A comprehensive overview of tombs: starting with the Yellow Weasel's Tomb

Hu Bayi then asked, "Old Bai, how's it going? What's the situation next?"

Bai Jing looked at it for a while and said uncertainly, "It looks like a small iron gate, no, it should be called an iron cover."

After saying this, Bai Jing stood up and let Hu Bayi see for himself.

Seeing this, Hu Bayi took the flashlight, squatted down, and looked inside. He frowned as he saw what was inside and said, "It does look like an iron lid, and there seem to be some writing on it."

Hu Bayi clearly sounded somewhat uncertain when he spoke.

Hu Bayi stared at it for a long time but still couldn't make out what the writing was. He immediately said, "It doesn't seem to be Chinese characters, nor is it the usual Japanese."

Seeing this, Bai Jing said directly, "Alright, if it doesn't work, let's go inside and take a look. There's no need to look here like this."

Hearing Bai Jing's words, the others also felt that it made sense, and immediately one by one they crawled into the wall.

As the group crawled through the hole in the wall, they could see that behind it was a space of a few square meters. Without lingering, they walked directly toward the wall behind the iron cover.

This iron lid is a rectangular iron lid that is about half a meter long and more than 30 centimeters wide.

The text was engraved on the iron wall directly above the iron lid.

Ding Sitian's family were intellectuals, so she knew some Japanese and Russian, but she was still completely bewildered when she looked at the text in front of her.

Unlike later generations, the foreign language learned in this era was not English, but Russian.

Apart from Russian, people have very little contact with other languages.

However, Ding Sitian was certain that the text on it was not in English, but she didn't know which language it was.

Looking at the text, Bai Jing made a guess: "Do you think the text on this might be German or Italian?"

Upon hearing this, the others also realized something and thought it was very likely.

During World War II, Germany, Japan, and Italy were allies, and this place was a Japanese military base. Therefore, it is highly likely that the equipment here was imported by the Japanese army from Germany or Italy at that time.

But since no one among us is proficient in either language, we might as well leave those things aside for now.

Hu Bayi and Fatty Wang first had to open the lid.

As the lid was opened, a foul stench wafted out, causing Bai Jing and the others to frown and take two steps back.

Bai Jing suddenly remembered something and said, "This is the smell of burning corpses. It's so strong, how many corpses must have been burned? It hasn't dissipated after so many years. If I'm not mistaken, this should be a..."

Feed inlet.

Upon hearing Bai Jing's words, the fat man couldn't help but ask dumbfoundedly, "Feed inlet? What kind of material goes in there?"

Upon hearing this, everyone took two steps back in disdain.

Seeing everyone's reaction, the fat man seemed to realize something and suddenly understood, his voice rising several decibels.

"Old Bai, what did you say? This is the entrance where the corpse entered?"

Bai Jing covered his mouth and nose and nodded. At this moment, the fat man also took a step back, showing his disgust in the face.

Ding Sitian covered her nose, as if she had thought of something terrible. She then took a few steps back and said in a trembling voice, "Could this place be the base where the Japanese army massacred the local herders back then?"

If this really is a temple, then wouldn't they be burying thousands upon thousands of dead souls beneath their feet?

The thought of this possibility made Ding Sitian feel as if countless eyes were staring at her with resentment from the darkness around her.

Hu Bayi had obviously considered this possibility as well, and immediately slammed his hand on the wall, followed by a muffled thud.

Hu Bayi's eyes were filled with resentment, and then his voice, filled with gritted teeth, came through: "It's not impossible. Those sons of bitches of Japanese devils are capable of anything."

Among the people here, Bai Jing, Hu Bayi, and Wang Pangzi are all descendants of soldiers, and their fathers all participated in the War of Resistance against Japan. They are well aware of the brutality of the Japanese devils.

Because of what they had heard and witnessed, they had naturally heard a lot about the Japanese army's massacre of civilians, and therefore, they hated it the most.

However, immediately afterward, when everyone was silent, Huamei asked a question.

"If this is the entrance, then the other rooms are most likely used for the same purpose. Does that mean there are no other exits here?"

Upon hearing this, Bai Jing thought for a moment and said, "Old Hu, Fatty, you hold me back, I'll go in and take a look. This should lead to the bottom and the top, so maybe the path is in the middle."

Without further ado, Hu Bayi and Fatty Wang each grabbed one of Bai Jing's legs, and Bai Jing's body entered them.

Soon, using night vision, Bai Jing was able to see the internal structure clearly.

Then Bai Jing had Hu Bayi and Fatty Wang pull him out.

After coming out, Bai Jing dusted himself off and said, "I took a look. There's a chimney inside, and the top leads out, where you can see some starlight, but it's not clear down there. I also saw an iron ladder on the wall for going up and down, but..."

Upon hearing this news, everyone was initially delighted, but then Bai Jing said, "But..."

