A comprehensive overview of tombs: starting with the Yellow Weasel's Tomb

As soon as the three of them returned, everyone else rushed over.

They all asked if they had discovered anything and if there was any danger.

Bai Jing and Hu Bayi briefly explained the situation, indicating that there was no danger ahead and that they had discovered many valuable antiques.

Upon hearing this, everyone else smiled.

After all, these discoveries can be exchanged for rewards.

If you accumulate enough merit, things like joining the army, getting promoted, and going to university will all be within your grasp.

At that moment, the fat man sniffed and asked with some confusion, "Can you smell anything bad?"

Upon hearing this, Yanzi retorted without hesitation, "Wang Kaixuan, do you need to tell me? It's just the smell of a corpse, what's so strange about that?"

Bai Jing seemed to have also smelled the same odor that the fat man had smelled, and immediately said, "No, it's not the smell of a corpse, it's a very strange smell."

Upon hearing this, the fat man nodded vigorously and said, "Yes, yes, it's just like the meat has gone bad."

At this point, the fat man sniffed carefully again, then pointed in a direction and said, "The smell is coming from that direction."

Bai Jing also looked at Fatty Wang at this moment. To be fair, although Fatty Wang was useless at everything and ate everything, everyone has one or two things they can be proud of.

This fat man's sense of smell is somewhat unusual.

Bai Jing was a specially trained person, and his sense of smell was better than that of ordinary people. However, the fat man was able to smell the strange smell that Bai Jing had not noticed earlier, which can be described as a gift.

Bai Jing wondered if he should teach the fat man some things related to this later.

After thinking it over, Bai Jing still felt that the fat man was not mature enough at the moment, and it would be better to wait a while before making a decision.

Bai Jing immediately said, "Then let's go take a look."

The others had no objections and followed Bai Jing's steps, carefully walking towards the direction from which the smell was coming.

The passage wasn't very long, and in no time, everyone reached the end of it.

This is a small, open space, with a huge iron gate on the side.

Fatty Wang sniffed again, then pointed to the iron gate and said, "The smell is coming from inside here."

At this moment, since everyone had arrived in front of the iron gate, they could smell a strange odor.

Just in case, everyone immediately put on their gas masks.

After putting on his gas mask, Bai Jing looked at Hu Bayi and said, "Let's go take a look."

Hu Bayi readily agreed and immediately called to Fatty. The two of them stepped forward to open the tightly closed iron gate.

This iron gate is a pair of double doors, with a rotating, tightly closed valve on each side.

Hu Bayi and Fatty Wang each took charge of one of the directions, while Bai Jing stood in the middle with a submachine gun in hand, in case any monsters rushed out after the door was opened.

As for the others, they retreated some distance so that if any danger arose, it wouldn't affect them immediately.

As Hu Bayi and Fatty slowly opened the two iron doors, everyone could see that inside the house was a patch of soft-looking earth covered with vines.

The room was so small you could see right through it. There were no monsters inside, but the moment the iron door was opened, a stench wafted out with the airflow.

Even though Bai Jing and the others wore gas masks just in case, the smell still made them almost vomit through the masks.

Chapter 68 Corpse Ginseng

Smelling the nauseating odor, the fat man glanced inside and couldn't help but say, "Old Bai, could this be the Japanese army's old vegetable cellar?"

Hu Bayi retorted, "It looks more like a pigsty to me."

Bai Jing ignored Hu Bayi and his companion, who were joking around. The two turned around and made a gesture.

The meaning was clear: Bai Jing meant there was no danger, but told everyone to step back and not move forward.

The others breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this, and then waited where they were, watching Bai Jing and the others.

Bai Jing, Hu Bayi, and Fatty Wang exchanged glances before slowly entering the house. Bai Jing looked around the room while cautiously keeping a watchful eye on his surroundings.

The floor outside the door is concrete, while the floor inside the room is soil.

Suddenly, Bai Jing seemed to realize something, and then a feeling of unease washed over him. His expression changed instantly, and he immediately shouted, "Retreat immediately!"

Hu Bayi and Fatty Wang didn't know what had happened, but upon hearing Bai Jing's words, alarm bells rang in their hearts, and they immediately withdrew their feet from the muddy ground.

But he was still a step too late; at that moment, the fat man's feet were only half a step away from the muddy ground.

Immediately afterwards, a withered hand emerged from the mud in front of Fatty Wang.

Bai Jing reacted quickly, shouting, "Fatty, watch your step!"

As Bai Jing shouted this, he also leaped up and rushed towards Fatty Wang's direction.

