Cao Cao called me to rob a tomb

Chapter 875 Pan Chi Wen (4000)

"dead body?"

Everyone hurriedly followed the prestige.

Wu Liang even walked in the front, quickly walking to the side of the Huan army soldiers who shouted, looking at the hole dug in front of them.

I saw a foot wearing a straw sandal was exposed in the rather solid red soil.

A foul stench followed.

It was a peculiar smell of rotting corpses. Wu Liang and the others were already very familiar with it. They had even smelled some rotting corpses that had been fermented for thousands of years before, and there was nothing they couldn't get used to.

However, the dead body was not the same as imagined.

It didn't look like a corpse that had been dead for many years, and its state looked more like the floating corpse that Wu Liang and others had seen floating in the Yellow River not long ago.

Its epidermis is whitish and swollen, and it is accompanied by more serious decay.

So much so that the straw sandal on that foot had strangled the skin and embedded itself in the swollen flesh, and some disgusting viscous liquid leaked out from these openings, which should be the corpse that flowed out from a severely decomposed dead body. water.

"This……"

Everyone couldn't help but wonder, and couldn't help asking, "How can this dead body be so fresh, as if it was just salvaged from the Yellow River not long ago?"

"And this dead body still appeared in this solid red soil... No matter how early this place is, it must be a historical site thousands of years ago. Under normal circumstances, the dead body has been buried here for so long, and there is no special preservation method. It is very rare to have a pair of skeletons left, and it is absolutely impossible to keep such a fresh appearance."

Yu Ji didn't stand far away this time, instead, he moved closer to Wu Liang and looked at the dead body at close range and analyzed, "Also, the red soil around the dead body looks also tight, so it can be ruled out that there is something wrong with it." It is possible that people buried this dead body here recently, hiss...Young Master, what is going on here?"

"..."

The question he raised was not only the question in the hearts of everyone in the Huan army, but also the question in Wu Liang's heart.

This dead body is obviously unusual, and it is necessary to study its origin in depth.

"Brothers, go dig elsewhere first, and leave this place to me."

He couldn't find the answer for a while, and Wu Liang didn't intend to teach everyone to waste precious time here, so he turned around and waved to everyone, leaving only the backbone of the Liren Army to help.

Then he personally picked up an engineering shovel and jumped into the pit to clean up the red soil around the dead body.

He planned to dig the dead body out of the red soil first. Only by seeing the whole body of the dead body would it be possible to analyze the identity information of the dead body and make a more accurate inference.

Also.

From the exposed leg, it can be seen that the clothing on the dead body is relatively well preserved. If we can find out the style and fabric of the clothing, we can also judge the age of the dead body based on this.

Of course, it would be even more perfect if some accessories and personal belongings representing the identity could be found on this dead body.

"Young master, I'm coming too."

Seeing this, Dian Wei immediately picked up an engineering shovel and jumped in.

However, in order to avoid affecting Wu Liang's more meticulous cleaning work, he only stayed one foot away from the dead body, only to further expand the pothole and create more convenience for Wu Liang's investigation.

However, just after digging three or four times, Dian Wei suddenly stopped again, and then looked at Wu Liang with a look of surprise: "My lord, look at this..."

"what?"

Wu Liang looked sideways.

However, Dian Wei dug deep with these shovels, and in a large clod he just dug, there was actually a whitish mass of carrion inlaid, and in this mass of carrion, there were still mixed Some clumps of black hair, judging from the length of the hair, are probably human hair... After all, the area they are currently in is not extremely cold, and there are basically no animals with long hair.

Wu Liang immediately looked at the red soil that Dian Wei released.

There was indeed a piece of white thing exposed in the solid red soil, and around the piece of things, there were also some carrion and black hairs.

"This is……"

Wu Liang frowned slightly, already having doubts in his heart.

However, he did not jump to conclusions, but nodded to Dian Wei and said: "Brother Dian Wei, you also dig this thing out, but then be a little more careful and try not to cause any damage to him."

"promise."

