1TWITF[C Chapter 76

Chapter 76

Behind the four of them, a corpse slowly followed.

“Does anyone know anything about archaeology? Do you know what dynasty this kind of tomb should belong to?” Lin Chu asked.

An Xingyu said, “Yu Gaoyi knows a little. His cousin does archaeology.” But he’s already dead.

Lu Yanli didn’t speak.

In order to survive, he had dabbled in various industries, and naturally knew something about archaeology. But he couldn’t tell what dynasty this type of tomb belonged to.

Does this world really have gods? Otherwise, why could someone like Luo Ying survive? She couldn’t understand it.

The air gradually became thin, and their breathing gradually weakened, but they didn’t notice.

As she spoke, they happened to turn a corner, and the light from the flashlight shone on a tomb door that was obviously lighter in color.

“This kind of large mausoleum has many people buried with it, so it is estimated that it should be some nobleman in ancient times, with a status that should not be low. It’s just a pity that it is impossible to tell which dynasty it belongs to from the characters.” An Xingyu’s tone was relaxed, but he was actually asking Lu Yanli and Luo Ying.

Luo Ying shook her head: “I don’t recognize this kind of writing.”

Lu Yanli also said that he didn’t recognize it.

He had studied many ancient writings, but the strange hieroglyphs in front of him had many strokes, were smooth and straight, and their shapes were beautiful but complex, making them impossible to identify.

It was as if… it was a self-created script from another country.

“Why don’t we just record it and talk about it when we get outside?” Lin Chu was already preparing to take a photo, but the strange thing was that the camera couldn’t take a picture at all. Clearly, it was aimed at the wall, but the photos were still blank. Lin Chu didn’t believe it, and took out a pen to write, but she couldn’t write it out either. No matter how hard she tried to trace it, it wouldn’t work.

The other three tried it as well, and it was the same.

Luo Ying’s face was pale: “No… this is impossible…”

Unable to recognize, unable to remember, unable to recite… isn’t this the legendary writing of the gods? Humans cannot use it.

No! She absolutely didn’t believe it!

Lu Yanli knew why she had collapsed, but didn’t care. He also took a few more glances at the writing, trying to find the rules in it.

As he looked, he felt that he couldn’t take his eyes off it.

Those characters seemed to materialize into musical notes that could bring wonderful music, and faint singing sounded in his ears. Gradually, the three of them got closer and closer to the mural, their eyes showing infatuation.

The only one who was awake was Lu Yanli.

This melody… these lyrics… he was too familiar with them!

Why? Did it appear here too?

Lu Yanli didn’t care about too much, and immediately closed his eyes, reaching out to pull An Xingyu away.

An Xingyu, who had suddenly been pulled out of his comfortable state, was furious, struggling desperately. He seemed to be going crazy, constantly wanting to move towards the mural.

Lu Yanli opened his eyes to judge the direction. He stretched out his other hand and pushed Lin Chu, who was about to walk to the mural, hard. The other party was immediately pushed away and fell to the ground.

“Painting… my painting…” After being pushed down, Lin Chu still muttered to herself.

But Lu Yanli couldn’t let them continue.

If they underwent an abnormality here, it would undoubtedly be a big trouble.

Lu Yanli dragged An Xingyu further away, knocking him unconscious with a chop. He then turned back and did the same to Lin Chu.

In fact, it was very simple for Lu Yanli to get rid of this predicament. He only needed to kill An Xingyu and Lin Chu. When the last task-takers died, it meant that the task was over, and he could obtain temporary safety.

But now… these two were the most valuable task-takers he had encountered so far. He had to find a way to protect them.

He had done this before, but almost every task-taker he had hypnotized had died in the task. It was hard to say if there was something hidden in it.

Until recently…

Lu Yanli’s eyes darkened.

He dragged Lin Chu and An Xingyu to the side. Just as he turned his head, Luo Ying had already arrived in front of that wall.

She stretched out her hand and melted into it.

Lu Yanli was stunned, and immediately went over to pull her out.

But…

*

When he woke up again, he was still in the pitch-black tomb.

She still remembered that she had just heard a burst of singing, and her eyes were filled with fear as she looked at the wall.

“I seem to have heard someone singing…”

“Where are An Xingyu and Luo Ying?” As soon as she asked, Lin Chu saw An Xingyu lying on the side, his chest still rising and falling.

Lin Chu vaguely remembered that there were only five figures on the wall before, but now… next to the five twisted figures, there was an additional clear black shadow.

She was dumbfounded.

“This is too strange. I thought there was no danger here.” No, that’s not right. This is already very strange. Why haven’t any abnormalities occurred since they entered the tomb?

Lin Chu touched the smooth, non-human fluff on her face, feeling puzzled.

But at this moment, they heard light footsteps coming from not far away.

“Who?!” Lu Yanli suddenly turned his head and shouted.

