Corpse-Eating Insect

Corpse-Eating Insect in the  Restart Comic

### Abilities

Turn humans into Blood Corpse, Flying, Burrowing in flesh, Usage in capsule of immortality

## Appearances

### Daomu Biji

Cavern of the Blood Zombies
Deadly Desert Winds

### Other

Wu Xie's Private Notes

**The Corpse-Eating Insect (尸鳖)** is a carnivorous insect that eats the decaying flesh off of corpses.

## Overview

They appear in the depths of mountains, canals, swamps, rivers and in large numbers during floods or mudslides. They have shells and feel similar to a diving beetle and a water centipede. They have sharp and powerful front feet, are fond of darkness and afraid of light. They are very fast and can swim. They accumulate around floating corpses, gather in piles, and prey on each other. Their instinct is to attack the weak parts on a human such as the abdomen.

### Weaknesses

The corpse-eaters avoid qilin blood and fire.

## Different Types

### Cyan Corpse-Eaters

Corpse-eating insects are usually black or cyan colored with barbed pincerlike claws. They make sounds like a shriek or a squeak. The insects feed on carrion (decaying flesh) and the more they eat the bigger they get. At the average size, they don't normally bite living humans.

### Red Corpse-Eaters

The red corpse eater (红色的尸蟞) is the king of corpse-eaters and is even more deadlier. With just one touch, they can poison a human and turn them into a blood corpse. Red corpse eaters usually live in bodies but can be stored in other objects like a pebble.[*citation needed*] Once a red corpse-eater is killed, the cyan corpse-eaters will flood the area where it was last. The capsule of Immortality are made with hibernating red corpse eaters encrusted in bronze powders from the meteor.

## Adaptations

### The Lost Tomb

In the television series *The Lost Tomb*, corpse-eating insects appear. Corpse-eaters range greatly in size. The more access to corpses they have, the larger they become. Normal-sized corpse-eaters don't bite living people but the bigger ones might. The average corpse-eater is a green, blue, or black color. They have barbed pincer-like claws. They avoid fire and qilin blood.

Corpse-eaters have a king corpse-eater (尸蹩王) that is small, red, and deadly upon touch. They can also fly. Killing the king will summon the surrounding corpse-eaters.

### Daomu

In the comic *Daomu*, they are known by Shibie. They feed on the dead. In the comic they have an introduction,

> The Shibie are the corpse-eaters. They live in decomposition. Their life force is death. Once death is depleted, the Shibie's fate is sealed. They feed until they're no more. Beware their presence. They herald things of unfathomable malevolence and distressing size.
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### Buried Tree Devil

The animation *Buried Tree Devil* included an explanation on corpse-eating insects in its promotional materials. It said that corpse-eating insects are a type of scavenger insect that varies in size and gathers in a group. It is often seen in tombs and usually feeds on corpses. It will wake up quickly if disturbed by external forces during its "sleep period." It will also attack strangers by entering their body and eating their flesh and blood. They are naturally afraid of fire, but not light. However, the novel *Wu Xie's Private Notes*, states that the insects are afraid of light and prefer darkness.

## Gallery

The Lost TombDaomu Restart: Daily Life Comic3rd Edition of Wu Xie's Private Notes2nd Edition of Wu Xie's Private NotesTime Raiders (Game)Red Corpse-eaters in Deadly Desert WindsKing Corpse-eater in The Lost TombBuried Tree Devil
## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Wu Xie's Private Notes, Chapter 30
2. ↑ Cavern of the Blood Zombies (Print), Chapter 6, Page 62
3. ↑ Cavern of the Blood Zombies, Chapter 13
4. ↑ Cavern of the Blood Zombies (Print), Chapter 4, Page 51-52. 七星鲁王, 第十三章
5. ↑ Cavern of the Blood Zombies (Print), Chapter 4, Page 51
6. ↑ Cavern of the Blood Zombies (Print), Chapter 4, Page 45, 51
7. ↑ Cavern of the Blood Zombies (Print), Chapter 4, Page 46; 七星鲁王, 第四章
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Cavern of the Blood Zombies, Chapter 27
9. ↑ Deadly Desert Winds (Print), Chapter 4, Page 23
10. ↑ The Lost Tomb, Episode 2
11. ↑ The Lost Tomb, Episode 4
12. ↑ The Lost Tomb, Episode 7
13. ↑ Daomu, Page 58
14. ↑ File:QLDH Shibie.jpg