Chapter 3 The Mutated Corpse
"It seems that mirrors are one of the conditions for death. If you have mirrors in your house, please smash them or cover them up." Xiao Ha concluded.
"If you don't look into the mirror, you can sleep well at night. This refers to the mirror. If the wind doesn't blow in, you won't have a peaceful dream. This should mean that you should open the window to let the wind come and go freely, otherwise you will have nightmares. Everyone should sleep with the window open." Xie Liang said.
"What should we do with the body? We can't just leave it lying in their room forever, right?" Li Dong asked.
"First, move the body out and place it under the tree in the yard. Then find something to cover it. When I come back in the evening, I'll dig a hole in the back hills and bury it."
After saying that, Xiao Ha put down his chopsticks and walked quickly into the room where the dead person was, carried Li Xi's body out, and placed it under the tree in the yard.
"Dude, you're really brave." Li Dong looked at Xiao Ha with admiration.
"When you have seen more, you will become bolder." Xiao Ha responded, and then he found a mat to cover Li Xi's body.
"It's better to bury the body during the day. There are too many unsafe factors at night. Let's send two people to bury the body. It will be finished at noon, and then we will meet at the ancestral hall. What do you think?" After Xie Liang finished speaking, he looked at everyone.
"I have no objection. I'll follow your arrangements," said Li Dong.
"Then we men will decide who will bury the bodies. The elderly and children won't have to." Xiao Ha said.
At this time, Xu He just walked in from the gate.
"Where have you been?"
Dai Tian's tone sounded like an interrogation, and Xu He ignored him as if he didn't exist.
Seeing Xu He ignored him, Dai Tian continued, "Don't get me wrong, I just think we should all unite and get out of this hellhole first."
Just then, Xiao Ha said, "Who's willing to bury the body? We need two people. I'll count as one, and one more person will do."
"I'll go." Xie Liang said as he walked over to Xiao Ha and continued, "I'm quick at digging holes, and this can be done in just one morning, so it doesn't matter who goes."
Afterwards, no one had any objections, so Li Dong led the group to the ancestral hall first.
Xie Liang and Xiao Ha borrowed a cart and a shovel from the villagers and pushed Li Xi's body towards the back mountain.
Xie Liang was pushing the tailgate of the wooden cart from behind, while Xiao Ha was pulling the two handles on the front of the cart and moving forward.
The muscles in Xiao Ha's arms are prominent and full of strength. In fact, he doesn't need Xie Liang to push from behind. He can pull the car to the back mountain by himself.
"I just found out her name was Li Xi last night, and when I saw her again today, she was just a cold corpse. Life is really unpredictable." Xie Liang sighed.
"Ever since I got involved in this, I've been living day by day."
"It seems that you have a lot of experience. You must have descended into many dungeons, right?" Xie Liang asked.
"Hey, including this one, there are only three of us. It's all just dumb luck. There's already an organization recruiting me, and I'm still considering whether to join them. If you can survive, do you want to join us?"
"Organization? Is it a team organized by Adventers like us?"
"Yes, I did some research before I came to this small world. There are several organizations. One of them is called the Dark Organization, which is quite famous. The name is chosen to make people feel like they are part of the underworld."
"Uh, by the way, are you familiar with Xu He?"
"Um, I met him in the last instance. He Ge saved me in the last instance. Without him, I would be dead. But he doesn't like to talk much."
The two chatted casually and soon arrived at a bamboo forest in the back mountain.
"Let's bury it here. The soil here is relatively soft, so it won't take too long to dig." Xie Liang said after looking around.
The two of them each took a shovel and started digging. Xiao Ha was strong and dug quickly, but Xie Liang slowed down after a while.
Seeing that he was out of breath, Xiao Ha asked him to sit down and rest for a while, saying that he was strong and could finish digging quickly.
Xie Liang didn't bother to be polite with him and found a place to sit down. It seems that I need to exercise more in the future, Xie Liang thought.
“Rustle…rustle…rustle…”
A series of rustling sounds reached Xie Liang's ears, like the sound of bamboos rubbing against each other. The bamboo forest, which was originally filled with birdsong and insects chirping, suddenly became extremely quiet.
No, the rustling sound comes from the ground, caused by the friction between the limbs and the fine sand on the ground.
Xie Liang suddenly looked up and saw that Xiao Ha, who was digging a hole in front of him, had disappeared. Only two shovels were left beside him.
The body that was originally covered with a mat on the cart nearby had long disappeared, leaving only the mat torn into pieces.
Not far behind him, a rustling sound came closer and closer to Xie Liang. Something was crawling towards him and even stopped behind him.
He mustered up his courage and turned around slowly and stiffly. After seeing the strange scene in front of him, his heartbeat suddenly accelerated.
The corpse that was supposed to be lying on the cart had its limbs become extremely thin and long, like a spider's legs, crawling on the ground. Her neck also became extremely long, and her head hung upside down in front of Xie Liang.
"Brother... do you think I'm beautiful?" A bat-like squeaking sound sounded in Xie Liang's ears.
"..." Xie Liang was shocked and frightened. The whole thing felt unreal and he stood there in a daze for a while.
