Chapter 048: Cemetery Bones (4)
A man and a bone walked through the garden.
Tao Xing discovered that there was actually a boundary here. Beyond the flower forest, there were some wastelands, and then rocks.
Going back, passing through the group of houses, you will see the stream again. Walking along the stream, you will see long grasslands and occasional piles of stones and houses.
Roughly estimated, the underground area is about the same size as a cemetery.
But the number of bones must be less than the number of graves, otherwise, this stone house would not be able to accommodate one person. Tao Xing speculated that some may have died and turned into bones here, while others may have been reincarnated directly.
There are certain conditions for becoming a ghost. Not everyone will become a ghost after death.
He asked the bones around him: "How was this place formed? Did you build it by yourselves? It's not easy to dig such a large underground place."
He Lin smiled and said, "Part of it was built, and part of it... was developed using my abilities."
"What are your abilities?"
"Well, maybe I've been dead longer than them. I don't know why, but I have the ability to open up space and give it life. At first, I just wanted to open up a place for myself to live. Later, as more and more bones gathered, the space became bigger and bigger. They all had a place to live, so they respectfully called me their master."
"How long have you been dead?"
There was no reply from anyone.
Tao Xing said, "It's inconvenient to say, so forget it."
"No." He Lin said, "I just don't remember. We don't remember who we were when we were alive, nor do we remember when we died. I just said that I died earlier than them. It was my guess, because when I turned into bones, I was the only one here, and then they appeared one after another."
Tao Xing thought of the clothes he wore when he was in human form. If that Zhongshan suit was what he wore when he was alive, then it should not be very old, at least he was not from ancient times.
The sound of water gradually faded away, and they were about to reach the border ahead. The two were about to turn back, but Helin looked up and was suddenly startled, and took a few quick steps.
Tao Xing also stepped forward and saw a huge rock in the wasteland. A beam of soft white light shone down from above and gathered into a circular area on the rock.
Helin looked up and said, "It looks like a brick has fallen off, letting the moonlight in."
"Can we go out from here?" Tao Xing asked.
He Lin smiled guiltily: "There is only one passage, and that is the hole you fell in. There is no way out anywhere else."
Tao Xing understood that this passage was not just about opening up the upper and lower parts, there was also a chance involved.
"However, there is moonlight here, and I can have flesh and blood again." The white bones walked up the stone steps and stepped into the light. The white bones glowed slightly under the moonlight, and there seemed to be clouds flowing around their bodies, interweaving with the moonlight.
After a while, the bones turned into a human, with a smile on his pale face. He turned around and asked, "Are you less scared now?"
"I told you, it doesn't matter what you look like."
The man on the rock was stunned for a moment, then laughed: "Actually, I am also very curious. We don't have many opportunities to see the moonlight." He turned around and looked back.
Tao Xing smiled slightly and looked at the person under the moon.
The moonlight will not stay for too long, and it has quietly disappeared in this eye contact.
He Lin walked down the boulder and asked Tao Xing, "Do you remember what time it was when you fell?"
"A little after twelve o'clock." Tao Xing remembered it clearly.
"What time is it?"
Tao Xing looked at her phone: "Three thirty."
He Lin thought for a moment and said, "Then I can use the moonlight once, which can last for about two hours." He said, "Mr. Tao, it's already late, do you want to rest?"
It would be fine if I didn't say anything. Once I said it, I felt really tired. Tao Xing nodded and said, "Go back and have a rest."
Walking back, looking all the way, there really is no way out. Now, I can only believe Helin's words and wait for three days.
However, Tao Xing still had some doubts and pulled the hand of the person next to him.
Well, it still has temperature. It is certain that he can maintain body temperature after having flesh and blood.
The hand that was held paused slightly, and before it could react, it was released again. Helin looked at him in surprise.
The flower forest was ahead, and Tao Xing returned to the room. It was very comfortable to sleep in this small stone house, with good sound insulation. The room was not big but was warmly decorated. In addition to soft bedding, there were small wool balls of various colors hung everywhere on the walls, woven handicrafts, etc., and there were flowers made of wool on the table.
The bones can live.
At first he thought he couldn’t sleep, but maybe he was too sleepy, or maybe it was too comfortable here, plus he had already found the object of his mission, so he relaxed and fell asleep.
