Lazy donkeys produce more when they're on the grindstone! This is my only comment about Wu Fatty!!! Damn it, doesn't he know that two big dumplings are after our lives right behind us? And he chooses now of all times to fail us!
I rolled my eyes, unable to comprehend how someone of his size has been a tomb-raiding captain for so many years without losing his life. But as angry as I was, seeing Wu Fatty's pitiful eyes, I couldn't just stand by and watch him die. After all, it was still uncertain whether Qing Yi could handle the flying corpse and the corpse fiend. If he couldn't, Qing Yi would surely be able to escape with his skills, but Wu Fatty, stuck here, would just have to wait for death.
Although the guy was unscrupulous and had tricked me before, I'm not heartless. Wu Fatty's pitiful look made me relent and go back to pull him out. I tugged at him with all my might, but his big butt was firmly stuck in the stone door, and I couldn't budge him. Finally, I got a bit frantic: "Can you move a bit, Fatty? You weigh two or three hundred pounds, if you don't move, how am I supposed to pull you out?"
"I'm already trying my best."
Fatty gave a sheepish smile: "If I had known this would happen, I wouldn't have eaten so much recently. I've gained a few more pounds!"
Gained more?
If you gain any more, you'll turn into a pig!
I cursed internally, feeling like tens of thousands of alpacas were stampeding through my mind. But there was no time to argue with Fatty now; I was pulling him with all the strength I could muster.
I swear to heaven, I was trying my hardest, but Fatty was stuck and not moving, sweat beading on his forehead!
"Wait!"
Suddenly, Fatty spoke up: "Something's grabbing my leg! Don't let go, for heaven's sake, don't let go! Ow..."
By the end of his sentence, Fatty's mouth was gaping wide, and his eyes were bulging out as he let out a scream like a ghostly howl.
My heart sank. I could feel something from the other side of the tomb pulling Fatty back. The force was so strong that it was dragging me forward.
How could I let go in this situation? If I did, Fatty would be pulled back and devoured in no time. After all, he was a living person, and I couldn't just let go. While pulling Fatty with all my might, his joints were cracking, I asked, "What's going on over there? Can you kick it away?"
"I can't kick it!"
Fatty's chubby face was now pale, and he said in pain: "It's biting my butt..."
Bitten?
I was so scared that I almost let go. Being bitten by that thing was no small matter. It had been in the coffin for so long, and although the body hadn't decayed, the insides were rotten, and all that had turned into corpse poison over the years. If bitten, one would be infected with corpse poison immediately, and if not treated promptly, the poison would penetrate the organs, and not even a golden immortal could save you. Moreover, once someone infected with corpse poison dies, they are certain to become a zombie!
Right now, all I could do was try my best to pull Fatty out first. How to deal with the fact that he was bitten by the big dumpling would have to wait.
Fatty was obviously anxious at this point. After all, my strength was no match for the big dumpling pulling him. Not only had I failed to pull him out, but he was also being dragged further into the tomb chamber. His face was contorted with pain, his hands gripping mine so tightly it hurt. The strength people can muster in life-threatening situations is no joke; I was barely holding on, gritting my teeth.
"Screw this, I'm going all out!"
Fatty suddenly roared, his face turning from pale to bright red.
I thought Fatty was going to fight the thing pulling him into the tomb chamber, and I quickly tried to persuade him: "Don't be rash, if it comes to it, I'll go back into the tomb chamber with you!"
I meant what I said. Although Fatty had tricked me from the first day we met, we had been through hardships together on the way into the Qinling ancient tomb, and I considered us comrades. Even though he had tricked me, I couldn't abandon him and listen to his bones being crushed and his screams from outside the tomb chamber!
Just as I was emotionally charged, ready to do the most righteous and spectacular thing in my life, a very untimely sound arose.
Pfft!
Pfft!
Two very loud farts echoed in the tomb chamber, followed by a foul stench that almost brought tears to my eyes. I felt like I had been dealt a bad hand—was this Fatty's way of fighting back? Just farting at the thing biting his butt?
"It let go, it let go!!"
Fatty suddenly shouted: "Pull me out quick!"
Realizing what had happened, I pulled with all my might, and surprisingly, I managed to pull Fatty out smoothly. Fatty bounced up from the ground, grinning: "Damn, that was close. Lucky I had a moment of inspiration and gave that thing biting my butt a couple of shots..."
I was speechless.
Fatty glanced at me and chuckled: "Little Tian, don't think I'm messing around. Do you know how much evil energy is contained in a person's belly? All day long, eating so many lives, after the nutrients are absorbed, the remaining excrement is full of foul energy, used to break evil spirits. Any yin and evil thing would avoid it!"
I didn't know how to express my feelings at that moment. Although it made sense, such an absurd act is not something ordinary people could do. That was Wu Fatty's unique skill, first diarrhea at the ghost soldiers, and now farting at the big dumpling's mouth. Truly disgusting!
"Alright, stop standing there dumbfounded, let's get out of here!"
Wu Fatty patted my shoulder and chuckled: "Little Tian, what you said just now really got to me. We haven't known each other long, but at that moment, you didn't let go of me and even said you'd go back into the tomb chamber with me. That's real brotherhood. I acknowledge you as my brother, and I apologize for the past!"
At that moment, I had no time to chat with Fatty. I grabbed Heizi and ran without another word. Seeing my urgency, Fatty didn't dare to dawdle and quickly followed. Despite being bitten in the butt, he was not sloppy when it came to escaping for his life. He caught up in no time, and we both sprinted through the winding corridor, only thinking of getting as far away from the main tomb chamber as possible. It was too terrifying; one flying corpse was bad enough, and then a corpse fiend emerged, a sure sign of a dead end.
Fatty and I ran wildly, covering three to four hundred meters in the twisting corridor before finally catching up with Zhang Jinya and the other two. But they were just standing there motionless.
"What the hell are you guys doing standing there like idiots!"
I yelled as I approached: "Let's get out of this cursed place and talk later!"
After that, I was ready to keep running, but Rosa grabbed me!
"If you don't want to die, don't go any further!"
Rosa held on to me tightly, and for some reason, even Heizi was biting my trouser leg, refusing to let me go.
Seeing this, I knew something was wrong and didn't rush to escape anymore. Panting, I asked Rosa, "What happened?"
"Shut up!"
Rosa glared at me and said, "Listen carefully!"
Fatty and I immediately shut up, and the corridor fell silent. I listened patiently for a while and felt a chill in my heart.
Clang!
Clang!
Clang clang clang!
...
A series of dull sounds echoed through the corridor, like... the sound of an army marching in step, the soles of their boots slapping the ground!!
And judging by the sound, it wasn't far from us, probably just in the chambers to the left and right ahead!!!
My face turned green at that moment. When we arrived, we noticed something was off in those left and right chambers. Could it be that after Gao Xianzhi emerged from the coffin, something else had come out to cause trouble there?