Lin An didn't know what he wanted to do. He seemed to be summoned, and every step he took was very heavy.

Standing blankly in front of the two skeletons, Lin Anming was not breathing, but his chest seemed to be pressed with a heavy weight, making him unable to breathe.

All the skeletons actually looked similar, but the two skeletons in front of him seemed to have a special attraction, making him unable to take his eyes away for a long time.

After standing there for a long time, Lin An slowly squatted down and rummaged through the pockets on the skeleton's clothes with a trembling hand.

He reached his hand halfway but was caught. Shen Xiuze held his hand with an ugly expression on his face: "Don't look." Lin An

's eyes moved away from the two skeletons and looked at Shen Xiuze. In his eyes? Unprecedented coldness: "Let go."

Shen Xiuze held his hand stubbornly, pleading: "Lin An, don't look."

Lin An used his superpower and broke away his hand without hesitation, and then? Finally, he dug out a photo from the skull's pocket. The photo was very blurry, but he still recognized himself in it at a glance.

His heart suddenly felt empty. The first time he saw the skeleton, he actually guessed it.

The photo in the pocket and the ID in the breast pocket all clearly proved to him that these two long-dead skeletons were his parents.

Lin An thought all this was ridiculous. Obviously, he was still living with his parents just now, reading books at home together, and was so happy, but why did his parents become like this the next second?

Yes, it was all an illusion. His parents are already dead.

It's something you should have known a long time ago, right? Before he came here, he had prepared himself countless times for the death of his parents.

Shen Xiuze looked at Lin An with concern. He originally thought he would cry and be sad, but in fact he looked unusually calm and just silently rubbed the certificate and photo with his parents' names written on them.

Lin An looked very calm and squatted there for a long time without moving.

Shen Xiuze didn't know how to comfort him, so he could only stay by his side silently.

After a long time, Lin An suddenly woke up and silently put away his parents' belongings.

"Shen Xiuze, can you do me a favor?" Lin An looked at the bones nestled together on the ground, his voice was ethereal.

"You said..."

"I want to take them away from here. Can you cremate my parents, and then help me find a container to put them in." Lin An stood up, turned his head and walked in as if to escape, " I want to find out what the cause of their death was?"

Shen Xiuze responded. In several other caves, there are also some utensils among the treasures buried with them. They can be used as urns temporarily before going out. Find the right container.

Lin An was inspecting the tomb carefully. Shen Xiuze looked at his busy back, and after a while, he got up and went outside to find the container.

Halfway through, he suddenly stopped. When Lin An spoke just now, he was speaking very smoothly. There was no stuttering in the past, just like a normal person.

Is it because the stimulation was too great?

Shen Xiuze felt a little painful in his heart. He would rather cry loudly and vent all his emotions to the other person, instead of being as calm as now and suppressing all his thoughts and negative emotions in his heart.

He rummaged through other caves and found a jar made of gold, and then took the jar back to the tomb.

Looking at Lin An, who had his back turned to him and was rummaging around, Shen Xiuze asked softly: "I'm going to start."

Both of them understood what this meant, and Lin An settled down. After a pause, he hummed in a low voice.

As the raging flames burned behind him, Lin An did not look back. Although he seemed to be looking for clues to the cause of death of these people everywhere, in fact, his face was pale, his eyes were dull, and he had no idea what he was looking for under his hands. What?

Because Shen Xiuze used ultra-high temperature flames, the two skeletons disappeared in the fire in an instant.

Lin An wanted to turn his head and watch that scene with his own eyes, but he didn't dare. His parents' concerned questions and nagging about their parents' incompetence seemed to still be echoing in his ears, but behind him were two skeletons without any vitality.

He couldn't accept such a gap.

Shen Xiuze cremated Lin An's parents and then put the ashes into jars.

Lin An seemed to be escaping and continued to search around the mausoleum, and finally found the reason at the door.

"They were trapped to death. The door here can only be opened from the outside. It will be closed immediately after entering. It cannot be opened from the inside."

If it weren't for Shen Xiuze's metal power, they might also be trapped to death. here.

The thick metal door couldn't be opened manually, so these people couldn't get out despite all their efforts.

They found a way to enter at that time. Normally, there should be some people left outside, but Lin An found that these people had dispersed, possibly because of hallucinations or greed. Because of this, he did not stay outside, but went to other caves to look for gold. In the end, everyone was trapped inside.

So they all died of thirst or starvation.

Having come to such a conclusion, the thought that they could spend their last moments miserable and struggling. Lin An stood in the passage, his mind went blank. He seemed to have left this space and was floating in a different world. He didn't know what to do or where he was.

It wasn't until Shen Xiuze handed him the jar containing his parents' ashes that he raised his head and looked at him. Although his face was expressionless, his whole body was pale and fragile, as if he would break into pieces in the next second.

"This is... take it and find a good place to bury it after you get out." Seeing Lin An's extremely fragile appearance, Shen Xiuze felt pain in his heart. He had never experienced such a feeling before.

Lin An must be in more pain than him now.

He stood in front of Lin An, and his voice was soft as if he was afraid of scaring the other person: "If you want to cry, just cry. It will feel better if you cry."

