While leading the 39th Army Group of the National Revolutionary Army, he planned to defect to the Japanese, but before he could do so he was kidnapped and buried alive by his sworn brother and subordinate Gao Shuxun, who later gained command of Shi's unit.
Being buried alive, piranhas, quicksand, "stop drop and roll", the Bermuda Triangle - all things I feared growing up and thought would be more relevant.
"hey, how do you punish infanticide where you're from? Here we bury the woman in between two layers of thorns, then have the executioner jump on the ground on top."