Ghostly Eyes [Tomb Raiders]

The underground tomb is full of shadows.

In the dark and tortuous tomb passage, a few pillars of light flashed from time to time, low voices and footsteps mixed and intertwined, appearing and leaving in a hurry.

"Where did that kid go? Quick, look for it again!"

"There are footprints here, a few more people will catch up with me!"

"Tsk, be careful around yourself. The people in the organization are best at disguises. Check the password every 10 minutes. Don't let them fish in troubled waters."

……

The chattering conversations added a bit of mundane noise to the sleeping ancient tomb.

Until the last trace of human voice also disappeared, a tomb door in the darkness was slightly loosened, and a moment later, a figure cautiously poked out from inside.After confirming that there were no more pursuers around, the man quickly walked to the door of the tomb—a pool of chaotic water.

This water is the common "corpse water" in tombs. It is small in size but bottomless, and there are a few strange shadows swimming from time to time.When all the people came here for the first time, a team member accidentally stumbled and fell into the pool. After only a few seconds, he climbed out and half of his calf was gnawed until only a bloody white skeleton was left, which made people tremble with fear. .The team was quite frightened because of this, but fortunately the team leader Tong Jiu found a new way for them in time, and everyone left here impatiently.

However, no one knows that this pool is precisely the right way forward.

The figure—that is, Li Qiu after the disguise, put on night vision goggles, and carefully discerned seven hidden piles dotted around in the pool.After confirming that it was correct, he fastened the backpack on his body, took a deep breath, and jumped up lightly.

The seven hidden piles are precisely arranged in the direction of the Big Dipper, and they can't miss a single step.Li Qiu didn't dare to be careless at all, one step after another, sometimes swiping to the left, sometimes back, repeating seven rounds, making sure to step on each stake seven times.

When he landed on the last hidden stake, there was a sudden slight vibration from the bottom of the pool, the living things in the pool disappeared, and the water in the pool gradually became clear, but it was still unfathomable.Li Qiu smiled in satisfaction, stuffed all the equipment into the tarp, put on the nasal plug, and plunged into it.

The icy lake water instantly stuck to his whole body, Li Qiu shivered from the cold, gritted his teeth and swam quickly.Fortunately, after swimming more than ten meters, the water above the head gradually thinned, and the water in the pool seemed to come to an end.He couldn't wait to float up, and took a big breath as soon as the water broke.

Through this underwater tunnel, he entered a hidden and dark tomb.

Li Qiu climbed out of the water, quickly changed into a set of dry clothes, and checked the environment of the tomb at the same time.This tomb is small and empty, and there is not even a coffin at a glance. It seems to be just a common "empty fight" in tombs.The only decoration in the entire tomb is a decayed and huge basalt statue at the end, a lifelike tortoise and snake, more than two meters high, holding its head up and silent in the darkness where no one has visited for thousands of years, awe-inspiring.

Li Qiu stared at the Xuanwu statue, filled with emotion in his heart, and knew that he had found the right place.This trip to the south of Yunnan, the ultimate goal of the team this time - the screen of longevity, stood completely in front of him at this very moment.

While being excited, Li Qiu couldn't help feeling a little bit of pride in his heart. For the group of Shang family horses outside who were still busy looking around like headless chickens, if they searched in the way they did, it would be a waste of time. I can't find the longevity screen that is close at hand, and I can't discover the mystery in the longevity screen.

And that Tong Jiu——Li Qiu frowned, and couldn't help but think of the leader of this operation, the famous head of the Tong family, Ghost Eye Tong Jiu.Along the way, he was the person he feared the most, and he was watching his every move from beginning to end. Tong Jiu was the most sensitive along the way, and he was aware of his organization's identity on the first day, and began to test him frequently.If it wasn't for Tong Jiu's meddling, if it wasn't for Tong Jiu's meddling... how could he have exposed his identity, been chased and killed by the Shang family, and only now dared to come to fetch the longevity screen after hiding in hiding.

But then again, if it wasn't for Tong Jiu who was distracted by taking care of the large army, how could he have easily escaped from the Shang family's siege in the first place, perhaps he would have been captured in the first round of fire.

