Chapter 58: Corpse transformation

The light rain suddenly became heavier at night, and the bustling imperial capital also returned to peace. Only the faint magic lights of every household were lit up, giving a little embellishment to this mid-autumn rainy night.

The rain is getting heavier and heavier, accompanied by the sound of howling winds, which is particularly evident in this quiet dark night.

Not far from the western suburbs of the imperial capital is a cemetery, where ancestors of citizens from generations near the imperial capital are buried. It is also the only cemetery within a radius of hundreds of miles of the entire imperial capital. After a long period of accumulation, the scale of the cemetery has even exceeded that of a large manor. Moreover, because of the uniqueness of the cemetery, the empire invests in repairs every year. In order to match the atmosphere of the cemetery, the architectural colors used are all quiet and dark. Even if you look at it during the day, it has a gloomy smell.

And in this stormy rainy night, this gloomy and terrifying atmosphere is undoubtedly magnified infinitely!

During the day, except for some special sacrificial festivals, almost not many people will deliberately enter the cemetery. Many people passing by here try to avoid this place, one is afraid of disturbing the rest of the deceased, and the other is because the gloomy atmosphere is too strong. Even if you pass by here accidentally during the day, you will feel uncomfortable all over.

If we talk about the storm and dark nights at the moment, naturally no one will come. However, today there are two more figures in the cemetery.

These two figures are located in a corner of the cemetery. Because the visibility is too low, it is difficult to see clearly the appearance of these two figures. I can only barely recognize what these two figures seem to be busy with.

If someone happens to pass by here tonight, he will inevitably be frightened by this phenomenon. With the strong wind that whimpers from time to time, I may think it is a haunted!

Click—

A sudden thunder broke out in the air, illuminating the terrifying cemetery. At the moment when the lightning flashed, it was vaguely recognized that the two figures in the cemetery seemed to be repeating a digging action.

Kakka--

As the lightning flashed, we could finally see the appearance of these two figures clearly. Even one of them had long golden hair fluttering in the wind, which seemed particularly noticeable. However, these two people had already been poured into the pouring rain like two chickens. However, the clothes soaked through the rain could barely see the outline of the muscles they met, indicating that these two people were not terrifying ghosts at all.

However, on this stormy night, no one is destined to notice these two people.

These two people were Marley and Philip, who were responsible for burying the corpse for a grand burial. In order to respect the deceased, neither of them used fighting spirit to dig, but used the most primitive method. Otherwise, the muddy soil surface was just a matter of the two people being bombarded by chance. At the feet of the two, there was a black bag, and next to the bag was the fresh male corpse.

But the male corpse has returned to its original appearance, and even the color of its hair has recovered. In the sky above the male corpse, there are two open umbrellas to block the rain from the erosion.

After a while, a brand new tomb was dug. Marley winked at Philip. Philip understood, put down the tools in his hand and walked carefully to the corpse two steps and stretched out his arms to pick up the corpse. Marley also followed at the same time, picked up the two umbrellas used to block the rain, and still stayed above the corpse.

but……

Just as Philip touched the body with his arms, he suddenly became stunned for a moment, then frowned.

Marley noticed Philip's appearance, looked around for a while, and was silent. A sudden fear suddenly arose in her heart, and she couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong with you?"

"Male." Philip suddenly withdrew his arms, frowned and looked up, "... something was wrong."

Hearing this, Mali suddenly felt a little numb on his scalp: "What's wrong?"

"You squat down first." Philip said to Mary, then stretched out one hand to squeeze the neck of the corpse.

Although Mali felt a little furrowed in his heart, he still squatted down. Looking at Philip's neck, he pinched the thighs of the corpse, and even pinched the face of the corpse. He couldn't help but frown slightly, reminding him with dissatisfaction: "What are you doing? Sir, let us respect the deceased, you are disrespectful to the corpse."

Philip ignored Marley, pinched the abdomen of the body again, then withdrew his hand and looked at Marley: "I'm not disrespectful to him, I just feel a little strange."

"Strange?" Marley's eyes were full of doubt, and there was a hint of fear.

Philip suddenly stood up and turned his head to look around. Marley was about to stand up with him, but he squatted down and looked at the corpse in front of him for a while before looking at Marley again: "Are you sure this corpse is in this position?"

Although this sentence seemed to be a question, Marley could tell the scent of doubt and immediately responded: "Yes, it turns out to be here."

Hearing this sentence, Philip's expression suddenly became serious. He stared at Marley so tightly, as if he was deliberately lowering his voice: "Although I have never been to this cemetery before, the cemeteries on the mainland are roughly the same. If I recognize it well, the location of this tomb should not belong to the new tomb.

