14: Chapter 14 Undead Bones, a Bizarre Natural Disaster That Destroys All Things.

[Skeleton Civilization]

[Category: Undead]

[One of the undead races under the Lord of Rest, coming from the Great Necropolis World, elites who died on the ancient battlefield, their battle intent burning endlessly, contaminated by undead power, resurrected once again in the form of white bones, possessing immortality and reassembly...]

[Because they are the dead, they harbor strong hostility and aggressiveness towards the living, especially hating humans. When the undead races gather to a certain number, they will raise the Undead Veil, forcibly converting the environment into a livable place for the undead...]

[Weaknesses: Fragile bones, incomplete intelligence]

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"Skeletons?"

"Undead?"

The content projected on the Gear made Zhao Jinlong's face stiffen, unable to react for a moment.

According to human skeletal science.

He could be certain that these white bone skeletons did not match the skeletal characteristics of the Daxia people, and they could definitely not be the deceased resting in the cemetery.

But no matter what, he couldn't have imagined that these gruesome white bones were actually monsters from another world.

Undead?

The Lord of Rest?

The doubts in his mind hadn't been sorted out yet.

Crack—

Crack—

The sound of bones moving echoed right by his ears.

In Zhao Jinlong's widened eyes, he watched helplessly as the white bones smashed by his fist healed and reassembled once again.

In less than the blink of an eye, it was restored to its original state.

Furthermore, the shattered white bones actively fused with other skeletons.

A three-meter-tall monster.

Stood loftily before him.

"This is its immortality and reassembly!?"

Zhao Jinlong's pupils constricted as he quickly recalled the content broadcasted by the "Gear".

Without time to think further, the restored and reassembled skeleton swung a sharp blade at him, displaying the dead's hatred for life.

Not only did the terrifying white bones multiply the more they were fought, making it impossible to inflict fatal damage,

moreover, their sizes were becoming increasingly terrifying!

Reassembly! Transformation!

Among the gruesome bone monsters, various bizarre and terrifying entities had already appeared.

A bone golem taller than a skyscraper.

A giant bone elephant comparable to a whale.

A bone phantom wolf moving like the wind.

...

Within the gruesome white bones, cold flames danced, and thick malice could be felt with the naked eye.

And the one with the greatest oppression among them

was still the bone chariot formed by the reassembly and construction of hundreds of skeletons!

A terrifying monster.

Resembling a land warship that blocked out the sky and sun.

With spiral-rotating bone sharp teeth acting as thrusters to charge, the granite on the ground was easily cut into pieces. If a body of flesh and blood were sucked into it, one could imagine how tragic it would be.

"Not good."

Zhao Jinlong's expression changed slightly as he hurriedly pulled the surrounding civilians back.

But the surrounding white bone skeletons gathered more and more.

Boom!

He threw a punch.

The immense strength that could originally shatter bones

at this moment, could only leave a white mark.

Bone reassembly, white bone reshaping.

These reconstructed white bones not only varied in form and became incomparably ferocious,

even the strength of each bone

underwent earth-shattering changes.

"Damn it!"

"What on earth are these ghost things?"

Zhao Jinlong's face sank, his brows furrowed into the shape of the character "chuan".

If they really had to fight,

being parasitized by the Seed of Taotie and hailed as the Jinchuriki of 003, even with just initial fusion and poor control over the power within his body, he could still go toe-to-toe and defeat these weird skeletons.

The power of sequence anomalies wasn't something just anything could casually mess with.

But their quantity was simply too terrifying.

The gathered bones erupted with tens of millions of times the effect.

The surging wave of white bones seemed as though it wanted to completely swallow him up.

Moreover, compared to fighting!

He had an even more important matter.

That was, saving people!

"Everyone, stay calm!"

"I am Branch Captain Zhao Jinlong of the military active-duty Special Operations Team. Please evacuate in an orderly manner, do not push or trample. The military has already noticed this place, and support troops are rushing over rapidly..."

"Everyone must not panic internally, try to evacuate while maintaining composure, I will hold the front line the whole time..."

Zhao Jinlong spoke through gritted teeth.

With his qi and blood power blooming to its limit,

his body turned into an afterimage, shuttling through the cemetery, trying his best to rescue civilians from the demonic claws of the skeletons.

