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

In the year 269 of the Full Moon Calendar, the king succumbed to exhaustion and died. The city of bones, centered around the royal tomb, was completed. This mausoleum, unprecedented in its scale, buried all the citizens who had fought for the kingdom.

'In the year 300 of the Full Moon Calendar, my life force is about to completely fade away. As an earl of the kingdom, I am entitled to build my own spire of bones to bury my family and my guards, and now I have laid them all to rest. Astrologers say that the stars are constantly moving and revolving in the universe, and countless years from now, our homeland will be pulled into the land where stars fall. No one knows what it looks like there, but I hope that the story of the kingdom will be seen.'

Having recorded this much, the information on the stone has been fully reviewed.

The owner of this white bone spire was among the last group of people to die in that world. After burying all those he cared about, he entered his own grave and silently awaited the end of his life.

Bell didn't know how painful this process would be, but he could glean some of the tomb owner's thoughts from his records.

More than death and suffering, he hoped that the kingdom he had fought for would not be forgotten and turned to dust.

"They built these structures of bones to bury themselves, but the records left inside the bone towers hold the hope that future generations will be able to unlock them so that this history will not be forgotten."

Bell shook his head and left in front of the square stone.

This stone contains a lot of information, such as that the [City of Bones] is not a native product of this world, and that it contains the remains of an interdimensional civilization...

But these things are far too far removed from Bell's reality.

"Perhaps the City of Bones contains countless riches and treasures, serving as a collection of artifacts from a civilization. But it is also possible that in the process of fighting against the evil god, all the treasures that could be passed down for a long time were used up, and this City of Bones is actually a poor shell."

He quickly walked to the second staircase of the Bone Spire. Bell was a very pragmatic mouse.

He would be moved by the tomb owner's past, and he would also imagine how powerful an evil god capable of destroying the world could be...

But these are all wonderful fantasies that should only pop into your head when you are safely resting.

At this moment, as an explorer, Bell silently memorized all the information he saw and continued to calmly and rationally complete his exploration mission.

The Bone Spire has seven levels, and Bell's exploration is not over yet.

"The first floor contains only skeleton warriors, their armor, and some handicrafts, but over the years, these things have lost all their mystique."

After sensing the intensity of death energy within his body and glancing at the bucket of milk in his inventory, Bell calmed himself and strode up to the second floor of the Bone Spire.

To gain more benefits from the Bone Spire, you must be bold and continue exploring.

Chapter 86 Mutant Zombies

Upon entering the second level of the Bone Spire, one finds a large number of remains, just like on the first level.

Unlike the arrangement of the first layer, where the remains are arranged like stars surrounding the moon, here the remains were placed in one stone coffin after another, piled up densely together.

A quick glance reveals that there are no fewer than three hundred coffins here.

"The deathly aura here is still thick, but the skeletons can no longer be brought to life."

Using a pickaxe, Bell pried open a stone coffin and poked at the nearly decayed bones inside. He guessed that the reason why the skeletons on the first level of the Bone Spire could still revive and maintain a certain strength was probably related to their strength in life.

The first layer contains the bodyguards of the deceased, those powerful individuals who were able to revive after death.

The second layer contains the remains of the tomb owner's relatives and family members. These people were not as powerful as the guards, and their remains lost the chance to revive over time.

However, judging from the burial layout of the first and second layers, in terms of kinship, the relatives on the second layer, although closer, were buried at a lower level than the guards.

At least, judging from the way the coffins were stacked, the tomb owner didn't seem to care much about his family.

"The second level is just a pile of rotten bones, not even as valuable as the first level. I can't even gain experience here."

Leaving the second level with considerable disdain, Bell hoped to find something of value on the third level.

In fact, there are some gold and silver ornaments on the first and second floors, but Bell, whose inventory is limited, is not going to waste his space on these ordinary items.

"Ugh... The third floor is even worse than the second floor. There aren't even any bones here."

The third and fourth floors of the Bone Spire were used to store handicrafts and books.

As time went by, this place became more like a garbage dump than a garbage heap, the kind that even stray cats and dogs wouldn't bother to rummage through.

Perhaps archaeologists in this world would be interested in what's here, but Bell is clearly not an archaeologist.

I'm just a mouse, what else can you expect from me?

It wasn't until the fifth floor that Bell saw the new coffin, which greatly relieved him.

Having explored the Bone Spire for so long, Bell no longer feels disgusted by coffins; instead, he feels a sense of anticipation, like opening a blind box.

"These two stone coffins are exquisitely carved; it seems the people buried here were of high status."

Reaching out to touch the two stone coffins, Bell discovered that two pieces of black jade-like stone were inlaid on the coffins, the same material as the square stone used to record information in the first layer.

Only on these two coffins were a few scattered pieces of information engraved.

