Chapter 35: An Overview of the Undead
In the quiet grassland, the campfire burned quietly, as if he couldn't bear to spoil this quiet atmosphere, the two people who kept vigil were silently immersed in the cold moonlight, Wu Song was half-lying on the grass in a very comfortable position, as if he had fallen asleep, but his right hand was stroking the knife beside him from time to time, Snape also did not speak, and sat under the small tree beside him without saying a word, and the cloak wrapped around his body was blown by the evening wind from time to time, making a swishing sound.
Wu Song is not a person who likes to talk, and Snape is simply not a person... When they were in Greenwillow Village, the two of them didn't have much to do with each other. There was no interest in talking when they sat together, they just sat quietly, and I don't know how long it took, but Wu Song suddenly spoke: "Si... Snape? He called out the skeleton's name a little unsurely.
Snape's head moved slightly, and two blue glooms lit up in his sunken eye sockets: "What's the matter, Mr. Wu Song?" β
Wu Song sat up, bit his lip and said, "It's nothing... Don't be so polite, call me Takeji. β
Snape tilted his head, still looking at him and said, "Okay, Wu... Two. β
Wu Song hesitated and asked in a tentative tone: "I want to ask, um... Is it true that everyone dies and has a chance to be like you ... What about turning into a ghost? β
"Ghost ?γγγ" Snape tilted his head and thought for a moment before he realized, "Oh, you mean becoming undead. Anyway, as long as you have enough conditions, you should have a chance to become undead. β
Wu Song seemed to be interested: "What are the sufficient conditions?" β
Snape patiently explained, "First of all, you have to know that there are several branches of the undead. He looked at Wu Song and found that he was listening carefully. "The first is the Bloodline, and in order to become a Bloodline, they must be infused with the original blood. The second is the lich, demigods, and demon envoys, they are called corpses, these people often have extremely strong abilities in life, in order to pursue immortality or greater power, through some rituals and experiments, give up their bodies, and become a kind of half-human half-ghost (or half-human half-god) existence, they are also known as cyborgs. Wu Song nodded thoughtfully and did not speak.
Snape seemed to like someone to be able to communicate with, and he continued in a hoarse voice, "Then there are zombies like me or some living corpses, we are called corpses. If there are no bones, the situation that exists entirely in the form of souls and ghosts is called the soul system. The corpse and soul are collectively called the undead, and one of the prerequisites for becoming an undead is to be full of resentment before death, and the greater the resentment, the more likely it is to be called an undead or what you call a ghost. β
"Resentment... Wu Song clasped his hands on his knees and fell into thought, and Snape did not speak, quietly thinking about his own thoughts.
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I don't know when, I woke up. A voice kept echoing in my head, to kill, to kill, to kill... In a daze, I wandered around, killing every creature I could see. Gradually, I became a little more aware and began to think about some questions, what is this place? Who am I? When I was able to understand the language of the adventurers, I began to sneak up in the corner, pretending to be a skeleton (although I was) and eavesdropping on their conversations. I know that the place I am in is called the Bone Canyon, which is the birthplace of the undead in the Western Continent, and the newly born undead here have no intelligence, no consciousness, and only know how to keep killing until they have wisdom or... Destroyed, only those who have developed wisdom will be accepted by the true undead and taken to the Sunset Continent, the dark continent ...
I don't want to go to the Sunset Continent, although I don't know why, but I just don't want to go to the Sunset Continent, maybe I don't like to live in the dark forever, right? I decided to find a way to get out of here, before the true undead arrive ...
In order to gain more power, I tried harder to kill; In order to gain more wisdom I try harder to think ... As time passed, I gradually remembered some things, and I was surprised to find that I was actually an alchemist when I was alive! (Actually, what is even more surprising is that I actually understand what it means to be surprised).
It's time to leave, and while I can't remember who I was before I died, I understand that alchemists are a rare profession, and that's enough, isn't it? I believe that the undead can live in the sun ...
I was thinking too simply, I would have thought that the lords would be very welcoming to an alchemist, no matter what race he is. What's more, isn't the status and right of survival of the undead already recognized by people in the Shenzhou world? But I was wrong, it turns out that acknowledging the status and right of the undead is not the same as welcoming a skull head to wander the streets of their territory, is it true that the undead can only live in darkness?
I've been wandering in the Western Continent for a long, long time, I've been driven back and forth, no one has welcomed my arrival, I'm desperate! I admit that I was naΓ―ve, maybe the undead really can only live in darkness ...
Leaving the Western Continent became my only choice, and I think only the Eastern Continent could have someone accept me, "In that magical continent, there will definitely be a place for me." I told myself.
