Endless route

Chapter 357 127. The truth about demons and ghosts

Boom, boom, boom.

The demon bell rang from right above the tomb, and the sound was extremely clear. There was only a wall between it and Zheng Yun and others. The distance between the two sides was probably no more than five meters, almost within easy reach.

The moment you hear the bell.

Ji Daogui will quickly turn back, grab the rope and climb up to the underground palace in two or three steps, and rush to Zheng Yun's side to protect him.

Zheng Yun took two steps back to look at the overall situation.

The Immortal Gate is on the edge of the underground palace. You can cross it in a few steps and return to the secret realm. Safety is guaranteed.

The Yin soldiers are still moving the Immortal Tower. The Immortal Tower in the No. 3 Ancient City is no different from the No. 2 Ancient City. They are both made of special bricks and stones. Half of them have been moved at this moment.

Most of the effects of Qili Weimeng have also dissipated.

No black light appears when the demon mother bell rings.

Master Immortal, this matter is a little weird. If the living creature in the coffin is a human being, and the demon bell is a living creature that escaped from the coffin, then why can it swim in the mud?

Ji Dao remained alert and asked in a low voice.

The first half of this reasoning should be completely correct and can be linked to all the clues currently known.

The living things in the coffins were human beings, and the black hair that grew out was also human hair, and the demon ghost bells hung on the living things in the coffins. Among the three sarcophagi, one of the sarcophagi fell, causing the living things to escape.

The earliest surviving explorers also said that the strange dream of the ancient battlefield here was dreamed by an ancient man who lives to this day.

The living creatures in the coffin happen to have the ability to live forever.

But in the ancient city of Nanze, it's not just the living things in the coffin that possess the power of immortality. At least the living creature carrying the demon mother bell also has the power of immortality.

It has also survived from ancient times to today.

The demon ghost bell is always hanging on its body.

The combination of the two can confirm each other. The living creatures in the coffin and the demon mother bell have the same origin. They both have the art of immortality and have survived to this day underground in the ancient city of Nanze.

They are all ancient evils.

He has survived since being abandoned in Nanze.

But there are some differences between the two. The living creature in the coffin can only be a human being, but the demon mother bell cannot be a human being.

It is impossible for a person to swim in the mud.

The mud at a depth of 200 meters underground is not something that the human body can withstand, and it would have been crushed to death long ago after entering.

Go back and let the Yin soldiers open the coffin and take a look.

Zheng Yun stopped thinking about it. The current clues were still not enough. No matter how much he thought about it, it would be better to see it with his own eyes and completely open the black-haired sarcophagus to answer all the questions in front of him.

There is no need to open it if it was not opened before.

But now there is a reason why it has to be opened.

Because if the demon mother bell is really an ancient evil object that escaped from the coffin sealed by iron ropes and has been quietly surviving underground in Nanze for hundreds of years, then they must kill this object.

In ancient times, the Immortal Supervisor used iron ropes and sarcophagi to seal the seal.

This thing must be in great danger. Now that it has escaped from the coffin and traveled around, it can easily cause harm to the world, especially today when the ancient city of Nanze is regarded as a major archaeological site.

So we have to open the coffin and take a look.

First know the identity of the Yaogui Ziling, then speculate on the origin of the Yaogui Mother Bell, and finally find a way to solve this thing.

Master Xian, you and Master Gui go, I will guard this place. Jidao looked up at the demon ghost bell on the dome.

Okay, be careful.

Zheng Yun nodded and returned to the Immortal Sect.

Leading the ghosts from the secret realm into the Heavenly Palace, they walked around to the bottomless cliff behind the Immortal Gate, where they saw a little Taoist holding a searchlight and splicing ropes among the moon and stars shrouded in thin clouds and mist.

Multiple ropes extend toward the valley floor.

Two black-haired sarcophagi hang at the end.

Master Immortal, the sarcophagus just screamed.

The little Taoist priest ran to Zheng Yun holding a lantern, pointed at the bottomless Immortal Burial Valley, and whispered what he had just seen.

No problem, pull him up first.

Zheng Yun nodded and ordered the Yin soldiers to take action.

The sarcophagus was lowered not long ago. The depth was only a few hundred meters. It didn't take much effort to lift it up again.

