Time passes by little by little.
More and more evil spirits gathered on the mountain road, their faces were rotten and bloody, and the cold wind blew, blowing their shrouds, almost making people think they would be blown away. But they didn't, and continued to move forward steadily. The team was very long, and there was no end in sight.
Finally, the first evil spirit set foot in the village.
Lu Yanli and the others didn't know about these things.
Their previous premonition was correct. If they continued to stay in the village, they would only wait for the final reckoning. Once the evil spirits in the mountains were released...
No one can escape, no one.
The first evil spirit to walk into the village, with each step he took forward, his face gradually recovered a little, and when he was completely in front of the little girl, his face had completely returned to normal appearance.
If Lu Yanli and others were here, they would certainly be surprised to find that this evil spirit looked... exactly like Yan Guangyao.
At the same time, the body of Yan Guangyao, who died in the village, slowly began to move...
One after another, evil spirits with rotten faces walked out of the mountain. Then, one corpse after another stood up from the village and walked towards the mountain.
Time passed little by little, and finally, all the villagers seemed to have returned. Except for their pale faces, they looked no different from ordinary people.
They wore funeral clothes and walked slowly towards their homes.
This is their curse. Even if they turn into evil spirits after death, they still cannot escape.
The village seemed to have returned to its former tranquility.
Everyone in the forbidden area felt a sense of urgency, but they didn't know what to do for the time being.
An Xingyu and Lin Chu knew that their mission was to worship their ancestors, but the villagers were not there, so they had no way of knowing the process of ancestor worship and could only guess: Are there any sacrificial supplies needed
Also, what did Yan Guangyao mean by that sentence before
The ground beneath my feet was still shaking, and I didn't know which direction it was moving in. Later, the shaking became more and more severe, making it almost impossible to stand steadily, and even the tombstones above began to shake.
It was getting darker and darker around them until it was completely night. However, there were only four people left in the forbidden area. Apart from looking at their watches, they had no way of noticing the passage of time. When they looked up, they could not see the stars or the moon. When they looked down, they could only see the dark earth and pale tombstones. Even their own shadows could not be seen by others.
Lu Yanli continued to walk upwards, constantly noting down tombstones along the way.
The same was true for An Xingyu. Luo Ying followed him closely, still pondering the painting.
"We should go back to the village." Luo Ying said to herself, "I don't know why you have to worship your ancestors, but if this matter is very important... After you have finished worshipping your ancestors, you must go back to the village with me. We have to go to that Zhang Bo's house to take a look..."
I must know where the treasure in the village is hidden.
"Go back, I'm still there." An Xingyu said truthfully.
This also troubled Luo Ying, the evil spirit that looked like a little girl in the village was too scary. She didn't come up with any good plan for a while.
"Is there any way to get us out of the village?" Luo Ying hypothesized.
Of course, it can be seen that the other party cannot leave for some reason.
An Xingyu said: "I don't know."
Just like the previous missions, the longer the deadline approaches, the weirder and more chaotic the mission rules become, making it difficult to figure out the rules. For example, now the rules seem to have changed again. I don't know if it's because of the treasure map, but they have come to the forbidden area without the guidance of the villagers.
Thinking of this, An Xingyu asked again: "What treasure do you need? Do we have to go back to the village to get it?" The subtext is: Can we continue to go down to the tomb
Luo Ying sighed: "Yes, it is too dangerous to enter the cemetery. Even if we have a map now, it is difficult to guarantee our own safety."
Therefore, even though they knew there were more treasures in the ancient tomb, they could only wait until the whole team acted together.
But in this case, my contribution would be too small, would the gods still remember me? Luo Ying was a little impatient, but there was nothing she could do.
Little did they know that on the other side, Lu Yanli was also thinking about this question.
He recognized that the little girl was not Lili.
Lili's hair was shorter and she always tied it into a braid. So, even though the little girl looked a lot like Lili and wore the same clothes, he still keenly noticed the difference.
