I Received Messages From Future Self!-Chapter 297 - 293 Fire Therapy
Chapter 297: Chapter 293 Fire Therapy
Chapter 297 -293 Fire Therapy
At this point, Taotie paused briefly.
He didn’t continue but instead poured kerosene into the metal gauntlet, took the matches Tom had handed him, struck a match, and threw it into the gauntlet. A single spark can start a prairie fire, and the feeble flame of the match, upon touching the kerosene, burst into intense fire instantly.
In the gauntlet, a fierce blaze ignited.
Soon, black smoke began billowing from the flames.
There was also a stench of burning protein.
“Taotie, didn’t you say it was poisonous?”
“Come over here quickly!”
Xiaocao retreated while shouting at Taotie.
“This is nothing to worry about!”
Taotie said, laughing.
As he spoke, Taotie unscrewed a bottle of alcohol.
He poured the alcohol onto his arm and struck another match. Amid Xiaocao’s shriek, he threw the match onto his alcohol-soaked arm.
In an instant, Taotie’s arm was engulfed in flames.
“Taotie, what are you doing?”
Xiaocao cried out.
“Don’t worry, Princess Your Highness, it’s nothing,”
Taotie endured the burning sensation on his arm and grit his teeth as he spoke to Xiaocao.
Luckily, Taotie hadn’t poured much alcohol.
It was quickly evaporated by the flames.
Even so, Taotie’s arm was red and covered with many blisters.
“This corpse-controlling poisonous insect fears fire the most.”
“Fire is the nemesis of these strange insects.”
“If contaminated with the eggs of the corpse-controlling poisonous insect, only fire can kill all the eggs and ensure that they don’t become incubators for the corpse-controlling poisonous insect,”
Taotie said, looking at the blisters on his arm and smiling.
Hearing Taotie’s words, Xiaocao shuddered.
She was genuinely frightened!
Hummingbird took out a medical kit and walked over to Taotie.
“Shall I take care of it for you?”
Hummingbird asked softly.
“Yes, thank you!”
Taotie nodded and responded.
“Apply some burn ointment and bandage it for me.”
“We’re in a tomb now, ready to face any danger at any moment. Bandaging it will prevent infection; we can deal with the rest once we’re back,”
Taotie said solemnly.
Hummingbird nodded, understanding.
Hummingbird applied the medicine and took out bandaging materials like gauze and cotton, wrapping Taotie’s arm.
Taotie tried moving his arm a bit.
Though it was quite painful, it didn’t hinder movement.
“Thanks a lot, Hummingbird sis!”
Taotie thanked Hummingbird again.
Hummingbird nodded, “Don’t mention it!”
After dealing with the insect eggs of the corpse-controlling poisonous insect on his body, Taotie began to talk about the corpse-controlling poisonous insect.
“Corpse-controlling poisonous insect, as the name suggests, is an insect refined by the Jiuli tribe to control corpses. It’s often placed in tombs to activate burial corpses as an anti-theft mechanism. These beetle eggs, once processed, can remain dormant in low-oxygen environments for countless years. As soon as they come into contact with the air, they immediately hatch.”
“To set up a corpse-controlling mechanism, there must be a corpse.”
“The bodies in the tomb are first marinated in a special medicinal solution, and this liquid is also filled into the coffin. It not only serves as a preservative but also activates the freshly hatched corpse-controlling poisonous insects.”
“As for how the corpse-controlling poisonous insect turns a body into a sticky rice dumpling and how it controls these dumplings to attack tomb robbers, I’m not clear about that.”
“The corpse-controlling poisonous insect, whether it’s the adult or the eggs, they fear fire. They die once they come into contact with it, but the fumes produced by burning it are highly toxic. Light exposure can cause dizziness and confusion, while heavier exposure can be fatal,”
Taotie laid all he knew about the corpse-controlling poisonous insect before Xiaocao and the others, explaining everything.
After listening to Taotie’s recount, Fang Xiaocao and her two companions were left utterly confused, with Fang Xiaocao in particular being shocked by the horrors of the Corpse-controlling Poisonous Insects; Tom kept exclaiming, “It’s so incredible!”
Hummingbird was also secretly alarmed, China truly lived up to its reputation for having a vast wealth of incredible things.
Suddenly, Fang Xiaocao realized something was amiss. After thinking for a while, she remembered and called out, “Wait! Where did these Corpse-controlling Poisonous Insects come from?”
“We haven’t seen them along the way, have we?”
Hearing Fang Xiaocao’s words, Taotie gave a wry smile and shook his head: “These Corpse-controlling Poisonous Insects should be the eggs sealed within Taoyong. Just now, when we passed by the tomb chamber, we must have accidentally triggered something that released the Corpse-controlling Poisonous Insects.”
Upon hearing Taotie’s guess, Fang Xiaocao was stunned.
She then remembered that she had kicked a Taoyong.
Knowing she had caused trouble, Fang Xiaocao’s face flushed with embarrassment as she sheepishly said, “It seems I was the one who let the Corpse-controlling Poisonous Insects out… ”
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Fang Xiaocao narrated how she had bumped into Taoyong, causing herself pain and out of anger, had kicked Taoyong several times.
“Princess Your Highness, it’s not your fault.”
“They say ignorance is not a sin; I also didn’t expect that this tomb in the Central Plains would contain Corpse-controlling Poisonous Insects, something typically found only in the tombs of Miaojiang.”
Taotie smiled and spoke reassuringly.
“I’m sorry!”
Fang Xiaocao apologized to Taotie, feeling guilty.
“Hey!”
“No worries, no worries!”
Taotie quickly waved his hands dismissively.
“Taotie, there were many Taoyongs in that tomb chamber; surely not every Taoyong contains eggs of the Corpse-controlling Poisonous Insects, right?”
Having understood the terror of the Corpse-controlling Poisonous Insects, Tom frowned and his expression grew worried.
“Hard to say!”
Taotie spoke.
“I cannot be sure about this; there might still be Corpse-controlling Poisonous Insects in those Taoyongs because there were eighteen Stone Coffins in that chamber, but only one sticky rice dumpling appeared just now.”
Taotie said gravely.
Tom nodded, “I am only worried now that if the corpses in those seventeen Stone Coffins have come to life, it’s hard enough dealing with one, if they all find us… ”
Tom didn’t finish his sentence, but Fang Xiaocao and the others understood Tom’s concern.
“What do we do?”
Fang Xiaocao asked worriedly.
“How about we go back and check?”
Hummingbird suggested.
Tom frowned deeply and shook his head.
“No, it’s too dangerous!”
Tom dismissed Hummingbird’s suggestion.
“We still need to go back and have a look!”
“However, Princess Your Highness and Hummingbird should stay here, just Taotie and I will go.”
Taotie spoke up from the side.
“If those corpses have all turned into sticky rice dumplings, Taotie and I will chop them all down and burn everything with fire, to put an end to it all. Even if we can’t defeat them, it won’t be hard for the two of us to retreat.”
Seeing everyone looking at him, Taotie said solemnly.
Hearing Taotie’s words, a spark of hope flashed in Tom’s eyes.
“Let’s do that.”
Tom said with a smile.
Fang Xiaocao blinked and nodded her head.
“Alright, you two going back to check makes sense.”
“I and Hummingbird will wait here for you!”
Fang Xiaocao strongly agreed with Taotie’s suggestion.
The Corpse-controlling Poisonous Insects and sticky rice dumplings were truly dangerous.
If left unresolved, they could be besieged.
If that happened, it would be perilous for all four of them.
