Free Web NovelChapter 278: Chapter 278: Floor 125 — The Valley of Honest Graves
Floor 125’s file arrived with a quiet gray seal.
[Floor 125: The Valley of Honest Graves]
Type:
Burial law / ancestor memory / false glory / unresolved dead.
Estimated Duration:
4 Tower days.
Warning:
The dead do not need lies to rest.]
Qin Wanshan reacted strongly to this file.
"Ancestor memory floor," he said.
Qin Yuheng nodded.
After floors about identity, children, seasons, contracts, and voices, the Tower returned to memory and the dead.
The Valley of Honest Graves was filled with tombs whose inscriptions had been rewritten to make the dead more glorious, more loyal, more successful, or more convenient than they truly were.
Some traitors were buried as heroes.
Some heroes were erased because their truth embarrassed descendants.
Some ordinary people had been inflated into symbols they never wanted to become.
The mission:
[Main Mission]
Restore honest grave inscriptions before the Mourning Bell cracks.
[Sub-Missions]
1. Correct 10 false inscriptions.
2. Release 5 over-glorified spirits.
3. Restore 5 erased ordinary dead.
4. Prevent ancestor resentment above 35%.
5. Defeat the Glory Mourner.]
Qin Mo said softly, "This is about memory without chain again."
Qin Yuheng nodded.
The floor was emotionally heavy.
One grave belonged to a soldier who died afraid but stayed anyway. His descendants changed the inscription to "fearless hero." His spirit could not rest because the lie denied his courage.
Qin Yuheng restored it:
He was afraid.
He stayed.
That was enough.
The spirit bowed and vanished.
Another grave belonged to a woman who saved a village through negotiation, but later warriors erased her name because no battle was fought. Qin Yuheng restored her story.
Another belonged to a corrupt elder falsely honored for "unity." He had exploited his clan. Qin Yuheng corrected it, not with cruelty, but truth. ƒrēewebnoѵёl.cσm
The boss, Glory Mourner, fed on beautiful lies.
It attacked with ancestral pressure, demanding Qin Yuheng preserve family face.
"Do not shame the dead."
Qin Yuheng answered, "Truth is not shame unless the living make it so."
The Glory Mourner tried to show Qin ancestors as flawless giants.
Qin Yuheng refused.
"Ancestors were people before they became tablets."
The boss weakened. freewebnovel.cσ๓
With Qin Mo’s inscription arrays, Qin Lian’s memory-thread cutting, and Qin Yuchen’s protection of graves from resentment spirits, they restored the valley.
SSS evaluation.
Rewards:
[SSS Grade Honest Ancestor Memory Tablet]
[SS Grade False Glory Cleansing Chisel]
[SS Grade Ordinary Dead Remembrance Bell]
[SS Grade Fearful Courage Recognition Stone]
At the Qin Estate, the Honest Ancestor Memory Tablet caused deep reflection.
Qin Wanshan installed it near the ancestral hall, not to expose all secrets, but to prevent internal ancestor worship from becoming lies.
He said, "If we remember our ancestors only as perfect, we will repeat their failures without recognizing them."
The Qin family historical records began a slow revision.
Not public.
Internal.
Honest.
This mattered for Hidden Origin Mountain and the sleeping seal.
If old Qin records had been beautified, they might hide crucial warnings.
The Honest Ancestor Memory Tablet helped distinguish reverence from distortion.
Within a week, an old record changed.
A line once reading:
The Hidden Origin Gate was sealed after glorious victory.
Now revealed:
The Hidden Origin Gate was sealed after costly failure, to prevent victory from becoming disaster.
Qin Wanshan’s face became grave.
Victory becoming disaster.
That phrase mattered.
The sleeping seal may have been created not only to preserve power, but to prevent misuse after a victory that went wrong.
The past grew more complicated.
And therefore more believable.
