Corpse Retriever.

Chapter 66

Li Zhuiyuan did not try to wake up Runsheng and the others, because based on his own experience just now, he knew that what the four people encountered this time was not ordinary miasma, but Yin miasma.

The former can be compared to the ordinary haunted house in the amusement park today, giving you an immersive feeling, while the latter is more upscale, with obvious interactivity and guidance.

Previously in the "dream", it was clear that someone was deliberately guiding them forward. The most obvious example was that Tan Wenbin said that whatever you want, it will be arranged for you. In fact, the purpose is to make people deliberately immerse themselves in the dream and isolate themselves from what is happening in reality.

In this state, the division between body and mind is very obvious, and even one oneself cannot realize that he is in a Yin state, which means that external physical stimulation cannot reach the level of spiritual consciousness.

In addition, if I insist on pushing and shaking them in an attempt to wake them up, I might accidentally push them into the water while they are still standing. There is still some time before they are submerged by the water, so this would be tantamount to sentencing them to death in advance.

He glanced at Runsheng and the others, then at the stone sculpture of the woman opening the door. Her sinister and mocking smile was so realistic and delicate.

Li Zhuiyuan subconsciously wanted to swim over to see if he could push the stone sculpture back to its original position, or take off his clothes and cover the stone sculpture with them in the hope of interrupting the effect.

But when this thought arose in his mind, Li Zhuiyuan immediately shook his head vigorously.

If you are an ordinary explorer or survivor, it is normal to follow this line of thought, but this does not deviate from the traditional thinking of test-takers.

Li Zhuiyuan did not swim towards the stone sculpture, but swam towards the stone stairs, then climbed up the stairs, walked to the surface of the water, turned around, and sat down facing Runsheng and the others below and the stone sculpture of the woman opening the door a little further away.

His eyes gradually became calm, and all kinds of information that he had mastered and could infer quickly ran through his mind. While he was reorganizing all of this, he used the method of Feng Shui to deduce the situation in front of him.

The former, which could not be sorted out, got stuck on the figure that appeared and left at the tail of the snake.

The latter cannot be deduced either, because the Feng Shui pattern of the surrounding area has not undergone any obvious changes.

But Li Zhuiyuan was not discouraged by this. Failure is sometimes a form of trial and error. When the most mainstream line of thought is found to be blocked, then the previous fork in the road, no matter how unreasonable or ridiculous it is, means that it may be true.

The human figure in the dream may not be that important, because its thinking is just imitation and guidance. A house appears above the stairs, and stalactites appear in the house. This is already unreasonable enough. The next snake sculpture actually uses two in a row, and there may be a third and fourth one.

Such a fine and grand carving is really just used as a ladder, right? Occasionally using antique calligraphy and paintings to make tea can be considered "elegant hobby", but if you keep making them, then you are a little crazy.

There is subjective guidance, but it does not seem artificial. After getting away from the confusion of those involved, it even seems a bit ridiculous.

As for the stone sculpture, since the Feng Shui pattern deduced based on it is completely invalid, it is safe to assume that it is useless.

I had examined the stone sculpture carefully before. What kind of miraculous mechanism could allow the non-existent other half of the body to suddenly appear?

human imagination.

So, I haven’t woken up completely yet. This is the second layer of dream, with multiple layers of miasma.

Li Zhuiyuan suddenly felt that he could wake up Runsheng and the others. He lifted up the rising water and splashed it on the faces of Runsheng and the other two, shouting:

"Brother Runsheng, Brother Binbin, Brother Liangliang."

Soon, the eyelids of the three people began to tremble, and then they opened their eyes one by one.

"Ah, were you dreaming just now?"

"What happened to us?"

"Xiaoyuan, are you okay?"

The corner of Li Zhuiyuan's mouth twitched. He ignored Runsheng and the other two, but turned over and knelt on the ladder.

The four of them were staring at the stone staircase in shock, but their minds were completely attracted by the stone sculpture of a woman opening the door. But in fact, the first thing they thought of as having a problem was the stone staircase, and the bottom one.

Because before I entered the game, the water level had just risen and was just reaching the soles of my shoes.

