Doomsday Reboot: My Superpowers Absorb Everything

As the stench from the bone birds' wings swept overhead, Lin Ye was pulling on Zhao Shan's warhorse reins, galloping wildly through the bone-corrupted forest. The skinny monkey kept throwing his iron spear backward, the whistling sound of bone blades cutting through the air always mixed with the crisp sound of bone birds hitting the ground—those bone birds that were hit would instantly disintegrate into bone fragments, but would reassemble themselves after a few breaths, only smaller than before.

"This thing is unkillable!" The skinny monkey's voice cracked. His left arm had been slashed open by the bone bird's claws, and the edges of the wound were visibly turning white, as if it were about to ossify. "Chief Lin, sow the seeds!"

Lin Ye reached into his backpack, his fingertips just touching the sunflower seeds when the scarred woman suddenly shouted, "Don't use it! The bone bird's phosphorescent light can ignite the seeds!"

Before he could finish speaking, a bone bird swooped down, its phosphorescent beak grazing Lin Ye's shoulder, instantly igniting his backpack with blue flames. He quickly dismounted and threw the burning backpack at the pursuing flock of bone birds. The moment the flames exploded, the reconstituted bone birds suddenly let out a piercing shriek and convulsed violently in the fire—it turned out that what they feared was not the seed, but the white scale energy released when the seed burned.

"I've got an idea!" Lin Ye slashed his energy blade at the withered tree beside him. Dark purple energy spread along the trunk, turning the entire tree into an energy carrier. "Skinny Monkey, scatter the rest of the seeds on the tree!"

The skinny monkey immediately did as instructed. The sunflower seed touched the energy tree and instantly burst into golden flames, like a burning torch illuminating the dim forest. The flock of bone birds circled before the flames, too afraid to approach, their phosphorescent eyes filled with terror.

"This is... the flames of the White-Scaled Serpent?" Zhao Shan's voice trembled as he stared intently at the burning energy tree, tears welling in his cloudy eyes. "It's exactly the same as the purification fire from the lab back then..."

Taking advantage of the moment, Lin Ye helped him back onto his horse. His energy blade cleaved down several dead trees, igniting a barrier of flames. The scarred woman spurred her horse forward, green energy surging from her fingertips, sprouting dense thorny vines behind the flame barrier to form a second line of defense.

As he ran out of the edge of the Bone Domain, the sky was already turning a pale white. Lin Ye looked back and saw the flock of bone birds blocked in the forest by flames and vines, only able to let out unwilling screams. But he knew that this was only temporary—since the Bone King could control the bone birds, he must have a way to break through their defenses.

"The safe zone is just ahead." The scarred woman pointed to the green horizon in the distance, where the outline of the steel forest could be seen. "Once we cross this river, the bone beasts won't dare to chase us."

The river was murky, with many animal skeletons floating in it, clearly victims of ossification. Lin Ye told the others to cross the river first, while he stayed on the bank to cover the rear. When the last soldier stepped onto the other side, he suddenly noticed that the skeletons at the bottom of the river were wriggling, as if awakened by something.

"Get off the riverbank immediately!" Lin Ye's energy shield instantly deployed, and the silver-patterned blue light exploded on the water's surface.

The skeletons at the bottom of the river suddenly reformed, transforming into a bone python tens of meters long. It opened its massive jaws, filled with sharp teeth, and lunged at Zhao Shan, who had just come ashore. The skinny monkey's iron spear pierced the bone python's vital spot in time, but it became entangled in bone fragments and could not be pulled out.

"Use mugwort!" The scarred woman threw the last bundle of mugwort at the bone python. The moment the thick smoke rose, the bone python's movements visibly slowed down.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Lin Ye's energy blade slashed at the bone python's head, and white scale powder burst forth with a dazzling blue light on the blade. The bone python let out a deafening hiss, and its massive body disintegrated in the blue light, turning into countless bone fragments that sank to the bottom of the river.

"This river marks the boundary of the Bone King's territory." Zhao Shan, panting heavily, pointed to the forest on the opposite bank of the river. "His bone domain only extends this far. Beyond that, it belongs to other forces."

The group dared not linger and continued their journey towards the steel forest. The closer they got to the fortress, the more normal the color of the land became, and they could even see scattered green plants, allowing their tense nerves to relax slightly.

As the outline of the steel forest became clearly visible, Lin Ye suddenly reined in his horse. A dense horn blast sounded from the direction of the fortress—not an alarm, but a signal to assemble. Suya's green energy formed a massive vine barrier above the fortress, clearly responding to some threat.

"It's the Bone Riders! They've circled around to the front!" The skinny monkey's iron spear creaked in his grip. "Those bastards are really cunning!"

Lin Ye's silver markings flared intensely. He could sense countless ossified energies surging around the fortress, more powerful and denser than the bone beasts of Blackwind Mountain. "We'll go around from the flank," he pointed to the edge of the steel forest, "where the vines are densest, providing cover for our infiltration."

When they infiltrated the outer perimeter of the fortress, the battle had already begun. The main force of the Bone Riders was pounding the barrier of the steel forest with their massive bone hammers. The scale vines and radiation-resistant vines shook violently under the impact, and green sap flowed down the vines, forming small puddles on the ground. Suya stood behind the barrier, green energy continuously flowing into the vines, her face as pale as paper.

"Suya!" Lin Ye's energy blade cleaved through a bone spider that had crawled across the barrier. The dark purple energy merged with her green energy, and the barrier instantly erupted with a blue-green interwoven light, forcing back the bone hammer that was colliding with it.

Su Ya's eyes lit up instantly when she saw him: "You're back! Where's Old Zhao?"

