Undead Calamity 8 in Magical Continent
The next night, Luo Chen and his friends set out again and arrived at their destination before dawn.
Death Mountain.
As the name suggests, the landform is based on mountains. In addition, the terrain is steep and complex. Most of the plants that can grow here are poisonous, or at least inedible.
There is almost no life activity here, except for the undead who do not need food or water and the demons who can survive in any harsh environment. They fight for territory every now and then.
These were also what Billy heard from the troubadours during his lifetime.
So when these undead arrived at Death Mountain and walked into it for a while, they unexpectedly ran into a few ragged humans.
The leading man was covered with a thin layer of muscle, but his abdomen was obviously injured. The other thin men subconsciously protected the woman and the elderly behind them, as well as a child with his mouth covered tightly.
They felt extremely terrified and desperate at the sudden appearance of the undead. They tightly grasped the deliberately sharpened wooden sticks, and numbness and desperate courage gradually emerged in their eyes.
Neil and the others were startled and subconsciously clenched their weapons.
They are on guard against each other.
A golden light condensed in Luo Chen's hand and fell at an extremely fast speed on the man who was the most seriously injured and obviously the only one among these humans who had the ability to fight.
If he wasn't rescued, he would die in a few minutes.
It all happened so fast that the humans on the opposite side had no time to react before they saw the golden light, which they did not know what it was, pouring into Dorn's body.
"Dorn—"
Their eyes were filled with fear and despair. Before they could finish their words, they saw the wound on Dorn's abdomen healing at a speed visible to the naked eye. Apart from his pale and weak face, no one could tell that he had almost had his soul taken away by the God of Death.
"You, you guys—"
They were stunned and subconsciously looked at the undead whose golden light disappeared from his palm. The green light flashing in his eyes clearly distinguished him from the other skeletons around him.
The undead saved humanity?
Dorn struggled to hold on, equally bewildered.
He didn't even know whether he should get up and fight back, or thank these undead...
Before he could come up with a conclusion, he saw the soul fire in the eyes of the undead flicker, and a voice that only the undead could hear rang out: "Let's go."
Neil and the others breathed a sigh of relief, put down their weapons and followed Luo Chen into the mountains. Their figures were soon engulfed by the darkness and the forest, leaving only the humans who remained there unable to recover for a long time.
After a while.
Dorne suppressed his complicated emotions and said, "Stay here for one night."
The thin man hesitated and said, "But what if those undead..."
Dorn said, "Since they didn't hurt anyone and instead saved me, what do you think they could possibly want from us? They must have come from outside, so there's no need for them to come out and hurt us again. But the demons over there in the mountains are cannibalistic..."
They shuddered when they heard this.
Some demons enjoy torturing and eating people, and they also feed on human fear. Otherwise, why would they choose to stay here even though they know that this is the territory of the undead?
Because at least there is still a glimmer of hope.
Everyone got busy, some started making fires, which could drive away the coldness of the night and scare away some death crows.
Death Crows are the most notorious undead creatures in Death Ridge. They like to follow humans who smell of death. When a person dies, they will swarm over and eat the person's gradually rotting flesh.
Fortunately, they are most afraid of fire.
The flames quickly burned, driving away the cold and fear in their bodies. They heated some water in the only porcelain bowl and drank it, cherishing the tranquility and peace of the moment.
The other side.
Luo Chen and others walked towards the place where the yin energy was the heaviest. In addition, with his inherent sensing ability as a first-level undead, he could sense the breath of zero-level undead within a thousand meters.
When Billy and the others saw the eerie atmosphere filled with hills and skeletons, their first reaction was nervousness and vigilance. After all, the undead are not necessarily friendly to each other.
But at this time, you must not retreat, you must try your best to perform well in front of this undead master.
Luo Chen's arrival instantly attracted the attention of the second-level undead in Death Ridge. He walked out of the grave mound with the thickest yin energy, with pure green light flashing in his eyes and a wolf-tooth bone club in his hand. He obviously looked like he had a talent for strength.
The other undead stood up one after another and looked at these foreign undead with the same vigilance.
"Put down your weapons, actively open your consciousness and become my dependent, otherwise don't blame me for taking the initiative—"
Before he could finish his words, his soul fire suddenly vibrated, and a strange and powerful soul fire pierced his soul fire, leaving a mark that belonged to the other party.
He was forced to become the other party's dependent.
Including the undead behind, none of them were left behind.
The scene suddenly became extremely quiet——
The second-level undead holding the mace stood there blankly, not reacting to the sudden change until the undead opposite him said, "You don't want to become my follower?"