Li Qiu shook his head to calm himself down, anyway, at this moment, he was the first to find the longevity screen.Next, he only needs to quickly take out the "most critical part" of the longevity screen, create chaos, and escape here while taking advantage of the chaos, and the task will be considered complete.

Just when his fingertips were about to touch the Xuanwu statue, he suddenly had an inexplicable premonition, and threw a row of steel needles backwards without looking back for a second!

The steel needle shot out, but there was no dull sound of being inserted into the rock wall for a long time. Li Qiu turned his head in surprise, and saw a person sitting on the ruins in the corner of the tomb at some time, and the steel needle he issued was being caught The man was easily caught between five fingers.

The man had a lazy smirk on his face, and his slender legs were straight, sitting comfortably and leisurely on top of the ruins.However, Li Qiu was so frightened that the hairs all over his body stood on end, not because of this man's silent appearance like a ghost, not because of this man's superb skill in blocking his steel needle while talking and laughing, but because of this man's earlobe, a pair of Dark and striking, one-of-a-kind obsidian stud earrings.

Tong Jiu, Ghost Eye Tong Jiu!

From fright to fear, Tong Jiu took Li Qiu's reactions into his eyes one by one in just a few seconds, and then his lazy and ruffian smile showed a bit of helplessness.

"...Are you so afraid of me?"

What Li Qiu replied to him was another row of seamless steel needles.

Tong Jiu sighed inaudibly, and finally moved. Before Li Qiu had time to see exactly how the man was moving, he felt his knee hurt suddenly, and he hit the wall unsteadily.When he opened his eyes again, Tong Jiu had clamped his hands to the top of his head, and his lower limbs were numb and unable to move.

Li Qiu stared at him bitterly, turned his face unwillingly, gritted his teeth and did not make a sound.The two were so close that he could even feel Tong Jiu's warm breath spraying on his trembling neck - this man was observing him, so close, detailed and serious.

After a while, Li Qiu felt his hands loosen, and Tong Jiu's hot and menacing aura also moved away together.

"Sorry." Tong Jiu's lips moved, and he said after a while: "Although my task is to arrest the organization, I didn't know that the person was you."

Li Qiu laughed back in anger, gasped and said: "Is there any difference? You will kill me anyway."

"Believe it or not, but if I know that you are the one they are going to arrest, I will say nothing to reveal your identity." After saying this, Tong Jiu completely let go of Li Qiu, and took two steps back caringly , keep a safe distance.

The shackles all over his body were loosened, but Li Qiu was stunned. If Tong Jiu's ambiguous words could still be regarded as "abnormal mind", then now Da Lala lets go of the enemy and Ren Li Qiu resists. It's a bit unreasonable.

Could it be that the head of the Tong family is so confident that no matter how hard the organization in front of him struggles, he can't get it out of his palm, or is this just another cat and mouse game?

Li Qiu rubbed his wrists, moved to the side bit by bit, the vigilance in his eyes remained undiminished: "What is your purpose?"

Tong Jiu thought for a while, but still smiled: "I want to let you go."

"And catch me again?"

"No, it's purely to let you escape this hunt."

"Why?" Li Qiu couldn't help asking, but the moment he said the words, he regretted them in a panic, how could he be so impulsive, revealing such a little bit of emotion in a single mouth.

Probably his eagerness touched the other party, Tong Jiu actually explained: "I don't know if you still remember, this is the second time I met you."

Li Qiu was taken aback, thinking about it carefully, he vaguely remembered that he had a relationship with this head of the Tong family, but it was only one time, and even the content of the conversation could be counted with one hand, let alone what to do. What friendship.But the last time we met, Tong Jiu also helped him out as soon as he stepped forward, and he was willing to lend a helping hand to him even though they met by chance and had nothing to do with it.

This time, does this time he wants to... "Why? I have nothing to do with you, why should you help me?"

Tong Jiu seemed very happy that Li Qiu still remembered their first meeting, and his smile widened a bit.He could clearly see that the other party was still hiding hostility and vigilance in his nervousness, but he felt cute from the bottom of his heart, um, like a little hedgehog with arms raised and bluffing.

