boyutpedia Chapter 111 The Corpse Controller
Chapter 111 The Corpse Controller
Chapter 111 The Corpse Controller
This strange scene was only visible to Li Jiuhe himself.
In fact, the appearance of the Morning Bell at 27 was only sensed by him and could not be detected by sight, so no one else could see it.
They suddenly realized that Yu Minmin, who was rushing towards them, was frozen in place, for reasons unknown.
Luo Shuo had already discerned Yu Minmin's current state based on his past experience.
He said quickly, "It's a corpse controller! This woman's corpse is already under the control of a corpse controller, imbued with corpse-controlling power. As long as the corpse controller lives, she will remain under its control, even if she turns into a skeleton—unless—the corpse controller's flesh can be found!"
At this moment, Li Jiuhe had developed an extremely mysterious sense of fusion with the Morning Bell of the Second Seventh.
So although Luo Shuo was speaking, he wasn't actually listening to him completely; instead, he was completely immersed in this strange feeling of fusion.
In fact, his task definition ability can automatically isolate a certain spacetime, forming a spacetime that is unique to him and under his control.
This is somewhat similar to the Morning Bell on the second day of the month. During the transition between the two main halls at dawn and dusk, there may be a spacetime gap, and the interior of the Morning Bell space is also a world of its own.
This is where the two are similar.
For a while, although Li Jiuhe was very busy, he still made sure to take some time each day to communicate with Erqi Chenzhong.
Although the communication was mostly one-sided, he rarely received a response from Chenzhong.
But at this moment, this communication seemed very effective, and it even gave Li Jiuhe the feeling that he had become that chained stone man.
Through the end of the chain that was inserted into Minmin's body, he could clearly sense that something was being suppressed.
At this moment, Yu Minmin remained motionless, her expression ferocious. Parts of the bones on her face, which had not yet reconnected, had pierced through the skin and were exposed, making her look extremely terrifying.
After sensing the oppressive force, Li Jiuhe thought about using chains to pull it out.
His hands had unconsciously assumed the motion of swinging chains, hooking with his right hand and pulling sharply with his left.
At this moment, Luo Shuo and Ma Li vaguely saw that he seemed to be holding an illusory iron chain in his hand, which flickered and appeared unstable.
A bloody, mangled mess was pulled out by the chains and fell out from Gan Minmin's abdomen.
This was a mass of flesh and blood, the size of two adult fists, of unknown origin.
As soon as the mass of flesh fell out, Yu Minmin leaned back and fell straight to the ground.
Ma Li immediately manipulated the black ant swarm to approach, condensing it into a hand, and pressed it against Yu Minmin's arm and stomach.
"It is indeed a corpse; it stiffened so quickly," she concluded.
Everyone looked at the bizarre mass of flesh and blood on the ground.
The flesh and blood also looked dead; it wasn't twitching.
"You just said—this is controlled corpse flesh?" Li Jiuhe asked Luo Shuo.
Luo Shuo nodded: "Corpse-controlling flesh is a special kind of flesh that the corpse controller cultivates and grows by himself, just like a growing fungus, but it is real flesh."
He couldn't figure out how Li Jiuhe found the corpse-controlling flesh inside Yu Minmin's body and pulled it out from a distance.
It's clear that Li Jiuhe has also mastered some more special abilities.
Therefore, Luo Shuo believes that once Li Jiuhe reaches a certain stage of development, his strength may not be inferior to Tong Cheng's.
"What should we do with this? Just burn it?" Li Jiuhe asked.
Before Luo Shuo could answer, Ma Li had already raised her chubby little hands: "Um—can I make a request?"
"Go ahead," Li Jiuhe nodded.
"I feel that eating this thing can improve my strength, although it is less effective than directly consuming sequence items."
Ma Li pointed to the mass of corpse flesh.
Li Jiuhe and Luo Shuo exchanged a glance.
"You can digest this?" Luo Shuo asked in surprise. "If you swallow it and the corpse controller takes control of you, that would be bad."
"No, it won't happen." Malice quickly shook her head. "My body is different from yours. I can digest it completely. Besides, I'm not a corpse. I have a complete and powerful digestive system."
"As long as you think it's alright, that's fine." Li Jiuhe nodded and said, "But before you swallow it, Luo Shuo—"
He gave Luo Shuo a wink.
Luo Shuo understood what he meant. He took a few steps forward, squatted down in front of the corpse, suppressed his nausea, reached out and touched it, and closed his eyes at the same time.
