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

Chapter 612 The Poison of Immortality - A Bountiful Harvest
"Don't touch him—"

Gao Dongxu swiftly reached out and grabbed A Ning's delicate hand, which was reaching out to check Zhang Buxun's breathing.

Ah Ning looked at Gao Dongxu with suspicion, and Gao Dongxu shook his head and said, "His body might be poisoned—"

Upon hearing this, Ah Ning's expression changed, and she instinctively withdrew her hand.

Knowing the plot, Gao Dongxu naturally knew that the so-called immortality technique in this tomb was a virus that could quickly poison people and turn them into zombies.

During the Northern Wei Dynasty, the owner of the tattered cavalry, who was raising funds for his army by robbing tombs, fell seriously ill and wanted to achieve immortality.

However, the commander of the cavalry, while robbing tombs everywhere, discovered this ancient tomb that possessed the secret to immortality.

However, the master of the Silent Riders was ambushed and killed by enemy forces. The commander of the Silent Riders could only lead his remaining troops to this tomb. However, he discovered that the so-called immortality technique in this tomb was actually the corpse of the tomb owner carrying a virus.

Eating rotting corpses will infect you with that virus, quickly turning you into a zombie that is neither human nor ghost. Although it can grant you longevity, this longevity comes at the cost of losing your human nature and becoming a monster.

The commander of the Unspeakable Cavalry was extremely disappointed, so he secretly expanded the ancient tomb and hid inside to avoid being hunted down by hostile forces until his death.

However, when the Unspeakable Knight was ambushed, the map recording the tomb was found and passed down until Wang Zanghai of the Ming Dynasty obtained the map in order to find the secret of immortality and found the tomb again.

After learning the truth about the immortality technique in the tomb, Wang Zanghai was greatly disappointed. However, he also included the tomb in his plan and modified it again, leaving behind hallucinogenic traps and the snake-browed bronze fish.

During the warlord era of the Republic of China, a warlord named Zhang Gaoyuan, who was suffering from a chronic illness, obtained a map of an ancient tomb left by Wang Zanghai. He then sent his trusted confidant and brother-in-law, Zhang Buxun, from the Zhang family, to search for the ancient tomb and the secret to immortality.

In order to obtain the secret of immortality, Zhang Gaoyuan cruelly slaughtered all the villagers of Misty Village. Afterwards, Zhang Buxun found an ancient tomb near Misty Village.

After entering the tomb, Zhang Buxun and his men all fell into the hallucinogenic trap left by Wang Zanghai. His soldiers scrambled to eat the virus-infected corpses in the coffin, turning into inhuman zombies.

At the same time, he was accidentally scratched by his own soldiers and infected with the virus. However, Zhang Buxun, who was born with Qilin blood and came from the Zhang family, relied on the Qilin blood to resist the virus.

He also understood that the so-called art of immortality was actually a harmful and evil technique. However, Zhang Gaoyuan did not believe it, thinking that he was keeping it a secret and did not want to tell him.

After a period of love and hate, in order to prove that the so-called immortality technique was a harmful evil art, Zhang Buxun crushed the last large piece of rotten flesh with the virus in front of his lover, directly infecting himself with the virus and turning into a zombie that was neither human nor ghost, so that his lover and Zhang Gaoyuan could witness it.

From then on, this ancient tomb became Zhang Buxun's final resting place.

Moreover, Gao Dongxu speculated that Zhang Buxun was likely a relative of Zhang Qiling or even an ancestor of Zhang Qiling.

The virus is harmful, but it's not entirely without merit. At least decades later, Zhang Buxun remains exactly as he was when he died from poisoning, and nobody knows if he might suddenly wake up someday.

After all, although he had stopped breathing, Zhang Buxun really looked like he was asleep.

Zhang Buxun's body has great research value. Rather than letting Wu Sansheng give it to Qiu Dekao, it would be better to take it back and hand it over to the Ninth Bureau. I believe that this will definitely attract the attention and concern of the higher-ups.