He seemed to be ready to wipe out the other person's soul fire if the other person didn't agree.
The second-level undead suddenly shuddered. He couldn't understand how the other party ignored the level suppression between the undead and actually marked him in return!
He quickly said, "I do!"
The battles between the undead are often so cruel and realistic, unless a new undead stronger than Luo Chen appears and is willing to consume the fire of his soul to erase his mark and brand his own mark.
Otherwise, he would never betray Luo Chen in his life.
Luo Chen can also gain a group of loyal undead subordinates and does not need to worry about being betrayed.
Billy, Neil and other undead: "..."
They thought there was going to be an extremely brutal fight, but it ended so easily?
They followed Luo Chen in a daze, and finally stood on both sides of Luo Chen, trying hard to look straight ahead and create an imposing expression and attitude.
The second-level undead and other undead were all protected, and the fire of their souls unconsciously lowered a level. They restrained their bodies and stood there motionless.
Luo Chen's soul fire flickered: "Do you have any skills?"
The second-level undead lowered his head slightly, respectful but a little confused, "Ah?"
The other party occupied the territory, and the first thing he did was to ask him about such an insignificant thing?
The second-level undead, Bernard, quickly recovered and replied, "In my lifetime, I was a professional musician, composing music and lyrics for small musical theaters. Occasionally, I'd write songs for wandering bards in taverns."
However, the competition in this industry was too fierce, and he was killed by another colleague out of jealousy. His body was thrown nearby and was infected by the negative energy here, turning him into an undead.
Then he inexplicably advanced to a second-level undead and simply occupied this mountain range as king.
All the undead: "..."
It is really hard to tell from the fact that this skeleton is obviously bigger than all the undead. One can even imagine what he looked like when he was alive, with broad shoulders and big waist. He must have been a tough guy who was very good at using heavy weapons.
Turns out he's a musician who's envied?
The other party added somewhat sheepishly: "I can also play various musical instruments."
All the undead were inexplicably awed. You know, not everyone can learn to play various musical instruments these days. The other party must have come from a family with at least upper-middle-class assets when he was alive.
Bernard thought about his past experiences, and then about his current life, where he was marked and his life was no longer under his control. He couldn't help but feel sad. "Alas, my colleagues from the same period are now celebrities of some size. If I hadn't died early, they wouldn't have a place now! Tell me, what do you want us to do?"
Luo Chen's heart moved.
Isn't this the talent he wants?
Luo Chen said: "I want you to compose some simple background sound effects."
Bernard: “?”
He was fully prepared to be used as a meat shield on the battlefield, but the other party actually... asked him to compose music?
Is this reasonable?
Billy and the others looked at each other and immediately realized something.
Luo Chen knew they wouldn't understand, so he simply asked Wan Kong Jing to pack up the spiritual network and send it to these undead. He also informed them in advance: "A spell will appear before you in a moment. Follow the novice tutorial above step by step."
They were even more confused and puzzled when they heard it.
Just as Bernard was about to ask what the beginner's tutorial meant, a box suddenly popped up in front of him. It seemed to appear in front of him, but also seemed to appear in his mind.
Just like Billy did before, he subconsciously reached out and touched the air in front of him, but still caught nothing. Unable to hide his surprise, his eyes fell on the words on the box.
【Welcome to the spiritual network——】
Then, a gentle voice and words appeared simultaneously in this spell called Spirit Net.
[Here you'll find all-new spell knowledge, a forum where you can quickly catch up on the latest developments from every corner of the world, exchange ideas, trade, and constantly updated maps. There's also a place where famous teachers can teach you all kinds of spells.]
With the launch of the map function, there were slight changes to the introduction of the spiritual network, but for Bernard and others, all of this was new, unknown and bizarre.
"There's a voice in my head talking—"
"Is what Lingwang said true?"
Their jaws dropped in shock and disbelief, even though the words were extremely unfamiliar, such as what was that forum?
Immediately afterwards, a new prompt popped up on the spiritual network.
[Would you like to start the tutorial to help you get more familiar with the spiritual network? ]
Their curiosity had long been piqued by the introduction of the spiritual network, so how could they choose to refuse? Even if they knew that this spell might be some kind of trap, it was too late for them to refuse now.
So they all agreed and followed the tutorial to learn the most basic operating knowledge of the spiritual network. After the tutorial was over, they clicked on the first icon, and the following displayed [My Spiritual Network]
Clicking on it brought them to the forum interface, where there were only two posts. They had already learned how to click on the posts. The first one was posted by someone nicknamed Luo Chen. The text and pictures provided a tutorial on how to treat wounds.