Immediately, everyone looked at Bai Jing with tension. Bai Jing didn't keep them in suspense and said directly, "But there's a problem. The iron ladder is shiny with oil, which is most likely corpse oil. We might fall if we're not careful. So, we'd better find another way."

Upon hearing Bai Jing's words, everyone else was caught in a dilemma.

What Bai Jing didn't mention was that he knew there was a golden-scaled python among them. If it suddenly attacked them while they were climbing down, even Bai Jing wouldn't stand a chance.

Suddenly, Bai Jing seemed to hear a noise, his expression changed drastically, and he shouted, "Quickly close the lid!"

Chapter 56 The Golden-Scaled Python

Upon hearing Bai Jing's shout, Hu Bayi and Fatty Wang were stunned for a moment, then seemed to have heard something as well, their expressions changed, and they quickly tried to close the lid of the crematorium.

Bai Jing rushed over to help, and in the blink of an eye, the lid of the crematorium was closed.

The moment the lid of the crematorium was closed, everyone heard two loud 'bang' sounds.

The sudden noise startled everyone else.

Seeing this, Bai Jing shouted, "Alright, let's go. The things inside shouldn't be able to get out for now. Otherwise, they would have come out long ago. Why wait until now?"

Hearing Bai Jing's words, the others came to their senses and breathed a sigh of relief. However, realizing that it was still not safe here, they eventually climbed out through the hole in the wall they had come in through.

Soon, the group returned to the second-floor corridor. Occasionally, they could hear impact sounds coming from inside the walls. Just in case, they quickened their pace. In this dark and silent base, only the sound of hurried footsteps could be heard.

After a long while, everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief when they reached the first floor. Then they noticed that there was an iron gate there, which they hadn't noticed before.

But instead of opening the iron gate immediately, the group paused to take a moment to think.

At this point, Hu Bayi turned to Bai Jing and asked, "Old Bai, what was that thing inside just now?"

Bai Jing shook his head and said, "I didn't see it either, but judging from the movements, it must be quite large. And judging from the sounds it made when it moved, it must be very long, very likely."

Hu Bayi seemed to have thought of something, then looked at Bai Jing and asked, "Could it be some kind of giant snake?"

Yes. Bai Jing knew that Hu Bayi's guess was almost certainly correct.

But you can't just admit it's not true, or that you didn't see it either.

The thrush frowned and said, "Where did this python come from on the grassland?"

That makes sense. Under normal circumstances, there are indeed few pythons on the grasslands. Pythons generally live in tropical rainforests.

Bai Jing immediately said, "Then I don't know, since we haven't seen it either."

After resting for a while, everyone turned their attention to the iron gate beside them.

Then he said, "Let's go in and see if there's anything we can use. No matter what's in there, let's look for gasoline or something. I just went in and saw a cave entrance on the mountaintop where we are. We can throw the fire into the crematorium through the cave entrance. No matter what it is, we'll just burn it to death."

Everyone agreed with Bai Jing's suggestion, and they immediately got to work.

Bai Jing and Hu Bayi opened the iron gate together.

After entering, the group did not close the door, but instead observed the room for a while.

This place is filled with trolleys used to store corpses, as well as many shrouds. Clearly, this used to be a morgue.

Therefore, even though many years have passed, there is still a lingering stench of corpses in the area.

On the wall directly opposite the crematorium, there were more than a dozen openings similar to those Bai Jing and the others had seen before. Several iron forks were also placed haphazardly nearby. These were probably there to push the corpses on the cart into the furnace for burning.

Just by looking at it, you can imagine how many people must have died here with so many feed inlets.

Combined with the thick layer of corpse oil that Bai Jing had seen inside the crematorium, one could imagine that tens of thousands of people must have died here.

The thought of this made everyone pale, followed by intense anger.

Bai Jing noticed that several feed inlets were not properly closed, so he immediately went over to close them all.

But at that moment, Bai Jing felt a pang of heart palpitation.

Bai Jing instantly became alert, grabbed the hunting knife at his waist, and shouted, "Get out of the room immediately! It's dangerous!"

Shouting, Bai Jing sped up the process of closing the inlet of the crematorium.

Just as the two openings were about to be completely closed, one of the feed inlet gates, which was not properly closed, suddenly seemed to be hit hard, and the gate was slammed into the wall next to it with a loud 'bang'.

At this moment, everyone finally realized what was happening. Forgetting their fear, they immediately ran towards the entrance.

The iron lid of the incinerator's feed chute was violently slammed open with a 'bang,' and a square head emerged from the feed chute. This thing had a long, flat mouth and a very large head.

However, it seems that only one of its eyes is intact, while the other eye is blind.

Its body was covered in scales.

It looks similar to a lizard overall, but it is longer.

Bai Jing stared at what was in front of him, momentarily stunned. If he wasn't mistaken, this was what was described in the original work.

However, the more Bai Jing looked, the more speechless he became.

The thing is, apart from the scales on its body, it has absolutely nothing to do with this thing.