Tomb Raider: I Can Hear Antiques Talk

Chapter 14
Hundreds of densely packed rats poured out of the holes in the wall like a tide, surrounding the three of them three layers inside and three layers outside. The sound of "squeaks" was endless, and the air was filled with the smell of mixed animal fur and decaying corpses. the taste of.

These guys eat meat!And it's a dead body!
Xiao Ran has never been afraid of rats, but he can't hold up to anything, let alone such a huge group of rats who have burrowed into graves and tasted meat, the tingling feeling in his heart instantly exploded in his chest.

"I didn't expect that my fat master's first name would be buried in the mouth of mice..."

"No... Judging by their posture, they don't seem to want to attack us." Hu Bayi said.

Hearing this, Xiao Ran calmed down and observed these mice carefully.Although they were surrounded in front of them, they deliberately kept a distance from the three of them, and most of them just lay quietly on their stomachs. Occasionally, a few stood up and sniffed, but they didn't intend to group up and attack.

He was wondering what these mice were going to do, when suddenly there was a "crash" behind him, as if something broke out of the ground.

The three of them were startled, and they turned around to take a picture, and saw a gray thing sitting on the mound behind them, screaming at them.

Fatty shouted, and was about to shoot with a shovel, but was stopped by Hu Bayi: "This is not that beast! It's a big rat!"

Xiao Ran and Fatty took a closer look, this gray thing was bigger than a domestic cat, but smaller than a cat.Gray skin and white beard, red eyes and fangs, although they are somewhat similar, but it is just an oversized mouse.

There were many fresh wounds on its body, as if it had just been bitten by fangs and claws, blood was constantly oozing out.

"No wonder the mouse hole was so big just now, it turns out that there is this mouse king!" Hu Bayi sighed.

"No wonder the shit pegs in that cesspit are so big!" Fatty's focus was always different.

The big gray mouse yelled at the three of them a few times, then turned to face the statue of Cangshen, and screamed again with bristling fur, and all the mice in the stone hall immediately yelled too.

The continuous "squeak" made the three of them shudder, and Xiao Ran hurriedly asked Yin Yang Jing: "Master Dao, what are they calling?"

Yin Yang Jing replied: "Pin Dao doesn't understand this kind of weird language, but they seem to be afraid of that statue, and they are a little angry..."

Fear?anger?Xiao Ran didn't quite understand.Hu Bayi said that this is Cangshen, that is, Huixian'er, and to put it bluntly, he is the mouse god.How can there be any reason to be afraid of one's own god?Besides, these mice's dens are right next to Cangshen Temple...

"Good man, they are not hitting the statue, they are behind the statue!" Yin Yang Jing said.

Suddenly there was a noise from the statue, and the screams of the rats became even more furious.The three of them shined their flashlights over there, and saw the black squirrel slowly crawling out from behind the statue, jumped to the ground, and confronted the big mouse with its teeth bared.

The two parties roared at each other for a few seconds before pounced on each other, biting into a ball.

In animal fights, the outcome is mostly determined by body size, not to mention that Xiong is still a strange beast.In less than a few rounds, the big mouse got a few more wins, was bitten by the neck from behind by the scorpion, and was about to be killed with one bite.

Dozens of larger rats from the periphery rushed up quickly and pounced on the scorpion, biting its head and gnawing its legs, and there were a few that picked at the underside of its bald tail.

Suffering from the pain, he let go of the mouse king, swung it around in a circle, and a few big mice flew out.It turned around again, bit the mouse on its tail and pressed it to the ground, instantly disemboweled it, and began to eat it alive.

There were still some rats eager to try in the group of rats. Xie raised his head and stared at his blood-red eyes, and opened his bloody mouth to "grumble" for a while. Dozens of yellow-skinned animals came out from behind the statue again, and sat around Xie. The rats bared their teeth.

The three of Xiao Ran saw that the situation on both sides was in turmoil, and they knew in their hearts that it was most likely that Xiao Xiao and these yellow-skinned children disobeyed the God of Cang, so they were besieged by these rats and grandchildren.So they winked at each other and slowly backed away.

Let the beasts resolve the wars of the beasts themselves.

But this retreat caused both sides, who were already highly nervous, to scream at them.On the other side of the rats, it was aimed at them, especially Hu Bayi and Fatty Wang; on the other hand, the group of rats seemed to want to forcibly use their power to get rid of the intruders.

"Old Hu, it seems that we really need to play the spirit of the big brother of the world and adjust the tension between the two sides..." Fatty said.

"Little bastards are disobedient, it's time to beat their heads!" Hu Bayi clenched the shovel tightly.

There are only a dozen yellow skins on the opposite side, which are much easier to deal with than the rat mountain and rat sea.The three of them made up their minds and rushed towards Huang Pi Ziqun.

Those rats also know how to cooperate. As long as there are yellow skins dodging, they will rush up and surround them in groups; when the engineer shovel falls, they will disperse instantly.In the blink of an eye, dozens of yellow skins suffered heavy casualties under the encirclement and suppression by the human-mouse coalition forces.

During the scuffle, Xiao Ran also hit Xiao Ran several times, his tail and teeth were knocked off, and the Shu King took the opportunity to pick out one of his eyes.