As if getting tired of waiting, the terrifying voice repeated impatiently: "Brother! I'm asking you if I'm pretty."
The tone was drawn out, as if Xie Liang would die if he didn't give a good answer.
"I... I'm farsighted and can't see clearly... You need to let me stand farther away so I can see clearly and answer you."
Xie Liang then took a few deep breaths and muttered to himself, "I'm not surprised by anything I've seen before. I'm not surprised by anything I've seen before."
After saying that, he took advantage of the monster not reacting and ran to the other side of the pit dug by Xiao Ha.
He shouted at the monster: "Ah, yes, yes, stand still and let me see you clearly, yes, yes, so that I can see you clearly!"
Xie Liang could see it clearly now, and his heart sank with fear.
The originally beautiful little girl Li Xi turned into a giant spider, with her long and thin limbs crawling on the ground at a strange angle, her chest facing the sky and her back facing the ground.
Her fingers became as sharp as chicken claws and dug into the ground. Her neck and head hung upside down as if she had no strength left. Her two braids swayed back and forth with her head.
"Now, do you see clearly, brother?"
She smiled at Xie Liang, her mouth wide open to her ears, revealing her densely packed, white, sharp teeth.
"Oh my god, this is too scary! It's outrageous!" Xie Liang said as he slowed down his movements and squatted down, then quickly picked up the shovel scattered beside him.
"This is really outrageous! I have never seen anything so outrageous! Is there anyone here? Help! Help!" Xie Liang shouted.
monster:"……"
The monster shook its head as if thinking about what Xie Liang meant by these two sentences.
After thinking fruitlessly, it began to become restless, rubbing its deformed palms on the ground constantly, and occasionally digging the soil with its sharp claws.
"Am I pretty or not?" The narrow and long voice was harsh and unpleasant.
“…”
Is she pretty or not? It's so scary. It's really ridiculous to ask such a question. Xie Liang's heart was beating fast, and he stared at the monster in front of him.
"Of course you're not pretty. If you were pretty, how could I look at you for so long? I prefer the ugly ones!!!"
Xie Liang was so scared that he started talking nonsense, thinking that he had to run away quickly, otherwise either she would die or he would die.
She seemed stunned for a moment, and then her limbs kept spinning in place, as if she didn't understand. She tried hard to analyze it, and her whole body was shaking up and down.
"Fuck! I just need to pee, and this thing is happening!!" Xiao Ha was still holding up his pants and buckling his belt with both hands, and he was also stunned when he saw this scene.
When the monster saw Xiao Ha, it immediately adjusted its posture and asked Xiao Ha, "Am I beautiful, brother?" Then it gave Xiao Ha its standard grin, revealing its sharp white teeth.
"Beautiful, beautiful..." Xiao Ha praised against his conscience.
She laughed even more strangely when she heard that, and her mouth opened wider, almost taking up her entire face, pushing her eyes and nose to the side. Her entire head was a big mouth full of densely packed sharp teeth.
Suddenly, the monster crawled towards Xiao Ha quickly, waving its sharp claws at him.
"Oh my god, what the hell!" Xiao Ha ran to Xie Liang. Xie Liang reacted and quickly picked up the other shovel on the ground and gave it to Xiao Ha.
The two men fought while running. Xie Liang was really too weak. After running for a while, the monster caught up with him and pinned him to the ground.
Xie Liang used both hands to push the shovel hard against the monster's head, and it went straight into the monster's mouth. The monster's saliva flowed down the handle of the shovel onto Xie Liang's face.
"Stinky..., cough... cough." Xie Liang couldn't help coughing.
Xiao Ha took the opportunity to hit the monster hard with a shovel, and the monster let go of Xie Liang in pain.
She turned around and quickly chased after Xiao Ha. After a while, she caught up with Xiao Ha. Her skinny and deformed limbs climbed onto Xiao Ha's shoulders and suddenly pressed him to the ground.
At this time, Xiao Ha swung the shovel with his powerful arms and shoveled it towards the monster's shaking head. The shovel immediately pierced a deep gash in the monster's head, and red liquid dripped down.
Fortunately, the monster was not very powerful, so the two of them hit it with their shovels and poked it violently, killing it.
"Are you okay?" Xiao Ha looked at Xie Liang sitting on the ground, sweating profusely and breathing heavily, afraid that he would faint from running out of breath.
"It's okay." Xie Liang was really shocked and tired. He didn't expect that he would have so much strength to swing the shovel at a life-and-death moment.
"We've almost beaten this thing into a pulp. Should we still bury it?" Xie Liang asked.
"No matter how it turned out, it's Li Xi's body. The pit has been dug anyway. Just wait for me nearby and I'll bury it."
Xie Liang nodded, then sat down to rest, waiting for Xiao Ha to bury the body that had almost turned into mud on the ground.
Not long after, Xiao Ha buried the unrecognizable corpse. He also picked a small yellow flower and placed it on the pile of earth next to it.
"She returned to the real world to face her death. After returning to the real world, she will not remember what happened here." Xiao Ha said, looking at the little yellow flower on the grave.
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