Ghostly Eyes [Tomb Raiders]

Ah Jiu stopped with his arm, and told the eldest brother and Li Qiu to retreat into the cave, and hid behind the stone on his side, observing the movement of the paper man.

The paper man should have come looking for them, so when he walked up to him, he didn't see anyone, and he stood there in a daze, like a puppet with a disconnected thread, not knowing how to act.It just stood there and stood there for a full ten minutes before it started to move again, but it turned around and walked back the way it had come.

"Follow."

This time without needing to mention Ah Jiu, the eldest brother and Li Qiu came out on tiptoe. The three of them kept a certain distance from the paper man and quietly followed behind it. Follow it, maybe you can see its next target. Maybe be lucky and meet the mastermind behind this magic directly.

However, Li Qiu couldn't relax at all. The paper man of Shang Feijie appeared in front of him, which meant that Shang Feijie had also been attacked. Once this perception appeared, it would quietly take root in his heart, and the development was unstoppable. go down.Didn't Shang Feijie have bodyguards by his side? Why would someone close up cast a magic spell? Is the caster an undercover agent hidden by his family, or an inner ghost from his family?

Ah Jiu, who was walking in front, suddenly turned around and bumped into Li Qiu's furrowed brows. Although Li Qiu immediately put away his expression, Ah Jiu still caught the worry he was trying to hide.

It's really a lie to say that you stand on the sidelines. Shang Feijie is not Shang Wei after all, how could he be really indifferent.

Ah Jiu held Li Qiu's hand silently, didn't ask or say anything, and understood everything.After walking for about ten minutes, the elder brother was the first to realize that something was wrong: "This slope is curved, not straight forward."

"Where are the paper figurines?"

"It hasn't stopped yet, hell, it's going to go as far as the year of the monkey if it goes at this speed."

The slope under our feet was sometimes narrow and sometimes loose, and we had to be careful not to slip into the abyss, so it was not easy for the three of us to follow.Li Qiu has been carefully keeping his balance on the left earth wall, when suddenly, his fingers touched a sharp coldness.

"There are weapons in this layer of soil." Ah Jiu could tell at a glance.

In the thick and solid soil layer, there are actually large and small cold weapons inlaid, such as swords, knives, and hammers, which are solidly mixed with the soil layer, and only a section or a vague outline is exposed outside. No specific age.

Li Qiu picked it with his hands, patting away the thick rock and soil, and soon an antique brass knife revealed the whole picture.The knife is big and clumsy, strong and unsophisticated, the most special thing is that on the handle of the knife, there is a mighty decoration of dragon swallow mouth.

The first time they saw the dragon, the three of them lifted their spirits. From entering the robbery cave to the present, they could be regarded as seeing something slightly bordering the dragon pillar, but it was some decorations on cold weapons sealed in the soil, as if Not a clue.

The eldest brother took a few steps back and swept across the entire tall and majestic soil wall. As far as he could see, there were countless large and small weapons inlaid, like a huge earth-sealed arsenal.

"That paper man's speed has accelerated." Ah Jiu reminded.

Li Qiu hurriedly swept across the soil-covered weapons, always feeling like he remembered something, but it was just a flash, and he didn't have time to think about it.The speed of the paper figurine really increased, from the walking of a toddler to the striding walk of a normal person, and finally started to trot.

The three had no choice but to speed up together, and followed closely on the slope that bordered on the abyss.But people are no more than dead things. This kind of endless running consumes their physical strength rapidly.Ah Jiu has been keeping an eye on the time, they ran like this for almost an hour, the eldest brother and him are fine, but Li Qiu has already started to pant frequently.

Ah Jiu suddenly stopped the two of them and said, "There's no need to chase, we're going around in circles."

"Walk, circle?" There is no fork in this road. Didn't they keep walking straight along the slope?

Ah Jiu walked along Li Qiu's back, handed him a bottle of mineral water, and explained: "Yes, this slope is a circular road. We ran around and now we are back to the original point." Ah Jiu stretched out his hand, and the abyss ahead The junction with the rock wall is the cave they came from.

The eldest brother cursed, the circular road, this is more depressing than a ghost hitting a wall, could it be that they have to jump into this abyss to leave?

