The city lord stopped teasing Lin Wu and became more serious, asking, "How much do you know about the Chi family?"

Lin Wu sorted out what he knew so far and said, "Thousands of years ago, alien objects were still out there, causing great harm. Someone from the Chi family asked to go to the Thirteen Ridges, and moved the Seven Ridge Masters to help solve the problem. Then five heroic young men from the human race stepped forward and used the power of the entire race to seal the alien objects into a city they specially selected and moved them overseas. This is the underground city."

"The Chi family is one of the five families. Later, when the Chi family encountered trouble, they sent members of the family to carry out engineering work in several places where there were alien objects for no reason. The purpose should be to trap the alien objects. Otherwise, the alien objects would have spread and hurt people long ago. I would not have not heard of alien objects in these years."

"In addition, I can confirm that something happened to the Chi family more than a decade ago, which caused Lu Guichi and the others to flee from the underground city, and they also harbored resentment towards the existence in the underground city."

Lin Wu thought back and said, "That's probably all I know."

The city lord listened quietly, without any surprise, and said: "You are right. But this is just the tip of the iceberg..."

Suddenly, the city lord started to cough violently, and he coughed up a few large mouthfuls of blood mixed with bits of flesh that looked like internal organs. He seemed to be in great pain, with cold sweat oozing from his forehead and his body trembling a little.

"City Lord?!" Lin Wu touched his body upon seeing this.

Fortunately, the dagger stuck on the side of his leg was still there.

Lin Wu pulled it out, cut a line on the palm of his hand without hesitation, walked forward and put his hand, which was bleeding, to his lips.

"My blood seems to help you recover faster. I met a snake man in Damaya before, and he used my blood to recover."

The smell of blood so close made the city lord's dark pupils turn a little red.

He looked at Lin Wu and did not refuse. He opened his mouth and licked the palm of Lin Wu's hand with his snake-like tongue, then rolled her blood into his mouth.

It's a bit itchy and a bit stinging.

Lin Wu curled up his fingers and held on without moving.

After a while, the wound on her palm healed, but the city lord still felt very painful.

"City Lord?" Lin Wu was puzzled.

That little bit of blood is not enough for the city lord, right? Why should she let her wound heal? The city lord turned his head away and said in a hoarse voice: "I'm better now, no need."

"But you haven't..."

"This city lord is already dying, there is no need to waste time on him."

"Checkmate?"

Lin Wu was slightly startled, and then said: "My blood can make you, the City Lord, recover. Once you recover, you will not die."

The city lord shook his head: "I've lived enough." He returned his gaze to Lin Wu, "Besides, given my condition, I'll have to use all your blood to barely heal myself."

Lin Wu glanced at the city lord's miserable injuries: "..."

She immediately withdrew her hand and said, "Forget it then."

The city lord laughed helplessly, "You gave up so quickly."

He coughed a few more times and managed to suppress it, but his voice was still noticeably weaker when he spoke.

"Let's get back to the topic. This city lord will now tell you the entire history of the Chi family."

Lin Wu went back and sat down to listen.

The city lord said coldly: "At the beginning, the Chi family was still normal people, not abnormal people. It became like this, which is a man-made disaster, not a natural disaster."

Lin Wu looked puzzled, "What kind of man-made disaster could reach this level?"

"This story begins when the underground city appeared."

"Back then, in order to deal with the disaster of alien objects from outer space, the Chi family sought to go to the Thirteen Mountains. At that time, the one who was invited was the Seventh Mountain Master who held the magic weapon Kongtong Seal. The Kongtong Seal has a long history and can seal everything, so in the end it also became the seal that closed the gate of the underground city."

"At that time, all five clans were in the city dealing with alien creatures, buying time for the Seventh Ridge Lord and the Chi Family's Dang Ren Patriarch to close the gate. However, there were too many alien creatures and they were too powerful. The five clans had a hard time dealing with them, and nearly half of them were killed or injured. The Seventh Ridge Lord and the Dang Ren Patriarch finally closed the gate, but they had to face the chaos caused by the alien creatures again. However, they were exhausted by then and could hardly resist."