Although Wu Liang didn't criticize Dian Wei, Dian Wei felt ashamed of his recklessness just now, and he didn't dare to dig any more. Instead, he carefully cleaned up the red soil near the thing just like Wu Liang.

The backbone of the Tuan Army stood outside the pit and helped transport the soil, but they also had their own guesses in their hearts.

"Old man, I see that white thing in the soil, it seems to be a human skull, Dian Wei's shovel should have shoveled off the scalp of the second dead body..."

Zhuge Liang whispered while carrying a basket of soil with Yu Ji.

"You doll has a good eye, it shouldn't be too bad."

Yu Ji nodded slightly, but his old face had already wrinkled into a chrysanthemum, and he said with a worried face, "But this is not a good thing... Do you know what it means to dig up this kind of dead body that has not been completely decomposed after thousands of years? "

"I don't know, please explain to me, sir."

The curious look on Zhuge Liang's face was even stronger, and he hurriedly asked.

"Either the yin qi here is extremely strong and can support corpses, or the yin and yang are reversed and life and death are chaotic here. Both of these situations are extremely easy to produce unbearable corpses, which will only make our situation more dangerous."

Yu Ji said solemnly.

"Corpse? Is that thing powerful?"

Zhuge Liang also began to worry when he heard the words, and asked a little unconfidently.

"Not only is it powerful, but the thousands of years of corpses may have transcended life and death and the way of heaven, and they can be compared with immortals. Do you think such things can be resisted by us mortals?"

Yu Ji stared sideways at Zhuge Liang's eyes, and said seriously.

"~~~"

Zhuge Liang was so stared at that his vest felt cold, but he insisted like a curious baby, "You must be scaring me on purpose, right? I don't think the corpse dug up by Brother Youcai and Dianwei should not be a corpse, otherwise How could Dian Wei shovel off that large piece of scalp with a single shovel? And even if there is a dead body, I am not afraid. Brother Youcai is not a mortal, and his small drum is very powerful. I heard from Chen Jinshui that the small drum can Scared away, who is more powerful than Shiba."

"There is such a thing, why has the old man never heard of it?"

Yu Ji froze for a moment.

"That happened a long time ago. You are not familiar with Chen Jinshui, so how could he tell you about these past events... Moreover, Chen Jinshui also said that this matter is a secret of the Liren Army, and he is only with me. Someone said it, and taught me not to mention it to others, otherwise he might be scolded by the talented brother, but the old man is not an outsider, so it shouldn't be a problem for me to talk about it with the old man."

Zhuge Liang lowered his voice and said.

At this point, Prince Chamu came over at some point, and interrupted, "Are you talking about the incident that the young master used the mysterious small drum to scare off the young master? I also know about it, and it was also Chen Jinshui who told me. He also told me that he only told me about it and taught me not to spread it.”

"Uh……"

Zhuge Liang was stunned for a moment.

……

After digging like this, Wu Liang and Dian Wei became more and more frightened.

Not long after, they completely dug out the two corpses. Needless to say, Wu Liang's corpse was indeed a human corpse, and the rotten flesh with black hair he shoveled out was indeed human scalp.

But the difference is.

What Wu Liang unearthed was a male corpse, while what Dian Wei unearthed was a female corpse.

The two dead bodies looked the same as the floating corpses seen in the outside world before, and the white and swollen soft tissues and the degree of decay were not much different.

And judging from the clothes left on the two floating corpses.

They are indeed not hundreds of thousands of dead bodies, but the dead of this era.

Especially for the male corpse excavated by Wu Liang, Wu Liang actually found a piece of white jade accessories around the waist of the male corpse. Confirmed Wu Liang's judgment.

"How could the floating corpses of this era appear in this secret realm, and also appear in this rammed earth layer that is suspected to be an ancient ruin?"

The doubts in Wu Liang's heart became more and more serious.

When they were crossing the river outside, they had seen a large number of floating corpses gathered in the water before the holy mountain, but when they entered this secret place, they did not see any floating corpses in the water.

That is to say, those floating corpses in the water should not have any connection with this secret realm...

But now, they dug up the floating corpse here, and it was still embedded in the solid rammed earth layer. How to explain this?