Followed by a circus to the Eastern Continent. I don't know if the circus folks found out about my presence, they haven't reacted anyway, and that's enough. On the way, I noticed a very strange thing, this road seemed familiar to me, so familiar that on several occasions I was actually leading the way for this circus! It's weird! Have I ever been to the Eastern Continent in my lifetime? I'm becoming more and more curious about my former identity, only those who die with great resentment and grievances will become undead... What happened to make a very high-status alchemist who had been to the Eastern Continent die with huge grievances and grievances? It's weird, but I can't remember...
The Eastern Continent is not as beautiful as I imagined, and the people here are also not welcoming to me, I feel very tired now, a kind of tiredness from the bottom of my heart, "I should give up, obediently find a place to live in seclusion, and hide in the dark forever!" I whispered to myself.
Just when I decided to give up, the circus came to a very small territory, really small, maybe only about 100 households, right? But... I couldn't believe I saw a little vixen watching a circus with the inhabitants of this village! And laughed very happily, nothing unnatural! Oh, God of Light! Is this your guide? I have a hunch that I have found a place to rest ...
My hunch is right, this small territory lives a group of people with big hearts, and the lord here is a benevolent lord, he accepted me without hesitation, and introduced me to all the residents, it turns out that I can really live under the sun.
Thanks to the merciful God of Light, I have finally reached the end of my journey.
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The skeleton laughed silently, and the blue light in his eyes seemed to be softer...
Wu Song stood up with the ring knife and said to the skeleton alchemist, "It's the second half of the night, I'll go and replace them, and Snape can rest for a while." β
Snape shook his head, as if still immersed in his own thoughts, "No, the undead don't need sleep, I'm here to meditate." β
Wu Song shrugged, walked towards Lu Zhishen's tent, took a few steps and stopped, and asked the skeleton alchemist in a low voice: "Snape, will you feel happy to be an undead?" β
Snape looked back at Wu Song, but there seemed to be a joyful light on the face of the skeleton that should be expressionless: "I'm happy now." The unusually affirmative tone represented the skeleton alchemist's true thoughts.
Wu Song didn't say anything, and continued to walk towards Lu Zhishen's tent, and a small yin wind swirled in the darkness not far from them...
At noon the next day, Wang Dafu stood on the bank of a wide river, looked at the clear and calm river, and squeezed out a sentence from between his teeth: "Can anyone tell me what this is?" β
Tai Tai looked him up and down like a nerd: "Poor boy, haven't you seen the big river?" The kind of water that has a lot of water. β
Wang Dafu's voice was already carrying ice slag: "Of course I have seen the river, and I have seen it with more water and less water!" I just want to know why no one told me that there would be such a big river to the north of our Green Willow Village! β
Tai Tai covered his mouth and smiled: "Is there a difference?" You won't be able to get here if you haven't upgraded to a third-level village! Would you be more surprised if I told you now that if you could expand the radius of your territory's sphere of influence to 20 kilometers, you would find that there would be beaches in your eastern territory? β
Wang Dafu was really surprised: "You mean that my territory is in the coastal zone?" I always thought it was inland! β
This time, even Lu Zhishen was surprised: "I said brother, don't you know your surroundings at all?" Who told you that Greenwillow Village is inland? β
Wang Dafu didn't even think about answering directly: "Didn't Elder Li say that our Green Willow Village is in the hinterland of the empire, in the prosperous area of the Eastern Continent?" β
Snape leaned over and rattled in, "That's right! Even I know that the most prosperous place in the Eastern Continent is the northeast coast of the mainland."
Tai Tai also nodded and said: "Waves, waves, and wild waves, the three cities of the sea frontier were originally the hinterland of the Tang Empire. Elder Li didn't lie to you! β
Wang Dafu opened his mouth wide and held back a word for a long time!
The little fox clapped his hands excitedly and said, "Brother the village chief is stupid, ignore him." Then he shook Li Zhu's hand left and right and said, "Brother Li Zhu, Xiao Mo wants to eat fish!" You're going to help me catch it! β
Li Zhu smiled and said, "Okay! This white-scaled ribbon fish in the Hesong River is a rare specialty! I'm going to catch a few for you to taste. β
Wang Dafu's eyes lit up: "White-scaled ribbon fish? β
Seeing Xiao Mo and Li Zhu shouting and going fishing, Wang Dafu said to the others very calmly: "I want to build a pier here, but before that I plan to build a road... β
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I don't make a map, so there is no way to send a map link, Wang Dafu's territory is probably located in the central part of Liaoning Province near the Bohai Bay, and it is also one of the few places in China where there are mountains, seas and grasslands.
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