"Finally, the Lord of Qiling made a decision. He gave the spirit of the Kongtong Seal to the Patriarch of the Chi Family for safekeeping. With this, the Kongtong Seal would not dissipate, the gate of the underground city would not open again, and the outside would be safe. He himself turned his body into a forbidden technique, trapped most of the alien objects in the center of the underground city, and died."

"The remaining alien objects will be dealt with by the head of the Chi family and his clansmen fighting desperately."

"So in the end, the underground city was divided into two parts. The central city was where alien objects gathered, and the outer area was a safe place where the Chi family and others could live. The gate was closed, and they couldn't get out. They also had to guard the gate to ensure that the Kongtong Seal was intact."

These are the full truth of what our ancestors did back then.

Lin Wu listened and somehow remembered the three things Lu Guichi was collecting!

Mochuan said that the part in Lingnan is one of the magical weapons of the Seven Ridge Lords.

So, what Lu Guichi and Jian Chonghe are looking for are the fragments of Kongtong Seal!

The city lord just said that she could reunite the Kongtong Seal, which was consistent with what Guan Chen told her, that the things Lu Guichi collected would cost her life!

"Why did the Kongtong Seal end up in the outside world?" Lin Wu asked immediately.

The city lord said: "Because it has been too long, so long that people's hearts can no longer remain consistent."

Lin Wu: “?”

The city lord said: "In the beginning, those people had no objection to living in the underground city. They just wanted to protect the underground city and the outside world. So they didn't think about leaving the underground city, and they actively explored things suitable for their lives, such as food and water, houses, social systems and various infrastructures, such as a reasonable social order."

As time went by, they really figured it out and formed small settlements.

As time went on, the number of people increased.

I don't know when it started, but many ethnic groups, large and small, emerged. Everyone is working for their own interests, which led to conflicts, confrontations, arms and darkness.

After several hundred years, a complete small social group had emerged there.

Since the Chi family made great efforts in closing the underground city in the beginning, and the Kongtong Seal was passed down from generation to generation in the Chi family, naturally, the Chi family, as the leader, assumed the responsibility and obligation to maintain the balance and order and guard against alien objects and the gate.

The real cracks appeared at some point, and people began to yearn for the outside world.

They have been in the underground city for too long. Their ancestors are no longer around, and the rest of them have no idea what the outside world is like. All they have heard since they were little, from generation to generation, is how prosperous and bustling the outside world is.

The underground city has remained desolate, empty and bleak for many years.

Their lives are monotonous and boring, and they have to be vigilant at all times to prevent alien objects from breaking through the forbidden magic circle to harm them. The danger to their lives is always around them.

In comparison, the world outside the city was too attractive to them.

Fortunately, at this time they still remembered the teachings of their ancestors - guarding the underground city.

Therefore, no one has proposed to leave, and they can still hold on.

Several hundred years passed, and everything was peaceful. Even if some alien objects escaped, they were quickly dealt with by the Chi family. On the surface, there seemed to be no danger anymore.

Most people took it for granted that nothing would happen again, as the alien objects were well sealed.

Then it’s okay for them to leave the dungeon and go to the outside world...right?

Because of this, some people began to look for ways to leave the dungeon.

At that time, the Chi family controlled the Kongtong Seal, and they took responsibility to protect everyone without letting them know. When facing danger, they also did not tell them about the existence of the Kongtong Seal. Except for the core members of the Chi family, few people knew about the Kongtong Seal.

"The Chi family actually knows that some people want to leave the underground city and are looking for a way to do so. However, as long as the Kongtong Seal is still there, the gate will be closed forever and no one can get out. So the Chi family doesn't care about the actions of those people. The Chi family basically doesn't show up when things don't matter and won't interfere too much with people." said the city lord.

In fact, it is more than just non-interference. The Chi family actually understands, because the Chi family also yearns for the mysterious outside world and hopes that one day they can completely solve the problem of alien objects outside the universe so that they can live a normal life.

But they knew that this was impossible and that alien objects could not be eliminated.

So they must guard the gate and fulfill their responsibilities.

This is the consensus of the Chi family.

The city lord took a deep breath and said, "At that time, we in the Chi family really believed that every member of the Chi family would be prepared to stay in the underground city forever, from birth to death. But the facts proved that we were wrong."

Lin Wu was stunned for a moment, "What do you mean?"

The city lord said calmly: "The Chi family had already become a rather large behemoth by then, with many people, and they would regularly select some good seedlings from ordinary people to join in patrolling together to prevent alien creatures from causing trouble."

"Over time, for the convenience of management, the head of the Chi family and several elders divided all the people into two parts: the Chi family and the outsiders. The members of the Chi family are elites who have been strictly trained and selected. They are responsible for dying together with powerful alien creatures at critical moments and sacrificing their lives to stabilize the forbidden magic array in the center of the city."

"But our clan will only select members of the Chi family. Because the Chi family does not require other clans to die like them. If there are truly outstanding people with strong character and not afraid of death, they will be selected as an exception."

Lin Wu felt a little weird.

How is this similar to the city lord's requirement that the former eight Rakshasas undergo rigorous training and then be sent to the Ice Prison?

"The Chi family can strictly control everyone who enters the family, but they cannot control people's hearts."

The city lord's voice sank and his eyes became much colder.

He said: "At that time, more and more people were eager to leave the city. They searched everywhere for ways to get out but to no avail, so they set their sights on the Chi family. They thought that since the Chi family had controlled the underground city for so many years, they must have a way to get out of the city. They even thought that the Chi family would not stay in the city like them, and would definitely sneak out, leaving them to suffer."

"Someone tried their best to win over the Chi family. Both the Chi family and outsiders tried every possible way to contact them, either by coercion, bribery, or emotional appeal. They actually made several members of the Chi family want to leave the underground city and leaked the secret of the Kongtong Seal."

"At the same time, there was also unrest among the alien creatures in the center of the city. Because the magic circle that trapped them had been weakening for too long, they took the opportunity to tear open a hole and pour out. The Chi family was busy dealing with it and could hardly take care of the leakage of the Kongtong Seal."

The city lord paused, and his locked and entangled arms moved slightly, and his hands clenched little by little, making a creaking sound of bones being squeezed.

He spoke word by word, "It was at that time that other tribes in the city united to deal with the Chi family, hoping to get the Kongtong Seal and leave the underground city."

"They don't even pay attention to the unusual chaos of alien objects from outer space, thinking that the Chi family can handle it as usual and there is nothing to be afraid of. And they just need to take away the Kongtong Seal when the Chi family can't take care of them."

"But the Kongtong Seal is related to the gate, which is more important than the alien objects. As long as the gate is fine, even if the alien objects come out, they will not break through the gate to the outside world. So our clan had to transfer nearly half of the people back to protect the head of the family and resist the attacks of so many clans."

In the end, the Chi family tried their best, but they could neither stop the outflow of alien objects nor preserve the Kongtong Seal.

Of the once huge tribe, only a few dozen seriously injured people remained.

Moreover, the Kongtong Seal was destroyed by those ethnic groups.

The door of the underground city, which had been closed for hundreds of years, was opened artificially at that time.

Countless alien creatures wreaked havoc in the city, devouring lives, while many escaped to the outside world.

The city lord raised a sarcastic arc at the corner of his lips, "It was obviously because they did not listen to the advice and caused serious consequences. It was also they who scolded the Chi family for monopolizing the underground city gate passage for several years and not giving them the opportunity to live a better life. They hated the Chi family so much."

"But in the end, they were the ones who cried bitterly and begged the rest of the Chi family to think of a solution. They didn't want to die."

Lin Wu's face froze.

She asked, "Did the Chi family agree?"

The city lord was silent for a long time.

"Yes." The city lord closed his eyes. "Protecting the underground city has been the responsibility of the Chi family for generations. The remaining members of the family tried every possible way, but in the end they only found one way to save it."

"It is precisely because of this that the Chi family has since become a group of aliens that are neither human nor ghost, and only half of them survive."

The Chi family once longed to live a normal life in the outside world.

But after that, they couldn't even be ordinary people and live an ordinary life in the dungeon.

Oh, this chapter was a bit sad to write.