When Arauno led Li Ziyu to the entrance of the catacombs, Li Ziyu was surprised to find that above the entrance was a tomb that looked carefully designed, with a sign hanging on it. Torento secretly told him that the sign read "Public Cemetery."
Arauno explained to Li Ziyu that according to the instructions of the Holy Corpse, the Prayer Cemetery is open to everyone in Budapest, whether they are poor, nobles, or royals, they can be buried in the cemetery, and can only be buried in the Prayer Cemetery.
However, the space in the cemetery is limited. Budapest itself, plus the surrounding villages and towns, has a population of several million people in the entire territory, and all of them need to be buried in the prayer cemetery.
The royal family had long discovered that the cemetery would gradually expand on its own, but the expansion speed was limited. They found that sometimes there was not enough space and some bodies could not be buried.
Just when the royal family was worried, an underground tomb suddenly appeared. After some research, the royal family decided that they would plan a prayer cemetery and would not allow others to bury bodies at will. The cemetery would start charging a fee.
The location where the body is buried varies depending on the cost, and the aesthetics of the tombstone must also be taken into consideration.
The civilians and poor people who could not afford it would be buried in the catacombs.
The nobles expressed their satisfaction with this approach. They were not short of money, and even after death, they wanted to show the world how different they were. The royal family's approach just met their needs.
Not only that, in order to show off their nobility, nobles often spend a lot of money to try to occupy more space and make their tombs bigger than others. The royal family had to order that the size of all tombs must comply with regulations.
Since the size of the tomb was set, the nobles could only focus on the tombstones. Therefore, in the prayer cemetery, exquisite tombstones can be found everywhere, and the materials, carvings, and epitaphs are extremely sophisticated.
The royal family was surprised to find that they had made a fortune by buying plots in the prayer cemetery.
After some research, the royal family decided to take out the money and reinvest it in the cemetery to make it look more beautiful. This is how the current park-like prayer cemetery came into being, which is what Li Ziyu saw.
Li Ziyu was greatly surprised after listening to Arauno's explanation, and felt that the Leon royal family really had something and was very business-minded.
This was the first time Li Ziyu had seen a catacomb. The prayer cemetery he had built in the wilderness was only a short time old and few people were buried there, so there were no catacombs. Li Ziyu was quite curious and planned to go in and take a look.
Arauno naturally agreed and accompanied Li Ziyu into the "public cemetery".
The passage leading down has been repaired and has stone stairs. There are special oil lamps on both sides that are always lit, making the entire passage extremely bright. However, the walls on both sides of the passage are filled with coffins, forming a coffin wall. Judging from the decay of the wood and the weathering of the stone, these coffins must have existed for a very long time.
Follow the stone steps down to reach the tomb chamber.
There are also a large number of oil lamps that are always lit in the tomb, making it very bright.
The surrounding walls were actually made of human bones, with skulls piled up to form the walls. Even with the lighting of oil lamps, people still felt cold and scared.
It was the first time that Elena saw such a scene. She was so scared that her face turned pale and she subconsciously grabbed the corner of Li Ziyu's clothes. Not to mention that she was a little girl, even Torento's face looked bad. The sight of the white bones was really not a good feeling.
However, Li Ziyu and Meng Ni didn't feel anything, but instead visited with great interest.
Meng Ni had seen what the Castle of the Dead looked like before. At that time, it was made entirely of white bones, and it was much more terrifying than here. However, after getting used to it, she didn't feel anything special about it.
On the contrary, here, the walls are made of human skulls, and they are arranged very neatly, which looks a bit strange.
The wall of skulls reminded Li Ziyu of a place in his previous life, called the Bone Hall, also known as the Skull Tomb, which was a very famous place in his previous life.
Before traveling through time, he had never been there and had only seen photos of it on the Internet. He didn't expect to see it in person after arriving in the other world.
Li Ziyu walked inside while looking around. All he saw were walls made of bones, one after another. He didn't know how many people were buried there.
Arauno consciously acted as a tour guide. It turned out that as the number of corpses continued to increase, the area of the underground tomb was also rapidly expanding, with a large number of passages leading to various tombs.
The new corpses will be placed in the innermost tomb. The corpses buried in the underground tomb will not decompose as severely as the corpses outside, and they will not emit a foul smell. The corpses in the underground tomb will gradually shrivele as if dried by the wind, the muscles will disappear, and they will become skin and bones, and finally even the skin will disappear. During this process, no smell will be emitted.
When the flesh and skin have disappeared and only a skeleton remains, special people will come to collect it, transport it to the front tomb chamber, and neatly stack it into the wall of skulls they see.
According to Arauno, there are three types of underground tombs. The first type is composed of skeletons, which is called the Skeleton Wall. The second type is composed of mummies with skin and bones, which is called the Mummies Forest. The third type is composed of corpses that have just been buried and are waiting to be "dried".
The underground tomb is very large and seems to have spatial energy inside. It is much larger than the prayer cemetery outside. The passages are interconnected and there are many tombs. If you really want to wander around in it, it will probably take a long time.
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