Lin An shook his head, took the jar and held it in his arms. He wanted to smile at Shen Xiuze, but the corner of his mouth just curved in an ugly way: "Let's go out, our purpose of this trip has been achieved."

He found his parents.

But his parents only had bones left.

Shen Xiuze picked up the two backpacks outside. Seeing Lin An's dejected look, he didn't mention them again. He was carrying one bag on his back and another in his hand.

These two were left by Lin An's parents. They are also very important to Lin An and must be taken out.

After that, Lin An kept holding the jar tightly and never said a word again.

He followed Shen Xiuze and slowly walked out from the dark passage, keeping his head lowered, his crimson eyes blank and dull, like a lifeless walking corpse.

Walking on the golden spiral staircase, Lin An held the jar in his arms. The cold touch made him suddenly recall that in his hallucination not long ago, he took his parents up the steps, and even supported his mother to tell her to be careful. Walk, don't miss the mark.

He could even remember his mood at that time. He was full of excitement and joy. His wish for many years had come true. Just looking at them made him feel very satisfied and at ease.

But now, Lin An looked at the cold and hard gold jar in his hand. His parents did not need his support because they were in this small jar.

They died in the dark and lonely underground city.

When he was bullied as a child, he held his head and cried, wishing that his parents were here.

After growing up, he finally understood that his parents would not come back, so he wanted to find them, thinking that he could at least collect their bones so that they would not become lonely souls in the wilderness.

But why let him have such a dream, let him think that the dream has come true, let him feel the most beautiful family love in the dream, but then use the coldest and most terrifying reality to tear the dream into pieces? .

He remembered walking out of the pyramid hand in hand with his parents, but now he could only hold their ashes.

He remembered his parents' gentle smiles, but in reality they were two pale skeletons.

He still remembers his parents calling him An'an in the gentlest tones and with a smile, but in reality no one would call him that.

The illusory dreams and cruel reality tore Lin An's whole body into two halves. On one side were his parents' laughing shouts, and on the other side were two corpses lying on the ground.

Tears blurred his vision. Lin An was dead? Dead? Clutching the clothes on his chest. His heart hurt so much.

It's so uncomfortable.

His biggest wish is to find his parents.

But now that he had found it, he began to regret it.

If he hadn't taken this trip and always harbored the thought that his parents might live a good life somewhere in the wilderness, wouldn't he be so miserable?

He is clearly a zombie now. He doesn't even have a heartbeat, but why does his heart hurt so much? It's like it's being squeezed tightly by a hand. That hand is still tightening and compressing, getting more and more... It hurts more and more.

He has become a zombie, why is he still suffering like a human being?

What if he didn't regain consciousness? That would be great.

He wouldn't be in such pain...

Lin An, who was struggling to regain consciousness because of a photo of his parents, wanted to obey his body's desires for the first time and turned into a zombie.

Since defeating the zombie tree, a large amount of energy in the body has been consumed. Lin An's light gray complexion is gradually fading, and it seems that he will soon return to his normal appearance.

But in fact, due to lack of energy, he started to feel hungry again.

Living with fresh humans every day is like a hungry person surrounded by delicious food. He can get a full meal as soon as he reaches out.

But Lin An has been suppressing it for a long time. He has woken up. He is a human being, not a zombie, and will not succumb to the body's desires.

Even when he saw his companion secreting a lot of saliva, he kept suppressing it.

Companions often catch some prey, and the flesh and blood can also replenish his energy. It will not be condemned by moral ethics, and it is also his best choice.

But Lin An is still patient, he always feels that as long as he eats those flesh and blood, the bottom line will be retreated step by step. From a little bit of fresh flesh and blood to satisfy the appetite, it turns into a large number of beasts, and in the end, the desire to eat humans may become irresistible.

He didn't want to cross that line, so he could only endure it as hard as he could.

But now, he suddenly has no reason to continue to persist.

His wish had come true in the worst possible way.

It can be said that there are no regrets.

He was so tired and couldn't hold on any longer.

Shen Xiuze and Lin An were already standing at the end of the golden staircase. The top exit was pressed by the cobra. The scales on the snake's body were like armor made of steel, hard and cold, forming the strongest door.

Shen Xiuze was still trying to get the cobra away, but nothing happened. Lin An, who was holding the jar behind him and lowering his head, was gradually changing.

The crimson eyes were once bright and dreamy, making Shen Xiuze's heart beat with excitement, but now Lin An's eyes had lost their light, leaving only darkness.

The skin color that was about to return to normal has deepened again and turned into the original light gray.

The sober brain became chaotic, and those strong emotions were erased bit by bit, becoming blank again.

Lin An finally no longer felt pain, and the suffocating feeling of being immersed in the tide gradually receded.

But another feeling that was suppressed by death finally became clear and strong.

He slowly raised his head, his crimson eyes staring at the unsuspecting back in front of him.

Those eyes didn't have the cuteness and sobriety of the past, only the greed and cruelty when seeing prey.

Smelling the fresh scent of flesh and blood, Lin An, who lost his mind, finally couldn't hold it any longer and rushed towards Shen Xiuze who was very close at hand.

The target is pointed directly at the opponent's neck where blood is surging.

The ashes of his parents, who had been held tightly in his arms, also fell on the steps with Lin An's attack, and rolled down the steps.