The black-robed skeleton looked at the little cub with a kind and amiable expression, smiling and saying, “How did you know there are butterflies in Skeleton Valley, little one? I’ll catch a couple for you later.”

Gu Lin tilted his head and said, “When cub was playing with the sand, they told cub.”

When he tilted his head, the little flower on top of his head swayed.

Next, Gu Lin, bababa, repeated what the sand had told him about the butterflies.

Everyone was shocked after hearing this.

Butterflies wouldn’t be skeletonized? Didn’t they say that all animals would be skeletonized? Why wouldn’t butterflies?

Everyone looked at the black-robed skeleton in unison.

The black-robed skeleton made a gesture of prayer in front of his chest, devoutly saying, “The Skeleton King protects them.”

The Double-Cap Big Shot snorted softly, his tone lazy: “The Skeleton King protects them, but not you. Shouldn’t you reflect on that?”

Black-robed skeleton: “…”

The Double-Cap Big Shot’s words seemed to touch on some taboo. The black-robed skeleton’s gaze became gloomy as he stared at him.

The Double-Cap Big Shot was very steady, with an air of being half-dead, not fearing the black-robed skeleton’s scrutiny.

The others, on the one hand, agreed with the Big Shot’s words. On the other hand, they were frightened into silence by the black-robed skeleton’s changing expression.

Skeleton Island’s blind faith in the Skeleton King was incomprehensible.

But many signs indicated that the Skeleton King was just a fictional existence, with a very small possibility of actually existing. It was more likely just an imagined “god.”

Even if it did exist, a god that didn’t bestow blessings on them was a false god.

The black-robed skeleton looked at the Double-Cap Big Shot for a while. Seeing the little baby in his arms lazily yawning, he was slightly startled, and finally withdrew his gaze.

“Let’s go. I’ll take you to see the sacrificial ceremony first, otherwise this little one will fall asleep.”

The black-robed skeleton said this, then sneered, “If you disrespect our Skeleton King again, you won’t have to wait to be skeletonized. You’ll be sunk into the Black Swamp immediately.”

Everyone: “…”

These skeletons had bare skulls, missing brain stems. Weren’t they out of their minds!

Everyone suppressed their thoughts and followed the black-robed skeleton to Skeleton Valley.

Skeleton Valley had butterflies that wouldn’t be skeletonized, so it was probably full of flowers, with butterflies fluttering around. The scenery was sure to be good.

Even if they couldn’t find any clues, they could still enjoy the scenery.

When they arrived at Skeleton Valley, everyone realized they were wrong.

Skeleton Valley had no flowers. The scenery was completely different from what they had imagined.

Everywhere were decaying and ruined dead trees and skeletal remains. The butterflies fluttering around were indeed very beautiful.

Vivid and lively butterflies, decayed dead trees and bones.

One side was full of life, the other side was decayed and withered.

It looked strangely harmonious.

A high bonfire was built in an open space, burning brightly, the firelight reflecting on the dark sky.

Everywhere were fluttering butterflies.

The scene was full of skeletons, surrounding the bonfire, all maintaining a quiet and solemn atmosphere.

Seeing the players appear, the skeletons all turned their heads to look over, their gazes stopping on the little cub.

Many of the skeletons here were the ones who had lifted Gu Lin up last time.

Not to mention that there were no little skeletons in the Skeleton Kingdom, even if there were, this extremely cute little cub made people want to look at him more.

If allowed, they even wanted to hold this little cub and lift him up again.

Gu Lin was already used to being stared at. He had good eyesight, and immediately saw a skeleton holding a dog in its arms.

The dog was actually also in a skeleton state, and it was impossible to tell what breed it was.

Seeing this skeleton dog, Gu Lin blinked his big eyes. He extended two round little hands, each with a short little finger pointing at the skeleton dog: “Little doggy.”

The players were seeing a dog in a skeleton state for the first time, and were startled at first glance.

Normal dogs were cute, but this dog didn’t have an ounce of cuteness. Instead, it had a fierce look, vigilantly staring at the players.

The dog’s owner looked at the skeleton dog, then looked at Gu Lin, this fleshy little dumpling, and said, “Sure enough, chubby and plump is still cuter.”

The skeleton dog, hearing its owner praise someone else, immediately bared its teeth, growling lowly, full of hostility towards Gu Lin the cub, looking like it wanted to pounce and bite at any moment.

This skeleton dog, as a pet, was spoiled. Suddenly seeing a little dumpling much cuter than itself, and even being praised by its owner, it developed hostility towards Gu Lin.

Simply put, it was the hostility of a pet towards a cuter pet.

This pet skeleton dog clearly regarded the small, soft, and cute little dumpling, who was also being held in someone’s arms, as a competitor.

Gu Lin sensed the skeleton dog’s hostility. Seeing that it wanted to pounce and bite him, he folded his little arms and hmphed: “Bad doggy.”

The skeleton dog growled a few more times, its eyes becoming even fiercer, staring fixedly at Gu Lin.

If it were a normal dog, seeing Gu Lin, this auspicious beast cub, it would have been completely suppressed by bloodline.

