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书名：On The Preparation Of The Corpse
第三部（最后一部）: The Fresh Corpse
在新鲜的和腐烂的尸体上面仍然有肉附着着，如果你愿意它们继续腐烂，或你想招募一个骷髅，而不是僵尸，那么你可以将尸体放在海岸或沼泽湿地里。当湿地里的动物开始吃尸体上的腐肉时，它们就成了我们招魂法师最好的帮手。晨风省里一只饥饿的泥蟹能在数天内将一具尸体吃得直剩骨头。其它省里的蟹子小一点，但也只需要数周。如果你宁可招募一个僵尸，那么你只需要将尸体带到合适的地点，举行合适的仪式。然而，对于没有经验的招魂法师来说我有一些提示。例如，一个僵尸即使被憎恨招魂术的人肢解了，也可以被招募数次。方法是你尽可能地找到被肢解的每一块，然后将骨头用皮带绑好，并用结实的肠线缝合那些没有过于腐烂的肉体。你重新招募的僵尸可能比你上一次招募的要脆弱一些，但是在你合理周到的维护下，它可以被招募数次，十分超值。然而，招募僵尸只是对于那些懒惰、投机取巧的招魂法师最好的选择。其实，只需要花多一点功夫和时间，我们就能招募出非常有用的木乃伊。招募木乃伊的第一步就是将尸体浸泡在盐水或碱水里至少一个月。这可以有效地阻止腐烂，并能除去尸体的异味。如果是在例如Argonian或Thras的潮湿气候时，你可能需要添加更多的氯化钠才能达到满意效果。有一些招魂法师在这样处理以前或以后将尸体的内脏取出，但我至今仍没有找到这样做的实际理由。接着，我们将尸体用衣物或亚麻布包裹，因为这能进一步防止尸体腐烂，如果做得好，还可以保护尸体免受磨损。我们不必当心尸体过于僵硬，或水分太少以至于影响木乃伊的通用能力，因为合适的仪式可以赋予木乃伊足够的力量，使它活动自如。更重要的是，你有了一个强壮的自立的高智商的侍从。
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以下是英文全文：
Volume 3: The Fresh Corpse
Fresh and decayed corpses are those that still have flesh upon them. If their decay is advanced, or if you wish a skeletal servant instead, place the corpse along a coast or in a swamp or marsh. Animals are the Necromancer's greatest allies when it comes to stripping the flesh from a corpse. The ravenous mudcrabs of Morrowind can strip a corpse down to its bones in a matter of days. Lesser crabs in other provinces can do the same in a matter of weeks.
If you wish to create a zombie servant, one need only bring the corpse to a suitable site and enact the proper rituals. However, there are a few tips that a young Necromancer might want to know. For instance, a decayed servant may be raised many times, even if they have been dismembered by those who do not appreciate our Art. If one of your servants comes to an unfortunate end, you may raise the servant again by carefully gathering as many parts as you can find, binding the bones with leather straps, and sewing the flesh (if it not too decayed) with catgut. Your servant may be weaker each time this is done, but with care and maintenance, one may raise zombies dozens of times.
However, creating a mere zombie is a method best left to lazy or desperate practitioners. With only a bit more time and effort, one may create a far more useful mummified servant.
The first step to creating a mummified servant is to soak the decaying corpse in a bath of salt or natron for at least one month. This will halt the decay of the corpse, and if the corpse is fresh enough to have an unpleasant odor, the salts will remove that as well. In a moist climate, such as Argonian or Thras, you may have to apply more salts if they become saturated. Some Necromancers remove the vital organs before or after this process, but I have never found any practical reason for doing this.
The next step is to wrap the servant in cloth or linen. This will further preserve the body against decay and, if done properly, will offer some protection as well. Do not worry if the corpse seems too stiff or desiccated to be a useful servant, the proper rituals will imbue the mummified corpse with the strength to move itself. Most importantly, you will have a much stronger servant who will follow your commands with more independence and understanding.
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