Li Zhuiyuan walked down the stairs, dived into the water, and came to the bottom step. He knocked hard on the step with the flashlight, and then shone it on it.

The originally ordinary stone stairs now showed a translucency similar to that of jade, and flocs appeared inside. However, unlike the fixed flocs in ordinary jade, the things inside were moving, like long parasites or small white snakes.

It just so happened that one of them was drilling out from the edge of the stone steps and was already halfway out. If it hadn't been discovered in advance and watched with a flashlight, it would have been impossible to notice when it came out and merged into the water.

It came out completely. Li Zhuiyuan stretched out his hand in front of it and it bit it.

"hiss……"

A severe pain came immediately, the pain was deep and gradually intensified.

"what……"

"Gulu...Gulu..."

Li Zhuiyuan woke up again.

This time, he was in the water, and the water level had already covered his mouth, just a little bit below his nose. If it spread a little bit higher, his mouth and nose would be completely covered, and then his real self would be suffocated.

When he woke up, his mouth was still making painful noises, and he drank several mouthfuls of water at once.

He turned around in the water and looked at Runsheng and the others first. They were still standing there, not awake.

They say that when the sky collapses, someone tall will hold it up, but when the water rises, someone short will be drowned first.

Looking back again, the stone sculpture of the woman opening the door was still the same as before, with only the flattened rear half facing him. Where did the sinister smile come from?

Li Zhuiyuan knew that he had finally woken up and returned to reality.

Without bothering to look at anything else, Li Zhuiyuan dived into the water first, shining the flashlight on his legs, where the clear pain came from.

I rolled up my trouser legs and shone the flashlight over there. I saw a long, thin thing like a white line, with the front end on my skin and the back end constantly floating with the waves. It seemed like it was quite happy and was wagging its tail happily.

The human body is a very sophisticated instrument. In fact, when you are engaged in normal activities, bone friction and muscle stretching will cause pain, but these are relieved by substances secreted by the brain. This is why running can bring you pleasure for people who like to exercise.

The drug addicts absorb too much pleasure at once, which causes problems with the secretion of the brain, making them mistakenly believe that they no longer need the body's own painkillers. After they stop smoking, they will have obvious withdrawal reactions, such as ants crawling all over their bodies.

The effect of this "little snake" is the same. In fact, its bite is very painful, but it numbs your senses. However, the pain is always there. Only when you really realize its existence can you awaken the paralyzed senses.

It’s true, high-end ingredients only require simple cooking methods, and the sophisticated Yin Miasma... is like directly poisoning someone.

Li Zhuiyuan reached out and grabbed it, pulling it out. It was struggling and jumping, so Li Zhuiyuan simply pulled it with both hands and twisted it off.

In fact, if possible, he really wanted to collect these things and use them to cooperate with research and development in the future.

But firstly, he did not have suitable research conditions, and secondly, the current conditions did not allow it.

Li Zhuiyuan continued to walk towards Runsheng, rolled up Runsheng's trouser legs, and saw the thin white line, and pulled it out.

Next is Tan Wenbin.

"Pfft!"

Runsheng woke up and fell down in pain.

"Pfft!"

Tan Wenbin also woke up and fell into the water.

But when Li Zhuiyuan rolled up Xue Liangliang's trouser legs and prepared to follow suit, he discovered that the long white thread biting Xue Liangliang's leg was actually black!
Moreover, it looks lifeless. Even if you don't pull it yourself, it probably won't be able to jump around for long.

This means that Xue Liangliang can wake up quickly by relying on his own "resistance".

But when Xue Liangliang woke up, he might have time to save Runsheng and Tan Wenbin, but he would definitely have drowned.

Reach out and pull.

Xue Liangliang hissed, but the pain was not as strong as that felt by Tan Wenbin and Runsheng. Not only did he not fall down, but after waking up he immediately reached out to help the boy under the water.

All four climbed up the stairs and out of the water.

Li Zhuiyuan told the three of them what had just happened. The three of them were all shocked and felt a sense of fear.

Then, from the three people's retelling, Li Zhuiyuan unexpectedly discovered one thing, that is, the dreams of the four people were connected.