Combined with what Lili had said before, "lend clothes to your aunt", Lu Yanli made a bold assumption.
Shrouded in darkness, he did not see that wisps of cold and chilly air were emanating from the tomb he had just dug out, and were seeping little by little into the soil not far from it.
Slowly, the soft soil began to move.
A pale man's hand slowly stretched out from the soil.
The soil moved, and a human figure slowly emerged. Then, the figure sat up, and the soil fell down, revealing a pale skin and a hideous face.
The other four people were not clear about it, and they were still thinking about how to get through the current difficulties. They all thought that the forbidden area was safe, but now... an evil spirit has revived in the forbidden area.
Lu Yanli quickened his pace. He went up to verify his guess. He knew that An Xingyu, Luo Ying, and Lin Chu would all go up eventually.
He was looking forward to meeting them again.
The first person to meet him was Lin Chu.
Because of some unpleasant experience in the past, Lu Yanli was accustomed to living in the dark for a long time. He saw Lin Chu's outline in the darkness and stepped forward to pat him on the shoulder. The man was startled, but calmed down his breathing after hearing Lu Yanli's voice.
The two of them didn't exchange too many pleasantries and went straight to the point.
Lin Chu: "Have you observed these tombstones? I just took a look and found some secrets."
Lu Yanli: "What's the secret?" He realized that there was danger in the mountain, so he didn't make a complete circle around the forbidden area, so he naturally didn't know that Lin Chu had discovered it.
Lin Chu gestured in the darkness: "The tombs here are only half, and the other half is on the other side. Moreover, the tombstones of those tombs are all exactly the same, except for the birth and death years."
"Exactly the same tombstones, do you know what this means?" At this point, Lin Chu still felt a little unbelievable, "Whether it's the names on the tombstones or anything else, or the distances between them, they are all exactly the same. However, the birthdays and deaths on those tombstones are exactly sixty years apart."
Lu Yanli said in surprise: "You mean..."
If the information on the tombstone is correct, then the person buried in the tomb... is it exactly the same
Sixty years...
He immediately thought of what Yan Guangyao said, a reincarnation cycle of sixty years, and told this to Lin Chu.
“Reincarnation…” Lin Chu lowered his head and thought.
In the meantime, the two came to the top of the hillside.
The air was getting colder and colder, but they were already used to it, and they felt numb from standing in the cold air.
Not far ahead, the last circle of tombstones surrounded the tomb-robbing hole.
"When you got to the other side, did you see this tunnel?"
"I saw it. It's exactly the same, the size too."
Lin Chu suddenly said: "It's just like that Pisces jade pendant."
When Lu Yanli received the jade pendant, he felt complicated.
If what Luo Ying said is reliable, then the function of the Pisces jade pendant is not to copy, but to bring the future self to the past.
The real Zhang Huixuan killed him in the future at the entrance of the village. Lu Yanli didn't know how long in the future that would be. If their mission was still not completed, then when he reached the corresponding node in the future, would he be suddenly brought back to the past and killed
Xie Ziqing's death was quite unexpected, and he was more inclined to believe that it was Zhang Huixuan's doing.
He also told Lin Chu about this matter to prevent the other party from letting down his guard.
Lin Chu fell into deep thought.
Therefore, there is not much time left for them.
Suddenly they all noticed a faint noise coming from not far away.
Lu Yanli quickly revealed the identity of the visitor, it was Luo Ying.
Luo Yingzheng happily informed An Xingyu: "We are here, at the entrance of the village."
An Xingyu: "Let them come to the forbidden area?"
Luo Ying shook her head: "No, they are all... Anyway, they will enter the village to get the treasure."
Treasure... An Xingyu tightly grasped the Pisces jade pendant in his pocket. He wrapped it with a small piece of cloth torn from his trouser leg to prevent it from suddenly creating a copy of himself.
