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Chapter 408 18. Red meat in the coffin
After hearing the order, Noriichi and others immediately retreated, staying as far away as possible from the cabin where the iron coffin was located. At the same time, they could not let the cabin disappear from sight, and they had to maintain surveillance.

So Zheng Yun dispatched three ghost generals to the other side of the cabin, forming a cornering force with Ji Dao and others. They stared at the cabin from left to right at the same time, surrounding the iron coffin and the living creatures inside.

Safety can basically be guaranteed.

At the same time, the living creatures in the iron coffin are not allowed to escape.

During this period, Zhang Ergou returned to the secret realm from the Immortal Gate and delivered some of the utensils named by Zheng Yun to the entrance of the cave.

After everything is ready.

Zheng Yun gave orders to the Yin soldiers.

The Yin soldiers in the cabin immediately took action, inserting their arms wearing closed diving suits into the iron coffin through the breach, and tried to touch the 'shrouds' with their hands.

There's obviously something wrong with those linens.

There are only two possibilities for hanging a large amount of linen cloth on the ship building on Zhoujiu. One is that the linen cloth is used as a container to support the living creatures in the iron coffin, and the other is that the source of the linen cloth is the iron coffin.

in other words.

Either Zhou Jiu took out the linen cloth from the iron coffin, or Zhou Jiu put the linen cloth into the iron coffin. There were only two possibilities.

The possibility of the former is not small either.

Zhou Jiu hangs a linen cloth and uses bottles and jars to collect the black liquid, which proves that the liquid has a certain value. It may be a magical item with some weird abilities.

In the tropical swamp near the ancient city of Nanze, we have seen living creatures similar to linen. If the linen is the shed skin of the living creature in the coffin, it is not completely unacceptable and understandable.

"Keep an eye on the heat source."

Zheng Yun warned Nia.

If the Yin soldiers reach out and touch the living creatures in the iron coffin, it is very likely to disturb the living creatures and wake them up from their 'sleep'.

No matter what reaction this living creature will make, it can be seen in advance on the thermal imaging, giving an early warning and giving Ji Daogui enough time to react.

"it is good."

Nia stared at the screen.

Others looked at the first-person perspective of the Yin soldiers. At this moment, the Yin soldiers had inserted their arms into the crack of the iron coffin. The action camera was worn on their wrists and they penetrated into the iron coffin from the first-person perspective.

This perspective is extremely weird.

It is as if a surgical lens has penetrated into the wound of a corpse, and the narrow and dark space is illuminated by a searchlight. The overexposure causes the picture to turn white, giving it a strange and eerie feeling.

The space inside the iron coffin is very small.

The linen on the surface was only at most twenty centimeters from the top of the iron coffin, barely enough for one arm to move inside.

The linen in the iron coffin is almost the same as the linen seen in the ship building, only the humidity is higher, the temperature is also higher because it is close to the heat source, and it continues to tremble up and down.

It's obviously alive.

From a close perspective, the entire living creature seems to be undulating and rhythmic like breathing, and it also seems like its heart is beating.

But only linen was visible.

No living creatures could be seen below.

The linen is dark in color, similar to the bamboo basket mats in rural areas, but the texture is more delicate, more like the viscera of a herbivorous animal, and very similar to the common 'hairy belly'.

The hairy belly mentioned here.

It's the kind commonly seen in hot pot restaurants.

The unprocessed hairy tripe is also dark in color, with pits and pits on the surface like a rag. When not cut into thin strips, the hairy tripe is still a whole piece, which is essentially the stomach of an animal.

Think of this.

Zheng Yun's thoughts fluctuated.

Using hairy belly as a metaphor for the weird linen cloth in front of you seems a bit inconsistent with the atmosphere, but this guess is not necessarily a wild guess, and may even be close to the truth of the answer.

"This shroud is wrapped very tightly."

Zhang Ergou stared at the screen and whispered.

In the Yin Soldier's first perspective, Azabu occupies all the positions in the perspective, and there is nothing but Azabu.

No matter how you adjust the camera position, you can only see the linen cloth. In Zhang Ergou's eyes, this is the shroud wrapping the body, and you have to lift the linen cloth to see further.

"Get started."

Zheng Yun ordered at the same time.

There is no point in just watching at this moment. It is better to let the Yin soldiers take action and try to grab the shroud and take a look.

Yin Bing immediately did so.

It had no idea where it was putting its hand, or what it was about to touch. As long as Zheng Yun ordered it, it would just do it and directly reach out and grab the linen cloth below.

Wow.

Fingers hooked into the linen.

The Yin soldier started very hard, pinched the surface of the linen cloth with his claws, and then lifted it upwards with force.

The conductor held his breath and concentrated.

Everyone watched this scene quietly, staring at Azabu in the perspective, waiting for the abnormality that would happen next.

The Yin soldier continued to exert force, holding the linen cloth with his fingers and lifting it up, forcefully grabbing the linen cloth on the surface to remove the bulge.

"no response."

Nia stared at the thermal image and said.

Even though the Yin soldiers had started to squeeze the linen cloth, the heat source on the thermal imaging still did not change, and it still maintained its original appearance, and all the data did not fluctuate at all.

"still none?"

Zheng Yun glanced sideways.

On the thermal imaging screen, the heat source of the Yin Soldier has been integrated with the heat source of the iron coffin. It can be clearly seen that the Yin Soldier's arm is in contact with the living thing, but the latter is motionless.

"Is it really a dead thing?"

Zhang Ergou rubbed his chin and muttered to himself.

Being bullied to this extent, the shroud was almost lifted, but this living creature still didn't fight back. Could it be that this creature has such a good temper that it can't be offended by such a trivial matter?
"It's indeed a bit strange. Firstly, the Yin soldiers did not bring any sacrifices, and secondly, they did not perform any worship. It is really incomprehensible that the living creature in the coffin was allowed to be taken care of by the Yin soldiers."

There were also questions from Ji Dao.

His thoughts were different from those of Zheng Yun and Zhang Ergou, but they couldn't understand that a living creature didn't react.

"Then continue."

Zheng Yun no longer thinks about it.

Since the living thing in the iron coffin is motionless, we might as well completely lift off the linen cloth, whether it is a 'hairy belly' or a shroud, to see what's underneath.

The Yin soldiers increased their intensity.

He grabbed the linen and jerked it hard.

The entire linen moved with the movements of the Yin soldiers, and was pulled up by the Yin soldiers as a whole, heading towards the breach in the iron coffin.

After the sackcloth was pulled away.

The true appearance of the living creature will also be revealed soon.

But at this moment, the Yin Soldier's movements suddenly stopped and he stood frozen in place, his arms constantly shaking.

"Something happened."

Zhang Ergou exclaimed.

"It's reasonable, I tell you to be careful."

Zheng Yun was not surprised. If everything goes well, it would be surprising. It is normal for something strange to happen at this moment. Only through such anomalies can we further understand the abilities of living creatures.

"What happened to the Yin soldiers?"

Ji Dao and others retreated and asked.

"It's not clear yet."

Zheng Yun switched his perspective to observe. The Yin soldier who had been recruited was half-kneeling on the ground, his arms still deep into the iron coffin, his whole body was trembling slightly, and his head was hanging unnaturally.

Symptoms are like electric shock.

In fact, it may be caused by some kind of supernatural means. In this case, the Yin soldiers have completely lost control.

Zheng Yun could not continue to transfer orders.

It means that the Yin soldier may have died, or it has lost its mind and has lost control of its body.

"How did you get tricked?"

Ji Dao asked again.

"Play it back and see."

Zheng Yun turned to look at Nia. He didn't know what happened to the Yin soldiers. It happened too fast, and his attention was on the linen just now and he didn't see the key.

"Ah."

Nia pulled the progress bar.

The video was played back to before the Yin soldier lost control. At that time, the Yin soldier was pulling the linen cloth, his whole arm was inserted into the iron coffin, his head was pressed against the surface of the iron coffin, and his entire upper body was pressed against the iron coffin.

suddenly.

The Yin soldiers began to tremble.

The video was played repeatedly between normal and trembling, but no matter how much you compared it, you couldn't tell where the Yin soldiers were attacked. "Intangible and insubstantial, is it possessed by evil spirits?"

Zhang Ergou made a guess after looking at it for a long time.

There was no sign of being recruited by the Yin soldiers, and there was not even any physical trace, at least the camera did not capture it.

Then it can only be evil ghosts.

"I don't know. If there are evil spirits here, why is it that only this one Yin soldier is attacked? But the Yin soldiers next to him are safe and sound, and are not affected by this evil spirit at all?"

Zheng Yun frowned and looked aside.

The other Yin soldiers were still standing around the iron coffin, able to accept their orders without losing control.

These underworld soldiers are fine.

Only the Yin soldier who stretched out his hand was killed.

It's obviously unreasonable. Since the evil spirit has already taken action, why not kill all the evil soldiers in one go? Is this evil spirit a kind thing that only kills enemies and never implicates innocent people?
Isn’t this nonsense?

The only difference between this Yin soldier and other Yin soldiers is the arm that sticks into the sarcophagus. The problem lies in the arm.

"Pull your arm out and check the wetsuit."

Zheng Yun made a decision after thinking for a moment.

Let other Yin soldiers lift the dead Yin soldier up and pull its arms out of the iron coffin to see if the diving suit of the dead Yin soldier is broken, causing something to invade the body.

The other Yin soldiers immediately took action.

Complete Zheng Yun's orders carefully.

The results soon showed that there was indeed something wrong with the diving suit of the deceased soldier. There were several holes of different lengths on it, causing several pieces of skin to be exposed on the arms of the deceased soldier.

The skin was stained with black liquid.

It's the black water dripping from the linen.

"Is it scratched by the edge of the iron coffin?" Nia looked at the hole in the diving suit and reacted quickly.

"possible."

Zheng Yun asked the other Yin soldiers to adjust their viewing angles and aimed at the breach in the iron coffin. They found that the edge was very sharp. It was likely that the Yin soldiers were accidentally scratched by the edge when they pulled the linen.

"So the source is Azabu?"

Zhang Ergou looked at Zheng Yun and asked.

No matter what happened to the Yin soldiers and what methods they were harmed by, the source must be the linen in the iron coffin.

This can answer a question. The source of Zhang Ergou's evil is indeed linen. He was murdered by linen. If you want to cure his illness, you need to start with these linen.

"It seems that this linen is poisonous and cannot be scratched directly with your hands. Once it comes into contact with the skin, it will cause accidents."

Zheng Yun nodded and made a preliminary judgment.

"What about using some tools?"

Ji Dao was eager to try and refused to stop.

"Okay, get on the climbing rope." Zheng Yun continued to order Yin Bing, asking the latter to take out the tools he carried.

In order to descend from the cliff to the ancient ship, each Yin soldier carries rock climbing equipment, and the rock climbing equipment contains hooks and ropes, so that he can try to hook outside the iron coffin.

There are pros and cons to this move.

The advantage is that there is no need to lose Yin soldiers, but the disadvantage is that the iron hook must be used to completely pierce the linen, which may lead to a violent reaction of the living creatures in the iron coffin, resulting in more serious consequences.

Human hands are much softer after all.

It's completely different when hooked and pierced.

Just look at whether the linen cloth is the body part of a living creature. If it is just a simple shroud, it will be fine. If it is really alive, the result will be unpredictable.

But the matter has come to this, and they cannot be allowed to stop there. No matter what, they have to lift the sackcloth and see the truth.

So Zheng Yun gave the order decisively.

