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

Sixty percent of the adventurers chose to evacuate with the church, believing that since those stronger than themselves had left, they would not fare well if they stayed any longer.

The remaining adventurers fell into two categories: those who were confident in their abilities and those who were skeptical and believed they were lucky.

Bell didn't bother with these people; he had already said what he wanted to say: leaving the bamboo forest meant survival, while staying meant certain death inside.

They might die at the hands of active skeletons, or from attacks by various living plants and magical plants.

Two days have passed, and the bamboo forest, once a dangerous place, is no longer just a dense sea of ​​bamboo.

All sorts of plants grow from all over the bamboo forest, making the environment here extremely unfamiliar.

The catalytic effect of the ultra-wide-area magic array ensured the basic growth of the plants, while the large amount of refined bone powder brought by burning the royal tombs and ancient corpses was thrown into the air by the magic array and scattered in the bamboo sea, causing all the plants to fall into a state of frenzied growth.

Not only did the seeds from the magical plants germinate successfully in large numbers, but many of the magical plants also retained their magical abilities, displaying astonishing aggression in their early stages of growth.

Several unlucky ones have already died from the attacks of the newly grown demonic plants, becoming nutrients for their growth.

"Mr. Bell, the iron blocks have been installed."

The fluctuations in consciousness emanating from the Skeleton Race kept Bell busy once again.

The time anomaly within the bamboo forest has already begun, and it is very likely that...

This has attracted powerful enemies within the world.

In order to preserve the bamboo forest, Bell must seize the opportunity to complete the setup of the [Netherworld Ruler].

The red-haired older sister's puppet is very easy to use. Just find an iron puppet as a carrier and press the [Underworld Ruler] button on it.

But beyond these most basic usage methods, there are some advanced usage methods.

"Thank you for your help."

Grateful to the skeletons following him, Bell took out the Iron Pumpkin from his inventory, placed it on the stacked iron blocks, and instantly created an iron golem that could move freely.

This is a good vessel for the [Netherworld Ruler], but Bell will not place the [Netherworld Ruler] directly on it. He has already placed the [Netherworld Ruler] in the base directly below Azure Star City.

With the help of the Skeletons, Bell had already set up thirty iron golems throughout the bamboo forest, a much more efficient method than if he had to work himself to the bone.

He had previously entrusted the iron blocks to the skeletons to place in various locations within the bamboo forest, while he himself returned to his base in Cangxing City to retrieve the pumpkins.

Bell placed the [Netherworld Overlord] on the iron golem in the underground base of Azure Star City, and used the [Netherworld Overlord] as a modifier to change some of the iron golem's underlying operating logic.

Bell doesn't have the power to modify the unreasonable rule-based creation, the Iron Golem, but he does have the mythical-level item, the Underworld Ruler.

First, Bell modified the "Human Guardian" attribute on the Iron Golem, changing it to "Ecological Guardian," which ensures that the Iron Golem placed in the bamboo forest will fight wholeheartedly for the bamboo forest.

Then, Bell transformed the iron golem beneath Azure Star City into the core of all the iron golems, linking all the iron golems he created to him, and turning all the iron golems in the bamboo forest into his wingmen.

Iron Golem

Race: Construct Golem

Level: lv.15 (locked)

Health:

Mental strength:

magic:

Skills: [Powerful Throw], [Iron Body], [Ecological Guardian]

Special Status: [Core Puppet]

Now, all the iron golems in the bamboo forest are like the eyes of this core iron golem, monitoring every movement in the bamboo forest for him.

The purpose of this is that when a powerful enemy appears in the bamboo forest that affects the operation of the ultra-wide-area magic array, the [Netherworld Ruler] located on the core iron golem will be directly activated, tearing through space to reach the bamboo forest and punish the invading enemy.

As a mythical item, the distance between Cangxing City and the Bamboo Sea is practically nonexistent in its presence.

"Although it would be best not to activate [Netherworld Ruler], I would also like to witness the power of this mythical item when it is activated."

After muttering this to himself, Bell went off to work on resettling the Skeleton Clan in the bamboo forest.

There's not much time left before the time acceleration reaches its peak. If we don't leave the bamboo forest within the next week or so, things will become quite difficult to handle.

Bell needs to ask the skeletons what their thoughts are about the future, whether they want to leave the bamboo forest, and so on.

Meanwhile, at the entrance to the royal tomb on the other side, the elite team no longer hesitated and prepared to force their way into the tomb.

The church's departure forced them to slow down and prepare for two days, while also allowing the main force of the city guards to withdraw from the bamboo forest.

Originally, half of the elite team members felt they should leave the bamboo forest, return to Cangxing City to rest for a while, and then come back to explore again, since their gains from this adventure were already amazing enough.

But Amat decided to stay and asked the other members of the elite squad to stay and help him.