I was clearly bitten by four tiny white snakes, but there was no other connection, yet I had the same dream.

This made Li Zhuiyuan's eyes appear even more intense when he looked at the first step again.

This is really a good thing. It can move in the water. If it can be tamed and mastered, and then combined with Wei Zhengdao's black book, wouldn't it be smoother to control the death in the future?

Anyway, the dead fish basically stays near the water. Even if it goes ashore, it will get out of the water on its own.

"Xiaoyuan, can I help you break open the first step?"

Runsheng understands boys.

Tan Wenbin asked fearfully, "Will this lead to more fish being released and then bite us again?"

Xue Liangliang guessed: "If that's the case, there won't be just one bite coming at us, but many. I think it's because after being bitten once, people will develop resistance, and a second bite will only have the opposite effect and wake us up in pain."

Tan Wenbin breathed a sigh of relief: "Does this mean that this thing has no effect on us anymore?"

Xue Liangliang: "If you get bitten again, just treat it as a mosquito bite. If you notice it, just slap it to death."

Tan Wenbin asked curiously, "Brother Liang, why did Xiaoyuan say that the one on your body has turned black?"

"I don't know." Xue Liangliang was also very confused.

Tan Wenbin smacked his lips and said with emotion: "Sure enough, no one would become a son-in-law without benefits."

Li Zhuiyuan glanced at Tan Wenbin and asked, "Do you want to go too?"

"Ah?" Tan Wenbin scratched his face a little embarrassedly, "Someone has to be willing to recruit me, and someone has to like me."

"You can ask the Zhou family if they will recruit you."

"Zhou's?" Tan Wenbin immediately became interested. "Is it an underwater ancient town like the Bai's?"

"Squad leader Zhou Yunyun's home."

Tan Wenbin: “…”

Li Zhuiyuan did not tell them in detail about Uncle Qin's affairs, because Liu Yumei had to continue living in her grandfather's house.

That night, if Uncle Qin had not gone to attack Baijia Town alone, Xue Liangliang would not have been able to get the conditions of a live-in son-in-law.

In essence, the Bai family was not looking for a son-in-law, not even to snatch a wife. What they wanted was a partner to have children with.

What's more, their tricks are even more extreme. Not only do they kill the father and keep the son, they kill the father and the son and only keep the daughter.

There is only the Empress of the Bai Family in Baijia Town. In the local chronicles or in the houses of Baijia Town, there has never been any Young Master of the Bai Family or Eunuch of the Bai Family. Where did all those people go over the past few hundred years?

Therefore, Tan Wenbin envies Xue Liangliang's treatment, but this kind of treatment cannot be replicated, and normal treatment is actually "burned after being pleased."

At the same time, this also involves another point. After the Ding family banquet, Liu Yumei told me about the Qin and Liu families, and also explained why she, an old lady, still had the confidence to not give face to those people.

Li Zhuiyuan felt that Grandma Liu did not lie to him. She told him the truth, but she might not have told him the whole truth.

That is, the inheritance of the Qin and Liu families may have gone in another direction. This can be seen from Yu Shu's attitude towards Grandma Liu.

This is also in line with the old lady's consistent style. Hidden behind her ostentatious display of wealth is her open concealment of her incompetence.

"Xiaoyuan?" Runsheng called again, interrupting the boy's thoughts.

Li Zhuiyuan pursed his lips. Now that he was moved, he might as well take action.

"Brother Runsheng, I don't have any tools right now."

"This is easy to handle."

Seeing that Li Zhuiyuan agreed, Runsheng immediately dived back into the water.

In fact, Li Zhuiyuan also knew how to swim. There was a small river on the west side of his great-grandfather's house. During that time, he didn't dare to go to other waters and even resisted fishing. But it was still safe near his great-grandfather's house, so he asked Runsheng to teach him how to swim.

He learned it, but when he encountered danger, he was still used to asking Runsheng to pull him up, because Runsheng was just too good at swimming.

If Runsheng can also learn Uncle Qin's trick and pull out fish gills for himself on the spot, then Runsheng will be the second Uncle Qin.

