Chapter 140: Jinjiang First Launch

"Then we used a flashlight to look inside the coffin. There was only a skeleton and some pieces of clothing inside. These should be his burial clothes at the time. They have almost decayed. There was a wooden pillow under his head. Apart from that, there was nothing in the coffin."

"We were all very angry. I thought it wouldn't be a waste of time, so I took out the wooden pillow. I shook it and there was a sound inside - there was something inside! I was immediately excited, thinking I had found a treasure. Under everyone's expectant gaze, I opened the wooden pillow and took out an old book from it. What a waste of joy - tell me, I thought it was something good - it turned out to be just an old book!"

Lame Brother interrupted and said, "Wait, could the legendary treasure be this old book? What if this book is an ancient book handed down from generation to generation? I've seen some old calligraphy and paintings being sold for tens of millions at auctions!"

Guo Yiyang pouted in disgust: "Bullshit! I thought so at first, but when I took it back and studied it, I found that it was written in modern Chinese, which is the language we use now. Tell me, which ancient person can write a book in modern Chinese? This thing was written by a modern person, and it has a history of only a few decades at most. It is not an ancient book at all! The reason why the groups of people who came here before did not take this book away is probably because they thought it was worthless."

Lame Brother frowned: "That's strange. Why would Mr. Du carry a worthless book with him at his last moment?"

Guo Yiyang: "Yes, I also find it strange, so since I came back from that time, I have been studying this book at home. At first, I couldn't understand this book because all the words in it were in a mess. At first glance, it looked like the nonsense of a mental patient. Later, I posted on an online forum and some netizens gave me an inspiration. This may be a kind of encrypted text, just like Morse code, which requires special rules to be understood. This special rule may only be known by Du Dasheng and the person who wrote this book."

"I was overwhelmed at the time. I usually hate thinking about these complicated things. Fortunately, the Internet is omnipotent. I found a college student who loves to read mystery novels on the Internet. I gave him 200 yuan and he helped me decipher the contents of the book overnight."

Lame brother's eyes lit up: "What does it say?"

Guo Yiyang hesitated for a moment, seeming to be in a dilemma: "Since it has already failed, I will tell you. But I have to make it clear in advance that what I am going to say is true and not made up by me. You have to believe me."

After everyone had given their assurances, Guo Yiyang said, "What is written there is a magic spell that can bring a person back to life."

Bai Mian became interested, while Que Ge fell silent. If it were in the past, he would have burst into laughter, but after experiencing so many bizarre things, he didn't know whether he should believe it or not.

Seeing that everyone around him was shocked, Guo Yiyang said with satisfaction: "Haha, that's the expression. I had the same reaction at that time. I didn't expect that Du Dasheng, a village bully, would have such a big ambition - he wants to come back to life!"

Lame Brother slapped his thigh and suddenly realized: "Ah, no wonder he wanted to take all his property in before he died, without considering his descendants at all. He wanted to spend it after he was resurrected!"

Bai Mian asked, "What does the book say?"

Guo Yiyang scratched his head and said, "There are too many contents recorded in the book, and I can't remember them clearly. However, the college student who helped to decipher it sent me an electronic document, which I can forward to you later. In short, it is about asking Mr. Du to take various elixirs before his death. The book says that elixirs can prevent the body from decaying. A certain emperor in history had his body preserved because he took elixirs."

"Then there was a series of very complicated steps. The book required him to make the lid of the coffin very light and without any nails, so that he could push open the lid from the inside of the coffin and walk out of the coffin after resurrection. There was also a date for burial, a burial location, etc. I can't remember clearly, but the book said that if Du Dasheng could do all of this, he would be able to wake up someday decades later."

When Guo Yiyang said this, the store was extremely quiet. Everyone listened to him attentively. He swallowed and said, "The book records the date of Du Dasheng's burial in detail. I calculated the time and found that he was resurrected yesterday!"

"If the book was true, he would have come back to life yesterday. Of course, I didn't believe it at first. I thought it was all nonsense, but I had nothing to do, and I didn't want to give up after not getting anything the first time. So I made another appointment with my brothers, and we went to Wulong Mountain again yesterday at noon."

Lame Brother was stunned: "You went there twice?"

Guo Yiyang nodded: "Yes, I forgot to mention it at the beginning. In fact, we went there twice. The first time we returned empty-handed, and the second time... we encountered something strange."

Lame brother asked hurriedly: "What's strange?"

Guo Yiyang rubbed his hands and said, "The second time I went there, the coffin couldn't be opened."

He picked up the cup on the table and drank some water. He seemed very scared. Bai Mian encouraged him a few words before he told him the details of what happened:

"Because I was afraid of encountering something weird, I chose to go at noon. The sun was scorching that day and the land was almost dry. We entered the village the same way we did last time, and went through the same cave entrance. We went in one by one. In fact, everyone had already given up hope. I was the first to go to the coffin, wanting to push it open like last time to see if the body inside had resurrected. At this time, I found that the lid of the coffin was motionless, as if it was locked from the inside."

"I immediately called everyone to help me push, but it still wouldn't budge. Then someone brought tools, hammers, axes, but nothing worked. The lid of the coffin was slightly deformed, but it still wouldn't open."

"At this time, someone suggested that we all lift the coffin together. We tried to lift the coffin the first time we came here, but it was very heavy. We only lifted it for a moment before we let go. This time it was even heavier than the first time. We couldn't lift it at all. It was as if there was something extra in the coffin!"

When Guo Yiyang said this, everyone felt a chill in their backs. He paused and continued, "I thought it was very strange, so I told everyone to stop. What if there really is a demon or something in there? We can't afford to offend it. Not only will we not get the money, but we will also lose our lives. It's not worth it."

"I waved and told everyone to go back. Everyone put away their tools and followed me out of the cave. At this moment, I heard a faint sound coming from the coffin behind me. It was a man's voice, saying... don't go... come back..."