Basement level.

Frontline positions are in full swing.

All the squads performed their duties, and according to the defensive formation set by Sergeant Alvin in advance, launched a fierce attack on the Sea of Skulls.

Squad Mars was assigned to Barrier 8 and used a water-cooled light machine gun to defend against the enemy.

But the members of Mars' squad were dead and wounded.

The only two people who were alive and kicking around were the sinners who had no command, and the other was the sergeant who never returned to the basement level.

As a result, Barrier 8 was paralyzed.

In this barrier made of gray worm obstacles, Li Nuo was the only one who waited quietly...

At this time, Li Nuo was sitting in the corner of the wall.

His face was pale, his expression was dazed, and his eyes were out of focus, as if he had suffered some kind of severe mental trauma.

If others saw him like this, they would have thought that he was stupefied by Pym's interrogation methods.

But in fact, this is not the case.

After he kept his stupid expression for more than ten seconds, his eyes suddenly lit up, the corners of his mouth curved up, and he laughed happily.

His laughter was genuine and refreshing, as if he had finally been relieved of the burden of his heart.

"Hey, hey! Sure enough, I still have to rely on myself~ If it weren't for my crypt lurker, who was ambushed in advance on the way to Pym's escape, Pym would have really escaped..."

When Li Nuo was laughing, he accidentally touched the nerves in his head that were faintly painful, and immediately grinned and touched his brain to stop laughing.

Recalling the previous scenes, Li Nuo secretly called luck while being excited.

About ten minutes ago, he encountered a crypt lurker in the stairwell.

He stretched out his hands and groped inside the body of the Disgusting Barra's crypt lurkers, and soon found the dominoes embedded in the cracks of the bones.

He pulled out the Crypt Lurker's dominoes and inserted his own dominoes into it at the same time.

It's like hot-swapping a USB stick.

He wasn't sure if he would gain control of the Crypt Lurkers by doing so.

But fortunately, he made the right bet.

The system sent him a message confirming that his approach was entirely feasible.

…

[You have modified the logic command to loot a summon: the Crypt Lurker.] 】

[Since you have unlocked the universal panel for "Crypt Lurker", you can obtain the panel information for this summon without additional energy consumption.] 】

[The panel information of the summons is as follows:]

Name: Crypt Lurker

[Stitch Life] 300 points

Stitching life is a unique life attribute of the undead Stitch Monster.

As long as you stitch necromantic materials such as carrion, bones, and blood clots onto this creature, you can increase its stitch health.

This kind of life attribute is relatively special, and it will not automatically recover like the HP of an organic life form, and only by sewing a new necromantic material into the Stitching Monster's body can its HP be increased.

[Soul Strength] 1 point

This is the "core health" of the undead creature. Only when the soul strength is reduced to zero will the undead creature die completely.

[Death Energy] 10/10

That is, the "physical strength" of undead creatures.

【Skills】

Action Skills:

Swift Lash, level 6.

Consumes 2 Death Energy to spray the whip. This skill can be used within 10 meters to point anywhere, and the threat is extremely high.

Drill shuttle, level 15.

Consumes 1 Death Energy to move 15 meters in any direction through hard dirt or walls.

Passive Skills:

Stone camouflage, the highest grade.

With a stitched stone skin, it disguises itself as a stone brick.

Since the undead creatures have no life characteristics, this camouflage method can not only avoid the naked eye search, but also shield infrared induction, heartbeat induction and many other detection methods.

Resurrection of the Dead, Level 1, inactive.

The dominoes you made were not approved by the Corpse. So even if the undead creature is in the Corpse's area of influence, it will not be able to resuscitate with the Corpse.

Soul Link, Level 1.

When you enter an action command into the domino, you have the audacity to open the "Soul Link".

This allows you to feel the environment around your summons with your soul and control the creatures yourself.

Correspondingly, the minions' pain will be fed back to you through a soul link. Your brain and mind will go into a brief trance as a result.

…

This "soul link" is the culprit that caused Li Nuo to fall into a headache and trance.

When he entered the action command to the domino, the system sent him a large piece of information.

The gist of the information is:

"Hey, brother, do you want to attach the "Soul Link" trait, this thing is easy to use, and it allows you to command summons like an arm! Using it to command undead creatures is far more efficient than mechanized commands... It's just going to hurt a little bit..."

