Tomb Raider: I Can Hear Antiques Talk

Chapter 71 Guardian God Karaquman

Xiao Ran jumped into the hole in the roof, but he didn't see piles of army ants breaking out of the ground, but he saw everyone forming a circle, observing the things on the ground.

Xiao Ran hurried up, and saw that two more sets of human bones had been cleaned out, lying quietly in the sand, naked and surrounded by everyone.

"Professor Chen, how old do you think this bone is? Can it be considered a cultural relic?" the fat man asked.

Hu Bayi glanced at him and said, "Fatty, don't make fun of the professor. He is an archaeologist, not a forensic doctor..."

Professor Chen didn't care, and said seriously: "People who died naturally in the desert will basically not turn into bones. These bones should be eaten by some animals before and after death. But the traces on the bones , a bit strange..."

Hao Aiguo held his glasses and said: "These bones have very small scratches, they must not have been gnawed by wolf teeth, they should be a small animal. And the surface of the bones is rough, as if they have been in contact with something corrosive... ..."

The fat man smiled and asked Hu Bayi: "Look, he also said that he is not a forensic doctor. Isn't that a bit of a forensic doctor's style?"

Xiao Ran suddenly heard a vague voice saying something urgently to him.He concentrated and carefully identified the voice of Yin Yang Mirror.

"Good people... there are..."

He couldn't hear very clearly, since he was swept into the sandstorm of the black desert, it was difficult for him to hear the voices of Yajiu Kuo and the others.It seems that this black desert really belongs to another private domain, and no other spiritual beings can be allowed to display their abilities here.

The inside that Yin Yang Jing mentioned must be the inside of that black lacquered stone statue with huge pupils.

What is it that makes him so anxious?

Xiao Ran walked to the stone statue, put one hand on the stone statue, slowly closed his eyes, and focused all his attention on the connection between the giant pupil stone statue and himself.

An imperceptible sound, like slowly climbing up from an abyss, came into Xiao Ran's mind with a hollow echo.

The stone statue spoke a language he could not understand, and there was a completely irrational madness in the voice, as if it was full of hatred and hostility towards all creatures in this world, and it was like a predator looking at its prey. indifferent.

More and more echoes sounded in the surroundings, which couldn't be explained by the crazy Xu of the stone statue. It was threats and roars that sounded like beasts, which made the hairs stand on end.

In the chaotic and noisy voice, Xiao Ran heard a word that appeared repeatedly...

Kara Qu Man.

A memory that appeared out of thin air flooded into my mind, just like when I first saw the three-eyed tower belly slug before.

He wanted to take his hand away, but he seemed to be grabbed by an inexplicable force, which made him unable to break free, and even pulled him into the abyss where the voice was.

"Xiao Ran!"

With a loud shout, he was pulled away abruptly, and the surrounding environment gradually brightened up.

He looked around blankly, Professor Chen, Hu Bayi, Shirley Yang, and others were all looking at him with concern.The fat man next to him was holding his arm tightly, it seemed that the fat man pulled him out of the imaginary just now.

He calmed down his breath, and said to Professor Chen: "The god represented by this stone statue is earlier than what we know. People who worship this god need to use living sacrifices to get his blessing during life and after death. He was enshrined as a patron saint by the ancient Western Region countries and grassland peoples, and his name is Karaquman. If you offend him, a black army will emerge from the ground and devour the invaders."

He finished speaking in one breath, and everyone looked at him with a trace of doubt, but they couldn't find out the meaning of joke from his firm eyes.

"A black army? Are you kidding me? Aliens are outrageous enough, and now there is another myth?"

Hao Aiguo still had a serious face. Professor Chen looked at Xiao Ran, his lips twitched a few times, but he didn't know what to say.

Xiao Ran calmed down, and said directly: "Under this stone statue, there is a nest of desert army ants. If they are disturbed, the living things here will be like that bone, eaten until there is no dregs left..."

Hearing the words "desert marching ants", Shirley Yang expressed nervousness and said to everyone: "If there are desert marching ants, we and the existing equipment really can't handle it. Now the wind is about to stop. Well, let’s go out and talk about it first.”

Thinking of the tiny tooth marks on the bones that had been gnawed clean, everyone began to pack their things with an attitude of trusting it.

Xiao Ran finally breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly helped everyone pack up.Hu Bayi and Fatty had already crawled out to meet them outside, while Xiao Ran stepped up and helped everyone out one by one.

He looked back at the weird stone statue, if it wasn't for the bad conditions, he would have thrown it out and smashed it into slag.

"Xiao Ran! Be careful!"

Fatty's loud warning came from above his head, and in the next second, the roof above the stone statue collapsed, and a Gazelle fell onto the sand next to the stone statue, with two sharp horns inserted into the sand.

There was a burst of gunfire outside, Hu Bayi bowed his head and shouted to Xiao Ran: "The wind and sand will stop soon, these wolves have started hunting gazelle, are you okay..."

At the end of Hu Bayi's speech, his expression suddenly became frightened.Xiao Ran turned his head to look behind him, and saw the pile of sand under the gazelle constantly rising, followed by black army ants gushing out of the ground like a tide.

The gazelle struggled and howled, but was completely swallowed by the army ants in an instant, and there was no movement.There was a burst of blood mixed with sour smell in the air, and the sound of "rustling" gnawing.

"Come out!" Hu Bayi shouted towards Xiao Ran.

Xiao Ran kicked the burning bonfire towards the ant colony, and it turned into small fire piles and scattered around the ant colony, and the remaining solid fuel formed a wall of fire. I hope these fires can slightly hinder the advancing speed of the army ants.

Xiao Ran took Hu Bayi's hand and got out of the big house, only to see hundreds of gazelles, wild camels, sand wolves, gerbils, and iguanas running away in all directions among the ruined houses.Under all the houses, the army ants covered the yellow sand like black ink, and the slow-moving animals were swallowed instantly, turning into a pile of fresh bones.

Xiao Ran, Hu Bayi, and Fatty retreated to the roof.Xiao Ran looked from a distance, but fortunately Professor Chen and the others went out early and got on the camel.

An Liman was leading the camel with his head shrunk, and the second uncle next to him held a gun and reprimanded him calmly. It seemed that the old guy An Liman really wanted to run away again, and it was right to let the second uncle watch him in advance.

Xiao Ran looked down along the hole that the gazelle had stepped on just now, and saw black and red army ants constantly swarming up, like a hill growing higher and higher, and the peak of the ant hill would reach the roof in a short time.

"Damn it, these ants are actually playing tactical coordination!"

Hu Bayi looked down following Xiao Ran's gaze, and was also startled.

Xiao Ran saw his second uncle anxiously running towards him with a gun in hand, he quickly waved his hands to stop him, but behind him came the roar of a house collapsing.

An army ant the size of a calf crawled out from behind a broken wall.

(End of this chapter)