Lin Chu still knew nothing.
She was confused by the scene and thought she was just groping for the wall.
A dark shadow moved behind her and pulled her hard using a small contact surface. Lin Chu immediately leaned back and her head hit the wall heavily. The flashlight also fell to the ground and rolled away.
“Fuck, what’s going on?” Lin Chu screamed in pain and turned his head, but there was only a pitch-black wall.
There must be a lot of things like that in the ancient tomb, right
Lin Chu shook her head. She didn't know when An Xingyu disappeared. She turned around and saw a flashlight rolling to the ground, the beam shining on a pair of feet.
She walked over, picked up the flashlight, and looked upwards.
"Why did you suddenly come here?" She was a little surprised.
An Xingyu shook his head: "I just saw a dark shadow emerge from the wall and pull you up."
Lin Chu automatically understood that he was frightened and ran away, and laughed dryly: "I'm fine."
But, black shadow
The underground passage was damp, cold and dark. One of the main reasons for this was that the surrounding walls were made entirely of blue bricks. These were very old and the already dark color became even darker. Without a flashlight, nothing could be seen clearly.
After Lin Chu asked An Xingyu about the range of the shadow he had seen, he carefully walked back to the wall and looked at it carefully.
Under the flashlight, she gradually revealed a shadow. And the outline of that shadow...
Who else could it be if not Lu Yanli
"Um, Lu Yanli, is that you?" Lin Chu was shocked and couldn't believe it.
I just don't know which Lu Yanli this is. Is he faking death or awake? Or is this an illusion brought about by the ancient tomb
Seeing that the black shadow seemed to have no ill intentions, Lin Chu's courage returned.
An Xingyu was behind her, and said in a gloomy tone: "It should be him. Lu Yanli may also be dead."
Lin Chu shook his head: "No, that's not likely." With Lu Yanli's personality, he might have copied and pasted seven or eight of himself. How could he die so easily
"The ancient tomb is very dangerous. This should be an illusion. Pretend to have no ill intentions, and then when you let your guard down..." An Xingyu said.
His voice was a little strange, a little hoarse and cold.
Lin Chu hummed twice.
She has always been brave, but now her heart is trembling.
Just now, Lu Yanli's shadow gestured to her to let her know that An Xingyu behind her was a fake and asked her to follow him.
But An Xingyu said that Lu Yanli's shadow was fake.
"I just found a way, you can come with me." An Xingyu's voice sounded again from behind.
"I... wait for me, I'll study it." Cold sweat broke out on Lin Chu's forehead.
Which one is true
Behind him, An Xingyu's voice became closer.
"Let's go. Even if this is the real Lu Yanli, he is already dead. After a person dies, he will only become an evil spirit."
In Lu Yanli's eyes, a translucent shadow moved closer, pushing Lin Chu towards the zombie.
After he entered the mural, his vision changed. The ancient tomb was filled with various gray, translucent shadows, dragging long tails, floating in the dark tomb all day long. They had no mind and had great malice towards outsiders, but they could not really do anything, so they could only use various methods to lure people into various dangerous places.
Hehehehe… Hehehehe…
It is the eerie laughter of ghosts.
They popped up from everywhere, in the corners of the wall, in the cracks between the bricks, in the funerary objects... floating out little by little, swaying around Lin Chu.
But Lin Chu could not hear this voice, and she could not see it either. More and more translucent shadows gathered around her.
They longed for life, and tried to pull her hair, hook her hands, and try to touch the warmth of a living person, but they failed. No matter how they tried, they could only get nothing. So after laughing for a while, their voices turned angry again.
Lin Chu was gone, but she noticed that the temperature around her seemed to have dropped again. She rubbed her arms and smiled at An Xingyu.
But she was already on guard in her heart.
Just now An Xingyu said that he saw a black shadow, but the whole wall was black. The tomb was so dark, with his eyesight, could he really see it clearly
"Come on, follow me." An Xingyu smiled.
Lin Chu seemed to be bewitched and nodded: "Okay."
She followed An Xingyu and walked slowly forward.
Lu Yanli also followed beside her, a blurry black shadow appearing on the wall, following her all the way, trying to find an opportunity to wake her up.
If it wasn't necessary, he didn't want to kill Lin Chu. Killing was his means, not his goal.
