Reincarnated as a bamboo rat, it begins its extreme survival struggle.

After processing the combat experience carried within these bodies, Bell did not receive any deeper information. While engulfed in flames, Bell frowned upon discovering a gap in the information.

"The information preserved in the remains has been destroyed."

Until the pile of corpses was completely reduced to bone dust and the flames were extinguished, Bell did not glean any further information from the fire.

This was the first time Bell had faced such a situation, and [Fire-Loving Wisdom] was unable to extract any more information from the corpse.

"The problem must lie at the level of the soul. Did those attacks that pierced the skull completely erase the souls of these adventurers?"

Recalling the scene when he found the body in the royal tomb, Bell tried to piece together what happened, but due to a lack of information, he had to give up in the end.

After collecting the bone powder, Bell returned to the ground and took out the Star Unicorn Horn to replenish the Moonlight Poems on his body.

Bell is preparing to enter the royal tomb again, this time he wants to go deeper into the area.

But just as Bell was replenishing the protective shield, a figure slowly walked to the edge of the cave entrance in the underground cave that led directly to the royal tomb.

It was a skeleton that looked exactly like a human skeleton, without any strange deformities or additional damage.

The bones are smooth and supple, like jade.

He reached the edge of the cave entrance and stopped there, reaching out his hand slightly forward as if he had touched some invisible barrier, unable to advance even an inch.

This caused the skeleton's pupils to flicker a few times, as if it were somewhat disappointed.

But he did not leave. Instead, he stood there blankly at the cave entrance, as if waiting for someone to reappear in front of the cave.

And the only creature that could reappear at this cave entrance is Bell.

Ten minutes later, after replenishing the protective barrier, Bell bumped into the skeleton with its blue, glowing eyes at the cave entrance.

This startled Bell, and the whole mouse was in a bad mood.

After all, in the confined and dark underground, just as Bell's forehead was illuminated by a halo of flame, a white skeleton appeared in front of him. He had never seen this thing before, and it did not belong to this location.

At that moment, Bell almost transformed into a primal behemoth and thrust his spear at him.

Fortunately, Bell thought quickly and did not act rashly.

The skeleton that appeared before him reacted slowly. It took a while after Bell appeared before its eyes lit up with azure flames and it lowered its head to face Bell's location.

Its aura was peaceful, without any strong deathly aura or hostility towards Bell. Upon seeing Bell, it even scratched its head and wrote words in the air with its finger, trying to communicate with Bell.

"The script of that destroyed civilization? I don't recognize it..."

Seeing the skeleton earnestly communicating with words, Bell waved his hands repeatedly, indicating that he did not recognize the words the skeleton was writing, and probed the skeleton's pupils with his mental energy, preparing to communicate directly with it using his mental energy.

Surprisingly, Bell's mental connection with the skeleton was extremely smooth, and he felt no obstruction whatsoever.

'This little guy can't read, is he stupid...?'

As soon as he connected his mental energy, Bell sensed the skeleton's current thoughts and was immediately at a loss for words.

"Who are you calling stupid?"

"Huh? You can talk to me?!"

Upon receiving the message from Bell, the skeleton was visibly shocked, then his emotions turned to a distinct sense of joy.

At the same time, Bell also aimed [Information Insight] at the skeleton in front of him, but the speed of acquiring information was very slow, which meant that the skeleton was very strong.

"Hey! My name is Acorn, little mouse. What's your name?"

“Bear Grylls, and I’m not a rat, I’m a bamboo rat.”

"Okay, Mr. Bell, your species is bamboo rat. May I ask what the difference is between bamboo rats and mice?"

Judging from his active mental fluctuations, Bell felt that the skeleton was somewhat like a kid in his early teens, with a mental age even younger than Edu's.

He has a strong curiosity about everything and can always find joy in all sorts of things.

"The kingdom's inscriptions contain no record of bamboo rats, only information about mice, which are said to be pests. Now that Acorn has discovered a new creature, Acorn can become the kingdom's new biologist."

Regarding Bell's existence, Acorn said he would find a place in the royal tomb to carve it so that other skeletons could see it and know that bamboo rats exist in the world.

"Acorn, you said you wanted to carve my likeness for the other skeletons to see. Are there other skeletons here?"

"Of course, we all live in the kingdom."

When Bell asked him, Acorn made no attempt to hide anything and nodded quite frankly.

Chapter 169 Skeleton Archer Acorn

"There are very few skeletons active in the kingdom. Although new skeletons are born from time to time, the total number of skeletons is not large, probably only about thirty."

Acorn described the situation of these skeletons to Bell without reservation. It seemed as if he had not communicated with intelligent life or even living beings for a long time, and he immediately went into a rambling mode.

However, his rambling speech was not about describing a huge amount of information, but rather about the large amount of repetitive and redundant information in his words, as well as many strange and unusual words.

