Tomb Raiders Notes - Zhangjia Mausoleum Keeper

"Dragon-breaking stone? That's not the ultimate anti-theft technology described in the novel. Under the dragon-breaking stone, Yin and Yang are separated. From now on, there will be no contact between the inside and outside of the tomb." I said slowly.

"Yeah." Brother Qi Ling replied to me vaguely. He has been squatting in the corner of the stone, as if he was studying the mechanism that was opened.It seems that even though he knew that what was in front of him was the "Broken Dragon Stone", he still did not give up trying to get in.

Because the appearance of this thing proves that a large tomb is right in front of us, and if Brother Fatty really did the bombing last night, then he may be trapped in it at this time, life and death are unpredictable.He can't get out, and we can't get in. It's hard to stay calm and not rush.

"Fat brother!" I couldn't help shouting against the stone wall.

Brother Qiling glanced at me, shook his head and said, "It's useless, the stone weighs at least a few tons and is more than ten meters thick, and there is no gap between it and the original mountain wall when it falls, and the sound can't pass through at all." go in."

"Then what should I do?" I stared at this boulder, but I really had no idea.

Brother Qiling stood up, waved to me and said, "Let's go, look elsewhere to see if there is any entrance."

Just like that, the two of us went back to the edge of the water pool outside. Brother Qi Ling dragged the body of the water ghost into the water, cut its blood veins with a knife, and let the blood flow into the water.I looked puzzled, wondering what he was thinking?

"What is this for?" I asked.

"I think the reason why this water ghost dragged you here means that their lairs may be nearby. I saw that there are many caves in the cave, so I need to find a "guide" now. The water ghost that attacked me just now The ghost made it run away, and the water ghost has a very keen sense of smell, so now I use the blood of its kind to attract it and lead us the way." After Qiling explained, he pulled me to hide behind a stone pillar, and kept an eye on the water in the pool. movement.

"There's so much water, what if it can't smell it?" I asked in a low voice.

Seeing that Brother Ling hadn't answered, I asked again: "Aren't we looking for the entrance to the tomb? What does this have to do with the water ghost's lair?"

Brother Qi Ling turned his head and glanced at me, and was about to answer when there was a sudden movement in the water.He hurriedly pulled me and said: "Chasing." I restrained my mind and followed him closely.

When we ran to the water pool, the body of the water ghost had been dragged away by its accomplices, and we jumped into the water quickly.Not long after, I saw a one-handed water ghost swimming slowly in the waterway. Without a hand, the swimming speed would have been slow, not to mention dragging an accomplice of his own.We are not in a hurry to catch up with it, we just follow it slowly without confronting it head-on.

Not long after swimming in again, several large and small karst caves appeared.The water ghost pushed the body of its accomplice into the big hole on the left, while it hid itself in the small hole in the middle.There is also a smaller hole next to it.Brother Qiling swam into the smallest hole without any hesitation. Although I didn't know what he meant, I had to follow him closely.

After entering the hole, the space inside became narrower and narrower, so we found a suitable place and climbed up.Here and the front is a karst cave system, but there are several landslides, I don't know if it was caused by the explosion.

Brother Qi Ling glanced around, then took out a folding shovel from his bag, found a place and started digging in.I saw that it was not so fast in a while, so I had to find a more comfortable place and re-wrap the wound on my hand.The terrain of this cave is relatively high, but the ground is extremely wet.

I saw it clearly when I shone the light on it. The ground was covered with a thick layer of black sticky stuff. It was disgusting. I don’t know what it is?And Brother Qi Ling dug the hole at an astonishingly fast speed. After a while, the dug out soil had piled up like a hill.

Fortunately, the geology here is soft, and it is less laborious to dig.But to my surprise, the soil transported by Brother Qiling contained a large number of squashed dead bats, and they were very fresh. Could it be that this was a bat's nest?

"Hey, what's the matter with so many dead bats?" I lay down at the entrance of the cave and asked.

Brother Qiling didn't answer, so I had no choice but to jump into the hole, climb in and find him, and asked, "You have an injury on your back, do you want to take a rest?"

He stopped and said, "No need, it's almost time to hear the sound, just wait outside for a while."

I saw that his back was flushed, and after exerting force, new blood oozes out of the wound again. I couldn't bear it, so I volunteered to be in charge of transporting the soil.

He was silent for a while, and then said: "Well, be careful not to let the wound be contaminated with bat corpses, there are many viruses and bacteria on it."

I nodded and backed away, doing what I said.I began to dig out the soil with my uninjured right hand, and before I could pull it twice, there was a "bang" sound from the other end, and it seemed that the hole had been opened.I didn't work for more than 5 minutes before and after, which seems to be a bit of an afterthought.

I thought he would come out to get a rope or something, but after waiting for a long time, there was still no movement, so I had to ask tentatively: "Brother Qi Ling, what's going on inside?"

No one responded, and the surrounding area was extremely quiet, except for the slight gurgling sound of the waterway when it came.I was worried that something might happen, so I was going to take my things down to have a look.Unexpectedly, when he pulled the backpack, he found that it couldn't be pulled at all, so he turned the light on to look at it, and couldn't help but screamed in fright.

