Chapter 468: Alien Corps

We looked over and saw that there was a big hole in the ground, the earth was collapsing, and it was covered with weeds, and we couldn't tell what the reason was.

"Lao Lu, you are so powerful, you casually poke with a sword and find the ancient tomb." The great philosopher said adoringly.

"This one is not what you said." Uncle Lu ignored Dazhe, but said to Zuo Shu, "It seems that not all of your descendants of Zuo Guo don't care about the funeral. ”

"What do you mean by that?" Lao Zuo asked.

Uncle Lu didn't say anything, just pointed to the exposed pit, Yun Ximing leaned over, just glanced at it and said, "This is the entrance to the tomb." ”

"Graveyard?! Mother, is there really an ancient tomb down here? Dazhe said.

"I really don't know, I've never walked in, I just dare to stand here." Lao Zuo found that his remarks had been questioned, and he was busy explaining.

"This ancient tomb passage was obviously smashed open, and the bronze chain I pulled out was also broken by someone, this ancient tomb passage has been here for so long, and it is not difficult to find it, if you say that you don't know it at all, it is really hard to be convinced." Uncle Lu said.

"Whatever you say, I really don't know what the tomb is, my father has always regarded me as an ominous person, I was never allowed to come back here, and it was only after my father moved out that he occasionally instructed me to come here to pay respects to his ancestors, believe it or not, I have been here a handful of times." Lao Zuo said.

Uncle Lu looked at Yun Ning, and Yun Ning nodded. It seems that Lao Zuo is not lying.

"Don't worry about these for now, I haven't been to the grave for a long time, there is one sent here, you can't miss it in vain, you wait, I'll go down to explore the way." Yun Ximing said.

"Tie this up." I handed over the gold rope I had brought with me, "Come up in the end, don't venture in." I instructed.

"Don't worry." Yun Ximing flashed as he spoke, and ran into the pit, seeing that his whole body was halfway down. His hands gripped the edge of the pit and steadied himself. Then he slowly probed down.

Seeing Yun Ximing go down to the tomb, everyone was extremely nervous, or excited, and the temptation to see the ancient tomb was really not small. Everyone craned their necks and waited to see Yun Ximing's reaction. But after the whole person went into the tomb. Yun Ximing didn't move.

"Brother Childe? You have something to say. What are you doing in there? Dazhe shouted inside.

"Simin? What's going on inside? I asked.

"Young Master of the Yun family, are you okay? What's going on inside? Uncle Lu asked.

But our call seems to have been sucked away by this big black pit, and disappeared into the pit. There was not a single echo.

"Yin Yin, I don't think this situation is good, why don't you react at all, don't be any monsters down there, Brother Gongzi is so thin, it may not be enough to stuff people's teeth in one bite." Dazhe said.

"Dead fatty, just count your crow's mouth, yin and yin, if you really can't do it, do you want to go down and take a look alone." Min Lan said worriedly.

"Why don't any of us go down, let's hurry up and drag Yun Ximing up." Yun Xian said.

"We were studying here, and suddenly the rope in Uncle Lu's hand shook, it was the signal agreed before, Yun Ximing asked us to pull him up, but we felt that something was wrong while pulling, Yun Ximing on the other side of this rope seemed to be a lot lighter, and it felt light. The gold rope was dragged in front of us, and a person's head was exposed, and we pulled it upwards hard, and the whole person was dragged up, but before we could see it clearly, Dazhe and Lao Zuo over there, as if they had seen a ghost, shouted and hid out of the distance.

"Yin Yin, what else are you talking about, look at it, I don't know what monsters are here, and I have sucked my son and brother dry." Dazhe said with a crying voice.

"Yin yin... This..."Uncle Lu looked at me.

In front of him was a dried corpse.

"Yin Yin, what the hell is this, why does this corpse look dry." Yun Xian asked.

"This is a dried corpse." I say.

"The dried corpse used to look like this, how did it look like a dehydrated vegetable." When Dazhe heard that the dried corpse came to his senses.

"It's not as cheap as dehydrated vegetables, but it's pretty much the same." Yun Ximing actually said that he climbed up from the pit by himself.

"Why did you come up on your own?" I say.

"Actually, the bottom of this pit is not as deep as you think, so I came up by myself, but I can't take that guy with me, so I have to work hard for you." Yun Ximing smiled and said, "Come on, fatty, let me introduce you to what it is, dry corpse." Although you always say that I am a mobile Baidu Encyclopedia, but I know those unpopular knowledge, all because of interest, this is my business. Yun Ximing pointed to the dried corpse and began to explain to us.

