Guanzhong Tomb Robbery Notes

Chapter 361 Qing Gu, Corpse-Slaying Pill

Can the dead speak?

If the medical examiner were asked to answer, they might think the body could speak.

Because we can find subtle clues by observing the condition and temperature of the body, or even through autopsy, to get the situation of the body before death.

In a sense, these clues are the words spoken by the corpse.

There are also some legends or supernatural stories in which people who have died recently will come back to life, or be possessed by other spirits and speak again.

But the authenticity of this legend is difficult to guarantee.

Most of them are rumors or fabricated stories.

Anyway, I don’t really believe that the dead can speak.

So when I saw the heavily mutilated corpse opening and closing its mouth as if it wanted to speak, my first reaction was to chop off its head first!

This is what I think and what I do.

The dagger was swung out horizontally.

The blade flashed with cold light and slashed towards the neck of the corpse.

Swish!

The rotten flesh on the neck splattered with the blade.

There was a cracking sound from the middle cervical vertebra.

Immediately afterwards, the head seemed to lose its support and rolled down at an angle with a snap.

Pfft!

The head fell to the ground and rolled several times.

I didn't expect to succeed so easily.

Looking at the rolling head, I felt a little unbelievable.

This heavily-dead corpse doesn't seem to be anything to be afraid of.

As long as you pay attention and don't let the highly corrosive liquid in your stomach burst out, the problem should be completely solved.

As I was thinking this, I saw something wriggling at the broken neck.

Tiny bugs crawled out of the rotten meat.

The insect is green all over and is only the size of a thumb.

It looks similar to beetles such as the ground beetle.

They all have hard shells, tentacles, and sharp mouthparts.

When the flashlight was shone over there, the insect's carapace appeared translucent emerald green, looking very strange.

However, the front end of the mouthparts of these beetles are constantly secreting dark green juice.

Could it be that those highly corrosive liquids are secreted by these insects?

Prick, prick, prick.

An ear-piercing sound suddenly rang out.

The heavily-mourned corpses sitting cross-legged looked like a hornet's nest that had been poked.

Dense swarms of green beetles emerged from the rotting flesh.

There were even beetles tearing through the peritoneum on the corpse's belly to crawl out.

puff!

The peritoneum is torn.

Dark green, highly corrosive liquid flowed out through the breach, accompanied by the sound of a pressure cooker releasing air.

As more and more beetles tore through the ventral omentum, the dark green liquid flowed faster and faster.

When the dark green liquid flowed to the ground, it suddenly made a hissing sound and a large amount of white smoke came out.

This is the smoke and sound produced by corrosion!

Seeing the dark green liquid with thick smoke flowing towards my feet, I immediately stepped back quickly.

I am really afraid of what will happen.

Although the corpse's stomach did not explode, if we allow these corrosive liquids to flow, it will eventually kill us!

Not to mention those green beetles!

I retreated back to Uncle Chen, thinking that my only option was to climb up.

Try using a dagger to chisel a few steps into the cave wall.

I raised the dagger and stabbed it hard into the cave wall.

click!

The dagger penetrated four or five centimeters into the rammed lime layer.

Pull it out with force.

A small pit appeared in the cave wall.

Uncle Chen stared at the green beetles with wide eyes and shouted in shock, "Qing Gu?!"

I continued to wield the dagger to dig the hole and casually asked, "What Qing Gu?"

"Qing Gu, one of the three corpses!"

"Three Corpses? Aren't the Three Corpses and Nine Insects nine kinds of insects? White insects, red insects, and so on. I've never heard of a Green Insect."

Previously, in the tomb of the king of Bi State, I encountered white worms that were suspected to be among the three corpses and nine worms, and later I encountered red worms in Shangluo.

Moreover, the records of the Three Corpses in the classics also refer to nine kinds of insects occupying the positions of upper, middle and lower corpses.

But it never said that the three corpses are insects.

So I don’t understand what Qinggu Uncle Chen was talking about.

Uncle Chen stamped his foot anxiously and said, "The three corpses and nine insects are a later term!"

“In the beginning, there were only three corpses!”

"The upper corpse is White Aunt, the middle corpse is Green Aunt, and the lower corpse is Red Aunt!"

"Bai Gu is a corpse-eating bug!"

"Qing Gu is a corpse worm!"

"Chigu is a corpse Gu!"

"These young girls in front of us must have been specially raised by someone!"

"It seems I really miscalculated!"

"This time I'm really at the end of my rope!"

Although I was listening to Uncle Chen, I wasn't thinking at all.

I just kept thinking that even if there is no road, I have to dig a way out!

You can't just wait here to die!

clang!

As he was digging the four footrests, the dagger stabbed in, making a sound of metallic collision.

My hands also felt a strong recoil.

The palms of my hands were numb from the shock.

How could there be metal in the rammed lime layer?

I took out my dagger in confusion.

There was a creaking sound of metal friction when it was taken out.

Uncle Chen was attracted by the rubbing sound and turned back to look over: "What are you digging?"

"Dig the footrest."

"If you keep climbing up, there might be a glimmer of hope."

I answered perfunctorily and bent down to take a closer look at the metal inside the cave wall.

Shine the flashlight over there.

Reflects a bright yellow metallic luster.

It doesn't shine like gold, but more like the luster reflected by brass.

He cleaned along the metal edge a few more times.

From the exposed side, it looks like a palm-sized copper box.

A sudden thought occurred to me: Could it be that the bright future that Uncle Chen had predicted in his hexagrams was on this box?

This can be considered as a result of the mentality of taking chances.

But it is better to have hope than to have no hope.

I continued digging faster, trying to get the copper box out.

Uncle Chen sighed.

"It's no use digging for footrests. We can't climb out at all."

"Let's not talk about that earth dragon that has become a spirit."

"Even these young girls can take our lives."

"They all have wings and can fly!"

Those young ladies seemed to be trying to verify Uncle Chen's words.

Immediately, several of them opened their shells, revealing their wings, and flew up with a buzzing sound.

Then more and more green girls flapped their wings and flew up.

A buzzing sound filled the entire crypt.

The earthworm was raising its head from the abdominal cavity of the broken corpse and swaying lazily towards us.

It’s like enjoying the wonderful show that is about to be staged.

Click!

I took out the copper box with my dagger.

Holding the copper box in my hand, I felt a little heavy.

The box is not big but still has some weight.

I don’t know if the things in the box can save lives!

hum!

A bluebird flapped its wings and flew past me.

Suddenly a stream of dark green liquid spurted out.

I subconsciously dodged, but still slowly.

A drop of dark green liquid as small as the tip of a pen fell on my shoulder.

laugh!

The sound of corrosion was heard.

Clothes steaming and eyes rolling.

Then I felt a burning pain in the skin of my shoulder.

I looked down and saw that my clothes had been corroded with a hole as big as the ball of my thumb.

The shoulder was also corroded by a piece as big as a cigarette butt, and the skin and subcutaneous fat were all corroded away.

What you can see is the muscles bleeding.

The corrosive power is too strong!

"Hiss!" I endured the pain, bit my back teeth and sucked in a breath of cold air.

His hands were still straining to open the copper box.

Clang!

The copper box opened.

There were dozens of round pills inside.

The inside cover of the box reads: Corpse-beheading Pill, taking it can bend the three corpses.

I picked up a corpse-slaying pill and was about to ask Uncle Chen about it when he roared, "Shizi, I'm going to change the earth's energy and fight to the death!"

"You should take this opportunity to leave!"