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Qi Yuan was going to send Gu Lin out. Gu Lin hadn’t reacted yet, when the next moment, the scene in front of him changed, and he fell into the water.
Gu Lin: “Ah Yuan-di… glug glug…”
Gu Lin had just glugged twice, spitting out two bubbles, when he was lifted out of the water.
The one who lifted him out of the water was the Double-Cap Big Shot. Then Song Ran also emerged from the water, and the black-robed skeleton.
Gu Lin rubbed the water from his face with his little hand: “Hat-gege.”
Then he looked down into the water, paddling the surface with his little hand: “Where’s Ah Yuan-didi?”
Double-Cap Big Shot: “?”
The Double-Cap Big Shot, holding Gu Lin in one arm, glanced at the black-robed skeleton and raised an eyebrow.
“You’re back?” Song Ran looked at his own hands and said. Seeing the black-robed skeleton, he couldn’t help but exclaim, “Oh ho.”
The black-robed skeleton stared blankly at his reflection in the water, slowly raising his hand and touching his face.
His face was no longer in a skeletal state, but the face of a normal human, with wrinkles, skin slightly cold, but the flesh and blood beneath the skin so vibrant and real.
The black-robed skeleton looked to be in his fifties. He looked at his slightly aged hands, seemingly unable to believe that he had turned back into a normal human with flesh and blood.
He remembered that the reason he was here was because he had been pulled down by the Double-Cap Big Shot.
He suddenly raised his head to look at the Double-Cap Big Shot. Now that he had turned back into a human, it meant that the Double-Cap Big Shot’s speculation was very likely true.
The Double-Cap Big Shot said, “Let’s get ashore first.”
At this time, they were in the sea, no longer the Black Swamp.
The black-robed skeleton looked up at the sky, momentarily stunned.
It was now night, with a crescent moon in the sky, the moonlight cool and clear, half-hidden behind the clouds.
The sky above Skeleton Island was always dark and oppressive, like an inverted abyss. It was impossible to see the sun, moon, or stars.
This place was not Skeleton Island.
The black-robed skeleton hadn’t seen the moon in a long time, and for a moment, he couldn’t take his eyes off it.
The Double-Cap Big Shot carried Gu Lin ashore, put Gu Lin on the beach, and sat down beside him.
Song Ran also came ashore. Seeing the black-robed skeleton still standing foolishly in the water, staring at the moon in a daze, he didn’t know what he was thinking.
Soon, Su Qiao and the others also surfaced.
The first thing they saw was the Skeleton Maiden’s change.
Originally, when she was a skeleton, the Skeleton Maiden was already very beautiful. Filled with flesh and blood, turning back into a normal human, she was even more dazzlingly beautiful.
The Skeleton Maiden looked to be in her early twenties, with delicate features and a pair of sparkling, alluring peach blossom eyes.
The Skeleton Maiden raised her slender, fair fingers, looking at them under the moonlight, turning them over and over, her expression somewhat blank and dazed.
The group also quickly saw the black-robed skeleton, who had turned back into a normal human.
They had all changed back?
So, jumping down the big whirlpool would allow them to leave the Black Swamp, leave Skeleton Island, and the curse would be lifted?
Su Qiao saw Gu Lin, who had returned to being a little dumpling, sitting on the beach, and walked towards the beach: “Dumpling!”
Gu Lin waved his little hand: “Jiejie!”
After changing back into a human cub, Gu Lin had a bottle of milk in his arms, drinking it.
Gu Lin sat between the Double-Cap Big Shot and Song Ran, drinking milk while bababaing, telling the two about his experience entering the dark space.
Gu Lin narrated in a childish voice: “Cub met a new friend. He’s a little star, he’s called Ah Yuan-didi.”
At this time, Su Qiao came closer, just in time to hear Gu Lin’s last sentence, and smiled: “Who is Ah Yuan-didi?”
There shouldn’t be any children younger than the dumpling in the game, no, there weren’t even any children at all.
The black-robed skeleton said that it was because their creator god had no concept of children. It was very likely that the game’s main god had no concept of children.
Gu Lin’s little face was serious, his tone carrying an inexplicable sense of showing off: “It’s Ah Yuan-didi. Ah Yuan-didi is younger than cub, he’s cub’s Ah Yuan-didi. He said he’ll come and play with cub again.”
The three: “…”
Gu Lin seemed very happy, his little face excited, constantly showing off his Ah Yuan-didi to the several people: “Cub is not the youngest anymore, also a gege now, because cub has an Ah Yuan-didi!”
The three, hearing this, were all silent.
Jumping down the big whirlpool was just a moment, no more than a minute before and after. They hadn’t seen the dark space Gu Lin mentioned, let alone an Ah Yuan-didi younger than Gu Lin.
But they knew that if Gu Lin said it, then it must be true.
In the horror game, ghosts were rampant. Maybe that Ah Yuan-didi was a water ghost or something, seeing Gu Lin about the same age, and pulling the little cub into his independent space.
Fortunately, the other party sent Gu Lin back unharmed, and it should be that he didn’t have any malicious intentions.
Everyone was ashore, and the atmosphere was momentarily stagnant.
The impact the black-robed skeleton received was the greatest. He had always believed in the Skeleton King with utmost piety, but the current situation had already proved that the Double-Cap Big Shot’s words were likely true.
The Skeleton King they had always believed in was probably just a joke.
And at this moment, a group of people in military uniforms rushed out of the dark forest not far away, holding long guns, aiming the gun muzzles at everyone, surrounding them.
Everyone was stunned, and sensibly raised their hands.
Gu Lin looked at the others. He still had unfinished milk in his hand. Imitating the others, he raised one short little hand above his head, the other hand holding the milk, unwilling to let go.
