Tree roots squeezed into the sarcophagus from all directions, like plants planted in flower pots, constantly feeding the absorbed flesh and blood to the stone trough.
She shined the flashlight into the sarcophagus and saw clearly what was inside. The color on her face instantly faded, leaving only pale color. She turned around and pointed behind her.
Yue Guanchao noticed something strange about Song Siyuan, and turned on the flashlight with Ge Da to look at the coffin.
Oops!
The sarcophagus was covered with palm-sized Ganoderma lucidum of various colors, as if the coffin walls were decorated with strange flowers, and most of the space was filled to the brim.
On the giant Ganoderma lucidum inside the coffin, two child corpses, a man and a woman, sat facing each other!
The two child corpses were not very tall when sitting, and the tops of their heads could not be seen from the outside. It can be seen that they were not very old when they died, and their stature was only five or six years old.
Both men and women all tie up their horns and wear round robes decorated with beads. They sit cross-legged with their hands folded and their eyes closed to meditate.
This peaceful posture could easily be mistaken for someone who has reached Nirvana and ascended to immortality. Only the expression on his face gave them away.
His brows were furrowed and his cheeks were clenched, which showed that he was in so much pain before death that he still had an ugly expression after death.
If you look carefully, you will see that the skin of the boys and girls is not swollen, but is crystal clear and white all over, with a layer of transparent oil on the surface. It looks like white steamed buns soaked in lard, thick and sticky.
A fist-sized gap was cut out of the top of the head, and countless tree roots drilled into the body from the skull, filling every muscle and flesh with tiny roots.
In some skin with shallow blood vessels, you can even see the roots moving and trembling, and even the eyes of the corpse began to tremble frequently...
For a moment, Yue Guanchao thought they were living people sitting cross-legged in meditation!
Thinking about it this way, no wonder Song Siyuan wanted to hide back. Who knows whether these ancient boys and girls are dead or alive.
Yue Guanchao picked up the withered rattan on the ground and poked the child's corpse a few times with the rattan. It was not as soft as expected, and had a dull feeling like poking soft wax.
The Ganoderma lucidum under their seats is even weirder!
This Ganoderma lucidum looks like a giant clam. It has black skin and white flesh. The juice secreted on the surface is sweet and sticky. It smells like blood that has been washed away. Layers of membrane tongue wrap around the back of the child corpse, constantly extracting water from them. He was sucking something, and when he was poked by the cane, he started to squirm like an earthworm!
This shows that the Ganoderma lucidum inside is a living thing.
Underground caves, half-dead ancient trees, ancient child corpses, strange living bacteria, strange sarcophagi, strange heat mist... This underground cave seemed like a purgatory isolated from human beings, making them feel numb in the back of their heads and nauseated.
"Be careful, don't fall, look what's under the bridge!"
Yue Guanchao was pulled by Song Siyuan and looked under the bridge. His eyes suddenly widened, seeing the horror under the bridge. Then he became afraid that he was leaning on the railing. If the rattan railing rotted, it would be unthinkable to fall!
Under the bridge is an underground spring. The gurgling warm water turns the cold water flowing into the underground river into a warm and humid one. A large amount of mist evaporates, making it difficult to see the water surface.
He took advantage of the fog to disperse and observed carefully. There were dozens of huge black catfish lurking in the water, just like the ones he saw in the Long Live Well.
However, the beast was inactive on the verge of death, but the black catfish in the hot spring was lively, leisurely and comfortable.
They swim lazily in the warm underground river, constantly preying on shrimps, fish and crabs that stay warm in the river. Their bodies are fat and heavy, like fattened pigs in a pen.
Those blood-red eyes glowed with greed, and they kept looking at the stone bridge they were standing on. Their giant tail kept slapping the bridge piers, like a black dragon doing evil in the world.
Since ancient times, there has been a saying that carps leap over the dragon's gate. Any giant fish that exceeds several meters in length is regarded by the people as the sons and grandsons of the dragon.
How could such a strange fish not be regarded as the River Dragon King?
"If they only eat small fish and shrimps, how on earth did they grow so big?"
Before Yue Guanchao could finish his words, many bridge piers were shaken from side to side by the fish's tail, and even the sarcophagus began to shake.
In the blink of an eye, the Ganoderma lucidum in the sarcophagus was shaken to pieces, and all fell from the notch at the bottom of the sarcophagus into the underground river.
Thumping, crashing and shaking.
The underground river was like boiling water, roaring with black catfish. They were constantly fighting for various kinds of Ganoderma lucidum, and they were fighting fiercely.
Although the teeth in the mouth are not sharp, they can still bite open the belly of their companions!
Some weak catfish had their bellies bitten open on the spot, and bloody visceral fat spurted out of the wounds.
Beasts are beasts. Once they smell the smell of flesh and blood, they will immediately rush up like hyenas, tigers and wolves and eat the fat catfish until only the skeleton is left.
Meat and mushrooms are used as dew, Ganoderma lucidum is used as food, and members of the same clan are slaughtered. When Geda saw such ferocious fish, he already knew in his heart that they were definitely not the incarnation of Lord Jiaolong.
"No wonder they eat so much fat. It turns out that in addition to eating Ganoderma lucidum, they also have the same kind of flesh and blood. Those eyes are so red, I'm afraid it's a sign of cannibalism."
Song Siyuan turned on the flashlight and looked at such a cruel scene, and couldn't help but praise it.
"But, where exactly is this place? It's still near Jiaolongye Temple."
