Behind the iron gate is a long and narrow passage. At this time, a Japanese mummy is lying on the ground in the passage. The corpse's mouth was wide open, its face was twisted and ferocious, and one hand stretched straight forward, as if it wanted to crawl out of it. His back was covered with black vines, and his body was deformed by a thick vine branch. The passage was covered with black vines, and it looked like a big black mouth, with a person struggling to crawl forward.
"this......"
Seeing the strange scene in front of them, everyone took a breath.
"Shh... don't make any noise yet." Yang Lixuan raised his hand to make a silent gesture, and took out a small glass bottle from his bag, which contained a dark red liquid.
"This is a mixed liquid based on anise ground dragon grass powder and black dog blood. It can temporarily drive away the soul-destroying rats within a certain range, but the effect is limited. Once attacked by a group of soul-destroying rats, these things are of no use at all. .”
"What? The farmer's octagonal earth dragon grass?" Yan looked at Yang Lixuan with some surprise and said: "The farmers have disappeared for thousands of years, how come there are still people cultivating this kind of grass?"
"Octagonal dragon grass? That's the legendary sacred grass that can deal with zombies! Brother Yang, how come you have this thing?" Uncle Long asked.
"I got it in an ancient tomb before. Unfortunately, the water seepage in that ancient tomb was too serious and everything inside has been destroyed. The few plants I brought out are too old and the effect is no longer as good as before."
"Hey Yang Zai, do you still have this grass? I'll pay a high price for it! It doesn't matter how much it is, just ask for it!" Boss Zhang looked at Yang Lixuan with fiery eyes.
Yang Lixuan picked up the bottle in his hand and shook it: "They are all here already. The bottle of potion given to you and the contents of this bottle are already all the octagonal earth dragon grass."
Hearing this, Boss Zhang touched his backpack like a baby, and his face lit up with joy when he thought that the mineral water bottle inside contained such a rare thing. He smacked his lips with satisfaction and said, "This trip was well worth it!"
"How can this thing be effective on soul-destroying rats?" Chen Tao was a little confused.
"Whether it's corpse crickets, bloodthirsty black worms, or these soul-catching rats, they are all gloomy and evil things. Aniseed dragon grass, black dog's blood, garlic and ginger are all masculine, so it is natural to have some restraint on these things."
After applying the medicine in the bottle to everyone's bodies, the mountain ghost stepped forward and pulled out the Japanese mummy, threw it aside, and walked into the passage first. The black vines in the passage are much thicker than those in the corridor outside. In some places, everyone can only bend down to get through.
Occasionally, there would be a few bloodthirsty black worms and soul-destroying rats crawling around. Those soul-destroying rats did not launch attacks, but stayed away from them, sniffing and staring at everyone not far away.
"It's strange. The soul-destroying rats here seem to be a little different. The ones outside are like crazy." Chen Tao said doubtfully.
"I'm also very surprised. Those soul-catching rats seemed to have been stimulated and frightened by some kind of stimulation, and became extremely violent and crazy." Yang Lixuan said while walking.
About ten meters into the passage, a corner appeared. The black vines here were as thick as an adult's waist.
"These...could they be branches of some kind of tree, right?" Looking at these thick vine branches, Chen Tao felt a little incredible.
As we all know, plants need photosynthesis to grow, but in this special environment underground, there is no sunlight and the temperature is very low. How did these vine branches grow to this point? Chen Tao even wondered whether the entire cannibal valley would be covered with these vines.
Everything here is basically beyond Chen Tao's cognition, and many things cannot be explained by common sense. He still hasn't forgotten the scene of being controlled by the soul-destroying rat. It was so weird. Now that he thinks about it, he still feels panicked.
After crawling through the vine branches blocking the road, there was an iron door at the end of the corner. The door was wide open, and several thick vine branches stretched out from inside. There were many cracks in the walls around the door, and some were even broken. Countless black vines, thick or thin, emerged from the cracks and climbed up and down the surrounding walls and passages.
“It’s amazing how well these things grow!”
I looked at the space at the iron gate in front of me. It was large and narrow and could only allow one person to pass through. The mountain ghost held up his flashlight and looked into the gap. His sight was blocked by layers of vines. It seemed that there were many intertwined vine branches like this inside.
Everyone stepped on the thick vines and crawled into the gap. The further in, the narrower the space became. These vines are like a cover slanting on the door.
Their position was at the bottom of a pile of vines. The front and top were tightly entangled with vines, making it very uncomfortable for people to get inside. The mountain ghost, half-cat, leaned forward and hacked with a shovel for a long time before he made a gap in the pile of vines. The unpleasant rotten smell filled the air, and everyone ignored the liquid rubbing on their bodies and crawled out one by one through the gap cut by the mountain ghost.
"Let me go, those little devils have indeed discovered the ancient tomb! They actually brought out so many wooden boxes and salted fish!"
