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

After all, it is the power extracted from the blood of the ancient dragon and the horn of the star unicorn. Even a little bit of it is a great tonic that can change the fate of ordinary people.

With two great treasures serving Edu at the same time, how could that be considered a small blessing?

The original [Beast Language] skill has been upgraded to [Beast Affinity]. Edu's beast language ability is still retained, but now he does not need to mobilize magic power. He can passively gain the favor of wild beasts, including magical beasts.

At the same time, Edu's physical strength continued to improve, and his mental power also increased significantly. Although he was still no match for Bell, the monster in the skin of a bamboo rat, there were few humans of the same level who could catch up with Edu.

However, more important than the improvement in physical and mental attributes is that the ancient dragon blood compensates for the bloodline defects of the hybrid demi-humans, which is an innate limitation that prevents the demi-human race from becoming top-level powerhouses.

All demi-humans are hybrids with congenital defects. They are neither purely human nor purely some kind of bestial life form. When their life strength increases to a certain level, their human traits will inevitably conflict with their demi-human nature.

In the Six-Winged City, a settlement inhabited by demi-humans, only the Winged People possess a method to resolve bloodline defects, and even this method cannot be widely adopted among the Winged People.

Only a select few among each generation of winged people, those chosen by heaven who can vie for the throne of the winged king, can overcome their bloodline defects and have the opportunity to become top-tier powerhouses.

For a race to establish itself in this world, it must have top-tier experts to protect it.

The demi-human race is fortunate, at least they have a super strong person like the Winged King to protect them, but the fact that a large number of strong people cannot emerge in the race is also the tragedy of the demi-human race.

In this world, any scholar who studies the global landscape knows that successive Winged Kings, limited by racial constraints, have faced the predicament of being more capable of maintaining the status quo than making progress.

Especially in recent decades, the situation of the subhuman population has become increasingly worse.

It's not that they've become weaker, but rather that other races have continuously progressed with the development of the times, and the Winged King is also actively seeking change, but this old guy can no longer keep up with the times.

Ordinary demi-humans may not yet have realized the crisis, but the insightful among them have already recognized that they urgently need a new winged king to lead them out of their race's predicament.

“The body is now stable; now we need to remove the chaotic will within Edu’s spirit.”

Compared to the physical body, which can be clearly perceived, each person's mental world is a unique and difficult-to-quantify system. Even for Bell, solving the problem of Edu's consciousness being eroded is extremely troublesome.

Despite Bell's powerful mental strength, if he were to probe Edu's consciousness with his mental energy, it would most likely cause damage to Edu's mental state.

Bell must find another way

He directly entered Edu's spiritual world, using a roundabout approach to achieve his goal.

The Sea of ​​Sinking

This is how Bell enters Edu's spiritual world. Using the power of the Bamboo Sea King and based on his experience in the dream world, Bell quickly locks onto Edu's spiritual world.

However, Edu's mental world is not like the one in Bell's dream.

His inner world was a tiny, shimmering light, like a firefly.

The firefly flickered with two different colors of light: one was Edu's own will, and the other was the erosion left behind by the master of the spear.

Bell's consciousness extended its tentacles, penetrating deep within, and slowly began to erode and peel away the erosion that did not belong to Edu's will.

This step had to be taken with extreme care; it felt to Bell like untying a knot in his hair.

It was only thanks to Bell's strong mental power and keen perception that it took him more than two hours to completely strip away the chaotic intrusive consciousness.

"I'm so exhausted."

He breathed a sigh of relief. Bell felt that going into the Sea of ​​Depths was more tiring than fighting a life-or-death battle.

After Bell resolved the issue of consciousness erosion in Edu's mind, Edu, who was lying in the barrel, slowly woke up and looked around curiously.

"Mr. Bell, what's wrong?"

He stood up in the barrel, staring blankly at the large bucket of dark, viscous water and the numerous feathers floating in it.

His consciousness only remained shortly after he entered the city. At that time, his mind went blank, as if he had been drinking, and he relied entirely on muscle memory to walk back home.

When Edu woke up, he felt that after a good night's sleep, he was full of energy, and his perception of the world was much clearer.

Edu now has a feeling that if he were to recite the previous poems again, their power would be twice as great as it was yesterday.

"You're relieved, but I'm exhausted."

Bell, sprawled on the ground, didn't say much. He simply told Eduardo to familiarize himself with the power of his powers and prepare to go to school.

The sky was already beginning to lighten. The sun rises late in winter, so Edu needed to quickly wash up in order to make it to his early morning classes at the music academy.

Although Bell didn't think the music school teachers were that good, he figured it wouldn't be a bad thing for Eduardo to study at the music school, since it's good to learn from everyone's strengths. He thought it would also help Eduardo meet more female classmates, and who knows, maybe that would help him find a wife.

“Sigh, now I treat this kid like my own son.”

With a sigh, Bell jumped into the underground base after Edu left and went into a resting state.

After a busy day, Bear Grylls wasn't physically tired, but he was mentally exhausted.

Whether it's entering the portable Rat Old Man suit, invoking the will of the Gun Master, or healing Edu's injuries, these are all extremely demanding tasks.

However, compared to the rewards, Bear Grylls' efforts were worthwhile.

