Chapter 28 Chapter 27 Corpse Grass: A "Nest of Worms" Running Rampant in the Underground World of the Yangtze River

"It's dangerous!" I froze for a moment. A look of worry appeared on the cold face of the dead man, but he quickly returned to his usual calm.Although that look was only for a moment, it immediately made my heart sink. The problem that even the little brother with a dead face is worried about is serious. At this time, Old Lame Wang also noticed our conversation, he frowned: "Brother, what do you mean?" "Great fear and resentment are buried in the ground." Dead Face's tone suddenly became indifferent. He held the black iron rod that never left his body in his right hand, and drew a big "×" on the dark brown ground. ", the tone became blunt, "It's dangerous!"

"Resentment? What do you mean?" For a while, I didn't understand the meaning of the dead face, but the cripple Wang seemed to understand a little bit, and his expression immediately changed. Dead Face ignored us, just raised his head, his eyes passed over the body of the three fat men, and directly projected to a farther place.Deeper in the Black Canyon, there is a rolling terrain of tall hills. "There, it's a place where corpses are piled up!" "What?" I still feel a little puzzled. "Are you sure it's a place where corpses are piled up?" Elder Wang's voice immediately raised an octave, "Brother, you can't joke about this issue. I also know some ways to find veins and acupoints. That hillside is really a pile of corpses... ...a place of corpses?"

This time, I finally understood. Corpse place?According to Dead Face and Old Lame Wang, in the series of hills and steep slopes in front, there is actually a huge pile of corpses? A corpse site is a large-scale burial pit made up of stacked human bones. It will happen when there are natural disasters, epidemics, genocide and wars.The purpose of setting up corpse sites is different. In the ancient savage era, there were also extremely cruel and bloody celestial sacrifice ceremonies, which were to bury a large number of slaves or prisoners of war collectively, so as to pray to the evil gods.

The formation of this kind of corpse is very terrifying, it is harmful to the harmony of the sky, the dead bones accumulate resentment, and it is easy to breed evil spirits and evil spirits. Legend has it that in the depths of the ghost town of Fengdu, Sichuan, there is a huge "corpse ground". Because it is so big, it keeps accumulating its own resentment and fear energy, and eventually corrodes the barriers of the world. , A so-called "yin and yang world" is formed between life and death.Taking the old Yangtze River as the interval line, it connects the empty space.This is a mysterious place, which is only opened once a year. It is the turning point of the two worlds. From here, there are two directions, one is the void space, and the other is the world of mortals.

According to legend, every year on the fifteenth day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar, which is also the legendary Ghost Festival, from the most mysterious latitude and longitude on the earth—the Yangtze River Basin that enters the sea at 30° north latitude, it will be affected by the magnetic field of the earth’s triangular devil zone, which will weaken the ability to store corpses. seal.People who are born with spiritual power stand in front of the boundary marker of the Yin-Yang world, cross it, and if they are a little careless, they will stumble and fall into the void space, never to return.

This matter belongs to the highest level of secrets, and the legends about the Ghost Festival that have been circulated among the people are not nonsense, and naturally there is some truth to it.However, outsiders only know about the specific situation. Ever since the first ghost emperor of the Diqiang tribe in Bashu - Tu Bo - lived in the "Ghost Country Youdu", all the emperors and generals of the past dynasties have concealed its existence. Concealed, presumably there is a bigger secret hidden... To be honest, I don't know much about this kind of Feng Shui geomancy, but after hearing Dead Face's reminder, I immediately thought of a possibility.

My complexion changed immediately! Staring at the two eyeballs, I looked at Dead Face: "Are you sure there is something weird here?" Dead Face didn't look at me, and after a long time, he nodded! Cold sweat immediately came down from my forehead, and in an instant, I finally understood what was really meant in the paradoxical conversation between Old Cripple Wang and Dead Face just now!It finally became clear why in this thickly bushed canyon there was no life, not even half an ant could be seen! For craftsmen who have been walking along the Yangtze River all year round, the place where corpses are piled up is not scary, but when we think of where we are now, it is the gathering place of the Wu clan, one of the most mysterious and strange branches of the Ba clan in ancient times. Then the situation is very different.Having experienced the bizarre experience in the depths of the underground river of the old Yangtze River, we all know that there will always be a terrible thing in the places where these large-scale corpses are located!And it is precisely because of this kind of thing that the entire grand canyon with lush bushes has become dead and silent now!

