the lake, this place is a dangerous place. If the tomb is close to the water, the water vapor will erode and it will be difficult to preserve, whether it is from the perspective of burial customs or feng shui , it is impossible to be in the lake or even near the water.”

Speaking of this, I can't help wondering, according to the feng shui situation here, the caves that Guangtou Wei and others drilled during the day should be the most reasonable location. How could there be no tomb?
If they were really possessed by shadow puppets and jumped into the water as Tofu guessed, could the tomb really be in the water?

If this is the case, then this tomb is too weird.

The footprints disappeared at this point, [-]%, Wei Guangtou and others jumped into the lake.I weighed it over and over again, and said to the two people around me: "I'm good at water, go down and have a look, and if you find anything, I'll call you." After that, I was about to take off my clothes and trousers, but at this moment, Tofu squinted his eyes , said: "Old Chen, look, there seems to be something in the center of the lake, like a whale."

I was so annoyed by his words, I said, "This is a lake, not a sea. Where did the whale come from?"

Looking in the direction pointed by the tofu, I immediately understood the meaning of the tofu.I saw that it was fine before, but now for some reason, the location in the middle of the lake is like a fountain, with water continuously rolling upwards, and the rolling is getting higher and higher, like a spring or a whale spouting water.

The scene was extremely spectacular. Under the moonlight, the gushing water was four meters high, and the water splashed everywhere, shining brightly.Such a spectacle, for a while, the three of us couldn't help but stare blankly, and I forgot to take off my clothes.

I saw that the water gushed out for about ten minutes before it gradually subsided. When the water receded and the lake returned to calm, the three of us came back to our senses. We only heard Tofu say: "It seems that the spring is bulging. I understand. Now, the Shenquan mentioned by the surname Ren must be referring to this place?"

Feng Guishou on the side frowned and said, "The surname is Ren? Who is it?"

At the moment Wei Guangtou is not here, and I don't want to explain more about it, but Tofu's idea coincides with mine. In all likelihood, the Shenquan refers to this place, and the ancient tomb is definitely located here, but the ancient tomb It was hidden deep enough that it was difficult for a veteran like Wei Guangtou to find the place.I decided to continue to go into the water to find out the surrounding situation.

If Wei Guangtou and the others were really possessed by the shadow puppets and jumped into the lake, and they haven't come up yet, it's probably a disaster.But no matter what, you need to see people when you live, and you need to see corpses when you die, so you have to figure it out.I took off only my underpants, and was about to go into the water, when Feng Gui stretched out his hand to stop me, saying: "Wait, there's something on the surface of the water."

Tofu and I looked along the water, and sure enough, there was a huge thing floating on the water, about the size of a human being, but it was too dark to see clearly.

Tofu said in surprise: "No, could it be a corpse?"

I immediately turned on the flashlight. Since the thing was far away, the range of the flashlight was limited, and it didn't do much.With the help of the dim light, we vaguely saw that it was actually a big fish more than one meter long, floating on the water with its white belly turned upside down.

Feng Guishou said in surprise: "I have never seen such a big fish before."

I am not surprised by the size of this fish. I have sold fish before, and local seamen often catch big fish. I have seen and eaten fish that are four meters long, and the taste is not very good. .What I'm curious about is that there was no such thing on the surface of the water before, how did it emerge?How could such a big fish die in such a short time?
Just when we were wondering about the dead fish on the water, more and more fish came to the surface, turning their white bellies, big and small.Within a few minutes, almost the entire surface of the water was covered with dead fish. In the originally beautiful lake, there was a stench that made people want to vomit. For a while, I didn't even think about going into the water.

The group of fish died suddenly after such a short period of time. There must be some danger in the water, or there is a problem with the water quality. It is a bit too risky to enter the water easily now.

(End of this chapter)