Having undergone initial fusion and not yet having time to master the devouring characteristics of 003, he could only use this near-brute-force method, relying on his own burning passion, attempting to salvage the situation.

Unfortunately, he was ultimately isolated and outnumbered.

The number of white bones was simply too vast, and their strength became increasingly terrifying after each reconstruction. Zhao Jinlong didn't even dare to rashly strike out and shatter these annoying fellows, fearing secondary reconstruction.

Busy to the point of not even touching the ground,

looking at the orderly tombstones around him,

in his heart... he couldn't help but raise a trace of delusion.

Since skeletons could appear, could the heroic spirits of the martyrs do so as well?

If his teammates who used to fight side by side could also revive once again, perhaps he wouldn't feel so powerless, right?

His heart was complex.

This was a materialist's only instance of idealism.

Unfortunately, reality always goes against one's wishes.

The forest of steles he gazed at did not undergo any abnormal changes.

Instead, just as he was gradually exhausted and mentally fatigued, an unusual sound suddenly appeared by his ear.

Crack!

Crack!

The sound of spreading ice rang out.

Zhao Jinlong turned his head to see that amidst the boundless cold current, frost climbed up the skeletons' bodies, condensing layers of ice crystals upon them at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Soon, the gruesome white bones turned into translucent ice sculptures.

Under the sunlight, they refracted various radiances, appearing somewhat dreamy.

The sudden, unexpected change caught the skeletons off guard, and their incomplete intelligence clearly couldn't comprehend it.

"An opportunity!"

Zhao Jinlong's eyes lit up.

Seizing the moment when the wave of white bones stagnated, he quickly shuttled through the cemetery to rescue the civilians in danger.

Boom—

The abruptly erupted speed caused a sonic boom to ring out in mid-air.

And every time the sonic boom fell,

it represented one or several lives escaping from peril.

Just as he was in the midst of carrying out rescue operations,

Swish—

a bloody figure flashed past his side.

A fair arm snapped out, grabbing him and pulling him back. The arm, seemingly as white and jade-like as a work of art, carried a force that left one unable to resist.

Even after awakening the power within his body, Zhao Jinlong still felt as though he was as frail as a child.

Raising his head, unsurprisingly, it was indeed the "Chaos" girl who had acted.

Their eyes met, just in time to welcome the other party's cold voice.

"Idiot!"

An undisguised vent of emotion.

Following 002's cold gaze, Zhao Jinlong only then discovered that while his mind was full of saving people, the danger of death had already crept up on him in secret.

The cold wave!

Or rather... the Crystal Disaster!!

The merciless cold qi would not only infect the white bones, but it would also infect him as well!

Just a moment ago, the boundless white frost was only a fraction of an inch away from him.

If it weren't for the "Chaos" girl acting in time, he would definitely have met certain death!

In the process of saving people, he had witnessed firsthand just how overbearing the Crystal Disaster was.

Once touched by the cold wave, beginning to show a trend of crystallization, its terrifying infectiousness was like bone-gnawing ants; even if the crystallized part was chopped off, it could not be interrupted.

A two-meter-tall skeleton.

Because it touched a wisp of frost fog, causing its hand bone to be infected with ice crystals, it decisively tore off its arm, yet still couldn't stop the frost from spreading. In the end, the entire skeleton was touched by the ice crystals, watching helplessly as it was reduced to an ice sculpture.

"Hiss..."

Zhao Jinlong couldn't help but suck in a breath of cold air.

Feeling endlessly lingering fear, he quickly turned around to thank the "Chaos" girl.

However, he was met with someone's aloof response.

"No need!"

"I just didn't want Lord's effort to go to waste."

002 glanced at him coldly and said ruthlessly, "Remember next time, stay far away if you don't have the strength. Even if you want to court death, don't let down Lord's good intentions."

"Yes, I know."

Zhao Jinlong replied with a submissive tone.

But inwardly he gritted his teeth.

With the same choice, even if it appeared again, he would definitely go without hesitation, at most being more cautious when saving people.

Having a military background, he couldn't just sit by and ignore the civilians.

"Heh..."

As if seeing through the thoughts at the bottom of his heart,

002 chuckled noncommittally, but didn't say much more.

She just raised her head to look ahead.

Crystal Disaster!

Its truly terrifying trait was only now truly beginning.