Tomb Raider 2: The Dagger of Xian

  Half-empty tunnel

  As we watched, the number of corpses at our feet grew, and we had no better choice but to climb back onto the stone statue's surface, returning to the previous level. If these six-legged corpses could fly, I would have been out of options.

  Wu Liu Qi suddenly made a parkour move, without using his hands, but instead stepping on the stone statue's body with both feet, and ran to the place that was over one meter high. Lin Ruoshui didn't hold back either, just borrowing force from her hand, her body jumped onto the top of the stone statue, not expending any effort at all.

  Compared to these two supermen, I almost burst into tears on the spot. If they wanted to kill me, they didn't even need to turn around, just walking their own way would have been enough for me to die without a doubt. Several corpses had already started jumping onto my body, and my feet were covered with shadows of those things, which was especially painful. But I gritted my teeth and ran to the side of the stone statue, holding it up high. Wu Liuqi took her from me in one swift motion, placing her aside, then together with Lin Ruoshui, grabbed my hand and lifted me directly onto the statue.

  "Thanks." I just said that, and then I saw Wu Liuqi already carrying his backpack and quietly running towards the highest part of the stone statue. Lin Ruoshui didn't say anything either, turned around and left. Just as I was wondering when these two guys became so indifferent, I realized that those dead silkworms had also crawled onto the surface of the stone statue.

  "Oh no!" I muttered to myself, then quickly rushed up, running while occasionally pulling off the dead leeches from my butt. I don't know what these guys eat to grow up, but their teeth are really hard! Every time I pulled one down, it would take a piece of skin and flesh with it. They seemed to have no idea how to let go, the more they struggled, the tighter they bit. After pulling off four or five, my body was finally a little cleaner. At the same time, I stomped hard on those biting guys, venting the anger in my chest.

  "What's taking you so long!" Lin Ruoshui shouted back at me.

  I quickly scrambled to the top of the stone statue, although it was tall and wide, but at this time after falling down, my body and the edge of the upper layer were still a little distance apart. If there wasn't such a dangerous situation, we could have climbed up one by one, but looking at those gathering corpses, it's clear that they wouldn't give us so much time. Because everyone had entered a dilemma.

  To climb or not to climb, that is a question.

  "There's a hole!" I used my flashlight and it seemed to sweep across the leg of the stone statue, revealing a dark opening.

  We rushed over and found that it was a particularly well-constructed passageway, square in shape, with a floral pattern painted on the side. It looked like an official passageway, but it was blocked by the fallen stone statue, leaving only a very narrow space for us to squeeze through sideways.

  "What's holding you back? Hurry up and get in, do you want to be eaten by these bugs or what?" I looked at the two people who were still waiting with some urgency.

  Lin Ruoshui looked at me, then looked at Wu Liuqi, and suddenly went in. After that, Wu Liuqi handed Momo to me silently, and he also went in. Then I slowly passed Momo towards the entrance of the passage. Only after Wu Liuqi completely took over did I stick my head in.

  Perhaps I didn't know at the time what Lin Ruoshui and others were considering, but a passage suddenly appeared, with a certain distance from the ground, not a thief's hole, but it suddenly came out here, there must be something strange inside. Generally speaking, it is not easy to enter, but the situation at this time was so urgent that if you didn't go in, you would only be eaten by those zombies, just like Wu Liuqi saw those foreigners.

  So no matter what dangers lie within, it's better than being crawled over by these worms and leaving behind only a pile of white bones to come out with some dignity.

  When I had half my body in, I was afraid that the corpses would continue to follow me, so I asked Wu Liuqi for that micro-submachine gun and swept it randomly outside, seemingly hitting a few corpses. I closed my eyes when firing the gun, just to experience the thrill of shooting.

  When I stretched the other leg in, my foot suddenly stepped into empty space, and I sat down on the ground with a thud. The flashlight also fell off at the entrance of the passage and was stuck between the stone and the wall.

  "Never mind, it's the last bullet anyway." Wu Liuqi slung his rifle over his shoulder and turned to walk away silently, while I quickly stood up and followed him.

  This passageway was over half a person's height, and when walking, people had to lower their heads and bend their waists slightly, otherwise it would be easy to bump their heads. As I ran, I kept looking back from time to time, hoping that those zombies wouldn't follow so quickly. But perhaps I couldn't see them, those zombies were chasing fiercely, but when they reached the entrance of this passageway, about half a meter away, they all stopped and didn't dare take another step, just standing there guarding.

  After running for a few steps, I saw Wu Liuqi carrying Mo Mengmeng silently and it was really tiring. So I suggested that the two of us work together to lift her up and walk, at least we can save some energy. As a result, Wu Liuqi pulled her two legs, while I dragged her head, just like carrying a stretcher in this passage.

  It was a while later, Lin Ruoshui suddenly stopped, and Wu Liuqi and I also quietly put her down on the ground, recovering our strength. I had never thought that a girl who weighed less than 100 pounds would be so heavy, my arms were already sore.

  But Lin Ruoshui, who was walking in the front, had already squatted down, as if to examine something. After I shone my flashlight over, I discovered that on the ground there, a white skeleton was crawling, its clothes still intact, but without any skin or flesh. Around the skeleton, I saw several dead scorpions that had been dead for some time. By now, they had turned black and dry, and would shatter into pieces with just one step.

  Lin Ruoshui pulled out a notebook from the clothes of the white skeleton, and borrowed the flashlight to read something. I also squeezed in, wanting to see what was recorded in the notebook, because I heard Lin Ruoshui nodding while reading, as if he had made some important discovery, and muttered:

  "Not bad, not bad, it's here, looks like that thing is really here. Finally saw a glimmer of hope."

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