Tomb raiding: A mere 20 is nothing!

The scheme was set up in a church in St. Petersburg, where the old lady's family were investors.

The old lady's eldest son grew up in the church, which was considered his family home. Setting up the operation there would disrupt the family's energy flow.

From the moment Qi Qiu and his two companions decided to break the deadlock, the old lady and her son, who was a high-ranking official, drove away all the priests from the cathedral and sent people to guard the place, cutting off any possibility of outsiders entering.

This was also what Qi Qiu requested.

There are two key points in his plan.

The first is a fake male corpse made of pigskin, which releases poisonous cicadas to kill people. The second is an un-parasitic female corpse, which kills people with its resentful energy.

He had originally hung the fake male corpse made of pigskin from the dome, creating the illusion of it floating in mid-air. Inside the corpse were swarms of poisonous cicadas. Once all the cicadas hatched and covered the corpse, if someone curiously tried to shoo them away to see the whole body and turned on the heater near the dome, the wind would instantly snap the corpse's neck. At that point, the entire auditorium would be filled with these poisonous cicadas, and the toxic powder would fill the air, killing people instantly.

When the three entered the empty church, the fake corpse was still hanging intact on the very high dome.

"Wow! Your idea is quite ingenious. How did you get it up there, so high?" Black Bear teased Qi Qiu.

Qi Qiu shook his head: "I was only responsible for the layout; I didn't put the corpse there. And dealing with it now is a bit tricky. It's close to the cicadas' hatching season, and even the slightest disturbance could alert them."

"That's a pity. I thought a few bursts would be enough." Black Bear sighed, touching the gun he had borrowed from the son of a high-ranking official. "He won't even let me show off a little."

Xie Yuchen glared at Hei Xiazi and asked Qi Qiu, "So what do you plan to do?"

"I'll have to ask you for help, Master Hua."

"I?"

Qi Qiu nodded, then walked to the area directly beneath the corpse, where a large copper basin was placed, filled with accelerants—something he had instructed to do beforehand.

Qi Qiu lit the lighter in his hand and threw it in. The copper basin immediately burst into flames.

After doing all that, he turned around and began to explain.

"This fire can burn the corpse and the poisonous cicada to ashes, but someone needs to go up and cut the ropes binding the corpse, and the movement must be extremely light. Master Hua, you are a disciple of Master Er Yuehong, and your lightness skill is excellent. You can fly over rooftops and walk on walls without leaving a trace. It is safest for you to do this."

Black Bear: "Cremation on the spot? That's interesting."

The firelight reflected in his sunglasses as he retorted to Qi Qiu, "Hey, little fortune teller, your footwork skills aren't bad either, why won't you let me go?"

Qi Qiu remained silent, but Xie Yuchen, who had already climbed up the roof beam using the partitions on the church's inner wall, coldly said to those below, "You're heavy."

"Hey, Mr. Hua, that's really disheartening. How can you be so prejudiced against people based on weight?" Black Bear shouted up.

Xie Yuchen was too lazy to argue. He had already approached the fake male corpse. Afraid of disturbing the poisonous cicadas, he adjusted his posture to that of a cat, supporting his body with his fingers to make his movements as light as possible. The rope was right in front of him. He flipped his right hand, and a butterfly knife appeared in his hand. He began to carefully cut the rope.

As the rope was about to snap, he shouted down again, "Get out of the way!"

Not long after he finished speaking, the fake male corpse, like a puppet with its strings cut, fell straight down and landed squarely in the brazier with a "thud," instantly scattering sparks everywhere.

Black Bear shook his head and clicked his tongue for a long time before jokingly asking, "Is this roasted pig skin or roasted cicadas?"

After the matter was resolved, Xie Yuchen landed back on the ground with a few quick movements. Hearing Hei Xiazi's words, he coldly said, "If you think it's a pity, you can fish it out now and have it as a midnight snack."

Black Bear: "....."

He shook his head, his face full of disgust: "Never mind, it's a bit disgusting."

The fake male corpse has turned to ashes, but the female corpse remains undiscovered.

Qi Qiu said, "The female corpse is in the church's basement. There are not only female corpses there, but also seventeen 16th-century sarcophagi, which contain the remains of various religious figures."

"Oh, this is a mass burial." Black Bear thought for a moment, then laughed, "I wonder what these foreigners would think if they knew there was a Chinese among them."

"What are you planning to do about this?" Xie Yuchen asked Qi Qiu.

Qi Qiu, however, looked at Hei Xiazi.

"The female corpse carries a heavy resentment. Even if we're to bring her out with the coffin for burial, we need to dispel that resentment. I can perform a ritual for that, but the basement is dark and very large. I think this is your territory, Mr. Black, and I need your help."

Black Bear laughed, "You've come to the right person."

Although his eyesight had improved considerably after meeting Shen Mingchao, his long-standing habit had made him more accustomed to darkness. In his view, the darker the place, the more the dust in the air reflected a silvery-gray light, like stardust.

This is a view that others cannot see.

After Hei Xiazi led Qi Qiu down to the basement, they quickly found the coffin containing the woman's corpse. This coffin was very special because it was covered with cicadas.

"The cicadas down there have already hatched so quickly." Qi Qiu frowned.

In Hei Xiazi's eyes, the cicadas' wings were very bright, and there were a lot of cicadas on the stone coffin, but they were all dead, probably frozen to death.

"I'm about to open the coffin. If this thing rises to life, I can control her for a while, but not for long. You must act quickly."

Qi Qiu pointed the flashlight at the coffin, his expression serious, and made a hand gesture. "Brother Hei, I understand."

When the coffin was opened, a swarm of cicadas flew out first. These cicadas were very noisy and bumped into everything like headless flies.

After the cicadas finally dispersed, the three looked ahead and were immediately stunned. Sitting on the coffin was a female corpse, dressed in a white Taoist robe, very clean and tidy.

The female corpse was extremely beautiful, her skin had become jade-like, the outer layer was translucent like icy jade, and the blood vessels inside were crisscrossed, just like the natural stone patterns formed in jade.

Black Bear's teeth ached at the sight, and he cursed that liar bastard in his heart for betraying such a beauty. He should just give up his conscience and feed it to the dogs.

However beautiful it may be, a corpse rising from the dead is a very ominous sign!

He quickly reached out and restrained the female corpse, rendering her immobile. Then he saw Qi Qiu approach the female corpse and make several complex hand gestures, presumably forming hand seals.

During this time, Hei Xiazi couldn't help but say something cheeky: "Hey nun, let's make a deal. If you show mercy, we'll help you dig up that bastard's grave. How about it? We can even take you there, and you can cause as much trouble as you want then."

These words had the opposite effect; the female corpse struggled even more fiercely, shoving her elbow into Hei Xiazi's chest, and Hei Xiazi began to taste blood.

Hei Xiazi didn't know how long Qi Qiu had been working on it; it might have only been a few minutes, but it felt incredibly long to him.

As the female corpse gradually collapsed, Hei Xiazi knew that Qi Qiu had succeeded, the resentment had dissipated, and the body could finally be laid to rest.

Xie Yuchen reached out to support Qi Qiu. He had just heard Qi Qiu cough, which meant that he must have suffered a backlash when breaking the deadlock.

Qi Qiu took a breath and did not leave with the two immediately, as he still remembered what Shen Mingchao had told him.

But after Qi Qiu burned the candy, the female corpse suddenly shattered without warning!