Besides.

What surprised Wu Liang even more was that after he and Dian Wei dug up the two dead bodies, they immediately found other dead bodies in the red soil next to the two dead bodies.

Two rotten right hands were exposed in the red soil on Wu Liang's side.

A new head and a right foot appeared in the red soil on Dianwei's side.

These parts and the exposed parts can never come from the same corpse, that is to say, they have found at least four more dead bodies now, and these dead bodies are almost crowded together...

Being so sober made Wu Liang suspect that there might be more dead bodies buried in this area.

As for how many there are, it is hard to say.

Most importantly, how did these dead bodies, apparently of the same era as them, appear here?
Wu Liang remembered the previous deduction.

He felt that the possibility of escaping from here without relying on the three arches was greater.

The strange insects hidden in the water can freely enter and leave this secret realm, and these floating corpses entered this secret realm in a very strange way, which further shows that there should be some kind of connection with the outside world, or even a means of free shuttle. !

With such a follow-up search, he should also have a chance to find that unknown method.

And these dead bodies are the only clues so far.

While thinking about these.

Wu Liang immediately took out the copper dagger and carefully cut open the clothes of the male corpse in front of him to check the condition of his chest cavity.

However, unlike the floating corpse that was salvaged in Dagou Fishing Village before, the abdominal cavity of this male corpse was not raised high, but hollow and sunken.

And after cutting open the clothes of the male corpse, Wu Liang did not see the densely packed strange insects in the abdominal cavity of the male corpse. He only saw an empty abdominal cavity, and the exposed His spine and ribs, as well as the internal organs are all gone.

But he was not without discovery.

On the exposed spine and ribs of this male corpse, Wu Liang once again saw the densely packed small holes. These small holes are no different from those on the previous floating corpse, and they are only smaller than Yinglong's skeleton. Some……

"Sure enough, it's still related to that kind of monster!"

Wu Liang thought to himself.

He then cut open the clothes of the female corpse, and what he saw was almost the same as that of the male corpse.

What is puzzling is that among the two dead bodies that are obviously closely related to that kind of strange insect, Wu Liang has never seen even the smallest strange insect.

So where did those monsters go?

Could it be that all of them were on the body of Yinglong's skeleton and turned into black powder under the bombardment of the purple sky thunder?

"..."

The backbones of the Huan army present at the moment also had dignified faces, and many doubts also arose in their hearts, but they were naturally helpless about things that Wu Liang couldn't explain for the time being.

Even if they want to ask questions in their hearts, they don't know how to express them.

"Keep digging!"

At this moment, these dead bodies are the only clues, and Wu Liang can only regard them as the greatest hope, so he turned to Dian Wei and said, "Brother Dian Wei, you call our brothers to come and dig with us, Brother Zhuge , Prince Chamu, the two of you turned back together and called Yang Wanli and the brothers over there to help, and told them that there is no need to continue repairing the three gatehouses for the time being."

Wu Liang went to check the progress of the restoration of the three gatehouses only yesterday.

It can be said that at least 90% of the restoration of the three gatehouses has been completed so far, and the remaining 10%, limited by the problems of materials and craftsmanship, basically fall into the category of irreversible, even if manpower is spent on it, It is impossible to produce a qualitative change, in fact, it can be given up long ago.

And the reason why he didn't announce his abandonment before was just to give everyone in the Huan army a little more hope.

Now that he has reached this point, he will be forced to announce to everyone that the food has been exhausted, so Wu Liang has no need to continue to maintain this hope. It is better to use all the manpower in the place where the possibility is greatest. Further increase the speed of excavation.

"okay!"

Zhuge Liang responded to Prince Chamu, and immediately trotted all the way to call for someone.

Dian Wei also jumped out of the pit to greet the soldiers of the nearby Tuan army.

But Wu Liang buried his head and continued to dig.

As a result, the shovel went down.

"clang!"

Wu Liang's hand holding the engineer shovel was shaken, he shoveled a hard object, and judging from the feedback sound, the hard object should be metal!

(End of this chapter)