Li Zhuiyuan and Xue Liangliang stood up and shone the flashlight on Runsheng. It didn't seem like they were lighting up Runsheng, because Runsheng didn't seem to need eyes much under water. It was more like they were lighting themselves up.

Tan Wenbin didn't do the same at first. Then he inadvertently lowered his head and looked at the flashlight hanging on his chest. Then he realized that his flashlight was only lost in his dream, but it was still there in reality.

But after some hesitation, he decided not to use it and save some power for himself.

He now has a sense of crisis. Xiaoyuan's role in the team goes without saying, and Runsheng is needless to say. Even Xue Liangliang is very useful. It's just himself... It seems that he is useless except for livening up the atmosphere when the team atmosphere is low.

He didn't even know the chemical formula of stalactites.

The fate of marginalized people in the team is to be gradually eliminated from the team. Even if others are willing to continue to play with them out of old friendship, they will not be able to continue playing.

I have to think of ways to increase my use. Should I manage the studios and small supermarkets that Brother Liangliang left behind in the school to help Xiaoyuan make money... or should I apply to Jinling Police College instead?
Since he didn't have the right tools, Runsheng went to find a stone and then smashed it hard on the first step underwater.

The underwater force is greatly affected, but Runsheng seems to know how to avoid it naturally.

As the hammering continued, the first step actually cracked, and fragments similar to jade stones kept floating out.

Tan Wenbin swallowed his saliva: "Is this valuable?"

Li Zhuiyuan said: "It is jade, but it is the most common material and is not valuable."

"Oh." Tan Wenbin nodded and gave up the idea of ​​collecting, but then he looked up at the steps behind him, thinking that if he found anything valuable when he went up there, he would have to bring some out.

Xiaoyuan and Liangliang are both calm and indifferent, so let yourself bear the stink of money alone.

Facts have once again proved that the most direct approach is not necessarily the most effective, but at least it will work.

Li Zhuiyuan speculated that people must have come here before, but many people were probably drowned or washed away by the water after being poisoned by the "yin miasma".

Even if someone managed to break through the miasma, they would probably rush up with lingering fear.

Unlike the four of us, when we saw someone else's trap was good, we took it home. Even bandits are not so good at taking advantage of others.

The steps were smashed open, and many insects scattered out, but they seemed to be able to sense who had become resistant, so they did not approach the four people. They even walked around Runsheng who was right in front of them.

However, these insects probably can't leave here for too long. Xue Liangliang's own special characteristics only accelerate their process. Once they leave the special environment where they live, they will die on their own. Some things cannot exist stably in nature on their own.

Runsheng surfaced with a jade seal in his hand.

"Xiaoyuan, here."

Li Zhuiyuan reached out to take it and shone the flashlight on it.

There are words below, but they are not square characters, but only one word is engraved.

Li Zhuiyuan: "Yong?"

Tan Wenbin looked at Xue Liangliang and asked, "What do you mean, moderation?"

Xue Liangliang shrugged: "I said I couldn't even understand this word, do you believe me?"

Tan Wenbin obviously didn't believe it.

Xue Liangliang said with a smile: "This depends on family training. Xiaoyuan knows this."

Li Zhuiyuan said: "This is Wanzhou, also known as Wanxian. There are traces of human activities in the Paleolithic Age, and many relics have been left behind. The only country that can rival the word 'Yong' here in history is the Yong State during the Shang and Zhou Dynasties. However, in the Spring and Autumn Period, it was destroyed by the Qin, Chu and Ba States."

Tan Wenbin's eyes lit up: "Is this a treasure from the Spring and Autumn Period?"

Li Zhuiyuan shook his head: "I don't know. The workmanship looks... and the style of the female skirt on the stone sculpture of a woman opening the door looks like it was made after the Qin and Han dynasties."

Xue Liangliang asked: "Xiaoyuan, are you unsure?"

Li Zhuiyuan: "I can only recite books. Reciting books about antiques and ancient buildings is useless."

Xue Liangliang speculated: "Is it possible that someone later discovered some secrets of the Yong Kingdom and built this here?"