At least, the corpses buried in this area should have already rotted. How could there be such a complete corpse? Moreover, if you are here, you should go to the area of ​​the new tomb, not here, right?"

Marley felt a little scared when he saw it, but when he heard his questioning tone, he immediately felt relieved why he stared at him like this. Then he quickly recalled and said, "It's strange, if you hadn't reminded me, I would have forgotten this matter."

"What's the matter?" Philip's expression became serious.

Marley recalled and said, "When I started to come, of course I went to the area of ​​the new tomb, but I searched all over the area of ​​the new tomb but couldn't find any fresh corpses. The freshest one might have died for more than a month, and the whole corpse became a little decayed.

In desperation, I could only look for another place. When I got here, I saw a pale finger stretching out from the ground not far below my feet. However, if I hadn't searched carefully, I wouldn't have found that the finger exposed outside showed no signs of rotting, and then I dug up the corpse here...

At that time, I just thought that this corpse might have been buried in the wrong place during my lifetime... In addition, it was getting dark, and I didn't think too much about it, so I took the corpse back to the adults. Did you find anything strange?"

In the end, Marley's face became obviously a little ugly, but it was not easy for people to see in this dark night.

When Philip heard this, he was silent. Seeing that he did not speak, Marley couldn't help but feel a little scared in his heart and asked, "You, speak!"

"I don't know if you noticed the characteristics of this corpse." Philip squeezed out a sentence from his mouth after a while.

"Features?" Marley didn't understand Philip's meaning and immediately added: "What are the characteristics of corpses?"

"Maybe you have been living in the imperial capital and don't know much about the corpse." Philip took a light breath: "I am different from you. I have been traveling in the northern ice fields since I was a child. It can be said that I will see people die every day. Some people are directly buried in the mouths of monsters. Some can keep a whole corpse. We will take the corpse back and send someone to transport it back to the deceased's family. Some cannot find information about their family, so we can only find a place to bury the deceased."

Speaking of this, Philippton took a look at the corpses on the ground, and then continued: "Because the road is long, many of the corpses carried will rot during the process of returning. You also know that in the environment of the Arctic Ice Field, it will take a very long time to really rot."

Marley still didn't understand what Philip wanted to express, but he nodded and agreed with his point of view.

"However, there will be some phenomena before each corpse decay. For example, in the severe cold of the northern ice sheet, the corpse will become consistent with the temperature of the surrounding environment in less than an hour after death, and corpse spots will appear at least half a day."

Philip's tone became more and more serious: "But look at this corpse, even if it died last night, tonight, there was no corpse spot on it for a whole day and night! The most important thing is that after a person dies, the muscles will become loose in a very short time. Moreover, if this person is not starved to death, the muscles will inevitably become incontinent if they relax! If this person died last night, you should find incontinence when you transport it back!"

After saying this, Philip paused for a moment, turned his head to look at Marley: "You probably didn't notice this, right?"

"No." Marley understood a little this time and shook his head without hesitation, but he asked in confusion: "Since this corpse is buried in the cemetery, it must have been mourned by his family. The incontinent urine and defecation must have been handled by his family. If no one was mourning him, the corpse would probably not appear in the cemetery, right? Besides, it was buried in the tomb."

"This is the problem!!"

Philip seemed to sigh deeply and said the last point: "If this corpse was mourned by his family and had been treated for incontinence and defecation, then when it was buried, the corpse must have been extremely stiff! And the process of this corpse zombie is extremely short. In the environment of the imperial capital, it will inevitably be completed in one day and one night!"

Marley thought for a moment and nodded: "Almost, although I was in a hurry when I transported it back last night, I could still feel the stiffness of the body..."

"But... I just pinched it, but found that the body is still elastic." Philip suddenly interrupted Marley, and his tone seemed a little difficult for the last sentence.

And his words immediately left Marley's blood-colored disappearing.

Click—

At this moment, another thunder suddenly sounded in the air, illuminating the entire cemetery in an instant. With the light of this moment, the male corpse's white face was exposed to Mali's eyes without any concealment!!

"Then, what should we do now?" Marley obviously had no idea at this moment. He felt like his throat was blocked by something, and he seemed to have used all his strength to say this.

Philip pondered for a moment, stretched out his arms to the corpse again, and said, "I don't know, let me get buried as my lord's orders first. When you go back later, you should notify the lord of this matter quickly. I have another task assigned by the lord, and I can't go back with you."

Marley was speechless at all. He did not believe that there were ghosts in this world, but when he was in this matter, he could not help but feel a little scared. Seeing Philip put the body into the tomb, he even forgot to follow the two umbrellas in his hand to cover the body up to the wind and rain.

"Don't stand there, pour the rich funeral objects in." Philip could not help but urged him when he saw that Marley had no action.

