She thought that the Chi family had been strangers from the beginning, but she didn't expect that they ended up like this because of a sudden disaster halfway through.

"...With the ability of the Chi family, they would probably be able to preserve their last bloodline and escape unscathed even if faced with the ravages of alien creatures. Since the city gates were opened and the Kongtong Seal was gone, why didn't they just leave for the outside world and find a suitable place to recuperate?"

Lin Wu frowned and said, "They have done their best and they don't owe anyone anything. There's no need to be so..."

The city lord opened his eyes and looked at Lin Wu.

Because of the mask, Lin Wu couldn't see his expression.

But the city lord's dark vertical pupils were unusually calm and cool.

"You haven't seen anything truly alien."

The city lord said, "So you don't understand how destructive the alien objects are, and how great a disaster they can cause. Back then, the alien objects came out in droves. If we let them all escape to the outside world, within a few days, the outside world would be in ruins."

"If hundreds of years pass and there are no more Xuanshi like the original ones in the outside world, and people have no power to resist, then it will end faster."

Lin Wu thought about the current world of Xuanshi and fell silent.

The city lord continued, "If the world inside and outside the city is over, then even if we retreat and leave, where will we be able to survive?"

"The place we depend on for survival is gone. Let alone rest and recuperation, I'm afraid we don't even have a chance to survive. Sooner or later, we will have to face them."

"And by then, even if we are determined to sacrifice ourselves, the consequences that have already been caused cannot be undone."

Might as well do it right from the beginning.

"Those people in the underground city harmed the Chi family. The Chi family was indeed very angry and thought about ignoring them. However," the city lord lowered his head slightly and lowered his eyelids, saying, "There are not only them in this world, but also many other innocent people. We can't give up our homeland because of them."

They are protecting the majority, but they are also protecting themselves and their homes.

Lin Wu was silent for a few seconds and said, "I understand."

The city lord said, "Sometimes I really hope that only our generation understands. Once we understand and have done it, future generations won't have to face it. It's a pity that things in this world always go against our wishes."

Lin Wu pinched his fingertips and asked, "Then how did you do it? How did you become an alien?"

The city lord was silent for a moment, then slowly said: "We only had one way at that time - to trade with alien beings from outer space."

"What?!"

Lin Wu stood up suddenly.

The city lord whispered: "The Kongtong Seal is gone, and we are also seriously injured. We have no way to resist them, let alone close the gate again."

"Then... why don't you try to go up to the Thirteen Ridges?" Lin Wu said.

City Lord: "We couldn't even get out of the underground city. If we really wanted to find a way to get out and ask for help from the Thirteen Ridges and come back, it would be too late."

Lin Wu was silent.

The city lord continued, "We have analyzed the disaster. To deal with the alien objects, we must be quick and control the speed of their spread. But this requires extremely powerful force to suppress them. We don't have it, and the only powerful force we can access is the alien objects themselves. If we take the risk and borrow their power, it is not impossible."

"It just so happens that although the forbidden magic array that trapped the alien creature in the center of the city was broken, the source of the array is still there. Through this, we can go to the center of the array and touch the most powerful alien creature."

"In addition, the core members of the Chi family, that is, the lineage of the patriarch, have inherited the Kongtong Seal from generation to generation. They have already integrated part of the spirituality of the Kongtong Seal into themselves, and their bloodline is special. Since the Kongtong Seal can seal the door and isolate foreign objects from the sky, we want to try whether the bloodline that has stored the Kongtong Seal will have the same effect."

"Bloodline plus the powerful force from the alien object is theoretically enough. So after discussion, the Chi family selected three descendants of the patriarch from among the survivors at the time to enter the center of the city through the magic circle to find the alien object and try the feasibility of this method."

Lin Wu was also a master of mysticism and could hear the flaws in it.

"Regardless of whether this method is feasible or not, even if you have the spirituality of the Kongtong Seal fused into your blood, how can you possibly be comparable to the Kongtong Seal?"

"If we want to reach the power of Kongtong Seal, how can the meager blood power of a few people be enough?"

"Besides, humans are mortals. How can we possibly withstand the power of alien beings?"

In general, how could it be possible with just a few people? ? The city lord looked at Lin Wu, as if he could see what Lin Wu was thinking: "We went there and finally succeeded. You saw how we did it when your soul was dragged away by the alien object just now."

Lin Wu was stunned for a moment.

The city lord said, "The three people almost died after entering. When they were dying, they saw some very special alien creatures. They were willing to exchange their power with us. The condition is that we must return our bodies and power to them later, otherwise there will be serious consequences."

"The three of us agreed. The process of accepting the power was very painful, and we almost didn't make it. Fortunately, we succeeded. Then we left immediately to solve the trouble."