Thinking of this, Gao Dongxu took out a blanket from his spatial storage, spread it on the ground, threw two gas masks to Fugui and Erpang, and said, "Lift him onto the blanket and wrap him up."

Without hesitation, Erpang and Fugui put on gas masks, stepped forward, and with their tactical gloved hands, lifted Zhang Buxun, placed him on the blanket, and wrapped him up.

Gao Dongxu stepped forward, placed his hand on the blanket, and put Zhang Buxun into his spatial storage.

“Let’s go down to the third level—” Gao Dongxu arrived in front of the coffin, rummaged around inside for a while, and opened the mechanism. The bottom of the coffin opened, revealing the entrance to the third level.

Gao Dongxu was the first to jump, followed closely by the others.

The third level has been remodeled in the style of the Ming Dynasty, with electric lights shining in the tomb passage. However, there are many passages on the third level, and one can easily get lost if one is not careful.

Just as Gao Dongxu was about to randomly choose a passageway to walk through, he heard continuous gunfire.

Now that they didn't need to wander around, Gao Dongxu immediately led everyone to follow the sound of gunfire.

When they reached a bend in a passageway, Gao Dongxu raised his hand to signal everyone to stop, while he leaned out to check the situation inside.

A man dressed in a black robe and cloak was seen firing a gun at the Silent Cavalrymen, whose bodies were emitting eerie green flames. In the Silent Cavalry, a strange humanoid puppet without a mask was drawing the ghost soldiers' attacks.

Not a robot?!

Gao Dongxu frowned slightly as he looked at the humanoid puppet. It seemed that he would need to capture one alive to figure out what these things were.

He pulled back, took out a steel needle from his spatial storage, and then took out a bottle of potent anesthetic that Gao Fangfang had specially prepared for him. He opened it and dipped the needle in it.

Putting away the anesthetic, Gao Dongxu adjusted his breathing, circulated his internal energy, and appeared in the passageway with incredible speed. He unleashed his internal energy, flung out the steel needle in his hand, and shot it towards the black-robed man's shoulder.

"what--"

With a scream from the man in black, Gao Dongxu immediately darted back to the corner. The man in black, while reaching for the steel needles in the wound on his back, suddenly turned around and raised his gun to look behind him.

There was no one behind him. The man in black robes was in excruciating pain, his forehead covered in cold sweat. He had just frowned when his vision blurred, and the next moment his body went numb. He collapsed to the ground. At this moment, Gao Dongxu led A Ning and the others out. A Ning and the others were shocked to see the ghost soldiers, their bodies wreathed in green ghost flames, crowding in front of a stone gate and attacking a humanoid puppet with weapons.

"Ghost soldiers?!"

"No, they are controlled by a kind of phosphorescent filth worm. This flying insect emits phosphorescent fire when it flaps its wings. This fire can not only control the corpses of these silent knights, but also has a hallucinogenic effect."

After hearing Gao Dongxu's explanation, everyone's fear was dispelled.

"In a moment, I will deal with these ghost soldiers. At that time, I will force out the filthy worms inside them. Each of you will take an insect-catching net, which is made of asbestos. Your task is to help me catch the filthy worms. After catching them, the asbestos net will extinguish the phosphorescent flames on their bodies, and then we can put them into these bottles—"

Gao Dongxu took out an insect net and some glass bottles with stoppers from his spatial storage and distributed them to everyone.

Everyone looked at what they were holding and couldn't help but twitch their lips.

Gao Dongxu didn't pay attention to the expressions of the others. He walked to the black-robed member of the Wang family, searched his body for a while, found the remote control for the humanoid puppet, as well as a pistol and magazine, put them into his space, took out a rope, and tied the man's hands and feet together behind his back.

