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Chapter 178

On this huge tombstone.

What was recorded was row after row, column after column of names!

"Huang Jingming, Situ Nan, Richard, Zhang Lou, Matsushitaro..."

These strange names came into Anle's sight.

Like a list leading to death.

Behind each person's name, there are records of the things they buried in the silent cemetery, such as hair, clothing, food scraps...

Recording the name and life of the deceased is one of the functions of the tombstone.

An Le should not have been surprised by this.

But.

many……

Too much!

The volume of this tombstone is so wide that its top can hardly be seen.

And it is on such a huge tombstone that there are countless names recorded.

Every name means a fresh life buried in this desolate and silent cemetery.

Even their lives, emotions, and even everything they owned were silently turned into one cold tomb after another.

Just looking at the name on the tombstone, An Le felt a deep chill in his heart.

It seemed to be...the weight of life and death.

An Le thought: 'How many people died here? '

At this time.

Mrs. Cat's filthy sanity was taken away, her spirit gradually returned to normal, and she began to regain control of her body together with Xiaomo.

However, they soon discovered that their eyes seemed to be blocked by something sticky, unable to see the things in front of them.

'Xiao Mo! Xiaomo, can you hear me? Are you OK? '

‘Hmph, stupid Miao Miao, why am I in trouble? '

One person and one cat communicate in their hearts.

In the state of [Human-cat Fusion Dafa], the distance between their souls is closer, and it is not an exaggeration to say that "the heart and mind are connected".

'Great, you're fine, but now this is? '

‘It should be that existence has come, in order to prevent us from being polluted by words again, so what is used to block our eyes meow? '

'That existence... Sure enough, you too, Xiaomo...'

Mrs. Cat was a little worried, uneasy, and involved with that kind of existence, but it was definitely not a lucky thing.

'Now is not the time to think about this, we are not safe yet meow! '

Xiao Mo was very relaxed.

Now that the two parties have signed a contract, now, naturally, they can only trust each other.

This is the same as the principle that small dried fish will disappear if you eat it in your stomach. If it is gone, it will be gone. It is useless to say anything.

A mysterious voice sounded in their hearts.

"Close your eyes, don't look, and follow their guidance."

Mrs. Cat's body trembled.

These words seemed to resound directly in their hearts, as if...the conversation in their hearts had been overheard by the other party.

But now they have no choice but to do what the voice says.

Under the traction of something slippery, Mrs. Cat kept walking forward.

Finally, the discomfort in the air disappeared instantly.

Xiao Mo knew that this meant that they had left the extraordinarily silent tomb.

But in her intuition, there are still unexplainable dangers around.

And this sense of crisis is still intensifying.

'why is that? '

Of course, compared to this change in the environment, Xiao Mo is more curious about what kind of things will cover her eyes and lead them out of danger.

——As we all know, cats are very curious animals, and Xiaomo is no exception.

then.

Xiao Mo opened his eyes.

She saw several smooth, thick, and flexible creatures like living creatures.

Their outlines were unlike any creature she had ever known.

That kind of twisted and squirming vitality should not appear on the earth. The void and the deep sea are their proper destinations.

Large and small suction cups open and close, spreading all over the smooth skin, like eyeballs, staring at Xiao Mo with unshapeable eyes, making her hair stand on end.

The aura carried on it is even deeper than this cemetery and that tombstone, as if it can only be experienced in the most terrifying nightmare.

Xiao Mo's instinct was telling her, quickly look away! Look no further!

But her willpower still defeated her instinctive fear, allowing her to concentrate on the other party without taking her eyes off it.

And it is such a frantic, crazy existence that seems to be able to destroy the rationality of ordinary people just by seeing it.

At this time, he was obediently taken back by a phantom in a black robe.

Oh no, rather than saying "take it back", it might be better to say that they are scrambling to jump into the embrace of the phantom.

Xiao Mo was dumbfounded and couldn't believe her eyes.

The little black cat even saw some tentacles rubbing against Xu Ying's cheek affectionately, just like what she usually does to Mrs. Cat.

‘This is outrageous meow. '

Xiao Mo thought in his heart.

"Outrageous? What outrageous?"

Mrs. Cat asked in surprise.

"Human-cat Fusion Dafa" is a secret method dominated by cats. In order to protect Mrs. Cat's mental health, Xiao Mo does not intend to let her see such a scene.

After thinking about it, since it is a god who dared to name it "Chaos Omniscient", it is not incomprehensible to have such a means.

Xiao Mo stared intently at the phantom.

Naturally, she could recognize that the other party was the priest she saw in the church.

'But what is he doing? '

In Xiao Mo's sight, the entrance to the space belonging to the mysterious tombstone is slowly closing, isolating it from the silent cemetery.

And in this ever-closed gap, Xiao Mo was able to see that the black-robed priest looked at the tombstone that was taboo to them with slightly pitiful eyes.

He seems to be able to easily recognize the mysterious words and symbols on it, thus revealing this emotion.

Xiao Mo thought curiously: 'Then what is written on the tombstone? '

However, there is a high probability that she will never know the answer to this question.

The invisible "entrance" was completely closed, and a color that looked like darkness and nothingness drowned the black-robed priest inside.

Or...he's back where he should be?

"Hoo meow—"

Seeing An Le's figure disappear, Xiao Mo finally heaved a sigh of relief, the pressure that made her almost suffocate seemed to still remain in her heart.

She never wanted to experience it a second time in her life.

However, it is obviously unrealistic to rush back to An Le and Gan Xiang's side at this time.

Because...it was dark.

Night fell again.

And this time in the darkness, something more terrifying and weirder is hidden.

*****

After taking Mrs. Cat and Xiaomo to a relatively safe place and completing the agreement.

[Shadow of Echo] can exist for a while longer.

