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Master,

we're not riding that dog, right?

It would drown.

That dog can swim?

It swims well, for sure!

Look, that's our boatman.

He owns the dog.

Nothing with wheels goes beyond this point.

So you got to sail.

Master Wu, I'm no stranger. Can I take a look?

It's here.

This is the river,

and the cave is behind the mountain.

Electronic maps are more accurate.

Look.

We're here.

To get here,

if we go by foot,

-I think... -No!

It'll take too long!

The path is uneven, long and winding.

You'd better ride a boat.

But I think, if...

We already have a boat, so we should hop on it.

Let's go, check it out.

Come on, Donkey Balls!

Come up!

Hello, sir.

Don't bother.

He's our only boatman.

And he has quite the temper.

He goes straight from bed to work.

But sometimes, he'd sleep all day...

...without touching his boat.

This river isn't so small.

Why is he the only boatman?

Only he is spared the wrath of the river spirit.

If anyone else tries to boat here to the cave,

they'll never come out again!

Only he can make it out.

If you could hire some mules,

you can go around the hill.

But you're carrying a lot.

We wouldn't have enough mules for you.

Mister, may I ask...

...if those caves are "man eaters?"

Well, like they say,

there are demon snakes in those caves!

Nobody who went inside would come out again.

Except him!

Everyone's saying he's one of them.

Snake demons?

What about his dog?

Can he make it back?

Well, that's his pet dog.

Of course he can.

Anyone else's pets, be it dogs...

...or oxen, wouldn't be so lucky.

Donkey Balls,

come here!

It can't be. Is it in the caves?

What is it?

This dog stinks so bad!

When was his last bath?

Master Wu Jr, trying to imitate your uncle?

You have a lot to learn.

Mister.

Could you please ask the boatman...

...if we can ride on his boat?

We're in a hurry. Thank you.

Okay.

Hey there.

They ask you when you'll set off.

After I finish this cigarette.

So many of them, but they pay so little.

I have to charge extra.

Not a problem. I'll discuss with them.

That dog must have fed on the flesh of dead people.

I believe we're looking at a cave of dead bodies.

Same goes for the boatman.

He survives on eating dead people?

No way.

Then what's inside that cave?

Pan Zi and I found a cave of corpses like this...

...somewhere near Shanxi a few years ago.

The Japanese invaders used it to pile up massacred bodies.

Wherever there's a cave of corpses, there certainly had been a massacre.

So, did you both enter that corpse cave?

At first,

we didn't dare to go in.

But then, out of curiosity...

Of course you'd be curious!

What happened next?

We did an experiment there,

whereby we put a dog and a duck on a raft,

fixed a video camera on top of it,

and pushed the raft into the cave.

Little did we think...

What happened?

Half a face?

That's... that's horrible.

You scared me.

Do you have to go overboard?

Uncle, please carry on.

Whose face was that?

It was too close to the lens.

I couldn't see what the hell it was.

But then, I studied it carefully.

In ancient times,

in order to pass through a corpse cave like that,

the living would have to mingle with the dead.

I heard that in the little village in that Shanxi area,

they have always raised their kids on eating corpses...

...so they'd stock up the energy from the corpses to their bodies.

It's uncanny.

I think...

...we'd be better off going by foot.

That would be nice...

...if it doesn't take too much time.

That would pun Cheng Cheng in more trouble.

Besides, the cave is drawn on the manuscript.

Since we are here to seek this tomb,

we have to take this risk.

Now that you're out here, you shouldn't fear danger.

So it's settled, we're going by boat.

The boatsman may be trouble.

Be careful.

Guys, I've loaded your belongings on the second boat.

You board the first one.

Here, let me help.

Alright. Here, here.

-Let me help. -That's okay.

Some things can't go into the water.

We'd better carry them.

If the boat sways, and they fall off,

we'll all be done for.

Good point.

But this boat is very stable.

Nothing to worry at all.

If anything falls,

I'll dive in to get it back!

I won't miss a single thing. Now hop on!

Uncle.

This old man is rather considerate.

They're probably up to something.

Keep your eyes peeled all the way.

Okay.

Hop on.

The boatman looks ghostly, doesn't he?

You don't suppose he eats any of those?

Eat what?

Human flesh.

Don't fall into that drivel of his.

He likes scaring people.

Once you arrive at the cave entrance,

remember to keep your voices down.

Or you'll startle the river spirit.

And don't talk bad about the river spirit.

Is there really one?

How long will it take...

...for us to pass through the cave?

Looking at the flow now,

it should take 15 minutes.

Hang on tight, because there'll be a few bends.

Is it bright there?

The cave is so long. How could it be bright?

Once you go inside, your ears are all you've got.

Is it alright if we use torchlights?

No problem.

Just don't look at the water.

Why? Are there water demons?

What water demons?

It's just something in the water.

Even I can't say its name,

If you're really brave,

you may take a peek.

Remember.

Only a glance.

If you're lucky,

you'll see a mass of dark water.

But if you're not,

you'll be driven crazy.

I don't want to look.

Why is it getting cold all of a sudden?

It's normal.

The dark vibes get thicker from this point.