Old Lame Wang's face was terribly gloomy. He looked up at a large stretch of rolling "hills" not far away, and then took a deep breath: "Damn it! What a hell!" I know what he meant. If our guess is true, then the large area in front of us is the best breeding ground for that horrible thing.Wang Laozi and I looked at each other, and both felt the seriousness of the situation, "Hurry up! Everyone act quickly! You can't stay in this place anymore, get out of here quickly!" Wang Laozi yelled, urging Everyone left quickly. "Let's continue walking along the river, as long as we cross this area! With the dark river water as a barrier, it's still safe..."

I thought about it secretly, and greeted them: "Hurry up! Let's get out of here first! It's best to reach the area by the river!" Everyone was anxious, only the third fat man was still a little confused, not knowing what happened. Let the few of us panic. It’s just that before we ran a few hundred meters away, there was a strange sound of “swishling” in the darkness! The sound was very slight, but extremely fine, as if there were countless insects crawling on the ground. In this deadly darkness, it made people's hearts feel uncomfortable as if they were being scratched by claws...

Everyone's faces changed color, and everyone could tell that the strange "swishling" sound seemed to come from the high mounds of earth under our feet.Although the sound was not very clear, it spread along the dark brown land at once, and for a while, the entire lifeless canyon was full of that sound. "Damn it, it's hell in broad daylight. Lin Erba, what happened?" No matter how heartless the third fat man was, he also sensed that the atmosphere was not right, and asked while running beside me. I quickly glanced at this kid, and almost gritted my teeth and said, "If you still want your own life, run away! These mounds are corpses, you understand!"

