I found some gaps in the middle of the phalanx, and guessed that it might have been too long ago, and some of the sand terracotta warriors were broken and fell to the ground.
At this time, Fatty made a discovery, and he called out to us loudly: "Come here, everyone! This sand terracotta warrior is just a shell, there is something inside!"
We gathered around and took a look. The sand terracotta warrior pointed by the fat man had a big hole in the upper body armor, and there were actually bones inside. Several flashlights were used together to take a photo, and it was even more horrifying!
Seeing the corpses in the sand terracotta warriors, Avril shouted: "Oh, Zhat! Buy it!"
The production process of the sand terracotta warriors actually included living people! I immediately took a few breaths of cold air. Sure enough, the cruelest thing is the harm done to people of the same kind!
Killing can only be done with a nod of the head, but putting a living person in a figurine shell and suffocating him to death is undoubtedly the cruelest method of death in the world, even for alien slaves.
I looked at the white bones among the sand terracotta warriors, and the cruel images from thousands of years ago came to my mind.
Suddenly my bad premonition became stronger. I asked them all to step back and pointed the engineering shovel at the nearest sand figurine shell, aiming at the thigh of the sand figurine.
I turned around and asked the fat man: "Are you ready?"
The fat man nervously tightened his grip on the gun and asked, "Old Cao, this thing is not a coconut. What are you doing by knocking it? Don't let those strange termites appear again!"
"Don't be afraid to say it. I don't think I can knock out the termites this time. I'm afraid it's all a nightmare!"
I held my breath and knocked open a complete sand figurine nearby, and a horrifying scene indeed happened!
What was exposed this time was not white bones, but a corpse with flesh and blood. When exposed to the air, the corpse oxidized and turned black at a speed visible to the naked eye, turning into a black mummy! And it is growing black hair, and at the same time the whole sand figurine begins to shake violently, this is about to break out of the shell and transform into a corpse!
For fear of starting a chain reaction.
There is a talisman for restraining the transformation of corpses in "The Universe in the Tomb". I was prepared, so I took out the yellow talismans and quickly restrained them, and also stabbed them with the lightning strike wooden sword.
Fortunately, after a series of operations, the corpse transformation finally stopped, but the good news did not come. The sand figurines here were missing, and it was very likely that a mass corpse transformation had occurred at some point.
It can be said that the thousands of sand terracotta warriors in front of you are countless time bombs. Who knows when they will burst out of their shells.
There is an important reason for the transformation of corpses, and that is the breath of life. However, it is impossible for us to hold our breath and rush through such a long distance.
Boss Sun is already a little scared. There are only a few backpacks, and it is impossible to hold all the yellow talismans. There is only one lightning strike tree. Now he wants to go back and get close to him, but it is difficult to speak. Therefore, he did not dare to walk through the phalanx in front of him and suggested that we should go another way.
If the corpse array in front is a time bomb, then the large amount of sand and roughness hidden in the corridor behind is a minefield, and it is obviously impossible to walk through it.
I withdrew the team to the location of the Tongding, which is relatively safe for the time being. The next action needs to be considered in the long term.
Everyone gathered around, and Avril was very interested in the "Tiangang Evil Suppressing Talisman". It was the first time for her to witness the ancient mysterious power from the East, and she was so novel and surprised.
The secret technique of suppressing corpses and exorcising evil left by Cheng Xuanqing of the Tang Dynasty has been sealed in the "World in the Tomb" for more than a thousand years. I, Cao, have devoted myself to studying it for more than ten years, and it has been put to great use in a short period of time.
"Can you give me one?"
"sure."
Avril took the yellow talisman, looked at it carefully, and watched it repeatedly.
She placed the talisman flat in her palm and used one finger to trace along the pattern on it. The pattern of the General's Pardon was the outermost edge of the talisman.
Avril was still in disbelief and asked: "Is the corpse Qi frightened by this graphic?"
I explained that this yellow talisman looked simple, but actually contained three extremely yang substances, cinnabar, chicken blood, and black dog red (black dog blood).
Grind cinnabar into fine powder and mix it with chicken blood, black dog red, and black dog red to form the "ink" for drawing symbols. These three items alone are enough to deal with ordinary evil spirits, and with the blessing of the talismans left by the ancestors, the intimidating power is even higher. If it weren't for the extreme Yinji evil that is rare to encounter in a century, I would be able to deal with it.
Of course, this is only the unique record written by Cheng Xuanqing in "The Universe in the Tomb". It feels more like a supplement to the "instruction manual" to me, and it is full of vigilance. The old man did not describe much about Jiyinjisha, and I have never seen such a powerful master.
The fat man was no longer curious about the talismans. He took out a cigarette and held it in his mouth. , how do you say that, three Zhuge Liangs are equal to one... Oh, no, it’s the three cobblers, right? Oh no matter it’s the cobblers or Zhuge Liang, in a word, we have five brains and we can’t catch them As an envoy, we cannot rely on Lao Cao for everything. We have to pool our wisdom so that the team can grow together and go further."
