Situ Mei knelt in front of the skeleton, with tears in her eyes.
"Grandpa... you often told me stories when I was a kid, taught me how to practice fighting, and secretly gave me sweets.
Then you suddenly disappeared and I cried for a long time. It turned out that you were here! Grandpa, what on earth is going on? "
Situ Mei sobbed, like a wronged child crying in front of her great-grandfather who loved her most.
Li Xuan stood aside quietly, sighing secretly in his heart.
If he guessed correctly... Li Xuan looked deeper into the cave, there should be more people from the Situ family inside.
Situ Mei cried for a while and finally calmed down. She kowtowed three times to Gu Yinghua's body, then stood up and said, "Huo Xuan, what is going on? Can you tell me?"
Li Xuan said: "Only your grandfather knows the specific situation.
But I can probably guess that each generation of the patriarchs of your Situ family is responsible for the important task of defending the bottomless corpse cave. While they were harmed by the incomplete Suzaku method, they had to fight against the endless influx of zombies. Many people died.
it's here.
They didn't want to be buried after they died, so they left their bones here to tell the younger generations that even if the Situ family died, they would still serve as the defense line for Youzhou City!"
Situ Mei looked shocked, and after a long time she said in a trembling voice: "Why do our Situ family have to bear all this?"
Li Xuan said calmly: "Then I don't know...but someone has to be responsible for this kind of thing."
Someone has to take the responsibility! There are too many difficult, dangerous, and painful things in this world, and it’s not just one Situ family who bears the burden.
Situ's family did sacrifice a lot, but who didn't?
"You will understand in the future that there are many things we cannot control ourselves."
Li Xuan sighed with emotion and patted Situ Mei on the shoulder, "Keep going, maybe you will see more ancestors."
Li Xuan was right. The two of them walked along and found more corpses.
Twenty-third generation, twenty-second generation, twenty-first generation... Every few dozen meters, you will encounter a lying or sitting skeleton. Behind each of them is a tablet recording their seniority and name.
Every time Situ Mei met someone, he would kneel down and kowtow.
The genes of these people flow in her blood, and it is precisely because of their sacrifices that she exists.
Thirty-three! Walking all the way to the third mechanism, Li Xuan and Situ Mei encountered a total of thirty-three skeletons.
Two more mechanisms were discovered on the road. Compared to the cable bridge, the gears were larger and more sophisticated, and their lethality was even more astonishing.
It's just that they are already rusty and make a harsh sound when driven, making people wonder if they will break down in the next second.
It can be seen from the various scars on the mechanisms that they have been destroyed many times by zombies and repaired again. It is a miracle that they can survive for five hundred years.
Li Xuan frowned.
From the degree of damage to the mechanism and the location of the corpses of the Situ family's ancestors, it can be easily judged that the Situ family's suppression of the bottomless corpse cave is getting weaker and weaker.
The thirty-third skeleton is located outside the third mechanism. It is the second generation patriarch of the Situ family, named Situ Chengzhi. Even his skeleton is incomplete.
Li Xuan could imagine that at that time, the Suzaku method of warfare was still complete, and Situ Chengzhi could suppress the annual zombie tide without the help of the agency.
But after Situ Chengzhi, maybe it was due to the incompleteness of Suzaku's tactics, maybe it was because the Situ family was getting weaker and weaker, maybe it was because the zombies were getting stronger and stronger, even with the help of the agency, the zombie offensive was still getting closer and closer, and finally
The third mechanism was broken, the second mechanism... One day in the future, the zombies will continue to break through the gears of the cable bridge and break through the seven iron gates. By then, Youzhou City will be completely destroyed! Fortunately, Li Xuan is here.
"You stay here, I'll go ahead and have a look."
Li Xuan looked at the dark front and said.
This place is very close to the true origin of the bottomless corpse cave, and there will be danger at any time. Li Xuan does not want Situ Mei to follow him into a dangerous place.
"I also need to go!"
Situ Mei said firmly, "I'm going to see what it is that killed my ancestors!"
Li Xuan tried to persuade him a few words, but he didn't persuade him, so he had to leave it to her.
The two of them continued to move forward, and layers of darkness rushed in from all directions. The light illuminated by the night pearl could only extend five meters at most before being torn into pieces.
Faintly, there were gusts of dark wind passing by her ears. There seemed to be whispers, wailings, screams, and curses in the wind... Situ Mei felt a cold air covering her whole body, and she couldn't help but move closer to Li Xuan.
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Suddenly, Li Xuan stopped.
Just as Situ Mei was about to ask him how to stop, she suddenly covered her mouth.
She suddenly saw a figure standing at the left and right intersection in front of her.
It's like two door gods, one guarding the left and the other guarding the right. God knows how many years they have been holding on in this dark underground.
"This should be the first generation..." Li Xuan sighed.
The light of the night pearl shone on them, and it turned out that they were two incomplete skeletons. The reason why they were able to stand still was because they died using weapons to support their bodies.
There is no tablet beside them.
He was nameless and nameless, and the clothes and items on his body had long been eroded by time and were shattered to pieces. Even the weapons that supported his body were so damaged that his original appearance could not be seen.
"who are they?"
Situ Mei suddenly felt something.
Li Xuan didn't answer and walked over silently.
"Thank you for your hard work."
Li Xuan stood in front of them, suddenly bent down and bowed deeply.
These are the thirty-fourth and thirty-fifth skeletons found in the bottomless corpse cave. The Situ family uses this to prove that they have been trying their best for the past five hundred years.
No matter what their reasons are, they deserve respect! Situ Mei also vaguely guessed the answer and couldn't help but said: "They are the first generation ancestors of the Situ family?"
Situ Mei could not believe it.
According to the records passed down by the Situ family, their ancestors settled here even before the establishment of Youzhou City.
Starting from the first generation of ancestors, the Situ family has been the most prominent family in Youzhou City, owning various businesses, occupying many resources, practicing top-notch tactics, and even having one of the strongest cultivation talents.
However, the patriarch of the Situ family always died young, and others died suddenly. As a result, the family's inheritance became incomplete, and was gradually surpassed by other families. In the end, it was lost among many ordinary families, and was insignificant.
Only now did Situ Mei understand why the Situ family, which has the longest history, has never developed better. It turned out that all resources were invested in suppressing the bottomless corpse cave.
Situ Mei knelt in front of the two skeletons and kowtowed heavily.
After getting up, she said to Li Xuan: "From now on, the responsibility of protecting Youzhou City will be on my shoulders!"
It took a lot of courage to say this, especially after seeing the corpses of generations of Situ's family members. Li Xuan was impressed by her.