He was awakened by a burst of laughter. When he opened his eyes, he saw a few skeletons leaning against the window and looking in. When they saw him wake up, they said excitedly, "Mr. Tao, we are going to the creek to have a party. Let's go together."
Tao Xing looked at the time. It was already one o'clock in the afternoon.
It was dark underground, with no change between day and night, and the bone lamp was always on.
He rubbed his brows, got up, washed his face, and opened the door: "Okay, but didn't you just have a party yesterday?"
"Having gathered yesterday won't prevent us from gathering again today."
Tao Xing: “…”
I was speechless.
He followed a few people to the stream, where dozens of bones had gathered. Vegetables and fruits were placed on the stone table, and wine bottles were soaking in the water. Some bones were washing fruits and humming songs. In addition to Xiaocai, there were also some children's bones chasing and playing on the grass.
On the grass, there were white skeletons holding long needles made from bones... weaving cotton wool. Although the skeletons did not wear clothes, they still had the habits they had when they were alive: they would cover themselves with quilts when they slept.
Helin said that with his ability, he could grow flowers, vegetables and fruits here. He thought cotton and other things could also be grown, and wine could be made.
But since I didn’t see any meat, I guess it’s impossible to make this.
The flowing water is like music, the flowers are in full bloom, the grass is green, and groups of skeletons are laughing and playing. It is a happy scene.
Tao Xing found He Lin's figure beside the table. Two hours had already passed. He Lin had turned into bones again. He was holding a red wine glass and smiling at the other bones. Two balls of red light like flames were flickering in his eyes.
He took two steps toward the table when he was stopped by a group of skeletons: "Mr. Tao is here, come and eat."
They first led Tao Xing to sit in front of a row of fruits and vegetables, and pushed the fruit baskets in front of him: "What do you like to eat?"
Tao Xing was indeed a little hungry, so she ate a bunch of grapes and drank a glass of red wine. Just as she was about to get up, she was pulled to the other side: "We are playing dominoes, come and play together."
Those dominoes... they were really made of bones. Tao Xing defeated them in three or five moves, stood up, and finally came in front of He Lin.
Helin helped him pull out the chair and said with a smile, "There are very few outsiders here. They are so rare. Don't be surprised."
"No, it's fine." Tao Xing said, and this was from the bottom of his heart. Eating, drinking and having fun, these days are really good.
He Lin poured him another glass of wine: "Did you sleep well last night? I asked them to come back to see you later, but I guess they left early."
"very good."
"That's good. I was always worried that you were scared."
"Uh..." Tao Xing did not respond. It was a strange feeling. He was clearly in a den of ghosts, surrounded by skeletons. He was also timid and should have been very scared, but... these bones were too lifelike to scare him.
Not only am I not afraid, I even think their lives are pretty good.
He may have drunk two glasses of red wine, and felt a little dizzy. In a daze, he half-jokingly said, "It would be interesting if we stayed here."
The bone beside him paused, remained silent for a moment, and said solemnly: "Living people cannot stay here for long."
"Oh." Then he cannot die. If he dies, he will not come here, but will leave this world.
They played until the evening. Tao Xing looked at the time and it was about seven or eight o'clock. The bones also noticed the time and ran over to hold them: "Let's go, let's go."
Tao Xing was pulled up and ran forward, still confused: "Where are you going?"
They crossed the stream and ran to the border rock, where they stopped and looked at the beam of moonlight shining on the boulder.
When the noise died down, they seemed a little nervous and slowly approached the boulder.
Xiaocai climbed up first and stood in the moonlight.
All the bones looked up.
The moonlight was floating, and the small skeleton was covered with soft light. Flesh and blood slowly grew out of it. A little boy with red lips and white teeth, about five or six years old, was wearing a blue striped suit, and his eyes were rolling around.
"Wow..." All the bones cheered with envy.
Tao Xing: "He has turned back into the way he was in his lifetime."
He Lin nodded: "They have never seen moonlight. Today I told them that there is moonlight here. They really want to come and see what they looked like when they were alive."
"He was very cute when he was alive." Tao Xing said. Thinking of this, he felt a little sorry that the child died at the age of five or six.
Thinking about it again, Helin’s physical age is not too old, probably in his twenties.
Hearing a commotion, the bones saw that Xiaocai had transformed into a flesh body, and they all rushed up.
He Lin said: "Don't push, line up."
They lined up obediently, climbed up the stone one by one, stood in the light, turned around, looked at their own bodies, and then climbed down in wonder.