Behind him there were many Yin soldiers carrying the Immortal Tower. With a wave of the hand, seventy or eighty of them were summoned. They worked together to pull the climbing rope and quickly hoisted the sarcophagus through the pulley.

Others, please go away and ask Han Xian to come over.

Before the sarcophagus was about to appear, Zheng Yun ordered the little Taoist priest beside him that the Han Immortal they had invited in the No. 2 Ancient City was still lingering near the Immortal Gate with its misty light.

Boom.

The sarcophagus was pulled back to the edge of the valley.

The rest of the crowd exited the Xianmen Hall, leaving only Hanxian and Yin Bing present. Zheng Yun raised his hand and waved out the jade lantern, letting the Yin soldiers walk to the sarcophagus. A dozen people all started to overthrow the sarcophagus.

Ring ring ring.

Demons, devils, bells and ghosts keep screaming.

But it was no longer helpful at this moment. As the Yin soldiers pushed with all their strength, the sarcophagus gradually overturned in the direction of Hanxian.

Boom.

There was a muffled sound.

The sarcophagus was completely torn down.

Everything in the coffin poured out, and a large amount of black hair was like liquid, spreading around the Immortal Gate Hall of the Heavenly Palace, and just dumped it in front of the misty Hanxian.

Zheng Yun was shocked and looked carefully, but he saw that the black hair was not like liquid, but there was actually liquid in the coffin, and the black hair was floating on the liquid, creating the illusion that the black hair was swimming.

Look carefully again.

Nearly half of the entire sarcophagus was filled with that kind of liquid, which was turbid brown in color, thick in texture and smelly.

What is this?

Zheng Yun frowned and took two steps back.

When they moved the sarcophagus before, they didn't find this kind of liquid inside, and they didn't hear the shaking sound of the liquid.

Right now.

Han Xian moved.

Hanxian swarmed up.

He went straight to the black hair all over the floor, not even letting go of the smelly turbid liquid, and immediately started eating, as if he hadn't eaten in a few days, and you couldn't wait to catch up with me.

Zheng Yun felt a chill when he saw it. Most of the Han Immortals behaved otherworldly, but at many times they gave people the illusion that they were like a loyal hound, but they also liked to eat cakes.

It really eats everything.

But this is a clue.

For the Hanxian at the beginning, although the hair had no nutrition, it was not inedible. At least it tasted better than the ice pimples from the extremely cold mountains. It was at least better than nothing.

But now Han Xian's conditions have improved, and he doesn't even chew wood much anymore. Although he still eats everything, eating is different, at least he won't show such urgency.

It made Han Xian anxious.

It must have liked it.

It is impossible for Hanxian to like hair, so what attracts Hanxian is actually those liquids. They have high nutritional value. Maybe they are related to the longevity method of the living creatures in the coffin?

Master Immortal, there is something!

The little Taoist priest pointed at the pile of black hair and exclaimed.

As the sarcophagus was completely overturned, everything in the coffin was poured out, and among the large amounts of black hair, there was a piece of white stuff hidden in the thickest area of ​​the black hair.

Pick it out and take a look.

Zheng Yun directed the Yin soldiers to come forward.

The Yin soldiers can be said to be omnipotent, they can do all the dirty work, even the life-threatening tasks, and Zheng Yun immediately got into the black hair after giving the order.

Several Yin soldiers started at the same time and quickly took it out, but the final scene that appeared was breathtaking.

It was late at night in the Heavenly Palace, and wisps of moonlight from the mountaintops in the distance shone onto the stone slabs. Together with the searchlight in the hands of the little Taoist priest, they illuminated the white living creature in the black hair.

But among the black hair, he saw a naked man, more than two meters tall, with a huge waist and a round waist like an ancient butcher who killed pigs, and his whole body was covered with rich black hair.

But his appearance was horrible, as if he had been dead for a long time, and his whole body was swollen like a balloon. Just one look at him made people's stomachs churn and it was difficult to swallow. He could hardly be called a human being.

Zheng Yun observed carefully.

Found several key points in him.

First of all, he is indeed alive, but he is like a fat man weighing several hundred pounds. His belly is as bulging as a skin drum, his legs and feet are almost degenerated, and he no longer has the ability to move, and he is barely conscious.

