Tomb Raiders Codex

Chapter 740 Food Dispute
Could it be some animal?
Experience tells me that if it's something that has nothing to do with me, it's better not to provoke it, but I was worried about some danger, so I made up my mind to go ahead and have a look. If it's not something threatening, just ignore it.

Thinking of this, he quickened his feet and quickly reached the thin snow area at the edge.Because the surface is covered with a layer of snow, it is difficult to see the situation under the ice layer clearly, so I didn't realize until now that I got closer to this place, and there is a crooked ice crack extending downward Walking along the mountain, it was as if the ice was torn apart abruptly.

The ice crevasse was about half a meter wide, and the black shadow that climbed to this position just now disappeared suddenly, and it seemed that it had got into the ice crevasse.I turned on the light and looked down, only to see that the ice crevasses were deep and the cracks were uneven.The lights could not be seen, and there was no sign of any living things.

I recalled the information about the species in the Kunlun Mountains in my mind, and found that only the snow peaks on the edge or a few places with lakes in the depths have animal information records, and where we are now, it stands to reason that there should be no signs of life.

Looking at this crack, I guess what I saw before may be some crypt creatures. In Alaska, there is a tradition of making ice as a house. In fact, as long as it is used well, ice and snow can be used as a tool to keep warm. According to Research has proved that in some perennially frozen snow-capped mountains, the underground life activities are actually very strong.

This point, I believe here is no exception. Generally, the crypt creatures in the snow mountain are not too big, and naturally they have no lethality. in front of the tent.

However, this negligence caused a huge mistake. Not long after I returned to the tent and guarded it, I suddenly felt a crunching sound of stepping on the snow behind me. Turn around sharply.

After turning around, I realized that it wasn't the only one that crawled out, and the ones following it were probably its descendants!
I saw that this thing was similar to what I guessed, with stubby limbs on the ground and a long tail, like a big olm.

What is an olm?Although most people don’t know the olm, they should have heard of the salamander. This thing is in the same family as the salamander. It was first discovered in Europe. It has a long body, four limbs, and two horns on both sides of the head, so At first, it was considered by the ancient Europeans to be the cub of a dragon.

This thing only needs a layer of scales, otherwise it would look like a row of little dragons in the blink of an eye.

Although I know there are such things as olms, I'm not sure if they are, but this weird dragon-like appearance really surprised me.I counted them, and there were seven of them in total. The one with the biggest head came up behind me silently at some point, and when I turned around, it was almost less than a meter away from me.

On the left and right behind it, there are a few little guys about half a meter long. They look cute on the outside. They have a crescent-shaped mouth with teeth inside. They are small and not very sharp. This thing doesn't prey on any large creatures.

But I feel a little strange, if they regard me as prey, then they can't eat us, if not, then what are they doing around me?Before I could understand it, the one with the largest body suddenly stuck out a long tongue like a frog from its mouth, rolled it on the ground beside me, and suddenly rolled something towards it.When I saw it, I realized it was a piece of dried meat.

That's not right... I opened a pack of jerky at night, don't you remember if there is any left?

How could there be an open packet of jerky left here?
Co-authoring these things, I was probably attracted by the smell of dried meat.

After the big guy took away the jerky, he ran back immediately, his dragon-like tail ran up and down and swept across the ice, looking very silly.They retreated to the edge of the ice crevasse, their big mouths kept moving, and after a while, a bunch of black things spit out, and the rest of the small ones rushed up immediately and ate them up.I immediately realized that what it regurgitated should be jerky. After all, the thing was compressed and processed. In addition to the cold weather, it was dry and hard. With their small teeth, I guess it was eaten whole. Choke to death.

Obviously, this piece of jerky was not enough for them to share. After eating, the big man turned his head to me again and confronted me.There is a lack of food in the snow-capped mountains, and survival is difficult. It seems that this jerky is very important to them.

I think I am a caring person, but that depends on my own ability, who knows how long I have to stay in this snow-capped mountain, I am not going to feed them, so I continue to sit next to the smoke-free stove, without Take care of these things.

They look like olms, but I know they're not olms, because olms are small and degenerate creatures with no eyes.As for the ones in front of me, the biggest one is only one person big, and the smallest one is half a meter long. They are probably relatives of the olm. I don't know exactly what it is.However, when it comes to animals, I am well-informed. , I've never heard of this thing before, it's probably a new species or a rare animal.