Tao Xing saw the tall female skeleton, Xiaonan, a very beautiful young girl wearing a white embroidered dress.
The hunchbacked, elderly Xiaodong was truly an old man, with completely white hair and wrinkles on his forehead. He should have died of old age.
Xiaobei, who had his head cut off before, was a young man.
There were other bones as well, of men and women, young and old, all frozen in their respective forms on the day they died.
Life is unpredictable.
The ghosts with flesh bodies were very happy, laughing beside the rock, and pulled Helin again: "Mr. He, why don't you change into a human?"
He Lin smiled and shook his head: "My novelty has worn off. If Mr. Tao is not afraid, I don't need to change." After saying that, he turned to look at Tao Xing.
Tao Xing looked into those flaming eye sockets and said, "Yeah."
"Oh, hehe..." The ghosts shouted happily and danced together.
Tao Xing was surrounded and was infected by their joyful atmosphere.
However, now that he was sober, he no longer had the idea of "not leaving".
It was indeed joyful here, but... perhaps because he was still a living person, he felt a strange sense of discomfort.
But if I go out, how can I meet Helin again in the future?
He is the target of the mission and also the lover from two different worlds.
This is a question that needs to be thought about.
After an unknown amount of time, the flesh and blood of the playful ghosts disappeared, revealing their white bones.
Two hours have passed.
They stopped moving, remained silent for a moment, and then climbed up the rock again.
He Lin said again: "Slow down, don't push."
But they were very anxious, and the moonlight would not shine forever. Xiaocai was small, and just when he was halfway up, he heard a "click", and his lumbar vertebra broke into two pieces. The upper half turned into flesh when the moonlight shone on it, while the lower half remained white bones.
Half of a human body, half of a skeleton, slid down from the edge of the stone.
The other skeletons were shocked: "Mr. Tao, Xiaocai is broken, can you help him connect it?"
Hearing the sound, Tao Xing walked forward, picked up the bone, aligned it with the gap, and pressed hard.
Xiaocai stood up, with two thin white bones supporting half of his body, and he staggered back and forth.
He Lin reminded again: "Everyone be careful."
The other skeletons became more cautious as they climbed the rocks.
He Lin sighed silently and turned around.
Tao Xing turned around with him and said, "Your bones break so easily. What if they break again after I'm gone?"
The skeletons were also worried about this problem, and when they heard him speak, they all looked over quietly.
He Lin was silent for a moment, then hesitantly said, "That passage... opens every month."
"Really?" Tao Xing's eyes lit up, "Can I come again?"
"Would you like to come again?"
"I'm willing." Just when she was worrying about how to find him after leaving, there was a solution. Tao Xing said, "I'll come again next month. Oh, don't worry, I will never tell anyone what I see or hear here."
The blush in the eye sockets in front of her brightened, and she spoke softly with a hint of joy: "Thank you, Mr. Tao."
"No need." Tao Xing waved his hand. He was also doing this for his own sake. "You guys trust me so much, aren't you afraid that I will go out and find someone to dig it up?"
He Lin smiled and said, "When you didn't know I was a ghost, you tried your best to protect me. You are a very good person. I believe you. We all believe you."
Tao Xing also laughed, but then thought again: "But this is only a temporary solution, not a permanent one."
Last time, Helin said that it was because the cemetery was leaking and damp that the bones were prone to decay. He said, "When I get out, I will help you repair the cemetery."
He Lin nodded happily.
It was late at night, the moonlight had faded, and today's party was over. The white bones went back to their respective places. Tao Xing and He Lin went back to Hualin together. This white bone was in a good mood today and kept turning his head to look at him on the way.
When he reached the flower forest, he seemed to be reluctant to leave. He stood in front of Tao Xing with his hands behind his back, showing no intention of saying goodbye.
Tao Xing then asked, "Do you have anything else to say?"
The white skeleton fingers moved behind him, and the flowers on the ground swayed gently. Petals of various colors flew up, then quietly gathered together, returned to his hands, and gathered into a bouquet.
He Lin hesitated for a moment, then raised the bouquet and said, "I don't know how to thank you. I don't have anything good to give you. I'm just giving you a bouquet of flowers, but I don't know if you like it."
Tao Xing took the bouquet. The flowers here had no fragrance, but they were still beautiful. He said, "Thank you. I like it very much."
The crimson light in Baisuke's eyes flickered even more.
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