Tomb Raiders

A group of people stumbled and ran into the cave ahead, the monster behind them finally did not chase, Shen Liaobai panted heavily with his back against the stone wall, he raised his trembling hands due to excessive tension and wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, Chu Yuyang saw He hurried over to help him to sit down and rest, rubbing his constricted muscles and bones for him.

At that time, he was eager to run away, but he didn’t find anything abnormal. Only now did Chu Yuyang notice that the tunnel turned out to be sloped downwards, which means that this road leads all the way to a deeper underground, so it’s no wonder that the surrounding air is getting colder and colder. , The clothes of a group of people have already been wet by the mysterious water that gushed out of the tunnel just now, and it is very cold to stick to the body coldly.

Fortunately, the entrance of this cave was blocked by a stone sill, and the inside was very dry. There were many withered plant roots inside, and these roots were very strong. Not much worse than burning wood, several people hurriedly took off the wet clothes and dried them in front of the fire. By the way, they checked the wounds on the ground, most of them were skin wounds, and they were fine after applying some medicine. Only Qin Zhaonan The injury was slightly more serious.

"If the water didn't support me at that time, the force of the slap would have crushed my ribs." Wen Hao was giving medicine to Qin Zhaonan, but Qin Zhaonan grinned in pain, so he had to say something to distract his attention.

Wen Hao also nodded and said: "At that time, I wanted to go over and pull Brother Qin, but the monster just turned around for a while, and I was immediately swept up by the current and couldn't move. I have been following Dalang for many years, and I have encountered many strange things." The thing is, this is the first time I have seen this thing that can breathe water, it has been hidden in the water, we have not even seen its real body, let alone determine what it is."

Qin Zhaonan immediately showed a disgusted expression and said: "Anyway, it won't be easy to see where to go, it's better not to see it, I touched its body, it was cold and hard, it seemed to be covered with a layer of armor, like a snake, but it was more Snakes are much tougher."

Chu Yuyang has been listening to their descriptions carefully, and distractedly glanced at Shen Liaobai. Usually Shen Liaobai is the person who is most curious about this kind of thing, but now he is staring blankly at the fire, with a look of confusion. Looking as he thought, the tattoos on the shoulder blades had returned to their original size, and the petals of the coquettish petals had been folded into the shape of buds. He took off a piece of undershirt that had been dried, put it on Shen Liaobai, and asked, "Where are you?" What are you thinking?"

Shen Liaobai's silent eyes just got a little brighter, he pursed his lips and said: "When I was pushed away by the water, I saw a strange... its appearance."

Qin Zhaonan had already finished taking the medicine, casually picked up a piece of clothing and put it on, and asked casually, "What does it look like?"

Shen Liaobai hesitated for a while, then said slowly: "Branch horns, long beard, snake body..."

Qin Zhaonan just broke off a piece of wet dry food and was stuffing it into his mouth. He immediately stopped when he heard the words, staring round his eyes, and stumbled after a while: "Master, don't get it wrong, it's the meat ball we saw earlier. It looks like a small thing, but if it grows up dozens of times, it will look very similar to what you said."

Shen Liaobai smiled and said: "What you said is not unreasonable. After all, there is too much vitality on this island, and anything may grow outrageously."

"Liaobai may not be wrong." Chu Yuyang pulled the fire, and the bright fire reflected in his eyes, "Monsters rarely have the ability to call the wind and rain, and we have all seen the claws of that thing, and here is the fairy island , Maybe it’s really a dragon. After all, no one knows whether a dragon is good or evil. Maybe we broke into its chassis recklessly and made it unhappy.”

What Chu Yuyang said is not unreasonable. The group of people just regarded the island as a normal tomb before, but now they feel that the island is far from the tomb. The things in the tomb are artificially set up. There are always ways to restrain the powerful monsters, and they know very little about this island, and the things on the island have no rules to follow. Thinking about it this way, they feel that the road ahead is quite difficult.

When they fled just now, all the bonfires of the people were lost in the tunnel, and there was only some bonfires left on Chu Yuyang, which was not enough for the four of them. Shen Liaobai ate something, then stood up and went to the pile of withered roots He took some from his beard to make a temporary torch, and he was only wearing a thin coat. As soon as he left the fire, the hairs on his arms stood up.

