Tomb Raiders Codex

Chapter 470 The Giant in the Corpse
I have been with Tofu and the Corpse Immortal for a long time, and I can naturally see that something is wrong with the Corpse Immortal, Tofu hissed, and said in a low voice: "Wood seems to have something to say, it won't let you in, is there any danger behind this? "

I saw the performance of the corpse fairy, so I said: "It goes without saying, it must be tricky." At first I thought it was the corpse fairy who couldn't understand us, so I didn't want to enter the door. Its consciousness has obviously increased a little, it can understand our words, since it is so, it is not willing to enter this door, is there something in this door that makes it feel taboo?

I feel a little scary, and there is a creep on my back, what can make the corpse fairy taboo?Think again about Hu Yuduo, who rushed up aggressively before, and finally disappeared suddenly when the door was opened, which is obviously the cause of the trouble.

What is it?
For a while, the corpse fairy blocked the door and didn't let us go in. Instead, everyone's hearts rose to their throats.At this time, Ouyang Xuan suggested to the tofu, saying that since there is danger inside, let the corpse fairy go in to have a look, anyway, it is already dead, and there will be no problems.

Tofu was furious when he heard the words, angry and disappointed, and said to Ouyang Xuan: "Go and do it yourself, don't let it think about it."

Ouyang Xuan snorted and said: "What's the big deal." Immediately afterwards, she stopped talking, and everyone was in a dilemma for a while, not knowing what to do.Going forward, you must take great risks, but if you leave like this, this trip will be equivalent to giving up halfway. All this has nothing to do with Tofu and me. After all, it has no direct interest with us, but Zhuan Rui was different, so it was up to Zhuan Rui to decide what to do next.

Zhong Gong made a suggestion, and said in a deep voice: "Master, I think the current situation is not optimistic, and I am afraid that something will happen if I take risks rashly. We have already rubbed a copy of the divine text, and there may be us in the divine text." The thing you are looking for. In my opinion, it is better to go back first and decipher the above divine text. If it is useful, everyone will be happy. If there is no useful information on it, we now know the location here, and many dangers can be avoided. Come back later It's easy to go in one trip."

Zhong Gong's analysis was relatively objective, but Zhuan Rui didn't say anything, probably because he was tortured by Hu Yuduo, and he didn't want to wait any longer.The rest of us didn't speak, just waiting for his decision.Seeing this, Zhong Gong tilted his head and whispered to Zhuan Rui for a while, but he didn't know what he said, then saw Zhuan Rui frowned slightly, as if he had some scruples, and finally looked unhappy, but he still nodded slightly, and said to us: "This Thank you for your hard work, this is the end of the matter, let’s go back first.”

Tofu was surprised, and muttered to himself: "What did Zhong Gong say to him, why did the yin and yang face change all of a sudden?"

When Zhong Gong was talking to Zhuan Rui, I noticed a detail, that is, Zhong Gong glanced at Ouyang Xuan, presumably to remind Zhuan Rui that Ouyang Xuan must not make mistakes.Now that the Lord has said it back, we naturally don't have any opinions. Although we are very curious about the world behind the Golden Gate, life is more important than curiosity.My experience tells me that many things should not be curious.

Tofu stared straight at the dark space, with the expression of a kitten scratching his face, as if he wanted to know what was going on inside.I grabbed him and said, "Don't look at it, let's go, you can go home."

Everyone ignored the golden gate, adjusted the lights to the maximum, stayed away from the spooky totem pole, and walked towards the way they came.Not long after, we saw the magnificent stone steps. I remember that Wanshitong's body was placed on the stone steps by us. Thinking of his dying appearance, I felt uncomfortable, and Tofu was even more sad. I told him that it would definitely get better, and it turned out..."

I patted Tofu on the shoulder as a sign of comfort, stared at the wet steps and went up several floors. When I was about to reach the place where we put the dead body of Wan Shitong, I suddenly smelled a stench in the air. I was very familiar with that smell. It's the smell of corpses, and it's different from ordinary corpses.

This corpse smell is mixed with a smell of visceral intestines. We have already taken off the gas mask at this moment, and when we are suddenly washed by this smell, everyone who smells it rolls their eyes. Ouyang Xuan staggered and almost fell Rolling down the steps, fortunately Zhang Wen gave her a hand.

