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Looking back, you see a vast expanse of ruins not far away. Though still filled with pale pools of water, the outline of the former Void Spirit City is faintly discernible.

[Returning to familiar territory, you're quite optimistic. While some ruins remain in Void Spirit City, perhaps larger cities along the way will still retain their original appearance. You might even find some means of transportation there.]

You reached the top of the hill, and Seren stood up from your shoulder for a moment, gazing at the vast, desolate land.

"This little hill seems to have gotten a bit shorter again." She sat back on your shoulder, pointed in a direction, and said, "There's a ravine in that direction; I passed through it once before when I was searching for the mountain peak. Mr. Bones, let's go there and continue searching."

[You naturally set off immediately without hesitation, and before leaving, you looked back at this place one last time.]

Perhaps after a few months, this small mound will grow lower and lower until it is leveled, and the ruins of the Void Spirit City will be buried by sand and soil. At that time, the adventures of the past will be hidden in the dust of history, leaving no trace.

Before leaving, you searched the area in Void Spirit City that looked like the ruins of the city lord's mansion. In a patch of sand, you found a treasure chest.

[You poured out the water from the treasure chest and discovered that, despite the chest having been looted by wanderers countless moons ago, a faded flag still remained.]

You pick up the flag, unfold it, and find that it reads, "What can I say, bro?"

……

"Time will tell, and a person's true character will be revealed..."

Latis wiped his sweat and asked:

"Saileng, can you estimate how far it is?"

A small gray flag, held in place by her soul power, hung on Seren's back. She held Latis's head, using her icy soul power to cool him down, and said:

"I just checked, and we should arrive in about five hours."

"Phew... Five more hours?" Latis nodded, looking into the distance along the stream beneath his feet. He stopped at a vaguely visible area that looked like a lake or wetland, nodded, and continued walking forward.

It was only after he had walked fifty or sixty thousand steps that he remembered to teach Sai Leng the concept of time. The Bone Spirit Maid naturally had no concept of time, and didn't even know how to count a second.

Latis had no choice but to estimate his pace and roughly tell her that three steps equaled one second, which gave her a general idea of ​​the time and distance.

According to Sai Leng's estimate, it is about 200,000 steps from Xuling City to that rift valley. However, in her words, this is only a tiny, insignificant distance to the mountain peak, and we haven't even left the starting point yet.

"I should... get a soul bone. I heard that a speed-specialized soul bone can turn your legs into tires..."

Latis said as he ran at a steady pace. His new body naturally no longer had the soul bone he had before. On the way, he encountered a few low-level wanderers. After hesitating, he decided not to hunt them down. Firstly, it would waste time, and secondly, consuming wanderers to activate the soul bone was too random. He didn't want to create another Truth Halberd handle...

"In a little while, there should be more skeletons on the ground." Seren floated up, shifted her weight to sit on one shoulder, and waved a small gray flag to cheer on Latis as she spoke:

"Once there are fewer white moons remaining on the ground, the skeletons buried in sand or submerged in water will begin to move. The further we go, the easier it will be for us to find suitable soul bones, Mr. Bones... be careful!"

Whoosh!

The tingling sensation of having one's spine gripped by a cool little hand instantly washed over Latis. Without thinking, in the midst of the exhilarating sensation, Latis handed over control of his body to Seren, and pulled off a dramatic heel-drainage maneuver to dodge the javelin fired from afar.

"Mr. Bones, it's a skeleton unit!"

Seren's voice echoed in Latis's mind. He took control of his body, looked at the skeleton duo with a gun and a shield not far away, paused for a moment, then his eyes lit up. He nodded in satisfaction and whispered:

"Hey, have you ever heard of a really exciting mode of transportation...?"

"Huh? What is Mr. Bones talking about?"

Latis chuckled and slowly strode toward the skeleton opposite him.

"That's a mode of transportation that's been passed down in a land called Hyrule, and it's called the Shield Skateboard..."

Chapter 240 The mermaid trapped in the lake sang this song

Since the warning for "fear of insufficient firepower" did not sound, Latis was not worried about the combination of the two skeleton units. He had the legendary Tauren Chieftain and the ancient Soul Spirit on his side, so the advantage was in his hands!

