Almost at the same time, Yu Huo and Liu Wusheng looked up in shock, looking at the numb body hanging above their heads. In addition to panic, they were even more shocked and sighing.
What is shocking is the number of corpses that have been made into human pupae. Who is it that has such ability? What is sad is that these are all living creatures, but they are ruthlessly made into mummies.
One was a corpse hunter, and the other was a corpse stitcher. The two of them had seen countless dead people, but they were still frightened by the scene in front of them.
Because of the underground river water flow and the special ventilated and dry environment, these corpses were suspended in mid-air, like dried cured fish and bacon, without any signs of decay.
Not only that, these mummies made into pupae, their hands and feet were neatly tied with ropes, and their twisted bodies seemed to have experienced a death struggle.
A terrifying picture suddenly appeared in Yu Huo's mind. These people should have been alive before they were made into pupae, and they were all hanging alive in the air.
Unable to avoid the struggle of the deceased, the murderer tied up the limbs of the deceased with five-flowered ropes, and then used the cruel and perverted method of beheading to separate the bodies of these people. All the heads were moved to the underground river and used to cultivate violets, forming the previously disturbing A land of terrifying flowers.
But the rest of the body remained in the air, with all the blood flowing out, and the body's moisture increased. As time went by, it gradually dried, and a headless corpse pupa was formed naturally.
Although the restored picture is just a figment of Yu Huo's imagination, it is very similar. But what is puzzling is why the murderer went to such great lengths to create such a large-scale headless man in this dark river. pupa?
Is it just for the fun of killing people?
Logically speaking, it obviously doesn't make sense. After all, if you want to kill so many people and kill people in such a large circle, there is no profit and it is just for personal selfishness. Obviously the motive for the murder is not enough.
Liu Wusheng also had the same feeling of Yu Huo. He hurriedly took out a cigarette and lit it. He didn't dare to breathe and said, "Tell me, how do so many people hang up?"
Liu Wusheng didn't care about the murderer's motive. Instead, he was curious about how these corpses were hung here. This was obviously not something that one person could easily do.
Although Liu Wusheng's focus was different, there was one thing that ignited Yu Huo. This was a gang crime, and the suspicion was once again locked on the 'Five Immortal Guards'.
Killing people and hanging corpses in underground rivers is a systematic project that requires careful division of labor and cooperation. So far, there are various signs that only a mysterious organization like the "Five Immortals Guards" can do it.
"If you want to know so much, bring down a body."
Naturally, Yu Huo wanted to know the truth, so he deliberately recruited Liu Wusheng and wanted him to come forward. He found a corpse and figured out the details of how it was made into a headless human chrysalis. Maybe he could find useful clues.
Of course Liu Wusheng knew that Yu Huo was deliberately posing a problem for him, but out of curiosity, he did not refuse. Instead, he came to the river bank closest to the hanging corpse, pulled a corpse down, and untied the ropes that bound its limbs. , spread out his hands, gestured to Yu Huo, and said: "The next step is up to you."
Yu Huo is a corpse stitcher, and Yu Huo has no reason to refuse the job of collecting corpses. He has to squat down, take out a piece of talisman from the bag at his waist, and stick it on the neck of the deceased who was beheaded. , chanting some incantations in his mouth, which is called soul-soothing.
Then he took out a few silver needles, and tested some of the soft parts of the mummy's pupa. When he pulled them out, he found that the silver needles were black, and some mist inevitably evaporated. Apparently, these mummies still had There are residual poisons.
In other words, these people had been poisoned before they were made into mummy pupae, which can explain why these people were hung here while they were still alive.
There is no testing equipment at the moment, so it is not yet clear what kind of poison these people were poisoned with, but the silver needle in Yu Huo's hand is unmistakable. These people's pupae themselves have residual poison.
It is these residual poisons that allow these corpses to be kept intact and not corroded, thus creating human pupae one after another.
Yu Huo put away the silver needle, put on gloves, a mask, and a scalpel, and cut open the mummy's body, only to find that there was a foreign body inside the body, buried deep in the human stomach.
Seeing the treasure, Liu Wusheng couldn't wait to reach out to take it, but was blocked by Yu Huo's scalpel. He angrily said, "You don't want this hand anymore?"
The reason why Yu Huo became angry was because the whole body of the mummy was covered with residual poison, inside and out. If he came into contact with the mummy tissue with his bare hands, it was very likely that his hand would be destroyed on the spot.
Liu Wusheng, who was stopped by Yu Huo abruptly and saw Qian's eyes open, was somewhat disappointed. An evil thought flashed through his heart. If Yu Huo was removed, all the treasures in front of him would belong to him alone.
But he quickly gave up this idea, because the underground river was dangerous and the way forward was unknown. Without the help of Yu Huo, it was obviously not easy to get out alive.
Yu Huo carefully took out the hard object from the mummy's body. It looked like a bead, but it was not as translucent as a luminous pearl. Instead, it felt like an ordinary toy marble.