"Dried corpses, as the name suggests, are dry corpses. Normally, after the death of the human body, the cells in the body will begin their autolysis process, and the lysosomes in the cells release various proteolytic enzymes, which gradually degrade biological macromolecules into small molecules. In addition to this process of autolysis, it is also naturally subject to various putrefaction decompositions, which is a natural process. However, the dried corpse violates this natural process and does not decay, but instead presents itself in the form of a dried corpse. The characteristics of the dried corpse, as you see, are gray, the skin and flesh are dry and close to the bones, and the belly is sunken. Yun Ximing pointed to the corpse and analyzed it for us.

"What kind of person becomes a dry corpse after death?" Yun Ning asked in a low voice.

"How do you say this, hey, why didn't I see Dr. Jiang, I still want to discuss with him." Yun Ximing asked.

"When I came here just now, I asked him to go back, this is in the mountains, the signal is not good, I asked him to go back and inform Minister Yuan." Uncle Lu said.

"Oh, I see. Then let's continue, dried corpses are divided into natural dried corpses and artificial dried corpses. There are a few representative corpses of natural dried corpses, such as the ancient corpse of Loulan in Xinjiang. It is due to the low terrain of the area, the dry climate, the rainfall is very small, the corpse is only covered with coarse wool cloth and sheepskin, a layer of dry branches and sand is pressed on top, and there is no well-sealed coffin, so the corpse can be exposed to the air circulating outside, in the hot and dry desert, the body water quickly evaporates, which is extremely unfavorable to the growth and reproduction of bacteria, even if the tissue that has begun to decay gradually slows down its corruption process, and finally is in a stable state of rest, so that the corpse is preserved. This is also an important reason why the ancient corpse of Loulan is well preserved. Another example is the ancient corpse of Hami, whose situation is similar to that of the ancient corpse of Loulan, whose burial site is a remote oasis deep in the Gobi Desert. The terrain is low and concave, the altitude is only 200 meters, surrounded by a Gobi desert, the climate is particularly dry, and it is called the Turpan of Hami. The rainfall in Hami County is very small throughout the year, and the average annual humidity is 40%~50%, which shows that the environment where the ancient cemetery is located is very dry. The tomb and burial chamber where the ancient corpse of Hami is located are very simple, the top of the tomb is very shallow, and the burial tools are not sealed, these factors will cause the corpse to come into contact with the air circulating outside, and in a very dry environment, the water in the corpse will quickly evaporate. At the same time, it also inhibits the reproduction of bacteria, and the decay of the corpse is stopped, and it is better preserved. There is also a kind of Mawangdui dry corpse, although the environment of Mawangdui dry corpse is humid, but there is a large amount of charcoal next to the corpse, which plays a drying role, and the coffin and tomb are sealed with lime, and it is difficult for external water vapor to enter. Therefore, it is easy to form dry corpses. There are also a lot of Shaolin monks dry corpses, their causes are similar to the dry corpses of Mawangdui, there is information that the monks will eat some poison before sitting, to promote themselves into non-rotting corpses, which is somewhat self-harming. Yun Ximing said.

"The taste is so strong." Arrow said on the side.

"But you can also see that the environment here is not suitable for the formation of a dry corpse at all, so obviously this corpse is not naturally formed, that is to say, it is not that this person died in it and finally became a dry corpse, but someone first turned him into a dry corpse and then threw it in." Yun Ximing said, "Such zombies are artificial zombies, that is, mummies in foreign countries, they are all processed after death: the body cavity is dissected, the internal organs are removed, the corpses are watered with hot-dissolved rosin, and then wrapped in a cloth soaked in rosin, and the unearthed mummies have rosin in the skull and in the mastoid room." For example, mummies made by ancient Egyptian pharaohs after their deaths were artificially dehydrated and treated with resin spices. The other is the dried corpse found in the coffin in China. Mainly due to the high terrain of the cemetery, the low groundwater level, and the high degree of sealing of the coffin and the tomb, the coffin does not leak, so it is not affected by groundwater and humidity. The decay process and oxidation process in the coffin consume the oxygen left behind, forming an anoxic environment; In addition, the decomposition products of corpse tissues and some substances are not conducive to the growth and reproduction of putrefactive bacteria, and the decay of corpses gradually stops. The water of the corpse seeps out of the body and is absorbed by the water-absorbing substances such as rush grass, charcoal, and lime stored in the coffin, and the corpse gradually dries out to form a dry corpse. Therefore, it can be considered that all dried corpses formed by artificial treatment such as embalming, organ removal, watering rosin or putting absorbent substances in the coffin before burial are called artificial dried corpses. Yun Ximing said.

"My God, Brother Gongzi, according to what you said, how much of a bad thing this person has done before, how much he has offended, and after he dies, he will be treated like this." Dazhe said in surprise.

"It's not necessarily about offending someone, it's not necessarily about vendetta or something, there's also a possibility that it's a punishment, which is actually a punishment." Yun Ximing said. (To be continued.) )