Is this also a treasure
Should I hand it in
While thinking, a gust of cold wind blew by. An Xingyu looked up and vaguely saw two blurry black shadows in front of him. He immediately became alert and reached out to pull Luo Ying's sleeve, reminding her to look forward.
Luo Ying also noticed it, and immediately the two of them became much more careful.
Who is it
Who else is in the forbidden area
An Xingyu thought: Even if one of them is Lin Chu, what about the other one
The two dared not make a sound and slowed down their pace to avoid being discovered. But gradually, An Xingyu realized that something was wrong behind him.
At the same time, Lu Yanli turned his head and looked down.
He has good vision and can see three figures below... Wait! Three people
The third one, who is it
"Hide!" An Xingyu screamed, pushed Luo Ying, and also dodged away.
Next to them... was a mutated corpse.
Isn't it impossible to resurrect a corpse in a forbidden area? Why
An Xingyu no longer had time to think about these questions, and his voice immediately alerted Lin Chu above him: "Is that An Xingyu's voice? What kind of danger is he in?"
When Lu Yanli saw the appearance of the corpse clearly, he couldn't help but be surprised.
This is clearly his own appearance!
An Xingyu started running upwards. At the same time he heard Lin Chu's voice, which urged him to run upwards faster.
"I never thought that zombies could appear in the forbidden area." Lin Chu was not afraid of exposing his target. After shouting, he rushed towards Lu Yanli.
I couldn't see it clearly, but the way the corpse was chasing me reminded me of the old lady with a cat face that I had seen before.
Lu Yanli was in mixed mood.
He suddenly frowned: "Do you feel that the vibration frequency seems to have decreased?"
"Really?" Lin Chu felt it, raised his head and looked around, trying to compare it with the surroundings, but failed. However, after Lu Yanli's attention, he seemed to have noticed the changes.
"Does this mean that the changes are going to stop?" Lin Chu was optimistic. "But why do I feel colder and colder? Weird."
Lu Yanli also felt the chill.
An Xingyu didn't want to drag others down, so he led the mutated corpse downwards, hoping to get rid of it with the help of the complexity of this forbidden area. But what frightened him was that the further he ran, the more his heart throbbed, and it seemed that his heart was about to jump out.
His intuition told him that he couldn't go any further.
Otherwise, he will definitely die!
At this moment, the vibration under my feet finally stopped completely.
All four of them suddenly stopped shaking and stood firm.
Then, a pale sky appeared on the horizon, and a ray of light poured down, tearing through the chaotic darkness.
With the faint light, the four of them widened their eyes little by little.
This… where is this? !
The forbidden land was still under their feet, and the mountains were still around them, but the scene had completely changed! It was as if they and the land under their feet had been moved to another place. The huge forbidden land was completely surrounded by mountains.
An Xingyu's intuition was not wrong.
Not far from the forbidden area, on a mountain, on a winding mountain road, all the dead villagers were standing there. If he continued to run down, he would run into the mountain.
One after another, corpses dressed in villagers' clothes, their faces so rotten that their true features could not be recognized, stood quietly on the mountain road, densely packed, forming a long line.
Where on earth is this? Why did all the bodies of the villagers end up in this place
Not only An Xingyu, but the other three also noticed it and they all gasped.
At the same time, An Xingyu turned around suddenly and saw the corpse not far from him.
Although its eyes were white, its face had some signs of decay and was covered in dirt, An Xingyu was able to easily recognize it from its clothes and somewhat familiar appearance: this was Lu Yanli.
An Xingyu ran upstairs immediately.
The corpse slowly turned and followed him.
It was obviously walking very slowly, but every time An Xingyu looked back, he could see that the distance between him and it was getting closer. And the worst thing was that the evil spirits on the surrounding mountains also began to move!
They all raised their heads in unison, revealing one rotten face after another, and walked slowly down the mountain.
They were very fast, and soon the forbidden area was filled with evil spirits.
Pair after pair of eyes, some white, some pure black and without pupils, stared at the forbidden area.
