"This is... the bronze figure with tree patterns!" He opened his mouth and didn't say a word for a long time. As soon as the thought in his mind just appeared, Chen Tao felt a buzz in his head, like thunder.
"What are you doing? Keep the flashlight on!" Yang Lixuan's voice brought Chen Tao back to reality from the shock in his heart. Looking at the halo on his forehead, he hurriedly shined the flashlight on the chest of the corpse.
"No... I'm sorry, I was distracted." Chen Tao said to Yang Lixuan apologetically, but his heart was in a mess, thinking to himself: "I hope it's a coincidence, the Tree Man is something from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period or even earlier. This The Japanese have only been dead for a few decades, and there is such a long gap between the two. How could it be possible... If it really has anything to do with the tree people, it would be too outrageous!"
"When I get the chance, I will have to study the bronze man carefully. Maybe I will find something else."
No one knew what Chen Tao was thinking just now. Even Uncle Long looked at him with some confusion.
Withdrawing his mind, Chen Tao looked at Yang Lixuan intently. I saw that he used a dagger to gently cut a small bump on the side. No blood or anything else came out.
Then, Yang Lixuan used the tip of the knife to cut open a circle of skin around the bulge, just like digging out a lid, cutting off the layer of skin that wrapped the bulge, revealing what was underneath the bulge. Chen Tao looked closely and saw that it was black.
At first, Chen Tao only thought it was dried blood clots from the corpse, but after thinking about it, he thought it was impossible. He looked carefully at the black things, and couldn't help but feel that they looked familiar. When he recognized what they were, his whole body felt numb.
They were bloodthirsty black insects, wrapped into a pile like snowballs, motionless, not sure whether they were dead or alive.
After putting away the dagger, Yang Lixuan reached out and took the flashlight from Chen Tao's hand, illuminated the pile of bloodthirsty black insects and said, "I think I know why he committed suicide."
Everyone was looking at him. Although they knew it must be related to these black insects, they still wanted to see what Yang Lixuan would say.
"When we came down, everyone saw what was on the rubble pile. Combined with the previous rumor, the group of miners exploded the black rock formation, causing the bloodthirsty black insects below to escape. And this factory is located in Under the rock formation, that is to say, the bugs they exploded escaped from here."
Looking at the corpse, Yang Lixuan continued: "Although I don't know what these Japanese are doing here, they must have encountered bloodthirsty black insects. This person must have been attacked by a swarm of insects, and the black insects burrowed into him. inside the body."
"So, he was locked up?" Chen Tao asked.
"Well, it's possible." Yang Lixuan nodded and said: "Why he is locked up here, I can't judge. Judging from the circumstances of his suicide, he did not completely lose his mind. But... bugs should be the most important factor that caused him to commit suicide in despair. Direct cause.”
"Then...what's with these bullet marks and bullets all over the floor, and these opened ammunition boxes." Uncle Long asked.
Yang Lixuan shook his head: "I think, either he destroyed it himself when he was crazy, or..." Yang Lixuan looked at the bullet marks and bullet casings around him and said:
"There...is something else here!"
"Something else?" everyone asked in confusion.
"Well, let's take this as a guess, but at least we understand the reason why this man committed suicide. The Japanese should know about the bloodthirsty black insects. After knowing that he was attacked by the black insects, they locked him up. Maybe. He went crazy alone in there, or was shooting something else with a gun. Finally, he fell into fear and despair, hid in this corner, and ended his life."
"But why do these black insects gather in front of him? And they are so big..." Chen Tao asked.
"These are all adult worms. If my guess is correct, this Japanese man must have been attacked by swarms of black worms before his death. Most of the worms in his body are male, and the female worms inside have not yet laid eggs. . From the time when the black bug burrowed into his body to when he shot himself, the time would not exceed one day."
"After these black bugs entered his body, they quickly sucked up his blood. The bloodthirsty black bugs have a habit. If their parasitic host dies suddenly and they don't have time to find a new host, they will enter a dormant period. "Yang Lixuan pointed to the large and small sarcomas on the corpse and said:
"In order to protect the female worm, the male black worm will wrap the female worm, and their secretions will form an egg-like shell in the host's skin and flesh, just like what you see now. During this period, they will secrete A substance that allows the host's corpse to be preserved for a long time without decaying."