Ah Jiu didn't think about the abyss. He put his hands on the soil layer covered with weapons, touched it, then took out a shovel and started digging the soil.Both eldest brother and Li Qiu are not newbies, neither of them asked more questions, they helped dig together.After a while, they dug out three or four tattered weapons, and the handles of these weapons were all covered with dragon-shaped carvings without exception.

But Ah Jiu's goal was not on the weapon, and he continued to dig deep. When he dug to a thickness of two feet, his shovel finally touched a hard object.

"Sure enough... this is the rammed earth layer."

"Tamped earth!?"

The rammed earth layer is a unique structure of ancient large buildings. If it appears underground, it is usually a large ancient tomb.Li Qiu could never have imagined that there was a huge tomb sealed in this invisible layer of soil.The ring road means that the tombs in this soil layer are circular.

Soon, a vaulted and circular underground tomb clearly appeared in the minds of several people.

But what Ah Jiu said next was even more of a bomb: "The dragon pillars that we haven't seen all this time are likely to be in this tomb."

The eldest brother curled his lips: "Good guy, it's no wonder that the piles can't be inserted even if they are driven to the top of someone's grave. But now that the elevated pillars are completed, it means that the piles of the past have successfully landed on the ground, piercing through this tomb, right? "

Li Qiuguang's ears tingled when he heard this, he built roads on the ground and piled piles, and pierced through the underground tombs, not to mention whether Feng Shui will be destroyed, it is simply a bloody feud for exterminating the family.

Ah Jiu was noncommittal. The eminent monk who gave the idea back then said that there was a thousand-year-old fetish lying underground, so it was necessary to suppress it with the Dragon Pillar.If it was just an ordinary tomb, even if it was buried with nobles and relatives, it would not be able to bear such a high godhead. Therefore, this may not be a tomb for burials, but a shrine to suppress something.

"Go in?"

"Go in, I'm afraid the others have already reached the stake."

The eldest brother sat down on the ground and began to introduce medicine and mix it with explosives. Li Qiu dug out a few packs of vinegar from somewhere and poured it on the rammed earth to help it soften slowly.The two quickly arranged everything, Ah Jiu helped them check the dose of the bomb, and finally nodded.

The elder brother has been in this business for several years, and it is the first time that he has made arrangement work so easy. To put it bluntly, it is because of Tong Jiu's existence.With Tong around for a long time, there is nothing to worry about. Even the extremely dangerous business of exploring tombs and robbery can become a leisurely enjoyment of sightseeing under his guidance.

However, there are not many people who can enjoy this kind of treatment. To put it more thoroughly, there may be only one person.

The eldest brother was about to look at Li Qiu, but Li Qiu pulled his sleeves - Li Qiu pulled back the night vision goggles, pointed nervously at their path and said: "That paper man...that paper man is back."

The two looked back, and sure enough, a familiar figure on the trail was running towards them.The eldest brother looked at the road ahead, then at the back, and cursed: "Fuck, this thing actually came around from behind after running around!"

Ah Jiu picked up the weapons scattered all over the ground, inserted them back into the soil one by one, picked up Li Qiu and let him step on them: "Climb up!"

The three of them climbed up a few meters by stepping on their weapons, and the distance between the paper figurines got closer and closer. When they came up to them, the face of the paper figurines, which was exactly the same as that of a living person, was clearly visible in front of them.Li Qiu stared closely at the "Shangfeijie" who was rushing towards him, and his heart was as complicated as being bitten by ants. If there were no lessons learned from "Zhang Bold Paper Man", no one would doubt this "Shangfeijie" true or false.

The paper figurine Shang Feijie found them this time, and bounced upwards with all its fangs and claws, but it couldn't reach their heels no matter what.Ah Jiu asked Li Qiu and his eldest brother to stay on top, and he moved closer to the bottom, watching every roar of the paper figurine.

"This is not the way," the eldest brother said to Ah Jiu, "If this guy doesn't leave, our explosives won't be able to detonate!" Ah Jiu glanced at Li Qiu, who nodded with difficulty, then turned his face away.

With tacit consent, Ah Jiu let go and jumped down the soil layer, the long blade sank into the paper figurine's throat like a bolt of lightning!The paper figurine only had time to let out a throaty sound of "cuckoo", before Ah Jiu strangled its head with one leg, and when it landed, its head was separated.