But the skeleton dog, relying on its missing brain stem and being undead and indestructible, saw that Gu Lin’s appearance was weak, and became even more unscrupulous.

The Double-Cap Big Shot glanced coldly at the skeleton dog.

The skeleton dog, seeing the Double-Cap Big Shot’s unprovoked appearance, retracted its bared fangs, cowering into its owner’s arms, whining twice.

The skeleton owner hugged it, sensing its unease, and comfortingly stroked its dog bones.

The others also noticed the skeleton dog’s hostility towards Gu Lin.

Tsk, dog relying on human power, and also picking on the weak.

It was ugly enough, and not cute at all.

[Oh my god, this skeleton dog is a little bit ugly.]

[This ugly dog has no self-awareness at all. It looks like a monster, and it dares to be jealous of the cub’s cuteness?]

[It’s a bad doggy, and it dares to bark at the cub. Bullying the weak. I want to give it a big slap]

[Hahaha, is it just me, or is the focus that this dog actually regards the cub as a cute pet too?]

Song Ran and Su Qiao stood between the skeleton dog and Gu Lin, blocking the skeleton dog.

Not because they were afraid of scaring the little cub, but because they were afraid of the cub being offended by its ugliness.

–

Gu Lin had a little flower on his head. From time to time, butterflies flew over and landed on the little flower on his head, then fluttered their wings and flew away.

Seeing more and more butterflies, Gu Lin reached out his little hand and plucked the little flower off.

9527: [Little host, shall I help you put it in your system backpack?]

Gu Lin nodded: [Mm-hmm! I want to eat a chocolate bar.]

The topic changed so quickly.

9527: [Okay, little host.]

The next second, the little flower disappeared into thin air, and a box of chocolate bars appeared in his little hand.

The Double-Cap Big Shot glanced at it, but didn’t say anything.

Soon, the sacrificial ceremony officially began.

All the skeletons at the scene quieted down and turned to look in the same direction.

The players also followed and looked over.

They saw a skeleton procession coming from a distance. A rough count showed more than a hundred skeletons, very spectacular.

These skeletons moved in unison, taking two steps and kowtowing, three steps and turning their heads, dancing a strange dance, approaching silently, very slowly.

Skeleton Maiden was also there, standing in the middle of this skeleton procession. With each step she took, small flowers still bloomed on her body, one small flower blooming, one small flower withering.

Seeing this strange scene, the players felt a chill run down their spines, their scalps tingling.

A player couldn’t help but say in horror, “Isn’t this just shamanistic dancing?”

The black-robed skeleton turned his head and glanced at him.

The player shrank his neck and didn’t dare to speak nonsense again.

The black-robed skeleton: “What do you know? This is obviously very beautiful, very ornamental.”

Everyone: “…”

If you were to say it was beautiful, it really wasn’t.

[Fog grass^[1]T/N: “Fog grass” is a cleaned up version of a Chinese curse word. , I have goosebumps. I’m most afraid of watching this part!]

[Me too, wrapped tightly in my little blanket [Shivering.jpg]]

[I’m so scared I’m hiding in the cub’s live broadcast room and not coming out. Thank you little cub, the little cub is eating a chocolate bar]

[Wuwuwu, thank you little cub, I’m good now too]

The skeleton dance troupe moved slowly, coming closer, and began to dance around the bonfire… no, they were dancing.

The Skeleton Maiden saw Gu Lin from afar.

During a break in the dance, the Skeleton Maiden, while the other skeletons weren’t paying attention, without disrupting the formation, waved to Gu Lin and winked.

Gu Lin, eating a chocolate bar, also waved his little hand to the Skeleton Maiden, and even called out “Auntie.”

The other players, hearing this “Auntie,” felt the terrifying atmosphere in the air dissipate a bit, and couldn’t help but want to laugh.

The other skeletons were all very serious, but this Skeleton Maiden gave off a feeling of insincerity.

The sacrificial activity didn’t last long. After the skeletons finished dancing, it was basically over.

According to Black Robe, the sacrificial activity was to commemorate those skeletons that had been sanded, and to pray for blessings for the living.

It has to be said, the skeletons of Skeleton Island were very particular about rituals.

The players’ attention returned to these butterflies.

Why was it that only butterflies were not skeletonized?

The butterflies must possess something that other skeletonized animals didn’t.

To lift the curse, these butterflies that wouldn’t be skeletonized were a very crucial clue.

But the specific reason, for now, was unknown.

–

The Skeleton Maiden stood in the pile of skeletons, undoubtedly the most eye-catching and outstanding existence.

Its bones were slender, its height 1.85 meters, and it was wearing wide-sleeved ancient clothing, covered in beautiful small flowers.

The Skeleton Maiden was holding a glass bottle, and in the glass bottle was a vibrant, dripping red rose, and two fluttering butterflies.

It gestured to Gu Lin with the glass bottle in its hand, looking like it wanted to give it to the little cub as a gift.

Gu Lin looked at the Double-Cap Big Shot, then looked at Su Qiao and Song Ran, his eyes filled with the desire to go get the gift.