Looking at the corpse on the ground, Chen Tao couldn't help but rub his arms.
"Then...will the boy at the canteen end up like this?"
"No." Yang Lixuan shook his head, "In the boy's case, the host is still alive and the body is full of female worms. They will only lay eggs and then hatch. When the larvae grow up, they will find a new host and leave. The black worms in the boy's body It is for laying eggs, and in this Japanese case, it is foraging for food and then entering a dormant period, which may have something to do with the external environment at the time."
As Yang Lixuan explained, Boss Zhang on the side grabbed the dagger, as if he wanted to prick open other sarcomas to take a look, but Yang Lixuan grabbed his wrist, and the tip of the knife stopped less than one centimeter away from the surface of the corpse.
"Don't move, they are still alive! The bloodthirsty black insects that have awakened from dormancy cannot be stopped even with potions." Yang Lixuan said solemnly.
"What! Still alive?" Boss Zhang exclaimed and quickly retracted his hand. He didn't want to be contaminated by these bugs.
"Little brother Yang, what should we do now?" Uncle Long looked at Yang Lixuan and asked.
Yang Lixuan didn't say anything. He took out a small black bottle from the backpack behind him and shook it in his hand. Because he was relatively close, Chen Tao noticed that there seemed to be a liquid inside.
Waving his hand to signal everyone to retreat, Yang Lixuan opened the bottle cap and poured the black liquid inside onto the corpse's exposed upper body.
Under the surprised eyes of everyone, the black liquid did not flow to the ground, but slowly spread along the surface of the corpse.
The body was clearly dented in the part covered by the black liquid. The black liquid continued to spread, and finally enveloped the entire body.
Under the shocked gazes of everyone, the corpse gradually shrank and disappeared at a speed visible to the naked eye, and finally turned into a puddle of black water, leaving only the empty yellow-green military uniform and the yellowed and broken chemical protection suit outside.
If you hadn't seen it with your own eyes, it would be hard to imagine that those clothes once belonged to a Japanese corpse that had been dead for decades.
Looking at the scene in front of him, Yan clenched his fists tightly, gritted his teeth and spat out a few words from his mouth: "It's the Wu Clan's corpse-loving Gu... Yang, you guys are really good." What a skill!"
Yang Lixuan looked back at him. The two looked at each other but said nothing. Putting the empty bottle in his hand at the cuff of his military jacket, the black liquid separated from it and slipped back into the bottle. He stood up, glanced at Uncle Long, and said, "It's been taken care of. There's nothing to stay here. Let's pack up and go." After saying that, he put away the bottle and walked towards the iron gate.
"He..." Boss Zhang swallowed and wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Yan. He looked at the thin figure in front of him and said in a deep voice:
"Let's go, let's go out too." After saying that, he held the backpack on his shoulders and walked away. Boss Zhang and Brother Ah Cheng looked at each other in the back. Boss Zhang sighed and said, "Oh, let's go."
Haozi looked at Yang Lixuan without saying a word. Chen Tao noticed that his hands were shaking a little. Patting Haozi on the shoulder, Chen Tao asked when he saw that the people in front of him had already walked out of the iron gate:
"What was that just now?"
"That's a kind of Gu from the Witch Clan, specially used to dispose of corpses. I heard your grandfather mention it once before. This kind of thing has been extinct for thousands of years, how can he still have it?" Uncle Long looked at Wang. uncle.
"I don't know either. I can only contact him, but I don't know anything about him. This person suddenly appeared in recent years. No one knows his background and strength. They only know that he is from the Mo family. "
Chen Tao wanted to ask something else, but Uncle Long waved his hand and said, "Forget it, let's go out too. We'll talk about this later."
Chen Tao looked helplessly at the retreating figures of Uncle Long and others, and for the first time he doubted himself.
What kind of family do you live in?
Relatives, friends, and everything in the past few years, everything seems so harmonious and simple, yet so confusing.
What secrets does this home hide...