But Yu Huo knew that this matter was not as simple as imagined. Yu Huo got up and pulled down a mummy from mid-air, and used the same method to find the same beads.
In order to confirm his guess, Yu Huo dissected three more corpses and found three more identical beads without any suspense.
Liu Wusheng looked at the beads in front of him, looked them over, but did not see any flaws. He said thoughtfully: "Do you think these beads were forcibly taken by someone when they were not beheaded?" I fed it into my mouth, but because the beads were too big, I suffered from indigestion and got stuck in my stomach..."
Liu Wusheng said that it was most likely such a process, but what was puzzling was why the murderer wanted every deceased person to swallow such a bead, and then painstakingly hid these beads in the mummy pupa. What is this bead?
Seeing that Yu Huo was helpless, Liu Wusheng had a simple idea and urged Yu Huo: "No matter what he is, just dig him out first. If you take him out of the wormhole, you might be able to make a fortune. When the time comes, You and I each have half, so why worry about having no worries for the rest of our lives."
Liu Wusheng was obsessed with money. It was precisely because of this that he delayed his cultivation of Taoism. It was also precisely because of his obsession with the smell of copper that he was expelled from the school by the corpse exorcism sect and was left in ruins.
However, Yu Huo always believed that the beads hidden in the hanging corpse were not as simple as imagined. This matter must be related to the sea of flowers above the underground river.
The corpses were separated, the heads were planted with flowers, the mummies were pupae, and the corpses contained pearls. How can we just brush it off in an understatement? There must be a monster when something goes wrong, and there must be a shocking secret behind it.
Before Yu Huo could react, Liu Wusheng was already tossing around with several mummies. Without saying a word, he got a few beads and put them into his pocket.
Facing the money-obsessed Liu Wusheng, Yu Huo was helpless. The weakness of human nature was exposed at this moment. Although Liu Wusheng was already a 'ghost', his body was no longer, and the remaining soul was still filled with the smell of money and interests.
Just as Liu Wusheng was taking out beads from these mummies, he unknowingly disturbed the feng shui of the underground river and broke the balance.
The water flow of the underground river suddenly became turbulent, and gravel began to fall continuously from the dry cliff above the underground river. This made Yu Huo realize the crisis, and quickly stopped Liu Wusheng, saying: "You can't move any more. , these hanging corpses should echo and complement each other in the darkness up and down. Once this balance is broken, the underground rivers and wormholes will no longer exist, and we will have to be buried here."
Upon hearing this, Liu Wusheng didn't want to die. Although he was now a half-dead person like Yu Huo, with no body and only a walking soul, he still missed this beautiful world and did not want to end his life here.
After Liu Wusheng found ten beads on the corpse, he saw the danger approaching, so he stopped and said reluctantly: "Seeing that this place is about to collapse, quickly find an exit and escape."
Yu Huo looked around and found mummies and human chrysalis constantly falling from mid-air into the dark river, disappearing into the darkness with the rapid current.
Yu Huo realized that the recklessness just now had broken the balance of the underground river and created an irreversible situation. The crack that came in had been closed. If he didn't find an escape as soon as possible, he would only die here.
The hanging corpse kept falling into the dark river, as if it had started some kind of self-destruction mode.
These corpses hang here and exist only to protect something. Once they encounter invasion and destruction, they will enter the ability of self-protection.
This is the subtlety of the designer. The designer's trick is a mechanism specially designed to cover up something.
It is conceivable that the murderer is a cruel murderer and a highly intelligent criminal. No wonder the police have not found the murderer's motive and clues to the murder so far.
Fighting against masters requires not only a battle of wits and courage, but also patience.
For the first time, Yu Huo felt the strength of his opponent, but what he needed now was to escape alive. Only by staying alive could he continue to fight his opponent.
"Play a game. Let God decide whether you are alive or dead now. If the coin in my hand is a number, heads, go down the river. If it is tails, then go upstream. How about it?"
Liu Wusheng has been a gambler all his life. From the beginning, to stealing the underworld lantern, and finally reaching the point of no return, he became addicted to gambling. To this day, he still has the mentality of a gambler.
Without waiting for Yu Huo to agree, he tossed the coin, and the result showed tails, which meant going upstream along the underground river, but Yu Huo didn't think so.
The flow of water in the underground river is rapid, and it is currently in the flood season. It is obviously impossible for such a large amount of water to be accumulated in this wormhole.
Then there is only one possibility, this water flows along the underground river and is discharged into lakes or oceans.
Therefore, as long as you go down the underground river, you can naturally find the exit.
"My dear, I never leave my destiny to God, because I don't believe in fate, but in myself."
After Yu Huo finished speaking, he ignored Liu Wusheng and ran down the lower reaches of the underground river in large strides.
Liu Wusheng, who looked bored, had no choice but to give up, pick up the coin on the ground, and follow Yu Huo's butt, chasing him all the way.