The Double-Cap Big Shot raised an eyebrow and put the little cub on the ground.

Gu Lin picked up his Ultraman backpack, dadada, and ran towards the Skeleton Maiden.

When he got close, the Skeleton Maiden’s slender finger bones poked Gu Lin’s little forehead. His voice was a clear and pleasant young man’s voice: “Little cutie, where’s the little flower Auntie gave you?”

Gu Lin touched his little head, saying crisply, “Butterflies were fluttering around the flower. Afraid they’d flutter it away, cub put it away.”

Hearing him say this, the Skeleton Maiden smiled, not pursuing it further.

It stuffed the glass bottle into Gu Lin’s arms.

“Roses and butterflies are the two most beautiful things in our Skeleton Island,” the Skeleton Maiden said, “Auntie’s welcome gift to you.”

Gu Lin held the glass bottle. The glass bottle was huge in his arms. He said in a childish voice, “Auntie already gave cub a little flower!”

But he also wanted another gift. He sweetly thanked, “Thank you, Auntie.”

Gu Lin held the glass bottle, finding it difficult to hold, so he opened the zipper of his Ultraman backpack, wanting to put it inside.

His little backpack only had one lollipop left, all the other snacks had been eaten.

The Skeleton Maiden, looking at his Ultraman backpack, couldn’t help but laugh: “What is this? This skeleton looks quite unique.”

Skeleton Island was isolated from the world, and it didn’t recognize Ultraman.

Gu Lin put the glass bottle in his little backpack, zipped it up, and patted the Q-version Ultraman with his little hand, saying, “Auntie, he’s not a skeleton, he’s Aoteman.”

Skeleton Maiden said “Oh. A unique name too.”

9527: ??

Livestream: ??!

Hahahahahahahaha, holy crap!

Gu Lin put his little backpack on. His arms and legs were all round and chubby, like sections of a lotus root.

The Skeleton Maiden smiled and poked his little forehead: “Go on, little cutie, your friends are waiting for you.”

Next to them, many skeletons were shouting: “Little cutie, little cutie! We’ll lift you high again next time!”

Gu Lin happily shook his little head, waving to the Skeleton Maiden and the other skeletons, and then deng deng deng ran back.

Halfway there, who knew that the skeleton dog suddenly rushed out from the side, blocking the little cub’s path.

Gu Lin stopped in his tracks.

This skeleton dog harbored hostility towards Gu Lin. It had been eyeing Gu Lin, and seeing him alone, it immediately took off running over.

Overall, Gu Lin, this little cub, was smaller than the skeleton dog. Standing in front of the skeleton dog, he was just a tiny lump.

The skeleton dog, seeing such a small cub, wasn’t afraid at all. Its eyes were fierce, and it also carried arrogance.

The skeleton dog bared its teeth, barking: “Woof woof woof!”

These few woofs weren’t loud, as if afraid of attracting the cub’s companions. The skeleton dog deliberately lowered its voice.

But many nearby skeletons heard it, and their attention was drawn over.

The Double-Cap Big Shot, Su Qiao, and Song Ran had been watching Gu Lin all along. Seeing Gu Lin blocked by the skeleton dog, their expressions changed slightly, and they immediately ran over here.

But the distance wasn’t close, and they couldn’t get there in time. If the skeleton dog pounced on Gu Lin, it wouldn’t take a second.

The skeleton dog’s owner also saw the situation here and also came over, but not running, walking slowly.

The skeleton dog, seeing that Gu Lin wasn’t afraid of him, for some reason, didn’t dare to rashly pounce, wanting to test the waters first.

It barked menacingly at Gu Lin: “Woof woof woof woof woof!!”

Gu Lin also looked at the skeleton dog, his voice childish: “Woof.”

Skeleton Dog: “?”

Skeleton Dog: “Woof woof woof woof woof woof woof woof!!!”

Gu Lin stomped his little foot: “Woof.”

It looked cute and adorable, without any imposing manner.

Skeleton Dog: “?!”

You’re looking down on me, Skeleton Dog!

The skeleton dog growled twice in a low voice, made a jumping motion, and with lightning speed, jumped up and pounced on Gu Lin.

Its movements were fast, but Gu Lin’s movements were faster.

Just as it was about to jump, Gu Lin raised his little foot, pa, and stepped on it.

The skeleton dog was crushed by him.

Skeleton Dog: ???

Su Qiao and Song Ran, who had just arrived nearby: “!!!”

Double-Cap Big Shot: “.”

Skeletons: ??!

Players: !!!

Holy crap, what happened!!

The dog’s owner finally panicked, bewildered for two seconds, and immediately ran over here.

Stepping on the shattered skeleton dog, Gu Lin had one little foot step on the skeleton dog’s broken bones, his two little hands clenched into small fists, fierce in a childish way, a posture of not messing with me.

Gu Lin: “Bad doggy!”

Gu Lin retracted his little foot.

The skeleton dog’s bones hadn’t even had time to reassemble.

It scurried away, a pile of broken bones, walking on the ground. The owner called after it, but it didn’t come back.