Metal objects actually transmit sound better than wooden ones, so if the corpse was scratching the coffin inside, we should be able to hear the movement, but there was no sound at all in the copper coffin, which didn't seem like it contained a corpse that had transformed into a zombie.

"Second brother, what should we do now?" I said.

"The coffin must be opened, otherwise I will be entangled to death by her."

"What I mean is that we should discuss it with uncle first and then make a decision. What if we can't handle what happens later?" Chu Sen showed rare calmness at this time. Of course, my idea was the same as his. I didn't want to open a murderous coffin when only the three of us were present.

"That's not necessary. Even if there's a jumping corpse in the coffin , so what? We can just kill it," Luo Tianbao said casually. "Second brother, while it's true that people should be confident sometimes, we can't be blindly confident. Can people like us kill zombies ?"

"Do you really think this thing is that difficult to deal with? Don't believe those crappy movies on TV. They're all made up by ignorant people based on their own imaginations. Zombies are nothing more than flesh and blood. As long as they're not thousands of years old, most of them are just slightly tougher than a normal person. Sharp objects can kill them."

"Don't you need talismans?"

"Of course not. I've seen my family deal with transformed zombies more than once. It's nothing complicated. Just prepare a few cut wooden sticks. As long as we can pin the zombie down, we can burn her body."

"So we don't need to perform rituals to save the souls of the dead ?" I said.

"No need. Zombies are not ghosts . It's useless to save them."

Luo Tianbao did take over the job of repairing the tomb independently, which is the main reason why I believe in him. Although I feel that his decision today is a bit "radical", I still prefer to believe him.

Ultimately, it’s not because Luo Tianbao has any influence on me, but because I really want to participate in the whole thing to prove my ability.

I guess Chu Sen had the same idea as me, so none of us three were skeptical. We started thinking about how to open the copper lock. After thinking about it for a long time, we couldn't find a solution. The only thing we could do was to buy a pair of hydraulic pliers to solve the problem. So the three of us covered the loose soil again and went to the market near Xiti Village to buy a pair of hydraulic pliers.

In addition, we also bought three engineering shovels and a crossbow from the stall in case of emergency.

Before returning to Xiti Village to unlock the door, Luo Tianbao took out cinnabar and dipped the arrows of each crossbow in cinnabar. Then he asked us to wear pangolin nail pendants, and then he used hydraulic pliers to cut the iron lock tied to the copper coffin.

As the chains were being pulled apart, my heart instantly rose to my throat and my breathing became rapid. Chu Sen's condition was not much better than mine. He held the engineer shovel tightly in front of his chest with both hands, as if he was ready to fight the zombies to the death at any time.

Luo Tianbao used his engineer's shovel to knock hard on the left wall of the bronze coffin several times. Then he said to us with a puzzled look on his face: "Listen to this sound, why do I feel like this is a solid coffin?"

"There's no such thing as a solid coffin. It's just a lump of copper, right?" I said.

"Listen carefully." He knocked on the bronze coffin a few more times with the shovel.

The sound did sound wrong. If it came from a hollow coffin, it should have been a crisp sound similar to a gong, but the sound coming from this copper coffin was indeed a muffled "dudu" sound.

"If this is a copper lump, I don't understand why it is buried underground? Is there a treasure hidden inside?" Luo Tianbao asked puzzledly.

"No matter what the reason is, let's open it and take a look. If there is really a treasure inside, we will become rich overnight. Why should we work? We can just lie down and spend money." Chu Sen said with a smile.

"Don't even think about it. It's not that easy to find a big treasure. Many Feng Shui masters have spent their entire lives trying to find it. How can we three who know nothing just dig up a copper coffin and think it's a treasure?" Luo Tianbao said with a smile.

"No matter whether there is treasure or zombies inside, we will find out if we open the coffin lid," I said.

"This coffin lid isn't easy to open." Luo Tianbao looked around, then found three sturdy branches, sharpened one, and said, "We'll use the engineer's shovel to knock the lid open first, then push the branches in and use them to knock the lid open."

