despair

despair

Mu Liuyue was awakened by the cold.

The biting cold continued, waves of bloating and pain came from the brain, and the whole body was in excruciating pain, as if I had just worked overtime for three consecutive nights and then ran ten kilometers.

Her memory returned with difficulty as she regained consciousness. She remembered that she had indeed been working overtime. She was finally able to get off work and go home. She walked from the company gate to the subway station, opened the game on her mobile phone and prepared to do her daily routine. Then she seemed to step on empty air, her eyes went black and she lost consciousness.

It turns out that you shouldn't play with your phone while walking, otherwise you can't imagine how you will fall...

Mu Chuyue moved her body and then hissed in pain. An even more intense pain came from her calf. She then noticed that there was a large red and swollen area, with an unnatural bulge that looked like a broken bone.

Could it be that she missed a step and got hit by a car? It doesn't make sense that a fall could cause such serious injuries, but there is no way that there are cars passing on that small road...

Mu Chuyue was suddenly startled and stopped thinking about it.

Her hands were clutching the hem of her skirt.

The skirt is made of soft fabric with light lace, which is something a mature office worker would never wear to work overtime in the company.

Looking up and taking a closer look, she realized that the environment here was completely different from the place where she was before she stepped on empty air and fell.

She was in a dilapidated and eerie room. The floor, walls and ceiling were all covered with old cracks. The room was decorated gorgeously but was covered in dust. There were huge spider webs in the corners. A few clusters of flickering blue phosphorous flames floated around, providing the only source of light in the room.

The entire space was filled with a sticky, damp feeling, which was far colder than the ordinary dark and humid environment. It was this abnormal coldness that woke Mu Chuyue up.

Is this... the secret place of the Castle of the Dead...?

An inexplicable phrase emerged in his mind, the swelling and pain in his temple became more severe, and some memories that did not belong to him, along with knowledge that was unheard of in this world, flooded into Mu Huoyue's brain.

…

It turns out that you shouldn't play with your phone while walking, otherwise you might fall into another world.

After struggling to sort out the things that suddenly appeared in his mind, Mu Liuyue finally became convinced that he might have traveled through time.

This girl who looks very similar to her, is only seventeen years old and still in high school, is also called Mu Huoyue. She fell accidentally at almost the same time as herself and lost consciousness. When she woke up, she was in her same state.

However, Mu Huoyue's fall was much more tragic. She rolled down from the broken ceiling on the second floor and suffered multiple scratches and fractures on her body. Her calf was probably the most seriously injured part. Once the wound became infected in such a harsh environment, she would die in no time.

As for why a high school student would appear in such a dangerous place... Mu Huoyue tried hard to digest the unfamiliar knowledge in his mind and finally figured out the reason.

This is the secret realm of the Castle of the Dead. The Castle of the Dead is the name given by Mu Huoyue himself. The key point lies in the secret realm.

In the original owner's memory, this world is basically the same as Mu Huoyue's world. Human beings have also experienced a technological revolution and entered modern society.

The only difference is the existence of the "secret realm", a peculiar geographical phenomenon that suddenly descended on the planet about a thousand years ago. Independent spaces called "secret realms" appeared one after another and gradually merged with the planet, permanently changing the landform composition here.

The fusion of secret realms has brought unprecedented new resources to the planet, and has also given birth to magical creatures with various extraordinary powers. They rely on the biological models of the planet itself, whether they are animals, plants, insects, elements... or even some purely fantasy creatures. Countless extraordinary creatures were born from secret realms. As the secret realm merged with the planet, it also changed the original ecology of the planet.

Thousands of years have passed, and human exploration of mysterious phenomena and extraordinary creatures has reached a considerable scale. Humans themselves have also been affected by the power of the mysterious realm and have awakened the means to control extraordinary powers.

About 60% of the new generation of humans will awaken the "beast taming space" and "beast taming talent", and will be able to sign contracts with extraordinary creatures, become "beast tamers", and gain powerful strength and partners.

Until now, the arrival and integration of secret realms has never stopped. The country has established a special Secret Realm Affairs Countermeasures Department to contain and control secret realms that suddenly descend on urban areas to ensure the safety of ordinary people.

The mechanism of the advent and integration of secret realms has not yet been clarified, but the frequency of their appearance in human settlements has been greatly reduced. Coupled with the containment and monitoring of the Secret Realm Affairs Countermeasures Department, it basically has no impact on the lives of ordinary people.

Of course, this does not prevent some unlucky chosen ones from encountering the secret realm without any warning, such as Mu Liuyue now.

Originally, she seemed to be just going to meet someone at a small park on the outskirts of the city, but she didn't expect that the person she was going to meet would show up. Instead, she encountered a once-in-a-lifetime secret realm, and it turned out to be a castle of the dead...

The reason why it is called the Castle of the Dead is that almost all the supernatural creatures gathered here are of the dark and undead types. Looking at all the types of supernatural creatures that have been identified so far, these two types are also the most mysterious and dangerous types. Mu Chuyue is even an ordinary person who has not awakened. If he accidentally enters a terrifying castle full of undead, there is only one way to go, and that is death.