I saw a sharp sharp claw grabbing the other end of the backpack. The one-armed water ghost sneaked into the hole at some point, and it seemed that it was waiting for an opportunity to attack us.But it didn't go ashore, it only showed its head in the water. When the light shone on it, he bared his fangs at me and wanted to bite me immediately.

My strength is not as strong as it is, and I have injuries on my hands. I am about to be dragged into the water even with my bag.Fortunately, Brother Qi Ling got out of the hole in time, rushed over, and kicked the water ghost on the head.The water ghost was in pain, and he didn't dare to pester him anymore, so he dived back into the water again.

"Why did it follow in again? Didn't dare to come up?" I asked suspiciously.

"Water ghosts have a strong desire for revenge. They were originally filled with resentment, and after suffering such a big loss, their companions died at our hands. Naturally, they would not let us go easily. But they will be weak when they are out of the water. He will suffocate to death in about 10 minutes, do you think he dares to come up?" Brother Qi Ling said while sweeping me from head to toe, he was relieved to confirm that there was no new injury, he put the bag on his back and called me to follow into the hole.

The exit of the hole turned out to be vertically downward.After we slid down the stalactite pillars, we found that there is still a huge cave below. Unfortunately, the upper part has collapsed, and now we can only go down.The reason why he didn't respond to me just now must be that he came down to explore the way, and then went up after hearing my cry.

I looked at the scene in the cave, and it would be a lie to say that I am not disappointed. Half of the bottom of this mountain is covered with this kind of landform. Where is the tomb?

Seeing me looking around, Brother Qiling kept silent, presumably because he understood my mood.I didn't say much, I consciously led the way ahead, and I followed listlessly.From the initial enthusiasm to now seeing strange stalactites has become commonplace, and even a little aesthetic fatigue.

I sighed slightly, but didn't notice that brother Ling had stopped and turned around, letting me crash into his arms.

"What... what's the matter?" I was a little dazed, wondering what he wanted to do?

"You see that this is a cave again, so you are a little disappointed, aren't you?" He looked down at me and asked.

I nodded honestly.He explained: "Don't burials pay attention to sealing. If the air circulates, it will accelerate the corruption of the owner of the tomb and the funerary objects. In the cave, the general air flow is alive, and with the special geology, it is extremely easy to cause subsidence. If you don't pay attention, you may lose your bones within two years, I don't think anyone would choose this kind of place for burial, right?"

"Well...you have some truths. But aside from these, if this is a rare place of geomantic omen that can bless your descendants to become kings and emperors, would you still care about it?" Brother Qi Ling showed some mysterious smiles , seems to be waiting to laugh at my answer.

"Well..." I hesitated for a moment, thinking to myself: "Whether it's a person or a thing, it will rot sooner or later anyway, so it's better to dedicate more thoroughly for the benefit of future generations." Thinking of this, I was excited Grabbing his arm, he asked, "Do you know who the owner of the tomb is?"

"I don't know yet, but it should be soon." As he said that, he turned around and continued walking. Seeing his determined appearance, I also followed him in a desperate manner.He was right. Not long after, a large pit appeared in front of him. There were many pottery figures and fragments of pottery scattered in the pit.

"Did you already know that there is something here?" I picked up a fragment and looked at it while asking him.

Brother Qi Ling pursed his lips, noncommittal, he moved closer, looked at me and asked, "Do you see anything?"

I shook my head and said, "The patterns on this fragment are very simple, and they are all gray-black. It is estimated that the time was before the color patterns became popular, but it is also possible that the thing was originally colored, but the paint fell off due to long-term exposure to the air. , turned into the original background color..." Before I could finish my sentence, I saw a familiar character on another fragment.

"This... I seem to have seen this type of character before." I frowned, picked up a few more pieces, compared them, and finally remembered.These characters are exactly the same as those in the teacher's notes. The two professors, Sun and Pan, have confirmed that they are ancient characters from the Huaxia Tribal Era.

"Could it be this tomb?" With doubts, I dug down again and found some bone fragments under the pottery shards.So he stood up and looked around, muttering to himself, "What is this place?"

"Altar." Brother Qi Ling answered me in a timely manner, but this answer made me stunned.Then the light was directed to the towering steps, and there seemed to be a strange stone statue standing on it.

"Why don't you go up and have a look!" I suggested.

Brother Qiling has no objection, but just reminds me to be careful.We climbed up the stairs, and the closer we got, the clearer the stone statue became. It was a half-human, half-animal sculpture with big eyes like bells, a protruding nose, and a thick mouth with fangs exposed. It looked like a tomb-slayer beast.

"Hey, have you ever seen this kind of pattern in any tomb?" I patted to the side, but I didn't expect it to be missed. The person who was standing next to me just now had gone behind the stone statue.

"Did you find anything?" I poked my head and glanced back, only to see Brother Ling squatting on the ground, and next to him was a fat body, covered in bloody gauze, completely wrapped up. The bloody version looks like a mummy, this person is Fat Brother.

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I will slow down the update these days, because I am going to Zhang Zilin's hometown!When I come back, I will write a different finale for you.