Even in the highly efficient information exchange environment of mental communication, it would take Bell quite a while to understand what the acorn was saying.

Amidst these jumbled words, Bell also learned what acorns were.

He belongs to a life born from a skeleton, not a spirit. It sounds incredible, but it is true.

The environment of the royal tombs is extremely unique. The deathly aura here is so thick that it is almost like fog, and in some places there is even a buildup of liquid deathly aura. The corpses buried in the royal tombs were mostly extremely powerful in life, and even after death, their bodies still possessed extraordinary qualities.

These corpses, which can be described as rare treasures, were reborn with new souls under extreme conditions, allowing the skeletons to ignite their soul fire and move freely.

The newly born skeletons, because their bodies are those of the deceased powerful beings, possess the inherited wisdom and formidable combat abilities.

They lived in the royal tombs, and most of the skeletons had read the various inscriptions and records within the tombs and had communicated with each other.

Over time, these skeletons even developed a unique historical record belonging to this group through a form of oral tradition.

Over countless years, new skeletons have been born and old skeletons have died out.

Don't assume these skeletons are immortal. They also have their own souls, which will collapse when their lifespan reaches its limit, leaving behind a shell floating in the deathly aura. At some point, a new soul will be born, and a new skeleton will be born.

In this unique, enclosed environment, their perception was also affected. The skeletons blurred the records in the royal tomb and the physical space of the royal tomb, confusing the descriptions of the kingdom's past glory in the royal tomb with the interior of the royal tomb where they were now.

This tomb is their kingdom.

“Mr. Bell, please do not enter the kingdom again. If someone like you enters the kingdom, our Skull Society will lose its mind, and very bad things will happen. You will no longer be able to talk to me.”

Acorn recalled his past; not long ago, he was still sleeping in a stagnant pool of lifeless liquid in the royal tombs.

That's how skeletons are. After all, the royal tomb is only so big, and there are only a few skeletons. After a while, they get tired of the novelty and can only find a comfortable place to sleep. When they wake up depends entirely on luck. Maybe a day, maybe a hundred years, or maybe they will sleep until their souls dissipate.

In this situation, Acorn was deeply impressed by what happened each time he was forced to wake up.

When he first regained consciousness, he vaguely saw Wang Ling being violently assaulted.

The passage to the royal tomb was destroyed; a group of very strong individuals dug holes along the way, extending deep into the tomb.

That time, Acorn didn't feel much of a part, because when he appeared in front of this group of people, he was cleaved into pieces by a blade of light and lost control of his body. It took a long time for him to repair his body under the nourishment of the death energy liquid.

Compared to the first awakening, which was abrupt and incomplete, Acorn's second awakening gave him a much stronger sense of involvement.

Not long ago, a group of human adventurers entered the royal tomb. The sleeping acorn was inexplicably awakened and appeared directly in front of the adventurers, shooting them all in the head with a single shot.

Acorn's weapon is not the cold weapon spear that Bell wields, but a real firearm, highlighting that 'times have changed'.

He possessed an exceptionally large bone revolver, powered by magic and death energy, and Acorn was quite proud of it when he displayed it.

Meanwhile, [Information Insight], which had been collecting information, showed Bell the acorn panel at this moment.

Acorns

Race: Skeleton

grade:

Health:

Mental strength:

magic:

Skills: [Aim], [Bullet Creation], [Instant Death Mark], [Hunting Time]

Classes: [Deadly Archer], [Shooting Master]

Acorn is level 25, but his individual attributes are not high. Neither his mental strength nor his physical strength can compare with the mutated zombies he encountered before.

At the same time, Acorn does not have the status effects of [Blessed by the Evil Moon] and [Aberration Curse], which means that Acorn is not a cursed undead like the Aberration Zombie, but a living being with a skeletal body.

In the race section, [Information Insight] does not consider acorns as undead, but lists them separately as skeletons.

However, despite its low individual attributes, this acorn is actually quite powerful in combat.

He has two professions. One is the "Death Energy Shooter," which allows him to condense bullets from acorns using death energy and power his bone revolver, adding a large number of extra bullets.

Another profession is [Shooting Master], which is a skill-based profession, similar to Bell's Intermediate Gunner.

Master-level shooting ability, like that of a marksman, is a skill that transcends the ordinary.

According to Acorn, he can accurately hit any target within his perception range as long as it is in a straight line, and he can also make the bullets curve (gunfighting) and control the bullet's rate of fire.

That bone revolver, in Acorn's hands, can be a sniper rifle with ultra-high precision and super penetrating power, a shotgun with wide-range bullets, or even a grenade launcher-like weapon.

Acorns can also fire in two directions simultaneously in a near instant and hit their targets.

Furthermore, Acorn's other skills are designed to complement his Gunslinger class.