"What should I do? Where should I go?"
Seeing those evil spirits surrounding the forbidden area, starting from the first one, they tried their best to squeeze forward, trying to break into the forbidden area.
They succeeded.
The densely packed corpses slowly moved towards the center of the forbidden area, and were slowly surrounded by four people.
Luo Ying turned around and ran upwards. This time, she finally saw Lu Yanli standing on a high place. Her pupils shrank: "Aren't you two dead?"
But now there was not much time to hesitate. Compared with the group of evil spirits below, Lu Yanli and Lin Chu above looked like living people. Therefore, they forced themselves to suppress the disgust and fear in their hearts and continued to flee upwards.
Lin Chu poked the other party: "How to explain?" He asked how he explained to An Xingyu. As for Luo Ying, he believed that the other party would not pay any attention to her.
Lu Yanli shook his head: "Let's think about what to do first."
Surrounded by so many evil spirits, there was no way they could escape.
Lu Yanli's gaze drifted towards the tunnel.
Coincidentally, Lin Chu is also like that.
Luo Ying had already come close, and An Xingyu was not far behind her, running towards her breathlessly. Further away, there were almost endless evil spirits.
I can already smell that cold, rancid odor.
"Don't hesitate. You're going to die anyway. Why don't you go and take a look? Maybe you can find some clues to ancestor worship inside." Lin Chu gritted his teeth and showed a civet-like face. "Isn't it just a mutation? Why should I be afraid?"
He took out a thin rope from his waist bag, fixed one end to the edge of the tunnel, put on gloves, and climbed down by the rope: "I'll go down first, you guys hurry up."
Lu Yanli sighed and motioned for Luo Ying to go first. The situation was urgent, and Luo Ying had no time to hesitate, so she had to grab the rope and fall down. Seeing him go down, Lu Yanli motioned for An Xingyu to return the jade pendant to him.
As soon as he met those eyes, An Xingyu nodded dazedly, took out the jade pendant and returned it to him.
Lu Yanli put the two jade pendants together and wrapped them in cloth. He said, "You go down first, I'll lay the foundation."
The nearest evil spirit was less than ten meters away from them.
An Xingyu knew that this was not a polite moment, so he grabbed the rope and jumped in. Lu Yanli took a last look at the evil spirit that looked exactly like him, and also jumped in.
Dark, damp and cold.
This was their first feeling.
After sliding down for a long time, they still haven't reached the bottom. No one knows how deep this tomb is or what is underneath.
Suddenly, the only ray of light above was blocked.
Lu Yanli raised his head and looked upwards, and a face exactly like his appeared at the entrance of the cave.
A small snake emerged from its chest, hissing and spitting out its tongue, and then wrapped itself around its neck.
Thinking of the village chief's mother and Old Lady Li, Lu Yanli felt that he knew the reason why his corpse had come back to life.
The face just occupied the entrance of the cave, with no intention of jumping in, but it didn't seem too far away either.
Luo Ying's voice came from below.
"Hasn't it reached the bottom yet?"
However, Lin Chu replied: "I don't know, there is still some distance."
After a while, Lin Chu said in annoyance: "It's over, the rope is used up."
Lu Yanli said: "I have more here, take it and tie a knot."
Then, he wrapped the rope with one hand, and with the other hand he took out a piece of tied metal rope from his pocket, untied it, and slowly lowered it.
An Xingyu and Luo Ying both helped to pass it. Lin Chu took a breath, connected the rope at the bottom, and continued to lower himself down.
"Well, it seems a bit redundant..." Lin Chu coughed, "I just connected it and it's already at the bottom."
If I had known this earlier, couldn't I have just jumped down
No matter what, it's a good thing that it happened in the end. Lin Chu moved to the side and turned on the flashlight. Luo Ying landed silently from his side, followed by An Xingyu and Lu Yanli.
Seeing that everyone had come down, Lin Chu shone the flashlight upwards, and a beam of light shone directly on the corpse at the entrance of the cave.
"Lu Yanli, you're back to life." Lin Chu sighed.
The sneer did not make others laugh. Lin Chu touched his nose and looked around.
There was nothing all around, and the ground underfoot was soft and wet. No matter which direction I shone in, I could not see the end. The flashlight seemed to be swallowed up by the darkness in the distance.
In addition to the darkness, there was also dampness and coldness, and an ancient and vicissitudes of life smell that came from nowhere.
But they did not mutate.
"Which direction should we go?" Lin Chu brought a lot of things with him. He took out the compass tremblingly, but found that the needle was spinning around and he couldn't tell where it was going, so he asked.
The others looked at each other, unable to make a decision.
Lu Yanli suddenly said, "Luo Ying, take a look at the scroll."
Since it's a treasure map, there might be clues in it.
After Luo Ying got the reminder, she immediately started to shake the scroll.
It is still a picture of gods riding on the clouds, but looking at it in the darkness, it seems to have a different feeling.
"Wait, Lin Chu, try turning on the flashlight."
An Xingyu happened to be standing at the back of the picture. When the light flashed, he seemed to see some different lines.
Lin Chu turned on the flashlight.
Luo Ying understood and turned the scroll over.
The entrance to the cave was completely blocked by the corpse, and there was no light from underneath. The four of them gathered together and saw a pattern of dots slowly emerging on the back of the scroll with fluorescent lines.
“It’s true…” Lin Chu sighed.
The image gradually appeared, and the light was particularly obvious in the darkness.
Another map!
The village chief hung it in his room day and night, but he didn't find any mystery behind the scroll. Yan Guangyao was very interested in the painting, but unfortunately he had only taken over for a short time and had only mentioned it to the village chief a few times, thinking it was probably a treasure map passed down from his ancestors.
The four of them stared without blinking.
The fluorescence gradually appeared completely, forming an underground distribution map with the robbery hole as the core, and the whole map was in the shape of "甲". To the east is the main tomb chamber, and on both sides of the main tomb chamber, there is a large sacrificial area, and there are small tombs and chariot and horse burial areas in the middle.
To the west is a long tomb passage, on which the cartographer marked: undeveloped area.
"Now, where should we go?"
This question seems unnecessary to ask. The East has been explored. In comparison, the unknown West seems more terrifying.
They wrote down the picture again and again to make sure they would not forget it. Lin Chu picked up the flashlight again, and the four of them identified the direction and moved eastward little by little.
They walked a long way, and the corpse at the entrance of the cave also began to move.
It turned over, fell headfirst, and landed heavily on the ground.
"Did you hear any sound?" asked Lin Chu, who was walking in front.
Just now, there was a "dong" sound behind them, and they didn't know what it was.
The other people also appeared, but they looked back and couldn't see anything, so they had to keep going.
Luo Ying walked in second, An Xingyu followed behind her, and Lu Yanli walked in the back.
He glanced at the treasure map on Luo Ying's back and lowered his eyelids to hide the murderous intent in his eyes.
What he didn't know was that Luo Ying had concealed one of the functions of the Pisces jade pendant.
When the replica is placed, the original will have a natural attraction to the replica, and the closer the distance, the greater the attraction. In the original experiment, the replica mouse would subconsciously move closer to the original mouse, and the closer the distance, the more it wanted to break through the cage and get through. Once they were far away, the replica was much quieter.
Lu Yanli was actually worried that his body would be used by Zhang Huixuan to let An Xingyu take it to the forbidden area. However, due to insufficient intelligence, the body mutated abnormally, which attracted people due to the close distance and brought disaster to him.
Now, the mutated corpse is coming to find him.
Lu Yanli didn't notice it yet and just followed forward.
They had no idea what was there. The treasure map only showed the route but no opportunities were marked, so they took every step very carefully.
All four of them overlooked one point: the mountain turned and was reversed left and right, so the direction they were heading was actually the unexplored west side of the tomb.