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

Under Bell's manipulation, the skeleton that served as his substitute body gradually changed shape and was coated with a layer of iron.

In the end, only the upper half of the skeleton remained, and after being wrapped in iron ingots, it looked like the Terminator T800.

“Mr. Bell’s idea is truly amazing. I can no longer sense your presence. You are now exactly like a skeleton.”

By entering the skeleton's chest, Bell infused his spirit into the skeleton, gaining control of it.

Although the skeleton appears to be just a sheet of iron from the outside, inside Bell has constructed all sorts of circuits and inscribed a large number of magical symbols.

"A qualified shell, hahaha."

Bell was quite satisfied with the body he had created; after all, in just twenty minutes, he would be able to pilot this body into the royal tomb.

As for why he waited twenty minutes to enter the royal tomb, it was because he was waiting for his shadow to recover its cooldown. Only when his shadow could protect him would he dare to enter the royal tomb.

Otherwise, if his design had been flawed and failed to bypass the royal tomb's identification system, Bell would have died on the spot in front of this group of skeletons.

"Now there is only one problem: when I am piloting the skeleton, I cannot use the moonlight to protect myself and have to face the erosion of death energy head-on. Although the skeleton body is designed with a structure to resist death energy when piloting it, my time in the royal tomb is still limited."

With a sigh, Bell stepped out of the skeleton body and chatted with the skeletons.

Having been trapped in the royal tomb for many years, most of them spoke without much logic, but they all had a strong desire to communicate and were always willing to chat with Bell.

This feeling was similar to when Bell visited the elderly in a nursing home before his reincarnation. There were a few elderly people with dementia who always had endless things to say. Although their speech was incoherent, unclear, and illogical, they would always keep Bell talking.

Twenty minutes passed quickly during their conversation, and the shadow that had disappeared reappeared beneath Bell.

After recovering, it even stretched out a hand and gave Bell a thumbs up, meaning that it was ready.

It seems that even when a shadow disappears, it is not without its perception of the outside world.

"If you're ready, let's go in."

Taking a deep breath, Bell entered the skeleton's body, causing the eyes of this metal skeleton, which resembled the Terminator, to glow red.

Upon witnessing this scene, the skeleton leader and his skeletons vanished from the cave entrance and entered the depths of the royal tomb.

Knowing Bell's plan, they left the area immediately to avoid them losing control and attacking Bell if he entered the royal tomb.

Of the skeletons left on the scene, only the acorn remained, because the acorn was an ultimate ranged unit with frighteningly weak melee capabilities.

His presence allowed Bell to test various research results in a safe environment.

"Acorn, I'm coming in!"

"Ah."

After Bell sent the start signal using his mental power, Acorn hurriedly put his hands behind his back to prevent himself from drawing his gun and firing a burst at Bell.

Meanwhile, the half-body iron skeleton at the cave entrance swung its arms and scrambled into the royal tomb area.

Throughout this process, Bell was on high alert, fearing that the acorn in front of him might suddenly turn purple and pull out his revolver to fire.

"Mr. Bell! I can still control my body! You succeeded!"

Three seconds after entering the royal tomb, Bell's heart, which had been hanging in suspense, was finally at ease. The acorn opposite him was even happier than Bell, constantly transmitting wave after wave of joyful spiritual energy.

Even so, Bell did not rush to explore the royal tomb; he wanted to test the skeleton's abilities in other ways.

The first key test is whether the skeleton can leave the royal tomb after entering it.

After all, Bell could use a skeleton skin to make himself appear as a skeleton in the royal tomb, thus eliminating the hostility of the skeleton race. However, he was also afraid that after becoming a skeleton, he would be seen as a skeleton and unable to leave the royal tomb.

By driving the skeleton body into reverse mode, Bell easily left the royal tomb without any other sensations, unlike these skeletons who seemed to be protected by an invisible barrier.

"It seems I have successfully exploited some loopholes in the royal tomb."

After testing that the skeleton could leave the royal tomb, he was quite satisfied with his invention.

The only problem now is how much time I have to move around in the royal tomb.

Because one of the prerequisites for controlling the skeletons is that Bell cannot use moonlight to protect himself, Bell's exploration time in the royal tomb is limited.

The skull is inscribed with magical runes that resist death energy, but these things are not as simple, direct, and effective as the moon energy.

Even considering Bell's own resistance, he could only explore the royal tomb for an hour and a half, which was half the previous three hours. Moreover, the time it would take Bell to recover his physical condition after leaving the royal tomb would be much longer.

Bell calculated that even if he operated at full power without taking any breaks, he could only explore the royal tomb once every two days.

But that's enough. With the Skeletons around, Bell has no pressure to survive in the Royal Tomb. These local inhabitants will directly guide Bell to move quickly within the Royal Tomb and explore for the most valuable items.

"Now that the experiment has been successful, let the acorn serve as Mr. Bell's guide and let him enjoy the scenery of the kingdom."

The Skeleton Clan leader's spiritual power emanated from the depths of the royal tomb. He was extremely powerful and kept a close watch on the place. He entrusted the guiding task to Acorn.

The other skeletons will always stay as far away from Bell as possible during his exploration to prevent the shells Bell created from malfunctioning and suddenly attacking him.

The Skeleton Clan leader said that Bell was the Skeleton Clan's most honored guest, and they would not lie.

“Great, Mr. Bell, please come with me.”

Acorn was extremely happy to take Bell to visit the royal tombs, saying he would take Bell to several very interesting places.

At this moment, Bell suddenly realized that although his exploration of the royal tomb had only just begun, it seemed like he was about to complete it.