Tan Wenbin was puzzled and asked, "How can this be possible?"

Xue Liangliang explained: "This practice is quite common. For example, many tourist attractions are now exhibition halls that are developed and rebuilt on the basis of the original old sites. In essence, isn't it the same?"

Li Zhuiyuan gently shook the seal in his hand. Jade requires moisture, and this part is extremely moist. It is like glue or liquid, and there are tiny particles in it. They should be the eggs of small snakes.

Those snakes were hatched from this seal, and they should remain in this state on normal days. Only after being stimulated or perceived in some way will some of them hatch.

So, will the snakes that have hatched return to lay eggs again?

Is there a fixed amount of output each time or is there some special trigger mechanism?

At present, it seems that Runsheng broke the steps and destroyed the storage environment, and the eggs inside will no longer hatch.

"Brother Runsheng."

"Yes." Li Zhuiyuan handed the Yong seal to Runsheng for safekeeping. This thing could only be studied after leaving here.

Then, the four of them looked up the stairs again.

The water level was rising higher and higher, and everyone had no choice but to move upstream.

Li Zhuiyuan reminded: "Everyone, please be more careful."

Tan Wenbin immediately responded: "Yes, I will pinch my thigh hard every once in a while."

We climbed the stairs again.

This time, I didn't walk far before I saw the platform. It was no longer the gatehouse, but a huge snake head sculpture with its mouth wide open. It seemed as if everyone who entered here was being swallowed by it.

Xue Liangliang said: "It seems that the Yong people believe in snakes."

After entering Shekou, a very wide flat surface appears. There are no snake-like ladders, but stone pillars. When the flashlight is shone over there, it looks like an underground palace.

But it is not magnificent at all, instead it looks very primitive and rough, and there are not many furnishings, it looks very empty.

Walking a little further, the footsteps of four people began to echo here. Even though the four people tiptoed very carefully after noticing it, it was still useless. The echo became louder and louder.

In the end, it was no longer an echo, because the four people had stopped, but the sound continued on its own and became more and more intense.

Finally, a little green light appeared ahead.

Li Zhuiyuan shone the flashlight forward, and the green light quickly disappeared, revealing a tiger about to pounce.

Everyone was startled and stepped back. Runsheng, who was standing in the front, lowered his center of gravity and clenched his fists as he stepped back, ready to fight the tiger.

But soon, everyone realized that the tiger was dead. It was located on a stone platform. Although it was still lifelike after so many years, it was essentially still a specimen.

But the disappeared green light reappeared, and the tiger's eyes were instantly filled with green light, like a tiger reviving.

However, the four people who have discovered the tiger's true nature will only subconsciously think that there is something in the specimen, and they will not really think that the tiger has been resurrected.

Li Zhuiyuan suspected that this was probably due to the equipment. Flashlights were much more efficient than torches, which greatly reduced the effectiveness of the arrangements originally intended to scare away outsiders.

Moving the flashlight, I found that there were various kinds of ferocious beasts standing on many nearby platforms. Some species no longer lived in this area.

The most peculiar thing is that there are two people, one male and one female, who can be clearly distinguished from their appearance. They are wearing leather armor and bronze snake masks on their faces. They stand among the beasts like kings commanding them.

However, the man and woman’s arms and hands were both raised, but now they are empty.

I swept the flashlight under the table twice and saw several lumps of rotten objects. They must be like the unearthed Terracotta Warriors, where the things that were originally held in the hands had rotted away.

It is this woman, her right arm is raised high, she should be holding a weapon, combined with the bronze spearhead that fell on the table under her feet, she should be holding a spear, but her left hand is palm up, she should be holding something, not a weapon, more likely some kind of token.

But there are no corresponding marks on the table below. Was it completely decayed, or was it taken away by someone?
Up to now, there is actually no trace that anyone has been here.

The man and woman's eyes gradually lit up with green light, but these green lights would obviously retreat under the illumination of the flashlight. Basically, they would be suppressed after the flashlight was shone over them, and would brighten again as soon as the flashlight was moved away.

There were a few bright lights still flickering outside, but they disappeared after a while. They must be fireflies or something like that.

They live in the body specimens of wild animals and humans, and will light up when disturbed by the outside world, thus creating a "deterrent" effect.

Now that we know what it is, there is nothing to be afraid of. Just treat it as visiting a museum.

The four continued to move forward, and the echoing sound seemed to be encouraged and accumulated again.

When they passed the Stone Platform of Beasts, before the flashlight could be shone into the distance, a huge green mass suddenly rose up in front of them, and a huge and towering pile of bones appeared in front of the four people.

There are countless fireflies living there, and the echo now is actually the revival of their internal organs. Now they have completely woken up and flapped their wings, like an eerie will-o'-the-wisp fire burning on a pile of bones.

Among the bones, the outermost ones are horses, cows, sheep, pigs, dogs, and chickens; in the middle are tigers, deer, bears, monkeys, and birds.

They correspond to the six domestic animals and five birds respectively.

There are many scattered bones around, but most of them still retain the complete structure, otherwise it would not be so easy to identify.

In the middle, and supporting the height of the pile of bones, are people.

The human skeletons are like building blocks. You drag me and I support you, and we climb upwards. We are the main support of this pile of bones.

Xue Liangliang opened his mouth, his eyes full of shock. From a professional perspective, what he saw was a beauty that combined mechanics and aesthetics.

Perhaps, among the four people at the scene, the only one who could deeply feel the cruelty and intolerance was Tan Wenbin.

Human sacrifice, or the so-called works of art created with human lives as the carrier, always makes people feel sad.

However, when Tan Wenbin looked left and right, Runsheng was still expressionless as always, while Xiaoyuan and Liangliang were more admiring. He just kept repeating in his heart: It’s all over, it’s all over.

After finishing his silent recitation, he pinched his thigh hard. He pinched it so hard that it hurt so much that tears came out.

Xue Liangliang noticed it, reached out and patted Tan Wenbin on the shoulder, and comforted him: "Look at it more positively, it's all the ignorance of the past."

Apart from glowing, these fireflies do not show any attacking intent, and their appearance illuminates a large area here.

Behind the "bone fire", there were more than a dozen steps leading upwards.

There is a huge bed on the steps, with gold threads as curtains, which not only sparkles under the light, but also has a good visual isolation effect.

But looking at the style of the curtain, even if you can't see inside, you can still imagine a woman sitting inside.

The most important thing is that behind the big bed is a half-open door.

In the entire underground palace, this is the only place that looks like it can lead upwards, and it is also the key for everyone to leave the underground and return to the ground.

The four of them walked around the pile of bones and came to the bottom of the stairs.

Then, the three of them were stunned.

Xue Liangliang asked curiously, "Why is there a shovel here? Has anyone been here?"

Tan Wenbin said: "It looks like our Yellow River shovel."

Runsheng bent down and picked up the shovel: "It's our Yellow River shovel, the same model."

With two "cracks", Runsheng wanted to reassemble the shovel, but it broke directly because it was damaged by rust.

Tan Wenbin said: "So, our predecessors have been here before?"

Xue Liangliang asked: "Do corpse retrievers also go to rob graves?"

But soon, Xue Liangliang changed his words and said, "Oh, no, this is not a tomb either. There is a bed, but no coffin."

Then, Xue Liangliang tried to make up for it again: "Maybe your predecessors came here to deal with that big thing, and wanted to get rid of the harm for the people."

Li Zhuiyuan said: "Brother Liangliang, you don't have to be so nervous. We came here by accident this time, but if I knew about this place in advance, I would also want to come down, but I would make preparations in advance.

Besides, there is a group of people called Water Monkeys, they specialize in stealing water burials. Although I don’t consider them to be in the same profession, what they learn is actually the same as ours.”

As he spoke, Li Zhuiyuan reached out and took the broken Yellow River shovel from Runsheng, checked it, and confirmed that it was from his own line of work, not the Luoyang shovel.

This means that there were indeed senior experts in this field who had been here before, and the details can be seen from the rusty and broken shovel. The original was very professional, with the same configuration as the standard Yellow River shovel in Wei Zhengdao's book.