He nodded after a short while: "Found this guy's location, in Pearl City. I've memorized his scent, so I no longer need this corpse-controlling flesh."
"It's ready to eat," Li Jiuhe said to Ma Li.
Then, Ma Li pounced forward quickly, picked up the corpse flesh, and stuffed it into her mouth.
After she opened her lips, which were disguised as human lips, the mouthparts she revealed were very flexible and could fit the entire flesh of the corpse inside.
The upper jaw quickly crushes the meatball into small pieces, which are then continuously swallowed and transported by the lower jaw, making it highly efficient.
In no time, she had devoured the entire mass of flesh and blood.
"So comfortable." Mali closed her mouthparts, restoring her human lips.
She clicked her tongue and said, "I'm going to take a nap to digest it."
Li Jiuhe nodded, watching this rather magical scene with Luo Shuo the whole time.
"Children, let's go back."
Ma Li lay on the sofa, her tail opening and closing, as a large number of black ants lined up like a black line and burrowed into her body.
It is foreseeable that this meal may allow Ant Li to give birth to even more black ant larvae.
"Dispose of the body properly. At daybreak, we'll go to Mingzhu City with Huang Guozhong to arrest the corpse controller first, and then go see the cursed person registered with the Investigation Bureau," Li Jiuhe instructed.
Catching the corpse controller is now the top priority, because they want to know why this guy controlled Yu Minmin's corpse to come looking for them.
Moreover, it's clear that the corpse controller and the sorcerer who remotely commands He Erbing are likely working together.
One used a curse to locate the target, while the other used corpse control to find it; they worked together very well.
"What should we do with it?" Luo Shuo asked, looking at Yu Minmin's corpse, which was rapidly emitting a foul odor.
"Let's burn it, to avoid any further accidents," Li Jiuhe said.
The two immediately wrapped the body in a bed sheet, packed it up, and had Li Jiuhe carry it to the vicinity of the entrance to the Dragon Ridge Mountains.
It was a desolate, wild place, and it was late at night; there wasn't a soul in sight.
They quickly set up a fire with tree branches and threw Minmin's body into it.
They stayed by the fire and did not leave until it was almost extinguished. Then they added more firewood and kept it burning until dawn.
During this time, Li Jiuhe threw the small pink cloth bag into the fire, letting it go down to keep Yu Minmin company.
After the fire died down, the two men stirred the embers, dug out the unburnt bones, crushed them into dust, and buried them somewhere.
"Would you say this counts as—being reduced to ashes?" Luo Shuo suddenly looked up and asked during the busy moment.
After spending so many days together, he had learned about Li Jiuhe's past experiences and was well aware of his hatred for Minmin.
Li Jiuhe didn't speak, but nodded emphatically, unconsciously increasing the force in his hands as he smashed and ground the bones with stones.
After burying all the bone fragments, the two stood up, suddenly shuddered at the same time, and looked at each other.
"Why did I feel a chill just now?" Li Jiuhe asked in surprise.
Luo Shuo looked up and around: "We were burning corpses by the fire, so the temperature was quite high. Now that the fire is out, we suddenly feel the chill here."
The two did not linger and quickly returned to their rented apartment.
When I entered the rented room, it was already broad daylight.
Luo Shuo was about to wash his dusty face and hands when he opened the door and was taken aback.
On the sofa lay a young woman with a great figure, fair skin, and an oval face.
The woman's long, beautiful legs were exposed, her skin was smooth and delicate, and there was not a trace of oil on her body.
Luo Shuo was taken aback, and made room for Li Jiuhe behind him to look at the sofa: "Look at this—is this still Ma Li?"
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Li Jiuhe paused for a moment, then remained silent.
"Where have you been? Why are you all covered in dirt?"
When Ma Li woke up, she stretched lazily, then sat up from the sofa and touched her face.
"Hehe, I've gotten thinner again. I didn't expect that corpse-controlling flesh to be so nourishing!"
Luo Shuo laughed too: "Ma Li, you're getting more and more beautiful."
Ma Li smiled sweetly: "But it's still a bit inconvenient to only be able to wear a skirt."
"Let's go, pack our things, we'll go to the police station and catch a car to Mingzhu City," Li Jiuhe urged.
Now, Ma Li looks even better. Even if she stands in front of ordinary people, no one will notice anything unusual about her unless they lift her skirt to check.
The three quickly packed their luggage, and Ma Li controlled the black ants to clean up the traces in the house again.
When Huang Guozhong arrived at the police station, he was about to make a phone call to them.
The vehicles were ready, and even the police station's breakfast was prepared for them.
Huang Guozhong inquired about Tong Cheng's whereabouts and learned that he had suddenly left yesterday due to important matters. Although Huang Guozhong had doubts, he did not press the matter further.
Ma Li didn't have breakfast with them; she just sat in the car and waited.
Although she can eat human food, the evolved queen ant is no longer very interested in it, unless it is the kind of corpse-controlling flesh from yesterday, or a sequencer or a sequenced object.
Moreover, when she eats, her protruding upper and lower jaws easily give away her identity.
After breakfast, the group set off for Mingzhu City.
It takes about five hours to travel from Nanfeng Town to Mingzhu City, with most of the route being rugged mountain roads and only a small portion being highways.
Li Jiuhe and his group did not reveal that they were attacked by Yu Minmin's corpse last night. They only needed to know the next step and there was no need to let Huang Guozhong know.
Moreover, the more people who know about this, the more unsafe I feel.
After all, if even Meng Chao, the director of the Investigation Bureau, could betray them, what else is impossible?
The car was a seven-seater minivan, which was very comfortable. Li Jiuhe slept for two hours in the car, and after waking up, he began to communicate with the Erqi Morning Bell.
He could feel his connection with the morning bell becoming smoother and smoother, and the cold snort from the stone man that used to come was no longer happening.
However, he usually communicates with the other person in his mind, while Chenzhong is like a full listener, just listening silently and rarely giving feedback.
The driver was a government vehicle driver from Nanfeng Town. He looked very young and seemed to be quite interested in the beautiful Ma Li.
While driving, he would occasionally glance at Ma Li's delicate oval face through the rearview mirror.
Luo Shuo guessed that if this guy had seen Ma Li two days ago, he might have vomited on the spot.
Shortly after 1 p.m., the official vehicle entered Mingzhu City.
Mingzhu City is slightly larger than Wangchuan City because it has flat terrain and an airport.
After entering the city center, Li Jiuhe and his two companions asked the driver to find a place to pull over.
Huang Guozhong asked, "Investigator Li, aren't you coming to the Investigation Bureau with me?"
Li Jiuhe waved his hand: "We have urgent business to attend to. Once you arrive at the Investigation Bureau, please immediately send me the address and contact information of the person who caused the curse. Also—"
He took out the ID card he had found on Yu Minmin last night and handed it to Huang Guozhong: "Could you please retrieve all the surveillance footage from the airport and train station and see if this person is among the people who arrived in the last two days, as well as her specific route of arrival? Let me know the results as soon as possible."
This is the authority of a headquarters investigator; they have considerable power and can directly command investigators from local investigation bureaus.
Huang Guozhong didn't ask any further questions, simply took the ID card, glanced at it, and quickly nodded: "Okay."
The official vehicle departed.
The three stood on the street. Ma Li looked at Li Jiuhe with curiosity and couldn't help but ask, "Li Jiuhe, why didn't you do as Tong Cheng asked and send me to the Investigation Bureau?"
"Do you want to go?" Li Jiuhe asked in return.
Ma Li immediately shook her head.
Although she didn't want to go, she knew she had no choice, because her every move was still in Tong Cheng's hands, even though Tong Cheng's whereabouts were currently unknown.
Li Jiuhe said, "We have lost track of Tong Cheng now, and we don't have enough manpower or strength. Since we have both obtained Tong Cheng's mask, I think it's better to act together for now."
Ma Li immediately nodded: "Okay, if you come across the corpse-controlling flesh from yesterday, leave me some more. If you have any sequence creatures that you want to kill, even better, give them all to me to eat."
Her idea was simple: she left Dragon Ridge Mountain to find more opportunities to evolve, and the more she ate, the faster she would evolve.
Who knew she would encounter the powerful Tong Cheng? But now it's all good. Tong Cheng is gone. Once her evolution exceeds the range that this mask can restrain her, she can tear off the mask and run away.
Even if Tong Cheng comes out of the deserted wooden house, he won't be able to find her or do anything about her.
As for Li Jiuhe, he simply wanted Ma Li, a Sequencer, to help him, since Luo Shuo was good at tracking but not at fighting.
"Where is the corpse controller now?" Li Jiuhe asked Luo Shuo.
The two had spoken quietly in the car earlier. Luo Shuo's tracking ability told him that the Corpse Controller was near where they got off the car, not far away.
At the same time, Luo Shuo also noticed something very unusual.
