Half-Faced Monstrous Corpse

It's a new day.

Today is overcast, unusually humid, and the temperature hasn't dropped yet.

Wearing the thick clothes used for burying bodies, I was already sweating before I even reached the burial grounds. The sweat wasn't evaporating either, just sticking uncomfortably to my skin.

And that's just a minor issue.

As I walked towards the burial grounds along the dim forest path, normally, scavengers would be gathered at this time, sharing the remnants of bodies left behind during transport.

But now, there wasn't a single one in sight!

This mountain forest was eerily quiet, making it feel exceptionally sinister and terrifying!

"Wei Ming, be careful today."

Wei Ming, alerted by Du En, felt uneasy.

"Boss, careful about what?"

He asked nervously.

Du En, leading the way, maintained a steady pace and his voice was calm. "The Yin Evil in the soil of the burial grounds can only be quickly removed by direct sunlight. Today, the sun is blocked by clouds."

"That's all? The scavengers just ran off?"

"The abnormality in the burial grounds is just a bit more noticeable. You don't need to worry about it. As long as we finish before nightfall, there won't be any major problems."

"What about the minor issues?"

Wei Ming asked worriedly upon hearing this.

Du En paused, making him even more unnerved.

Then, Ning Caize slapped him on the shoulder, startling him.

"Ning, Senior Ning, don't, don't scare me!"

"Cough, cough... Little Wei, you really are a bit slow. Why are you still asking about minor issues? The minor issue is the Yin Evil Black Soil. It's easily dispersed and hard to get rid of today, making people sick and weak."

Ning Caize was somewhat speechless.

Du En continued to walk forward, no longer needing to explain.

"Haha, so that's what it is."

Wei Ming felt a little embarrassed.

At this moment, the burial grounds were visible in the distance.

"Hm?"

Du En raised his eyebrows and quickened his pace.

The others sensed something and their hearts skipped a beat as they hurried to catch up.

Wei Ming's recently calmed heart immediately tensed up again.

As they got closer and saw the scene in the burial grounds, they immediately looked away, unable to bear the sight, feeling nauseous and wanting to vomit.

Even Ning Caize and the other three's expressions changed, their brows furrowed, and their gazes instinctively shifted away.

All they saw was a pile of bodies laid out on the burial grounds.

There were fifty-eight in total, not a large number. Most had died from exhaustion, a few were murdered, and a small number committed suicide.

One gets used to it and becomes numb.

However, one of them looked particularly strange and evil!

It wasn't a whole body, but half of one. Split vertically from head to crotch, the internal organs were still inside. It was exceptionally fresh, with an invisible film sealing the cut, preventing bleeding or decay.

If it were just this, it wouldn't be enough to scare the seasoned corpse buriers.

The key was that this half-body was stripped naked, its hands and feet tied together. The skin was smeared with oil, giving it a strange waxy yellow hue. It didn't feel like a human corpse, more like a half-opened boiled chicken or duck, exuding an inexplicable evil aura!

"Caused by an Evil Cultivator?"

This possibility seemed the most likely.

Because it was the kind of thing these people would do after harming someone, making the corpse look so sinister!

At the same time, this half-body was the most sinister Du En had ever seen since he started this job.

"Follow the old rules."

He calmly gave the instruction.

The old rule was that when encountering such a strange and eerie corpse, they would work together to dig a nearby pit, dig it deep, and bury it first.

The sooner it's buried, the better!

After all, the methods of those Evil Cultivators were, as their name suggested, extremely sinister and evil!

The others had no objections. Led by Du En, they began digging on the outer side of this half-body.

Wei Ming lowered his head, not daring to look, and buried himself in digging.

With each scoop of the shovel, a clump of soil was dug out, inevitably containing black Yin Evil Black Soil. When tossed aside, it dispersed into black mist that lingered for a while.

It didn't reek like it did under the scorching sun, but as the Yin Evil black mist gathered, the Corpsebos Burialers couldn't help but start shivering uncontrollably.

They felt intensely hot, still sweating, their bodies sticky and clammy, yet they inexplicably felt cold, a chilling cold seeping into their very bones!

This dual sensation of heat and cold, layering and attacking them from both inside and out, was the "minor issue" Du En had just mentioned, now significantly amplified.

"Cough, cough, cough..."

While the others could still endure by channeling their Magic Power to protect themselves, Ning Caize, suffering from an old ailment, couldn't hold on for long.

"Old Ning, you should go wait in the designated area first," Du En said.

He was in the best condition among them. His grasp of the Cultivation Technique was deeper than anyone else's, and his Cultivation Level was arguably the highest. Although the Yin Evil black mist attempted to infiltrate, his circulating Magic Power repelled it at the surface, preventing it from penetrating deeper.

Hearing Du En's steady, full-bodied voice, Ning Caize didn't insist. He leaned on his shovel and left.

The remaining people gritted their teeth and worked harder, soon digging a pit four feet deep.

"Alright, you guys can back off now."

The others were too exhausted to react quickly if anything unexpected happened. Hearing Du En's words, they inwardly praised their leader and quickly dispersed, watching Du En nervously from a distance.

He walked behind the half-corpse, plunged his shovel into the ground, scooped up some soil, and then forcefully lifted, prying the corpse up and into the pit.

He himself had already retreated rapidly, keeping his eyes fixed on the corpse. Only when it had safely landed in the pit without any incident did he wave his hand at the others.

They all breathed a sigh of relief and began shoveling the soil they had dug out back into the pit, quickly burying the sinister half-corpse in this equally strange wasteland.

If there were any lingering problems, they'd let the evil things deal with each other; as long as it didn't affect them, they were fine.

Wei Ming let out a breath of relief and watched the dispersing Yin Evil black mist, which was now like a tree without roots and unwillingly fading away. He asked with concern, "Why is there so much Yin Evil here?"

As soon as the words left his mouth, he realized his voice was hoarse and weak, sounding utterly unfamiliar.

He startled himself.

Du En calmly replied, "As you just saw, the bodies buried nearby are mostly Monstrous Corpses and Evil Corpses that needed immediate interment."

Since the buried bodies were all of this type of evil creature, the residual Yin Evil was naturally much greater than from other corpses.

"We were just unlucky today, with both Monstrous Corpses and overcast weather piling up. Of course, this isn't the worst possible situation."

"Ah? It's not the worst?"

"Mhm. If you're curious, you can ask Old Ning when you have time. He's been doing this longer and has seen more."

Du En didn't waste any more time on this. There was still a lot of work to do today, and the sooner they finished, the sooner he could attend to his own matters.

Seeing this, Wei Ming didn't ask further.

He turned to look at Ning Caize. He hadn't been idle either. After recovering, he had already dug fifty-seven shallow pits in the burial area for today, arranged in a rotating pattern.

Even Wei Ming understood the purpose of this.

It was simple: since the Yin Evil black mist was difficult to dissipate quickly, they just needed to prevent it from affecting them directly!

The Corpse Burialers had their own established methods for dealing with overcast or rainy days. They would first dig pits in a rotating pattern, and only after all the pits were dug would they proceed with concentrated burials.

This way, they could mitigate the harm of the Yin Evil black mist.

Otherwise, like just now, or in the usual burial method, only Du En could withstand it unharmed. Everyone else would be in trouble, possibly collapsing on the spot and being buried along with the corpses.

The usual burial method was actually designed to deal with the stench of the corpses.

With dozens of bodies, each with a different cause of death, some old and some new, leaving them to bake under the sun before burying them all at once after digging the pits could make one question their sanity.

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