Tomb Raider: I, at the beginning, took Fatty Lao Hu as my younger brother

"Boom!"

There was a loud bang, and a large area of ​​floor that I had walked on before suddenly dropped rapidly along with the mechanism.

A large hole was left on the ground.

Watching the mechanism open, everyone approached cautiously step by step out of curiosity, wanting to see what was going on.

Zhou Xun and Lao Hu quickly looked at the mechanism.

It turned out to be a passage leading downstairs.

Finding that there was no danger, Zhou Xun shouted to everyone: "Come over, it's safe!"

Everyone was curious to begin with, so when they heard there was no danger, they hurried over.

Looking at the passage in front of him, the fat man laughed instantly.

Professor Chen looked down the passage and said in surprise, "Comrade Xiao Zhou, Comrade Xiao Hu, Comrade Xiao Wang, you have made great contributions to our research and investigation of Western Region culture!"

Zhou Xun smiled and said, "Professor Chen, you are too polite. We three brothers just don't want Miss Yang's 600,000 to be worthless! Otherwise, Miss Yang will be distressed."

Shirley Yang said solemnly: "No, the six hundred thousand this time is worth it. Without you, we would not be able to enter this Jingjue Ancient City!"

Xiao Sa asked curiously: "Captain Zhou, Brother Hu, how did you know about this mechanism? I think it's amazing!"

Zhou Xun explained: "This is the Ju Men Formation, a formation mechanism invented by the ancients. We can only break it if we know the Ju Men Formation."

Old Hu nodded to indicate that this was indeed the case.

Zhou Xun saw that Xiao Sa wanted to say something, so he said directly: "If you want to ask why we know the Giant Gate Formation, it's because we have learned it. You didn't pay attention to it when you were studying aliens."

This sentence left Xiao Sa speechless.

Zhou Xun was also curious and asked, "As an archaeologist, you should have many opportunities to learn a lot of knowledge left by the ancients. Haven't you paid attention to it?"

As soon as this sentence came out, not only Xiao Sa, Chu Jianye was embarrassed, even Professor Chen and Professor Hao were extremely embarrassed.

There is nothing wrong with this sentence, it’s just that they are only interested in the culture of the Western Regions.

They do have the opportunity to learn the Feng Shui, mechanisms, and formations left behind by the ancients, but they just don't want to learn.

Lao Hu saw that everyone was very embarrassed at the moment, and quickly said, "Professor Chen, let's go down and find a water source!"

The fat man immediately said, "That's right, I'm almost dying of thirst!"

Professor Chen smiled and said, "Okay, okay, let's go down quickly!"

Lao Hu said: "Let's go down then. The road inside may be quite long, so everyone please be careful!"

"Let's go, Fatty, you cover the rear!"

After Zhou Xun finished speaking, he took the lead and walked down.

Everyone followed one by one, with the fat man finishing last.

After going down the stairs, you will see a long tomb passage.

There are exquisite runes or totems carved on both sides of the tomb passage!

There is a horizontal eye in the middle of the big pattern!

The fat man looked at the dim tomb passage, worried that there might be a trap, and warned: "Master Zhou, Old Hu, you two should be careful."

"Okay, everyone be careful and watch your step!" Zhou Xun reminded.

Lao Hu complained: "Don't worry about me. I'm impressed that you can fall twice in a row!"

After hearing this, the fat man was speechless for a moment. I was worried about you, but you were laughing at me???

"Yeah, Fatty, take care of yourself. If you fall now, everyone will fall down with you."

Shirley Yang looked at the patterns on both sides and began to make up the damage casually.

Fatty: ...

As they walked, Lao Hu suddenly stopped and asked in confusion: "Do you feel that the humidity is getting heavier?"

Chu Jian said: "Yes, I felt it as soon as I came down."

Professor Chen said excitedly: "There must be an underground river!"

"Great, we'll have water soon!"

The slight moisture made everyone feel like they saw the dawn of life!

"Let's go, we should be close to the underground river!" Zhou Xun said.

The crowd kept passing through the tomb passage.

Zhou Xun, who was leading the way, saw a staircase and said, "Everyone, be careful, there are stairs!"

Then everyone walked through the long tomb passage.

What comes into view is an underground river that keeps flowing.

“Finally, there’s water to drink!”

"Yeah, that's great, I finally have water to drink!"

“This is the underground river!”

As they spoke, they all ran towards the underground river.

Chapter 46: The Disappearing Zidu Dark River

One after another, they began to drink water in big gulps.

Zhou Xun looked at everyone drinking happily, found a rock to sit down, and drank the water in his kettle.

After drinking his fill, the fat man lay on the ground and began to sing: "The spring water from the frontier is clear and pure, and the songs from the frontier warm the heart..."

Before she finished singing, she was interrupted by Lao Hu, saying, "Stop singing. Let's go around and see if there is anything going on!"

The fat man said unhappily: "Why are you in such a hurry? Let's take a rest first!"