He now understood the meaning of the word tutorial.
Although they are no longer human but undead, they still habitually keep these things that are actually useless to them in mind.
Because all intelligent races crave knowledge.
After noting down the knowledge in this post, they excitedly and curiously clicked on the second post, which clearly showed the content and replies of other nicknames chatting with each other.
When he slid to the back, he was suddenly frightened by the photos posted in the forum reply. He took several steps back and waved his hands at the air in front of him.
"Did this spell absorb all of this?"
"Have the undead in here also been sucked in?"
Their joints crackled with fear, and Billy explained, "This is the photo function. Didn't we just talk about it in the tutorial?"
Only then did they suddenly remember what was happening. Although they felt relieved, they were still shocked by these lifelike photos.
Billy said even more proudly: "That's nothing, just open the map and take a look."
They did as they were told immediately. Even though they were mentally prepared, they were still shocked again by the map that could be zoomed in and out and was so real that it seemed as if they could actually see the scenery.
Can they really use such a magical map function all the time in the future?
Bernard dared to swear that he had never seen or heard of such an incredible map. Even though this map currently only marked two map points, it still made people feel extremely amazing and shocking.
He believed that even the richest king would spend gems and gold to purchase this map function.
Thinking of this, Bernard felt more and more in awe and fear of the wizard who created the spiritual network. Perhaps this could only be done by legendary wizards or those powerful and mysterious dragons?
As he trembled as he said these words, Billy became even more proud: "These were all made by adults."
The undead were unable to speak with their vocal cords and could only vibrate the fire of their souls in unison to express their shock at the moment.
Bernard looked at Luo Chen and for the first time used the honorific from the bottom of his heart: "Sir, this spell you created... is truly shocking."
Luo Chen said: "In the future, the Lingwang will have more and more users. Would you be willing to make some corresponding background music and put it into the Lingwang?"
Before he even raised the question of salary and benefits, Bernard agreed without hesitation and, unusually proactively, said, "I can create it right now!"
He could easily imagine that all the undead, even those of other races, would be unable to resist this spiritual network. By then, the music he created would be heard by more people than ever before.
Of course, it doesn’t matter if there are no more users.
With his current status, unless he becomes strong enough to walk out of the mountains without fear of being killed by human wizards, there is no hope for him to create music that will be appreciated by others in his lifetime.
As a musician, this is undoubtedly worse than death.
Luo Chen got straight to the point: "But there doesn't seem to be any professional music equipment here?"
Bernard was stunned and hesitated, "I only have a simple drum set I made, which can only play some simple rhythms."
This place is too remote and no merchants come here.
Luo Chen said: "It doesn't matter, just create a simple sound effect first."
Bernard nodded. "I will."
After he finished speaking, he went straight to the drum set he had collected, as if he had already thrown himself into his new job as a sound engineer. The rhythmic sound of drums and clatters rang out, bringing an inexplicable atmosphere of joy to the gloomy and eerie Death Mountain.
An expert can tell whether it is real or not with just one look.
Even with this simple equipment, you can still hear the level of this musician.
Luo Chen had no choice but to wait for the other party to finish before discussing the salary issue. He turned and continued to look at the remaining undead: "What about you, do you have any skills?"
He had already harvested a professional and actually no longer had any hope for the next undead.
One of the undead raised his hand tremblingly, his tone hesitant, "Is writing an autobiography considered a skill?"
Luo Chen was a little surprised: "Write an autobiographical story?"
The other party hurriedly shook his head, as if he wanted to throw his head out, and his tone was even a little shameful. He lowered his head and said: "It's just writing autobiographies for some rangers or bounty hunters to increase their fame."
Luo Chen suddenly realized and nodded: "Okay."
He can arrange for the other party to write some stories on the forum to attract traffic, and then open a novel channel that requires subscription to read subsequent novels.
He looked at the others: "Anything else?"
The other undead shook their heads, but Luo Chen was not disappointed. Instead, he asked them to abide by his own rules. They were prohibited from actively harming any race, but if anyone else wanted to harm them, they could take the initiative to fight back or ask him for help.
Upon hearing this rule, the undead seemed very happy and agreed without thinking, because it meant that the undead master did not intend to use them as cannon fodder, so they must work hard and show their role.
After all, the undead race is not liked by any race.