From the back of the crowd walked a young man of twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old, wearing a uniform with the insignia of a senior colonel, smiling faintly at everyone: “Welcome to Skeleton Kingdom, friends of Skeleton Island. I am Senior Colonel Xiao of Skeleton Kingdom.”
Everyone: “…”
Skeleton Kingdom? This place was Skeleton Kingdom?
Then Skeleton Island was…
This Senior Colonel Xiao’s gaze swept over everyone. When he saw the five-limbed, short little dumpling among the crowd, his expression paused, revealing a surprised look.
He looked up and down at Gu Lin, not understanding: “How come there is such a small baby here?”
Hearing Senior Colonel Xiao say this, everyone also looked at Gu Lin and immediately understood, there were also no children here.
Senior Colonel Xiao looked at Gu Lin for a while. Gu Lin also blinked his big eyes, fearlessly meeting his gaze, not forgetting to drink milk.
Senior Colonel Xiao laughed: “This year’s sacrifices seem to have a little surprise.”
He retracted his smile, looked away, and made a gesture of invitation to everyone: “We have been waiting for you for a long time. The Skeleton King is waiting to summon you.”
Hearing this, everyone was shocked, but no one moved.
Song Ran said: “Skeleton King? Is there a Skeleton King?”
Senior Colonel Xiao laughed: “Of course, don’t you sacrifice to the Skeleton King every year?”
Saying this, he chuckled, “You’re a bit cutely foolish.”
Everyone: “…”
So, they were waiting here for a long time because Skeleton Island sacrificed every year, and they knew that at this time, there would be sacrifices coming out of the Black Swamp.
Everyone looked at the muzzles of the guns aimed at them. These military personnel had numb faces, not even blinking, looking at them as if they were looking at objects.
No, it should be living sacrifices.
The black-robed skeleton looked at a person among the soldiers and widened his eyes: “Louis? Are you Louis?”
The others, hearing this, looked over, looking at the soldier pointed out by the black-robed skeleton.
That soldier looked to be in his thirties, also holding a gun aimed at them. Hearing the black-robed skeleton’s words, the soldier’s eyes flickered, but he didn’t move the muzzle.
But his reaction already confirmed that he was indeed called Louis.
Senior Colonel Xiao looked at the black-robed skeleton with interest, then looked at the soldier named Louis, and mercilessly exposed the truth: “That’s right, Louis is one of the members of the skeleton squad that your Skeleton Island sent out.”
“To be honest, we were also quite surprised. A group of mere nutrients wanted to lift the curse.”
With the word “nutrients” spoken, the air fell silent for a moment.
Nutrients, the skeletons were just a group of nutrients supporting the entire Skeleton Kingdom.
Skeleton Island was not Skeleton Kingdom, but just a cursed land that continuously provided nutrients for Skeleton Kingdom.
The black-robed skeleton was greatly impacted: “No, impossible, he’s Louis. We sent out the skeleton squad five hundred years ago, but he looks to be in his thirties.”
“Impossible? How is it impossible?” Senior Colonel Xiao raised an eyebrow and said, “Sure enough, you’re frogs at the bottom of a well, trapped on Skeleton Island.”
Black-robed skeleton: “…”
Senior Colonel Xiao smiled: “This is Skeleton Kingdom. The Skeleton King is already tens of thousands of years old, and the average human lifespan has already reached 1500 years. Louis is only a little over five hundred years old this year.”
“The people of our Skeleton Kingdom can increase their lifespan. Thanks to your contributions, we can achieve immortality.”
As Senior Colonel Xiao spoke, he laughed out loud, his whole shoulder shaking, seemingly mocking the skeletons’ foolishness without mercy.
The black-robed skeleton’s face was dark, and he was struck speechless.
The Double-Cap Big Shot was right.
They prayed for God to bless them, but the one who harmed them was their God.
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Everyone was taken to a luxurious palace.
The ground was smooth and level. Gu Lin was no longer being carried, but riding his little scooter, kicking his little feet.
Gu Lin, in his mind, was showing off his Ah Yuan-didi to 9527: [Cub called 9527 there, and 9527 didn’t respond. Then cub met Ah Yuan-didi.]
9527: [Little streamer, I was blocked. I didn’t hear the little streamer calling me at all. Ah Yuan-didi? Is there someone smaller than little streamer?]
Gu Lin said: [Mm-hmm, Ah Yuan-didi is smaller than cub, he’s only this big.]
9527: …
Gu Lin had no friends in real life. Entering the horror game, he made many friends, but they were all much older than him, not a single peer.
Now he finally had a friend of a similar age, and the little cub cherished this friend very much.
It was just that he didn’t know when Ah Yuan-didi would come and play with him.
After entering the palace, only Senior Colonel Xiao brought everyone inside. The other soldiers stopped outside the palace.
Senior Colonel Xiao stood straight, walking in front of everyone, glancing back at this exquisitely carved little dumpling from time to time, and couldn’t help but say: “Our Skeleton Kingdom doesn’t have any children yet. Maybe the Skeleton King will keep this little baby. As for the others…”
He hmph laughed twice, not continuing.
Others: “…”
Damn, NPCs are all double-standard.
Their lives were also lives.
After many twists and turns, everyone, under the leadership of Senior Colonel Xiao, passed through layers of mechanisms and came to a secret room.
The secret room opened, and seeing the scene in front of them, everyone was stunned.
Behind the secret room was the boundless Black Swamp, and the winding rose coastline, with butterflies dancing above the Black Swamp.
An old man with a deathly pale face and wrinkled skin, dressed in opulent clothing, with a stiff smile that carried a trace of eeriness, looked at everyone with a smile.
This was… the Skeleton King?
To put it bluntly, he looked more terrifying than a skeleton.
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