Clusters of long gray shadows followed behind him, pointing and talking, making a single, incomprehensible sound, and making a noisy and bustling sound.
On the way back, there were more forks in the road.
Lin Chu followed An Xingyu, gradually slowing down her pace. When she came to a fork in the road, she saw An Xingyu moving forward, and she suddenly turned around and ran back the way she came without looking back.
The blue bricks under her feet made a thudding sound. She seemed to hear a lot of voices, some were sighing, some were laughing, but she didn't care about that and just ran back desperately.
At the intersection, An Xingyu quietly watched her receding figure. Suddenly, he turned into a puff of green smoke and disappeared on the spot.
She wanted to go back to the place where she went down to the tomb and explore the east side. But when she went back according to her memory, she found that she could not find the way back no matter what.
She was wandering around in the tomb like a headless fly. No matter which direction she went, she could only see the same blue brick walls and floor, and it was pitch black in front of her.
It’s called a tomb, but it’s actually more like a maze, right
This area was so huge that Lin Chu had almost eaten up all her dry food. She ran for a long time but could not see a way out.
And because of the dark environment, she couldn't see Lu Yanli who was following her all the way.
She suddenly felt the corner of her clothes being pulled.
"Is that you?" Lin Chu said to himself, "Stop teasing me, I need to get out of here right away."
If she fails to complete the ancestor worship, she will die here.
Although I am not afraid of death, who doesn’t want to live longer
The flashlight was placed aside, and the aperture illuminated a figure.
The figure wrote something with his fingers stroke by stroke. Lin Chu rubbed his eyes, suspecting that he had made a mistake.
Gritting her teeth, she stood up and shone the flashlight over there.
The worst that can happen is death, so why not follow and see what happens
Lu Yanli led Lin Chu and walked quickly in the dark underground maze, passing through one tomb chamber after another. Lin Chu discovered that the area of those tomb chambers was getting bigger and bigger, and there were more and more precious burial objects outside the tomb chambers.
She had a feeling that she was running towards the center of the tomb.
What is in the center of the tomb? Who is buried there
After a long period of eating compressed biscuits and bread, Lin Chu's stomach was burning with hunger, and her hands and feet were sore. However, the strong desire for knowledge that surged in her heart made her try to cheer herself up and move forward.
Ancestor worship on New Year’s Day.
The second year of junior high school naturally doesn’t count.
There are less than three hours left until the first day of the new year.
They had been underground for nearly a day.
Lu Yanli calculated the time. If his guess was wrong, they would not be able to complete it...
Then he could only choose to lead Lin Chu to a dead end.
At the foot of the mountain, Shangxian Village.
Many outsiders came to the village.
The evil spirits that had just transformed into the images of villagers stood at the entrance of the village, staring expressionlessly at a group of red-robed people whose faces could not be seen clearly outside the village.
Now, that group of people are going to break into the village and steal their treasure!
But for some reason, they just stood at the entrance of the village, without moving, as if waiting for something.
Inside the forbidden area, two men in red robes quickly dug a grave.
The hand stretched out from under the sleeve was a pale sharp claw.
They quickly dug out a small coffin. Without any hesitation, they used their sharp claws to easily open the coffin lid, revealing the tiny skeleton of a child inside.
After so many years, the corpse had long since rotted away, with not a single bit of flesh left, only white bones. If you look more closely, you will find a thick, blood-red nail nailed into the top of the skeleton's head, going from the top of the head all the way through the throat!
There are several long blood-red nails that nail the skeleton's shoulder blades, arm bones, leg bones, etc. into the coffin to prevent the skeleton from escaping.
However, the nail that was supposed to be in his left arm was missing.
There were some slight scratches on the left side above the coffin lid.
The red-robed man didn't even look at them. The two of them carried the coffin out, one in front and one behind. Then, they took out a new blood-red nail, which seemed to have been soaked in blood for a long time and had a sharp tip. They aimed it at a mark on the left arm bone and thrust it in.
In the village, the little girl in a red dress suddenly covered her arms and screamed.
Only then did the man in red robe raise his head and slowly walk forward.
Little by little, I walked into the village.
Villagers kept rushing over and fighting with them along the way, screaming, roaring, and the stench mixed with the extremely strong smell of blood, but most of them turned into smoke and disappeared, with their red robes scattered on the ground. The other red figures continued to move forward.