Then we stuffed one end of the engineer's shovel into the gap in the coffin lid, and the three of us worked together to lift the copper plate up a little. After Luo Tianbao stuffed three branches into the gap, he used hydraulic pliers to hold the middle of the coffin lid. The three of us exerted force at the same time again, and we really pushed the coffin lid half open.

I saw that the copper coffin was neither a solid copper lump nor contained a dead body . Instead, it was filled with a whole coffin of milky white liquid.

The consistency of this liquid is roughly equivalent to semi-solidified yogurt. Although the coffin shook slightly when the lid was opened, not a drop spilled out.

"No wonder this coffin looks solid. It's filled with liquid." Chu Sen said.

"Second brother, why did this person put so much liquid in the coffin?" I didn't respond.

"How would I know? Isn't this coffin used to bury that girl? Xiao Zhen, why don't you take another look here to see if there's another secret grave?"

I had just stumbled upon this tomb , and there was no way I could find another one. So I pointed at the bronze coffin and said, "I'm sure this is the one."

" What about the dead body? It can't be transformed into a corpse, right?"

"Corpse transformation" is the final step in a person's cultivation to become an immortal. After a person dies, he will be placed in a coffin and disappear immediately.

However, I think that corpse reincarnation is purely a myth and it is impossible to happen in the real world. Even if it does happen, it will never appear in Xiti Village, otherwise it would be too ridiculous.

We were just guessing what the "yogurt" in the coffin was like when we heard a slight explosion and a few bubbles appeared in the thick liquid.

I was so frightened that I was about to grab my shovel and "fight" when Luo Tianbao stopped me and said, "What are you doing? If the things in here can breathe, they're definitely not zombies. Why are you so nervous?"

I wiped the sweat from my forehead and said, "I really can't stand it anymore. I'd rather a zombie crawl out of there."

"You are really useless. What are you afraid of? When water comes, we will stop it; when soldiers come, we will build earthen forts. I am here." I really wanted to tell Luo Tianbao that he was completely wrong, but the atmosphere was too tense at the time and I didn't have the mind to correct him.

Then a few bubbles appeared in the coffin, and then the milky white liquid slowly formed the shape of a fish.

Could this water be some kind of "magic water" with mysterious powers? Just as I had this thought, I saw the shape of the fish becoming more and more complete. I could see clearly that it wasn't a milky white thick liquid that formed automatically, but a completely white fish floating up from the coffin.

This fish looks very much like a cutlassfish, but not as long as the old man said. It is about half a meter long, but its body is very wide. It is pure white from head to tail, including its eyeballs. I wonder if it turned white because of the milky white solution?

"The old man said that this was a little white dragon that fell from the sky. If it was a white dragon, how could it be in the coffin?" Luo Tianbao muttered to himself as he took two steps closer to the coffin.

We also quietly moved closer, trying to see the shape of the white fish clearly. Perhaps it sensed our presence and sank silently into the coffin again.

"What should we do now? Let's get this fish out? Maybe it's a rare animal and we'll make a fortune." Chu Sen said.

"Are you crazy? Didn't you hear the old man say that the people in Xiti Village died collectively because they ate this kind of white fish?" I said.

"They're eating the fish, I'm trying to find a good home for it. Don't confuse the two."

"Are you trying to find an entry point for the RMB?" I laughed at him.

Just as he said this, the milky white water surface began to sway slightly again. Chu Sen rolled up his sleeves and said, "Watch me, like the Great Sage Chu, subdue the dragon."

"Don't do anything rash. We don't know if this liquid is poisonous or not." Luo Tianbao said.

"Needless to say, it is definitely not poisonous, otherwise the fish would have been poisoned to death long ago..." Before he finished speaking, a white woman's face with wide eyes suddenly emerged from the thick liquid. The person's eyes were facing Chu Sen. He was completely unprepared and was immediately frightened. He screamed "Oh my God!" and took a few steps back and fell to the ground.