Chapter 147 Corpse Snail
I decided to go to the ancient tomb on the mountain to take a look. After hearing this, Aunt Zhuang firmly opposed it and even pulled Zhuang Ning into the house and refused to come out. I was unable to do anything by her, so I had to set off in a raincoat.
Although it was still raining, fortunately it was not very heavy. I found the tomb near the field with ease. As a result, I found something strange around me when I was far away.
The lush green weeds around the tomb two days ago had all died at this time, and the yellow branches seemed extremely dazzling in the rain.
It's not rotting in the rain, but dying. What's going on?
I rushed over quickly, squatted beside me and studied carefully for a long time. I didn't know it until I saw it. When I saw it, I was shocked. There was a group of snails the size of mung beans in the weed. Unlike ordinary snails, their bodies were pitch black and some green light was faintly shining on their shells.
I suddenly had a bad premonition. Could it be that Zhuang Ning and I all came from these snails? I took off my clothes and wrapped them in my hands, gently moved a stone blocked in the tomb, and found two snails behind the stone.
Could it be that Zhuang Ning and I didn’t pay attention to it last time, so we let these snails crawl onto us? And now these snails at the entrance of the tomb are released by me?
It seemed that I had a reasonable explanation. I felt goose bumps all over my body and ran back to the dealer without thinking.
When I entered the room, I took off all my clothes without saying a word and checked it carefully. As a result, a black snail was found in my belly button. It was tightly absorbed on my skin, as if it was absorbing the nutrition from my body, and the whole body emitted a strange black light.
I felt cold in my heart, and finally understood why those who entered the tomb died one after another, and even infected their families. It was not a so-called curse at all. It was these corpse snails growing in the tomb. They absorbed on people and took the nutrients they needed until they completely squeezed the host to death.
I carefully studied the disgusting corpse snails. Obviously, this thing cannot be pulled out casually, otherwise I might hang up on the spot!
I thought about it repeatedly and suddenly thought of the appearance of Uncle Zhuang and Wen Jin's father. Their skin was strangely green and the appearance of death seemed to be dehydrated all over the body. If the corpse snail is really water-like, according to the principle of mutual generation and restraint of the five elements, fire should be used to restrain it.
But if not...
I suddenly felt a little embarrassed. If someone asked me to experiment at this moment, it would be great... Uncle Zhuang? But if Zhuang Ning knew that he had to stab me with a knife, wouldn't my tall image that I had successfully created collapse in an instant?
I thought about it and finally decided to do an experiment on myself.
I found a piece of earth incense for rural memorial service and lit it. After it was completely burned, I gently lit the red incense head on the zombie snail. At first it didn't respond. I thought it was because of insufficient firepower or the wrong method was used. Unexpectedly, just when I was about to give up, the zombie snail suddenly made a sharp hiss. The sound was short, but it was extremely clear and harsh. Accompanied by this strange sound, the zombie snail finally left my body and fell down. I hurriedly found a ragged glove and put it on my hand to pick it up and study it.
The meat shrank in the black shell has dried up and turned yellow, and it looks like it is dead.
It seems that this ghost is indeed afraid of fire!
It actually made my blind cat meet a dead mouse, and solved it with the principle of mutual generation and restraint. If I guessed correctly, the Yin things that appeared in the Black Town this time should be related to the Five Elements.
Thinking of this, I couldn't help but feel a little excited. I hurriedly found Zhuang Ning and told her about my discovery. Zhuang Ning was obviously stunned. She took off her coat in front of me without any hesitation, and indeed a black corpse snail was attached to her navel.
Zhuang Ning was startled: "How did it climb onto me? Why didn't I feel it at all?"
"It should secrete something that paralyzes the nerves, making us unable to detect its existence. As for why it is adsorbed on the navel, it is because this is the biggest weakness of human beings."
I successfully removed the corpse on Zhuang Ning with the incense of earth, and went to the hospital bed to visit Uncle Zhuang.
Sure enough, there was also a corpse snail on his navel. It was a lot larger than Zhuang Ning and I, and the color was brighter.
Aunt Zhuang's face changed drastically: "My god, I didn't find this thing when I was scrubbing him before!"
I silently used earth fragrance to burn it, and found that it had no effect at all. Perhaps this corpse snail had obtained more nutrition, so it was very powerful. There was no way, so I asked Aunt Zhuang to find an iron stick and put it in the fire to burn it red. This time it was on the corpse snail, and I heard it squeaking. As the sound stopped, the corpse snail also fell off Uncle Zhuang's body.
Uncle Zhuang on the hospital bed coughed violently. Although he was still unconscious, his breath was obviously stronger than before.
Zhuang Ning and I breathed a sigh of relief in unison!
Zhuang Ning and I discussed it and thought that we should tell the residents of the town to this discovery as soon as possible, so that the so-called curse can be self-defeated and more people can be saved!
Once the news about the corpse snail spread, the residents of the town were stunned.
The custom here is that dead people have to be parked in the coffin for three days before they can be buried. Wen Jin, who does not believe in evil, insists on checking his father's body.
Sure enough, the culprit was found in him.
And it is said that the corpse snail has reached the size of a baby's fist, and it is dark, making the scalp numb for the person you see!
The attitude of the residents of the town towards me also changed by 180 degrees. They enthusiastically regarded me as a Bodhisattva, which greatly satisfied my vanity, as if I had really become a savior to save the suffering.
But some people led by Dalong became more and more aggressive towards me, as if they wanted to drive me out of the Black Town immediately.
He even called his helper, his father, Mayor Cheng.
The first time I saw Mayor Cheng was at Wen Jin’s father’s funeral, and I gave me a very old-fashioned feeling. He was not tall, but arrogant, especially his eyes were like jackals in the jungle, which made people feel shrewd.
My intuition told me that this is a little old man who is not easy to deal with!
Sure enough, as soon as Wen Jin's father's funeral ended, he gave me an ultimatum: "Mr. Zhang, you have helped a lot in the town. The residents of our Black-clothed Town are very grateful. But we have our rules and don't like to deal with strangers, so you should leave."
Zhuang Ning was very dissatisfied with his attitude and was about to say something, but Aunt Zhuang, who was beside her, was forced to hold it down.
Chapter completed!