Not to mention the gains from exchanging resources with the Agricultural Guild and the Hunter Guild, the experience points he gained from killing four Shadow Thieves outside the city were enough for Bell to level up.

Entering a dream world is the best way for Bell to rest. By sleeping in a dream world, Bell's body will be upgraded at the fastest speed.

At the same time, Bell can continue to strengthen his spirit and acquire resources in the dream world.

"Speaking of which, compared to ordinary people, I am able to acquire resources within the Dream World and continuously strengthen my spiritual world. At first, this wasn't an advantage, but as my spiritual power has grown stronger, the gap between me and ordinary people has widened..."

Chapter 146 The Aftermath of the Shadow Thief

"Hello, what can I do for you?"

"Hmm, about eight kilometers outside the city, there are four recently deceased corpses. Judging from their appearance, they must have just appeared recently."

Early in the morning at the gate of Cangxing City, a traveling merchant carrying an empty cargo bag, who had just returned to Cangxing City after selling his goods, told the city guards who were stationed there about what he had seen and heard.

Traveling merchants like him often carried large quantities of goods, traveling through various villages outside Cangxing City, selling scattered items.

They are the best inspectors on the road, and in the event of any unexpected situation, the traveling merchants will deliver the information to the city guards as quickly as possible.

This was done for their own safety. After all, traveling merchants, unlike large caravans, did not have their own bodyguards. Their safety relied more on good local security.

"Thank you for the information. We will send someone to investigate shortly."

Shortly after the traveling merchants left, two fine horses galloped out from Cangxing City.

This is a warhorse with mixed bloodlines from magical beasts. It is fast and has great endurance. It is also a symbol of the city guard's status. Ordinary adventurers cannot afford such a steed. For professionals, this steed is like a racing car with a high-end engine. Ordinary people cannot afford to keep it.

"I'm risking my life in dangerous places, how come I'm still alive..."

The city guard riding out of the city was none other than Amat, with his red hair.

He looked bitter and resentful, after all, the city guards and the people organized by the church were going to the bamboo forest tomorrow to set up camp and prepare to explore and fight in the City of Bones.

As a result, he had to make this trip outside the city the day before he was to go on the mission.

"The capable should do more, and besides, Captain, you have the best ability to reconstruct crime scenes."

The man following Amat was Amat's deputy.

Although Amat is on missions all day long, he is not a lowly soldier, but a company commander with twenty men under his command.

He's busy with all sorts of tasks every day, which is actually because Amat himself wants to find things to do. Otherwise, he could just dump the work on his subordinates and find a place to relax.

Currently, Amat's men in the city guard are preparing to head to the City of Bones. Amat has also allowed him to rest at home for the past few days, so he doesn't have to think about the daily patrols of Azure Star City.

"This is it, the place where the report said four people died."

After dismounting, Amat arrived at the place where Bell had dealt with the four Shadow Thieves the day before.

He quickly surveyed the scene and then stood where Edu had been besieged by the four Shadow Thieves.

"The location of the deceased has now been determined, as well as the initial position of the perpetrator."

Looking at the remnants of the battle around him, Amat repeatedly deduced in his mind the time when the four Shadow Thieves died.

"The first victim was hit the moment the battle began and lost his fighting ability."

Amat walked from where Edu had stood to the side of the first Shadow Thief whose throat had been pierced, and quickly deduced the circumstances of its death.

He reached out and pried open the dead man's hand that was covering his neck, and frowned slightly as he looked at the throat pierced by the shadow's spear.

"The time of death was six hours ago"

Prior to this, no other wounds were observed. There were no signs of energy erosion on the wounds, but the deceased died instantly, suggesting a rapid kill by some unknown magical effect.

"The perpetrator used a highly penetrating attack; it is currently unclear whether it was a weapon attack or magical damage."

"The movement marks left by the perpetrator indicate that he was not physically strong, but it is highly likely that the perpetrator was hiding his strength and did not use his full strength, and deliberately disguised his footwork."

"After the perpetrator completed the killing, he cleaned up the scene, but for some reason, there was a lot of information he didn't clean up. Was it as a warning?"

With Amat's reconstruction of the scene, he quickly deduced the order of death of the four Shadow Thieves and the circumstances surrounding their deaths.

The more he analyzed, the more his brows furrowed.

The four shadow thieves in front of us died too quickly after the battle started; this kind of situation only occurs when there is a huge disparity in combat strength.

But Amat had heard of these four shadow thieves who had been operating in Cangxing City for a long time. They were a group of bullies who preyed on the weak and took advantage of the weak.

If you ask how strong they are, Amat would just scoff, after all, he could easily defeat these four rats even without using his full strength.

But logically speaking, given their style, these guys wouldn't target tough opponents, especially those who could kill them instantly; they would avoid them altogether.

"Unless, these guys have run into a complete stranger, and that guy is hiding his true abilities."

After deriving the result, Amat scratched his head with a bitter face. He felt that this matter should be related to the large number of outsiders who had recently appeared in Cangxing City. After all, the locals could figure out the truth and it was rare for them to start a deadly fight directly.

As Bell left the battlefield, he casually picked up a few valuable items from the Shadow Thief, since he needed to loot the corpse after defeating the monster.