The beam of the flashlight shone over, landing on a piece of clothing that was exactly the same as what he was wearing.

The “hiss” sound coming from the pale lips could be faintly heard.

Compared to a living corpse, it was more like a snake. Even the blue lines on the surface of the skin were actually dense, tiny scales.

Behind them, the corpse slowly began to walk.

Its steps were very slow, but with each step it took, the distance between it and Lu Yanli became shorter.

The closer the distance, the greater the attraction.

It had found him.

Not far behind him, his own corpse was approaching little by little.

Lu Yanli didn’t care and tried to recall the map. He wasn’t too surprised that the map didn’t mark such a road.

Was the map wrong?

He didn’t have time to think about it and had to keep running forward.

The footsteps behind him still echoed like a shadow. No matter how far he ran, when he looked back, that figure was still not far away, following him unhurriedly, impossible to escape.

Even if Lu Yanli was calm, he couldn’t help but feel impatient for a moment when faced with this situation.

He couldn’t panic.

What should he do?

Why was it following him?

Was it because it was his future?

An Xingyu, who was on his shoulder, had long been thrown away halfway. The corpse didn’t even look at An Xingyu and stubbornly chased after him.

Lu Yanli gritted his teeth, recalled the rules about the distribution of the burial chambers on the map, and continued to run forward.

Finally, another fork in the road appeared in front of him.

Lu Yanli turned into it without hesitation.

This road was even more humid, cold, and narrow, almost impossible for two people to walk side by side. It was very difficult for Lu Yanli to run inside. But he had to do it.

Finally, he passed through the long and narrow passage and arrived in front of a tomb door.

On the wall, there were still mysterious murals and characters.

For some reason, when Lu Yanli looked at it again, he actually found those characters somewhat familiar.

It was as if… he had translated and used those characters before.

How was that possible? If he had really translated them, why wouldn’t he remember?

Was there something wrong with his memory?

Lu Yanli took a deep breath, calmed his rapidly beating heart, and carefully looked at the mural.

He knew that he was taking a risk.

Gradually, a gentle and beautiful song sounded in his ears.

This song seemed to be able to cleanse people’s souls, make people forget all unpleasantness, and lead all the suffering people in the world to ascend to heaven…

His gaze gradually became straight, and he gradually started to walk towards the mural.

At this moment, Luo Ying in the painting had a strange smile on her face, as if she was welcoming Lu Yanli to keep it company.

The figure behind Lu Yanli gradually approached.

It stretched out its hand.

A cold aura that seemed to come from the deepest level of hell came straight from behind, and Lu Yanli shivered in a daze. At the critical moment, he came back to his senses, dodged to the side, and then slammed forward with all his strength——

The mutated corpse was cold, icy, and extremely stiff. Because of this collision, its hand touched the mural.

Immediately afterwards, it melted into it little by little.

Lu Yanli shook his head, feeling relieved.

Fortunately, it was successful now.

But… just as the corpse was not resisting and was obediently being pulled into the wall, he had no time to react at all, and his eyes went black.

He tried to move his body. He could move, his hands and feet were free to move, but he couldn’t speak, and he couldn’t feel his breathing.

Even moving could only be done on certain planes. It was as if he had suddenly been reduced from a three-dimensional creature to a two-dimensional creature.

His belongings were all complete, even the scroll he had taken from Luo Ying was still there.

Why?

Had he become a mural?

He wasn’t dead yet.

It was really ridiculous. He had been trying so hard to survive, but now that he hadn’t died, he felt absurd instead.

Lu Yanli controlled himself to move.

After becoming a mural, it was much more convenient. He started running on the wall, trying to find An Xingyu and Lin Chu.

Lu Yanli’s purpose was clear. If they still couldn’t complete the task of worshiping their ancestors, he would kill them.

Unfortunately, the tomb was too big. After becoming a mural, he realized that the road they had just taken was just the tip of the iceberg, and the distribution of this area had nothing to do with that map.

If he continued like this, he would really become a mural like the previous tomb raiders, forever fixed in the tomb chamber that would never see the light of day.

Since he couldn’t find them, he might as well go to the main tomb chamber first.

Could the situation get any worse than this?

The characteristics of the main tomb chamber were very obvious. Outside the room, a lot of burial objects were piled up, including various human and animal bones, all kinds of jade, bronzes, chariots, horses, etc.

Lu Yanli didn’t look much and quickly skimmed over, moving into the door bit by bit along the wall.

As soon as he entered the tomb chamber, he was shocked by the scene inside.

For no other reason than that the tomb chamber was brightly lit!

Ancient lamps that had been burning for who knows how many years witnessed the light that had perhaps shone for thousands of years under the deliberate intrusion of a shadow.

Lu Yanli couldn’t believe it, but he had to. There were many oil lamp stands in the tomb chamber, the wicks of the lamps flickering with a faint light, illuminating the heavy coffin placed in the center.

