The Terror of the Heavens Begins with Gu

Chapter 1 Arrival
In a typical cramped and dark wooden house in Nanyang.

An old woman with a red cloth wrapped around her head and wearing a yellow wooden mask sat cross-legged in front of the narrow window, chanting indistinctly in her hoarse voice.

The smoke and the light covering the old woman's back make her look mysterious.

A copper bowl filled with transparent liquid was placed next to the old woman, with a few brightly colored flowers floating on the liquid.

In front of the old woman is a skull.

There is a burning candle on the top and on both sides of the skull.

In front of the skull are some offerings commonly used to worship gods.

In the box in front of the tribute was a vegetable basket woven with bamboo strips, padded with bright yellow cloth.

The old woman held a small forked whip made of palm leaves, chanting an incantation while using the whip to shake the water in the copper bowl onto the skull.

Two young women with red cloths wrapped around their heads knelt on both sides of the altar.

The two men had their eyes closed, their heads slightly lowered, their hands clasped together on their chests, their faces full of piety.

Huang Jinshen, who was kneeling behind a young woman, felt that the scene before him was both strange and absurd.

Having been a policeman for nearly twenty years, I have heard a lot of strange and bizarre things, but I never thought that one day I would ask God to answer the questions in my heart.

The man brutally killed his own daughter and argued in court that he had been under a spell that had bewildered his mind and led him to commit such a heinous act.

Like everyone else, Wong Kam-shen initially thought this was a stupid excuse made up by a man to get away with it.

However, after coming into contact with a necklace that the man claimed might be a medium for black magic, Huang Jinshen saw unusual and strange things happen that night...

This is why he came to Nanyang to investigate in person.

Of course, special things need to be solved by special people.

It is said that the medium who is performing the ritual is very effective.

Huang Jinshen had just provided the murderer Lin Wei's birth date and eight characters to the psychic, and his doubts should be answered soon.

After a moment, the old woman above stopped chanting and took out a trumpet from somewhere and started blowing it.

The middle-aged man sitting next to Huang Jinshen leaned over to Huang Jinshen's ear and explained in a low voice: "We are praying to the vegetable basket god."

This man is called Songchai, the cousin of Huang Jinshen’s wife. He is a local boss and can speak two languages. He is now serving as Huang Jinshen’s translator.

Huang Jinshen looked at the skull and nodded.

The belief in the Vegetable Basket God is a folk custom in the southeast coast and some places in Southeast Asia. It is a folk belief and a manifestation of Nung religion.

It is said that a medium can invite spirits into a vegetable basket, and use the branches under the basket to draw traces on paper to answer the questions asked by the questioner.

Huang Jinshen had heard of the belief in the Vegetable Basket God, but this was the first time he had seen the belief in the Vegetable Basket God and a skull put together to create such a gloomy atmosphere.

This is definitely influenced by the local culture of Nanyang.

Suddenly, a cold wind blew into the room, causing the candle flame and the water in the copper bowl to sway continuously.

Huang Jinshen suddenly felt his heart tighten.

coming……

In Huang Jinshen's eyes, the skull actually floated up automatically, revealing a small bald Buddha statue underneath.

The two young women who had their eyes closed opened their eyes at this time.

The two men respectfully placed the Buddha statue on the yellow cloth inside the basket, covered the basket with a red cloth, and then reached out and lifted the basket from both sides.

Several bells hung from the four corners of the red cloth covering the basket.

A small wooden stick was tied under the basket, just enough to touch the ground.

After the two women let go of their hands, the basket was controlled by some mysterious force and floated to a pile of papers in front.

The vegetable basket swayed slightly, causing the wooden stick underneath to move as well.

After the vegetable basket calmed down, Songchai picked up the piece of paper at the bottom and put it next to the fire to roast it. Then, a Nanyang character slowly appeared on it.

"Your friend was poisoned by corpse oil!" Songchai said to Huang Jinshen.

He knew that Huang Jinshen didn't know what "corpse oil drop" was, so he simply explained to Huang Jinshen what materials "corpse oil drop" was made of and how it was made.

The most disgusting part is to use candles to burn the corpse's chin and remove the corpse oil.

Even for Wong Kam-shen, who often deals with murders, this process seemed too evil.