Not long after, the red robe that was slightly undulating on the ground by the wind seemed to have grown a human body. It shook left and right, quickly took shape, and quickly caught up and returned to the team.
Gradually, the number of villagers decreased, and their team gradually came to Zhang Bo's home at the foot of the back mountain.
It has become a ruin, and in the center of the ruins is a hole with a radius of about one meter.
The little girl in a red dress sat outside the ruins, tears streaming from her pupilless eyes. She stared at the group of evil spirits in red robes.
Ghosts don't know how to give in, the treasure has become their obsession. The real Zhang Huixuan saw that they didn't stop and rushed straight to the treasure, so she screamed and turned into a huge blood-red figure.
This is her treasure... it's hers!
Lin Chu and Lu Yanli, who were still underground, had no idea what was happening in the village. They also did not understand Luo Ying's desire to return to the village.
They are being hunted by something that has been awakened in the tomb.
The breath of the living can revive the dead. When Lin Chu passed by a field of bronze chariots and horses, she noticed with her sharp eyes that the terracotta figures seemed to move.
It was not an illusion. If she wanted to reach the main tomb chamber, she had to pass through the burial pit. When Lin Chu carefully walked over it, the burial pit collapsed, and all the terracotta warriors woke up and ran towards her, with their armor making neat metallic clanging sounds in the darkness.
Lin Chuyi, feeling tired and hungry, ran even faster. She was afraid that she could not catch Lu Yanli clearly, so she stretched out one sleeve, put her hand inside the sleeve, and let him pull her to run.
It was of no use, as more and more things were chasing after him, including soldiers in armor and various rotten bones covered in clothing.
Faster! Faster!
Lin Chu was extremely tired, but when she turned around and saw Tiejia chasing her with a knife, she immediately felt full of strength again.
"What should I do? There's one ahead!"
A group of white bones also appeared on the road ahead, slowly walking towards her.
Lu Yanli paused, then simply pulled her up slowly. In the end, Lin Chu was pulled to the ceiling by him.
"Is this the feeling of being led by a big boss?" Lin Chu murmured to herself, looking at the group of bones rushing towards her from below. They seemed to want to pile up into a big tower to catch her, but Lu Yanli pulled her and ran very fast, quickly passing through the crowd.
After putting it down, Lin Chu ran away.
After a long time, they finally arrived outside the main tomb chamber.
There is less than half an hour left until twelve o'clock.
The main tomb chamber seems to be independent of the entire underground cemetery. It is located on the second-level platform and is closed on all sides. There seems to be a fountain facility in the center of the second-level platform, which is still in operation. The gurgling spring water flows into the clear pool at the bottom.
There was a circle of bronze artifacts of unknown purpose piled on the ground, as well as a skeleton of a sacrificial victim, who seemed to be the craftsman who built the tomb.
Lin Chu wanted to take pictures, but she vaguely remembered that these things could not be photographed as it would easily cause adverse effects on the cultural relics. Therefore, after only looking at the vague outline, she walked around the second-floor platform, feeling troubled.
She was small, and the bottom of the second-floor platform was suspended in the air, with only water flowing. How could she get through
To make matters worse, the sound of orderly footsteps could be heard in all the corridors.
“Never mind, Brother Lu, please take me up there and throw it towards the middle.” Lin Chuyi gritted his teeth and moved closer to the wall.
Outside the second-level platform, there is a circle of platforms surrounding the enclosed tomb chamber where people can stand, but it is 100 meters high from the roof. If you fall from it, you will be crippled if not killed.
But there is really no other way now.
Lu Yanli thought for less than half a second and immediately grabbed her clothes. Both man and shadow moved to the second-floor platform.
He has now become a painting. Apart from feeling stiff from time to time, he does not feel tired or exhausted. This is very easy for him. If he is not afraid of accidentally dragging Lin Chu against the wall by holding on to her, he can really do it.
“Okay, come on.” Lin Chu gritted his teeth and tried to curl up his whole body.
As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Yanli let go of his hand.
With a loud bang, Lin Chu fell heavily onto the platform. She protected her head and felt a little dizzy.
But her internal organs seemed to be damaged, one of her ribs seemed to be broken, her leg was injured, and her ankle was swollen. She stood up limping, suddenly bent over and started coughing, coughing up a large mouthful of blood and some tissue debris.
Lu Yanli had already arrived at the door of the tomb and motioned for her to go in.
"Damn... Fortunately, I was able to heal myself after I went back, otherwise my medical insurance would have deducted money." Lin Chu wiped the blood that kept flowing out of the corner of her mouth and staggered to the door. She felt very bad and was relying on willpower to hold on.
"A short bungee jump without a rope? It's exciting, ah..."
Unexpectedly, with a slight push, the door opened.
A ray of candlelight leaked out, illuminating the entire underground tomb.
No way? There's light
Lin Chu felt that the lights were too dazzling. She pushed hard and the door opened. At this moment, the candles in the tomb went out.
The tomb returned to darkness.
Lin Chu turned on the flashlight and slowly walked in.
In the tomb, there was another identical shadow, quietly waiting. When she entered, the shadow pointed with his hand, and Lin Chu saw the murals on the back and the incense burner in front of the shrine.
Ancestor worship...
Task…
She was almost unconscious from the pain, and she struggled to get up and came to the shrine.
What exactly does it take to be completed
She knelt on the futon and felt better.
The picture of the Five Immortals in front of her seemed to be changing. She stared at the sea of blood for a while, her eyes gradually becoming fixed.
Lu Yanli took the jade pendant back from his shadow. He also had a small knife in his pocket. He moved to the ceiling again, pointing the knife in his hand at Lin Chu who was kneeling on the ground.
As soon as he let go, the knife would fall into Lin Chu's neck.
Only less than 10 minutes left.
He looked at the people below.
Lin Chu's eyes gradually became blurred, and a beautiful song seemed to ring in her ears. This song made her want to devote herself to it completely and dedicate herself to the gods...
"I..." She uttered a few words unconsciously.
"I dedicate myself to..." The voice became lower and lower and Lu Yanli could not hear clearly.
But he knew that the mission was accomplished.
At this time, in Shangxian Village, at Zhang Bo's home.
Zhang Huixuan disappeared, leaving only a red skirt on the ground.
That was Lili's little skirt, which she lent to her aunt. Once she put it on, she couldn't leave the back mountain.
But after Lili died, her curse was loosened a little, and Zhang Huixuan left the back mountain but could not leave the village.
At this moment, the skirt was slightly puffed up by the wind. The wind suddenly blew stronger, blowing it into the air and floating towards the back mountain.
Next to the reservoir, a huge dog jumped up with a howl, bit the skirt, and then disappeared into the woods.
At the same time, the man in red robe was entering the basement, and his figure suddenly froze.
Lu Yanli's eyes went dark, and when he opened them again, he found himself standing on a mountain. The cold moon was hanging high in the sky, illuminating a circle of tombs below the mountain, just like a white eye.
He reached into his pocket and found the Pisces jade pendant was still there.
Lin Chu didn't know what she said. The world was spinning in front of her eyes. When she woke up, she was standing in a familiar alley, and the pain in her body was gone.
Are you back
Mission accomplished?!
Lin Chu suddenly woke up and immediately turned his head away.
Next to him was Yu Xianguang's familiar face, with an expression of fear on his face.
"Chu Chu..." he uttered the last sentence.
Immediately afterwards, his entire body began to turn pale and swell, as if he had been soaked in water for a very long time, and he fell to the ground.
Yu Huan, Lin Xueyuan, and Xie Ziqing also turned into bloody corpses before her eyes.
The only one missing was An Xingyu.
Tears kept pouring out of her eyes. Lin Chu wiped them away. She really wanted to take Yu Xianguang away, but the way he looked now...
She hardened her heart and removed all the cameras she had installed. Then she returned to Yu Xianguang, reached out her hand, and covered his wide-open eyes.
"Sorry, I will come to pick you up." She whispered into Yu Xianguang's ear.
It is said that hearing is the last thing to disappear after a person dies. She didn't know whether the other party could hear what she said, but she hoped that Yu Xianguang could hear it and asked him to wait for her.
Immediately afterwards, Lin Chu ran out and called the police.
Only in this way can she take the person away openly in the name of family members.
"A murder has happened. Do you think Xiao An will be in danger if he is outside alone?"
After dinner, the couple sat on the sofa and watched the news. Later, the TV station reported that four bodies were found in an alley near a university town, and they hoped that some kind-hearted person could provide clues.
An Xingyu's mother couldn't help crying.
"Isn't that the school Xiao An wants to apply to the most? Do you think Xiao An will..."
An Ru embraced his wife and said, "No, my colleagues told me that he is not there."
His wife punched his chest in anger and said, "When will we find him? You have checked the video and studied the diary, so why is there no progress yet?"
"You will find it, you will find it." Anru could not say anything to comfort him and could only repeat it over and over again.
But he felt empty and uncertain in his heart - really, can he find it
After nearly half a month, Lin Chu was finally cleared of suspicion after repeated investigations. She received a notice that she could take the person back.
Lin Chu couldn't wait to get to the police station, and happened to bump into a thin man walking out from the outside.
"Excuse me."
"I'm sorry."
The two apologized at the same time, and subconsciously remembered each other's features in an instant. The man nodded at her and walked out. Lin Chu went to find the corresponding person in charge.
When she finished everything and took Yu Xianguang out of the crematorium, Lin Chu sat in the room, holding the small box, in a daze.
Her room was completely different now. The walls were covered with her own notes and various news printouts, all densely packed with words, all about abnormal deaths in recent years and survival analyses found on the website.
She believes that only a small number of stories are reported and there must be more news that has been suppressed.
So, where did this mission come from
A news report was broadcast on TV.
“…Recently, archaeologists discovered a large tomb in xx city, x province. According to expert analysis, the tomb…”
She glanced at it, then looked away indifferently and continued to ponder.
In another world, Lu Yanli was also involved in this matter.
He needed to know the origin of the Pisces Jade Pendant and the real owner of the tomb, so he told the bishops of the Omniscient God Church about it.
They felt sorry for Luo Ying's death, but they also firmly believed that she must have gone to heaven under the guidance of God. After holding the funeral with them, the group prepared to increase manpower and continue the search.
If there is a treasure...it should be dedicated to their God!
Lu Yanli didn't care about the so-called treasure.
He just wanted to know the news about the tomb owner.
When this group of believers went to the mountain village one after another and lost their lives, others came to fill in. Outside the forbidden area of the village, there were piles of corpses soaked in blood plasma, but correspondingly, a corner of the tomb was dug out.
What's bad is that at this moment, no tasker has entered.
The world was spinning in front of his eyes. When he opened his eyes again, the tombs, the red-robed cultists, and the forbidden areas were all gone. Lu Yanli stood outside the clean and bright city. Everything was so beautiful. All the people walking on the street were living people, living people with flesh and blood and emotions.
Standing on the street, Lu Yanli once again realized how out of place he was.
He couldn't see these people as his own.
In the distance, two beautifully dressed young girls stared at him and wanted to go up to him to get his information. After hesitating for a while, they wanted to chase after him, but found that he had disappeared in the crowd.
In any case, the tasker will be more or less safer if he enters.
Lu Yanli returned to his residence and slept soundly. When he opened his eyes again, there was nothing strange in the room, which made him feel a little uncomfortable.
He went about his daily routine like a normal person. After dinner, he sat at the computer and checked the news.
"…Recently, archaeologists discovered a large tomb in the suburbs of x city, x province. A batch of cultural relics have been unearthed. These cultural relics will be transported to the xxx Provincial Museum…"
Lu Yanli suddenly opened his eyes wide.
Isn’t this tomb the place they excavated before
The world is now back to normal, without those weird things and evil spirits, and with official participation, development has been much faster.
Lu Yanli hesitated for only a moment, and quickly decided to give up participating in this mission and go to the museum.
I hope the people who are tasked with this mission can live longer.
He booked a ticket to Province X for the next day and returned to his room to pack his luggage.
"By the way, how many missions have you completed?" A young girl asked as a group of people were walking on the city streets. "I have only completed three missions so far. I hope everyone can take care of me and help each other."
A slightly fat man in a plaid shirt scanned her body and said, "That's the fourth time. But we should stop talking about helping each other. Everyone can't take care of themselves. When the danger comes, who cares whether you are a man or a woman?"
"Okay, stop arguing!" said the oldest woman in the team, "Now let's think about how we can get into the archaeological team?"