The entire tomb chamber was completely different from the outside. The outside was magnificent, wishing to pile all the jewels of the world here, but the inside was empty. Apart from a coffin, there was nothing else.

Lu Yanli moved over little by little.

He then discovered that there was also a mural painted on the wall.

Perhaps because it was well-preserved, the mural was still as bright as ever after many years.

And this painting was almost identical to the painting on the scroll in his hand.

Another blood river…

Was this blood river the same river he saw in Red River Village?

Lu Yanli stared at the river and suddenly remembered the scene he had seen when he opened the elevator door once in reality.

In that case, he had actually seen this river more than once. It was just that he had ignored it in the past.

Also, the paper dolls that had also appeared in Shangxian Village.

Was it really a coincidence?

Lu Yanli withdrew his gaze and came to the coffin.

He really wanted to open the coffin, but it was difficult to do so. He was just a shadow now, able to see, but unable to do anything.

He had no choice but to continue wandering around the tomb chamber, like a true wandering soul.

It was so dark…

Was this probably his real burial place?

Was there still any need to work hard? The whole world was abnormal, so what were you persisting in?

No… these were not his thoughts…

Lu Yanli came back to his senses and tried to give himself psychological suggestions. He reached out and touched it, and was surprised to find that the Pisces jade pendant was still there.

On the wall, the five “gods” had gentle and strange smiles, and in front of them, there was a censer, but there was no incense on the censer, it was empty.

He suddenly thought of something.

Not long after, another shadow appeared on the wall.

This was a very magical experience. Lu Yanli knew that the opposite side was also himself. Although he and himself could not communicate with each other, they clearly had the same thoughts.

He stretched out his hand and handed out a jade pendant.

After that, his figure quickly disappeared at the entrance of the tomb.

He was going to find Lin Chu and An Xingyu.

*

As soon as Lin Chu turned the corner, there was no sound behind her. She turned her head and found that there was no one behind her.

The good thing was that the mutated corpse didn’t chase after her, but the bad thing was that she had been separated from the others.

Lin Chu didn’t panic. She took out another flashlight and continued forward.

Strange… Why was it different from the map she remembered?

The number of tomb chambers was obviously much more than what was marked on the map.

Worshiping ancestors… What exactly was worshiping ancestors?

The people in the village all said that they were going to the forbidden area to worship their ancestors. Who were their ancestors? How should they worship them?

Could she worship them alone?

Thinking of this, Lin Chu found an open space without any integrity. After looking around, she slapped her knees and knelt down.

“If the ancestors are alive, can you point out a way to survive?”

She kowtowed three times devoutly.

Unsurprisingly, there was nothing.

The ancestral worship failed, either because the process was wrong, or the words she said were wrong, the things were not prepared, or the location was wrong.

It was also possible that… all of them were wrong!

Lin Chu sighed. Now she couldn’t contact anyone, there was no signal on her mobile phone, and she couldn’t find her way back. She could only rely on herself to move forward.

She stopped and thought carefully.

It shouldn’t be wrong…

Therefore, this option could also be ruled out.

She suddenly remembered the way the entire area rotated outside the forbidden area.

Could it be… every sixty years, the cemetery they were in also changed?

Had they happened to catch up with it?

So, the direction they were walking was actually west, right?

Although it didn’t seem to be dangerous at the moment.

At the fork in the road ahead, a figure suddenly ran past. Although it was only a short moment, she was very familiar with that figure.

“Hey, hey, Old Lu! Brother Lu! Wait for me!” Lin Chu hurriedly followed.

Unfortunately, just like before, she ran to the end, but found that the figure was gone.

The direction the figure ran to was a wall.

It was An Xingyu’s voice!

Lin Chu turned around happily. It was indeed him. He was a little embarrassed, and his face was covered with mud. An Xingyu asked, “Did you see Brother Lu?”

Lin Chu said, “Wasn’t he running with you? What? Did you get separated?”

An Xingyu shook his head: “I don’t know. After I woke up, I found myself lying on the ground alone.”

Lin Chu: “I didn’t see him either. I just saw him running past, but I don’t know where he went. Maybe it was just a phantom.”

An Xingyu: “You saw his shadow? Where did he run to?”

Lin Chu pointed to the wall on the right.

Unless Lu Yanli knew how to walk through walls, it was impossible for him to really run in.

“Perhaps, there is some kind of mechanism?” An Xingyu reminded her, “Shall we look for it?”

Lin Chu thought it made sense.

She took out a pair of rubber gloves from her close-fitting bag, clamped the flashlight in front of the bag, carefully looked at the wall, and then slowly groped on it, moving carefully, for fear of accidentally triggering the mechanism.

Lu Yanli’s shadow finally found Lin Chu.

At this time, she was talking to herself while groping on a cold, stiff zombie.

Her hand was about to take off a talisman attached to the zombie’s face!