Guanzhong Tomb Robbery Notes

Chapter 410: Corpse Sweat, Centipede

The driver grinned.

Revealing teeth stained with blood.

Blood dripped down the two sharp fangs.

It gathered into a stream of blood and flowed down from the corner of his lips.

He grinned silently, his breathing suddenly becoming rapid.

His complexion became as yellow and translucent as gold paper.

Sweat like oily beads appeared on his body.

"Old Zheng, how are you driving...huh? Why is there blood coming out of all seven orifices?!"

Huang Ziran, who had hit the car window, rubbed his head and checked the driver's condition.

"Still sweating like a corpse?"

The sweat of a normal person is like water.

If you dip some in your mouth and taste it, you will find that sweat is mainly salty.

Corpse sweat is different.

The sweat that flows out is as sticky as grease.

The taste is salty and fishy, ​​and there is an aroma that is difficult to describe in words.

Usually, this kind of oily sweat will only flow out when a person is about to die.

According to Traditional Chinese Medicine, corpse sweat is a sign that the body's Yang Qi has been depleted to near-zero levels, making it impossible for the body to retain Yin essence.

Once the diarrhea and sweating are over, the yang energy will completely dissipate and life will come to an end.

Well, don't ask me how I know what corpse sweat smells like.

Because I have cheap hands.

Driven by curiosity, I dipped some of the corpse sweat and put it in my mouth to taste it.

Huang Ziran frowned and muttered, "Is Old Zheng poisoned?"

"wrong!"

"Get out of the way!"

The moment Huang Ziran shouted "no", his body began to lean back.

I only reacted when I heard the word "hide".

When I leaned back, the driver, Lao Zheng, drooped his jaw.

It's like my jaw is dislocated.

The mandible dropped with the lower lip, and the mouth opened into a large O shape.

So big that you could clearly see his throat.

I saw something alive moving in his throat.

The creature crawled out from beside the tonsils!

Now I see clearly.

It's a long, multi-segmented worm that looks a lot like a centipede!

The reason why it is said to look like a centipede.

Because the body of this insect is similar to that of a centipede.

They all have slender bodies and multi-segmented carapaces.

The difference is that the carapace is not as dark as that of the centipede.

Centipede shells are usually purple-black, but this insect's shell is yellow-brown.

The legs are also much longer than those of centipedes.

"Centipid?!"

I exclaimed, leaning back even faster.

Centipedes are quite common in rural areas.

I encountered this quite a few times when I was a kid.

At first I thought it was a centipede, but later I found out it was a centipede.

Centipedes are very fast because of their long legs.

Once it starts running, it is really difficult for ordinary people to catch it.

Centipedes are just as poisonous as centipedes, but not as strong.

When I was a child, the adults in the village often told the children: If a centipede crawls into the ear, it will go through the ear hole into the head and eat the human brain.

I was frightened by these words at that time.

I roll cotton balls into small balls and put them in my ears when I sleep at night.

Let’s get back to the present.

The centipede crawled out of Lao Zheng's throat and stood beside his lips, looking out.

It has a pair of compound eyes and its observation ability is much stronger than that of the centipede.

However, centipedes are generally timid.

When encountering danger, people usually run away instead of rushing forward to fight.

But the centipede that emerged from Lao Zheng's body obviously cannot be treated as an ordinary centipede.

I guess this thing is probably a poisonous insect!

Old Zheng just said that I was close to death, maybe it had something to do with this centipede!

The centipede's compound eyes looked straight at me.

The body supported by two rows of long legs sank down, and then jumped up with all its might.

It's jumping on me!

It would be troublesome if this thing jumped onto your body and got into your clothes!

puff!

Lao Zheng's right eyeball suddenly popped open.

The fluid in the eye splashes around.

Blood-stained centipedes crawled out from the right eye socket where the eyeball was missing.

Soon after, centipedes began to crawl out of Lao Zheng's nostrils and ear holes.

Each centipede was covered in blood and a white, bean-like substance.

That white bean curd-like substance reminded me of brain matter!

These centipedes seemed to have had a feast in Lao Zheng's brain!

The centipede crawled rapidly along Lao Zheng's cheek.

Some of them crawled along the seats and walls towards Huang Ziran and me, some jumped up and pounced on us, and some landed under the car and drilled towards our feet.

In the blink of an eye, the car was filled with traces of centipedes.

I hurriedly slapped and stepped on a few centipedes to death.

But more centipedes followed.

At this time, I felt an itch on my ankle.

Looking down, I saw a centipede crawling up my ankle and crawling into my trouser leg.

Snapped!

I slapped it hard.

The centipede was smashed to pieces by a slap.

But the itchy feeling came from the back of my neck again.

I even felt like a centipede was crawling into my chest!

click!

The sound of a car door opening was heard.

"Jump out of the car! Jump out of the car!" Huang Ziran yelled and jumped out.

I also quickly opened the car door and jumped out.

Bang!

Keep your feet firmly on the ground.

There is no water in the irrigation canals.

Fortunately, this is a dry branch canal, not a high main canal with fast-flowing water all year round.

Otherwise, if the 212 Jeep fell in, we might have drowned in the water.

I took a few steps back and looked at the open car door with some confusion.

Because I forgot to bring the dagger!

Do you want to go over and get it?

While I was hesitating, a swarm of centipedes jumped out of the car door.

They rushed towards me as if launching a charge.

Without hesitation, I turned around and ran along the slope of the irrigation canal.

Ran out of the irrigation ditch and onto the asphalt road.

He ran another hundred meters in one breath before stopping.

"Whoosh whoosh."

I bent down, supported my knees with my hands and gasped for breath.

The air exhaled from the lungs felt hot, as if the lungs were on fire.

Tapping.

The sound of footsteps came from far to near.

Huang Ziran also ran over.

His clothes were soaked from running, and after stopping, he lay down on the road without caring about his image.

"Huff, I'm running to death."

"Huff, are there any centipedes on your body?"

When I was asked this question, I suddenly felt itchy in several places on my body.

He lifted up his clothes and looked down.

There were several red and swollen areas on my body.

There was a small white spot in the center of the redness and swelling, which was constantly emitting an itchy feeling.

I reached out to scratch it, but Huang Ziran stopped me.

"Don't scratch."

"Those centipedes are not simple. They are probably poisonous insects."

"If you scratch it and pus comes out, it could stain your whole body."

After saying that, Huang Ziran lifted up his clothes.

Pointing to the large red swelling on his chest, he said, "See? I've been infected."

"Fortunately, centipedes aren't very poisonous."

"If it were a centipede, we'd be waiting for someone to collect the body right now."

This is true.

The centipede is one of the five poisonous animals.

Especially the centipedes that have been raised into poisonous insects are more toxic.

I asked curiously, "How could someone refine centipedes into poisonous insects?"

"We should use centipedes to refine Gu worms."

Huang Ziran was also wondering.

He shook his head and said, "The world is so big that there are all kinds of strange things."

"Perhaps the person who refined the centipede into a Gu wanted to find a new way to do it."

"Or maybe the other party didn't intend to kill him, but just wanted to give him a warning."

As he spoke, he took out a cigarette and put it between his lips.

He turned his head and looked at me: "Did Lao Zheng say anything to you at the end?"

I answered truthfully, "He said I was near death."

Huang Ziran lit a cigarette and took a deep drag, then squinted his eyes and stared at me and said, "For you, I didn't hesitate to use Lao Zheng's hidden chess piece that has been buried for a long time."

"It seems that your value is far higher than I expected!"

I took two steps back cautiously.

He frowned and said, "What do you mean?!"