Chapter 20: The Death Pavilion
In Mary's coffin, there was no body of her, but only flowers?
What's going on?
At this time, I found that there was a faint little light in the pile of flowers.
So, I brushed the petals away.
Finally, underneath the petals, I found a ring, a ring still on the stump finger!
Isn't this Mary's ring?
I picked up the ring, and sure enough, it had "MARRY" engraved on it. This is the ring I lost!
The ring has been found, so, what about my pistol and flashlight?
I stretched out my hand again and found it in the coffin, and I turned over the petals everywhere.
However, after searching for a long time, I still couldn't find those two things.
Obviously, those two things have been taken.
But the strange thing is, why was my ring not taken away, but hidden in this coffin?
Suddenly, another thought popped into my mind.
Since I've already pried open Mary's coffin, why don't I pry open Wu Qiang's coffin as well?
I really want to see who that Wu Qiang is, and what is the relationship between him and Mary?
Since the coffins of the two of them are placed side by side in the same tomb, it shows that the relationship between the two of them is absolutely unusual.
Could it be that Wu Qiang is Mary's husband or boyfriend? But why do I think Mary is my girlfriend?
All of this seems to be known only after Wu Qiang's coffin is opened again.
However, when I saw the black coffin that had held me up and almost trapped me alive, I was still terrified.
What will I see? Is it a dead man, or is it an empty coffin?
Either way, I decided to take the plunge.
So, I repeated the old trick, picked up the crowbar, and pried open Wu Qiang's coffin.
The moment I lifted the coffin, I was almost overwhelmed by the smell inside.
A foul smell emanated from inside.
Could it be that there are corpses inside?
However, when I looked again, there was still no body in the coffin! This is still an empty coffin!
However, in one corner of the coffin, I found a worn cloth bag, from which the smell came from.
Although I felt uncomfortable, I carefully opened the cloth bag.
Pistol? Flashlight? Oh my God, my pistol and flashlight, in that rag bag?
I removed the pistol and flashlight, though they were now stuck with dust and slime and still smelled. But after a little wiping and cleaning, it seems that it can still be used.
They were so important to me that I took them back to myself. I'm probably going to have to face even more terrifying, more thrilling adventures, and I wouldn't be able to move without them.
However, by this time, my doubts deepened.
Strange, why are these two coffins empty? Why is Mary's ring in her coffin? Why did the pistol and flashlight appear in Wu Qiang's coffin?
If someone had taken these three things, why did he put them in their separate coffins? What does he want to do? Could it be that he just wanted to be used as a burial item to bury these two people separately?
Generally speaking, the things that will be used as funeral objects are the favorite of the deceased during their lifetime.
It was not at all surprising that the engagement ring would appear in Mary's coffin. However, why are there pistols and flashlights in Wu Qiang's coffin? Don't forget, the pistol and flashlight weren't his, they were Dr. Meng's.
Mary, Wu Qiang, and Dr. Meng, what is the relationship between the three of them?
Just as I was bewildering, I smelled a choking and unpleasant smell.
It wasn't the fog that permeated the outside, it seemed to be the smell of decomposing corpses.
I must get out of here, this is the tomb, not a place where I should stay as a living person for long.
So, I covered my mouth and nose and searched everywhere.
The road ahead was getting darker and darker, and there were no longer permanent lights in the tombway, so I had to turn on my flashlight and cautiously explore forward.
Soon, I found an exit.
It was a staircase that led to the ground above.
Down the stairs, I came to a small door.
The door wasn't locked, so I pushed it open and walked up slowly.
The steps are getting wider and wider, and light appears outside, and the further you go up, the brighter the light becomes.
I'm starting to get excited, I must be almost on the ground, right?
Soon, I walked out.
However, as soon as I got to the ground, the light was so strong that I couldn't open my eyes.
When I slowly opened my eyes, I found myself standing in a spacious room.
The light came from an incandescent lamp hanging from the top of my head. It wasn't very bright, but it was bright enough for me when I first came out of the darkness.
Where is this?
I looked around, and then I realized: here, there are glass cases everywhere. Inside the glass case, there seems to be something.
I see, this should be an exhibition hall or a showroom, right? Inside the glass case, it should be the collection or pictures here.
That's right, this is the showroom. Behind the glass case, there are some pictures displayed, and a text description is attached to the bottom of the picture.
However, when I saw the words and pictures, I became more and more uneasy.
In these words and pictures, without exception, they all revolve around the same topic - death!
After walking for a while, suddenly, I saw a familiar picture.
That's the ancient Egyptian mural I saw on the wall of the tomb!
It's not a mural, though, it's a lifelike oil painting!
However, when I saw the kobold god of the underworld, I found that its eyes always seemed to be aimed at me!
I was startled and took a few steps back, but the eyes still looked at me! I took two more steps forward, but the eyes turned again, still staring at me! It's as if the eyes of the god of the underworld in this oil painting are the eyes of a living person, and it will follow wherever I go!
Why does it look at me like that? Am I already dead?
As soon as the thought came to me, I couldn't stay calm anymore.
I don't believe I'm a ghost, but I can't understand the bizarre things I'm encountering right now.
What's more, I don't even know who I am, which is what confuses me the most.
Who am I? Am I alive or dead?
I quickened my pace, but I inevitably saw some of the exhibits in the room, behind the glass case. Among them, there are chains, shackles, crosses, ghost masks, and even, a very old stone mill.
Strange, what is this stone mill for? Why is there a stone mill here?
I stopped in front of the stone mill.
Looking up, I saw a painting hanging on the wall behind the stone mill.
There is also a stone mill painted on the painting. However, it was not a donkey who was pulling the stone mill, but a man! Behind the man, there was a fierce and vicious, blue-faced and fanged ghost, who was raising his whip, as if to whip the man.
I looked at the captions under the picture again, and then I understood.
It turns out that this is a picture of a person who goes to hell after death and is punished forever. That man, in fact, is the ghost of a man after death, and when he commits a crime, he is punished to grind here, and his situation is similar to that of a donkey, or even worse than that of a donkey. However, if you have the Nethercoin, you can buy off the ghost who is watching him, or you can hire other ghosts to grind for you.
Money talks? The term comes to mind.
It seems that this ghost world is the same as the yang world, if you have money, can you handle everything?
I walked on, and then I saw another clay sculpture.
This is a group of sculptures depicting adulterers** being tortured after going to hell. The woman, sitting on top of a torture instrument called a wooden donkey, had her hands tied behind her back, her hair was scattered, and her face was very painful; The man, on the other hand, was tied to a chair and lying on his back, and the onicha was infringing on him, that is, castration.
Looking at the clay sculpture, I seemed to hear the painful wails of this man and woman, and the sound almost punctured my eardrums!
I covered my ears, but another image came to mind.
"You a**, you actually killed my brother! Today, I will avenge my brother! ”
That's the picture of Wu Song killing his sister-in-law! Wu Song's wide, brass bell-like eyes, and the steel knife that was bright and bloody, were dangling in front of me!
Suddenly, Na Wu Song turned his head and looked at me.
"That adulterer, isn't that you?" He pointed the steel knife at me.
Yes! I was startled and woke up again.
I stopped in front of a strange cave, which was not written in any way, it was a cave. And the hole was not behind the glass case, it was sealed, but it was exposed, and it was set up in front of me.
Strange, what is this?
I was stunned, but I approached and looked into the hole.
But there was nothing there.
I was about to leave when suddenly, something grabbed my leg.
I was startled, and when I looked back, I almost didn't scream!
Out of the hole, a skeleton's hand bones stretched out, and the white hand bones actually grabbed my legs!
I finally cried out, and struggled to break free.
The hand bone retracted, and strangely, the hole disappeared with it.
Could it be that this is my hallucination again?
However, when I turned my head, I found that this showroom had changed into a different look!
Here, there are no more exhibits, pictures, and nothing behind the glass case!
What's even more terrifying is that on the walls, glass cabinets, and even the floor in the showroom, there is crimson blood everywhere, and even some of the blood stains have turned black!
I'm in a place full of blood!
Suddenly, the overhead lamp, the only light in the room, went out.
Darkness enveloped the room······