"Chapter 370: The Bone Path, the Bone Whisper"
When I left this room, I was very emotional. I have been living on Earth before, and I believe in the knowledge of books, which is recognized by everyone. In the current scientific explanation, death cannot be reversed, and the dead cannot be restored. Even in those mysterious religious legends, death is very mysterious, and the world after death is full of human longing and fear.
But today, I really met a dead man, and he is still relatively close to me. The most important thing is that these souls are here because we are here, wandering here and not resting. I don't know if there is a heaven or a hell in this world, but it seems that it is no better than hell to live here, waiting for time to gradually destroy my body, leaving only my soul and dry bones.
What Kuba told me has always been in my head, and this meeting also made me question more about the system. I have always understood the system as a channel to communicate the inexplicable continent and the tribal world, thinking that I will always be able to figure out the mysteries of this system in the future, and whether I stay or return to Earth in the future, I will have no regrets. But now, this system has shown me another side of him, a powerful and terrifying side of him.
The power of creating worlds, capturing souls, and allowing them to wander back and forth as required in this boundless world has made me feel a deep sense of fear. I even wondered if we would be trapped here if we died, never able to escape.
In response to my question, Xiao Zero was silent. It was half a ring before he told me that the system would never imprison us here and would keep us safe as much as possible. But if something unpredictable happens, he doesn't know where we're going. And for my questions about the system, he didn't prevaricate me with insufficient permissions, but just said that now is not the time. And that opportunity to tell me is still far away.
I didn't ask any more, because I knew that Zero wouldn't tell me those things right now, or that there were some things that even he, the system assistant, didn't know. The system is not a panacea, at least for now, the scope of capabilities is limited. Even some simple intelligence collection, the system will not do anything, it can be seen that the permission that the system opened for me is still very low, far from reaching that standard.
"It's both a blessing and a curse." I seem to understand the meaning of Kuba's words.
I tried not to think about it, for fear of what kind of disaster it would bring to me. I began to lead my skeletal troops in search of the Bone Path, which, according to Kuba, would guide me on this mission.
We continued on our way, and it took us two hours to find the so-called Bone Trail. As the name suggests, this pebblestone-like path is interspersed with countless human skeletons, and even human skulls embedded in it, and the entire path is more than three meters wide, which looks very frightening and very awkward to step on.
We rested on the spot for a while, and even my body was a little tired from the continuous walking, and the terrible environment around me was breathless, and every step added a sense of depression.
We rested for half an hour, during which time I wrote down what I had seen so far in the notebook I had brought, for fear that I would forget it when I went out. I thought about Kuba's state again, and the meaning of his words, but I really didn't have a clue.
Skeletons don't need to rest, and they don't feel tired even after a year of walking until their bones wear out and fall off. So I don't have to worry about the condition of these skeletons, and after resting, I will continue to walk the path with them.
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We walked for a long time, turned our pocket watch around three times, rested five or six times halfway, and ate a few catties of dry food. The previous houses are gone, and the dead are gone, as if they have not yet reached the land. But even so, there seems to be no end in sight to this path. The ground on both sides of the road became very solid and dark gray in color, with a lot of bone-like white in between. The road is not straight, but somewhat curved, and the terrain is undulating, not an endless wilderness.
It's a good thing for me, who is already going crazy, at least I have more things to see in my eyes, and I won't be so bored.
I chatted with the skeleton guards, and even played cards with them, playing the skeletons' cards, which was weird and fun, and along the way, I learned a lot more about them. But to be honest, this mission still makes me a little worried, not as difficult and diverse as the princess mission, just blindly searching, depressing and uncomfortable.
I felt like I was having auditory hallucinations because there were always strange sounds lingering in my head. But I soon found that these sounds were regular, just like Koopa's previous self-talk, which seemed to encourage me to move forward, to find the goal of the mission.
I continued with my troops, all the while following the direction of the voice. Although I couldn't understand what the voice was saying, and I couldn't stand the constant repetition and harassment for 24 hours, I still pulled myself together and walked forward, and the voice was getting closer and closer to me.
Finally, the voice stopped, and there seemed to be a shout of appreciation. And we also came to the top of a small hill, and when we looked down from here, the scene was simply terrible.
A grave with no end in sight, a stone monument with no end in sight. On the other side of this hill, there are all gray-white plains, and on this vast plain, all are graves and stone monuments. There are no words, no patterns, only a uniform sign, and on each tomb, there is a bright flower, which grows from the tomb and blooms on top of the tomb.
[The Endless Bone Legion obeys your call, please give orders, Your Majesty!] 】
The voice echoed through the sky of the entire world, and a strange and powerful force poured into my body, and I involuntarily opened my arms and gave my own orders to the endless grave.
''Endless Legion, awaken under my will!'' Bone people, unite under my command! The legions are condensed into cards, ready to obey my call! ‘’
I never thought my voice would be so powerful, and even the tall skeletal giant looked up in surprise and seemed to be looking for me in the sky. And the ground under the hill also began to shake, countless skeleton arms broke through the ground, grabbed the flowers on their graves, and the huge army opened their coffins, sharp iron swords, cutting sword marks on the ground. The sturdy chain mail also made a noise on the ground, and tens of thousands of sets of armor played music together.
The sun pierced through the gray haze, and the gentle but dim sunlight shone on the earth, shining on every skeletal warrior who raised his weapon and shouted hooray.