Since he tracked down the location of the corpse controller in Pearl City last night, that location has not moved.
Under his guidance, the three of them soon entered a residential area not far from the street.
The buildings in this community are very new, and it looks like they were just built this year. There aren't many people living there.
This time, Luo Shuo's location was very accurate. He looked up at one of the apartment buildings and quickly said, "The room is on the left side of the 7th floor, um, it should be 74."
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The three of them took the elevator to the seventh floor, and after exiting the elevator lobby and turning left, they immediately saw room 704.
Without knocking, Luo Shuo gently grasped the doorknob and turned it, then shook his head at Li Jiuhe.
Ma Li stepped forward and whispered, "I'll open the door."
She can control the black ant larvae to easily slip through the crack in the door, then coalesce into a hand and silently unlock the door from the inside.
However, at that moment, Ma Li and Luo Shuo suddenly noticed that Li Jiuhe's expression was off.
It wasn't just his expression; Li Jiuhe was panting heavily, as if he had just finished a strenuous race.
"Don't open the door yet," Li Jiuhe suddenly said in a low voice.
He seemed to only then come to his senses, took a few deep breaths, and then looked at Ma Li: "Ma Li, it may be necessary to sacrifice some of your black ants."
Ma Li was taken aback. Although she didn't know why he would say that, she still asked, "How many will die?"
Li Jiuhe didn't answer directly, but instead asked, "How many black ants would be needed to create a creature roughly the size of a cat?"
"Six or seven hundred." Ma Li's heart sank slightly.
This number of six or seven hundred black ants was her conservative estimate, since most of them were gathered together by her "colony power." If it were purely based on the number of ants, it would probably take several thousand to be enough.
"Is it okay?" Li Jiuhe asked.
After a moment's hesitation, Ma Li nodded: "Okay."
"Okay." Li Jiuhe explained in detail, "First, you control the ant swarm to enter this room through the crack in the door. You'll see two people inside, one lying on the bed and the other lying on the sofa. These are two corpses—"
"Ah!" Ma Li exclaimed in surprise.
"What about the corpse controller?" Luo Shuo asked curiously.
Li Jiuhe said, "One of the two corpses should be the corpse controller himself."
"He's dead?" Luo Shuo suddenly realized. "Male or female?"
"Male."
Now Luo Shuo knew why he hadn't been able to find the other person moving during his pursuit; it turned out that the guy was dead, and it seemed most likely that he had been silenced.
So who exactly is the person who wants to get rid of Li Jiuhe?
This guy is so powerful that he can not only command the corpse controllers, but also kill them without hesitation as soon as he discovers that they might be exposed!
Li Jiuhe continued to warn Ma Li, "Be careful, the corpse lying on the bed will explode, a really violent one, destroying everything in the room. If we go in, that includes us."
"Then what should we do?" Malice asked worriedly.
In her opinion, since going in was so dangerous, it was better not to go in at all.
They simply turned around and left, since the corpse controller they were looking for was already dead and they wouldn't get any information out of him.
Although there might still be some corpse-controlling meat in the house that she coveted, she couldn't risk her life for a couple of bites of meat, could she?
Li Jiuhe said, "I suspect that the corpse on the bed is just another tool of the corpse controller, and it is not cursed like He Erbing, so it will not explode on its own. There may be a bomb with a catapult under the corpse."
"Will the ejection device be triggered once we go in?" Luo Shuo asked.
Li Jiuhe nodded: "It will probably trigger when you walk to the middle of the living room."
Upon hearing this, Ma Li understood.
"I control my ant colony to infiltrate the room, first find the device that triggers the bomb, and see if it can be deactivated. If it can't be deactivated, I'll block all the doors and windows of the room with cabinets, and then sacrifice the ant larvae to detonate the bomb. That way, even if it explodes, the area outside the living room won't be severely impacted."
"That's right." Li Jiuhe nodded. "Your ant colony may not die, but the risk is very high."
"No problem." Ma Li patted her ample bosom, and immediately a swarm of black ants emerged from beneath her skirt.
Luo Shuo stood behind, looking at Li Jiuhe in surprise.
Right now, Li Jiuhe gives him the feeling that he has witnessed what will happen in the future, or even that he has experienced it himself.
He knew that Li Jiuhe's ability was precognitive; Chen Zhenghai had told him about it before, but he never imagined that this precognitive ability would be so detailed and so powerful!
Of course, apart from Li Jiuhe, neither of them knew that the three of them had actually died once before.