It'll be better once we go out.

But the cave is so narrow.

Guys, this is nothing!

It's the next segment you should fear for.

This cave is so narrow.

If someone here tries to rob us,

we'll have nowhere to escape, right?

Uncle.

Judging from the structure here,

this is probably a bandit's cave.

This is a bandit's cave?

A pirate's cave.

Ancient ones are rounded, and recent ones are squared.

This cave...

...has been around for quite some time.

It looks like there's something special with this cave.

You guys are really seasoned, aren't you?

That's right.

The entire mountain here is an ancient tomb.

Countless pirates of all sorts would hang out around here.

The water level wasn't as high as it is now.

It was a dry cave.

Looks like you're an expert too.

I wouldn't call myself that.

That's only what I heard from others who came here before.

When I heard so many stories,

I can recite some of them.

But I'm no expert.

Luckily Cheng Cheng isn't with us.

Otherwise, she'd be scared witless here.

I wonder how she's doing right now.

There's no news from her.

You know her.

She won't easily run out of luck.

Did you hear that?

What's that sound?

Mister, what's this sound?

Where are they?

Pan Zi, where did those two go?

I don't know. I didn't hear a splash.

I only heard strange sounds from inside the cave.

And now they're gone.

Don't tell me, that thing ate them!

Then we'd see their bones.

Here, they vanished without a trace.

We're done for this time. We've not fed on corpses,

there's no telling what will happen next.

Pan Zi.

In all the years you've wandered,

have you ever eaten a corpse?

Master Wu, this is no time for jokes!

How could I eat such a thing?

What about you? Did you eat one?

Who'd do that?

So now what?

Start the engine.

Master Wu, they damaged it.

Look out!

Oh my God! What the hell is this?

This...

Don't panic!

You're hopeless.

I told you not to come along!

This one's too big, Master.

We can barely sink our teeth on it!

I've been exploring tombs for many years,

I'm experienced in these stuffs.

Now, don't fool around.

Wu Xie.

You're here to protect relics, aren't you?

Don't be afraid. I'm here.

Master Wu, it's only your nephew's first outing...

...and he's already in so much danger.

It's normal for him to be nervous.

This cave is indeed a little strange.

Perhaps we can talk it through once we get out.

Yes, let's find our way out first.

Bro.

Pan Zi, who on earth is he?

I don't know.

What's for sure, he knows his stuff.

Look at his hands.

It'd take years to train your fingers like that.

His fingers are so long.

It's... simply inhuman.

Master Wu Jr,

I believe you've heard...

...of the Tomb-Raiding General.

He was known...

...for digging caves with his own fingers.

Legend has it...

...that the Tomb-Raiding General's best men...

...had two specialized fingers.

They were extremely sturdy...

...and powerful.

They could easily undo...

...even the finest traps in a tomb.

I always thought that this skill was just a myth.

But it's not easy to master it.

You'd have to start young.

And you'd have to go through unspeakable torment.

So amazing.

It was this.

Isn't this a water tiger?

So, the big dark apparition we saw...

...was a swarm of water tigers swimming by?

Gross! It scared me!

You trampled it. Move aside!

It can't be.

Why are there so many water tigers active at the same time?

And the head of this one is quite big, don't you think?

This is not a water tiger. It's a "corpse eater".

Corpse eater?

They're specialized in eating carrion.

You see a lot of these around dead organisms.

If they eat well, they grow.

I think we're about to come across a mass grave around here.

And it can't get any narrower than this.

These corpse eaters don't eat live people, do they?

A normal-sized corpse eater...

...will surely not bite anyone.

But this one's so big,

I don't know if it'd bite us.

But corpse eaters hang around where there are dead people.

They aren't supposed to wander around.

Why are they coming out in droves like this?

I think...

...they're fleeing for their lives.

Fleeing?

I've long suspected that something is heading towards us from within.

And it's rather big.

We're going downstream.

I don't know where this is taking us.

Master Wu Jr.

Take this.

It's coming! It's coming this way!

What's coming?

You're frightened by a drip of water?

Don't scream if you don't see anything.

Poker Face.

Did you see anything?

No.

If it's a gang of bandits,

I'll take down every one of them.

Now we have no clue at all what the hell this is.

The cave's getting lower.

No matter what happens,

the most important thing now is to find a way out.

But we're going downstream now.

If we turn back,

it won't be as easy as when we came in.

Bro, what do you suggest?

I'm afraid...

...it's too late to go out now.

Those two old men took us in here...

...because they think we won't be able to leave here alive.

How about this?

We absolutely must not move forward.

We got to backtrack.

The way in wasn't complicated.

We should be able to leave from there.

Next time we come across anything bizarre,

we'll have to confront it.

Looks like there's no other way.

Pan Zi, you go behind.

I'll take the front.

We'll paddle the boat out of here.

Bro, could you please show us the way?

Master, they broke our engine!

We can't steer it out. We're stuck here.

We might sink any moment.

Those two old scumbags were definitely up to something.

This river way is getting lower.

Our boat is too wide.

There's no way we can turn back.

Wu Xie!

Wu Xie!

