Chapter 1973 Gravekeeper
As he sped along, Zhao Yin reviewed what he had seen that day in his mind.
Three-legged birds, flying snakes, golden giant eagles... and a hairy giant hand that seemed to belong to neither one nor the other.
Now, there's even the Law of Thunder...
"Both thunder and giant beasts have attacked me. The difference is that the giant beast wanted to devour me, while the thunder, which was definitely capable of killing me, missed its mark three times in a row!"
"Thunderbolt is more like punishment, forbidding me from pulling weeds!"
"But that hairy, large hand never attacked me from beginning to end."
In Zhao Yin's mind, he recalled the scene of the giant hand appearing three times over and over again.
Three-legged bird... flying serpent... golden giant eagle...
Zhao Yin suddenly realized that the three-legged bird and the flying snake seemed to have been flying towards him.
On that coast, who knows how many of the same colossal beasts exist, a thousand, ten thousand... or a hundred thousand?
They were all watching him, intimidated by the giant hand, and dared not come again...
"Were those three appearances of the giant hand meant to protect me?"
Zhao Yin paused, and all the information suddenly came together.
If the giant hand had no ill intentions towards him, and all three attacks were aimed at the giant beasts that came to devour him, then the lightning of the law was merely a punishment, not a killing... which makes sense!
"This place is the ruins of our human race, and that giant hand belongs to our friendly forces!"
"The Law of Thunder forbids me from taking away the weeds from this place!"
The only thing Zhao Yin couldn't understand was why he was so concerned about some weeds.
"These weeds aren't exactly treasures, are they?" Zhao Yin examined the nearby weeds again and found that apart from their vigorous growth, they were no different from ordinary weeds.
Countless mountains are covered with this kind of weed. Even if it is a treasure, I will only take a tiny bit with me. Why should I care?
He still couldn't figure it out, so he simply stopped thinking about it.
He can't take anything with him if he stays here, and going to the more distant seas would be suicide.
Zhao Yin suspected that once he left this mountain range, the giant hand would no longer protect him.
Thousands upon thousands of giant beasts, even if only one is deployed, can instantly turn itself into a fat beast.
Zhao Yin took off running again, wanting nothing more than to leave this place as soon as possible.
After an unknown amount of time, just when Zhao Yin thought he was about to get lost, he finally saw a dilapidated wooden door in front of him.
The same couplet remains, and the two doors are still tightly shut...
Zhao Yin did not hesitate; this was his only way out, and he pushed it away directly.
Nothing stands in the way.
Before he could take a step, the scene before him suddenly distorted, as if time and space had switched...
The wooden door disappeared, and the gate of a thousand colors of light reappeared before our eyes.
On the other side of the portal, everything was shrouded in mist, the same scene as when we arrived...
At the same time, Zhao Yin immediately felt a summoning force in his heart.
It seemed to come from the depths of the universe, carrying an urgency...
"It is the core world that is calling me!"
Zhao Yin was overjoyed.
At this moment, he felt relieved. The subtle information coming from the core world made him realize that as long as he stepped onto the other side of the light gate, he could enter the core world!
In the depths of his being, he vaguely understood the rules for entering and exiting that gray passage!
When you first enter, you can only move forward, with no turning back; and now, returning is the same—you can only go back...
It seems that this gate is a one-way street, and once you step in, you can only turn back when you reach the end!
"No wonder I couldn't get back earlier; I thought I was trapped here and had died!"
Zhao Yin stepped inside, walking into the gray...
He couldn't help but turn around and look at the other side of the light gate.
This time, he saw it clearly: in the valley, a dilapidated wooden door still stood there...
A powerful lifting force rose from beneath Zhao Yin's feet, carrying his figure rapidly upwards.
Gradually, Zhao Yin saw the entire mountain range through the magnificent portal of light...
His mind jolted, and the inexplicable sadness he felt when he first saw the wooden door resurfaced in his heart.
Zhao Yin saw that the mountain peaks looked like a series of tombs.
Apart from being ten thousand times larger than an ordinary tomb, it is almost identical in appearance.
There were no mountains, only round, bulging mounds of earth, and occasionally, in the distance, a large grave stood with a dilapidated tombstone...
In the dim light, Zhao Yin could only make out four large characters on the tombstone...
The curtain falls on Tang and You!
"Tang You?"
This is the burial method of the human race. Tang You must be an ancestor of the human race in some era!
The tomb called Tang You appeared to be larger than the surrounding tombs.
Even in ancient times, Zhao Yin had never seen a cemetery complex of this scale.
Thinking back now, it must have been even further back in time.
This mountainous area is densely packed with graves, at least a thousand.
Recalling the appearance of those large hands, Zhao Yin was now certain that they were human.
The living humans, or rather, the gravediggers!
Zhao Yin clasped his hands and bowed deeply to the cemetery within the gate: "This unfilial descendant Zhao Yin has disturbed our ancestors. Please forgive Zhao Yin's youth and ignorance, and please forgive us!"
At this moment, Zhao Yin finally understood why he had been struck by lightning!
This is the resting place of the ancestors of humankind. It is very likely that the resting places of the thousands of large tombs are all the ancestors of humankind!
For countless ages, no descendants have come to pay their respects...
He barged in here, and actually dared to steal grass from the grave!
If the gravedigger doesn't chop him up, who will he chop up?
As Zhao Yin ascended rapidly, he quickly retrieved a large quantity of extraordinary wine, various cooked foods, grains, and other items.
He sprinkled it indiscriminately...
At least several thousand steaming dishes, tens of thousands of barrels of extraordinary liquor, mutated corn, wheat, rice, sorghum, chestnuts... and countless more.
Filled with guilt, Zhao Yin surged wildly from his spatial bracelet, entered the portal, and plummeted towards the thousand great tombs.
Just then, a feeling of relief emanated from inside the portal.
Zhao Yin vaguely saw a large tomb without a tombstone collapse, revealing a towering figure.
It resembled a human, sitting cross-legged there, towering over ten thousand miles high, its body covered in green fur that cascaded down like a waterfall.
He was emaciated, his clothes were covered in mud, and countless colorful chains could be vaguely seen encircling his body.
He slowly raised his head and looked at Zhao Yin, his weathered eyes clear and bright... with a touch of gentleness.
Zhao Yin shuddered, trying to see clearly, but his vision blurred.
Immediately afterwards, his figure appeared in the core world.
With Zhao Yin's appearance, the dissipating vitality within the core world abruptly paused, then rapidly surged...
The black dragon in the sky, its dull scales now gleaming... the small rope that was about to break free from the black dragon slowly disappeared...
Even the Sun and Moon, having vanished, slowly came back to life...
The endless green plants, their withered yellow leaves, slowly regained their vibrant green color...
"Great! Master has returned safely!"
"Waaaaah... I was so scared, little rope! Waaaaah...!"
