Chapter 9: The Thirtieth Person in the Copper Coffin

  "How did it... become one more person!"

  "Who... is who?"

  The people who asked questions with words had trembling voices.

  All mobile phone screens lit up, and people looked around in horror, fearing a strange face would appear before their eyes.

  People who know each other make an effort to get together, nervously glancing around.

  At this moment, everyone finally confirmed that there was indeed one more person leaning in a corner not far away.

  "Who... who are you?"

  "Are you human or ghost?"

  In the mysterious bronze giant coffin, anything evil and strange could happen, and everyone present was extremely uneasy.

  A loud and heavy coughing sound came from the dark corner, the black shadow moved its body, and then let out a low and hoarse voice, saying: "Ghost... ghost..."

  A hoarse voice echoed inside the bronze coffin, at this moment, everyone felt a chill from head to toe, their hairs standing on end, as a cold and eerie atmosphere spread out.

  Everyone was as if they had fallen into an ice cellar, many people's hearts were chilled to the bone. Some female classmates even let out ear-piercing screams and burst into loud wails, almost collapsing to the ground.

  "Oni... place......" The voice was slightly weaker, and it could be felt that the black shadow was extremely exhausted. He shook his body trying to get up.

  "What a... haunted place, are we... in a copper coffin?" The black shadow in the corner slowly stood up, uttering such a slightly bewildered question, its voice gradually growing stronger.

  When they saw the tall black shadow stand up, many people involuntarily stepped back.

  The dark figure moved this way while continuing to speak, saying: "It's me, Pang Bo."

  "Halt, don't come over!" Everyone raised their mobile phones, relying on the faint light, to gaze forward.

  Ye Fan slowly walked forward, parting the crowd, and said: "Are you really Pang Bo?"

  "Can't you even hear my voice?" The darkness was illuminated by the glow of a mobile phone screen, and a familiar figure appeared in front of me, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a sturdy physique.

  Pang Bo was Ye Fan's best friend in college. Due to some personal matters, he couldn't attend the gathering, but suddenly appeared now, making everyone suspicious.

  "I don't believe it, Pang Bo didn't come to the party at all, who...are you?" Someone in the back spoke with a trembling voice.

  A person who shouldn't have appeared at all was standing in the copper coffin, making many people present feel a chill on their scalps.

  "I'm naturally Pong Bao, who of you has water? I'm about to die of thirst." The dark figure continued walking forward.

  "Halt!" The crowd still couldn't believe it.

  Pang Bo had no choice but to stop and, in order to prove his identity, he explained at great length, recounting many things from their university days.

  "I believe he is Pang Bo." Ye Fan said in a firm tone, and then walked up to Pang Bo's side with big strides. The two had not seen each other for some time, but they still hugged each other tightly despite the situation.

  "At first, due to some family matters, I was unable to attend the gathering on time. Later, when I heard that everyone was going to Mount Tai, after I finished dealing with my family affairs, I naturally rushed over..."

  Pang Bo took over the mineral water bottle handed over by Ye Fan, "gulp gulp gulp" drank several big mouthfuls, and then talked about the experience of entering the copper coffin.

  When he arrived, everyone had already gone up the mountain, and he came up by taking the cable car along the ropeway.

  All in all, he was still lucky. Before the nine dragon corpses and bronze coffins crashed into Mount Tai, he happened to arrive safely at the Jade Emperor Peak from the cable car. He didn't flee down the mountain with the crowd, but instead hugged a big tree tightly until Mount Tai calmed down, without getting hurt.

  Then, he saw from a distance the scene of Ye Fan and others falling into the giant pit. When he ran over, he just saw ancient characters flashing in mid-air, and he was fixed outside the giant pit, unable to move a step. Until the bronze coffin shook, the lid shifted, and he followed the crowd into the coffin.

  It's unclear whether it was because he was outside the Five-Colored Altar, but when Pang Bo fell into the bronze coffin, he was knocked unconscious.

  It wasn't until now that everyone gradually dispelled their doubts and the tightly strung heartstrings finally relaxed.

  "We must think of a way to save ourselves, being trapped in this copper coffin makes me feel uneasy, I always have a bad feeling..." Li Xiaoman's face turned slightly pale, her beautiful eyes staring at the dark depths within the copper coffin. Compared to other female classmates, she and Lin Jia were relatively calm.

  Upon hearing this, many people felt a chill run down their spines.

  "Everyone gather together, don't separate." Zhou Yi suggested.

  The crowd gathered together, using the faint light of their mobile phones to survey the surroundings. They were pressed against one side of the bronze coffin and could see a series of blurry bronze carvings, with ferocious nine-headed birds spreading their wings in flight, as well as enormous beasts covered in foot-long hard quills roaring towards the sky...

  Covered with verdigris, the bronze carvings depict some of the ferocious beasts recorded in "Shan Hai Jing", such as Taotie, Qiongqi and Xiezhi. They are enormous in size, with hideous faces, vividly lifelike, making people tremble with fear at a glance.

  Along the inner wall of the copper coffin, people also found many figure carvings, which seemed to be ancient ancestors and some ancient gods. Later, people also discovered a large piece of strange patterns, dense and dotted, like a starry sky map.

  The bronze coffin is over twenty meters long and more than eight meters wide. The carvings that people see are only a corner of it. They didn't continue to watch, because at this time, people felt that there might be some other objects in the depths of the bronze coffin.

  All the mobile phones were raised together, and the crowd took a few steps forward with bated breath. In the distance, one could vaguely see that in the center of the bronze coffin, there was a blurry long rectangular object on the black surface.

  It was clear that it wasn't a corpse, nor did it seem to be a living being, which slightly reassured the crowd, and they continued walking forward for several steps.

  "There's a coffin inside a coffin, and it turns out to be another bronze coffin!" When they finally saw the object in front of them clearly, many people took a cold breath.

  In the very center, another bronze coffin was placed, less than four meters long and less than two meters wide, simple and dull, with ancient patterns engraved on it, covered in verdigris, carved with the vicissitudes of time, giving people a chill, awe-inspiring at first sight.

  "It's not the inner coffin that has another coffin, this is the real coffin, it's a device for holding the corpse. The outer bronze giant coffin is called a 'guǒ', which is a shell, and when combined with the inner one, they are collectively referred to as a 'guān'." Pang Bo explained to the few people who didn't quite understand the meaning of guān.

  It was said that the coffin in front was the real thing for burying corpses, and immediately many people "thudded" backward, their hearts filled with fear.

  What kind of person was buried in such a mysterious ancient bronze coffin? The crowd had both surprise and fear in their hearts.

  All the archaeological secrets and ancient mausoleums I've heard of before are nothing compared to this bronze coffin in front of me!

  Who has seen a 20-meter-long bronze coffin? Who has seen the mysterious giant coffin falling from the sky? Who has seen nine dragon corpses pulling coffins? It makes people wonder whether there is only one person's corpse inside, and it is simply unimaginable what is buried inside.

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