An Le simply continued to scan the names.

With his current eyesight and quick thinking, he soon discovered that the lower the name, the newer its traces, as if it had just been written.

And some of the names above the tombstone revealed an extremely simple and mysterious atmosphere, as if they had crossed the ancient years and came to Anle's side.

An Le even discovered the names "Xin Qingyi" and "Yi Ran".

And the symbol representing "Xin Qingyi" was scratched from the middle, as if to indicate that he had escaped from the silent cemetery.

There are only a handful of names crossed out like this on the entire tombstone.

For the remaining names, there are three colors in total-black, gray, and white.

For example, "Yi Ran" is a deep, dead black, indicating that she died a long time ago.

This is consistent with the information An Le got in the second half of "The Silent Cemetery" in "Journey to the Wasteland".

In addition, Anle also found the name of "Uesugi Koji", which is a dull gray.

Near the bottom of the tombstone, An Le saw "Sha Miao Miao", "Xiao Mo" and his own name, all of which were milky white.

It's just that the first two are vaguely vague, as if there is a tendency to turn gray.

It is probably related to their entry here.

These are all within An Le's expectations.

The only thing that surprised Anle was that he couldn't find Xiao Ganxiang's name.

'This tombstone will grow taller with the increase of the name. '

‘The names of newcomers to this place will appear at the bottom. '

These are the two laws that An Le summed up.

Gan Xiang's name should have appeared near him, but Anle searched repeatedly, but couldn't find it.

An Le thought to herself: ‘Is it the same reason that she was not punished at night? '

He still wants to continue researching, but [The Effect of Echo] can no longer be maintained, so he can only bring his consciousness back to reality.

The sky is dimming.

Night is coming.

An Le had a premonition that something unusual might happen this night.

*****

As the night engulfed the sky and the earth, An Le once again fell into that wonderful situation of losing all senses.

It was still uncomfortable at the beginning.

But soon, when the dead air washed over his body, An Le felt warm all over as if soaking in a hot spring.

An Le was pleasantly surprised to find that the efficiency of [Lungs of Dead Qi] absorbing dead Qi seemed to be higher than yesterday.

But in contrast, An Le began to feel a little chill.

This is from the transformation of the body by "Dead Qi", but he doesn't feel uncomfortable about it, but... quite comfortable?

[Excessive absorption of the power of death will make the body inevitably change to the characteristics of "death". 】

[But this is not necessarily a bad thing. 】

[All the gifts of fate are secretly priced. 】

[People with "lungs of dead energy" will sink into the boundless dead energy and become a part of it, right? 】

A piece of knowledge welled up in An Le's mind.

He didn't panic at all, it was like a side effect of liking shadows and hiding in corners after mastering the power of shadows.

Although there are some disadvantages, compared with its benefits, it is not worth mentioning.

It's as if for capitalists, it doesn't matter how much risk they take when the returns are sufficient.

Wandering in this darkness, Anle is like a fetus in the amniotic fluid, warm and beautiful.

However, this beauty was soon broken by the appearance of some existences.

In the dark night where nothing can be perceived, it is difficult for An Le to describe their shapes.

Perhaps, they have no shape in the first place?

This is different from the things and phantoms that An Le previously perceived, they have no entity or form.

If you insist on describing it, it is "darkness in darkness".

They are like shadows, floating on the graveyard at night.

When An Le discovered one of them, more and more "darkness" emerged from it.

That kind of feeling is like opening the ants' caves and cutting the honeycombs of bees. The densely packed crowds and the intermingled and fused patterns, just imagining it makes one's scalp tingle.

What's more, what emerges in this dark night is an existence countless times more terrifying than bees and ants.

An Le thought: 'Are they staring at me? '

Countless "watches", like iron filings attracted by a magnet, fell on An Le.

So much so that An Le's hairs stood on end, and goose bumps appeared on his skin.

Wordless, silent, black fear flows quietly here.

*****

If it is a normal person, under this kind of gaze, not to mention being frightened to a nervous breakdown and losing their minds, at least they are trembling and dare not move easily.

But after An Le was only briefly surprised, he took action.

'I'd like to see, what are you? How dare you look at me like that? '

‘Not even the frescoes in my church! '

Although, in this darkness, almost all senses no longer exist, even the sense of own existence is extremely thin.

But because of the existence of [Lungs of Dead Qi], An Le gradually adapted to the environment here, and understood that he was actually still in the silent cemetery, and his geographical location remained unchanged from before nightfall.

In other words, he can act in this dark night, but he can't judge his own position.

An Le took the closest line of sight as a target, and took a tentative step.

Because of the influence of the night, he couldn't see what was under his feet, and everything was completely unknown, as if... taking steps towards the abyss?

People with poor psychological quality will be overwhelmed by the panic in their hearts at this step.

But under An Le's powerful memory, he reproduced the scene of the day in his mind.

Coupled with the extremely delicate ability to control the body, control the distance of the steps to determine the position.

As An Le expected, the distance between him and the source of the line of sight was one step closer.

With the first step, the rest is much easier.

Not long after.

An Le then came to "it".

What surprised An Le a little was that during the process of his actions, these "shadows" that appeared from nowhere did not respond at all, but just stood there blankly, motionless.

Only that "watching" never disappeared for a moment.

An Le guessed: "I don't care, or..."

He reaches forward.

In perception, this should be where the "shadow" is.

However, An Le didn't encounter anything.

It's like, there's nothing there.

An Le frowned: 'Is it because of the deprivation of touch? '

He tried to use different powers, shadows, blood, dragons...even stretched out tentacles.

But without exception, he couldn't feel any "touch" and couldn't cause any harm to it.

And the opponent did not fight back.

Only the "gaze" is still cold.

An Le was deeply curious: what are they?