While still in mid-air, Bai Jing had already grasped the Kangxi sword in his hand.

When Wang Pangzi was startled by Bai Jing's shout, he noticed the hand reaching out to him from under his feet.

When Fatty Wang first saw a moving mummified corpse, he was so frightened that he fell to the ground with a thud.

But this was exactly what Bai Jing wanted.

Wang Pangzi's fall exposed his attack range, and Bai Jing seized the opportunity, slashing the withered hand in two.

After his attack was successful, Bai Jing knew that it was not a good place to stay. He immediately bent down, grabbed the fat man by the collar, and pulled him back several meters.

At the same time, Hu Bayi also realized what was happening and hurriedly rushed towards the gate.

In that split second...

Corpses emerged from beneath the ground, and the vines seemed to come alive, writhing and twisting.

That wasn't all. Then, something that looked like a vine emerged from the ground, followed by countless vines gathering together. Amidst the vines, Bai Jing could vaguely make out a wrinkled, bloated face.

The room has special ventilation holes, and as the air inside and outside exchange, a cold wind howls, and these sounds are like a sinister laugh.

Looking at the scene before him and listening to the sounds around him, Bai Jing, for some reason, thought of the tree demon grandmother of Lanruo Temple.

The fat man also stood up at this moment, staring in shock at the monster in front of him, and shouted incredulously, "Holy crap, what kind of monster is this?"

Hu Bayi, however, didn't care about anything else and immediately cursed, "You fatso, if you don't..."

"If you come out, you'll become a dried-up corpse on that tree too."

After saying this, Hu Bayi had already run to the doorway.

Bai Jing didn't care about anything else at this moment. He took out a few grenades from his backpack and shouted, "Fatty, hurry up and get out of here. Don't dawdle."

Fatty Wang realized what was happening and hurriedly ran towards the door.

After Fatty Wang ran out, he and Hu Bayi each grabbed a door panel and shouted to Bai Jing inside, "Old Bai, come out quickly!"

Seeing that Hu Bayi and Fatty Wang had already left, Bai Jing realized there was no need to continue entangled with the 'tree demon'.

Immediately, Bai Jing performed a backflip and landed, arriving at the main entrance.

Bai Jing casually severed an attacking vine with a slash, then quickly pulled the pins on several grenades. Just before leaving, he banged on the iron door and threw them into the room.

Hu Bayi and Fatty Wang were also terrified when they saw Bai Jing's actions.

As soon as Bai Jing stepped out of the gate's area, they worked together to pull the iron gate shut.

Before the door was even properly closed, Hu Bayi and Fatty Wang, who were closing it, were blasted to the ground by the shockwave.

During World War II, there was no distinction between offensive and defensive grenades in different countries.

Furthermore, the Japanese army's grenades could be launched from grenade launchers, which meant that their grenades were quite powerful.

Fortunately, the iron gate opens from the inside, so when it closes, it closes from the inside out.

Therefore, the shockwave from the grenade also helped Hu Bayi and Fatty Wang close the door.

Bai Jing didn't dare to delay and shouted, "Hurry up and close the door tightly."

Although Hu Bayi and Wang Pangzi fell to the ground, they were not injured. Upon hearing Bai Jing's words, they quickly got up and, one on each side, rapidly turned the door lock.

Finally, after the door was completely locked, the group breathed a sigh of relief and sat down on the ground.

Others rushed over and asked how things were going.

At the moment of relief, Fatty Wang asked, "What the hell is that in there? It's not a tree spirit, is it?"

Bai Jing shook his head and then explained, "That came from the ancient Western Regions."

Upon hearing this, none of the others had heard of it. They had heard of ginseng, Liaoning ginseng, Korean ginseng, and even American ginseng, but none of them had heard of it.

Sure enough, it was the fat man who asked the question.

"What is it?"

Bai Jing thought for a moment, sorted out the information in his mind, and said: "In legends, it only grows in ancient Western Regions countries and is also called Ghost Ginseng."

This thing takes root in dark, rotten soil, especially in places like ancient tombs or burial grounds, which are particularly suitable for its growth. According to legend, its roots can penetrate dozens of meters deep into the ground.

Actually, rather than being a plant, this thing can extend its roots to strangle people and animals, and then feed on the flesh and blood of those strangled.

This plant was likely transplanted by the Japanese and planted here. It was only through the blood and flesh of countless ancient corpses in the Corpse Cave that it was able to grow to such an astonishing size.

The vines that we see attacking us are actually its roots.

Those mummies we see are merely shells; their interiors are actually controlled by these roots.