Tomb Raiding: My Family's Last Clan Chief is Little Brother

Chapter 140 Frozen Corpse Pavilion
Although the light was dim, it was still somewhat visible. Wu Xiaoxie felt pain all over his body, and rubbed his arm while grimacing. "I'm fine. How are Panzi and the others? What about that zombie that grabbed Fatty's leg? Is it still there?"

"Hey, hey!" the fat man shouted anxiously from not far away in the darkness. "You two, stop your damn chatter! That zongzi is practically touching my thigh! Hurry, hurry, I'm grabbing it! Hoof, hoof, get on the black donkey hoof! If you're too late, I'll lose my manhood!"

Panzi, standing nearby, cursed, "That's my damn hand!"

"Damn it!" the fat man roared, "You bastard, you don't even pick a time to be a pervert."

Pan Ziqi retorted, "Bullshit! Do you think I'm blind enough to fall for you? You're just a fat freak."

Listening to the two bickering, Zhang Wuxun and Wu Xiaoxie barely managed to suppress their laughter. As they walked towards the fat man, they dug Shunzi out as well, and then together they dug the fat man and the other man out of the bricks.

The fat man groaned, clutching his aching back, "You bunch of bastards still have the nerve to laugh? I've suffered terribly. Luckily, this body of fat is protecting me, otherwise I would have been back in my place long ago."

Panzi rolled her eyes, too lazy to argue with him anymore. "Where's the zongzi? Where did it go?"

Zhang Wuxun took out another flashlight and shone it on his feet. The fat man kicked his feet and touched his head. "It's gone. He probably fell down the slope."

Above the collapsed cave entrance, Chen Pi Asi and his group poked their heads out, their tone laced with schadenfreude, "Hey~ how are you all doing?"

The fat man also said sarcastically, "It's wonderful! The air down here is so fresh. Shall I move over so you can come down and experience it?"

Ye Cheng peeked out with his flashlight, trying to get a better look. The light suddenly shone on a bluish-purple face, startling him so much that he yelled, "Zongzi!"

His arm went limp, and he fell headfirst into the pit. By sheer coincidence, he slid down the slope right in front of Zhang Wuxun and the others, falling and getting completely disoriented. He didn't forget to point behind the fat man.

Wu Xiaoxie and the others were startled by him and hurriedly looked back.

Upon seeing this, I couldn't help but gasp in shock.

Looking out, one could see that the steep cliff steps were neatly filled with ancient, bluish-purple mummies, layer upon layer, densely packed, like the Arhats sitting in meditation in rows when Shakyamuni gave a lecture. However, these were clearly not Arhats, but rather frozen mummies, each with sharp teeth and twisted, ferocious faces, layer upon layer, stretching as far as the eye could see, and it was impossible to know exactly how many there were.

Chen Pi Asi and Hua Heshang slid down the slope as well. Looking at Ye Cheng, who was convulsing several times, they frowned and said, "Don't be afraid. It's just a freeze-dried corpse. It will break if you touch it."

He pointed to the mummified corpse buried in the ruins, which had been smashed into pieces, and said, "Don't worry, these things can't possibly turn into zombies anymore."

The fat man looked left and right, puzzled, and asked, "What the hell was that thing that was grabbing my foot earlier?"

Chen Pi Asi sneered, "Your foot was probably caught by the claws of a dried-up corpse. If it were a zombie, do you think you'd still have legs?"

The fat man looked down and pulled at his trouser leg, and sure enough, there was a small hole, and not far from his feet was a bluish-purple, dry claw.

Immediately, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Panzi kicked the dry claw away and glanced at the fat man, saying, "With such a cowardly attitude, you'll even make a mistake."

The fat man wrinkled his nose in anger, "Fine, don't believe me then. Do you think I can't tell whether I was tricked or captured?"

Everyone shook their heads and walked on. Seeing that no one paid any attention to him, the fat man muttered resentfully, "Something was clearly pulling me just now, with a lot of force."

Zhang Wuxun patted his shoulder, his eyes searching the cave where the giant corpse fetus was, and said in a low voice, "Be careful, I think there's something strange about the thing that's grabbing your foot. I feel like it might be targeting you."

The fat man was startled. "No way?"

Zhang Wuxun pulled him forward, saying, "Maybe. After all, you're quite chubby, so the zongzi might find you more appealing."

Upon hearing this, the fat man said irritably, "Get lost, I don't like that kind of food."

Pan Zi glanced around at the meditating mummified corpses and exclaimed in surprise, "How can there be so many dead people here?"

Wu Xiaoxie guessed, "Could it be a burial pit? Who exactly are these dead people, and where did they come from?"

The fat man clicked his tongue twice. "I don't think these are human at all. Look at their sharp teeth, a kiss from them could rip off someone's face."

"Not human? What is it? A monster?" Ye Cheng's face turned pale again.

The fat man mischievously made up lies to scare him, "Maybe they are the legendary snowmen from Changbai Mountain. These were probably captured, skinned, and frozen into food reserves."

Not only Ye Cheng, but Wu Xiaoxie was also frightened. Upon closer inspection, the frozen corpses' faces seemed to have spasmodic, vein-like structures on their surfaces.

“Tianzhen, don’t listen to Fatty’s nonsense.” Zhang Wuxun saw that Wu Xiaoxie’s face had turned pale, and patted him on the shoulder reassuringly. “These should be a custom of ancient shamanism. They just sharpened the teeth of the corpses. The burlap they are wrapped in is very primitive. It is estimated that they are the remains of immortals buried in ice when Wang Zanghai was digging mountains to build a tomb. The way they are arranged may be for some kind of strange witchcraft or curse. We have to be careful.”

The fat man chuckled, “No wonder I felt so itchy and uncomfortable as soon as I entered the Spirit Palace. It turns out there are so many big zombies buried underneath. I think the reason we can’t get out of this hall is probably related to these things. Wan Nu’s conscience is really wicked.”

Hua Heshang, who had suffered internal injuries from Zhang Wuxun's kick, was the most anxious at the moment. He suggested, "Regardless of whether it's witchcraft or not, the cliffs here are steep. If something happens, we won't be able to escape. Why don't we split up and look around to see if there's any exit or anything?"

Pan Zi glanced at him, then gave Zhang Wuxun and the others a look, and then they split into groups to search in different directions.

The fat man headed straight for the bronze artifact next to an old mummy in the back row. When he got closer, he found that it was already covered in verdigris. He muttered a few words of disappointment, then squeezed past the frozen corpse and walked further back.

Knowing that the fat man would encounter the large-headed corpse again, Zhang Wuxun searched absentmindedly in the direction of the fat man, constantly keeping an eye on the fat man's movements.

The fat man spotted a bronze ritual object that looked somewhat like a chamber pot. He happily turned to show it to Zhang Wuxun, but the moment he turned around, he froze, his face turning a strange bluish-purple, and he bared his teeth at Zhang Wuxun in a sinister manner.

"Fat!"

Zhang Wuxun cursed under his breath and rushed over there. How could this damn ghost corpse fetus be so silent? Even with his sharp eyesight, he hadn't been able to guard against it.

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