Traveling Through the Grave Robbers' Chronicles: Starting from Meeting You

[Host, why don't you give up this mission? As long as you leave, the plot will proceed as normal, and Zhang Qiling... won't be in any trouble...]

Would he still be seriously injured and almost die in the Zhang Family Ancient Tower? Would he still guard the bronze door for another ten years? Would he... forget me...

[Normally, yes. As long as you leave, the main system will forcibly erase all traces of your existence in this world, and these people...will no longer remember you.]

Zhang Hanyan stared at Zhang Qiling intently. She pondered for a moment, took a deep breath, suppressed the sadness in her heart, and her misty eyes showed an extraordinary firmness.

I won't leave! Even if it costs me my life, I will...keep him safe, in exchange for...a life of peace...

Although the system has always been in her sea of ​​consciousness, it can truly feel her sadness.

He thought of the reason and purpose for sending Zhang Hanyan here, and couldn't help feeling unfair and angry.

The fire of anger burned more and more fiercely, almost devouring his remaining sanity.

The system was silent for a moment, and decided to tell Zhang Hanyan, who had been kept in the dark, the truth behind this. He didn't want to help those old guys hide it from her anymore.

[Host, actually this mission is simply...Ah!!!]

After a shrill scream, the system was completely disconnected from Zhang Hanyan.

Tongzi? Tongzi, what's wrong with you? Did the main system punish you? Speak up!

No matter how she called out, the system, which was always chirping and noisy in the past, never responded to her. The departure of the system made her feel a rare sense of panic in her heart.

The system... is the only person in this world who knows her past. His disappearance means that in this world of novels, no one knows who she used to be.

Thinking of this, Zhang Hanyan's eyes gradually became dim and the corners of her lips drooped slightly. At this moment, it seemed as if the whole world had lost its color, leaving only endless loss.

"Han Yan..."

Zhang Qiling opened his eyes, and the blurry figure in front of him gradually became clear. His gentle call brought her back to her drifting thoughts.

"Brother! How are you? You finally woke up. I called you just now but you didn't wake up. I was almost scared to death, you know!"

Although she tried her best not to cry, her tears kept falling. The crystal tears were like pearls that had broken off the string, falling one by one.

In Zhang Qiling's existing memory, she was always smiling and rarely cried. He looked at her tears dripping, and an indescribable heartache surged in his heart.

He raised his hand and gently wiped away the tears on her face. These cold tears seemed to have turned into boiling lava, burning his whole body.

"Han Yan... don't cry..."

He hugged her gently, stroking her back with his right hand. She leaned on his shoulder, and his embrace made her feel extremely safe.

"Brother..."

She murmured in a low voice, with a hint of grievance in her tone.

"Don't be afraid... I'm here..."

Zhang Qiling hugged her tightly, trying to make her not be afraid anymore.

"Hmm? Where is this?"

Wu Xie, lying on the ground, rubbed his eyes and looked around at the completely unfamiliar environment.

The place where the four of them were was a flat cave dug out by humans. It was about 30 square meters in size, and if they stood up, their heads could reach the top of the cave.

Water was seeping all around the cave, the ground was wet, and the surrounding rocks were a dark green color.

"Brother, Hanyan, you are here, where is Fatty?"

Wu Xie looked around and found the fat man still in a coma in an inconspicuous corner.

"Fatty! Wake up! Wake up! If you don't wake up, Yun Cai will get married!"

He leaned close to the fat man's ear and yelled, successfully scaring the half-asleep fat man so much that he jumped up instantly.

"Yun Cai is getting married? Who is she marrying? Fatty, I'm going to kill that bastard who stole my girl!"

Wu Xie rolled his eyes at him unhappily, ignored him, and pushed him towards where Zhang Qiling and Zhang Hanyan were.

"Brother, Hanyan, where are we?"

"Outskirts of Zhang's ancient building."

Zhang Hanyan stared at the dark green rocks on the rock wall, and her eyes dimmed when she thought about the development of the plot.

[Host, I'm back. 】

Why did you suddenly disappear just now? Did the main system punish you? Are you okay?

[It’s okay, I just almost said something I shouldn’t have said, and the main system scolded me.

Host...the main system told you not to be afraid, it will definitely protect your life.

He also said that as long as you complete the mission well, he will definitely send you back, and he has already repaired your previous body. 】

okay, I get it.

While she was talking to the system, Wu Xie and Fatty, who had gone out to investigate the surroundings, came back and picked up the equipment scattered on the ground and put them away.

"Brother, Hanyan, Fatty and I have just looked around. There is another cave next to this one. It is twice as big as this one and it is very dry inside. Let's go over there."

"it is good."

Zhang Hanyan and Zhang Qiling stood up hand in hand, followed Wu Xie and Fatty, and walked to the cave next to them to rest.

There were several shelves in the corners of the cave, filled with the same iron figurines they had seen in the basement before.

Some rusty shovels, axes, hammers and other tools were placed in groups around the shelf.

The ceiling and walls of this cave are covered with dark green stripes, which emit a glass-like light under the illumination of a flashlight.

"What are these? Like jade? Hanyan, you just said this is the outskirts of the Zhang family's ancient building, then why is there no way to leave?"

"Yes, Fatty, I almost turned these two caves upside down. These walls are made of solid rock, and there is not even a small crack to be found."

Zhang Hanyan pointed at the dark green lines on the rock wall and said, "The way out is behind these things."

Upon hearing this, Wu Xie and Fatty immediately walked to the wall and reached out to touch the dark green lines on the rock wall.

"Hanyan, why do I feel like these things are the veins of jade? Is your Zhang family so rich? Do you have such a huge jade mountain?"

