Chapter 17: The Moving Corpse
Looking at everything familiar before him, Liu Haoyu frowned slightly.
The surrounding grudges gave him a strange sense of familiarity.
Soon, he understood where this familiarity came from.
Jiding Village in Lingnan Town…
It was the same eerie feeling when he got lost in the village back then.
This meant that the Night Walker was watching him nearby.
Thinking of this, Liu Haoyu said to Qin Liu.
“Be careful not to get separated.”
With the Night Walker’s elusive abilities, Liu Haoyu didn’t dare to be careless.
Because he knew he couldn’t get close to the Night God Palace, or rather, even if he got close, he would be teleported back.
So this time, Liu Haoyu focused his gaze on the corpse not far away.
This corpse gave people a creepy feeling, as if it had been staring at them since the beginning.
Liu Haoyu walked to the side of the corpse and took a soul-dispelling talisman from his pocket and affixed it.
If it was controlled by a fierce ghost, the soul-dispelling talisman would ignite with blue flames.
“Ching…”
The talisman was ignited by the fierce flame, but the flame was the normal pale yellow.
Liu Haoyu’s gaze slightly condensed.
Was it not controlled by a fierce ghost?
“Here, here, there’s something strange here.”
Qin Liu’s voice echoed in the dim space, and the lantern in her hand illuminated the direction she was pointing.
Above the corpse, blood-colored vines were piercing into its back one by one, and these vines, like blood vessels, were constantly pumping.
“This thing… is alive?”
Qin Liu couldn’t help but gasp.
Seeing this, Liu Haoyu took out a fire axe and chopped off these vines. The corpse also fell to the ground with a thud, splashing a large patch of mud.
The parts where the vines were cut kept seeping a scarlet liquid, and the smell was somewhat similar to blood…
Liu Haoyu took a step back, moved the corpse on the ground aside, and then continued to walk forward.
After walking a distance, the two found that the underground palace they had seen before had also disappeared. All that remained before them was a large space covered with rusty red ore.
“They are here!”
Just as Liu Haoyu was thinking, the voices of Wu Yixuan and Deng Xiaolin came from behind him.
Following behind them was the rescue team stationed at the foot of the mountain.
The leader of the rescue team was a little impressed when he saw Liu Haoyu standing alone in that place without changing his expression.
“Are you okay, old man?”
“I’m fine.”
Liu Haoyu shook his head slightly.
“Let’s transport that corpse out first. We’ve been looking for it for so many days.”
“Alright, but I still have to say…”
On the way back, the leader of the rescue team kept chattering at them.
After all, no matter what, even if there were no ghosts in this mine tunnel, its complex interconnected structure was enough to trouble ordinary people.
“In short, don’t come to such a place late at night next time. It’s too dangerous. We’ll take care of transporting the corpse. You two young people should go back quickly.”
“Understood, understood.”
Deng Xiaolin and Liu Haoyu nodded repeatedly. Only then did the leader of the rescue team let them go.
As the mountain guardian, Wu Yixuan helped the rescue team.
After returning to the antique shop at the foot of the mountain, Liu Haoyu changed out of his drenched clothes.
He sat on the sofa and poured himself a cup of hot tea.
Only then did his icy body temperature begin to rise a little.
“Will those rescue people be in any danger there?”
Deng Xiaolin looked towards Ye Shangfeng through the window, feeling a little worried.
Liu Haoyu, however, was not overly worried and said calmly.
“These rescuers are all from the local fire department, and they are people protected by the state. With so many people around, those ghosts naturally wouldn’t dare to come out.”
“Moreover, they are not stupid. If they really came out, they would be greeted not by a search and rescue team, but by 155-millimeter artillery shells.”
Supernatural events are indeed terrifying, but they are no match for artillery bombardment.
Liu Haoyu closed his eyes. He was a bit confused about how Liao Tianyu had entered that place.
The possibility of accidentally entering was slim; it was more likely that there was another entrance to that place…
After all, the air in the mine tunnel was circulating, which meant there must be other ways to enter.
But where was that entrance?
Liu Haoyu leaned back on the sofa, his mind constantly pondering everything in the mine tunnel.
As he pondered, he leaned back on the sofa and fell asleep.
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On the other side, at the bottom of the mine tunnel.
Wu Yixuan’s flashlight shone on the corpse on the ground.
As the beam passed over the corpse’s disfigured face, he saw the corpse’s eyes moving…
Wu Yixuan’s gaze startled, and he quickly took a talisman from his pocket and stuffed it into the corpse’s mouth.
“Old Mr. Wu, what’s wrong?”
The rescue team was setting up ropes, preparing to transport the corpse out directly.
The leader, looking at the hole above, couldn’t help but sigh.
“How did that kid fall from such a height without getting hurt?”
“Perhaps something blocked him midway. This place is full of vines.”
Wu Yixuan said calmly.
“Then that kid is really lucky…” The leader complained, then called out to the others, “Are the ropes secured? If they are, prepare to transport the corpse out.”
“Secured!”
After receiving a response from the other rescue team members, they began to work together to wrap and secure the corpse, and then slowly hauled it up with ropes.
The leader and Wu Yixuan directed from below.
As the corpse slowly ascended, the leader couldn’t help but ask Wu Yixuan.
“Speaking of which… how did this person get into this place? I don’t remember any other entrances here?”
To this, Wu Yixuan explained.
“Perhaps after being attacked by wild beasts on the mountain, he jumped into the water and drowned, and finally rushed here along the underground river.”
“As far as I can see, this is the only possibility, but there are no wild beasts on the mountain, are there?”
“Who knows.”
Wu Yixuan shook his head.
After the corpse was transported up, the two below also began to climb up using ropes.
Although Wu Yixuan was over fifty, his body was still strong, and with professional equipment, climbing ropes was not a problem.
Soon, the group, carrying the corpse, arrived outside the mine tunnel.
Looking at the corpse wrapped in a shroud and the intense grudge emanating from it, Wu Yixuan’s expression became solemn. He said to the leader.
“Let’s place this corpse in the funeral home in the ancient town for now.”
