In the dimly lit green passageway, I suddenly saw a figure appear at the intersection ahead and was startled.
At first, I thought I was seeing things. After blinking hard, I found that there really was a figure at the entrance ahead, so I shone my flashlight in that direction.
It was a woman.
Her clothes were very thin, only covering her vital parts. She wore silver ornaments on her head, and the tassels hanging down obscured her face, revealing only her pointed chin.
Manjing, who was standing next to me, also noticed the woman in front of us and immediately shone his flashlight in her direction: "Who goes there!"
"That's not a person! She has no shadow!"
Looking at the woman's pale skin and the ground behind her, I said in a deep voice, "The incense outside the cave must have burned out!"
Seeing this, Wei Shengnan held the peach wood sword horizontally in front of her chest: "Is it too late to start a new altar?"
"It's probably hopeless. These kinds of evil things can only be suppressed. The fact that we can see this thing means we can't suppress it!"
I looked at the woman standing at the exit and said in a deep voice, "Don't let her influence you. Keep cutting the steel cable, and be quick!"
"Splash!"
As I spoke, the woman's body moved. Her head suddenly lowered, and her arms hung down in front of her body, like a puppet that had lost its control.
Although I've been to many tombs, I still couldn't control my heart pounding when faced with this kind of unexpected situation.
Although the woman in front of him was thin, she inexplicably gave off a terrifying feeling, like a female ghost from a movie.
The difference is that when I watch horror movies, I can close my eyes if I'm scared, but right now, that woman is standing more than ten meters away from me. I don't know if it's just my imagination or what, but I can even feel a chilly wind blowing towards me.
Upon seeing the woman suddenly appear, the Wei family member in front unzipped the wrist of his rat-patterned coat, removed his gas mask, bit his right ring finger, smeared the blood on his forehead, chanted a calming mantra, put the gas mask back on, lowered his head and stopped looking at the woman, instead focusing intently on dealing with the steel cable in front of him.
While the woman remained motionless, Wei Shengnan kept her eyes fixed on her and unbuckled the belt of her travel bag: "Duan Shenxing, come and help me!"
I stepped forward, took Wei Shengnan's backpack off the ground, and asked, "What do you need?"
Wei Shengnan stared at the woman in front of her and said, "There's a carbon fiber box at the bottom of the travel bag. The combination is 963. Take out what's inside."
Following Wei Shengnan's instructions, I rummaged through the travel bag and found that the suitcase occupied about a third of the bag.
I took the box out of the box, opened it using the password Wei Shengnan gave me, and revealed what was inside.
Inside this box is a drum.
This drum is wide at both ends and narrow in the middle, and its shape is similar to that of a Jie drum. The drumsticks inside are made of gold and wrapped with colorful silk threads.
The most unique feature is the head of the drumstick, which is made of human bone, and it appears to be a thigh bone.
When Wei Shengnan saw me hand him the items, she slung the Jie drum across her waist and took out the Eight Treasures Exquisite, hanging it on a buckle on the edge of the Jie drum.
I glanced at the pattern on the drumstick and asked Wei Shengnan, "This thing is very old; you can tell it's from the early Qing Dynasty. Is it a human skin drum?"
"No, this drum is made of unicorn skin. It is recorded in the ancient book Erya Shishou that the unicorn is a black tiger! The drumsticks were blessed by a royal priest in the Qing Dynasty, and their origin is unknown."
After slinging the waist drum over her shoulder, Wei Shengnan finally felt a little more relaxed.
The woman standing motionless in front of me gave the impression of being a three-dimensional projection, just standing there without moving.
Qu Ruilin seemed to realize that the woman posed no threat, so he quickly composed himself and pointed to a steel cable, saying to the Wei family members, "Cut this one!"
"Splash splash splash!"
Just as the Wei family member was about to cut the steel cable, a commotion suddenly came from ahead.
I shone my flashlight over and discovered that the woman had started dancing.
Although it's called dancing, it feels quite strange. Her body is very stiff, but her joints are very flexible, which makes people feel awkward and uncomfortable to watch.
I saw the woman move and shone my flashlight on her face, but the tassels on her headdress kept swaying, and I couldn't see her true appearance no matter what I did.
"Jingle bells!"
As the woman began to dance, Wei Shengnan's Eight Treasures Ornament swayed along with her, the rapid ringing of the bells intertwining with the sound of the woman's headdress, making everyone feel even more uneasy.
"Everyone be careful, something's strange about this thing!"
Upon hearing the sound of the Eight Treasures Drum, Wei Shengnan waved the drumsticks in her hand.
"Thump!"
The deep, resonant drumbeats resonated, invigorating my tense emotions and instantly easing them considerably.
"Splash!"
At this moment, the sounds in the space became noisy, and Song Laosan pointed to the right: "There are some over there too!"
"I have some too!"
"Behind me!"
"...!"
Several voices soon came from the group. I shone my flashlight around and found that there were countless women wearing headdresses in the space around us. They were of different heights and weights, but the only thing they had in common was that their skin was pale and their cheeks were covered by the tassels of their headdresses.
I sensed everyone's tension and reassured them, "Don't panic, everyone. If we see something like this, it's either because we've been affected by a magnetic field and are truly possessed, or it's a hallucination! But as long as you stay calm, there's a way to resolve this!"
The sound of headdresses swaying echoed around them as Wei Shengnan struck her jie drum: "Everyone, calm yourselves down! The more vulnerable you are, the weaker your yang energy becomes! We have indeed encountered something unclean. Stay close to me and don't get separated!"
"Thump! Thump thump!"
As soon as she finished speaking, Wei Shengnan struck the jie drum in her hand and led us forward.
Seeing Wei Shengnan's actions, I also said, "Everyone be careful. According to the records of the Judges, most of the evil things that appear in ancient tombs are either tomb guardians or trapped inside the tomb and want to use our bodies to get out. Once your yang energy is damaged by these things, you will suffer many misfortunes for the rest of your life!"
At this moment, there are still many steel cables ahead of us that have not been cut. The Wei family members in front, hearing the drumbeats getting closer and closer, are sweating profusely: "Young Miss, we can't rush things here. We have to delay them!"
Upon hearing this, Wei Shengnan stretched the hand holding the scarecrow behind her back: "Duan Shenxing, cut my hand and let my blood stain the talisman!"
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