At this moment, the ghost soldiers discovered Gao Dongxu and his group, or more accurately, the filthy marrow worms discovered them. One by one, the ghost soldiers, wreathed in green flames, brandished their long swords and charged towards Gao Dongxu.

Gao Dongxu calmly took out a bottle of his own blood from his spatial storage, opened the cap, and shouted, "Get ready to catch the bugs—"

After shouting, he raised his hand and splashed the blood from the bottle onto the horde of ghost soldiers rushing towards him.

"flap--"

Countless filthy worms emitting green flames flew out from the ghost soldiers. They seemed to have encountered their natural enemy and flew around wildly, making the entire passageway lush and green.

Those Silent Knights who were no longer controlled by the Filthy Marrow Worms all fell to the ground.

Gao Dongxu also had an insect-catching net in his hand, and began to wave it in the air to catch the filthy marrow worms.

Seeing this, Ah Ning and the others also started waving their insect nets and catching insects.

A swarm of filthy worms were caught in an insect net and put into glass bottles by Gao Dongxu and his team.

Gao Dongxu looked at the filthy marrow worms huddled together, emitting phosphorescent light, inside the transparent, heat-resistant glass bottle, smiled happily, and put them into his backpack.

Because it was a living creature, he couldn't store it in his spatial storage; he had to carry it with him at all times.

Soon, the filthy marrow worms in the tunnel flew away, leaving behind the desiccated corpses of the Silent Knights scattered all over the ground, as well as a strange head with a humanoid puppet whose eyes, like a camera, kept zooming in.

Gao Dongxu took out a remote control and turned off the humanoid puppet. He walked forward, pulled back the black robe on the puppet, and saw the time bomb on its chest. At this moment, the bomb had not been activated.

Smelling the stench emanating from the humanoid puppet, Gao Dongxu frowned. After a closer look, he was astonished to find that the thing was half-flesh and half-machine.

Goodness, is the Wang family's technology already this advanced?

Just as Gao Dongxu was about to continue studying the humanoid puppet, a burst of gunfire erupted from inside the stone gate, along with Wang Pangzi's scream, "Quick, find the jade pendant—"

Helpless, Gao Dongxu put away the humanoid puppet and took out the Liquan Spear, which was making its first official appearance, from his spatial storage.

Ah Ning, Ru Xin, and Ru Qing all had their eyes light up when they saw Gao Dongxu holding the Li Quan spear.

"What a handsome spear!" Ru Qing immediately stepped forward, blinking her beautiful eyes, wanting to take the spear from Gao Dongxu's hand to admire it.

Gao Dongxu smiled and let go, almost dropping his grip. He managed to hold on tightly with both hands, exclaiming in surprise, "So heavy—"

"This is made of meteorite iron, a high-quality replica of Yue Fei's Li Quan Spear." Gao Dongxu smiled, reached out and grasped the spear, walked to the stone door, and pushed the stone door mechanism with force.

The stone door slowly opened—

As the stone door opened, Gao Dongxu and his group saw Wu Xie, Wang Pangzi, Hei Xiazi, Xie Yuchen, and one of his men being chased around in a sorry state by the Ghost General wielding a long sword.

They heard the sound of the stone door opening and assumed that the ghost soldiers had rushed in. Their eyes widened, and they stared at the stone door in terror.

"Ah?! Young Master Gao—"

Wu Xie and Fatty Wang exclaimed in almost broken voices, while also inwardly smiling bitterly. Sure enough, their guess was right. It was indeed Young Master Gao who was willing to set a trap, and they had become the ones who got caught in the crossfire again.

"Tsk tsk—you guys are really in a sorry state. If I'm not mistaken, it's Fatty's fault for messing around again—" Gao Dongxu raised an eyebrow and teased with a smile.

"Hehe..." The fat man chuckled as he scrambled over to Gao Dongxu's side, panting as he wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. He clasped his hands together and said with a wry smile, "Young Master Gao, please stop teasing me. We're almost being tortured to death by this ghost general."

(End of this chapter)