Opening the Coffin

Fatty's face lit up when he heard Hu Ming's words. His bulky body shoved Hu Bayi, who was standing next to Hu Ming, to the side, and he replied, "You got it!"

Hu Bayi, who had been pushed aside, wore a look of helplessness.

Fatty immediately took off the pack from his back, looked at Hu Ming, and asked, "Mingzi, what kind of gear do you need?"

Hu Ming thought for a moment. The fellow lying in this coffin was a Great General from the Jin Dynasty, tall and mighty, incredibly strong, and his body was impervious to bullets. His only weakness was his slow movement. With this in mind, Hu Ming had an idea. "Fatty, bring out the specially made corpse-binding ropes first. Oh, and the glutinous rice too."

Upon hearing this, Fatty immediately produced a type of special red rope, then took out a bag of glutinous rice weighing about one to two pounds, and hurried over to Hu Ming's side.

Hu Ming had no intention of using gasoline right now. After all, there was the Western Regions Fire Dragon Glazed Top above his head, so he couldn't act recklessly.

Therefore, Hu Ming planned to use the corpse-binding ropes as tripwires, figuring they were pretty much the same anyway, both meant to restrain zombies.

He also planned to scatter glutinous rice around the coffin, which would also help to better restrict the zombie's movements.

Wang Fatty said to Hu Bayi, "Old Hu, don't just stand there, come help!"

Hu Bayi replied, "Okay!"

The Sixteen Character Yin Yang Feng Shui Secret Art also contained descriptions similar to glutinous rice and corpse-binding ropes. After Hu Ming's explanation, Hu Bayi immediately understood the function of the rope and how to set it up.

Although the corpse-binding rope was simple, it was direct and effective.

Hu Ming had shown a love for history, archaeology, and feng shui since childhood. Therefore, his maternal grandfather had also passed down the Sixteen Character Yin Yang Feng Shui Secret Art to him.

However, when he graduated from high school and wanted to enroll in the archaeology department, everyone in his family stopped him. This was because they all knew that if Hu Ming entered the archaeology department, he would definitely go tomb raiding.

The Hu family all knew how dangerous tomb raiding was, so they disagreed with Hu Ming studying archaeology. Seeing this, Hu Ming had no choice but to enter the history department, but he still frequently attended classes in the archaeology department.

At this moment, Hu Bayi saw Hu Ming's actions and couldn't help but say, "Mingzi, I've discovered you're just perfectly suited for this kind of work. Good heavens, your movements and preparations are smoother than I ever imagined."

Hearing Hu Bayi's words, Hu Ming chuckled, "Heh, what can I do? Although I didn't get into the archaeology department back then, I learned a lot of this knowledge. I've spent a lot of time studying our old man's Sixteen Character Yin Yang Feng Shui Secret Art over the years. Now, I'm no worse than you at using it, hehe."

Listening to Hu Ming, Hu Bayi couldn't help but say helplessly, "Mingzi, you rascal, you really planned to get into this line of work long ago, didn't you?

Sigh, actually, everyone in the family guessed that you'd definitely go tomb raiding one day, but we didn't expect it to be so soon." As he spoke, Hu Bayi continued to speed up his actions.

Soon, using the tomb's structure, corpse-binding ropes appeared before them, more than a meter above the ground. One layer was interlocked with another. Even if Fatty hung from it, it wouldn't loosen.

"Mingzi, you've set up the tripwires like this, and by the way, will this be effective? Don't let it be all for nothing." At this moment, Hu Bayi voiced his doubt.

Looking at Hu Bayi, Hu Ming knew what he was thinking. Originally, the method for using tripwires was to directly loop the rope around the corpse's ankles, without needing to make it so complicated.

However, Hu Ming didn't say much.

Instead, he walked to the side of the coffin and said, "Old Hu, this stone coffin is at least four meters long. The fellow lying inside is probably not small."

"No way? Can someone really be that big?" Hu Bayi still found it hard to believe.

At this moment, Fatty also came over and said, "Mingzi, do you think there were really people that tall in ancient times? If there were, wouldn't they be monsters?"

Hu Ming said calmly, "Old Hu, look at the coffin paintings on this stone coffin, and the murals on the walls, and you'll know. I've looked, and this guy, he's truly invincible, not to mention victorious in every battle and incredibly strong. We should be careful."

Hearing this, Fatty looked at the murals and got a little scared, saying, "Mingzi, how about we don't open this guy's stone coffin?"

Hu Ming glanced at him and said, "Not open it? I say, Fatty, are you getting cold feet?"

When Fatty heard Hu Ming say he was getting cold feet in front of Yingzi and Hu Bayi, he immediately became angry. "What? Cold feet? You're the one with cold feet! I, Fatty, am a sharpshooter. How can I be afraid of this guy who's been dead for hundreds of years?"

Hu Ming knew Fatty's personality; he couldn't stand being called cowardly. The moment someone said it, he'd explode and brag like he was a war god.

Being provoked by Hu Ming, Fatty, unable to take it anymore, immediately grabbed a crowbar, ready to pry open the coffin.

"Fatty, what are you doing?" At this moment, Hu Bayi saw Fatty holding the crowbar and immediately asked, to prevent Fatty from acting rashly.

Fatty replied impatiently, "What else would I be doing? I'm opening the coffin! So you guys stop calling me a coward!" Saying this, Fatty immediately climbed onto the stone coffin and was about to start with the crowbar.

Hu Bayi simply said, "You dead Fatty, if you're not afraid of death, go ahead and pry! I'll pretend I didn't see anything."

Then he turned to Hu Ming and Yingzi on the side and said, "Mingzi, Yingzi, let's move further away, okay?"

"Okay!" Seeing Hu Bayi say this, and then watching Hu Ming and Yingzi deliberately retreat a considerable distance, even the thick-skinned Fatty was a little stunned.

Seeing this, Fatty had no choice but to say, "Alright, I, Fatty, admit defeat. You guys do it. I'll just watch. Is it okay if I just watch?"

After saying that, Fatty immediately got off the stone coffin and put the crowbar aside. It was as if some things had never happened.

Fatty looked at the coffin and asked Hu Ming, "Mingzi, tell me. Why can't we pry this thing open? Fatty needs to understand."

Hu Ming replied, "There might be a zombie inside. We have to follow the ancestral methods."

Hu Bayi also added, "Light the candles for the living, the lanterns for the dead. If the roosters crow and the lamps go out, don't touch the gold."

Hu Ming then said to Fatty, "Fatty, take out the candles and light one in the southeast direction."

Fatty immediately ran over and lit the candle. Hu Ming then distributed the remaining glutinous rice to Hu Bayi and Yingzi, and saved some for Fatty.

After preparing everything, the three of them used tools to pry up the coffin nails on the coffin.

Then, they worked together to push the coffin lid aside. BOOM!... The heavy coffin lid landed with a thud, stirring up thick dust.

Fatty happened to be right in the area with the most dust.

"Ptooey! Damn it, Fatty didn't get bitten, but I ate a mouthful of dirt, ptooey!" Fatty cursed.

Seeing this, Hu Bayi and Hu Ming chuckled.

At this moment, Yingzi, feeling curious, stretched her neck to peek into the coffin.

The moment she looked, she immediately let out a startled cry