In order to ensure the 100% success of the plan, Li Nuo agreed without even thinking about it.

He now knows that the so-called "a little pain" is a real pain.

He can indeed control the actions of the Crypt Lurkers himself.

However, the sharp pain of the Crypt Lurker when he was killed was also fed back to him along the soul link.

And the person who killed the Crypt Lurkers was none other than Martha Murfia.

The weapon she wields is a frost dragon head transformed from her arm.

This scene was seen by Li Nuo through the "soul link".

"I really didn't expect that Martha Murfia would be able to use some of her extraordinary abilities without completely transforming into a cyborg giant. Is this a unique attack method for the captain's strength level?

"And her extraordinary abilities have to do with dragons...

"There is such a thing as a dragon in this world. Why is it not mentioned in the teaching content of Berwetting City College?

"Oh, I see, the dragon must be something from another realm.

"Eh, the Tatis Empire is really a closed country. Even if the original owner is a historical assistant teacher, he has no way of knowing about other kingdoms..."

The image of Murfia attacking the crypt lurkers flashed in front of Lino's eyes, and now that he thinks about it, he still feels extremely shocked.

Here's how it happened:

His crypt lurker lies in the stairwell from the third basement floor to the second floor.

The faint sound of a fight came from the third floor of the basement and was heard by him.

After that, a black light flew up from below.

Li Nuo felt a little strange, and immediately used the deconstruction technique on the black light.

After learning from the system that this black light was Pym's soul, Lino Jelly used the "Quick Whipping" skill of the crypt lurker to shatter the crystal outside Pym's soul, causing Pym's soul to fly away.

Murphy, who arrived in the hurry, happened to see the crystal shattered by the crypt lurkers.

She took the broken crystal, and before leaving, gave the Crypt Lurker a kill instantly.

Because of the "soul link", Leno observes his surroundings through the eyes of a crypt lurker.

Murfia attacks the Crypt Lurkers as if she were attacking Leno himself.

The huge frost dragon head, the cold air overflowed, the white frost surged, and every dragon scale and every wisp of ice mist shone into Li Nuo's mind very realistically.

At that moment, Li Nuo deeply realized how huge the gap between ordinary people and extraordinary people was.

The two are not life-level creatures at all, and the extraordinary are simply god-like beings to ordinary people.

"Later, I remembered that when entering commands to dominoes, I must not attach a "soul link" unless necessary. The feeling of being bitten by an ice dragon really hurts me..."

Li Nuo touched his brain and sighed silently, feeling a little helpless in his heart.

Now, he is actually barely a half-hung necromancer apprentice, that is, the kind of wild path mage who has no one to guide him.

His knowledge of death-type spells all came from deconstruction, and no one systematically taught him how to use death-type spells correctly.

Undead summoned creatures were originally used as cannon fodder.

If you think about it, summoners must not build a "soul link" with cannon fodder.

Otherwise, the summoner is likely to be instantly destroyed by the massive amount of pain, and he will die of pain.

Li Nuo just suffered the loss of no one to guide him, so he made a mistake in this regard.

It's not all bad, though.

His plan to kill with a knife was a great success!

Pym confronts Captain Murphy, and the battle between the two is fleeting, ending with Pym's abarrassment in retreat.

The only flaw in the entire plan was also erased by Li Nuo himself.

"Whew~~"

Li Nuo took a deep breath, slowly exhaled, and called up the system interface in his mind.

"When I broke the crystal protecting Pym, the system seemed to send me some message... Let me see what it is..."

Li Nuo swept the text content, raised his eyebrows slightly, and the joy in his eyes flashed.

He actually hit the nail on the head.

He deconstructed two things at the same time in a passive deconstruction way!

[System News: You have dealt fatal damage to the [Soul Retreat Crystal.] 】

[Passive deconstruction activation! ] 】

[Soul Retreat Crystal's deconstruction completion increased from 0% to 100.] 】

[Your energy has thus recovered 500 points.] 】

You now have 500/15 energy. 】

[Until your stamina drops below 15, the auto-recovery effect of stamina will be paused.] 】

[You have unlocked the standard template of the "Soul Retreat Crystal", which is as follows:]

【…】

"500 energy! it! It's really an overnight rich! The reward of passive deconstruction is too fragrant, love love~"

The corners of Li Nuo's mouth couldn't help but rise.

