Chapter 054: Cemetery Bones (10)
The grass is green and the branches are full of flowers.
He Lin still looked like a flesh and blood body, and he looked solemnly at the bones in front of him: "That's right, I sealed your memories. My tomb is a gathering place for yin energy. After I died, I didn't go to heaven, but became a ghost and stayed here. Later, I kept all of you here one by one."
He was in deep sorrow today, with a hint of sadness in his eyes.
"You admit it?" As if a switch suddenly turned on, the group of bones were stimulated, bared their teeth and stepped forward, their exposed teeth rubbing against each other and making a squeaking sound.
He Lin turned a few steps back and said, "Isn't it good to stay here?"
The skeletons did not respond, but moved forward with their fangs and claws: "Give us back our freedom, give us back our freedom..."
Their voices suddenly became low, without any distinction between men, women, young and old; all were hoarse and chaotic.
After awakening, the energy magnetic field was disrupted by the backlash effect. They are now mindless and can only roar, wanting to tear the people in front of them to pieces.
He Lin didn't know, and he ran while saying: "I have no ill intentions, why should I reincarnate? There is nothing good about being a human, it is better not to remember the past life, isn't this what you all agree on?"
The group of bones couldn't hear, they chased Helin, waving their sharp claws forward, and a bloody cut appeared on the fair cheek in an instant.
He Lin covered his wound and said, "Why can't you listen to my detailed explanation?"
"Give us back our freedom..." There were only roars all around.
Another claw attacked from behind, tearing the clothes and causing a sharp pain on the back.
He Lin staggered a step and just as he raised his hand to block, his arm was bitten tightly by a bone. He felt a piercing pain and then he felt a pain in his leg. The sharp teeth pierced deeply into his calf. His legs went limp and he collapsed to the ground.
The bones swarmed forward.
He Lin did not dare to restore his body to bones. His current flesh and blood form still provided a layer of protection. If he turned into bones and was bitten off and broken, he would not be able to recover. So he could only endure the pain of being bitten and crawl forward desperately.
The entrance of the cave opened and there was a faint light outside. What was going on? Was it that the moonlight had returned?
How can the moonlight come back?
Without caring about anything else, he crawled towards the cave entrance. The white bones would turn into human form when seeing the moonlight. However, the biting force of humans was not that strong.
But he had just crawled a few steps when he was dragged back by the bones.
"Help...my life..." There is no one to turn to, but in times of crisis one cannot help but shout like this.
Can't die here.
Helin gritted his teeth, struggled to shake off a few bones, stumbled forward, used all his strength to run to the cave entrance, and climbed up the stairs.
The bones chased after them and stopped for a while at the bottom of the stairs.
Go to the underground space, there are two levels. When the upper passage is opened, the hole under the steps below will also open. When the passage is closed, the one below will be closed accordingly.
Since the cave entrance was closed, they couldn't go back, and they were afraid that it would be too late, so they didn't dare to go forward.
Helin climbed up the steps. A ray of moonlight came in through the slightly opened passage, but it was too faint to form a moonlight staircase.
But he could no longer hold on and slowly fell to the ground.
Under the bright white moonlight, a rose petal quietly falls.
Finally, the bones' desire to bite and tear took over, and they rushed out and jumped onto the stairs.
When He Lin was about to be caught, suddenly, there was a loud "bang" and large pieces of rose petals fell and swirled around the person who was about to fall.
A person jumped out from the rain of flowers and caught him in time.
Helin opened his eyes with difficulty and met that anxious look.
"You...you're here?" His joy and surprise were all covered up by his weakness, and he had no strength to speak.
"I'm here." Tao Xing hugged him in his arms, turned around, kicked away the white bones that were rushing up, and with a crackling sound, all the bones rolled down the stairs.
Flower petals fell all over the steps. Tao Xing walked down the stairs holding the person in his arms. "I know you are not conscious now, but I believe you all have the instinct to avoid danger. I can fix your bones, but I can also grind them into slag. If you are not afraid, come and try!"
His tone was shocking and cold, and the bones couldn't help but shudder. As he said, even if they were unconscious, they knew how powerful he was, and they dared not move forward, but only retreated step by step as he advanced.
Fear drove away bloodlust. When they retreated into the cave, some of the bones began to regain consciousness. The scarlet flames in their eyes faded, and their pale finger bones pointed at Helin: "He took away our memories and imprisoned us. Are you on his side?"
"I'm not on anyone's side." Tao Xing said, "But he is my lover, I can't just stand by and watch him die."
He Lin heard this, raised his eyes and smiled weakly.
"My dear..." The skeletons thought for a moment, "You two are in the same group. If you help him, you may die in the future without knowing how."
"If I only help him, then..." Tao Xing's eyes swept across the bones, "You are now just a pile of broken bones."
The skeletons were shocked, but regained some of their senses: "But..."
"I..." He Lin forced himself to speak, "I really have no ill intentions."
Tao Xing lowered her eyebrows and wiped the blood off his face, and said softly, "Okay, you take a rest first, and when you have more energy, you can talk about it."
The person in his arms hummed weakly, and Tao Xing picked him up and walked through the bones. The bones unconsciously stepped back and made way.
Helin turned back into a skeleton. The blurry flesh and blood disappeared, but there was still a lot of blood. Tao Xing helped him wipe the blood clean and reconnected the broken bones. She stayed by his bedside until the next day when he woke up.
Tao Xing helped him walk to the stream, where all the bones had gathered.
He Lin said slowly and solemnly: "Since I came here, I don't remember anything about my past life, but I was very happy. I thought...you would be happy if you stayed here, which would be better than reincarnating as a human. So, I summoned all the ghosts after my death. I also thought that if you have memories of your past life, you will inevitably have some concerns, so I took the initiative to seal your memories."
He looked at the surroundings with flowers and gurgling streams: "After seeing your reactions today, I realized that I was narrow-minded. I'm sorry. I shouldn't have made the decision on my own. It's just..."
He sighed sadly: "Is it really not good for everyone to have fun and have fun every day without worrying about anything?"
The bones listened to his sincere words, and thinking that he was really nice and everyone was happy here, their anger finally subsided a lot. After a moment of silence, Xiaonan stepped forward and said, "Whether you are kind-hearted or not, as you said, you should let us choose for ourselves."
"Yes." The other bones also said, "This place may be a paradise on earth or a fairyland on earth. I don't care how I live here, but first of all, I have to know who I am. I don't even know myself. I am incomplete and there is no way I can be happy or not."
He Lin lowered his eyes: "I also have selfish motives. It's too lonely for me to stay here alone. I want to make this place more lively." He sighed deeply, "I was wrong."
As he spoke, he glanced at the people around him.
Tao Xing smiled gently: "What are you going to do now?"
He Lin saw that Tao Xing did not blame him, and the red flames in his eyes flickered: "Then... I will lift the forbidden spell and restore everyone's memory, and then... this space will also be opened, and those who want to leave can leave."
A bone asked: "If we leave, where will we go?"
"Go to reincarnate." He Lin said, "This is an inevitable rule. Once you leave this space of mine, you can't stay in the world for long. It won't be long before you embark on the road of reincarnation."
The bones were startled. Amid the noise, someone shouted, "Untie our bonds first."
He Lin nodded: "Okay."
He calmed himself down, walked to an open space, and sat cross-legged.
The floating light was like stars, floating around and then falling into the center of each skeleton's head.
The bones all lowered their heads and fell into reverie.
There was silence for a long time. He Lin raised his head and whispered to the people around him: "The forbidden spell has been lifted. When they wake up, their memories will be restored, and they can...get out of this space."
Tao Xing leaned over, and even though there was only flames in the eye sockets, he could still see a bit of loneliness.
He reached out to support the bones.
Suddenly, 080 said, "Host, the mission is not completed."
His hand paused for a moment, and then he lifted up the bones without making a sound.
Mission completion criteria: the forbidden spell is lifted and the backlash is ineffective.
The ghosts failed to bite Helin to death, the backlash had failed, and the mission had not been completed, that is, the forbidden spell had not been lifted.
The bones in front of him were still weak: "Do you think I'm bad?"
Tao Xing regained his composure and shook his head: "Didn't you say that you meant well, and they didn't blame you, so why would I say anything?"
He Lin was silent for a moment: "Do your words... still count?"
"What I said counts."
Bai Guxin fell back: "I thought you were not coming. I clearly waited until the passage was closed. How did you come?"
Tao Xing then told him about the incident in which she was late due to accidental car breakdown and used the mirror to reflect the moonlight.
"Is this still possible?"
"Yes." Tao Xing smiled, "But I was in a hurry and damaged the passage. I don't know if I can get out in three days."
"What?" He Lin was shocked. "No, you can't stay here for long. What should I do..." He said as he walked forward.
Tao Xing held him back: "If I really don't go out and die here, wouldn't it be a good opportunity for me to stay and accompany you?"
080 was shocked. No, host, you will leave this world when you die. Just as it was about to say it, it was suppressed by the host's prediction and could not say anything.
He Lin shook his head: "If our love comes at the cost of your life, then I would rather not love you."
Tao Xing looked at him and smiled, "It's okay. I don't think it's a big problem. The passage is originally a space that is both real and illusory. A hammer won't affect anything."
He Lin breathed a sigh of relief.
080 also breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that even though this White Bone was hiding something, he truly loved the host.
Tao Xing added: "I also prepared a large bouquet of roses, but they were scattered when the passage was smashed."
He Lin chuckled: "I've seen it."
The rose rain is beautiful.
The two lovers who had just realized their feelings for each other looked at each other.
Creaking sounds came from all around, and the bones woke up.
The two of them turned and looked at them.
The skeletons' brains were hit by the sudden memory and needed a buffer. Even though they were awake, they were silent for a while, and then they raised their heads one after another.
Some sighed, some cried, some laughed with tears, and some cursed...
Tao Xing saw human joy, anger, sorrow and happiness in this group of bones.
"I've been dead for 24 years." Yougu said.
"Except for Mr. He, I am the oldest. I have been dead for 30 years. I have a happy family and lived to a very old age..."
“I just died last month…”
They were talking in a flurry.
Tao Xing knew some of their relatives and knew how they were doing now.
The bones must have known that they could learn some information about the outside world from him, but they did not ask. Perhaps they did not dare to ask for fear of having further concerns.
Therefore, recovering memories is painful, but they would rather endure the pain and suffering to know who they are.
If they don't ask, Tao Xing won't say anything.
After they had vented their emotions, they looked around and suddenly felt the past and present life again. They sang and danced here day after day without knowing how many years had passed. It turned out that so much time had passed.
They looked around from the green grass and stream, and their sights finally fell on Helin.
Suddenly recalling my past life, my emotions became abundant and my thoughts were no longer single-minded. The previous anger and complaints were now filled with a bit more understanding and regret.
"Okay, Mr. Crane, we know you mean no harm," they said.
"The environment here is so beautiful. We have everything we need and don't have to worry about anything. This is a life that many people yearn for but cannot achieve."
He Lin was delighted: "Then... do you want to stay?"
The sounds of the bones ceased and gradually became silent.
He Lin's smile slowly faded.
Xiao Dong, who had an old voice, said, "Mr. He, I am very happy here, but when I regained my memory and knew my life story, I felt that these joys were soulless. My life is complete only with joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness. I... I am sorry, I want to leave. I am willing to reincarnate. It doesn't matter if there is an afterlife or not. It doesn't matter if I am still a human being in the next life. It's just that I don't want to be trapped here."
The other skeletons were silent for a moment, then they all spoke up: "I want to leave too."
"I want to go..."
He Lin lowered his head, and after a long while, he smiled faintly: "Okay, I understand."
"Then Mr. He, you...are not leaving?"
He Lin looked at the people around him and said, "I won't leave. I will stay here forever. I haven't unlocked my memory yet. I think it's good to stay here."
Tao Xing gently stroked his shoulder: "I will always be with you."
Helin took his hand and smiled faintly.
The group of skeletons didn't want to be disturbed, so they turned around and looked around: "When can we leave?"
"You can leave at any time. These rock walls are just barriers. Now that the space has been opened, you can travel out from anywhere. After you go out, you will return to the underworld and have your own place to be reincarnated."
"Can we get out through the passage like Mr. Tao?"
"That is the path to the human world. Mr. Tao is a human, he can leave, but we can't."
The bones discussed with each other: "Well, shall we leave now?"
They hesitated, and someone said, "We have been here for so many years, there is no need to rush. Mr. Tao is here, he has done us a favor, we should at least entertain him. Also, we have been with Mr. He for many years, we should say goodbye properly, how about we get together again tomorrow?"
"Okay, okay."
He Lin's eyes flickered and he smiled knowingly: "Thank you."
The bones were a little embarrassed: "Let's go get ready."
After saying this, they dispersed.
There was only one person and one bone left on the grassland. He Lin looked back at the empty grassland and sighed: "From now on, I will be the only one left here."
Tao Xing asked: "Why don't you want to restore your memory?"
"I just really resist. I think I didn't live a good life when I was alive, so I don't want to reincarnate. I don't want to be a human anymore. Are you... going to persuade me to leave?" He Lin became uneasy. "Don't say that reincarnation is for my own good. I really feel that I am very happy now. Besides, I don't want to be separated from you."
Tao Xing thought for a moment and said, "I will come to accompany you on time every month."
He Lin was stunned for a moment, then smiled comfortably: "Yeah."
Then he took his hand and walked forward.
Tao Xing followed him, her eyes always on him.
Bai Gu noticed something: "Why are you looking at me?"
"My love, of course you have to keep watching. You can't get enough of it." Tao Xing said with a smile.
Bai Gu lowered his head in shame, and thought of something, and took another quick step: "After a day of hard work, it's almost dark. Let's go to the rock. I wonder if there will be moonlight tonight."
"Are you going to moonlight?"
He Lin turned around and said, "Do you want to kiss a skeleton?"
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