With undead skills, I can read files infinitely

Chapter 271 Strange Ancient City
This ancient city has never been seen before, and it seems to be welcoming new guests today. Some green fire lanterns slowly floated from various corners of the city and flew towards the sky.

Gu An raised his head and looked at this vision in silence. His gaze was far away. Inside these green fire lanterns, what seemed to be lit were not green ghost fires, but human faces.

The human faces are full of strange and strange expressions, with pain and suffering as the main theme, and screaming and shouting as the adjustment.

It's like souls are imprisoned here.

"This ghost town is a bit eerie."

This is the first time Tang Lie made such an evaluation when he encountered a strange environment.

In the strange environment he saw in the past, he either didn't speak, or he looked disdainful, and then he calmly picked up the bench leg and smashed the other party to pieces.

But this time, Gu An clearly felt that Tang Lie was a little nervous.

Even Han Laocai on the side was uncomfortable, looking around, and occasionally let out some low growls, just like the warnings issued by animals in the primeval forest in the face of crisis.

Gu An cheered up and said seriously: "Continue to walk around inside."

In this ghost town, there are paper figurines who communicate silently. There is no living person, not even one who can make a sound.

Tang Lie and Han Laocai also followed behind Gu An seriously.

Along the main road of the ancient city, they walked forward like walking on thin ice.

What they didn't know was that every time they moved forward and walked a certain distance, the paper people on both sides who were ignored by them turned around silently and looked at their backs together.

The confetti was flying, and there was no movement at all. Even with so many eyes watching, Gu An didn't notice it at all.

Just because it's so quiet here.

Finally, after walking for a long time, Gu An saw some man-made traces.

Those are some fonts carved on the wall, similar to those fonts seen in the barren plain before.

"Jin Wangtian of Longhu Mountain died here today, may God bless our family!"

"Maoshan Zhang Longgang died here today, may God bless our family!"

"Tai Yimen Tian Heye died here today, may God bless our family!"

Countless densely packed fonts, line by line in the exact same order, except for the original name, are constantly being passed down.

In addition to these engravings expressing his heart, Gu An also found a diary with a preface. These are all recorded by people, just to worry that future generations will not know such a period of history when they come.

[The gates of hell are open, the Taoist sects of the world gather, hope God bless our family]

[This journey is dangerous, but for my family, I will not hesitate to be smashed to pieces]

[Today's battle, the Xuanmen master lost nearly half...]

【We can't give up, for the sake of the people behind us...】

【God has given up on us...】

【Striving for self-improvement, never give up! 】

[The Year of Gengzi... I'm still alive...but I'm the only one left. This sword can still fight! 】

【I'm sorry... I've tried my best. If there are descendants who can come here, please tell the sects that we are not cowards, we are just on another battlefield...】

Gu An's eyes were very sharp, and he scanned the fonts one by one without missing a line. Here, I don't know how many years ago, a story that no one knows happened. It was a hero who was buried here to protect the outside world.

Here, no one knows any biographies about them, they are unknown and have been fighting.

Here, they are the strongest fortress guarding the whole world!
Gu An didn't know what he was thinking in his heart now, but there was more melancholy and bitterness.

The eyes also seem to be more moist.

In my mind, I can think of the scene of the ancestors fighting against Weird and risking their lives.

They are all real heroes.

Gu An couldn't help standing up straight, and bowed to the characters carved on the stone tablet.

Nothing too ceremonial, just pure respect from the heart.

The road will continue.

Since the lettering is left here, it means that the place where the heroes are buried is approaching.

Gu An's eyes were firm, he took a deep breath, and continued walking towards this road.

Another journey, still calm and quiet.

But Gu An saw another city gate, which was the door to go out.

It's just that there are no longer those paper figurines on the gate to go out, but skeletons hanging in the air.

These skeletons have been air-dried and swayed as the wind blows.

"Quack quack..."

The sound of bones colliding came from the gate tower, adding some tones to the empty ancient city.

