Movie variety show soul travels between two worlds to become a rich man

Chapter 465 The Tip of the Iceberg: Reshaping Worldviews

Fu Gui rowed the boat forward, and before long, Zhang Qiling suddenly waved his hand, telling everyone to be quiet. He pointed ahead, and everyone saw a green phosphorescence deep in the cave, beyond the reach of their flashlights.

Wu Sansheng frowned and said in a low voice, "We've arrived at the mass grave!"

The boat continued onward, and when it reached the section with the green light, it suddenly opened up into a huge natural cave. The waterway also turned into a river inside the cave. However, the shallows on both sides of the waterway were covered with green, decaying corpses, and it was impossible to tell whether they were human or animal.

The skeletons closest to the inside are neatly arranged, likely piled up by humans, while those outside are more chaotic, especially those along the riverbank, with all sorts of skeletons and many not-yet-completely-decomposed corpses.

The corpses were covered with a thin, gray film, like plastic wrap, tightly wrapped around them. What was even more disgusting was that every now and then, several huge corpse beetles would burst out of the corpses. These corpse beetles were much smaller than the one on the boat, but four or five times larger than ordinary ones. Moreover, some smaller corpse beetles could be seen being bitten to death and eaten by the ground.

"Look up there!" Wu Xie, with his sharp eyes, pointed to the mountain wall. Everyone looked up and saw a green crystal coffin embedded in the almost vertical cave wall. There seemed to be a corpse inside, but it was too far away to see clearly.

“There’s one over there too!” Panzi pointed to the other side. Sure enough, in the same spot on the other side of the mountain wall, there was another crystal coffin, but it was empty!

Wu Sansheng gasped, "Where did the body go?"

"Could it be a zongzi?" Pan Zi's expression suddenly changed, and he asked as if he had just realized something, "Third Master, there shouldn't be any zongzi here."

"Who knows if it's there or not, but this place has a creepy vibe, everyone be careful..." Wu Sansheng said while cautiously looking around.

Just then, as the ship passed a bend in the waterway, everyone's expression changed drastically. To their horror, they saw a terrifying woman dressed in white feathers standing motionless with her back to them, her long black hair cascading down to her waist.

Everyone on the boat, except Gao Dongxu and Zhang Qiling, was terrified by the sudden appearance of the woman in white. One of them exclaimed, "The body is here—"

"Stop—stop—" Wu Sansheng wiped the sweat from his forehead. "Panzi, bring over the black donkey hoof from the bag! This is probably a thousand-year-old zongzi. Take the hoof from 1923; she might not accept the new one..."

Gao Dongxu couldn't help but chuckle as he listened, but his arms were already pale with fright. The twin sisters, their teeth chattering, each clung to one of his arms, trapped in their consciences, unable to break free.

Although Gao Dongxu had given Leng Feng and his three companions a heads-up, they were still quite frightened when they actually saw the female ghost. All four of them had their guns in hand, their foreheads covered in cold sweat as they stared intently at the white-clad female ghost, ready to fire at the slightest move she made.

"Hula-"

After a loud bang, thousands of black corpse beetles surged out from the white-clad woman's eerie body, rushing into the water like madmen and heading towards the boat.

"Bang bang bang-"

Without hesitation, Leng Feng and his men pulled the trigger, and gunfire erupted as they fired at the female ghost. However, the bullets did nothing to harm her.

"Stop! Guns are useless against her, don't waste bullets."

At this moment, Wu Sansheng and his companions saw Leng Feng and his three men raising their guns and firing wildly at the strange woman, and their mouths twitched involuntarily.

Zhang Qiling interrupted, saying, "...As for the black donkey hooves, those are for dealing with zombies. This guy isn't a zombie, so I'll handle it."

Clang——

With a flash of cold light, Zhang Qiling drew the Black Gold Ancient Sword from his back, grasped the blade with his left hand, and lightly slashed it. Then, he flicked his left hand towards the dark mass of corpse beetles rushing towards the boat in the river. With a "splash," all the corpse beetles, as if they had encountered their natural enemy, turned around and fled wildly. In the blink of an eye, all the corpse beetles in the water and in the corpses had disappeared without a trace.

"Gudong-"

Seeing this incredible scene, everyone stared wide-eyed at Zhang Qiling.

Zhang Qiling, his face pale, flicked his bloody hand at the woman in white. A drop of blood shot straight into the woman's brow, and she immediately knelt down.

Everyone except Gao Dongxu was stunned. Zhang Qiling suddenly seemed to faint and whispered, "Quick, go! Don't look back!"

"Listen to him, no one is allowed to turn back!"

Upon hearing this, everyone hurriedly lowered their heads and quickly rowed away. However, even with Gao Dongxu's reiteration, Wu Xie, who had risen from the coffin, did not look back out of curiosity. Instead, he used the powerful flashlight to examine the reflection in the water, seemingly trying to see if the female ghost was following behind.

He should have looked away, because when he did, he almost fainted. In the reflection in the water, something he didn't know was clinging to his back. He was about to scream when he couldn't help but turn around.

"court death!"

Wu Xie had just heard Gao Dongxu's stern shout when he suddenly fainted.