In addition, he should have been soaked in liquid, and his body was covered with water stains. The edema was also related to years of soaking. In addition, this person was obviously different from normal people. His chin was abnormally enlarged.

You don’t need to look any further when you see this.

This person has survived in the sarcophagus for hundreds of years. During the accumulation and erosion of the years, his body appearance has been completely deformed. It can be called an ancient capital punishment. Living for one more day is a punishment.

This is a common picture.

All coffin openings from ancient times to the present cannot produce a beautiful and clean scene. No matter what the situation is, opening a coffin is bound to be accompanied by a stench and an unbearable sight.

The coffin is for the dead.

Dead people can have some beautiful ones.

Since Zheng Yun entered the industry, he has opened many large and small coffins, either blood coffins covered in blood pimples or indescribable scenes like today, with only one exception.

The sarcophagus in Hades Pavilion is different.

The ghost general appeared beautifully, wearing a clean ghost-suppressing officer's uniform, looking like a ghost with a sword and one person.

But there is only one exception.

I can only sigh, it is not easy for colleagues in the archaeological team. They open coffins all day long for the cause of archaeology, and they have to clean up even the most horrific scenes.

There are only two possibilities for this scene.

First, this person may be an ancient criminal who committed a heinous crime and was imprisoned in a sarcophagus by the sea guards. This result is his own fault and does not deserve anyone's sympathy.

Similar to Zhang Zhenren from Qianxian Dojo.

A thousand cuts to pieces are not enough to pay for the sin.

The second is that this man and the sarcophagus are actually a sinful trick of gods and ghosts. They were deliberately created by ancient villains. Similar to the Pregnant Demon Tower, he himself is an innocent victim.

But this method is unsolvable.

In ancient times, Haiwei could only suppress and deal with it.

No matter which one it is, it is very likely to happen. Zheng Yun has no time to judge it and has no time to think about it.

The point is.

What is the purpose of this thing?

Where is Yaoguizi Ling hidden?

What is its relationship with the Demonic Mother Bell? No matter how you look at it, it is impossible for this person to move freely in the mud...

Ring ring ring.

The demon bell suddenly rang.

This time the voice was extremely sharp and high-pitched. It sounded close in front of Zheng Yun, coming from deep within the black hair.

Back off.

Zheng Yun looked around and asked everyone to disperse.

He really couldn't see what kind of supernatural abilities this person had and how he could kill himself and others, but he still had to guard against sudden changes and must be highly vigilant.

As long as the distance is far enough.

This thing should be hard to hurt.

Moreover, the performance of the sarcophagus has always been relatively average. It could not even defend against the Royal Expedition. It was opened and studied for a long time, and not even a single person was killed.

From a strength perspective.

It is far worse than Hades Pavilion.

But now it is different from just now. The Royal Expedition Team only opened the coffin for detection, but he lifted the coffin, as if he kicked it over. The level of humiliation is very different.

Let the Yin soldiers physically test you.

Even if something happens, the Yin soldiers will die first.

Master Immortal, it seems like he is making ghost noises.

As soon as the little Taoist heard the ghost scream, he subconsciously ran two steps quickly, holding his Taoist robe and hiding behind Zheng Yun, because the Immortal Master was the Immortal Master and the most powerful head of the Supervisory Immortal Division.

He was no longer afraid after hiding behind Zheng Yun. He quietly poked his head out to observe the living people in the coffin. He discovered the key to the problem, then pointed forward and spoke to Zheng Yun in a low voice.

he?

Zheng Yun looked carefully.

The demon bell does indeed come from the side of the living person in the coffin. If you look closely, you can find that the living person in the coffin is lying on his back, and his throat is constantly trembling when the bell rings.

Just discovered it.

This man's jaw was extremely swollen, like a cyst wrapping his entire throat. It had an irregular shape and a hard texture, as if there was some kind of parasite hidden inside.

This is where the sound comes from.

From inside the cyst on his jaw.

...

Zheng Yun frowned and remained silent.

He roughly figured it out.

In all likelihood, the demon bell is found in the throats of living people in coffins. It is a parasitic creature that makes a ringing sound similar to a ghost's scream through strange vibrations.