Because in the past two days, his father's former teammates had arrived deep in the bamboo forest and successfully reunited with them.

Chapter 193 The Suppressive Power of the Skeleton Clan

"You're not planning to leave the bamboo forest?! Why?!"

Bell, who was originally struggling with how to settle the skeletons, was completely dumbfounded after asking for their opinions.

The skeletons had no intention of leaving the bamboo forest for other areas, a decision that Bell found quite perplexing.

Unlike the adventurers outside who knew nothing about the Ultra Wide Area Magic Array, Bell explained the function of the Ultra Wide Area Magic Array to them when he used the Skeletons' computing power to construct it.

“We know that if we don’t leave this area, we will be bound by time and it will be difficult to leave this area again, but this is not a problem worth considering.”

The chieftain of the Skeleton Clan stated that Bell had already done enough by helping them break free from the restrictions of the Royal Tomb.

If they want to go to more distant places, it will inevitably increase the pressure on Bell. Moreover, they have almost no understanding of the outside world. If they rashly enter this social system, they will only suffer losses.

"The time-lockdown is, in a sense, a form of protection for us. Staying in this area gives us eight hundred years to adapt."

The powerful skeleton race doesn't have much interest in fighting and killing; rather than destroying things with violence, they prefer to build something.

The Skeleton Clan plans to use the different time flow rates to develop themselves into a force, and then, once the time flow here returns to normal in the future, they will approach the surrounding human forces on an equal footing.

This is no easy task, but over a long period of eight hundred years, the Skeleton Race is confident that they can accomplish it.

They have long lifespans; eight hundred years is nothing to them.

"See you in eight hundred years, Mr. Bell. But for you, it won't be long before we meet again."

The Skeleton Clan leader assured Bell that he could leave without worry, and that they would drive away the human adventurers who were staying in the bamboo forest, trying their best to clear the area for Bell.

Bell expressed respect for the Skeleton race's choice.

However, given that the Skeleton Clan was staying behind as a whole, Acorn didn't want to remain within the range of the Ultra Wide Area Magic Array. The world was so big, and he wanted to see it.

The leader of the Skeleton Clan also specifically asked Bell to take good care of this youngest and most promising member of the Skeleton Clan.

Bell said he would take care of it. It would be difficult to settle the entire skeleton race, but having Acorn, a skeleton, by his side would be no problem at all.

At worst, we can just wrap the acorn in a dumpling. Bell was able to forge Ning's identity before, so forging an identity for the acorn now wouldn't be a big problem. This world doesn't have any credentials or mechanisms to identify individuals like ID cards, and the management methods vary greatly between different cities.

"Then let's go."

As Acorn bid farewell to the other members of the Skeleton Clan, the Skeleton Clan leader joked with him, saying that Acorn would be able to meet them again soon, while the Skeleton Clan would have to wait eight hundred years to see him again.

This made Acorn extremely sad, but his longing for a new life quickly helped him shake off the low mood he felt at the time of parting.

In some ways, this guy is also a heartless fellow (both physically and psychologically).

(On the meaning).

After finishing these tasks, Bell and Acorn left the reviving bamboo forest and headed to a deserted area thirty kilometers south of Cangxing City for a short rest. This was a resting area that Bell had chosen long ago, far from human habitation and undisturbed by outsiders.

Bell will be here to give Acorn a walking identity in the human world.

However, Bell did not intend to take him back to Azure Star City, but instead planned to continue south to another established city.

An old city is not necessarily closed and conservative. On the contrary, the city that Bell is going to is known for its openness and inclusiveness, and more than a dozen intelligent races are active in the city.

Of course, these are all things to be discussed later. Before the effects of the ultra-wide-area magic circle are fixed, Bell will not leave the Azure Star City area.

A two-week wait wasn't long for Bell.

After Bell left the bamboo forest area, the skeletons who chose to stay began the task of driving away the unauthorized people.

Human adventurers in the bamboo forest don't want to leave? Then they'll see them off.

Don't be fooled by the fact that the Skeletons and Bell seem harmless and engrossed in playing cards when they're together; when they actually get into a fight, they're anything but weak.

Being peace-loving and interested in architecture and art doesn't mean the Skeleton race is incompetent in combat.

"Everyone, Mr. Bell has done us a great favor. Now that we are free, before we do what we want, we must first help Mr. Bell finish up his work."

The skeleton leader said this and then reached into his chest and drew a sword hilt. With a surge of his aura, a crystallized blade of death energy extended from the hilt.

The other skeletons followed suit, drawing different weapons from their chests.

Just as an acorn can draw a revolver from its chest, each skeleton can draw a uniquely shaped companion weapon from its own chest.

"A few of us will go and drive away those adventurers on the outskirts."

"A few of us will go to the east."

"Leave the south to me."

……

The skeletons each selected an area and immediately set off to drive away the human adventurers within.