There were three main things to do at that time. One was the alien objects that had escaped to the outside world, one was the gate of the underground city, and the other was the alien objects that were wreaking havoc in the city.

After discussing it, the three decided to close the gate first, solve most of the city lord's alien objects, and then go to the outside world to deal with the rest.

Fortunately, the alien creatures that escaped during the chaos were not very powerful, so they could only hope that people from outside could solve the problem.

After making the decision, they started immediately, but they didn't expect that the door alone would stump them.

"The final method of closing the door was carried out by one of the three people, the one who was chosen by the previous patriarch to be the next patriarch and who had a special phoenix tattoo. He sacrificed his life to the door, and finally integrated the aura of the Kongtong Seal on it and closed the door."

Lin Wu subconsciously touched his shoulder.

The city lord continued, "The remaining two went to deal with the alien. But unexpectedly, the alien who lent them the power suddenly changed his mind and said that closing the gate was enough. He asked them to return the power and kill the remaining people."

Lin Wu was silent for a moment, "And then?"

The city lord said: "Of course we couldn't return the power at that time, and the remaining lives are also lives. However, we violated the deal and suffered backlash. Our souls were devoured by them, and our bodies were painfully transformed from ordinary people into aliens. We were about to be devoured by them."

They had no doubt that if they were gone, if the alien objects were out of control in the city, they would sooner or later break through the gate and get out.

So the remaining Chi family members made a decision.

"Those two cooperated to use a forbidden blood array technique that reversed yin and yang." The city lord's voice was hoarse, "Only they were too weak to resist so many alien objects."

"So they used that forbidden technique to go against the will of heaven and forcibly awaken all the dead members of the Chi family. Then they shared their blood and power with them, allowing everyone to have the aura related to the Kongtong Seal."

"Likewise, they have all become strangers."

“The tribesmen who woke up had no time to figure out what was going on, and they had no time to do or say anything before they were forced to perform a blood sacrifice in the formation.”

The blood power of just a few people is certainly not enough.

So many people combined are almost enough, barely enough to match the power of Kongtong Seal and restrain alien objects from outer space.

Then, little by little, they forced the alien creatures back to the center of the city.

This was undoubtedly successful, and also angered those conscious alien beings.

In their rage, when the blood sacrifice was about to take place, they used the power they lent to the Chi family as a bridge and cast a curse.

——The generations of the Chi family that followed enjoyed great power, but also consumed their lives, with only half surviving.

When they are dying, members of the Chi family will turn into stone in pain, and finally their souls will be trapped in their petrified bodies, unable to be freed, slowly weakening until they completely dissipate and turn into real, cold stone men.

"The Chi family went against the will of heaven. This can be considered a punishment from heaven. It is difficult and impossible for us to break free."

The city lord smiled bitterly and sighed, "In that disaster, the Chi family members were also petrified on the spot. They didn't even have a chance to react. They turned into stone men. Their souls were trapped in pain and forced to watch themselves dissipate."

"In fact, they should have all died there. But at the last moment, one of the two people with alien powers absorbed all the power in the remaining tribesmen into his own body."

"He also used the remaining power of his bloodline to perform forbidden techniques, giving the other members of the tribe a glimmer of hope."

"After the offspring with the bloodline of the patriarch, that is, with the residual power of the Kongtong Seal, are born, they can still rely on the protection of the Kongtong Seal to become normal people. But they must not awaken powers that they should not have. Otherwise, they will face the same crisis again."

Lin Wu looked at himself instantly.

Thinking of Lu Guichi’s extreme reaction when Jian Chonghe almost damaged his soul in Lingnan.

"I am still a normal person now, but as long as I become an Inhuman like you, I will have the same power as you. At the same time, I will also be short-lived and petrified like you... My soul will be scattered and I will not be able to enter the cycle of reincarnation?"

She asked slowly.

The city lord nodded.

Lin Wu was stunned.

The city lord looked at her with a hint of pity and other unknown emotions in his eyes.

Lin Wu thought to herself that it was weird, she actually thought that was probably envy of her.

Lin Wu frowned, clenched his hands, and tried to remain calm, and asked: "What about you, City Lord? You said you lived a long time, so are you the one left among the three people?"

The city lord nodded again in silence.

really.

In the empty ice cave, the suffocating and quiet atmosphere spread silently.

Lin Wu was also silent. "Then how did you... survive until now?"

The city lord seemed very tired.

He said: "It was because of the alien being that exchanged power with me. I was actually dying at the time, but the alien being contacted me through its power. It didn't want to be trapped forever, so it wanted to come out and tempted me that as long as I helped it, it could find a way to offset the heaven's intention to kill me and let me live."

"I promised, and it happened. I didn't die in the disaster, and my body is recovering quickly."

Lin Wu asked in astonishment: "Did you really let it go?"