He was worried that the energy of the passive deconstruction reward would be wasted because it exceeded the upper limit of energy value.

Now it seems that he was overly worried.

Energy gained through passive deconstruction is added directly to existing energy and can exceed the upper limit.

That's the good news.

The only downside is that the auto-regeneration effect, which automatically regenerates 15 energy points every 24 hours, will come to a standstill until the existing energy level falls below the maximum energy level.

The longer the stamina exceeds the cap, the longer the stamina auto-regeneration effect will be suspended.

As a result, Li Nuo will lose a lot of energy points for automatic recovery, which is undoubtedly a burden.

He had to find a channel as soon as possible to expend the amount of energy he had.

This made him feel a little impatient.

But Li Nuo quickly controlled his emotions and continued to check the system interface.

[System News: When you destroy the Soul Retreat Crystal, you deal a small amount of damage to the spirit creature "Pym's Soul". 】

[Passive deconstruction activation! ] 】

[Your completion of deconstruction of "Pym's Soul" increased from 0% to 7% 】

[You have obtained a memory fragment from the "Soul of Pym", as follows:]

【…】

There were too many fragments of Pym's memories, and Leno put them aside for now.

He selected the result of the deconstruction of the Soul Retreat Crystal and read it from the beginning.

As he read, his head moved up and down, as if he had realized something, and his gaze gradually deepened.

The Soul Retreat Crystal, a death-type magic item, is used to protect the soul that has been separated from the body and help the soul retreat quickly.

This is a one-time escape item.

It can quickly leave the battlefield with the user's soul after the user's body is destroyed.

It has three drawbacks:

One is that the escape speed is first fast and then slow.

As it exits its body, the crystal flees at a rapid speed, but only for a few seconds.

For the rest of the day, the soul inside must continue to provide soul strength in order to maintain the crystal's escape speed at more than 10 meters per second.

If the soul strength is insufficient, the crystal's escape speed will plummet. It can be easily targeted by enemies.

The second drawback is that the crystal is very fragile and can almost shatter at the touch of it - this is why it can be shattered by Crypt Lurkers.

The third drawback:

This thing can only play the most basic protective role, and cannot completely envelop the soul like the body.

Anyone can see the soul directly inside it.

Crystals can't block outsiders' eyes from the soul like the flesh.

Overall, this is an escape item that is only used as a last resort, rather than a vehicle that allows the soul to travel through the physical world.

The deconstruction results list the materials and methods used to make this prop.

Complicated and expensive.

Li Nuo can't afford to toss this thing for the time being.

There was one thing that aroused Li Nuo's thinking.

The Soul Retreat Crystal is obviously meant to be used with other magical devices.

For example, a device that receives this object will better protect the crystal and the soul inside.

Another example is to prepare a new body in advance, so that the soul inside the crystal can be protected by the physical body as soon as possible.

Pym obviously won't rely on the soul to retreat the crystal, fly out of the Junction of Suffering, and return to the base camp of the Death Society.

He must have set up some back-up so that his soul could turn around as soon as possible after leaving the body.

So, the answer is obvious!

Leno narrowed his eyes and looked in the direction of Pym's tent, a smile on his lips.

As expected, there should be a high-value magic item in Pym's tent.

It could be a rare item for properly disposing of a detached soul, or it could be a soulless human body.

What exactly is this thing?

Leno brings up the results of the deconstruction of Pym's soul and checks the memories he has just arrived.

After 1 minute, Li Nuo finished reading.

He clenched his fists, angry and glad.

The result of the deconstruction of Pym's soul is all Pym's recent memories.

Leno also saw a picture of Pym interrogating him...

He was both outraged by Pym's abusive lynching and glad that he had escaped the clutches.

None of that matters.

The important thing is that Li Nuo found what he was looking for in these memory fragments!

He knew what was hidden in Pym's tent!

"I've got to get into Pym's tent quickly!"

Li Nuo stood up from the ground, rubbing his hands in front of him, his mind spinning rapidly.

"It's a key item that will allow me to build an army of the undead faster, I have to find it! Even if I can't keep it for myself, I'm going to devote all my energy to deconstructing it! It just so happens that my energy is so high that it explodes! ”