Chapter 14: Zombies of the Qing Dynasty (2-in-1)
When the Chinese team was introduced to the world of "Zombies" by the main god, it was already night, and at that time, the blood moon of the demon was already hanging above the dense forest.
I don't know if the main god of the Dao Dao did it intentionally or unintentionally, but he actually teleported the Chinese team directly to the top of the coffin of a general-level zombie, so that everyone's feet stepped directly on the coffin of the zombie.
You must know that even if there are ordinary tombs, if the living person does not respect the deceased, such as urinating or eating sacrifices next to the tomb, sometimes that person will probably encounter a ghost hitting the wall or directly getting sick without warning, which may be a way for the deceased in the tomb to express their "anger".
And for this kind of general-level zombie who was a general of the Manchu Qing Dynasty before his death, and was refined into a fierce general-level zombie after his death, his coffin was directly "kicked in the nose and face", which naturally angered it, so that it summoned the zombies under his command to wake up together, wanting to kill this group of "people" who don't know what to do.
It can be said that if it weren't for the fact that the Chinese team had such a finale as Xi Cheng who could rival and suppress this general-level zombie, the Chinese team might have directly ended up in a group annihilation, and it would be more than enough for this general-level zombie to destroy a low-level team.
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When the sun rose, Xu Fan finally woke up, although he felt that some parts of his body were still a little sore, but the energy had been replenished through sleep, for Xu Fan, energy, is his own hole card, as long as he has enough energy, his mental power and mental power can be used, which is also his biggest reliance now.
Taking out a syringe from the space ring, Xu Fan injected himself directly into his arm, and all the liquid in the syringe was injected into his body.
"What is this?" Xi Cheng noticed Xu Fan's movements and asked.
"I exchanged it from the main god space, it can relieve muscle fatigue. It has the effect of invigorating blood and removing blood stasis, and it is a combination of Chinese and Western injections, with no side effects and no addiction. Xu Fan shook his hand and threw the needle aside.
"You can exchange yourself for a bloodline." Xi Cheng suggested, because he felt that Xu Fan's physical fitness was really not good.
"Most of the bloodlines are exclusive to my mental power skills and mental power skills, some bloodlines that are not excluded have almost no effect, and the price of exchanging some bloodlines that are not excluded but more powerful is really too high, hehe, so it is probably not for nothing that the spiritual strengtheners in each team are the weakest in physical combat."
Xu Fan shook his head. Said: "Don't talk about this, by the way, captain, tell us about the situation of your fight with that general-level zombie, this is a world world defined by the main god is an exploratory type of world, we must grasp any bit of detail and the information obtained, I think, in order to complete the task of this world, the first thing to do is to understand the whole picture of this world." ”
Xi Cheng nodded. The situation of his battle with Feng Shijie and the ferocity of resurrecting the soul of the corpse, the spontaneous combustion of the everlasting lamp, the seven-story high platform, the emperor's coffin, the talisman seal, the blood arrow, the emperor's robe man, and the tiny green insects that he saw after he and he both fell into the underground palace, all told it.
Xu Fan and Yao Wu listened carefully on the side, they were already dangerous when they fought with zombies before, but in fact, every time they fought. The most dangerous battles are all completed by the captain Xi Cheng, and the most powerful enemies are also faced by Xi Cheng alone. They can only be regarded as playing auxiliary.
After listening to Xi Cheng's words, Xu Fan habitually rubbed his temples and began to think.
Yao Wu suddenly opened his mouth at this time and asked, "Actually." I've always wondered, why are the zombies in the zombie movies I watched since I was a child wearing the official uniforms of the Qing Dynasty? Why can't you wear other clothes? Moreover, the zombies we saw when we entered this terrifying world were also wearing Qing Dynasty official uniforms, what does this mean? ”
Xu Fan glanced at Yao Wu, he liked to watch Yao Wu, a girl who was the same age as himself and was a great master of national arts, become a "curious baby", especially asking questions to himself, so that he, a waste wood college student, did have a lot of sense of accomplishment from the bottom of his heart, Xu Fan did not sell it, and explained:
"Actually, this question has troubled many people, such as the generation of young people like me and you, who are very incomprehensible, for what kind of zombies in the movie are wearing Qing Dynasty official uniforms. In the past, I also planned to write Chinese zombie-themed movies into my own infinite stream novels, so I also did some research on Chinese zombies, and finally came to a few reliable conclusions. ”
Xu Fan sat up cross-legged and began to explain to Yao Wu, Xi Cheng on the side sat cross-legged, as if he was resting and listening, he was also like this last night when Xu Fan and Yao Wu were resting, and he was vigilant while resting, so that the effect of rest would be greatly reduced, so he can only seize every opportunity to adjust his physical condition to the peak state to face the next possible battle.
Today's Chinese team has gradually divided into two roles, represented by Xi Cheng in terms of combat effectiveness, and represented by Xu Fan at the level of wisdom.
It's not that Xi Cheng's mind is not enough to be a wise man, on the contrary, Xi Cheng's mind is actually very mature, and even has a deep calculation, and he often has his own unique decisiveness and strong judgment in the face of crisis.
However, the key is that Xi Cheng is very unfamiliar with this kind of movie theme, and Xu Fan happens to have a deep understanding in this area, so the general layout and analysis are done by Xu Fan, as for the specific implementation, Xi Cheng will improve it according to his own ideas, and after several horror films, the two have become more and more tacit.
Of course, if it weren't for the fact that Li Qiang and Liang Tao died in the world of the last horror film, the overall atmosphere of the Chinese team would have been better.
"Zombies were a very popular subject in Hong Kong movies in the 80s of the last century.
In the movie, the zombie is always dressed in the official uniform of the Qing Dynasty, with his hands stretched out, and his feet together like sparrows, jumping and jumping like sparrows, distinguishing the direction by human breath, and another notable feature is that the zombie can be fixed by sticking a talisman on the forehead of the zombie. Because zombies always jump forward, in the feng shui practice of Chinese architecture, a threshold about 15 centimeters high is usually installed under the gate to prevent zombies from jumping into the home. ”
Then. Xi Cheng said: "This is indeed true, I have seen those ancient residential houses in Tibet and Xinjiang, and the thresholds there are also very high, and it is said that it is also to prevent zombies. "Xi Cheng has lived for more than a hundred years, although he has always lived a simple life, but he has also traveled to many places, and even went to some European countries to find vampires, in terms of knowledge and experience, he is more than a step higher than Xu Fan, an otaku.
"From the plains to the plateaus, from the interior to the frontiers. It seems that the ancient houses on the entire border of ancient China like to make the threshold very high, is it really all to prevent zombies? Doesn't that mean that zombies once ravaged the entire region of ancient China? Yao Wu asked again.
"It's not clear about this, some folk customs or something, in fact, it is difficult to trace back to the roots, since it has become a folk custom, the symbolic meaning is greater than the actual effect." Xu Fan shrugged his shoulders, and then spoke:
"But why do zombies always wear Qing Dynasty clothes? This can be analyzed from many angles.
First, from an economic point of view: the costumes of the Qing Dynasty were many and cheap. Zombie films are generally low-budget movies, and for cost considerations, the producers let the zombies collectively change into Qing Dynasty clothes, and some Qing court dramas or something. You can also run over to borrow clothes, maybe a courtier in the Qing court drama wore an official uniform and was worn by zombies yesterday.
Second, the time perspective: if you die for less than 100 years, you can't become a sperm, and if you die for more than 500 years, you will become a demon. In other words, the bones are gone, so only those who have died between 100~500 can become zombies.
In this way, only people born in 1600~1900 AD can become zombies, and almost all people born in this time period are Qing Dynasty people. And legend has it that the Qing Dynasty people wore official uniforms when they were buried, which was decent. According to this estimate, the zombies that appear in film and television works a few years later should be wearing a tunic suit, a suit or NIKE, with three watches, and using the toothpaste recommended by the dental defense team. ”
Hearing Xu Fan's ridiculous words, Yao Wu couldn't help but laugh out loud, thanks to Xu Fan's courage after experiencing so many horror movies, otherwise he wouldn't dare to use zombies to make fun of himself when he was in the world of horror films in "Zombie". Even Xi Cheng was a little embarrassed about Xu Fan's last few words, he just snorted lightly, meaning to ask Xu Fan to continue to get to the point.
made a joke and amused the grandmasters of national arts, Xu Fan himself felt very satisfied, just like when the first boy and girl chatted, the boy always liked to amuse the girls around him, so he himself would have a great sense of achievement. Xu Fan collected his heart for a moment and continued:
"Third, from the perspective of national feelings:
At the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, when the Manchus entered the customs, they killed on a large scale, and many ordinary people died in other places, so there was a job of transporting corpses and transporting the corpses back to their hometowns for burial. Later, it was said that there were corpse chasers in Sichuan and Xiangxi, and the corpses would jump and walk by themselves.
Moreover, the anti-Qing restoration has always been the mainstream ideology in Hong Kong, and many people sympathize with the anti-Qing and Ming-Ming aspirants and belittle the Manchus, so these jumping corpses are installed as Manchu officials.
Moreover, Hong Kong was seized by the British in the hands of the Qing Dynasty, so Hong Kong people have resentment in their hearts, so they ridicule the Qing Dynasty, which is part of Hong Kong culture. As for the choice of official uniforms for Lu, it is because of the people's anti-Qing and anti-corruption performance, which is the imagination and social sustenance of scholars and literati.
Fourth, the perspective of film and television:
The shooting effect of the official uniforms of the Qing Dynasty is more in line with the image of zombies, because the official uniforms of the Qing Dynasty are more straightforward, the color is darker, and the shape of the official hat makes the whole costume different from the Hanfu, which has a depressing and dull taste, so it is most suitable for shooting zombies. If you use the costumes of the Tang Dynasty, Ming Dynasty, and Han Dynasty to shoot, it is not impossible, but because the color of the Hanfu may be lighter and wider, it is not suitable to shoot zombies in Qing official clothes, but there will be an elegant fairy aura in it.
Therefore, when filming beautiful female ghosts, they generally wear ancient Hanfu, and there are a series of classic female ghosts such as "A Chinese Ghost Story". Just imagine, let Nie Xiaoqian wear the official uniform of the Qing Dynasty, what kind of effect should it be?
Fifth, from the perspective of folklore:
In the Qing Dynasty, there was a kind of Taoist priest called 'corpse trainer', and they had a spell to guide the corpse's action. There are many people of status and wealth, after death, hoping to return to their roots, and when the body is not decomposed, the warlock will rush back to the hometown for burial, at this time it is necessary to do the corpse disposal, Taoist priests will generally use their craft to make the corpse stiff so that it can walk. Then dress up, and at this time it is also very costly to put on official uniforms for them.
The corpse chasers were called 'corpse chasers', and they walked in groups of about three or five, some tied the corpses with ropes, one every few feet, and then pasted yellow paper charms on their foreheads, and others beat gongs and bells to open the way, and walked day and night. Before dawn, he threw himself into the stack, lifted the rune paper, and the corpse stood against the wall. Continue on the road until night.
There is also a theory that the corpse chaser actually carried the corpse on his back, but because he was dressed in black and walked at night, passers-by naturally did not see the corpse chaser, thinking that there was a walking corpse.
Sixth, from the perspective of literary history:
The zombie theory prevailed after the middle of the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty. On the one hand, the Qing Dynasty had more records of zombie incidents, more research on zombies, and more importantly, literary forms such as novels and books in the Qing Dynasty had a climax. Folk literature will make different explanations for such strange things around you, such as ghosts and monsters, and zombies are one of them.
These things have also been recorded in more books and folklore, and have been used in some of the current films. In the Qing Dynasty, there were the most zombie records, and Yuan Mei's "Zi Bu Yu" and Ji Xiaolan's "Notes on Reading Wei Caotang" were the first to be recommended. These two books can be said to be the 'Zombie Encyclopedia'. Most of the zombie movies in Hong Kong come from these books, so it is natural that zombies wear Qing Dynasty clothes. ”
A total of six reasons were said, but Xi Cheng couldn't help but shake his head after listening to these six reasons. Opening:
"No, the zombies in this terrifying world called "Zombie" are wearing Qing Dynasty costumes, not because of these reasons. In fact. Whether it is the layout and atmosphere of the underground palace that is exclusive to the royal family, or the fierce respect for the man in the imperial robe attached to Feng Shijie, and the fact that the man in the imperial robe with the aura of the Ninety-Five Supreme is imprisoned by a talisman, in fact, it is a fact in the end.
All the zombies here, and even the dungeon, are man-made, and must be man-made.
Someone built an underground palace here, someone refined so many zombies here, and someone sealed the man in the emperor robe here. And this person, in fact, can refer to many things, such as a person from a village, a person from a small region, a country, a regime, and for example, a court - the Qing court.
Because if you want to build this kind of underground palace built entirely by tiny green worms, if you want to use the corpses of those who were all elite generals of a hundred battles to refine zombies, if you want to use a person with the status of the Ninety-Five Supreme and who is also a lifelong conquest, with infinite evil energy on his body to be imprisoned on the seven-story platform, it is only possible for the state power to activate the strength of the entire state apparatus, plus these zombies are wearing Qing Dynasty official uniforms, it can be inferred that it must be the Manchu court that made all these things.
However, as for why the Qing court wants to arrange all this here, it is not clear for the time being, but it seems to be used to suppress the man in the imperial robe, but it is a little different, and who is the man in the imperial robe, who can afford such a big battle? ”
From the analysis of film and television works, it has directly transitioned to the regime in the real world, and Xi Cheng's thinking jump is not strong.
"Captain, you think the same as me, these zombies and that dungeon should be the work of the Qing court. Also, we can imagine whether it is possible, the rune seal that prevents the captain from you entering and prevents the emperor robe man from coming out, will it be the Heavenly Master rune seal that the main god wants us to obtain in the side quest, the one that will absorb the qi and blood of the emperor robe man and turn it into a red arrow to rush out of the dungeon, and will it be the Nine Heavens Demon Breaking Arrow that the main god wants us to obtain in the side quest? ”
Xu Fan first affirmed Xi Cheng's opinion, and then expressed his more in-depth opinion.
"According to that, the last one of the side quests is the last one to stop the zombie from breaking the seal within a month, which means that the emperor robed man who was imprisoned by the Heavenly Master Fu Seal is about to break the seal? And the Lord God means to let our Chinese team stop him? Yao Wu said his opinion on the last side quest at this time.
Xu Fan nodded noncommittally, shook his head slightly, and said:
"I always think,It's not that simple.,But it seems to be like this.,Don't forget.,Of the four side quests issued by the main god this time,The first three tasks are all rewarded with a C-level plot plus 3000 bonus points.,Only the fourth is to prevent zombies from breaking the seal.,The trend reward is only an E-level plot plus 200 bonus points.。
It's also a side story.,This reward.,The gap is too big.,I'm wondering.,Does this fourth side quest mean something deeper implications.,The fourth side quest.,Will it not be as we imagined.,It may not be so simple.。 In short, the information we can control now is still too small, and what we can see may only be the tip of the iceberg of this world, but I believe that if we get out of this forest, we should be able to get more information and more understanding of this world. ”
"This dense forest is not simple, almost everywhere there are ghosts hitting the wall, and the yin qi in the forest seems to be due to the existence of too many zombies, and it is also very heavy." Xi Cheng has a vampire physique, so he is naturally sensitive to these.
"Captain, don't forget, I'm a Taoist priest now." Xu Fan raised the talisman seal in his hand, with a confident smile on his face. (To be continued......)
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