In front of him is a solid stone wall, naturally there will be no murals on it, only a few water stains seeping from the cracks, Shen Liaobai felt more and more cold, he quickly returned to the fire with a bunch of roots , but that cold feeling didn't disappear, instead it made him feel flustered.

There were some spider silk and dust on the roots, Qin Zhaonan brushed one off, took some thin roots and weaved them together, entangled them together, and then lit them in the fire, the effect was much better than expected , The four torches they made instantly illuminated the small cave. The cave was rather small. They were at the entrance of the corridor, and they walked in only twenty steps.

"There is no exit?" Wen Hao waved around with the torch, curled up his fingers and knocked on the stone wall, and suddenly remembered that there were no artificial traces here, so naturally there would be no secret door.

Chu Yuyang pointed upwards and said, "There."

Shen Liaobai looked in the direction of Chu Yuyang's finger, and there was a circular hole obliquely above them, which was just big enough for an adult man to enter.

"The rules are somewhat similar to those in Zhao Tuo's tomb earlier." Wen Hao said, this may prove that Zhao Tuo has indeed been here, and their direction is not wrong.

"Come and see..." Qin Zhaonan, who had been groping at the other end of the cave, greeted them.

Shen Liaobai walked up to him, squatted down, and saw what Qin Zhaonan found just now, it was a small thing they saw in the tunnel before, to be precise, there was only a piece of skin left, and the furry horns on the skin were broken off Half of it is still relatively complete, and the head part has no eyes. Shen Liaobai recalled the previous scene, and this little thing seemed to suddenly have a pair of silver-white eyes.

Qin Zhaonan rubbed his chin and said: "This thing can shed its skin, right? If it sheds a layer like a crab, it will grow a bit, and it might really grow to the size of that thing in the tunnel."

"No," Chu Yuyang immediately denied, "It's dead, it's just dry skin."

"So you already know what it is?" Qin Zhaonan said.

Chu Yuyang stood up and walked towards the cave on the other side, and said as he walked: "When I was young, I heard the old man say, I don't know his name, he said that he is quiet and afraid of light, and has no eyes in dark places, but once he meets light, , will grow a pair of silver eyes, but the so-called eyes have only weak vision, and can't even see things in front of them clearly. This thing is usually not aggressive, but if it is disturbed, it will carry out group attacks , I think it was stimulated by the light at that time, and then called a large group of companions, who thought that a bigger thing appeared behind, so it had to run for its life."

Shen Liaobai was still squatting in front of the skin and watching, and saw that there seemed to be a crystal clear silk thread wrapped around his neck. He was about to reach out to touch it, but he heard Chu Yuyang calling him. When he looked up, the other three people had already walked out. From a long distance, he immediately took the torch that was put aside and chased after him.

The circular hole is not high, and it is easy to climb up by stepping on the protruding stones. Qin Zhaonan went first, climbed up quickly, and held a torch to explore the hole. After confirming that it was safe, he called the people below to come up. .

This height was not difficult for Shen Liaobai who had regained his energy. He put one hand on the edge of the hole, and a small gust of wind blew past his face, and then there seemed to be a sharp cry in his ear, Shen Liaobai couldn't help being taken aback.

"Master, what's the matter?" Wen Hao squatted down and handed Shen Liaobai his hand.

What happened just now didn’t seem to have happened, Shen Liaobai came back to his senses, held Wen Hao’s hand and climbed up. At this time, the fire had already illuminated the hole behind him, but it was still an ordinary tunnel, and then It was a corner, and Shen Liaobai felt a little uneasy because he couldn't see what happened next.

"Be careful." Shen Liaobai said: "I guess there is something unkind in this tunnel, but the tattoo doesn't respond."

Chu Yuyang who came after hearing the words, just exchanged a cautious look with Qin Zhaonan, and then Qin Zhaonan took the lead and walked in first.

"Mr. Basong said that where there is plenty of vitality, the tattoo will be in the repair stage. At this time, the reaction may not be as sensitive as before. At this time, you have to trust your instinct." Chu Yuyang took Shen Liaobai's stiff hand , squeezed lightly, Shen Liaobai glanced at him, after all he was relieved, swept away the nervous expression just now and smiled slightly: "I believe in you more."