Lin Wei's chest is constantly growing corpse hair and his consciousness is confused. Is it because he was hit by the "corpse oil"?
Huang Jinshen, with a thoughtful look on his face, wanted to say something when he suddenly saw something flash out of the corner of his eye.

He turned his head and found that there seemed to be an extra symbol in the corner of the house not far away. It looked like a child's random scribbles on the ground, or like some kind of strange talisman. Huang Jinshen felt dizzy and swollen when he saw it.

Huang Jinshen rubbed his eyes, and the strange lines disappeared.

At this time, Songchai pulled Huang Jinshen back to consciousness: "If you have any questions, ask them quickly. The God of Vegetable Basket cannot be invited for too long."

Huang Jinshen felt that he must have been hallucinating, and immediately asked: "The person who was hit by the black magic told me that he became impotent after the magic took effect? ​​Can the corpse oil magic cause this phenomenon?" "No, it's another kind of black magic." The psychic above said in a hoarse voice.

The vegetable basket started moving again.

After the vegetable basket stopped, Songchai picked up the paper underneath and put it next to the fire to heat it up again.

The writing above appeared again.

"This phenomenon is... the coffin descending!"

Songchai explained again how the "coffin descent" was made, which made Huang Jinshen feel even more disgusted.

Huang Jinshen felt that he still had many questions to ask, but at the same time he felt that there was no need to ask anything more.

Seeing is believing.

If what he saw was not a magic trick, then the doubts in his heart had actually been answered.

The psychic sent the vegetable basket god away and walked out of the house with Songchai and the thoughtful Huang Jinshen.

After the two young women who were cleaning the house left, the house became quiet.

A little red light suddenly appeared in the corner where Huang Jinshen discovered the talisman.

The curves twist continuously like living snakes, forming a twisted symbol.

A figure gradually turned from nothingness to reality on the talisman.

The red light dissipated, and a pale, thin young man appeared out of thin air above the talisman.

The young man was wearing casual clothes and looked at everything around him with a dazed expression, and then he became ecstatic.

He looked at his right arm.

A twisted charm took up the entire right arm, like a tattoo.

"This thing can actually take me to another world!"

The young man is named Li Zhen and is the manager of a small family business.

Although he has just graduated for a few years, he has ideas and means. Everyone who knows Li Zhen believes that he has a bright future.

Unfortunately, reality dealt Li Zhen a heavy blow.

One day a month ago, he felt unwell and went to the hospital for a check-up. Without any mental preparation, he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.

Pancreatic cancer is known as the "king of cancer". Once diagnosed, it means that the patient's life enters the countdown.

This is a despairing thing.

What’s worse is that misfortunes never come alone.

After being diagnosed with cancer, Li Zhen gradually lost his vision and his vision became increasingly blurred. He went to the hospital but could not find the cause.

One night when his eyesight was so weak that he could only see things a few meters away, several distorted words appeared out of thin air before his eyes.

"Heaven, earth, man, gods and ghosts".

Just as Li Zhen reacted, the words disappeared from his right arm in a flash and turned into a rune.

This rune can sense the desires and consciousness of different people in different time, space and worlds.

Respond to the call you feel at the right time and bring Li Zhen to the corresponding world. As long as he completes the tasks issued by the rune, he will receive rewards.

At that time, Li Zhen touched the rune with his hand, then his consciousness became dazed for a moment, and he came to this world.

My eyesight finally returned...

What tasks need to be completed now?
When this thought came to Li Zhen's mind, lines of golden words immediately appeared above the runes on his arm.

[The murderer was possessed by corpse oil, coffin, and worms, and he killed his innocent daughter with an iron nail.]

Hong Kong police officer Wong Kam-sun, who tracked down the Nanyang region and witnessed its many mysteries, raised a question: Do gods exist?

[Huang Jinshen is about to incur the malicious intent of a sorcerer due to his investigation. Please protect Huang Jinshen from harm and try to eliminate the evil sorcerer within 24 hours.]

The summoner this time is this person called Huang Jinshen?

Why does this plot seem familiar?

Nanyang, coffin drop, worm drop, iron nail kill...

Li Zhen's heart moved.

I remembered!

Isn’t this the old movie “Gu”, one of the three “cult classics”?

(End of this chapter)