However, just to be on the safe side, he activated his "safe word" talent first, just in case.

While using his talent, he learned that the vocabulary for safe words would be randomly refreshed every once in a while, and several options appeared before him as the simulated text jumped.

"Have you not eaten?"

"Miscellaneous fish"

"Even small ones are cute."

"You have already chosen a path to death."

"...Not a buddy?" Latis was silent for a moment, then couldn't help but blurt out loudly:

"Is this a safe word or a dangerous word?! Isn't it a bit too aggressive? Setting up safe words like this will get you killed!"

He took a deep breath, his scalp tingling, hesitated for two seconds, and chose "miscellaneous fish".

"Activating invincibility with just two words should be faster... Let's try it first."

Then, with a serious expression, Latis beckoned to the skeleton unit and said in a deep voice:

"You small fry, bring it on!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a bone spear was instantly thrown in front of him, stabbing hard into his firm pectoral muscles, while the skeleton shield bearer launched an unstoppable and terrifying shield bash, crashing down like a heavy war chariot.

Keng!

A spear and a shield struck Latis, producing a loud thud. The skeleton spearman was about to shoo away the skeleton shieldman so he could fire a third bone spear when he noticed that the skeleton shieldman had involuntarily taken a step back.

A strange, grinning smile appeared on the thick bone shield of the skeleton shieldman. The next moment, the bone shield was slammed to the ground. Latis touched his clothes, which had been pierced by bone spears, revealing his chest muscles, shook his head, snorted, and said:

"Miscellaneous fish, miscellaneous fish... miscellaneous fish!"

[Amidst the fragrance of rice blossoms, they speak of a bountiful year, listening to the chorus of chattering fish. Amidst this hopeful shouting, your initial resistance gradually transforms into acceptance, and finally, you begin to revel in it. Meanwhile, your two skeletal adversaries, overwhelmed by the cries of the fish, are utterly routed, their bones shattered and marrow spilling from your bare fists.]

[Saileng had been secretly observing the battle for a long time, and finally seized an opportunity to forcibly possess the skeleton shieldbearer, using his powerful soul force to control him. With a flying shield, he shattered the skeleton spearman into several pieces.]

[As expected of a bone spirit who has lived for tens of thousands of White Moons, you vaguely sense the aura of the god Il from the world of Terry from her. You guess that the bone spirit maid is actually quite powerful, but she is still completely clueless about combat.]

[That's normal, though. After all, the Bone Spirits rarely fight; their way of fighting is through bone-controlling competitions to reach the Star Sea.]

After the battle, you successfully extracted two weapon soul bones from the two skeletons. Just as you were considering whether to join the shield-stabbing build, Seren, who was standing in front of the shieldbearer's remains, suddenly crouched down and fell into deep thought.

"Mr. Bones, look!"

Seren floated back to Latis, who was playing with his spear, and led him by the arm to the remains of the shieldbearer. Pointing to the marks on the skeleton shieldbearer's ribs, he said:

"There seem to be some marks here! It looks like they were left during a battle!"

"Eh? Let me see."

Latis bent down, picked up the entire sternum of the skeleton shieldbearer, and examined the imprint on its left ribcage.

The mark resembled the corner of a giant leaf, its surface pockmarked and covered with fish-scale-like bumps. Latis stroked the depth of the indentation on the rib, pondered for a moment, and murmured:

"It seems to have been left in the battle, and it's quite deep."

“And they look pretty new!” Seren put his hands on Latis’s shoulders, leaned behind him and looked at the marks together, nodded and said, “Maybe they’ve just been in a battle.”

"Probably."

Latis lowered his sternum, straightened up, and pulled Seren's wrist to let her sit back on his shoulder. He raised his hand to his forehead, gazed at the distant lake, and stroked his chin, saying:

"Saileng, is the rift valley you mentioned that we passed through earlier near that lake?"

"Huh?" Seren stood up from Latis's shoulder, looked at the distant lake and wetlands, and after a few minutes, she sat down and said hesitantly:

"When I passed by last time, the area around the rift was barren... but I just glanced at the shape of the river beside that lake, and it really does resemble that rift..."

