Faced with Esetti's request, Xia Qing nodded, as if she was a little embarrassed, she moved her body and squatted aside.

Essetti walked over, crossed his arms in front of his chest, closed his eyes and prayed again, before carefully grabbing the old man's robe with one hand, and then slowly lifted it up.

Gao Chao was also on the side, he hurried closer, wanting to see what was going on, but the fat man was standing a little farther away, he was not interested in the old man at all now, but he still felt that the old man might jump up at any time.

Aiseti grabbed the old man's robe with one hand and slowly lifted it up, and as the robe got higher and higher, in the firelight, a pair of feet on the old man's corpse were slowly exposed.

When the three of them finally saw the old man's feet clearly, they were all frightened and stood up, Ai Seti put down the robe, and had already withdrawn a few steps with a superb grin, while Xia Qing stood up, as if he couldn't believe what he had just seen.

The old man's robe fell into the blood-red river again, and half of the original white robe had turned bright red.

Gao Chaoyue thought more and more uncomfortable, the scene he saw just now made him feel uncomfortable, in fact, he now had the urge to vomit, and he had goosebumps all over his body.

Everyone was stunned, no one knew what happened to those feet, how they came to be like that.

Gao Chao turned his eyes to look at Essetti, he didn't even dare to think about what it was, and what he had done to the corpse of the saint.

Aseti stood aside. Although he is a Mu/Sling. His worldview and beliefs. I'm afraid it's different from everyone else, but in the face of such a situation, he can't help but want to ask Xia Qing what the hell is going on.

So Ai Seti turned his head to look at Xia Qing, and asked in a somewhat shocked voice, "Miss Xia, what about ...... What happened to those feet? ”

Xia Qing stood aside, her brows furrowed, her face a little pale. But instead of looking at the old man's body, she was looking at the bright red river beneath her feet.

Suddenly, she said to Essetti, "Maybe it's caused by this water." ”

Aiseti looked at Xia Qing, tilted his head and said, "Water? You mean all this blood? But...... But how is this possible? ”

Gao Chao also said on the side: "Although this water is red, it is non-toxic, we all have this kind of water on our bodies, but we are not like ...... Like that corpse......"

When Gao Chao said this, he looked at the corpse's feet again, and he remembered everything he had just seen, and he couldn't help but shudder. I shuddered.

Xia Qing thought for a moment before explaining, "The reason why this river is red. I thought it might be a bacterium, I hadn't thought about it before, but when I saw those feet, I realized that maybe the river was full of corpse mites. ”

Gao Chao was stunned: "Corpse mites? That...... What's that? ”

Esetti also said, "Is that a bacterium?" ”

Xia Qing shook his head and said: "Corpse mite is not a bacterium, it is a very small animal, belonging to the category of mites, but it is smaller than mites, about half the size of mites, almost 0.05 mm, which is difficult to see with the naked eye." ”

Gao Chao's scalp tingled when he heard this, and said, "You mean to say that the color of the river here is completely caused by corpse mites?" ”

Xia Qing nodded, but without waiting for her to answer, Gao Chao said again: "That...... And what about corpses? Those ...... on the corpse Are those dense holes also because of corpse mites? ”

Gao Chao mentioned the situation on the old man's corpse, he couldn't help but tremble, the appearance of the corpse's feet, he may not forget it for the rest of his life, those dense countless small holes, the ankles that have exposed the bones, as if there are countless insects, are eating the old man's feet.

Gao Chao and Aceti were both looking at Xia Qing, wanting to get an answer.

Xia Qing only sighed, nodded and said, "Yes, these are all because of corpse mites......"

Her affirmative answer couldn't help but surprise both Gao Chao and Aceti, and the two of them looked at the bright red river under their feet, and their faces were a little ugly.

Seeing this, Xia Qing hurriedly explained: "Actually, you don't have to worry too much, although corpse mites are the smallest carnivores in the world, they don't eat live creatures, this is the same as their name, they only eat animal carcasses, and only eat the muscle tissue on the corpses, so you will see the small holes on those corpses, they are just eating the muscle tissue under the skin." ”

Gao Chao listened to Xia Qing's words, and suddenly felt the urge to vomit, but he still endured it after all.

He was a little worried, "But look at the color of this river, it's so red, like blood, it's ...... Does this mean that there are a lot of corpse mites in this river? ”

Xia Qing said helplessly: "Yes, I have been in contact with this animal in the laboratory, the reproduction ability of corpse mites is very strong, as long as there are enough corpses for them to eat, they will reproduce rapidly, and when the number of individuals reaches a certain concentration, they will show a bright red color, which is also because there is a digestive enzyme in their body, which is weakly acidic, used to decompose the carrion they eat, and this digestive enzyme is red, just like blood, so the river we see will be bright red in color." ”

Gao Chao listened to Xia Qing's explanation, and couldn't help but feel even more sad, he remembered that when he was struggling in the water, he seemed to have drunk more than one sip of such river water, and now that he thinks about it, he really wants to die, although he has no concept of corpse mites, but casually estimate, drink thousands of corpse mites, that is definitely there.

Thinking like this in his heart, Gao Chao grinned not to mention how sick he was, but he thought about Xia Qing's words again, but suddenly thought of something, and couldn't help but shudder again.

"Xia Qing ......" Gao Chao said to Xia Qing: "You just said that if corpse mites want to multiply in large numbers, then there must be enough corpses for them to eat, right?" ”

Xia Qing nodded, and suddenly seemed to think of something.

It's just that neither of them said any more, but they both turned their heads and looked towards the stone gate deep in the tomb, and inside the wide stone gate was the source of the blood river.

If the corpse mites are to multiply, there need to be enough corpses, and if so, how many corpses are there in that stone gate?

Just when both of them were thinking about the same question, Aceti, who had been standing beside them, exclaimed in surprise and threw himself in front of the old man.

Gao Chao and Xia Qing were both taken aback, and the fat man was standing in the distance, but he could see it clearly.

It turned out that when Gao Chao and Xia Qing were looking at the wide stone door in a daze just now, Aiseti noticed that the old man's other arm, which was still holding on to his chest, suddenly fell down, but as soon as that arm fell down, the heavy parchment scroll that it had been holding fell down.

If that parchment scroll was the "holy book", how could Essetti let the "holy book" fall into such a filthy blood water.

So Essetti rushed forward desperately, fortunately, he finally caught the "holy book" with both hands, but at the same time as he received the "holy book", his face seemed to have changed somehow. (To be continued.) )

PS: The starting point of Hua Man Lou's works.