'May your soul rest in peace at your wife's grave.'

'The tomb of the woman, I curse those who dare to disturb it with my soul.'

These two sentences are the farewell words of the tomb owner to his two most beloved people.

Of all the items in the cemetery, he least wanted these two coffins to be opened by outsiders, so he piled up a large number of rare treasures around them, even though those things became worthless over time.

"If I were a player, I would definitely pry open these two coffins to see if there are any treasures or Easter eggs left by the creators."

Bell's gaze swept past the two coffins, but he sensed a powerful emotion in the short inscription, especially from the tomb owner.

The message on his daughter's coffin contained extremely complex and intense emotions, and even after so many years, Belle could still sense a trace of those emotions through his magic.

Driven by this emotion, he no longer wanted to explore the inside of the two coffins, even though he knew that human adventurers who would soon enter the Bone Spire would pry them open.

"Saying this makes me sound like a hypocrite, but I really don't want to do this."

Stepping onto the fifth floor, Bell finally saw the true face of the tomb's occupant.

The fifth floor is not very spacious, as the White Bone Spire becomes narrower as you go up, so the fifth floor is only about fifty square meters.

There is only an exceptionally tall stone base and the skeleton of the tomb's occupant, which is merely bound to it.

After Bell entered, the aura of the living surged into the fifth level, causing the tomb owner, who was sitting askew, to raise his head. Two points of pupil fire ignited, and an exceptionally strong malice emerged from his body.

This malice is directed at Bell, not only the malice of the dead towards the living, but also a more specific malice directed at those who break into the Bone Spire.

“Ka-ka-ka-ka…”

A loud clanging of bones rang out, and just from these sounds, one could sense that the tomb's occupant possessed a power far greater than that of the skeleton warriors.

By carefully examining the stone chair illuminated by the flame-shaped hair, Bell discovered that the tomb's occupant was not a skeleton.

【The Mutated Immortal Zombie】

Type: Undead

Level: lv.25 (weakened)

Health: 777 (weakened)

Mental Strength: 150 (weakened)

Magic Power: 300 (Weakened)

Skills: [Death Erosion], [Blessing of the Evil Moon], [Unforgettable Martial Arts], [Undead Domination]

Status: [Immortal Undead], [Aberrant Curse]

Unlike the skeletons on the first floor, which have no flesh and blood and rely entirely on magic to move, these are different.

The tomb's occupant possessed an even more robust physique. Having earned the title of earl through military achievements during his lifetime, his body remained incorruptible even after death, with his muscles still functional beneath his dried skin.

Even after countless years of his death, when his body had become deformed into the mummified state he is today, his strength was still not to be underestimated.

This was the first time Bell had ever seen a level 25 monster. Its 777 points of physical strength gave it the ability to crush Bell with ease.

A fire-chewing hyena with 100 points of physical strength can leap nearly 100 meters in a single bound, as if flying. Bell can hardly imagine what kind of exaggerated level 777 points of physical strength could achieve.

Not to mention, the mutant zombies also have a long list of skills.

The three basic skills that appeared on the skeleton warrior, embodied in his exceptionally powerful form, had been elevated to become extremely troublesome.

The immense magical power allows the mutated zombie to emit an exceptionally dense and more aggressive death aura. Its flesh also retains the incomplete martial arts techniques mastered by the skeleton warriors.

Not to mention, the mutated zombie also possesses the leadership skill [Undead Domination].

It can forcibly summon undead creatures weaker than itself from its surroundings to its front and instinctively command them to fight together, essentially a watered-down version of the skeleton warrior formation.

"This isn't even the mutated zombie's full form yet; this guy still has a powerful negative buff on him."

Bell's only good news is that the mutated zombie is afflicted with a powerful negative status called the "Aberration Curse," a status it acquired during its lifetime.

Even years after his death, the curse continued to haunt his remains like a leech.

The source of the [Aberration Curse] is none other than the source of the disaster that led to the appearance of the City of Bones – the Evil God!

Thank you for the monthly pass and the reward! I'm so grateful I'm practically banging my head against the wall, I'm practically smashing my computer desk to pieces!

Chapter 87 I'm going to spray you in the face

The kingdom slew the evil god who had risen from the corpses, depriving Him of His ability to resurrect.

But the curse uttered by the god at the time of death also completely destroyed this civilization. Even after countless years, the curse originating from the evil god is still bound to the dead buried in the Bone City. The curse of the evil god will not dissipate until all traces of their existence are completely eliminated.

As the immortal zombie who was the tomb's owner, he was also distorted into an extremely hideous form due to the curse of the evil god.

The skeleton warriors that Bell encountered earlier still retained their human form and did not have any strange or unusual limbs.

The mutated zombie is quite extraordinary; its body is much larger than that of a normal human, reaching a height of five meters.