Wu Xie looked around and said, "Could these caves be the ones that the Zhang family dug when they excavated the jade?"

"These things are not jade, but Miloto."

"What is Miluotuo?" Wu Xie asked in confusion, touching the rock wall with his hand.

Zhang Hanyan recalled the description of Miluotuo in the original plot, pursed her lips, and slowly told what she knew under the gaze of three pairs of curious eyes.

"Miluotuo is a kind of monster raised by humans. They move around in these mountain walls, guarding the Zhang family's ancient building built inside the mountain."

"Since they are raised by humans, what do they eat to survive in these mountain walls?"

The fat man picked up the flashlight and walked over to the three of them. He sat down on the ground and looked up to ask.

"They eat everything they can catch, including... humans... They can use a very unique way to trap creatures that stray into crevices and caves, and then eat their corpses.

They can use their secretions to seal caves and crevices in the mountains, trapping their prey to death.

There are so many caves and crevices in the mountain, it's like a maze. When people go in and want to get out again, they will find that the entrance they just came in through has disappeared.

There are two kinds of rocks here, one is real, and the other is formed by the solidification of their secretions.

This mountain is like a very huge jelly, and they can move slowly in this jelly."

"According to what you said, our current situation is very dangerous. Those things just want to wait for us to die and then come out to eat us."

The fat man looked at the dark green lines on the rock wall in horror. Now that he knew the truth, he no longer felt that these jade-like lines were beautiful. He only felt extremely scared.

Wu Xie frowned, lowered his head and thought for a while, but couldn't resist his curiosity to know everything, so he opened his mouth and asked.

"These Miluotu are raised artificially just to protect the Zhang family's ancient building built in the mountain. What is in the Zhang family's ancient building that needs to be protected by such a thing?

Also, why did you Zhang family members go to so much trouble to build the Zhang Family Ancient Building in these difficult-to-excavate mountains?"

“I have never been into the real Zhang Family Ancient Building, so I don’t know what is inside.

Moreover, the Zhang family has been passed down for thousands of years, and the Zhang family ancient building is not fixed in one place but is mobile.

The Zhang Family Ancient Building in Guangxi was moved for the last time according to the written records passed down by the Zhang family.”

"Mobile! That means it has been relocated, right?" Wu Xie asked.

“Yes, regarding the Zhang Family’s ancient building in this mountain, as early as the Ming Dynasty, the Zhang family decided to move the Zhang Family’s ancient building here.

During the Ming Dynasty, they set fire to the forests here and planted wood that could be used to build the Zhang Family Ancient Building.

After the timber grew, they dug countless vertical tunnels and transported the felled timber from the vertical tunnels into the mountain to complete the construction of the Zhang Family Ancient Building.

Compared to the shock on Wu Xie and Fatty's faces, Zhang Qiling remained indifferent, as if everything she said had nothing to do with him.

To him, these things were like listening to an insignificant story, a story that had nothing to do with him.

“Han Yan, if what you said is true, then…your Zhang family is simply too terrifying.

They actually started planning the site for the construction of the Zhang Family Ancient Building during the Ming Dynasty. After the construction was completed, they even raised the Miluotuo in the rock walls to protect the Zhang Family Ancient Building."

Fatty nodded vigorously, firmly agreeing with what Wu Xie said.

"Well, since the things behind these rock walls are waiting to eat us, how do we get out now? They are hiding in there, and we can't do anything about them."

The fat man turned on the flashlight and shone it on the rock wall. Under the only light, he could vaguely see something moving slowly behind the rock wall.

"There is a way. Just burn them with fire or pour water on them to force them out."

As soon as Zhang Hanyan finished speaking, Wu Xie and Fatty ran to the cave next door to get water.

Zhang Qiling's fingers stroked the rock walls one by one. The jade-like patterns on them were slightly cool to the touch and glowed with a lustrous light.

"Han Yan, I think it's not that easy to get out of here."

He turned and walked to Zhang Hanyan, and before she could say anything, Wu Xie and Fatty poured the water they had brought back onto the rock wall.

The color of the rock deepened due to the splashing of water, the dark green lines became blurred, and a faint shadow appeared in the rock wall.

It was a human figure. When they poured water on all the rock walls, the surrounding rock walls were filled with human-shaped shadows.

It was as if the interior of the rock wall was entirely inlaid with people.

"What the hell! What the hell are these things!?"

The fat man stared in amazement at the countless figures surrounding them. The feeling of being stared at by countless figures made him feel creepy and cold sweat broke out on his back.

Wu Xie wasn't much better off, he just stood there in a daze, looking at a loss as to what to do.

From the moment the figure appeared on the rock wall, Zhang Qiling firmly protected Zhang Hanyan behind him, using his body as a wall to prevent her from getting close to those things.

He couldn't explain why, but ever since Zhang Hanyan started telling him these things, a sense of panic gradually spread in his heart.

This inexplicable panic made him feel cold from head to toe and his heart was in his throat.

It was not until the Miluotu behind the rock walls appeared clearly before his eyes that the feeling of panic in his heart became more and more severe.

He felt that he was going to lose the most important thing in his life here, in this small cave.

He thought about it and realized that for him, the most important person was Zhang Hanyan, and only Zhang Hanyan.

Nothing else matters, including his own life, compared to her.

Thinking of this, Zhang Qiling stood where he was, his handsome brows furrowed tighter and tighter. He held Zhang Hanyan behind him tightly, and no matter how she pulled his sleeves, he remained motionless.

Zhang Hanyan looked at Zhang Qiling's profile, and his tense jawline seemed to reveal his nervousness.

My dear brother, I will definitely protect you and won't let you get hurt at all...