Therefore, the seniors who come in are also professionals.

But, are they really here just to make money?

Everyone started to climb the stairs, and apart from the Yellow River shovel they found at the beginning, they didn't find anything else.

When I reached the top and it was level with the big bed, I found that there was a circle of square grooves around the bed, with white-green liquid inside.

There was an inexplicable smell, which I could not smell at first, but only began to enter my nose after I stood up.

This smell was too familiar. Even Tan Wenbin could blurt out, "Water corpse stench," without Runsheng's reminder.

Runsheng added: "It's very strong and pure."

Li Zhuiyuan reminded: "Let's go from the side and don't disturb or touch anything else."

The side was very narrow, only enough for one person to move sideways, so everyone moved carefully, bit by bit.

Even though Tan Wenbin was envious of the gold on the curtains of the big bed, he didn't dare to even think about taking it. It involved a deathbed, and a deathbed of this size and place. It would be inappropriate to be greedy.

Without any trouble, everyone bypassed the bed and the pool of water around it and arrived at the back.

The gate is right above. Walk up and you should be able to find the way out.

The four of them couldn't help but look back. From this angle, the bed looked more like a small boat in the middle of a pond.

Tan Wenbin said regretfully: "What a pity, there is so much gold."

Xue Liangliang patted his arm gently and asked, "Why, are you interested?"

Tan Wenbin said bluntly: "Yeah."

Xue Liangliang reminded: "You can't take the things here."

Tan Wenbin: “Uh…”

“What Xiaoyuan took was the thing that almost killed us. It has a grudge against us, so it was right for it to take it away.

Moreover, when this place is excavated later, if that thing is left underneath, it may cause harm to our archaeological colleagues, so it must be removed in advance."

Tan Wenbin felt that Xiaoyuan might not have thought so much about it.

"Brother Liang, you know how to make up for it."

"I'm being realistic."

"Actually, I don't intend to use this gold to make a fortune. Look at the pile of bones containing so many human sacrifices. Although this is not a tomb, it is also the people's money. Forget about the other cultural relics. If we take the gold out, we don't need to use it to improve our lives. I'll keep a small amount for Brother Xiaoyuan as research funds, and donate most of it to Wanzhou government projects and Hope Primary Schools. It can be considered as taking from the people and using it for the people, which is better than leaving it underground to gather dust."

Xue Liangliang laughed and said, "You're still talking about me. You're the one who really knows how to make up for it."

"No way."

"Gold can be made into jewelry and also become a cultural relic."

"grass."

Li Zhuiyuan said, "Let's go. After we get out, report this place..."

Before he could finish his words, a woman's face appeared from the side of the half-open door in front of him.

Her appearance was so strange, so sudden, and without any warning.

Especially when everyone had just passed the big bed on the platform and thought they were safe and began to let down their guard.

This is the real picture of a woman opening the door.

The four of them were startled by the appearance of this face, but Runsheng's reaction was to take the remaining half of the Yellow River shovel in his hand and hit it directly on the head of the woman behind the door!
No matter who you are, take my shovel first!
"Snapped!"

The woman's face disappeared, and Runsheng's shovel only hit the door.

"Giggle..."

The woman's face popped out from behind the other door again, and this time her upper and lower lips began to move back and forth, making a silver bell-like laugh.

If you heard this laughter in the park in the afternoon, it would sound very sweet, but in the current environment, it only makes people feel uneasy and their scalp tingling.

Runsheng raised the shovel and smashed it again.

"Snapped!"

The woman's face disappeared again.

But her laughter became louder and louder. It was no longer confined here, but spread out and gradually echoed throughout the underground palace.

The originally green fireflies began to turn red, rendering the underground palace like a sea of ​​blood.

The originally white-green pool of water around the big bed began to bubble up, as if it was boiling.

Even the golden curtains on the bed were swaying without wind. Now, without any imagination, one could see a woman in luxurious red clothes sitting inside.

The woman's hair was surprisingly still black, and it looked very soft and shiny, flowing down her back and spreading behind her.

And as the curtain swayed, the woman's arms began to twist strangely, and even her hair began to turn slowly.

