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

On the gray land, there were many active remains, unlike the active remains that Bell had seen before that gathered around the Bone Spire and had a fixed range of activity.

These resurrected remains are scattered and not fixed in one place, wandering aimlessly across the gray earth.

Among the remains were not only skeletons, but also the corpses of newly deceased adventurers and monsters, which had turned into new zombies.

Zombies

Type: Undead

grade:

Health:

Mental strength:

magic:

Skill: [Blessing of the Evil Moon]

Among those living remains, there were a few zombies scattered around. Their average level was between level seven and twelve, which showed that the adventurers who died in the bamboo forest were quite powerful.

The information reveals that these zombies also participated in the "Blessing of the Evil Moon" operation.

It seems that the [City of Bones] has the power to collect the Purple Moon and form a domain to support the movement of the undead.

"However, that's not my focus. Now it's hunting time."

With a fiery ahoge standing on his forehead, Bell suddenly sprang forward. He was going to hunt those zombies and use [Fire-Loving Wisdom] to extract useful information from their bodies.

Chapter 118 Practical Adaptation of the Big Eater

Running on all fours, Bear Grylls leaped more than three meters in a single bound.

His footsteps landed silently, and his shadow quietly enveloped his body as he set off. The shadow could absorb the sounds of Bell's movements, allowing Bell to enter a stealth-like state.

Now the shadow is becoming more and more intelligent, and its abilities are growing along with itself. Bell feels that one day the shadow will come to life completely.

"There are seven living remains and two zombies here."

Having locked onto his target, Bell's fiery ahoge (antenna-like hair sticking up) blazed brightly for a moment before he had calculated the best battle route.

This time, Bell didn't pull out his newly forged iron sword, nor did he intend to use any items from the toolbar; instead, he opted for a nimble, kiting style of combat.

His body suddenly swelled in mid-air, transforming from a small ball of fur that could fit in a pocket into a giant bamboo rat the size of a pillow.

The shadow attached to Bell also expanded in sync with the growth of Bell's physical body.

But after this expansion, the shadow was clearly not as at ease as before, and could not maintain the fluffy state of Bell's hair, which directly squeezed him into a bodysuit pervert.

"Why would I think of a bodysuit pervert? Shouldn't it be a superhero in a bodysuit?"

While his body was gliding through the air, Bell could still manage a few random thoughts. With his increased mental strength, his thinking speed was very fast, and these zombies and skeletons couldn't put too much pressure on Bell.

This time, Bell mainly wanted to test the boost that activating the "Big Eater" state would give to his physical body.

Bell has always been the kind of small animal with a very fragile body, but after awakening the [Big Eater] ability, Bell's physical attributes doubled, and with the addition of magic, Bell's physical strength reached 125 points.

"Snapped!"

Falling from mid-air, Bell landed precisely on the head of a living corpse, and with a slap, shattered its skull.

At the same time, Bell's other hand was not idle either. He reached into the crack in the bone, wrapped his mental power around his claws, and pulled out the soul fire of the resurrected remains.

"Everything is planned."

With a burst of power from his hind legs, Bell sprang up and spun around in mid-air, swallowing the Soulfire like slurping noodles.

At the same time, his short, thick tail was already taut. His powerful mental strength gave Bell perfect control over his body, and the short, thick tail whip was aimed at his next landing point.

"boom!"

Another skull of an animated remains was smashed in mid-air, and Bell leaped up again after tearing out soul fire with his claws.

After destroying two animated remains in succession, other animated remains approached, and several zombies twitched their bodies as they charged to the front.

"Is this the joy of mowing down enemies like in Musou? It's so awesome!"

Seeing the approaching skeletons and zombies, Bell's lips curled into a smirk, and the entire rat floated away.

His body flashed, and his much stronger physique gave Bell greater mobility and physical strength than ever before.

By activating the skeleton of the remains, Bell felt that no matter whether he patted or smashed it, the bones would shatter into pieces with the slightest touch.

Bell strolled around as if taking a leisurely walk, smashing and swallowing several animated remains.

After releasing the soul fire, I arrived beside the two zombies.

In the previous attack, he had casually shattered the knees of these two zombies, and now they could only struggle and crawl toward him.

But since the zombies crawl forward, they can't touch him even if he doesn't enter his "Big Eater" state.

"Compared to skeletons that have little information left, the value of burning a zombie is obviously much higher."

After snapping off the heads of two zombies, Bell's body shrunk back to its normal size.

This series of spinning jumps and hammering of bones consumed about a quarter of the stored food energy, and this energy would be consumed even faster if the exercise intensity were higher.