"Old Cao, do you think what I said makes sense?"
After the fat man finished speaking, he put the newly lit cigarette into my mouth.
I took a deep breath, and this time the smoke was very long, and the surroundings were filled with darkness. The smoke hit the position of the copper tripod, and scattered like a newly opened river.
I sighed: "Fat man, no one will want to hear what you say, so I'd better say less of it in the future."
"Fat boy, give me one too."
Maybe the sudden awkward atmosphere made everyone at a loss. Boss Sun approached the fat man and asked for a cigarette. He said: "Actually, it's not that I didn't think of a way, but you all know that you all have a 'scientific background', I am the only one who is a half-way monk, and I, a half-way monk, don’t dare to blindly knock on sutras or chant Buddha’s praises. Therefore, you should listen to Brother Cao more. You can make a fortune by listening to Brother Cao, and you will never go wrong!”
I told Boss Sun that if he was still thinking about getting rich at this time, he was probably looking for the wrong person and going the wrong way. I have repeatedly emphasized before that the core purpose of this expedition is to save people! And he is my lifesaver!
I know what Fatty means. In fact, he is not targeting Boss Sun, let alone Long Wu, who is the only woman in the team.
Ever since Avril's backpack was lost, she rarely offered constructive suggestions. Although she once boasted that all the information was there, the human brain has a memory function, so she didn't dare to ask her to remember everything, but there was always some feedback.
The fat man knows that I have a "loving fragrance and cherishing jade" personality, and some words are difficult to say out of my mouth, so I took this opportunity to use the topic.
But after the famous code words, Avril did not show any special behavior. The fat man even suspected that all the beautiful women were straight? Or was Avril deliberately pretending to be stupid? Wasn't her words clear enough?
The fat man wanted to say a few more words, but Long Wu suddenly said: "Give me one."
The fat man shook the spark in his hand and questioned: "Did you hear that right? Third child, do you want to take a few sips too?"
After Long Wu got the cigarette, he did not accept the fat man's initiative to light up. Instead, he easily twisted the cigarette, poured all the tobacco into his mouth, chewed it twice, his Adam's apple moved up and down, and swallowed it in one gulp.
Boss Sun stretched out his hand to stop him, but it was too late.
"Oh my! Brother Long, can you recommend something delicious? Do you have pica?"
It seems that Long Wu is sick again. He talks little and only wants to achieve his goal. All he needs is the nicotine in cigarettes.
I asked him softly: "Does it hurt again?"
He nodded slightly.
"Can you persist?"
He hesitated for a moment, nodded again, and then stopped talking.
Long Wu's answer was not pleasant, which showed that the situation was no longer optimistic.
There is no time to check his wounds now, and there is no time to speculate and doubt whether Avril's previous story with Long Wu is mixed with water or how false it is.
In short, the top priority is that the expedition must continue. Even if you face huge risks if you break through the corpse formation in front of you, you still have to bite the bullet and move forward.
Walking through the densely packed corpses is really not a pleasant thing.
However, a strange thing happened during the journey. The more corpses were gathered in the place, the less panic there was. On the contrary, the sudden appearance of a few stragglers made people nervous and suspicious, fearing that something strange had happened.
The phalanx of sand soldiers was arranged so tightly that the gap in the middle was barely enough for one person to pass through. If two people wanted to walk side by side, they absolutely couldn't.
Each of these sand soldiers was tall and powerful, and I almost squeezed past the shoulders and elbows of every two sand soldiers. These sand soldiers have different appearances, but they all share an indescribable weirdness. Boss Sun followed me closely and whispered to me: "Brother Cao, please slow down a little bit... I feel like they are all looking at me..."
I said loudly to him, "How quickly did you forget the heroic deeds of a torch breaking through a termite formation? We are about to use you as a role model and an example. You must not mess up your position and damage the image of a hero."
"Ouch! That's only one or two ends, but this is thousands. It's incomparable!" Boss Sun's tone became more urgent, "What I said is true! You were really looking at me just now!"
"Yeah!" Boss Sun suddenly grabbed me and exclaimed: "Look! It's here again!"
I felt chilled by him. I looked back subconsciously and saw a sand terracotta warrior turning its head little by little. In the end, it turned into a terrifying scene with its body facing forward and facing backward.
This is a head, not a gas valve. How could it turn like this?
If this was a human being, it would be called a ghost!
When faced with danger, human instinct is to run away.
Although there are talismans and guns, the current situation is that it is a weapon that can scare away rats.
Even if we find corpse-turned sand terracotta warriors, we can only flee forward quickly, and we cannot wake up a large number of them just to subdue one!
As I was running, I suddenly noticed that Boss Sun was running extremely fast, not like a person with half of his feet grinding against the ground.
At first glance, I realized that his shoes no longer had exposed toes. If I looked closely, I saw that they were not the same pair of shoes as the other shoes!
I asked directly, "Where did these shoes come from?"
"Pick it up, pick it up."
I'm not in the mood to guess charades with him. "You're so good at picking it up, why not open a specialty store here! Tell me where you picked it up!"