This was indeed the case. She was the only one who was sucked into the secret realm in the suburban park. Mu Huiyue's last memory was being chased by a twisted, rotten corpse. In a panic, she missed a step and fell from the second floor to her current room, where she lost consciousness.

Now she was tired and hungry, covered in wounds and exhausted, with a broken calf, so she could only wait for rescue where she was. However, it is still unknown when the city's Secret Realm Affairs Countermeasures Bureau will be able to find the entrance to the secret realm. Before that, she might get a wound infection, develop a fever, and fall into a coma, or be eaten by the undead supernatural creatures wandering outside.

Thinking of this, Mu Liuyue subconsciously looked at his cell phone, and sure enough, there was no signal.

She couldn't help but let out a long sigh. This was the beginning of what a hell mode was. No matter whether she was a time traveler or an ordinary high school student, she couldn't think of any way to save herself at the moment.

There was a sudden noise behind the door. Mu Yuyue raised her head and looked at that place, and said softly, "Don't hide. I saw you a long time ago."

When she just woke up, she felt some movement behind the door of the room, but at that time her whole body was in pain, and her mind was filled with a lot of exploding information, so she really couldn't concentrate on paying attention to this side. What's more, the movement was cautious, as if it was afraid of being discovered. It was very different from the undead corpse chasing her in her memory. Mu Huoyue subconsciously thought it was a harmless animal like a mouse.

Now that I think about it, there wouldn’t be any ordinary animals in the secret realm. It was probably a relatively weak extraordinary creature.

There was a movement behind the door and I was stunned for a moment. Then the door was slowly pushed open a crack, and a small white thing poked its head out of the door and looked over.

It was a tiny...skeleton.

It was not the skeleton of a young child. In fact, the skeleton of a young child was much more terrifying and shabby than most people imagined. Just the underdeveloped and deformed bones, and the other row of permanent teeth waiting to grow above the deciduous teeth, gave Mu Chuyue, who had accidentally seen the real picture, nightmares.

The little skeleton in front of me is more like a scaled-down adult skeleton, with a slightly cute feel. The head is quite large, the cervical vertebrae are thin, and the hollow eye sockets are large and round, which reduces the sense of horror brought by the white bones.

Mu Huoyue quickly found the corresponding extraordinary creature in his memory.

【Name】：Little Skeleton

[Attributes]: Dark, Undead

[Racial Level]: Low Elite

[Inherent Skill]: Reorganization

Although the dark and undead supernatural creatures are the more mysterious and dangerous types, the little skeletons are probably the weakest of these supernatural creatures. Compared with their fellow creatures such as corpses, ghosts, and mummies that carry their own terrifying deterrence, the little skeletons are only as tall as human knees, and their large eye sockets make them look harmless. They only have one skill, [Reconstruction], which can put the shattered body back together.

Most of the little skeletons are timid by nature, but the one in front of Mu Huoyue was probably an outlier. After being discovered, it did not run away immediately. Instead, it took a few tentative steps towards this side.

Mu Huoyue found it quite interesting and waved at it.

Almost all supernatural creatures possess intelligence far beyond that of ordinary animals, or emotional perception. Even without a contract, some supernatural creatures can understand the meaning of human behavior and interact with them. Therefore, most humans who have not awakened to become beastmasters will also live with low-level supernatural races that are not dangerous.

This was the first supernatural creature Mu Huoyue had come into contact with since coming into this world. She was very curious why the little guy didn't run away.

The little skeleton seemed to be encouraged and ran over with the clacking steps of its thin legs.

It stopped in front of the human girl, then shattered with a snap, and bones scattered all over the ground.

Mu Shuyue: “……?”

A layer of black smoke-like substance emerged on the scattered bones, and then the bones floated up and pieced together again to form a small skeleton. The little guy looked at Mu Chuyue eagerly. It had no eyes, but Mu Chuyue could see expectation in its big empty eye sockets.

This is the Skeleton King’s racial skill [Reorganization], right? Mu Huoyue tilted her head, not understanding what the other party meant by coming to her specifically to perform the reorganization.

She looked at her deformed calf after it was broken, and then at the expectant little skeleton. Suddenly, an idea popped into her mind, "Could it be that it saw me die and come back to life... so it regarded me as one of its own kind?"

The little skeleton nodded repeatedly and ran a little closer, pointing at Mu Chuyue's deformed calf and the bloody injured area on her waist and abdomen. With a snap, the bones in the same position on his body were broken, and then they were reassembled in the black mist, looking at her with shining eyes.

Mu Chuyue burst out laughing and understood what the little skeleton meant.

Recombination is not a unique skill. Most undead supernatural creatures have similar advanced skills. Does the little skeleton want to heal his wounds through [Recombination]?

"It's a pity... I am a human, not your kind, and I can't use these magical powers."

Mu Huoyue looked at the wound which was still painful, and shook his head at the little skeleton.

The little fellow made of bones was startled for a moment, then he became visibly disappointed and slowly lowered his head.

But the next second it raised its head, with black mist swirling around it, as if it had thought of a good idea. It nodded to Mu Chuyue, and ran out of the room alone.

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