"I see." Latis thought for a moment, then swallowed the two soul bones in his hand. Sensing the soul power gradually surging within his body, he said in a deep voice:

"We may be facing a formidable enemy."

……

After crafting the corresponding weapons using the spirit bones of the shield and spear, you set off again. However, carrying the weapons somewhat slowed your running speed.

[At this moment, you suddenly remember your "Bus" talent, a name that leaves you speechless. However, you're still quite envious of the increased speed effect. The only problem is that you don't yet know how "passengers" are defined. Does it mean you'll have to carry a few skeletons on your journey?]

The small stream flowed back the way you came. As you got closer to the lake and wetlands, the water on the ground increased, and you slowed your pace. After all, you didn't want to slip and fall into the water and drown.

Suddenly, a sound came from not far away. You slowly approached and realized it was a humming sound with an indistinct melody. In this desolate Bone Spirit Realm, the sound was quite conspicuous. You hesitated for a moment, recalling the fish scale marks on the skeleton shield bearer, and a guess immediately formed in your mind.

With a hint of caution, you slowly waded through small puddles, making your way towards the lake in the center of the wetland. As you approached, the humming sound grew clearer.

[Only when the edge of the lake came into view did you realize that it was a special language with very small openings and very connected intonation, and that the humming sound was the song of some creature.]

The singing was plaintive, as if commemorating a lost era, or perhaps indulging in some kind of dreamlike illusion, fragile and bewildered. But upon closer listening, it was like a whispered enticement, tempting one to drink poison, clinging to the ear, waiting for the opportune moment to quietly creep into the mind.

You gripped your shield and gun tightly. Although the "fear of insufficient firepower" hadn't yet given a warning, you were already worried that the song would unknowingly take control of your mind.

[However, with Sai Leng still around, you feel somewhat relieved. After a brief exchange with her, she returned to your body, ready to take over and escape this area should your body become uncontrollable.]

You felt relieved, crossed the last puddle, and stopped in front of the lake.

On a shallow rock in the middle of the lake, a naked mermaid lies on her side.

She has her back to you, one arm resting softly on the rock, the other hand gently caressing the surface of the lake with her fingers. Her long hair drapes casually over her body and falls onto the water, leaving only a glimpse of her fair shoulder, drawing your gaze.

[Amidst the moving singing, the enormous, dark blue fish tail swayed gently in the lake. Her voice was like the tapping of jade bones, or the continuous sound of flowing water, rippling in your heart along with the waves created by the fish tail.]

You bit your tongue hard, stared intently at the fish's tail reflected in the water, and then, relying on your angler's instincts, gradually came to your senses.

"Hey, Miss Mermaid, I have a question."

Latis took a deep breath and asked decisively:

"We're looking for a mountain peak. Do you know which way to go?"

The mermaid shuddered, as if only then noticing Latis's arrival. She turned around, straightened up, glanced at Latis, and then slid into the lake, clutching her chest.

"I'm not a bad person!"

Latis called out awkwardly, feeling slightly uneasy after the singing suddenly stopped. He shook his head and placed the shield and gun in his hand on the open ground beside him.

In that fleeting glimpse of the mermaid as she turned around, his instinctive ability to recognize people had completely captured the curves of her body, and he also noticed the penetrating gunshot wound on her side.

"Could it be that this mermaid fought with the two skeletons from before?"

Latis silently recited a phrase to himself, then crouched down, poked the water's surface with the pole of the small gray flag, and shouted loudly:

“Miss Mermaid, after Mount Augusta collapsed, we planned to find a new peak to climb again. That is the purpose of our trip, and we have no intention of harming you!”

That's definitely true. These mermaids are probably a different kind of skeleton, like the bird-man skeleton in the talent card game. Unlike ordinary skeletons, they don't have soul bones, so there's no need for them to fight.

A string of tiny bubbles suddenly appeared on Latis's reflection in the lake, followed by a head slowly emerging from the water. The mermaid held her thick, long hair in her hands, looked up at her endearing face, hesitated for a moment, and then asked softly:

"……you?"

“That’s right.” Latis nodded, not letting Seren come out, but explaining directly: