Chapter 27: Breathing and Seeking Inner Strength

  At the thought of "complete corpse", I took a cold breath, and even the back of my neck was covered in fine beads of sweat.

  What is a complete corpse? Grandpa once said that in the tomb, you will often encounter some zongzi or ghosts. Zongzi refers to corpses that are well-preserved in the grave and have not rotted. If you touch a big zongzi, it's troublesome.

  Zongzi is generally divided into large zongzi, green-faced zongzi, blood zongzi (also known as blood corpse), and meat zongzi. Among them, except for meat zongzi, the others are the ones that people who have experienced a great reversal of fortune would least like to see.

  And the perfect corpse is a thing that is very difficult to encounter in the tomb, it's not a zongzi when you say it's a zongzi, and it's not not a zongzi when you say it's not a zongzi. Its principle is almost the same as that of a zongzi. Among all the zongzi, this perfect corpse has reached the point where it can't be penetrated by swords or guns, and its body is also the most perfectly preserved among all the zongzi. If it weren't for the lack of luster in its pupils and the dullness of its complexion, anyone would take it for a person.

  Grandfather's old friend had once encountered a complete corpse during the chaotic times. A complete corpse is different from a "zongzi" (a type of rice dumpling). A zongzi is formed when a body, not yet decomposed, is exposed to external biological electricity due to the tomb being opened by grave robbers, causing it to transform into a zongzi. On the other hand, a complete corpse has already undergone transformation before the tomb was sealed, and over time, the body undergoes a process of refinement through the passage of years, rendering it impervious to knives and guns.

  At that time, Grandfather's friend encountered a zombie and escaped, but was scratched by the zombie and poisoned with corpse toxin, which entered his bloodstream for too long and he eventually took his own life.

  As I thought of this, I glanced at Liu Gang under the coffin. At this time, Liu Gang's condition was very bad. Although he was unconscious, his body was still trembling constantly. This tomb was not cold and could be said to be at room temperature, but Liu Gang was still slightly trembling, presumably due to the corpse poison.

  I stared straight at the intact corpse on the other side of the coffin, and it was clear that going head-to-head with the intact corpse would be futile, unless I had the military power of a nation, tossing in a few hand grenades or something, otherwise I couldn't harm the intact corpse in the slightest.

  When dealing with a corpse, there is only one word: run. My grandfather once told me that the eyes of a corpse are just for show, although they appear to be open, they can't see people. The reason corpses can accurately determine a person's location is because it judges based on the sound of their breathing. Therefore, if you hold your breath, the corpse won't know where you are.

  As I watched the corpse continue to charge at me, I curled up the corner of my mouth, covered my nose and mouth with my left hand to stop breathing. Immediately, the corpse also stopped moving, dazedly spinning in place, just like a lost child who couldn't find its way.

  I secretly smiled, fortunately I had the experience passed down by my grandfather, otherwise I would have lost my life long ago.

  I slowly lowered my left hand, still holding my breath, and crouched down to pull Liu Gang out. Of course, I covered his mouth and nose with my hand, otherwise, the corpse would have killed both me and Liu Gang as soon as I pulled him out.

  At this time, there was no difference between the two in terms of strength, and looking at Liu Gang's painful face, I dared to conclude that Liu Gang would not last long. Those who were poisoned by the corpse poison would only have two outcomes: one is to be cured, and the other is to become a rice ball due to the corpse poison attacking the heart.

  And now I can only bring Liu Gang to a safe place to control the wound, otherwise the poison in the blood will spread faster.

  It took a lot of effort to finally get Liu Gang out, and when using force, breathing is always not enough, let alone holding one's breath. At this moment, I held my breath, my face almost turned purple. As soon as I stood up, I rushed towards the corpse and took a deep breath, feeling much better. The corpse was seen frantically waving its arms at me through the coffin.

  I don't know why the corpse didn't destroy the coffin and then attack me, I suppose if it were another zombie, it would definitely destroy the stone coffin and then come to attack me, because these zombies have all lost their consciousness.

  No more thinking, I took a few more deep breaths, and then held my breath again. My right hand passed under Liu Gang's armpit to support him, while my left hand covered his mouth and nose. We quickly walked towards the depths of this stone chamber.

  After holding his breath, the corpse fell into confusion again, standing still and turning around. I looked back at the corpse, people were dead, but their bodies were still being used to guard the tomb without getting real rest. What kind of person was the owner of this tomb? Was it really Zhuge Liang's teacher? Why would Zhuge Liang, such a righteous man, have a teacher who uses the corpses of the dead?

  Suddenly, I saw the pattern on the clothes of the corpse, which was exactly the same as the patterns seen on the stone wall outside and the stone gate before. It had sun, moon, stars above, and mountains, seas, trees below.

  Looking at this pattern, I feel very strange. If it were just seen in one place, that would be fine, but since it's also on the outside of the cave, the stone gate, and the corpse's body, then it can't be a coincidence. This pattern must represent something. Is it possible that the tomb owner liked this Taoist symbol?

  With doubts, I supported Liu Gang and walked towards the depths of the stone chamber. This stone chamber had nothing else except for the group of coffins in front. I supported Liu Gang to the end of the stone chamber, at this time, there was a stone gate in front of me, with carvings that were exactly the same as what we saw before - sun, moon, stars, mountains, seas, trees and woods.

  Is there some secret in this pattern? Before I could think more, Liu Gang's nose moved and he let out a sneeze. It was just a sneeze, but immediately the sound of breathing filled the entire stone room. From behind, the footsteps sounded again... Ghost Valley Remaining Volume

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