"In a safe place behind us." Lin Ye's energy blade swept across, cleaving several bone birds into bone fragments. "Has the Bone King arrived?"

"Not yet," Suya said, her green energy binding a falling bone spear, "but his bone giant has arrived, right outside the forest, and our barrier is about to collapse."

Lin Ye looked out of the forest and, sure enough, saw two three-meter-tall skeletal giants pulling on the vines of the barrier with bone chains as thick as an arm. With each pull, large sections of vines snapped. "Skinny Monkey, take some men and come with me to deal with the skeletal giants!" he shouted to Skinny Monkey. "Suya, you hold the barrier and wait for our signal!"

The skinny monkey immediately led his men to follow, the bone blades on their iron spears gleaming coldly in the sunlight. The silver patterns of the forest fused with the powder of the white-scaled snake scales, and the energy blade glowed with an unprecedented blue light, like a bolt of lightning cleaving through the darkness, charging towards the bone giant.

The bone giant seemed to sense the danger and turned to block the attack with its massive bone shield. The energy blade struck the bone shield with a deafening roar, and spiderweb-like cracks appeared on the shield, but it did not break.

"This thing's bones are mixed with red ecstasy mycelium!" Lin Ye's arm went numb from the shock. "Skinny Monkey, use the purifying flower dew!"

The skinny monkey immediately splashed the flower dew onto the bone giant's joints. The flower dew came into contact with the red pustule fungus seeping from the bone crevices and instantly burst into golden light. The bone giant's movements became noticeably slower, and puffs of white smoke rose from its joints.

"Now!" Lin Ye aimed his energy blade at the bone giant's knee, concentrated dark purple energy at the tip of the blade, and stabbed it in hard.

The bone giant let out a muffled roar, its kneecaps instantly shattering as its massive body crashed to the ground. Another bone giant, seeing this, swung its bone sword at him. Lin Ye dodged to the side, his energy blade slashing towards its neck. The same method, the same effect—the bone giant's head rolled away, its body shattering into countless bone fragments.

With the bone giant defeated, the pressure on the barrier immediately eased. Suya's green energy seized the opportunity to counterattack, and the vines grew wildly, entangling the remaining bone riders. Golden sunflower seeds bloomed among the vines, emitting a purifying light.

Seeing the situation was unfavorable, the Bone Riders began to retreat. Lin Ye did not pursue them; he knew this was merely a test by the Bone King, and the real battle was yet to come.

Back at the fortress center, Zhao Shan was sitting in the greenhouse, staring blankly at the purifying sunflowers. Lin Ye walked over and handed him a bowl of purified spring water: "Old Zhao, are you alright?"

Zhao Shan took the spring water, drank a sip, and his cloudy eyes cleared: "I'm fine. I just never thought I'd see the White Scale Energy reappear in my lifetime." He looked at Lin Ye's silver markings and suddenly sighed, "Back then, Dr. Chen and I researched the White Scale Snake, intending to use it to purify the virus, but it was used by the Bone King to create the Red Sha Mycelium... I'm sorry to everyone."

"It's all in the past." Lin Ye patted him on the shoulder. "Now we have purified seeds and spring water, we can definitely make up for the mistakes we made back then."

Zhao Shan shook his head and pulled out a small booklet wrapped in oilcloth from his pocket: "This is a research note on the White Scale Serpent's genes. It might be able to help you completely suppress the Bone King's Bone Domain." He paused, his eyes becoming complicated. "The core of the Bone King's Bone Domain is made from his own spine, and it's inside the throne in the Bone Castle. As long as the core is destroyed, all the bone beasts will disintegrate."

Lin Ye took the notebook. The cover was yellowed and had a genetic map of the White Scale Serpent drawn on it. Next to it was a sketch of the Bone King's spine, with the weakness marked—the seventh vertebra, where a red nucleus was embedded.

"We must go to Blackwind Mountain again." Lin Ye closed his notebook, his eyes resolute. "We must not only destroy the Bone Domain Core, but also rescue all the container candidates."

Suya walked in, holding a freshly prepared potion: "I'll go with you. My green energy can cultivate plants that inhibit ossification, which might be helpful."

Lin Ye looked at her, then at the group outside repairing the barrier, and suddenly smiled. From the Corpse Mother in the clock tower to the Red Sha in the cannery, and now to the Bone Riders, they have encountered countless dangers along the way, but have also gathered an ever-growing strength.

"Okay." He nodded. "We'll set off once the barrier is repaired."

As the sun sets, the barrier of the steel forest has been repaired and is even stronger than before. Seeds of purifying sunflowers take root and sprout outside the barrier, their golden flowers swaying gently in the evening breeze like countless guarding eyes.

Lin Ye stood atop the watchtower, gazing towards Black Wind Mountain. The sky there still shimmered with a ghostly blue light, like the cold gaze of the Bone King. But he was no longer afraid, for he knew he was not fighting alone.

The silver markings on his right arm radiated a gentle warmth, resonating with the scales of the white-scaled snake in the distance, as if transmitting an ancient power. Lin Ye clenched his fist, dark purple energy gathering in his palm, carrying the hope of purification and the determination to protect, awaiting the impending final battle.

Meanwhile, in the Bone Castle of Blackwind Mountain, the Bone King sat on his bone throne, his fingertips stroking the red nucleus on his seventh vertebra. In the shadows beneath the throne, countless vessel candidates huddled, each with a red tumor mark on their chest and their eyes gleaming with fear.

"The game has only just begun." The Bone King's voice, like the grinding of bones, echoed through the empty castle. "White Scale Seed, I await you..."