Tofu covered his mouth and said, "Why does it smell so stinky 1"

Zhuan Rui said, "The corpse stinks, the fresh corpse stinks."

Fresh corpse stink?I thought I was a know-it-all?No, the smell of a corpse is usually produced when the corpse begins to rot. It is only about four hours since the death of the passer-by. How could there be such a strong smell of excrement?
I couldn't help speeding up my pace and took a few steps up. The dead body of Know-it-all appeared in front of me. The first time I saw his dead body, my first reaction was to vomit, and I couldn't hold it back. I turned my head and vomited up.Not to mention the tofu who came up on the side, they also vomited together. Soon, the rest of the people saw this situation, except for Zhuan Rui, they all vomited.

I saw a huge corpse appearing in front of us.To be precise, it is an inflated corpse formed by rotten and liquefied internal inflation. In the field of forensic medicine, there is an adjective for this kind of corpse called 'Giant View'.

What is Colossus?
That is, after a person dies, when the corruption of the corpse spreads to the whole body, the whole corpse swells into a colossus, which is called the concept of giant.

The appearance of giants is generally related to temperature. In spring and autumn, it will form 3-7 days after death; in summer, it will form within 2-3 days after death, and in winter, it will start to appear 15-30 days after death.

After death, because the soft tissues of the body are full of corrupt gas, the face will swell, the eyeballs will protrude, the lips will thicken and turn outward, the tip of the tongue will protrude, the chest and abdomen will bulge, the abdominal wall will swell, the limbs will thicken, and the entire corpse will swell and swell into a giant. It is difficult to identify his appearance during his lifetime, so it is called the view of giants.

To sum up, when the temperature is not too high, the corpse will usually have this phenomenon for 5 to 7 days. Therefore, in the traditional burial customs, the Han people usually stay for seven days and bury them on the seventh day. During the mortuary process, a small opening will be left in the coffin, one is to allow the soul to enter and exit, and the other is to worry about the phenomenon of suspended animation, leaving a hole for air to pass through.Some ignorant children may look at the dead body through this gap, which is absolutely forbidden in the countryside, because the dead body in the giant view is very terrifying, and children may even be frightened when they see it.

And the corpse in front of us is wearing the clothes of know-it-all, but it seems to be a highly inflated 'giant corpse'. Under normal circumstances, if there are mosquitoes and flies breeding, he should be covered with maggots by now.

But this place is presumably free of mosquitos, so no maggots, but still disgusting.His mouth, nose, and chest were covered with brown-yellow dregs, his tongue was pushed out of his mouth by flatulence, and the purple-red tongue stuck out very long.Those dried up filth should be a phenomenon of 'dead man's vomiting'.This phenomenon is mainly caused by the oppression of the internal organs by the putrid gas, which makes the things left in the intestines and stomach overflow before death.

I have seen a lot of corpses, dry corpses, dead bones, and non-rotten corpses, but this is the first time I have seen such a fresh corpse, let alone the disgusting feeling.After vomiting, the intense reaction of the crowd weakened a bit, and Tofu said with a pale expression, "This is Xu Li? My God, how did he become like this? Is this what happens after death?"

I said: "Yes, it will happen like this, so death is a terrible thing, but this kind of situation usually happens in five to seven days, and the temperature in this place is very low. It is reasonable to say that it will take at least ten days for the corpse to rot into So...but, it's only been a few hours..."

How could this be?
I'm baffled.

Although this kind of giant view phenomenon after death is a relatively normal phenomenon, but when I think that I will be like this after death, I feel uncomfortable all over my body, and I think of Wan Shitong before his death. Although he may not be very energetic, he at least has good facial features and strong body It is really worrying to be in such a state now.

Ouyang Xuan took out the gas mask and put it on, saying, "It smells too bad, let's cremate it."

Zhuan Rui shook his head, his eyes were burning, and he said, "The corpse shouldn't rot so quickly."

I said: "Could it be caused by some external factors? Maybe the environment here is more conducive to the decay of corpses?"

Zhuan Rui didn't say a word, and suddenly took the gas mask and put it on, then tightened his gloves, drew out his dagger, and started to approach the corpse.Zhong Gong was Zhuan Rui's loyal dog, so he dressed up in the same way and followed him every step of the way.

I thought to myself: What do they want to do?
(End of this chapter)