But in any case, the energy expenditure was worthwhile.

"The 'Big Eater' buff has multiplied my combat abilities."

Dragging the two zombie bodies together, Bell delivered a left front kick and a right whip kick, tearing off several withered bamboo stalks from the surrounding area.

The withered bamboo was piled on the zombie's body. Bell rubbed his hands together, threw out a wisp of fire, and at the same time, his mental power resonated slightly with the surrounding magic, instantly making the fire blaze and engulf the zombie.

These zombies weren't as domineering as the body of the tomb's occupant in the Bone Spire. With a little magic fueling the flames and dry bamboo as fuel, they quickly burned the zombies to bones.

Even tiny bits of information were captured by the [Fire-loving Wisdom] through the flames.

"These guys were subjected to intense shocks from the past before they died, and their bodies retained very little information."

There wasn't much information left about the two corpses before their deaths. After removing irrelevant and meaningless information, Bell first sorted out two profession-related skills.

One is basic lock-picking technique, clearly the skill of an apprentice-level thief. The other is rapid focus, a technique used by archers to calm their minds and concentrate.

These are two minor techniques that can hardly be called skills, but they reveal the professions of the two zombies in their previous lives, though they are of little use to Bell.

He doesn't need to pick locks. If he wants to enter a place like a warehouse, he just pries open the door, pries open the window, and smashes the wall. Who would bother with the lock?

The archer's quick focus technique is even less useful to Bell than the lockpicking skill; his mental attribute is strong enough to completely control his mind and body.

"More important than these things are the sights and experiences I had of the bamboo forest..."

After a person dies, especially a lowly creature like these two zombies whose bodies are already rotting, their memories are almost completely destroyed. The Fire-Loving Wisdom can only forge fragments of memories and some remaining skills and experiences from their bodies.

Only a very few, exceptionally strong memories are completely etched into the brain and body.

The shock these guys experienced before they died was something they could never forget even after they died.

"The white light, the white light rising from the center of the bamboo forest, spread to the outside world, which is why it looks like this now."

By comparing the remaining memories of the two zombies, Bell quickly pieced together the scene before their deaths.

For some unknown reason, a beam of white light rose from the White Bone City in the center of the Bamboo Sea and spread outwards through the resonance of the White Bone Spire.

This white light contained a strong death aura, inflicting severe negative status effects on the adventurers in the bamboo forest.

At this moment, a powerful undead emerged from the Bone Spire, leading the living remains in a charge outwards, and the monster hordes in the bamboo forest also went berserk.

“And something even more troublesome has appeared: energy spirits without a specific form.”

Chapter 119 High Wall of Bones

"If it were just negative status effects and the onslaught of undead and monsters, it wouldn't be enough to tear the adventurers' positions apart. They have already advanced deep into the bamboo forest and cannot be defeated in a short time."

From the information captured by [Fire-Loving Wisdom], Bell reconstructed the cause of death of the two men.

When they retreated from the depths of the bamboo forest, they were unharmed, and the deathly aura emanating from the white light was mostly dispelled by the exorcising potion they had stored.

Unlike the large adventure groups that stood in front of the undead tide, these adventurers who managed to pick up the scraps were not immediately entangled by the large-scale activated remains.

They weren't immediately trapped in a desperate situation, so their resolve to retreat wasn't strong enough. After the white light passed, they actually tried to venture deeper into the bamboo forest, hoping to make a fortune through danger.

Then, their pursuit of wealth through risk resulted in their own demise.

They encountered the kind of intangible dark energy that Bell had heard about in the market.

Upon encountering the dark energy condensation, they failed to detect it and were ambushed and killed by it, resulting in the deaths of many of their teammates.

After their attempts to resist failed, the remaining people could only scatter and flee. Whether they would survive after being scattered depended on fate. If they were lucky, the dark energy condensation would chase after others; if they were unlucky, they would die on the spot.

In situations like this, it's all about who runs the slowest and who's doomed. The closer you are to the dark energy condensation, the more likely you are to be targeted by that thing.

The two guys that Bell burned were the lucky ones who escaped.

The archers, positioned at the very back of the group, immediately retreated upon realizing something was amiss, distancing themselves from the main force.

The thief was even more formidable; while running for his life, he dropped convenient traps and smoke bombs at the feet of his teammates behind him, highlighting the principle of "better to die than lose."

"In conclusion, the thief did indeed escape and reunited with the archers at the inner edge of the bamboo forest."

Although the thief's methods were unethical, he did manage to escape the pursuit of the dark energy condenser.

Even so, he did not survive.