"Corpse?" Although the third fat man is a little slow to respond, he is also a monkey spirit sometimes. When I mentioned the corpses, and the strange "rustling" noises coming from all directions, he immediately thought of the previous scene. After some unpleasant experiences under the underground river of the old Yangtze River, his face immediately turned pale! "Damn it! You can't be scared stupid! What the hell are you doing there? Run away!" Seeing the three fat boys standing there suddenly, I was anxious.Kicked him on a big horse, pulled him, and ran forward with the lame Wang and the others. We tried our best this time, but the sound of "swishling" in the darkness came quickly, and within a few hundred meters of our group running, the dark brown ground behind us seemed to be crawling with something. An ominous premonition. While I was running, I looked back, just looking at it made my scalp tingle, and I immediately felt a chill rising from the soles of my feet! Less than a hundred meters behind him, on the ground, on the bushes, and on the rocks, a large piece of green things surged like a tide!Wave after wave, it's like the front wave pushes the back wave, densely crawling all the areas we can see behind us!It's like a large piece of green dye spread out quickly on a black cloth! Things really developed towards the worst situation we expected. The dark brown land behind us was covered with nothing else, but a kind of terrible horror that we had experienced in the underground river of the old Yangtze River. biology! Corpse! To be honest, our group experienced many unimaginable events in the underground river basin of the old Yangtze River, most of which were never even heard of by ordinary people.But if we talk about the scariest among them, it is not the weird and eerie five ghosts crushing the corpse sedan chair, nor the disgusting Ksitigarbha King that was transformed from the Tai Sui, nor the huge prehistoric toad monster, but it is precisely a kind of individual power that does not exist. Not a strong little bug. That's right!It's this kind of big corpse crocodile that feeds on rotting corpses! Even in the word of mouth of many craftsmen in the old Yangtze River, in some dead zones, this kind of corpse insect that feeds on dead corpses is the most creepy and terrifying thing! Although their size seems to be small, and the corpse poison in the poison sac in the body cannot kill people, but for those who have really seen their horror, this is definitely a thing that is enough to make people frightened!I once heard an old craftsman who has been active in the Yangtze River Basin all year round say that where there are dead bodies, there are corpses. This kind of thing lives in groups.Everywhere it went was a dead zone. This is definitely not a joke!When encountering such a terrifying thing, let alone resist, even if you want to run, it is too late!Just imagine, if you encounter things like zongzi, monsters, even if you can't beat them, you can still do it if you work hard.But what can you do when you are faced with dense and overwhelming corpses like a tide?Even if you want to take up arms and rise up to resist, there is nowhere to focus... The most frustrating thing in the world is that when you are facing some kind of fatal threat, you lose even the last chance to desperately. And because this kind of thing feeds on dead bodies every day, it likes places with heavy yin, and often lives in tombs and hills, so it is extremely sensitive to yang! It's like sharks smell the bloody smell in the ocean, as long as a living animal strays into their territory, these corpses will immediately mobilize and attack people or animals frantically! Therefore, in the old Yangtze River area, there has always been a saying, "It is better to meet a river dragon than a nest of worms", which refers to this kind of corpses that accumulate corpses!In a large flat area without barriers, if someone accidentally enters the territory of these corpses, it is basically impossible to come out alive! The reason why this kind of thing can run rampant in the Yangtze River Basin is because of "there are many insects and many forces".Once prey is found, they often come out in groups of tens of millions, coming up from all directions.With a cup of tea, when the densely packed corpses disperse, all you can see are white and miserable skeletons. In the face of such a terrifying attack, not to mention other beings, even large beasts such as lions and tigers, or even humans, if they do not react in time, they will suffer the same bad luck in an instant. If they still have weaknesses, then the only weakness is that these corpses have a certain range of activities, and most of the time they gather in areas where there are many dead bodies, such as mass graves and corpses.If the prey escapes their hunting range by chance, these corpses will not continue to chase.This is also the reason why several of us were able to successfully escape from the swarm of corpses in the underground river of the old Yangtze River. However, if the smell of blood is too strong, the corpses will go completely mad, and no matter how far you hide, a large number of corpses will frantically rush from all directions!For these terrifying things, the smell of blood is really an irresistible temptation! Fortunately, Dead Face was discovered early this time, and he was the first to notice the abnormality in the ground, leading everyone to flee forward desperately. Otherwise, we would have died tragically by now, and even the whole body would not be preserved. Even so, a large number of corpses rushed towards us like a wave. The yang energy released by the few of us is no different from the brightest and hottest lamp in the dark to the corpses who like to eat dead bodies. So he kept chasing after him. The corpses behind him spread out like a wave of death sweeping across the earth!Everyone ran wildly, hoping that their parents would give them two more legs, but just like that, the black swarm of insects was getting closer and closer to us, and the three fat men were so anxious that they ran panting and swearing. Seeing the nearest swarm of corpses, they are only three or four feet away from us! With this length, I am afraid that we can be caught up in three or four seconds. At the most desperate moment, we finally rushed down the steep slope, and a gurgling river was blocked in front of us. Dead Face, who ran at the front, jumped into the water without hesitation, followed closely behind him, and we followed suit and jumped into the river one after another. When our group climbed to the other side of the river three meters away, that A large black corpse just happened to be blocked by the river. The swarms of black corpses crawled all over the river bank, and soon stopped when they touched the icy water.The dark-brown land is densely covered with such things, which makes people get goosebumps all over their bodies.Only a few corpses fell into the water. Fortunately, we ran in time and have now rushed out of the range of activities of the corpses. The third fat man was the last one to climb ashore, groaning and wanting to cry, but it turned out that a palm-sized corpse fell into the water and was washed up on his ass by the river. The worm was really rude, and with a "squeak", it raised its pair of sharp pincers and stabbed it into the fat buttocks of the third fat man, hooked his pants firmly, and the pain made the boy cry all out. Those three fat guys are also considered unlucky, it's not good for the bug to poke it, if it has to poke this kid's buttocks, it will immediately cause big trouble. I saw that I was going to be unable to hold it any longer, so I hurried over to help, and stretched out two fingers to pinch the back of the corpse.I gritted my teeth, exerted strength, and pulled down hard. The three fat guys let out a scream of "Ah", unable to bear the strength, I dragged the corpse off. I didn't expect that there were barbs on its two claws, and the belt and flesh were torn off directly.I threw the corpse on the ground and trampled to death, feeling like a dream. There were two bloody holes in the buttocks of the three fat guys over there. Fortunately, the holes were not big, and they were dripping with blood. Seeing that I trampled the bug to death, they were still puzzled.While covering his butt with his hands, he cursed: "Damn! I told you to stab the fat man's chrysanthemum...I told you that the fat man's innocence..." After several kicks, the bug was crushed by him, and he was still not reconciled. , Spit on the ground again. Everyone didn't bother to care about him, but when they crossed the river and looked at the rolling hills on the opposite side, they still couldn't help feeling a little bit numb! In the deep stream of the canyon, almost every ten meters there is a large mound of earth, which may be tall or short, large or small. These undulating hills and hills are simply giant tombs. I even suspect that this large stretch of hills may have been hollowed out by corpses from the inside to the outside.The inside is densely packed, almost all of these horrible things. Fortunately, we woke up early so that we didn't let ourselves fall into a situation of irreparable doom.Under the reminder of Old Lame Wang, everyone continued to move forward. Perhaps due to the previous fright, everyone unknowingly avoided the raised mounds on the surface, and even subconsciously dared not approach them easily. This may be the psychological effect of being bitten by a snake once and being afraid of well ropes for ten years It's causing trouble. When they finally bypassed a large hillside area, everyone couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Even the dead face, which had been as indifferent as ice, seemed to have thawed a bit.