Seeing that he was at a disadvantage, and that his side was about to lose all casualties, he hissed, and jumped onto the statue with the few remaining yellow skins.

Seeing this, the group of rats who were about to besiege them had no choice but to step back and curse.

Rats have taboos, Hu Bayi and Fatty Wang have always been ruthless, and Xiao Ran naturally has nothing to be superstitious about.The three of them rushed up with their shovels, daring to change the Temple of Cang to a new sky!
Unexpectedly, when they approached the statue, Xie Ling suddenly turned around, and a foul-smelling yellow-white mist sprayed towards their faces.

That smell instantly made Xiao Ran choke to doubt his life, and it was a double doubt in two lifetimes.He only felt that his eyes were dark, and looking at the dim light of the flashlight, he felt that the whole world was getting darker and darker, and his consciousness gradually became blurred.

In a trance, he felt that he had become a child, carefree and innocent, every day his mother would go out and bring him delicious food.

One night when his mother didn't return home, he went out to look for her, but saw three people tied up his mother with a rope and put her mouth gagged in a sack. The smiling faces of those three people were engraved in his mind.

Later, he grew up by himself, suffered all kinds of tribulations and sufferings, and finally developed his skills, only waiting to avenge his mother.

Huangtian paid off, after waiting for more than ten years, he actually met his enemy and came back.He is full of anger, he wants to kill his enemy, he wants to eat his flesh and drink his blood, and in the future he will let more people experience the pain of losing their flesh and blood!
Thinking of this, he put the rope in his hand around the enemy's neck and tightened it tightly!

"Good people wake up!"

A loud shout suddenly came to his mind, Xiao Ran suddenly felt a suffocation, and his neck ached.

With a "snap", the rope in his hand snapped, and it was the Mouse King who saw that he had been captured, and hurried to help him.

Xiao Ran hurriedly took a few breaths, adjusted his breathing, turned around and saw the fat man and Hu Bayi beside him were also holding a rope to tie their necks, and quickly woke them up.

Turning around and looking at the statue, the three Huang Pizi had been strangled to death by rags wrapped around their necks.

"Good man, the evil beast is really out of luck now."

Xie was trembling on the statue, but the only remaining red eye was still full of hatred.Xiao Ran thought of the hallucination just now, presumably this is the descendant of "Huang Xiangu" who was captured by Hu Bayi and others back then, the child who wanted revenge in the hallucination.

Thinking about it this way, today's revenge against King Hu seems to be justifiable...

Before he could continue to sympathize, the fat man rushed over and swung the shovel, and with a "scratch", even the statue of the scorpion and the statue fell to the ground.

The swarm of mice exploded and grinned at the three of them, as if they were about to charge up at any moment.

She arched her abdomen, spat out a jet-black sac with a "wow", then stared at Xiao Ran, eyes full of misery and grievance.

"Good man, it is using inner alchemy for your forgiveness, don't be fooled..." Yin Yang Jing said.

Before Xiao Ran could react, the fat man immediately picked up the inner alchemy, rubbed it on his body and said: "This trip was not in vain, this thing looks like black agate, it can be sold at a good price."

And Xiao Ran looked at the beggar who was begging for mercy, and suddenly there was an indescribable righteousness in his heart, and there were only four words in his mind: get rid of evil and do everything!

Who knows if those illusions just now were fabricated by Huang Pizi to deceive him?Even if it didn't lie, it is determined to harm more people, so it must not be allowed to stay!

He swung the shovel and slapped Xiao Ling on the head, and she let out a scream and completely lost her breath.

This surprised both Hu Bayi and Fatty Wang, but the group of rats let out excited cries, and immediately rushed over Xie Ling's body.Accompanied by the sound of "crack bang bang", a smell of blood permeated the air.

It was finally done, and the three of them rushed to the stone gate where they came in, taking advantage of the fact that the rats had no time to take care of them.

After another round of crawling and crawling, he finally climbed out of the robbery hole along the original path.At this time, the moon and stars were thin outside, and the three of them took deep breaths to clear the stale air in their lungs.

"Boss Xiao, today's matter is an old quarrel between Fatty and I. I didn't expect to involve you, and almost killed you..." Hu Bayi panted.

Xiao Ran thought in his heart, where is he going? There are many dangers in the future.But tonight's adventure was indeed a temporary encounter, and I dealt with it fairly well, so I have more confidence in the following expeditions.

"Master Hu, don't say that. Since it's a shareholding, you have to share the risk. Besides, I have always regarded the two of you as friends..." Xiao Ran laughed.

The fat man ran over and patted Xiao Ran on the shoulder: "Master Xiao saved me several times today. From now on, we will not only be friends, but also brothers who have died. We will be blessed together..."

When he said this, he slapped his legs, and suddenly remembered the yellow leather he had buried, and hurried to the mound to dig.

Xiao Ran and Hu Ba looked at each other and laughed.Halfway through the ridiculousness, the smiles of the two froze.

In the woods not far away, two faint yellow lights flashed.When the light source approached, suddenly an excited female voice came over.

"Beard! Fatty! Why did you two come back!"

(End of this chapter)