Wu Xie!

It's too loud! Cover your ears!

What the hell?

Get off me!

Wu Xie!

Damn you!

Here, take my hand!

Wu Xie, are you okay?

Hang on.

What was that?

The boatman.

He's dead!

I think he wanted to desert us here.

So once we're dead,

he'd come to steal our stuff.

I don't know what they've run into,

but they themselves died in the hands of the corpse eaters.

No matter how powerful a corpse eater's mandible is,

it can't possibly rip a man apart in such a swift manner.

I think they did it in droves.

But the big one just now,

it came out just to eat that half-corpse on its own.

That's why it came alone.

Pan Zi, haul me up!

Are you alright?

Are you okay, Master Wu Jr?

Sorry but we had to do it.

It's okay. I'm fine.

We're all good.

We're very lucky to be alive now.

Bro,

that was one big corpse eater.

You even drew out its guts!

I admire you for that.

It's not guts. It's the central nervous system.

Bro grabbed the bug...

...and paralyzed it just like that.

What, it's not dead?

-Then we must kill it... -No!

We can't kill it yet.

We need it to leave this cave.

The noise we heard...

...was produced by this corpse eater.

Look at the tail.

Why is there a bell on it?

Could it be that someone raised these bugs?

Why would they do that?

This bell is used to confound us.

It looks quite antiquated.

It still rings well for its age.

Truly fascinating.

From the look of its texture,

it's probably made of bronze.

But if you tell by its gloss,

it's most likely...

...a gold and silver alloy.

Darn it!

What are you doing?

You brat!

Can't you be at least serious?

We're dealing with a mystical object.

And you just have to trample it!

Uncle, High didn't mean it.

The ringing must have gotten into him.

Don't be angry.

This green water stinks.

A centipede?

So, the green water must have come out of the centipede.

Master Wu,

there's a tube in the corpse eater's body.

What does it do?

It's a symbiotic system.

It's incredible.

Uncle, what does it mean?

The hollow ball in the centipede...

...was probably connected to the corpse eater's belly.

Whenever it went hungry,

it could use the tube...

...to dig into the food in the corpse eater's belly.

This way,

the centipede could survive for as long as it want.

Gross!

What do you know?

I wonder who would be crafty enough...

...to come up with something like this.

But...

...why would they let this thing live here?

Is it...

...to protect something that's inside?

Next, we put the corpse eater on the front of our boat...

...to clear the way.

This critter eats carrion here,

it's extremely imposing.

That makes it the lord of the cave.

If it remains on the boat,

we'll be able to get out.

There's no turning back now.

Rather, I'd like to see...

...what kind of place it is ahead of us...

...that could be used to rear such amazing insects.

Row faster so we can get out as soon as we can.

We got to get out fast.

I can't stay for another second!

Uncle.

Look at the cave wall.

How did the ancients...

...dig their way in here?

Even now,

you'd need thousands of people...

...to dig a cave as deep as this.

This cave has been around for a very long time.

Whoever dug this cave...

...were probably racketeers.

These racketeers were troopers specialized in raiding tombs.

I'm afraid it's not going to be easy for us...

...to find the tomb.

Uncle.

How can you be so sure?

There's got to be a tomb here.

They even led armies here.

And they dug a cave this long.

Perhaps, they've taken away...

...a lot of stuff from here.

If someone had indeed looted this place thousands of years ago,

then I have nothing to say.

But look at this.

This cave, as drawn on the map,

undoubtedly exists.

What does it mean?

It means, this pirate's cave...

...has been around long before the tomb's owner was interred.

Looking at its age,

it's much older than the tomb that we're looking for.

And I'm sure...

...that there's more than a tomb around here.

Who knows when this cave was dug.

Does that mean...

...that everything we've seen until now,

including the huge corpse eater,

and the "hexagonal bronze bell",

were owned...

...by someone who lived earlier than Warring States?

That doesn't matter to me.

What concerns me now...

...is why the owner of the tomb...

...would have himself buried next to a looted, pre-existing tomb?

Wouldn't that a serious feng shui taboo?

Master Wu.

Look.

We're at the mass grave.

Up ahead is the most dangerous part of the water cave.

Once you go in, you can't go out.

This is the first time I've seen one.

There's a glow ahead.

Is it because there are a lot of remains there?

Pan Zi, give me the knife.

Here.

If it's really a corpse cave ahead,

we're definitely heading for danger.

The cave walls could move on their own.

Or there could be hundreds of water demons...

...rocking our boat from below.

That's a lot of skeletons.

Enough with your flusters.

Have you seen one?

No.

But you look so calm!

I have to be calm.

We can't turn back anymore.

No matter what happens,

we have to move forward.

You'd better look out.

It's not just bones you'll find here.

Work with me. Pull yourselves together.

Look at this.

There's a crystal coffin.

Looks like there's a body in there.

There's another one!

It's empty.

Where's the body?

It's a ghost!

A ghost!

Uncle.

Is that a zombie?

Keep moving. Don't turn back.

Hurry, Pan Zi. The exit's up ahead!

Okay! High.

Uncle!

Pan Zi!

Where are you?