The whole process was completed in an instant. Although there was not a drop of blood, the degree of horror was no less than that of unloading a living person.Li Qiu was always facing the rock wall, neither looking nor thinking, until his elder brother patted him on the shoulder and pulled him down together. As soon as "Shang Feijie" died, he immediately restored the paper prototype, but the pitiful thing was missing his head.

Ah Jiu took out the previous Zhang Bold paper figure for comparison, and after confirming that there were no more moths, he burned it up.

"Blast it."

The eldest brother was in charge of igniting the fire and blasting, Ah Jiu pulled Li Qiu a little further away, and calmly pulled him into his arms.Li Qiu didn't speak, and obediently rubbed Ah Jiu's shoulder, feeling that the overwhelming feeling that had been coiling in his stomach was much relieved.

"Don't worry, that kind of paper figurine is possessed by spirits, Shang Feijie must still be alive."

"I'm not worried. He's the young head of the Shang family, and he's superior to me in everything. I'm just afraid..."

"I'm afraid that there are ghosts in the team, right?" Ah Jiu kissed Li Qiu's hair, and comforted him: "Shang Feijie wants to take back Shang Wei's old subordinates by rescuing Shi En, and he has to go through some tests, and He can't rely on others for this hurdle, he can only rely on himself, otherwise he won't be able to conquer people's hearts."

Li Qiu suddenly remembered something, scratched Ah Jiu's chin with his fingers, and grinned: "What about you, how did our famous Tong Jiu be subdued? Come and tell me."

Ah Jiu bit Li Qiu's finger, pretended to be angry and squeezed Li Qiu's butt, making him giggle.

After a while, the precise blasting was completed, and a hole with a diameter of one meter wide was blasted out of the rammed earth layer.The elder brother put the flashlight in, but it was pitch black and nothing could be seen.

"Tong boy, don't focus on dating, it's your turn to play."

Li Qiu smiled and pulled Ah Jiu down, Ah Jiu's eyes were able to see things in the dark, which was easier to use than any flashlight.

"How about Ah Jiu, what did you see?"

"Well... I saw a big building, come in, follow me, and pay attention to your feet."

Eldest brother and Li Qiu didn't ask any more questions, they entered the hole one after another where they couldn't see their fingers. Ajiu took their hands, walked to a piece of uneven ground and stopped.

Li Qiu turned on the lamp, and found that under their feet was a piece of neatly arranged bricks and tiles. The bricks and tiles sloped down in one direction, and then turned up high at the top, where there was a stone sculpture of an animal.

"The roof? Is there a palace under our feet?" The eldest brother took photos back and forth, but the limited halo could not illuminate this magnificent ancient building at all.The bricks and tiles under the feet are emerald green, and the four corners and shoulders are all covered with the same animal stone carvings, which look like components and decorations.

Ah Jiu checked the surroundings, it was considered safe, and was about to call them down, but found Li Qiu squatting on the spot staring blankly at the stone sculpture.Ah Jiu's heart trembled, and he quickly stretched out his hand to pull him, but Li Qiu turned his face and said, "I seem to have discovered a phenomenon."

"Phenomenon?" Ah Jiu was worried, so she squatted down with Li Qiu.The animal stone carvings on the eaves have been peeled off badly due to their age, but the shapes of dragon heads and scales can still be vaguely seen.

"Look, this is mocking wind. According to legend, the third son of the nine sons of Longsheng, because he likes to look far away, he is often placed on the top corner of the palace roof for decoration." Li Qiu pointed to the statue and said: "Longsheng The second son of the Nine Sons is called Yazi, he looks very similar to it, and has a aggressive personality, so he was carved on the weapon as a decoration, and the eldest son of the dragon..."

"The eldest son, Prison Niu, likes music, so he always appears with Huqin?" Ah Jiu fluently continued, and everything suddenly became clear.The music in the cave, the weapons in the seal, and the decorations on the carved eaves, these inexplicably appearing things have a common attribute inside—corresponding to the nine sons of the dragon.

The author has something to say:

Shang Feijie: Why do I always feel a chill in my neck recently?Yan Yu, what is your expression? ?

Li Qiu: ...it's nothing, I'm cursing my imagination