Upon hearing Gao Dongxu's stern shout, everyone instinctively looked at him. Then they witnessed a scene even more fantastical than Zhang Qiling's use of blood to force the female monster to kneel. Everyone's eyes widened, their mouths agape, as if they had seen a god. Gao Dongxu had somehow produced a bronze mirror in his hand. With a sharp shout, the mirror emitted a yellow light, shining directly onto the head of the white-clad, faceless woman with long hair.

Then everyone seemed to hear a scream that made their souls tremble. The white-clad woman was strangely twisted and pulled into the bronze mirror by the yellow light emitted from it.

The yellow light disappeared, and Gao Dongxu expressionlessly put away the Legalist bronze mirror in his hand. He then looked at the dumbfounded crowd, especially Ru Xin, Ru Qing, and Leng Feng, who were filled with shock, admiration, and deep awe. He smiled and said, "Alright, don't make a fuss. Didn't I tell you that I know some methods for catching ghosts and exorcising demons?"

"Gudong-"

Everyone swallowed hard. Wu Sansheng was the first to react with a mixture of surprise and delight. His eyes shone, and his face was filled with admiration and awe as he smiled obsequiously, "Young Master Gao, it turns out you are the real master! I've truly seen something new today."

"Alright, I was just using the power of the artifact. I'm hardly a master. Your Wu family has a deep foundation, you should be familiar with that," Gao Dongxu said with a smile.

"A divine artifact!" Wu Sansheng's eyes lit up and he exclaimed immediately.

"Hmm." Gao Dongxu nodded lightly.

While everyone listened curiously to Wu Sansheng's explanation of what a divine artifact was, Zhang Qiling looked intently at Gao Dongxu. He knew that it wasn't just the power of the artifact; what was truly remarkable was Gao Dongxu's ability to wield it.

He also possessed a Ghost Seal artifact, but he could only rely on its divine power and could not control it.

Therefore, only he understood that Gao Dongxu was a truly skilled master.

Seeing Zhang Qiling staring at him, Gao Dongxu smiled and said, "Your blood is very powerful. If you can, give me some. I'll go back and find a master to draw some talismans for me."

Upon hearing this, everyone's faces twitched involuntarily. Zhang Qiling glanced at Gao Dongxu, then silently took out a first-aid kit from his backpack and bandaged his left hand.

"Let me help you—" Sensing the awkward atmosphere, Wu Sansheng hurriedly stepped forward to help.

Gao Dongxu smiled nonchalantly, while Ru Xin and Ru Qing, who were excitedly and admiringly hugging his arms, pulled him close and whispered questions.

The four of them looked at Gao Dongxu with awe and admiration. Unable to resist the two sisters' persistence, Gao Dongxu took out a Legalist bronze mirror for the two women to admire and play with.

The boat quickly sailed out of the tunnel. By then, the sky and earth were ablaze with blood-red sunset colors. Wu Xie, who had been knocked unconscious, had a series of ferocious expressions on his face, as if he were having a nightmare. He suddenly screamed and woke up sitting up.

"Awake?" Pan Zi leaned forward with his big face and asked with concern.

Wu Xie touched the still slightly painful back of his head: "Who hit me!"

"Can't I just not beat you up? I told you not to turn around, you almost got us killed," Panzi said irritably.

Wu Xie seemed to suddenly regain his memory, and startled, he frantically touched his back, trying to see if the thing behind him was still there. Everyone chuckled, and Pan Zi laughed heartily: "Don't worry, it's already been taken by Young Master Gao."

"You took it?! What is that thing?" Wu Xie asked, still shaken and confused, his brows furrowed in disbelief.

"Brother Zhang said that the thing is called a 'puppet,' which is formed from resentment. The accumulated resentment took shape because the Feng Shui layout of the Corpse Cave is a 'place of accumulated Yin,' which makes everything only enter and not leave. So for thousands of years, this strange thing called the 'woman in white' or 'puppet' has been trapped here and cannot dissipate on its own. Therefore, she has a special attraction to living creatures."

"We're not allowed to look back because we're afraid that the 'puppet' will be possessed by us because of the flashing 'lights' on us," Wu Sansheng explained to his nephew, looking at him with a hint of annoyance.

"She wanted to possess me?" Wu Xie was still shaken, wiping the cold sweat from his forehead. But he quickly widened his eyes and asked curiously, "You just said that Young Master Gao took that thing. What do you mean?"

Everyone turned to look at Gao Dongxu, who was leaning leisurely against the two sisters and smoking a cigarette. Wu Sansheng laughed and said, "Young Master Gao is a true master. He destroyed that female puppet with a magic artifact."

"Huh?!" Wu Xie stared wide-eyed at Gao Dongxu, looking bewildered and curious.

"Alright, there's nothing to be surprised about. This world is far more mysterious and dangerous than you know. Mysterious items, extraordinary people, demons and monsters—these aren't just rumors," Gao Dongxu said to Wu Xie with a smile.

"Gudong-"

"Really...?" Wu Xie swallowed hard and asked instinctively.

Everyone rolled their eyes and ignored Wu Xie. Damn it, corpse beetles and female puppets again, and they still asked if it was real or fake. After this encounter, the group had truly seen only the tip of the iceberg of the inner world.

(End of this chapter)