I said in my heart: Although you seem to be very precious, I am sorry. I am not an environmentalist, and I am not an animal protectionist. I can only be sorry.

These things are not aggressive, just waiting at the edge of the crack. I was a little hungry and wanted to touch something to eat, but I felt embarrassed to be stared at by them, so I waited like this.These things just lay there waiting, very patient. Creatures that can survive in such a harsh environment generally have extremely high patience.

Until Bai Shuang woke up and suddenly found such a group of overjoyed people gathered outside the tent, jumping her feet in shock, I suddenly found that she and Tofu are really getting more and more like a husband and wife. It's still quite shrewd, otherwise, I really can't imagine two funny people living together.

She shook her hands and said, "What is this?"

I said: "I don't know, but it's not dangerous. If you want to eat our food, watch closely, don't let them succeed." Bai Shuang nodded, and I changed shifts to go to sleep. I don't know how long I slept. In a daze, I heard a burst of laughter, which was a woman's laughter.

This sound woke me up, and I recognized Bai Shuang's voice. When I opened the tent, I was so angry that I almost vomited blood.

Bai Shuang was having a heated fight with this group of things, this thing was very close, crawling around beside her, Bai Shuang was still teasing with a piece of jerky in his hands, and beside her, there were already three empty pieces of meat Dry bags, which is roughly equivalent to our daily rations.

I felt the nerves on my forehead jump up uncontrollably.

Taking a deep breath, adhering to the principle of not being violent to the lady as much as possible, he said, "Miss Bai, what are you doing?"

Bai Shuang's laughter stopped abruptly, with a slightly embarrassed face, she said: "It looks...it's pitiful, so I just fed three yuan."

I said: "Then who will pity me... What should we eat if we don't have enough food? Will you chop up your meat?"

Bai Shuang apologized in embarrassment, and when she didn't pay attention, the jerky in her hand was rolled up by the big guy, and after a while, she vomited it out again and ate it all up.This is the end of the matter, I ate everything, and I couldn't make them spit it out, so I said, "It's enough to feed three yuan, don't continue."

Bai Shuang still knew the seriousness, nodded quickly, I checked the time, it was only two hours, and went back into the tent to sleep.Due to being too exhausted during the day, he fell asleep quickly, huddled in a warm sleeping bag, and fell asleep almost as soon as he closed his eyes.

I thought I could sleep peacefully, but after some time, a heavy object suddenly fell from my body and woke me up all of a sudden.When I woke up, I realized that the tent had collapsed, and something seemed to be pressing on the tent, struggling.

The drowsiness that I was scared of suddenly disappeared. I knew that something was wrong, so I quickly pushed the things on my body down, and crawled outside the sleeping bag. When I climbed out of the tent, I found that the entire ice surface was covered with blood!

Bright red blood flowed everywhere, and a dark creature with a big head and flat face was lying on the ground and killing wantonly.

This thing looks like a big lizard, with thin scales on the surface, four limbs on the ground, a huge body, and it kills all the little things on the ice. The blood on the ground probably came from this way.

When did such a thing appear again?

It seems that in this icy and snowy land, although there are no creatures on the surface, there are quite a lot of underground species.This lizard-like thing is obviously also some kind of crypt creature.

Assassin, there was a small thing in Bai's hands, and the one that hit my tent just now was that big guy.There was a large bite mark near its head, dripping with blood, and it struggled to escape back into the ice crevasse. Except for the injured big guy and the one in Bai Shuang's arms, the rest had disappeared.

Obviously, the remaining six small ones have probably become the Chinese food of this thing!

Bai Shuang's eyes were red, he was frightened and angry at the same time, I reacted, and immediately said: "Hurry up, pack up and go, this thing has a big appetite." I thought there would be no danger in the snow-capped mountains, but now it seems , the life forms here are quite rich, not as peaceful as it appears on the surface.Although I don't know if this thing will be interested in us after eating these little things, but the place is full of blood now, God knows if it will attract other things.

After hearing what I said, Bai Shuang said anxiously: "Then, what about Dabai?" Dabai?I looked at the big guy in her eyes, and thought to myself, how long has it been since you even picked your name?You and Tofu shouldn't be husband and wife, you two should be twins, right?
(End of this chapter)