Marley seemed to have reacted and quickly reached out to pick up the black bag next to the corpse, poured the items into the tomb, and piled them next to the corpse.

Although these items were purchased from the market, the source was the Holy See of Light. It is said that using these items to bury the souls of the deceased will return to God's arms more smoothly. However, because the price is high, it is not something that ordinary people can afford. Therefore, any tomb with items buried with the Holy See of Light can be called a grand burial.

The pile of Marley poured out of the black bag and placed on the market, there were at least a few hundred gold coins. For ordinary civilians, it can definitely be called a top-notch grand funeral.

After all this, both of them seemed to be shocked by this phenomenon. No one spoke, and quickly filled the dug soil back as quickly as possible.

All that is left is the sound of wind, rain, and thunder...

After filling the tomb, the two of them bowed respectfully and left the cemetery.

As soon as they left the cemetery, the two of them felt relieved. Philip sighed as he looked at Marley's pale but worried expression, and then patted him on the shoulder: "I'm a little older, and I can't help but say some words. Don't blame me for talking too much.

We are both subordinates of adults. Although our positions are different, our purpose is to do our best for adults. However, we are all military positions, and the things of literati are not what we are good at. Therefore, there is no need to worry too much about this matter. After you go back, you will tell them to adults as they will naturally make decisions. As long as we take actions for adults, it is enough for the time being.

At least, it is not the time for us to think about it now.”

"I understand." Marley's expression was a little better. He was not a fool. Naturally, he understood that this matter was not something he could decide. However, his relationship with Lin Feng was extraordinary. Although he should obey the order now, he still felt that it was inappropriate to bury the strange corpse like this. But after all, he could not think of a better way in a short time. The most important thing now is to go back quickly and tell Lin Feng about this matter.

When Philip heard this, he stopped talking, and patted Marley's shoulder again and said, "Then I'm leaving, I'll ask you for this."

Marley nodded and said nothing more. Philip took a light breath and started to separate from Marley. He had only five days to go back and forth within these five days, so he had to rush back and forth.

Marley quickly accelerated toward the direction of the imperial capital. In this stormy night, as the commander of the Snow Demon Wolf family, he did not need to worry about the blockade of the forbidden salvation. As long as he showed his identity, no one dared to stop him. What he had to do now was to go back and tell Lin Feng about this matter as quickly as possible, and gain more time for Lin Feng to make corresponding decisions!

Therefore, Marley did not retain anything anymore, and used all his strength to activate the fighting spirit. In the blink of an eye, he disappeared from the spot, leaving only the mud splashing from the ground, which was buried in the sound of howling wind and raining rain.

But not long after the two parted, a rustling sound suddenly sounded in the originally quiet cemetery. If it were to be put on normal times, this sound would definitely shock everyone's souls, but on this rainy night, this sound was not so noticeable.

And as the rustling sound became louder, suddenly, in the tomb where Marley and Philip had just buried the male corpse, an extremely pale palm drilled out of the ground!

The soil flushed by the rain shaking restlessly. After a while, another hand reached out!!

These two hands clamped the edge of the tomb, and with a little force, the head also popped up. However, the yin white on the corpse's face seemed to have some blood. Although the eyes were still a little dull, they were opened after all!!

Then, he seemed to have just woken up, and his eyes gradually appeared in his focal length, and even moved his neck. Then, he frowned, and suddenly the soil in the entire tomb exploded, and his body lost its restraint. He sat in the tomb straight.

What made him frown was obviously the items around him with faint white light flashing. He slowly stretched out one of his hands and grabbed one of them, muttering: "The power of light? How could I have such a thing here?"

Perhaps because he had been "sleeping" for too long, his voice seemed a little hoarse, like a sip of water in his throat, which seemed a little blurred. After saying this, he directly put the items in his hand aside, slowly stood up, and looked around.

It is worth noting that he did not have any fighting spirit to protect him, but the rain could not even pour a trace of it on his body!

If someone approaches and observes carefully, they will find that the space around his entire body seems to have become a little blurred. If a powerful man from the Holy Realm sees it, he will definitely understand that this is the power to control space!

The man looked at his position and looked at the location of the new tomb again. A thoughtful look flashed in his deep eyes: "I'm afraid this time I've practiced for more than ten years... I really don't know what the world has become."

After saying this, he slowly walked out of his tomb and looked towards the imperial capital, his eyes narrowed slightly: "Casimir, my old friend... I don't know how you have lived in the past ten years..."

After the words came to his mind, he pondered for a while, and then the space around him began to fluctuate slightly, but his body slowly drifted into the air, like a leaf floating in the wind, gently floating towards the direction of the imperial capital...

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Chapter completed!