The two continued to move forward along the cave. After a while, another change occurred, because the cave became wider again, and a strong and pungent stench assaulted their nostrils.
“Ugh~” Zhang Qiling couldn’t bear the smell and covered his mouth and vomited wildly.
“Ugh!!!” Zhang Qiling spat in Chen Ze’s face.
Chen Ze touched his face with his hand, "Oh, what the hell?"
"Brother Chen, we can't go any further, this is corpse odor!" Zhang Qiling pointed at the black drum below. The rumbling cave wall said.
Chen Ze looked down and said, "Hey, why did we fall into the corpse pit? These guys want to drown us?"
Chen Ze and Zhang Qiling looked at each other and saw the fear in each other's eyes. Chen Ze squatted directly on the ground.
Zhang Qiling quickly helped Chen Ze: "Brother Chen, what's wrong with you?"
Chen Ze pointed to a pile of white skeletons at his feet, "Did you see that pile of bones? Look at that pile of bones." Do you dare to walk after reaching this pile of bones?"
"Uh!"
Zhang Qiling was silent. Indeed, he was scared.
"Brother Chen, why don't we withdraw!" Zhang Qiling suggested.
"Evacuate? We can't evacuate. Let me see if I can move this pile of bones." Chen Ze squatted down and started trying to move the bones.
It’s just that these bones are very heavy. Chen Ze tried to move them several times but still failed.
Chen Ze was a little anxious. There were so many bones pressing on his shoulders. Chen Ze felt that his neck was about to break.
"System, help me check the origin of these bones!" Chen Ze thought of the system store. Since he couldn't get them open, he could only ask the system for help.
"Ding! The host can use the system mall to redeem items or consume points to redeem items." The system prompts came quickly.
Chen Ze did not hesitate to choose to spend points to redeem items.
Soon, Chen Ze exchanged for a shovel, which Chen Ze had bought in the supermarket before. He originally wanted to use it to sharpen pencils, but now it seems that it will only come in handy.
"Zhang Qiling, I have a tool here. We can try to see if we can move them away." Chen Ze handed the shovel to Zhang Qiling.
Zhang Qiling took the shovel and started digging the soil, "Brother Chen, can this shovel work?" Zhang Qiling expressed doubts.
After all, Zhang Qiling has never dug a hole, and the shovel can't dig very far. If this is land, it's okay. What if bones are dug up?
Chen Ze doesn't Heeding Zhang Qiling's words, Chen Ze started digging hard. Chen Ze didn't understand the structure of the soil very well, but he had a feeling that if he didn't eliminate the immediate danger as soon as possible, something would definitely happen.
So Chen Ze dug out the hole desperately. When Zhang Qiling saw this, he stopped talking nonsense and started digging the hole seriously.
While Chen Ze was digging in the soil with a hoe, a sudden gust of wind blew the soil around.
Zhang Qiling panicked. He didn't know if it was the vibration caused by the hole he dug. If not, wouldn't Chen Ze be in a desperate situation?
Zhang Qiling thought for a while, threw away the shovel in his hand, and then lay down. , prepare to cover Chen Ze.
But Zhang Qiling obviously overestimated himself, because Chen Ze didn't notice the details of Zhang Qiling discarding the hoe at all, and Chen Ze still immersed himself in the details.
Seeing this, Zhang Qiling had no choice but to save himself.
Zhang Qiling picked up the stone next to him, threw it down, and smashed it into the soil. A hole was made in the soil layer, and then a few more stones were thrown down, and the soil layer was blown out. A larger pit can reduce the filling of sediment and prevent soil collapse.
Zhang Qiling saw the right moment, jumped down, hugged Chen Ze and dragged him up.
The situation was better this time. Chen Ze was successfully pulled out. Chen Ze breathed a sigh of relief. Then he looked at the cave he had smashed open. Chen Ze frowned, as if he was thinking about something.
Seeing Chen Ze's expression, Zhang Qiling asked, "Brother Chen, what's wrong with you? Are you uncomfortable?"
"I seem to understand!"
"Understood? Who understands?" Zhang Qiling didn't know what Chen Ze meant.
"These bones have been buried for so long, and they still maintain their intact form. This proves that they were in a state of motion before they died, so they cannot rot!" Chen Ze speculated.
"Then how did they die?" Zhang Qiling asked curiously.
"I don't know about this. Anyway, these bones are not rotten. They must not have died of starvation." Chen Ze guessed. "Then what should we do next?" Zhang Qiling asked.
"Of course I'm leaving here, I don't want to stay in this hellish place anymore." After Chen Ze finished speaking, he was about to turn around.
At this moment, Chen Ze heard a noise from behind him.
"What?" Chen Ze stopped.
"I don't know, I seem to hear the sound of someone breathing, listen!" Zhang Qiling pressed against the wall and listened.
Chen Ze listened with bated breath, then raised his index finger to Zhang Qiling and made a shushing gesture.
Zhang Qiling understood and immediately shut up.
Chen Ze slowed down his breathing and moved his position slightly to keep his head level with the source of the sound.
Chen Ze saw a pair of green eyes through the gap.
They were a pair of human eyes, with sunken eye sockets, exposed eyeballs, gray skin, and even internal organs could be seen.
Although Chen Ze is not a human being, this scene still makes Chen Ze’s hair stand on end.
"Brother Chen, there is someone here!" Zhang Qiling exclaimed.
Chen Ze quickly covered Zhang Qiling's mouth and signaled Zhang Qiling to be silent.
"Who are you?" Chen Ze stared at the empty grave in front of him.
There was a rustling sound from the grave, as if something was crawling.
“Don’t make any sound!” Chen Ze signaled Zhang Qiling to calm down.
The sounds in the grave gradually disappeared, and the branches around the grave began to shake.
Then the coffin lid on the grave began to slowly rise, and a shriveled corpse climbed out of the coffin board.
When Zhang Qiling saw this withered corpse, his calves trembled with fear. He had never seen such a corpse before. Not only was it completely dry, but it was also covered with maggots and rat droppings.
“Ah~”
The corpse suddenly let out a strange cry, and then rushed towards Chen Ze.
Zhang Qiling shouted, "Brother Chen, be careful!"
As soon as Zhang Qiling finished speaking, Chen Ze dodged the corpse's attack and Chen Ze punched the corpse. The corpse flew away and fell hard several meters away.
"Bang! Bang! Bang..." Chen Ze punched and kicked the dry corpse, which kept rolling. The mummy could no longer withstand Chen Ze's attack.
"Poof!" The mummy finally couldn't hold on any longer, opened its mouth and spat out a mouthful of blood, and then lay still on the spot.
"Brother Chen, will he die?" Zhang Qiling asked weakly, looking at the motionless mummy lying on the ground.
Chen Ze ignored Zhang Qiling and walked around the corpse to observe.
Chen Ze looked at the corpse carefully. It should be a female corpse, about forty or fifty years old, with an ordinary appearance and no makeup on her face.
The most important thing is that the clothes she wears are ancient costumes.
It seems that all the women in this village were buried alive. These female corpses should have been buried alive during their lifetime. No wonder they are so well preserved. These women also have perseverance.
"Brother Chen, what should I do with this body?" Zhang Qiling asked.
"Take it with you first and see if you can find any clues. If you can follow the clues, you might be able to catch the murderer." Chen Ze said.
Chen Ze decided to bring the corpse because he wanted to study the corpse. Everyone in the village was dead, so Chen Ze thought the murderer might be dead too. If the corpse could leave any clues for him, That would be considered a worthy death. (End of chapter)