After all, the BOSS unit in the perilous area was showing him around the various areas of the perilous area.

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"Mr. Bell, time is limited, so let's go to a few interesting places."

Considering Bell's limited time, Acorn decided to take him to a few of his favorite places.

He grabbed Bell's spine with one hand and carried Bell as they ran through the royal tomb. After all, Bell's skeleton only had an upper body, and crawling back and forth with both hands was not very fast.

As he moved forward, Acorn also took the bone revolver from his chest and placed it not far from Bell.

Acorn did this to use his ability to condense death energy to create bullets, thereby absorbing the death energy surrounding Bell and reducing its corrosive effects on Bell. This would extend Bell's activity time by about ten minutes, which is invaluable in the high-risk environment deep within the royal tomb.

"Nothing has changed in the kingdom. I can recite those inscriptions by heart, so I won't waste Mr. Bell's time."

Acorn carried Bell at breakneck speed. Although he was a skeleton, he was quite fast, after all, his physical strength was a full 290 points, so walking like the wind was no problem at all.

It was also thanks to Bell's extraordinary mental strength that he was able to see the nearby scenery clearly even while moving at high speed.

The royal tombs cover a vast area, but the internal passageways are not very spacious. This is because the burial chambers occupy a large amount of space, and the passageways are attached to the perimeter of the burial chambers and are therefore not wide.

These various tombs are the final resting places of the most prominent figures in the old kingdom. Only those who earned their marquisate through military merit were qualified to be buried in the royal mausoleum. Unlike the Bone Spire, there were no corpses or family members buried here.

Or, to put it another way, the white bone towers outside are appendages of these entities within the royal tomb, and the numerous white bone towers surrounding the royal tomb are the burial goods of the royal tomb.

Skeletons like Acorn basically come from these broken tombs.

Some powerful corpses have been resurrected over the long years, breaking through the seal of the tomb and wandering in the royal mausoleum. Eventually, their souls dissipate and turn into skeletons, and the skeletons give birth to new souls to become the skeleton race, thus creating an endless cycle.

However, a large portion of the tombs in the royal mausoleum remained intact, and Bell could even see black jade tablets inscribed with the deceased's life story in front of the tombs.

'The astrologer Sisyphusa, through mapping the stars and calculating the relative positions of different worlds, made outstanding contributions to the creation of interdimensional portals for the kingdom to travel to the second world…'

'The armor builder, Sadayali, developed adaptive external armor, making an outstanding contribution to the overall improvement of the kingdom's military strength...'

Besides those renowned for their military achievements, the royal mausoleum also contains the remains of top talents from other fields, all of whom made outstanding contributions to the development of the kingdom's civilization.

Bell was able to glean fragments of the past from their biographical accounts, thus imagining just how powerful the kingdom had once been.

Whether it's mapping out the relative positions of other worlds, equipping every soldier with exoskeleton armor to boost their combat power, or possessing astonishingly high levels of potion-making skills... these are all achievements of master-level or even grandmaster-level figures in their respective fields.

It was only at this moment that Bell understood what had happened at the Bone Spire.

What does the phrase "Masters emerge in every industry" mean?

"I just don't know how much information has been preserved in these remains after all these years."

As his thoughts drifted aimlessly, Bell recalled the scene when he lit the skeleton. In a sense, the remains in the royal tomb were not as perfectly preserved as those in the Bone Spire, because the passages and burial chambers inside the royal tomb had been damaged by the awakened corpses, and the environment inside the royal tomb was not as simple and stable as that in the Bone Spire.

Furthermore, many of the master-level figures buried here were not physical experts; some of their bodies and souls decayed long ago, leaving no chance for aberration or revival.

Even within the royal tombs, there are a few cenotaphs that serve as symbolic representations.

While he was lost in thought, Acorn had already dragged Bell into a large space deep within the royal tomb. This was the first scenic spot he was going to show Bell.

"The telemetry star-gazing instrument is the pinnacle of the kingdom's astrology. It is said that Sisyphus used this instrument to map the locations of different worlds and calculate information such as which worlds are inhabited and how strong they are."

Acorn, acting as the tour guide, was very excited as he explained, but in fact, beneath this precise and aesthetically pleasing instrument, there was a black jade tablet that recorded everything about the instrument.

Acorn's words were copied verbatim from the stone tablet, which shows that he has a really good memory. It's no exaggeration that he has memorized all the inscriptions in the royal tomb.

Bell, upon entering this place, was also captivated by the peculiar instrument before him.

The light emanating from the Skull Eye Fire and Bell's iron skeleton alone was enough to illuminate the entire space.

This is a giant metal instrument resembling a celestial globe, made entirely of mithril, adorned with numerous magical gems as aids, and many rare materials that have decayed. Once activated, it can carry the user's spiritual energy directly into the starry sky.

Although it doesn't actually project mental energy into the starry sky, it merely collects the light cast by numerous stars and replicates a highly precise star field.

But this is also rare; for those who specialize in the field of celestial bodies and astrology, it is an absolute treasure.

As for Bell, even if he can't use this thing, he can still dismantle it and collect scrap metal.

After all, this is a behemoth made entirely of mithril. Bell roughly estimated that the mithril that could be extracted from this observatory would probably be measured in tons.

"This is outrageously extravagant."

After a sigh, Bell withdrew his envious gaze. He figured that as one of the top treasures in the royal tomb, he could probably only look at it from afar.

But unexpectedly, after introducing the basic information, Acorn, acting as the guide, abruptly changed the subject and said: