Area 51 Forbidden Zone 0021 Corpse Revived

  "Knock knock......" came the sound of knocking, pausing for a moment before starting up again, neither slow nor fast, with a rhythm like music.

  It can't be, is the exit here on the ground? No wonder I've been searching for so long and couldn't find it, I overlooked the floor.

  I concentrated my mind, stretched out my ears and walked over while carefully listening to the sound. Finally, I confirmed that the sound was coming from underfoot. I crouched down, with my ear against the jade stone floor, when suddenly a loud thud shook me, almost bursting my eardrums.

  I hadn't even had time to scream when I saw the crystal-clear jade wall suddenly open, and the person who emerged from inside truly shocked me.

  Hyakushō Kō!

  All I saw was that he had injuries on his face, a clear bruise on his forehead, and bandages wrapped around his arm with blood seeping through. Standing behind him was Old Wang, who didn't look too good either, with clothes torn to shreds.

  "Both of you?" I asked in surprise and delight, seeing the injuries on their heads, and somehow feeling puzzled: "How did you end up like this?"

  Watching them fall into the quicksand trap with their own eyes, that gigantic quicksand array was like a rolling sky, and no one could survive from there.

  Against all expectations, they both survived.

  "It's fine as long as I'm not dead." I muttered, surrounded by a huge surprise.

  "Little Jiu Ye, what about them?" Bai Sheng asked with a very embarrassed expression, turning his head to ask.

  "Let's disperse, I don't even know how I ended up here myself, luckily I bumped into you guys."

  Then, Hyakushobu told me about getting stuck in the quicksand.

  Bai Sheng and Lao Wang fell into the quicksand without warning, under the sand that was sweeping across the sky, there was a narrow escape tunnel, estimated to be an escape route opened by the tomb builders, which saved them from death.

  "How did you find this place, I remember it's quite far from that place." That fork in the road is at least a 7 or 8 hour drive from here, where did they come from?

  "Just like you, we don't know how we got here either. We just woke up and found ourselves down there." Hyakushou looked at me for a moment before continuing: "We've been stuck on the lower level for over a day now. It wasn't until we accidentally heard your voice that we came up with an idea, using explosives to blast our way out of here."

  "A whole day?" I exclaimed in surprise, could it be that a whole day had passed since I left Hei Shu and the others?

  "How is it possible? I've been here for less than two hours." I shook my head, directly denying.

  I only remember sleeping and waking up, then following grandfather to get here. Maybe it wasn't even grandfather, just my own illusion. From start to finish, it was only about two hours at most.

  Bai Shou let out a sigh, a hint of helplessness flashing in his eyes. He turned his head to look around, and when he saw the large flower, his expression changed as he warned cautiously, "That's a man-eating flower."

  "It's really a man-eating flower, no wonder it has been following me all the time, it turns out that it wants to eat people." I let out a sigh of relief, looking at the flower, still with lingering fear.

  "There's a dead person over there, it's quite scary here." I pointed to the person under the flower and said in a low voice.

  Old Wang listened to what I said and walked over in the direction I was pointing, hearing him exclaim and beckoning us with his hand, saying "Come take a look."

  Then, Hyakushō stood up and walked over, while I remained standing in place, thinking about whether or not to go over. In my heart, I wanted to go over, but I already knew that it was a man-eating flower. As for the legend of the man-eating flower, I had heard plenty. For someone like me who didn't have the strength to even tie up a chicken and didn't have any weapons on hand, going over would be nothing short of suicide.

  "I'm not going. What if this man-eating flower goes crazy, I'll be out of luck." I shook my head and said firmly.

  Bai Shou didn't even bother to reason with me, and Old Wang just chuckled softly at me: "Young Master Jiu, why are you so timid? This man-eating flower hasn't even grown old enough to eat people yet."

  Old Wang said with a sarcastic tone, which made me uncomfortable. I immediately changed the subject and asked, "Are there different types of pitcher plants?"

  What I know is that the man-eating flower is a plant that eats people. As for what characteristics the man-eating flower has, I really have no idea.

  At this time, Bai Shougen flipped through the female corpse and shook his head, saying: "There's nothing valuable on her body?"

  "Xiao Jiu Ye, how did you know there was a corpse here?" He raised his head and looked at me with some suspicion in his eyes.

  "I thought she was a living person, who knew that by touching her nose, damn it, she's actually a dead body." I walked over with small steps, my face looking somewhat unpleasant.

  "There were no burial objects on her body, judging from the clothes, it is estimated that she was a person of the Han Dynasty." Baishou Sheng put down the woman and said slowly with a frown.

  "This is Han Dynasty, what kind of logic is this? It's been over 2,000 years and there's not a single sign of decay on the corpse. The skin looks just like that of a living person, it feels as if he's just sleeping. This is unbelievable." I exclaimed in surprise, finding a spot far away from the flower to observe the corpse on the ground.

  "This is normal, ancient people, to prevent the corpse from rotting, to prevent the corpse from losing moisture, and so on, and then use some high-end items to achieve this goal, for example, if you cultivate with night pearls, the corpse will not only not rot, but it's like sleeping." Baishou Sheng explained.

  "Wait, you just said there were no burial objects, so what was used to prevent...?" I looked at the woman, her face was so beautiful, it's a pity that she had been sleeping here for over 2,000 years.

  "Who knows what means they used, the ancients were skilled in the use of medicine, it's not something we can guess at. Besides, isn't that mummy thing all the rage lately?" Baishou said calmly.

  "Hmm." I responded with a sentence, thinking that it's indeed the case. The mummy thing is over 5,000 years old, who can say clearly about it?

  I've heard people say, especially in ancient times, that to prevent a corpse from rotting, they would use all sorts of poisonous substances and precious medicines. I just don't get it - the person is already dead, so what's the point of fussing over their body?

  I stared at that man-eating flower, still being so careful, afraid that the man-eating flower would suddenly pounce over, and maybe, suddenly grow bigger, by then, it's too late to hide.

  "Little Jiu, relax, this man-eating flower won't eat you for at least a year. It's quite sensitive to human scent, and as long as it smells human breath, it will turn towards the sun like a sunflower." Old Wang chuckled and said with a somewhat natural tone.

  I hastily denied it and lowered my voice: "Don't be nervous, the man-eating flower is looking at me, not you..."

  That man-eating flower has always been facing me. Now that there are Baishou Sheng and Lao Wang here, why is it still only facing me? It's not like I'm unlikable or anything.

  Bai Sheng and Lao Wang's faces changed greatly after hearing this sentence, finally, Bai Sheng asked me in a daze: "Xiao Jiu Ye, did you find out something?"

  "What?" I turned around and looked at the two of them. Their overly serious faces made me feel a sense of vigilance, and my heart was filled with doubt.

  When Hyakushobou asked that question, his face was tense and tight, as if he would explode at any moment.

  "What should I know, are you two hiding something from me?" I looked them up and down, trying to find a flaw on their faces, but there was nothing to be found.

  Then, after a long period of silence, Bai Shou Sheng let out a sigh and was about to speak when I suddenly caught sight of the woman lying on the ground. No, it was the corpse that had moved slightly.

  "She... she..." My throat couldn't produce any sound, fear surrounded me, I forgot how to speak, my pupils suddenly dilated.

  "What's wrong?" They noticed my reaction and asked worriedly.

  "The corpse came back to life." Struggling, he managed to squeeze out a few words.

  Bai Sheng and Hei Shu turned pale at the same time, turning their heads away. However, they saw that Bai Sheng had grabbed the arm of the female corpse with one hand, ready to make a move. At this moment, Lao Wang was holding a donkey's hoof in his hand. Bai Sheng couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of air and scolded: "Xiao Jiu Ye, shouldn't you buy a pair of glasses to wear?"

  "Your eyes are bad, and even if you say it out loud, no one will laugh at you. Besides, this woman has been dead for two thousand years. If she were to become a zombie, you would have gotten to her before us. You've smelled the human scent, so you would have bitten her already..."

  When Baishou Sheng said this, his eyes flashed with a sizing-up gaze, as if he was looking at a monster, making me feel a wave of panic.

  "It's Little Ninth Master." Old Wang said a sentence, and I finally understood what that meant.

  I understand what Baisosheng meant by that, he suspected me, and before I could react, I heard Old Wang sigh.

  "Xiao Jiu Ye, you don't know, we just met someone who looks exactly like you. We're in this predicament because of that person's actions. We almost died there."

  "A person just like me, how is this possible? Do I have a twin brother?"

  Are they identical? Aren't they twins or something?

  I couldn't hide the joy on my face, I had always been curious about where I came from, who my parents were and so on.

  "Where is he?" I grabbed Hyakushou's clothes and asked excitedly.

  "Xiao Jiu Ye, he wants us dead." Bai Shou Sheng brushed off my hand, his eyes flashing with hatred, answering word by word.

  "Xiao Jiu Ye, as long as that person is still around, if we run into him, we will definitely not show mercy. Also, as long as he doesn't leave this tomb, we have a chance to run into him. Let's not talk about this for now, let's think of a way to find Hei Shu and the others first." Lao Wang suggested.

  "Alright."

  I should have said, but Bai Shou Sheng kept staring at me with a vigilant look, as if I was a criminal, making my whole body hair stand on end. Finally, he couldn't bear it anymore and scolded: "Have you seen enough? You're all beady-eyed now."

  I've always felt that Hyakushou's eyes were strange, with an indescribable feeling, as if someone had ripped open his heart and was gazing at it, with a hint of vengeful glare.

  "My eyes are fine, no need for you to worry." Bai Shou's expression didn't change in the slightest, as if it was a matter of course.

  "Little Jiu Ye, don't say that now. We're in the light, they're in the dark, and who knows what's going on? Someone just like you might pop up." Old Wang said cautiously, exhaling a breath of air.

  "But his eyes were suspicious of me, as if I wasn't 79." My face turned ugly, never had I been doubted like this before, wondering who I really was.