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

Chapter 845 Forbidden Zone: Corpse Transformation and the Three Sacred Mountains

Having consumed the corpse beetle pill and knowing Wang Zanghai, he insisted on dying in the Heavenly Palace on the Cloud Top.

How could Gao Dongxu possibly keep Chen Pi Asi alive? Based on his guess, he had already made a decision: anyone who had eaten the Corpse Beetle Pill and wanted to get close to the Bronze Gate would die.

He had no intention of releasing an old monster like Wang Zanghai, and even if the possibility was extremely slim, he wouldn't take the risk.

"Drag him out and prepare according to my requirements. I will personally burn it in a moment." Gao Dongxu instructed Fu Gui and the others while picking up the nine-clawed hook that had fallen to the ground.

At this moment, the nine claws were fully extended, each claw incredibly sharp.

Gao Dongxu pulled hard on the rope, and the wooden handle of the nine-clawed hook flew back towards him. He easily caught it, examined the handle, and twisted it. The open nine-clawed hook snapped shut, turning into a shape like a lotus bud. However, the head was still very sharp and had great destructive power.

Looking at the unusual weapon in his hand, Gao Dongxu shook it a few times before handing it to the other curious women, laughing, "This is a very good unusual weapon. Chen Pi Asi used it to roam the martial arts world for decades, mastering it to an unparalleled degree..."

After hearing Gao Dongxu's introduction, the women lost interest. Compared to cold weapons, they preferred guns.

Gao Dongxu looked at the nine-clawed hook that had returned to his hand and couldn't help but chuckle. It seemed he still needed to find some time to practice properly. Hmm, he could learn the techniques for using rope darts and meteor hammers.

"Boss, it's ready—"

"Let's go—" Upon hearing Fu Gui's report, Gao Dongxu, smoking a cigarette, stood up and led the curious crowd out of the cave.

"Bam—"

Gao Dongxu flicked his cigarette butt onto Chen Pi Asi's corpse, which had been doused with gasoline.

Orange flames burst forth, greedily licking the gasoline-soaked pile of firewood, billowing black smoke and crackling sounds. Chen Pi Asi's withered and emaciated corpse was placed in the center of the firewood pile, firmly weighed down by a huge stone that had been moved from somewhere, to suppress any possible resurrection.

The air was filled with the pungent smell of gasoline and a faint, even more nauseating, stale and decaying odor.

Suddenly, a deep, hoarse sound, neither like wood cracking nor like flames roaring, came from the center of the flames.

Immediately afterwards, the corpse, which should have been completely stiff, twitched violently!
The boulder pressing on his chest seemed to tremble.

"It actually moved... Holy crap, it's turned into a zombie—" Wang Yueban muttered to himself, his voice filled with surprise.

Before the words were even finished, an even more horrifying scene unfolded. In the flames, Chen Pi Asi's charred head suddenly jerked upwards. Something seemed to writhe deep within the sockets of his long-lost eyelids, staring menacingly at the crowd outside through the flames. His mouth was wide open, not the unconscious opening of a dead man, but a contorted posture of extreme pain, anger, or perhaps... resentment.

"Huh... Ughhhhhh—!"

It wasn't a human voice; it was more like countless broken, hoarse voices mixed with some kind of beastly roar, forced out from charred throats and ruptured chests. The sound pierced through the howling flames, sharply striking everyone's eardrums.

The body trapped under the boulder began to struggle frantically. Its limbs twitched and kicked erratically and violently, as if countless invisible ropes were pulling it from within, trying to break free of the burning shell and to lift the heavy boulder off it.

His back arched repeatedly, striking the burning firewood below and the cold boulder above, producing a dull "thump...thump..." sound. The force was astonishing, completely unlike that of a centenarian, or even a dead man.

The flames flickered and scattered as his violent movements stirred them.

"This is the 'flesh' he ate... Doesn't he want to die?" Su Nan asked, her face pale, as she clung tightly to Gao Dongxu's arm.

"That's right. While those ancient corpses and flesh granted him far more years than ordinary people, they also brought unimaginable side effects—those rotten flesh that had been dormant for thousands of years would slowly 'awaken' in his body over time, breeding their own chaotic consciousness and eroding the host's mind."

Now, engulfed in flames, these "ancient things" that had been living deep within his flesh and blood and had just begun to develop a hazy consciousness felt a complete threat of destruction.

Unwilling to turn to ashes along with the body they had inhabited for decades, they used all their remaining strength to drive the corpse in a most frenzied and desperate counterattack in their final moments,” Gao Dongxu explained calmly.

Among the crowd, Wu Xie's face was the most grim, his eyes filled with sorrow. He seemed to see his grandfather, Wu Laogou, being cremated. No wonder he left a will stipulating that no one was allowed within 30 meters of him to watch the cremation process.

Chen Pi Asi's body was burned until the skin was torn and the fat sizzled, revealing the charred bones underneath, but his struggles did not diminish at all, and his shrill, inhuman screams grew louder and louder.

The curious, even somewhat casual, glances from the crowd had vanished without a trace, replaced by a deathly silence.

After an unknown amount of time, the struggle gradually weakened, and the roars turned into intermittent, hoarse sounds like a bellows breaking.

Finally, all the commotion subsided, leaving only the roar of the burning flames and an indescribable, strange odor, a mixture of burnt and stale smells, permeating the silent air.

The boulder remained firmly pressed down, beneath which lay only the charred outline of a human figure, occasionally twitching slightly, almost nervously. No one spoke. The group exchanged bewildered glances, the scene of their frantic struggle now etched into their memories like a nightmare.

"Pour in some more gasoline and burn it to ashes—" Gao Dongxu ordered again, then said to the others, "The rest of you go back into the cave, pitch your tents, and cook—"

After everyone dispersed, Su Nan looked at the charred corpse with complicated emotions and murmured, "What's the point of immortality and longevity if one becomes a monster..."

"Don't underestimate the madness some people have for longevity and immortality. In our Celestial Empire, which emperor throughout history didn't want to live forever? Even foreigners have always been pursuing the so-called Holy Grail and the legendary Fountain of Youth," Gao Dongxu said with a light laugh as he pulled Su Nan into his arms.

"Is it really possible for someone to live forever?" Su Nan asked Gao Dongxu curiously, her beautiful eyes sparkling.

"Longevity and immortality exist, but no one can achieve that," Gao Dongxu said with a faint smile.

"There really is?!" Su Nan's beautiful eyes widened, revealing an expression of utter shock, and she asked in a trembling voice.

"Yes, I know three people who are over a hundred years old, but still have the body and appearance of someone in their twenties..." Gao Dongxu said with a smile.

"Who is it?" Su Nan asked, her eyes filled with curiosity and shock. Then, suddenly remembering the storage space, she widened her beautiful eyes and looked at Gao Dongxu excitedly, asking in a trembling voice, "You wouldn't be one of them, would you? Actually, you're over a hundred years old..."

Gao Dongxu was speechless, and angrily rebuked her peach-shaped buttocks.

"Ouch, how annoying~~~" Su Nan couldn't help but wince in pain and complain coquettishly.

"I'm not one of those old fogies, alright, you'll see later..." Gao Dongxu laughed.

"Hmph, fine, don't tell me then, I don't care—" Su Nan was surprised that Gao Dongxu was still wary of her, so she changed her expression and snorted coldly. She angrily broke free from Gao Dongxu's embrace and strode towards the cave.

Watching Su Nan's sullen back, Gao Dongxu smiled slightly and did not chase after her to coax her.

Before Su Nan had attended his hundred lessons, immersed herself in the ocean of knowledge, and reached a level of profound learning and mastery of both Chinese and Western knowledge, he would not let her know too many secrets.

I spent a safe and warm night in a cave with hot springs, but when I woke up the next morning, I found that it was snowing again outside.

Fortunately, it did not prevent them from continuing on their way.

The horse-drawn sleds carried Gao Dongxu and his group at a fairly fast pace. Around noon, Su Nan and the others who were leading the way discovered a number of hoofprints and footprints on the ground ahead.

Judging from the traces, the group in front had quite a few people.

Without saying a word, everyone put on their goggles and set off immediately. Two hours later, Gao Dongxu and his group saw the team ahead on a hillside.

"Judging from their disheveled appearance, they have clearly suffered heavy losses; more than thirty men, and only five horses left... plus wounded..."

Gao Dongxu observed through binoculars while a smile played on his lips.

"Young Master Gao, look—"

Just then, Wu Xie suddenly exclaimed excitedly.

"What's wrong?" Gao Dongxu put down his binoculars and looked at Wu Xie, who was pointing in a direction and was extremely excited.

"Holy crap, it's exactly the same as the painting in the underwater tomb—" At this moment, Wang Yueban also saw the mountain range in the direction Wu Xie was pointing and couldn't help but exclaim.

Everyone looked in the direction Wu Xie was pointing. In the distance, amidst what appeared to be snow or mist, a snow-covered mountain stood majestically, blending seamlessly with the other mountain ranges yet appearing strikingly out of place. It was the same mountain peak they had seen in the underwater tomb, its shape almost identical to that in the film.

"This is it!" Gao Dongxu's face lit up with a bright smile.

"Three Holy Mountains!"

At this moment, Su Nan took out a GPS satellite locator and began to check it. Soon, his expression turned very ugly. He handed the locator to Gao Dongxu and then introduced it to everyone.

"...At an altitude of over 2400 meters, this is bad. This mountain is on the border, and the hilly area does not belong to our country... Moreover, only a very small part is on our side. Above the snow line to the other side, it's all within the other side's border. We can't cross it."

"We're already here, let's not worry about the border, let's just charge in. If we run into them and they dare to fire, our weapons aren't to be trifled with either—" Wang Yueban didn't care about the border; they were already at the entrance, and no one could stop him from going into the tomb to retrieve treasures.

(End of this chapter)