Let the Yin soldiers start preparing directly.

First, drag the dead Yin soldier aside. This Yin soldier still has breath. It is not completely dead. There may be a chance for treatment. If not, Ji Dao can be studied.

Another Yin soldier came forward holding an iron hook.

It moved more carefully. It put the action camera on its wrist, reached into the iron coffin with the iron hook, and under Zheng Yun's remote control, pierced the iron hook into the linen surface.

This time the action was firm and ruthless.

After the iron hook completed the puncture, the Yin soldiers immediately put their hands back and moved away from the iron coffin to observe the reaction of the iron coffin at the door.

Silence fell.

Nothing unusual.

The iron hook pierced the linen, but did not cause any reaction from the living creatures in the iron coffin. All the Yin soldiers remained healthy, and Ji Dao Ghost General and others in the distance did not observe any abnormal phenomena.

"pull."

Zheng Yun continued to order.

There is a climbing rope tied to the iron hook, which allows the Yin soldiers to pull it from a distance and try again to pull the hemp out of the iron coffin.

The Yin soldiers took action at the same time.

The camera left at the breach in the iron coffin showed the details inside the coffin. As the Yin soldiers pulled the rope, the entire linen cloth was gradually pulled out, completely exposing the living things underneath.

A flash of blood appeared.

Scarlet color fills the frame.

Under the light of the searchlight, a large dark red color appeared in the entire iron coffin, but it was not blood, but a layer of bloody flesh, which filled the entire iron coffin.

The impact of this scene cannot be described.

The dark shroud was like a stage curtain. When the curtain was opened, what appeared in front of you was not a corpse, but a piece of scarlet-colored flesh, a huge piece of flesh.

There are no other adjectives.

It's a whole piece of meat.

It can only be described as meat.

No facial features, no limbs, no animal features could be seen. It was just a piece of dark red, smooth flesh with fine skin texture and clearly visible texture.

The iron coffin is more than two meters long.

The height and width are about one meter.

This piece of meat was embedded in the iron coffin, with tight seams all around, like some kind of creature growing in the iron coffin.

"..."

Zheng Yun gasped.

He thought about countless possibilities, but he never expected this scene. Inside the iron coffin was a piece of red meat.

Have to admit.

This piece of meat looks beautiful.

The surface is extremely smooth and delicate, like red marble. Under the strong light of the searchlight, the upper and lower ten centimeters of the flesh are slightly transparent, and as crystal clear as ruby.

"Master Xian, we have seen meat like this before!" Zhang Ergou exclaimed in a low voice while pointing at the piece of meat.

"It's really similar."

Nia also spoke at the same time.

Back in the Deep Sea Floating City, they had seen a kind of red meat in a porcelain bottle. It was sealed deep in the porcelain bottle by the sea guards and put into the deep sea of ​​3,000 meters for suppression and sealing.

The meat in front of me.

And the original porcelain bottle of red meat.

The appearance looks very similar.

But there are also obvious differences. One is the size. The piece of meat in front of you is two cubes long, and the color is slightly different. This piece of meat is darker in color and the species is obviously different.

"Master Immortal, what kind of meat?"

Ji Dao asked impatiently.

"Send it to Ji Dao for a look."

Zheng Yun took a deep breath and stared at the breathing piece of red meat carefully, with some suspicions floating in his heart.

This piece of meat is not necessarily an individual.

There are five iron coffins in the five ancient ships.

If each iron coffin contained the same piece of meat, then perhaps these five pieces of meat came from the same living creature.

This living creature may be a huge marine creature. After being captured by Triton, its body was cut into several small pieces and placed in an iron coffin for transportation elsewhere.

Because this scene can be seen at the beach.

When modern fishing boats go out to sea to catch large fish, they will also cut them directly on the boat. The cut fish meat is much larger than a person and is stored in a cold freezer inside the fishing boat.

Maybe the red meat in front of you.

It is also a large marine creature.

(End of this chapter)