Chapter 33: The Dead Who Come to Life
The smell of rot outside the ditch was too strong, and instead of waiting there, we went back to where we had found it last night.
The big crooked neck tree almost obscured the direction to the ditch.
Fortunately, it blocked many passers-by who went into the mountains to pick up chestnuts.
It was still some distance before dark, and I sat bored in the crooked neck tree.
Yingying sat on my lap and fell asleep.
Master Fang was constantly looking at the time, and he didn't know what he was anxious about.
"Uncle Fang, do you believe the resurrection of the dead?" I asked him with some curiosity, feeling Yingying's breathing and heartbeat. Although the Ninth Po said that Yingying was dead when she was born, it is difficult for me to believe her appearance now.
"Don't you have one in your arms? Of course, at that time, she may have faked her death. ”
The state of suspended animation generally refers to the fact that when the animal is attacked, it poses in a static state, as if it is really dead, which is a kind of stress protection for itself.
And what Master Fang said here about Yingying is in suspended animation, which may also be in this state.
At that time, Jiu Po was in a hurry, thinking that Yingying was really dead, so those things happened later.
Maybe the things she did later to save Yingying were actually ineffective, and Yingying didn't die at all.
Although Master Fang's words are more credible, it doesn't seem like the ninth woman is telling a lie.
"Can the person who is really dead be resurrected?" I didn't care if Yingying was really dead or faked, and continued to ask her.
"You said that if those living corpses kept their memories and sanity...... Are they resurrected?" Master Fang threw the question back to me.
I have just seen a living corpse, and the corpse of the ninth master was raised as a living corpse by the ninth wife and Lao Zhang.
When the corpse of the Ninth Master first appeared, it looked like he was asleep. And it's very easy to move, not as inflexible as zombies. And it is also able to appear during the day. If you retain your memory and sanity, then you are really not much different from a living person.
"Do you need to suck blood to live?" I asked, surprised.
No matter what you do, you have to rely on nutrients to survive.
For a living corpse, blood is its nourishment, and it must be maintained by sucking blood.
"No, you don't. Master Fang's shaking shook his head, which shocked me even more.
If this is the case, then it is no different from the living, or even the resurrection of the dead.
But is there really such a village?
"You'll see it soon. Master Fang's words immediately aroused my curiosity.
Then he didn't explain further, but leaned against the tree and closed his eyes.
The sun was setting in the west, and Yingying woke up. When Yingying woke up, Master Fang also opened his eyes.
"Here, let's go. Master Fang glanced in the direction behind me, patted the dust on his butt and stood up.
I turned my head to look in the direction he was staring, and I was startled by the situation behind me.
I saw a fair-skinned girl with long hair in a shawl walking towards this direction, about the same age as me, and unbelievably beautiful. But in this cold deep mountain, he was wearing a white dress with a skirt covering his calves, no socks on his feet, and a pure white dancing shoe.
She appeared like a fairy, and she didn't match the deep mountains and old forests at all.
"Uncle Fang, I'm here, let's go. After the girl came over, she shouted directly to Master Fang.
But in the next second, all her attention was on Yingying in my arms.
Yingying was a little embarrassed by her staring, and turned to bury her head in my arms.
"Hello, my name is Liang Bing, can I hug her?" the girl looked at me expectantly.
Seeing Yingying nodding vigorously in my arms, I handed Yingying into her hand.
After Liang Bing took Yingying, he didn't say anything, and walked directly in the direction of the waterhole.
"Uncle Fang, did you say that you would do it at night just to wait for her?" I pointed at Liang Bing and asked Master Fang.
"Do you feel anything?" Master Fang nodded and asked me rhetorically.
What did I feel when I said this?
Beautiful, this is my first feeling, but Master Fang's serious eyes are definitely not asking about this. Strange, this is the second one, and it is so cool to wear on such a cold day.
I shook my head at Master Fang.
"Didn't you want to see it before?" Master Fang sighed and chased after Liang Bing.
When I heard him say that, my jaw dropped in surprise.
The topic I talked to Master Fang about the resurrection of the living corpse and the dead was before. Could it be that Liang Bing is the living corpse that Master Fang said that I can see soon, a living corpse that does not need to suck blood, and preserves memory and reason.
raised his eyes and looked at Liang Bing, and sure enough, the whole person did not have any life.
No wonder I am not afraid to wear it so cool in this deep mountain.
Her body has long since lost its feelings, and it doesn't matter what she wears.
"Uncle Fang, you said that Liang Bing is ......" I walked two steps quickly and caught up with Master Fang in front of me.
Although he was already mentally prepared, he still felt shocked in his heart when he saw Master Fang nodding.
Such a beautiful girl turned out to be a living corpse. If Master Fang hadn't told me, I would definitely not have guessed in this direction after encountering it outside. Don't say it's me, no one can think of it.
"How?" was what I wanted to know the most, and even though it was a taboo in this line of work, I couldn't help but ask.
Master Fang also shook his head, he didn't know what was going on.
Because of Liang Bing, he borrowed it from a senior sister. Liang Bing is the apprentice of Master Fang's senior sister and a living corpse raised by his senior sister. After discovering the corpse breeding place here, he asked his senior sister to borrow Liang Bing.
On the edge of the ditch, Liang Bing handed Yingying back to me.
When she took Yingying, her hand inadvertently touched her arm, which was unusually cold.
Seeing that she was about to enter the quagmire, she just wanted to be born to stop her, but was stopped by Master Fang.
He borrowed Liang Bing from his senior sister just to do this.
"Yingying is too young, otherwise let her go. Master Fang spoke, his eyes staring at Liang Bing over there.
Liang Bing didn't even take off his dancing shoes, and stepped directly into the rancid mud in a white dress. In an instant, the dress on his body was covered with mud spots.
I saw her hands keep groping in the mud, and after a few minutes, she stopped moving.
A skull was dug out of the mud next to the ditch by Liang Bing.