"I quite like you."

"……Hey?"

As soon as the silly "Hey" came out, Li Qiu jumped up and down regretfully, both for his recklessness and for his innocence.He had experienced so many years with his eldest brother, but he still couldn't get rid of the innocence and weakness of the young master of the Shang family, which made him extremely depressed.

Tong Jiu couldn't hold back his "puchi" smile, this smile made Li Qiu's face completely familiar, and he wanted to pull out the needle again in embarrassment.

"Okay, I was wrong and I surrendered. I said I like you like this, and I didn't mean to be a joke or offend." Tong Jiu really raised his hands to give Li Qiu face as he said coaxing words.

Only then did Li Qiu put down the needle resentfully, but when he turned his head, he hid behind the Xuanwu statue and never came out again: "If you didn't lie, if you really want to let me go, then you should show a little sincerity."

Tong Jiu only felt that he was getting more and more interesting, so he naturally smiled and cooperated: "How to behave?"

"Get out of here immediately!"

"I can not do it."

Li Qiu was suffocated, he didn't expect this person to change his mind so quickly, but Tong Jiuyou said leisurely: "You also came in by water, right? Didn't you notice that the road can only be entered but not exited - this room The tomb is a 'death hole' that can only be entered but never exited. If you want to leave, you must let the Shang family destroy it from the outside, or unlock the mechanism of this tomb, maybe there is a way out."

After all, Tong Jiu's eyes fell on the only object in the tomb, the Xuanwu statue hidden by Li Qiu.

"Didn't you just want to move this statue when I came in? Do it quickly, I promise not to peek."

Li Qiu was caught in a dilemma: if the stalemate continued, neither of them would be able to get out, but if he really took out the longevity screen in front of Tong Jiu, he didn't know what information would be captured, and he was afraid that there would be endless troubles.

There was a subtle stalemate in the tomb, Tong Jiu was not in a hurry, he found a comfortable place and sat down against the corner, and even tore a bag of pure water from his backpack, and the old god drank it.

This irritating look was aimed at Li Qiu at first glance, Li Qiu resisted the urge to throw a needle in that person's face, checked the time, and decided to act immediately to avoid long nights and dreams.

He stepped out of the statue, took a deep breath, covered the face of the statue with his hands, and then walked around Xuanwu in circles.He walked slowly and earnestly, his white fingers gently stroking every inch of skin on the surface of the statue, as if he was looking at it carefully, and also seemed to be performing some kind of pious and mysterious ceremony.

Tong Jiu said he didn't look at it, but after a few minutes, he was attracted by Li Qiu's movements, and stared at him without blinking.

Li Qiu counted silently in his heart, after walking about thirty laps, he finally stopped and retracted his hand.Only then did Tong Jiu realize that Li Qiu was holding a silver light in his palm—it turned out that he hid the steel needle between his fingers, and gently scratched the surface of the statue as he circled around, followed Li Qiu back two steps , the huge basalt statue made a "creaking" sound, and the cracks spread rapidly from the place Li Qiu touched, expanded, and then peeled off one after another.

In the next moment, a sacred brilliance bloomed in front of the two of them.

The statue collapsed and peeled off, revealing the real content hidden inside—an antique screen with mica as the frame, agarwood as the inlay, white bamboo silk as the surface, and an ancient legend of Xuanwu fighting cranes painted on it.The whole screen is elegant and unique, with brilliant halo, jade, wood, silk and paintings are integrated into one, with extraordinary aura.

Even Tong Jiu couldn't help but look sideways when the fetish appeared in the world. Although he has cooperated with the Shang family for many years, he has never had the opportunity to see the sun face in the Shang family's collection. After all, it is a treasure handed down from generation to generation, and only the owner and heir Eligible to contact.

But facing this colorful treasure, Li Qiu was surprisingly calm, both nostalgic and sad, lowering his eyes sadly, silent without a word of emotion.

Tong Jiu suddenly had a strange idea in his heart.