Lao Hu said, "If you want to rest, go back to Kyoto and rest. Hurry up!"

The fat man got up reluctantly and followed Lao Hu.

After drinking the water, Ye Yixin sat next to Professor Chen, looked at the underground river and asked, "Professor, this river has a large flow and is very deep. Could it be the disappeared Zidu Underground River?"

Professor Chen sighed, "Yes, this underground river has never dried up. It can flow under this sea of ​​sand for thousands of years. It is truly a miracle of nature!"

Professor Chen ordered, "Aiguo, after you finish eating and drinking, take Xiaochu and Xiaosa to collect samples and make records!"

Professor Hao responded: "Good teacher."

"professor!"

Old Hu came back with the fat man.

When Shirley Yang saw Lao Hu coming back, she quickly stood up and asked, "How's it going, Lao Hu? What did you find?"

Lao Hu nodded and said, "Everyone come with me!"

After saying that, he turned around and began to lead the way, and everyone hurriedly followed.

He left not long ago.

The fat man shone his flashlight across the street and said, "Look, there's a door here!"

When everyone looked over, they saw that there was indeed a large stone door on the opposite side, but the door was only half open!

Professor Chen said: "Yes, this should be a heavy gate!"

Shirley Yang said anxiously: "It must be an entrance, we have to go and take a look."

"Hey, wait a minute. We don't know how deep the water is or what's in it. We can't act blindly!"

The fat man saw that Shirley Yang was even more ferocious than him, so he quickly took the opportunity to teach her a lesson.

"Lao Hu, what are you looking at?" The fat man asked when he noticed that Lao Hu was staring at the opposite side.

"I think there must be a trap here."

After saying that, he began to search on the stone behind him.

"Okay, stop looking. The mechanism has already been opened by the people who came before. Look!"

After Zhou Xun finished speaking, he used a flashlight to shine on the stones in the water to build a bridge.

"Hey, that's true. Could this place be completely emptied out?"

The fat man became very anxious when he thought that all his treasures were gone.

"No, if it is the tomb of the Queen of Jingjue, then it is very dangerous inside. Shirley Yang and I have both confirmed that after entering, people either cannot get out or become insane after coming out!"

Zhou Xun glanced at the fat man, then looked at everyone else and said.

"Everyone, don't move. I'll go in and take a look first!"

Lao Hu decided to give everyone a try, otherwise he would feel guilty taking the 200,000 US dollars!

"I'll go with you!"

Shirley Young signed up to join.

Zhou Xun thought to himself, what a pity, if Shirley Yang wasn't so anxious, he would go and explore the way and take away all the things inside.

The two stepped onto the stone bridge and walked slowly forward.

"Hey, Lao Hu, I'm going too, hey!" said the fat man as he prepared to go into the water.

"Go back!" Lao Hu scolded.

The fat man felt very disappointed at this moment. You don't want me anymore. You value women over friendship!

"Okay, Fatty, let's just wait for them here. It shouldn't be dangerous just now!"

Zhou Xun looked at the depressed fat man and comforted him.

After hearing what Zhou Xun said, the fat man felt much better. I still have Master Zhou, huh!

Zhou Xun watched the two people walk across the underwater stone bridge step by step and come to the other side.

......

Here, Lao Hu brought Shirley Yang to the stone gate.

Without rushing in, Lao Hu first looked at the clues left on the stone gate.

"Look, there are traces of dynamite here, and traces of crowbars there."

Old Hu used a flashlight to shine on the broken part of the stone door and analyzed it.

"Do you think this could have something to do with the owner of the notebook?" Shirley Yang asked.

"Most likely!"

"Looking at the extent of the damage and the traces, it's not something that was done recently. It must have been decades old at least. It's possible that many people have been here."

"Look at this stone door. It's so thick and so deep underground. If I'm not mistaken, the tomb of the Queen of Jingjue is probably inside!"

Old Hu looked inside the stone gate and said solemnly.

After saying that, both of them shone their flashlights into the stone gate, as if they wanted to see inside clearly!

"So this is our ultimate goal!" said Shirley Yang.

"I'm just worried that it's going too smoothly. So many people have been here, but there's no record of them. And the owner of your notebook and the owner of Mr. Zhou's notebook both became mentally ill after they came out. Why?"

Lao Hu is calm and his IQ is higher when the situation becomes more critical.

But no matter how hard you think about it, you would never have imagined that the danger inside actually came from an illusion of the corpse-scented amorphophallus.

"I understand your concerns, but I'm going to take a look at the Queen's tomb no matter what!"

Shirley Yang now urgently wants to know what the connection is between this place and herself.

In other words, is there anything here that can help you solve your doubts? .

Chapter 47: The Tomb of the Queen of Jingjue

"Don't worry yet. I'm more worried about the gate. If it falls, no one will be able to get out."

Old Hu looked at the sluice gate and said worriedly.

"How about this, let's go back and discuss it with Professor Chen and Mr. Zhou!"