Soon, the woman's arms straightened up, and the two hands that were originally invisible in front now appeared in the back, facing the direction of Li Zhuiyuan and the other three.

The sweeping of the long hair seems to come from the twisting of the head.

Although you can't see inside because of her hair, it feels like she has twisted her head.

Originally she was sitting facing the palace, but now she was facing the gate.

In front, there was a woman's face on the other side of the door, constantly poking out and laughing.

Later, the woman in the bed, who should have been safely jumped over by the four men, has also "woken up".

All of a sudden, the four people caught in the middle were stuck in a situation where they could not move forward or backward.

However, Li Zhuiyuan understood the reasons for the structure here. This underground palace is not a tomb, but more like a place for sacrifice.

In comparison, the pictures of women opening the door painted on the walls of the main acupuncture points of tombs in later generations can only be regarded as an ugly imitation.

This is a place that this person built for himself, and he also opened a real door, just waiting for the "woman" inside the door to open it so that he can lead her into the paradise!

It was the woman who poked her head out from behind the door who triggered all this.

But who on earth is she? Why did she appear when the four of them were about to cross the threshold, instead of being triggered earlier or later?
If you had taken the people away earlier, it would have saved us a lot of trouble. A bare and safe underground palace would have been much better. Anyway, the four of us are just passing through to avoid danger.

"Xiaoyuan?"

Runsheng asked while holding a half-broken shovel.

Xue Liangliang and Tan Wenbin also stood close to Li Zhuiyuan, and the three of them subconsciously protected the boy in the middle.

But now, we have to come up with a charter.

"Buzz buzz buzz!"

There was a sound of heavy objects rubbing against each other in the pool below, and the whole bed was lifted up.

Eight people emerged from under the water, and they all lifted the bed with their shoulders.

The people in the four corners were all men wearing leather armor, and they looked very similar to the man among the beasts that they had seen when they first entered the underground palace.

After floating to the surface, they closed their eyes, but liquid was still flowing out of the corners of their eyes, mouths and noses. Unlike the other corpses that flowed out water, theirs flowed out a silver liquid, like mercury.

"Mercury Refining Corpse..."

Wei Zhengdao's "Records of Strange Things in the Jianghu" recorded this kind of dead body, which was placed in the water burial site to protect the tomb owner.

Normal corpse catchers would not encounter this kind of dead people because they don't rob tombs. Only water monkeys would specialize in dealing with this.

In addition to these four people wearing leather armor, who were obviously left here with the woman in the bed when this place was first set up, there were four other people wearing tight-fitting long gowns, and each of them had a long braid behind his head.

These four people from the Qing Dynasty are most likely the four predecessors who left behind the Yellow River shovel.

The reason why Li Zhuiyuan recognized them as his predecessors instead of water monkeys was that water monkeys usually moved in groups, like Ding Dalin and his gang last time. Twenty people were considered a small-scale gang, but here, there were only four people, and no bodies of other people were left behind.

The pool of water that previously had a strong smell of corpses should have had a similar preservative effect, because these people and their clothes did not rot or swell, and still looked very fresh.

Eight people carried the bed, left the pool, and stepped onto the upward stairs. Each step was taken in an orderly manner, bringing terrifying pressure.

"Cluck cluck... cluck cluck..."

Behind the half-open door, the laughter continued.

"Xiaoyuan!"

Runsheng shouted again, it was time to make a choice.

In fact, at this time, Runsheng was already preparing to rush into the door, and Xue Liangliang and Tan Wenbin were also prepared for the same thing.

Compared to the eight people carrying the bed and the mysterious woman sitting on the bed, any normal person would choose to rush into the door. After all, there is only that face inside the door!

But at this moment, Li Zhuiyuan suddenly saw that among the four Qing Dynasty people who were holding up the big bed, the one on the right edge, although his body and hands were very stiff, still maintained the lifting and moving movements, but his eyes were moving, constantly moving to the left, then back, and then to the left, while his mouth was opening and closing, making silent lip movements:
"Go this way... go this way... go this way..."

(End of this chapter)