Chen Tao struggled to get up from the pile of vines and stepped unsteadily on a thick vine. When the flashlight shone over, he was stunned by the scene in front of him...
Chapter 37, Discovering Cracks
"Be a good boy! Didn't these little devils move all the salted fish out of the ancient tomb?" Mountain Ghost said in surprise as he looked at everything in front of him.
This is a large empty room, covered with black vines and branches of different thicknesses everywhere. Above the head, all around, and under the feet, the entire room was wrapped by those vines.
Chen Tao stood blankly on a vine branch as thick as half a human waist. Right in the center of the front, a huge crack appeared in front of his eyes.
Several oversized vines as thick as a human waist crawled out from the gap, like several giant black pythons, and all the surrounding vines branched out from these vines. What's even more unbelievable is that there are more than a dozen wooden coffins scattered in this room. The lid of the coffin has been lifted, and countless vines are wrapped around it.
In addition, wherever there are vines on the ground, in the corners of the walls, and among the entangled branches, there are corpses wrapped inside. There were Japanese ones, ancient corpses wearing armor, and even a few modern corpses hanging among them.
The corpse and the vines had grown together, and the tiny roots had grown deeply into the flesh of the corpse. Some of the roots had grown as thick as an arm, and a layer of thin vines grew out of them and wrapped around the body.
"It seems that I still underestimated the growth ability of these vines... If I guessed correctly, these vines can use corpses as nutrients to grow countless roots. These roots absorb the nutrients from the corpses and then grow into New vines will be added until the corpses are completely decomposed." Uncle Long looked at the corpses and said.
"The two bodies that were disassembled when we came in are right, but the one here...why do I feel...a little bit different?" Yan stood there and looked at the nearest Japanese body. Corpse said.
Although the corpses here are entangled, they have not been decomposed. Instead, they seem to have grown from above. The vines passed through the chests and limbs of the corpses. The skin of all the corpses was purple-black, and the tiny roots came out of the skin of the corpses, looking like they were covered with black hair.
"Is it the black-haired fish?" Boss Zhang asked.
In the industry, incorruptible corpses are called salted fish, that is, zombies. One of the reasons why zombies appear is that the special geographical environment and feng shui allow corpses to be preserved for a long time. Some of them even do not decay and remain lifelike after many years, looking as if they are sleeping.
Another reason is that when a person dies with his eyes closed, resentment gathers in his throat, and corpse qi accumulates. Too much yin qi in the tomb eventually causes the corpse to become stiff over time. Some people also swallow a large amount of poison before death, which can make the body survive forever.
Depending on the different colors of the zombies, they are called white fish, black fish, or green zombies. Once these zombies grow hair, it is a sign that they are about to rise or have already risen.
When a corpse is exhumed, its face swells or shrinks, its skin color changes, its hair stands on end, and its nails grow longer. Some of them will also have blisters on their bodies, which contain highly toxic substances that will kill anyone who touches them, turning them into zombie-like beings.
Whitefish refers to zombies whose bodies are white or sallow. Most of these zombies have intact skin, elasticity and flexible joints. They are generally easier to deal with. They can be restrained by black dog blood, donkey hooves, glutinous rice, etc.
Unless you encounter a great evil, a corpse with great resentment before death. Although this type of zombie looks similar to a white fish, it does not grow hair when it rises from the corpse, just like ghosts and ghosts. It is even something that cannot be explained by common sense.
Evil corpses and evil spirits, nine deaths and no life.
Blackfish refers to dark-colored zombies with purple or black corpses. This kind of zombie's limbs are not as flexible as white fish, but its skin is rough and fleshy. Ordinary glutinous rice, black donkey hooves and dog blood can no longer do anything unless its big keel is broken and the resentment in its body is eliminated.
The so-called big keel refers to the entire spine including the neck and back of the head. The black fish is a more powerful zombie than the white fish. To deal with this kind of zombie, you need to break its neck when it is raising its body to release the poisonous energy accumulated in its body. Then take sixteen date cores, nail seven into the backbone, seven into the seven orifices, take another two and stuff them into the navel and anus, then put the body into the coffin, and wrap it seven or forty-nine times with ink thread dipped in black dog blood. Seal the coffin.
Another way is that both black fish and white fish are afraid of fire. Once the fire goes down, no matter how powerful you are, you will be burned to ashes. Unless there are special circumstances, people who go into caves rarely use fire. The space in the tomb is inherently small and the oxygen is thin, so it is inevitable to hurt yourself. In addition, the fire is difficult to control and will destroy other underworld artifacts.
The last one is Green Zombie. This kind of zombie is said to be caused by the corpse energy of the first two being accumulated for a long time and being absorbed by the corpse. The whole body is green, hard as a rock, not afraid of water and fire, and is extremely agile and powerful, making it extremely difficult to deal with.
Looking at the black corpses on the ground, Haozi smacked his lips.
"No, I don't want to date a group of black fish..."