After this conclusion appears.

Everything seemed to make sense.

This parasite is the core key. In ancient times, it was probably some kind of demon. In modern times, it is an ‘alien civilization creature’ with certain intelligence according to the Royal Expedition Team.

The demon, ghost, child and mother bell can communicate.

It means it has certain wisdom.

It can be parasitic in the human body, but that doesn't mean it can only be parasitic in the human body. It may also be able to survive independently.

The bones of small creatures previously found in the third sarcophagus may be the bones of this parasite.

The Demonic Bell can swim in the mud, probably because the Demonic Bell parasitizes a local swamp creature. After escaping from the sarcophagus, it parasitizes this swamp creature.

Most likely the tentacles in the tomb.

The tentacles are obviously swamp creatures, and the tentacles have an extremely long lifespan, and the shedding of their skin can fill the entire tomb.

This kind of parasite is likely to have the ability to control its host. This is not uncommon among organisms. There are many parasites that have this ability and control all the actions of the host.

The ancients sealed the living person in the coffin.

It's because this person has been parasitized.

It may be that the ancients wanted to study the demon bell, so they placed it on top of the fairy tower and used Qili Weimeng to check it.

Qili Guimeng has this ability. It can actually access the memories of others. Although it can only create nightmares, nightmares are also the dreamer's memories, and they are key memories.

Maybe that's the whole story.

Ancient City No. 2 and No. 3 are incidental facilities to the fairy art Qili Weimeng, a place where the ancients checked the memory of evil objects, and were the expansion and development of Qili Weimeng by the ancients.

One day, the ancients discovered that someone was parasitized by the demon ghost bell, so they captured him underground in the ancient city of Nanze for research.

During this period, a shocking incident occurred.

This resulted in the study being abruptly discontinued.

Later, the loyal soldiers of Huzuma camp died, the ancient city of Nanze was submerged in the mud, and Qili Guimeng was abandoned.

It is still unknown what the shocking changes here are, but if they refer to what they saw in the ancient battlefield Wei Meng, they may be able to piece together part of the answer.

There should be no doubt that the strange dreams of the ancient battlefield are the dreams of the man in the coffin and originate from the memory of the man in the coffin.

And in the strange dream of the ancient battlefield.

The man in the coffin occupied a high mountain and hung the corpses of Ming generals in the mountain to provoke the Ming Dynasty. In the end, he was destroyed in the encirclement and suppression by hundreds of thousands of Ming Dynasty troops, leaving a psychological shadow.

It can be seen from this.

The person in the coffin is not alone.

The person in the coffin is the person parasitized by the demon ghost bell.

In other words, the person parasitized by the Demonic Bell is not one person, but many people, so many that they are capable of provoking the Ming Dynasty, and even require hundreds of thousands of troops to wipe them out.

Then we can draw a conclusion.

It is very likely that Yao Gui Ling parasitized the ancients on a large scale in a certain era, during the early days of the Ming Dynasty's exploration of the endless sea routes, and even took over the mountain and became king in an attempt to compete with the Ming Dynasty.

This is amazing.

Can do this.

This shows the power of the demon bell.

It must be able to parasitize others silently, even in the early stage of parasitism without being discovered by others, and quietly continue to live on behalf of the host.

This technique is probably an immortal technique, but the Demonic Bell is an enemy of the Ming Dynasty, and it is a creature that the Ming Dynasty could not control until the end of its research, so it cannot be called an immortal technique.

If you think about it, expand it a bit more.

Maybe this matter can be connected with Hunumu Camp.

The soldiers of Hunumu Camp carried the coffin into the No. 23 Ancient City. When they entered, they did not consider that they could come out alive. This may have something to do with Yao Guiling's unexpected escape.

Faced with a kind of parasitic ghost method.

The only way the ancients could deal with it was probably this method of sending someone to death, asking people to go in and pay the debt. As long as no one came out alive, the Yao Gui Ling would not be able to leave the site.

This part is not true.

Zheng Yuncong couldn't believe it from the bottom of his heart that the tragic and heroic behavior of the tens of thousands of soldiers in Hunumu camp was actually caused by the ancients' own research on the demon ghost bells, so this was just a guess.