Chapter 21: Corpse Cockroaches
Without the obstruction of the armored zombies, we arrived at the jade bed smoothly, and there were no accidents during the process. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć Info looked at the golden coffin studded with gems in front of them, and everyone showed a look of excitement, because all our efforts were just to open this golden coffin.
Tom said a few words in English, and immediately three foreigners came, and they took out some tools for opening the coffin, and began to think of a way to open the golden coffin. After carefully studying the golden coffin, after a while, an incredible look appeared on the faces of those foreigners, and they shook their heads, and Tom said a few words to the third uncle.
After the third uncle said, we realized that Tom found out that they didn't know what the reason was, and the lid of the golden coffin was not poured with gold water to seal the coffin. Chen Sheng couldn't believe it, so he said to the third uncle: "Third uncle, is there someone who is one step ahead of us, and this golden coffin has already been opened?" ā
The third uncle glanced at the corpse of the armored warrior, shook his head at us, and said: "It should be unlikely, you have also seen the power of the bronze warrior, with them, no one can get close to the golden coffin at all, and the corpses of those tomb robbers are the best proof." Otherwise......" The third uncle said with a hesitant tone: "That is if there is really a ghost." ā
Biaozi smiled: "As far as I know, let alone this kind of highest-level imperial tomb, even if it is an ordinary person's coffin, it is impossible to forget to seal the coffin, this is a big taboo, and it is impossible for those craftsmen not to understand." I think this time Uncle San, you really said it, if someone really avoided the bronze warrior and opened the golden coffin, I think that person is not a "person" 200%. ā
I shuddered in my heart, in the past, when the imperial power was in power, one person made a mistake, and he wanted to connect the nine clans, even if those craftsmen didn't want their own lives, it was impossible to ignore the whole family, so they definitely didn't dare to mess around with the matter of sealing the coffin. Besides, even if the craftsman forgets this important matter of sealing the coffin, what about the overseer in the imperial tomb? They can't forget it! So this golden coffin that has not been injected with gold water is really evil, and I can't figure out the reason.
The third uncle said that things have come to this point, it's useless to just think about it, just open it and take a look.
Maybe it hasn't been opened for a long time, but after the lid of the golden coffin was lifted, some rancid smell wafted out, and we quickly covered our noses with our hands, saving ourselves from being poisoned into our bodies. Biaozi said with emotion: "This person! No matter what identity you are, once you lie in the coffin, in the end, there is only a stench left, and a pile of white bones, no different from ordinary people. ā
After the smell dissipated, we looked at it, and in the golden coffin, there was a white bone lying quietly, seeing that he was wearing a rotten and shapeless robe, and a gold crown inlaid with gems on his head.
Beneath the bones, there was a layer of rotten silk and a few funerary goods, but nothing else. A few foreigners were a little unwilling, so they went to the golden coffin to knock left and right, hoping that there would be settings such as a mezzanine. But soon they were disappointed, because the whole body of the golden coffin was as smooth as a mirror, and they couldn't find the slightest problem, and a few people really couldn't help it, so they turned around and retreated.
The third uncle was a little strange, he said: "Although the golden coffin has not been injected with gold water, the things inside are very neat, and at a glance, you can know that no one has touched it." In this case, the jade plate depicted in the mural should be in the golden coffin of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, but there is no jade plate here at all, what is the matter? Could it be that the contents of the mural are all fake? But that's not right! ā
The more the third uncle thought about it, the more he didn't understand, and his brows turned into a Sichuan character.
But I can also hear it, the third uncle knows through the content of the murals in the tomb that there is an extraordinary jade plate in the golden coffin of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and the third uncle must know the origin of the jade plate, so he is determined to get it. However, now that the jade plate is gone, it is equivalent to the third uncle running away in vain, no wonder he is in such a hurry.
"Could it be that someone also knows the secret of the jade plate and takes the jade plate?" After speaking, the third uncle seemed to feel illogical, and said, "However, the bronze warriors are still there, which means that no one has ever reached the golden coffin, otherwise what we see is not eight undamaged bronze warriors, but eight skeletons in armor lying here." Moreover, judging from the traces at the scene, there were no traces of a fight at all, which is enough to show that no one here has ever approached the golden coffin except us, let alone opened it. But the golden coffin is open, and the jade plate is gone, how can this be explained? It's just weird. ā
Chen Sheng thought for a while, seemed to think of something, patted his head and said happily: "Third uncle, do you say that there is such a possibility." The reason why the golden coffin was not sealed may have been deliberately done by someone who knew the secret of the jade plate, and that person was precisely the supervisor in charge of sealing the coffin, so that the matter could be explained. ā
The third uncle obviously didn't think of this possibility, and said in surprise: "You mean, after the death of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, a certain overseer who was in charge of sealing the tomb guarded and stole himself?" Seeing Chen Sheng nodding his head in affirmation with confidence, the third uncle was also moved: "The possibility you said is not unreasonable, and only this possibility can be explained at present."
Chen Sheng seemed to be a good child who had been recognized by his parents, and nodded with a smile, but he looked a little unwilling: "Hey! It's a pity, we lost a dozen people, and we finally got here, but we didn't get anything, but we came for nothing. ā
The third uncle smiled meaningfully: "That's not necessarily, at least we got those murals, as long as we go back and do more analysis, we can naturally find out the secrets, maybe the value of those murals is even higher than the jade plate." Okay, that's the end of it, and it's time for us to take some rest after we're out. ā
Although he was a little unwilling, Chen Sheng didn't say anything, and gave a few orders, and those foreigners suddenly became excited, probably because they were also frightened by the strange things in the ancient tomb, and they were very excited when they learned that they were leaving now.
After cleaning up, we were about to turn and leave, but who knew that at this moment, in the bottomless pool in the middle of the burial chamber, there was suddenly a rustling sound, which sounded numb. I screamed in my heart, my guess was correct, this pool was the same as the one under the black pool, and it contained unpredictable monsters.
The third uncle reacted very quickly, shouted and walked quickly, and then took the lead to get off the jade bed, but at this time, countless insects crawled out of the bottomless pool, blocking our way at once.
Almost at the same time, the faces of the third uncle and the standard changed greatly, and they exclaimed: "Corpse cockroach!" ā
The kind of insect called the corpse cockroach by the label, the size of an egg, a hard shell, a bright red body, eight long legs under the abdomen, and at the front of the head, there are two fangs like pincers, and at a glance you know that it is not a master to be messed with.
Biaozi dragged me to the jade bed and exclaimed: "Corpse cockroaches usually come in groups, a few dozens, or hundreds of swarms, and it is not impossible to have tens of thousands. Corpse cockroaches like human flesh the most, and they are the best mechanism for preventing theft in ancient tombs. Because this kind of bug, like Wang Ba, once no one disturbs it, it will continue to hibernate and have an almost endless lifespan. But if he is awakened, he will bite a living creature, and he will not go back to hibernation until he has eaten enough. ā
I was shocked, so I said: "There are so many corpse cockroaches here, even if we eat them all, it may not be able to fill their stomachs, and this group of insects will still starve to death at that time?" ā
Biaozi seemed to think of something, and his face became very ugly: "It's not easy to eat enough, people can still eat the same kind when they are hungry and crazy, not to mention these low-grade beetles, you don't understand this." ā
I was shocked, and when I looked back, those corpse cockroaches were crawling out of the pool in a steady stream, and a large area had appeared in front of me, not tens of thousands, but also thousands. Those foreigners were startled, and they didn't need the third uncle's orders at all, and immediately crawled back to the jade bed, for fear of being poisoned.
At this moment of crisis, the third uncle can no longer take care of Liu Sanye and Scar Zhang's tricks, and order someone to untie the rope for the two of them, and they don't care anymore, this meaning is obvious, we are now clear of grievances, can we escape, everyone has their own destiny. He turned back to the frightened foreigners and said, "Don't panic, guard the entrance of the jade bed first, and wait for me to figure out how to deal with the corpse cockroach." ā
These foreigners must be usually well-trained, and as soon as the third uncle spoke, it was as if he had found the backbone, and he hurriedly took action. Tom gave an order, and a few foreigners immediately tinkered with their backpacks for a while, and then took out a fire-breathing high-pressure gun, and as soon as a corpse cockroach came up from the entrance, they sprayed tongues of fire over it, and immediately we smelled the stench of roasted insects.
Chen Sheng was still young in the end, seeing the corpses of those dead foreigners, gnawed clean by corpse cockroaches in the blink of an eye, and then gnawing on the stumps and broken arms of those armored warriors, he was also panicked, so he asked the third uncle: "Third uncle, now that our only way is blocked, what should we do?" ā
The third uncle acted extremely decisively, and said without thinking about it: "What else can I do, hurry up and blow up a hole in the tomb with a grenade, and let's use a rope ladder to go down." ā
Chen Sheng agreed in a panic, and called someone to prepare for the blasting.
At this time, Tom, who was guarding the entrance of the stone bed, turned back, and he actually said to the third uncle in stiff Mandarin: "Third uncle, the gasoline is running out, and we can only hold it for five minutes at most." Seeing that Biaozi and I were making a fuss, Tom gave us a roll of the eyes: "What to see, Chinese Yankee!" ā
The standard was not convinced, scolded a dirty word in English, and said proudly: "Look at what, Yankee, Lao Tzu will also speak more Chinese." ā
Tom said a few "NO!" The arrogant bidder said: "I am not a Yankee, I am an English gentleman!" You uneducated fellow. ā
Seeing that the two of them were really on the same page, the third uncle suddenly lost his temper and said loudly to Tom: "You talk about it again, I want you to become a special toilet for the British royal family, hurry up and get out of me, go to block the entrance, GO, GO, GO." ā
Tom was startled and immediately retreated, and at this time the third uncle looked at the mark: "Don't be complacent, you can also go to me, if you are picked up by corpse cockroaches, I will be the first to castrate you." ā