After Jiao Ba finished speaking, I was stunned for a moment. It took me a few seconds to realize, "No, what...what kind of coffin?" I still didn't understand.
"Four. Hanging. Demon. Coffin." Jiao Ba said, looking at me word by word.
After hearing what he said, I immediately took out my cigarette and lit it. I took a few puffs to calm down my shock, and then said, "Four Hanging Demon Coffin? Damn, I can think of it with my heels. When I heard the name, I knew it wasn't it."
What a good thing, isn’t there another demonic insect corpse inside?”
Jiao Ba curled his lips and nodded and said, "Yes, there are demon insect corpses in the coffin. Brother Yi, your reaction is really fast."
"Fuck you uncle, stop talking to me about this useless thing. Damn it, it's terrible now. It's so difficult to deal with one demonic insect corpse, and now there are three of them at once. Haha, let's see, let's fight it out
Forget it if you go back home, even if you go, you will die."
This time I was really scared. Last time, the female corpse in the coffin was so powerful that it almost killed the three of us. If it weren’t for the bearded man on its back, we might not have been able to escape.
This time it was better, three monster insect corpses came out at once, and if you entered, you would be killed instantly. I didn't want to die young, this was simply a suicidal behavior.
Jiao Ba smiled and said, "Hey brother, it's not as evil as you said. These four hanging demon coffins are not all filled with demon insect corpses. In fact, only two of them are, and the other two are.
No, if you include the female corpse in a coffin found in a shipwreck of the Qing Dynasty before, then among the three coffins now, only one should be a demon insect corpse."
When he said this, I felt a little more relaxed. I smoked a cigarette and asked, "If it is really like what you said, what are the contents of the other two coffins? Are they ordinary corpses?"
Jiao Ba smiled sarcastically, "Nonsense. In fact, there are no corpses at all. The remaining two coffins should contain a toxin called Cordyceps sinensis."
"Corpse...Cordyceps? Damn it, what the hell is this?" I found that talking to Jiao Ba really gained me a lot of knowledge, and I could encounter all kinds of difficult and complicated diseases.
Jiao Ba said calmly, "Don't worry, listen to me and tell you slowly. This Cordyceps Cordyceps is a toxin that can cause strong hallucinations. The reason why this grass is called this is because it can only grow corpses."
Next to the coffin, and it is still buried underground, it cannot be seen on the surface of the stratum. When you dig out the coffin, you will see some crooked little plants next to the corpse. This plant is called Cordyceps sinensis."
"The toxin of this kind of grass is very powerful. I have encountered it once before, but one Cordyceps sinensis actually does not release any toxins and does no harm to people. But if there are more, it will be very different.
Cordyceps sinensis within a few meters is enough to cause strong hallucinations in several mature men without any warning. Nowadays, some crooked people, for their own benefit, even cultivate this kind of grass to harm others."
"Just think about it, Brother. Now there are two coffins filled with Cordyceps. How powerful it must be. The toxins it releases are enough to cover the entire cabin. This is indeed terrifying."
After listening to what he said, I thought about it and said, "Lao Ba, according to what you said, the ghosts we saw before and the flickering of the lights were all caused by this thing called Cordyceps sinensis.
Is it there?”
"Well, that's it. I told you at the time that it must be an hallucination caused by a toxin, but I didn't know what caused you to hallucinate at that time. After seeing the three coffins,
, I just found out." Jiao Ba said with a serious face, not even the slightest bit joking.
"Laoba, I still don't understand. Why are you so sure it's Cordyceps sinensis? Couldn't it be something else inside?" I glanced at him and said leisurely.
Jiao Ba put a hand on my shoulder and said, "Brother, don't worry, this can't be anything else. Only Cordyceps sinensis has such a powerful toxin. Remember those gold and silver jewelry we saw in the forbidden area?"
Well, this is all because of its 'blessing'."
"You mean that those golden agates we saw are all hallucinations?" This surprised me. Those things are so real and don't look like illusions at all. Is it really like what Jiao Ba said?
Have we hallucinated without even realizing it?
"Well, it's all an illusion."
I was about to ask him again, but he immediately interrupted me and said, "I know what you want to ask me. If it was an illusion, why did the gold suddenly turn into a black gas and kill the sailor instantly?
Right?"
I smiled helplessly. This grandson actually knew what I wanted to ask next, "Yes, how should you say this?"
Jiao Ba ruffled his hair and said, "In the forbidden area, the gold and jewelry we saw didn't actually exist at all. They were all deadly things. It was Cordyceps sinensis that made everyone hallucinate and mistakenly think they were found.
It's a legendary treasure, but in fact it's just a huge trap.