There are many skulls, Gu An casually looked at them, at least a hundred of them gathered together, making people shudder.

But he was not afraid, and after confirming that the skulls were not in danger, he calmly passed under these hundreds of skulls.

Stepping on the bluestone road in the city, he came to the outside of the city in a blink of an eye.

It is another river, and there are red lanterns hanging on the river bank at intervals.

It looks a bit festive, but if you look closely, you will find that these red festive themes are more like blood.

On the bank of the river, Gu An saw a small boat.

There seems to be a person sitting on the bow?

Did you see someone?

Is this ancient city finally occupied?

Gu An was excited, quickened his pace, and quickly walked to the shore.

What he saw was a thin human being wrapped in black cloth, bent over, sitting on the edge of the bed, unable to distinguish between male and female.

"Hello?"

Gu An tried to shout and said hello.

He felt in his heart that this might just be a dried skull.

"I didn't expect that after so many years, there are still people here..."

Surprisingly, this person answered Gu An's words, his voice was hoarse, he couldn't tell the gender, he just felt very old.

Gu An was overjoyed: "Where is this place? Are you again?"

The man wrapped in black cloth moved his body at this time, and looked at Gu An, then he slowly lifted the black cloth on his head.

Gu An was startled, what he saw was a rotten skull, although it was not as straightforward and hollow as a skull, but the skull seemed to be no different from a skull after a few days.

Neither human nor ghost, Gu An was not sure what kind of existence this was, so he subconsciously took a few steps back in vigilance.

The person sitting on the bow looked at Gu An's actions and chuckled: "It seems that my appearance scares you."

"My name is Bai Liu. I am both a human and a ghost. In short, I am neither human nor ghost... I don't remember how long this state lasted. I only know that I am used to everything here, and I am used to loneliness. I thought, One day, I'll forget how to talk..."

"But after actually seeing humans, I found that I still remember, these are all engraved in my bones..."

Bai Liu introduced himself. He spoke slowly and his voice was hoarse, as if his vocal cords were injured.

Gu An was not in a hurry, and listened to him patiently.

However, at this time, he saw Bai Liu's legs, with a strange dagger nailed to them, nailing his entire legs to the boat plank, making him unable to move.

Bai Liu saw his legs following Gu An's gaze, he chuckled: "This is what the city lord did..."

"It hates me, so it doesn't kill me, but keeps me here, with loneliness, and keeps looking at those compatriots hanging on the tower..."

My compatriots hanging on the tower?
When Gu An heard this, he immediately looked back, and saw those lonely skeletons hanging in the air were still shaking there.

But this time, when Gu An looked at it, he was no longer expressionless, but more sad. These human heroes, after death, did not even have a place to rest, but were violently corpses here...

"Hehe, rather than living like this, I hope to be like them and be with them..."

"If we can go back to the past and fight together, that will be even better..."

Gu An looked at Bai Liu silently, this man was also one of those heroes who guarded the land behind him back then.

Without saying anything provocative, Gu An looked at Bai Liu and said softly, "Who is the city lord?"

Bai Liu shook his head: "We call this place hell, and the city owner is naturally this city, the owner of this hell, it is the most powerful weirdness we have ever seen."

"Back then, we investigated the source of the weirdness and finally entered the land of extreme darkness, but lost our way on a barren plain, and then we came here."

"When we first came here, the city owner hadn't appeared yet. We thought it was an ancient city without an owner. We found that a batch of paper dolls in this ancient city would leave here every once in a while to go to the outside world. In the ancient city, paper dolls People have no emotions, no actions."

"But after leaving the ancient city, they will turn into all kinds of strange things. They are extremely powerful and kill our compatriots..."

"We found that the paper figurines in this ancient city are almost continuous, and there must be a source. Then we searched in the ancient city, and finally found some clues. We suspect that the owner behind the paper figurines is the city lord. These paper figurines were all cut by him. from……"

Gu An was taken aback: "Cut out?"

Bai Liu nodded: "That's right, the city lord has special means. Let's observe these paper figurines carefully. There are traces of cutting on their bodies..."

"So, we continued to search for the source and confronted the city lord..."

"In the beginning, the city lord didn't show up, and the ones who confronted us were all paper figures. We were evenly matched. At one point, we even felt that as long as we wiped out these paper figures, the outside world would be restored to peace."

"But we still recruited the city lord after all, and then, we all died... only me, I survived, the city lord said that he would let me watch, watch these brothers..."

At the end of Bai Liu's speech, his voice was a little choked up, and some tears slowly fell on that rotten face.

It seemed to recall some sad past.

Gu An didn't continue to ask, and looked at Bai Liu: "Your current ship is in the direction of the city lord?"

Bai Liu nodded slowly: "Yes, it said that there might be someone coming in later, and newcomers are always welcome to find it..."

After finishing speaking, he looked at Gu An again and smiled: "It's nice to be young, we were the same back then, confident and in full bloom, thinking about making a career..."

"But in the end...Young man, if you are the only one here, I advise you to go back quickly before the city lord finds you..."

Gu An could feel Bai Liu's fear of the city lord, which was completely different from the meaningless mentality indicated by those words engraved on the outside.

Bai Liu was scared, or rather, he didn't want to see his compatriots die in front of his eyes, causing him another bit of pain.

Gu An looked at Bai Liu and smiled: "If the city lord is really so powerful and so incomprehensible, why does he keep guarding in this ancient city instead of going outside? It can only be done by the paper-cut man?"

"The mighty city owner is probably only in the city. Without this ancient city, it is nothing."

Bai Liu looked at Gu An, and he sighed: "Why haven't I thought about it this way, but we are in the city after all, and the city lord will not leave the city, so no matter what you say, you still have to take it. Half way."

Gu An shook his head: "I don't need to do anything with it, I just try its depth."

Bai Liu frowned: "You try it, and you will lose your life in the end."

Gu An kept smiling: "Thank you for reminding me, senior, but don't worry about me. I'm not someone who wants to die as soon as I get hot. I can say that, of course I have the certainty of saving my life."

Naturally, Gu An couldn't explain to Bai Liu that he could read files.

He really just wanted to see what kind of thing this city lord is. Perhaps, this is the final goal. The source of the extremely dark land and the master behind the scenes should be this city lord.

Bai Liu looked at Gu An for a long time, looked at that confident gaze, without a trace of fear, and asked again: "Okay, I can send you there, but have you really thought about it? There is only one life, there is no need to send it here here."

Gu An smiled: "I don't want to die either, so don't worry, I've already thought about it."

"But before I go, I want to guard the corpses of these seniors..."

As Gu An said, he turned his head and looked towards the tower again, his eyes were soft and respectful.

The hero's corpse should not hang here, and it should not be left in the wilderness.

When Bai Liu heard this, his eyes instantly became moist.

Another drop of tears fell, covering the black robe on her body.

His voice was choked and trembling: "Okay..."

Gu An nodded, turned around, and walked towards the tower.

With the help of Han Laocai and Tang Lie, it was not difficult to accept these corpses.

It took about an hour before the bodies were finally removed completely.

Carefully place them under the city gate one by one.

"Old Cai, dig a hole."

Gu An looked at Han Laocai.

Digging a hole is just a trivial matter for the zombie king. Under those sharp hands, a big hole soon appeared in the world.

"Seniors, the situation is special, that's the only way to go."

Gu An silently looked at the bones on the ground, said something softly, and then led Han Laocai and Tang Lie to bury them in the ground one by one.

The hero's destination should not be here, but Gu An can only do this.

"Go all the way, the city owner will let me clean up."

Gu An looked at the temporarily erected stone tablet, and said something, which was considered a promise.

It's a pity that I couldn't be born a few years earlier and fight side by side with these heroes. Now, I can only meet them in this way...

(End of this chapter)