"I once heard a colleague of mine say that there is a kind of stone called black-faced stone. When a person touches it, a chemical reaction will occur. The stone can dissolve in the human body in an instant, and it can be dissolved in the human body in just ten seconds.
The man turned into a charred corpse, and I think this is what the sailor encountered."
Jiao Ba's words were very detailed, and I suddenly understood, "Lao Ba, if that's really the case, then the forbidden area is quite dangerous. If we consider it alone, neither of these two things is that dangerous.
But if these two things are combined, it will be murderous and invisible. It is so seamless. It seems that these weird things were left behind intentionally by the ship owner. I think the purpose is to protect those coffins, right?"
Jiao Ba nodded gently and said, "You are right, it is to protect the coffin, but it is just to protect a coffin. Whether it is Cordyceps sinensis or black-faced stone, the purpose is to kill those who break into the forbidden area.
Man, protect the coffin containing the demon insect corpse. I haven't seen such a powerful formation for a long time. There are thorn horses guarding the outside and poisonous weeds inside. It really opened my eyes.
.”
I thought about it for a while, sighed and said, "Hey~ It seems that those people who died before probably had the same hallucinations like us, but I still can't figure out who is driving all this?
I always feel that one of us must know all the inside stories, including the secrets hidden in this navigation chart."
Jiao Ba smiled nonchalantly and said, "Brother Yi, we can only look at this matter slowly. Haven't we found some clues now? In fact, I have also thought that there is definitely someone behind the scenes. Think about it carefully. From
Everything that has happened since going to sea can be connected together. Everything has its own thread.
There are thousands of connections, including Big Beard and his men. Have you ever thought that Big Beard could know the information about this navigation chart? Someone here should have conspired with him. Also, the sudden disappearance of Big Beard’s men
, our analysis last time said that there was a traitor who came here deliberately to kill people and silence them, but I don’t think so.”
"If it's not killing people and silencing them, what would it be?" I quite agree with Jiao Ba's words. This grandson's brain reaction is indeed very fast.
Jiao Ba frowned and said, "I'm just guessing. I feel that some of us should know the secret of Big Beard, and the disappearance of his men has a lot to do with the manipulator behind the scenes. If there are two people behind this
, then it was probably another person who killed Big Beard’s men, and the purpose was to prevent Big Beard and the traitor from succeeding.”
Jiao Ba's words reflect two extremes, one is to silence and the other is to stop him. But the man who killed the bearded men must not be for us, but for himself. If this is the case, then this man
It's really scary, it reminds me of the man in black last time.
"Do you think it was the man in black who killed them last time?" I looked at Jiao Ba and asked.
"It's hard to say this, but I think it's very likely. One thing is certain at the moment. The man in black will definitely not be with the bearded man. This is obvious. After all, the bearded man
It is very possible that he is with the person behind the scenes. Do you think... could this person be Shunzi?" Jiao Ba looked at me sideways, his expression a bit treacherous.
"Damn, don't you fucking come here. Every time you talk about this, you always blame Shunzi. Although Shunzi is questionable, it doesn't mean he is. Before the matter is found out, you should be polite to Shunzi.
Don't make things difficult for others all the time." I punched him lightly and said with a smile.
"Okay, okay, let's let this matter go for now and not mention him anymore." Jiao Ba immediately shut up.
I thought for a moment and said, "Mr. Mai said that we should try to salvage the sunken ship the day after tomorrow, but can we rush up to that dark sea?"
Jiao Ba chuckled and shook his head and said, "Haha, I definitely can't go up. That dark sea is a barrier supported by a kind of dark power. It's impossible to rush through. According to what my grandfather left in his notes
According to the records below, when these four hanging coffins are placed completely, a powerful energy will be generated, making it impossible for anyone from the outside world to approach."
"I don't know how big this dark power is, but I know it's definitely not that easy to break this barrier. But now that there is one less coffin, the dark power will naturally be reduced a lot, so
We can cut in from the bottom, but I have never been able to figure out one question: how did those Qing Dynasty people break this dark barrier? And they were able to transport the coffin away? I simply admire them so much."
I looked at him and said, "No matter what kind of barrier it is, there will be weaknesses. If you catch it, it will be easier to deal with. I think those people in the Qing Dynasty should have some people who know this business well. By the way, Lao Ba,
Currently, among the three coffins, I can’t tell which coffin contains the body.”
Jiao Ba said arrogantly, "It's simple. The coffins all correspond to each other. The corpse of the demonic insect corresponds to the corpse of the demonic insect, and the Cordyceps sinensis corresponds to the Cordyceps sinensis. Now there is one less coffin at the main entrance of the forbidden area. In other words, the coffin opposite the main entrance
At the top is a coffin containing the corpse of a demonic insect."