They will encounter various dangers at any time and anywhere, and being able to become a follower of a powerful necromancer will greatly increase their chances of survival.
Luo Chen made a brief inspection of the Death Ridge and finally decided to use it as his base camp for long-term development. If he encountered a better place in the future, he could set up a division and move some people there.
As for now.
He planned to clean up the area first, burn some rotten bones, animal skins, and some dead trees, and make sure to keep the place clean and tidy.
besides.
He also needs to build another watchtower and have people stand guard in shifts every day.
Currently, there are over a hundred undead in Death Ridge, which is enough to allocate some undead to build houses and cultivate some herbs and plants with death attributes.
These things can be made into potions that even the undead can use.
Otherwise, it would not be good to let these undead do nothing every day. They must have something to do.
Luo Chen did not forget the humans at the entrance. He used his spiritual sense to scan the entire mountain and found that there were actually quite a few demons gathered on the next mountain. There were obviously bones and pieces of flesh that had been eaten by humans and other life forms.
These demons apparently took pleasure in the living, killing and eating them.
The soul fire in Luo Chen's eyes dimmed. Now that he had subdued these undead, he had also gained a lot of emotional power, which was enough to kill those demons.
Luo Chen stood up and said, "Pack up everything and go to the next mountain to deal with those demons."
If we wait until tomorrow night, those demons will have received the news and taken precautions in advance, and killing them will obviously cost more.
All the undead were stunned.
Bernard's drumming hand paused for a moment, and he stood up hastily. "Sir, the demon in the neighboring mountain is also a second-level demon like me, but he knows a lot of soul and fire magic, which is specifically designed to counter us undead."
Luo Chen's soul fire was calm and deep, "You can choose not to go."
But he will take away the mark in the opponent's soul fire and expel the opponent to the Death Mountain.
Bernard guessed what Luo Chen meant and explained hastily, "You must be very tired after all this journey, and you have transformed so many undead into followers. My suggestion is that you take a good rest for a few days, and then we can come up with a plan to kill them..."
Luo Chen knew that the other party’s proposal was very good.
But in this case, those humans may be targeted by those demons at any time. The strength of the soul fire is linked to consciousness, and all spells on the soul will not cause any harm to him.
Luo Chen said calmly, "I'll give you three minutes to prepare. I'll be in charge of the second-level demons, and you'll be responsible for killing the other demons. If you can't do it, stand up immediately."
All the undead stood still.
Luo Chen retracted his gaze and took the lead to walk towards the next mountain. Undead followed one after another behind him. Bernard saw this and quickly followed, holding a huge mace in his hand: "Sir, I will fight the second-level demon with you."
Luo Chen did not refuse, but when they left the territory, a state of power that only his followers could feel was bestowed upon them. What surprised them even more was that their bones were also reinforced.
They became strong, extremely fast, and had strong bones.
All the undead suddenly became more powerful. Among them, Bernard, who had already lit up his talent for strength, became even more brave. He waved the mace in his hand, which had also been reinforced, and felt infinite confidence and excitement.
If he had known that this second-level mage had so many abilities, he would never have stepped forward to stop him.
After reaching the next mountain, they immediately rushed in and attacked all the demons whose teeth were stained with blood and minced meat. Except for the second-level demons who could use magic, the rest of the demons were servants who could only rush forward while waving various weapons and claws and howling.
The demon servant is extremely fast, but its weakness is that it is not strong enough. The undead make up for its weaknesses such as fragile bones and slow reaction and are simply invincible. Although the weapons in their hands are not as good as those of the demon servant, relying on its powerful strength and speed reaction ability, it can directly hit the demon servant with a hammer, making it unable to fight back.
If you are short of weapons, of course you have to snatch them from the enemy.
So the undead added weapons as a powerful weapon, doubling their force, and directly killed the demon servants, causing them to scream and flee in all directions.
Only the second-level demon remained.
He also wanted to run, but Bernard blocked the only way of escape, and kept hitting him on the head with his mace, breaking the demon's horns. His most proud soul-stealing magic finally worked on Bernard, but he was knocked away by another first-level undead the next second.
So the soul-stealing magic failed.
Bernard rushed forward again, brandishing the mace, and broke all his ribs.
Luo Chen instantly learned the soul-stealing magic and used it to attack the demon. The next second, the demon's soul screamed and was sucked into his golden ball of light, accompanying the black magician and providing him with a constant supply of emotional power.
As for the demon's body, of course it was burned clean with fire.
Bernard's soul fire jumped, and he said in shock: "You... also know soul magic?"
Luo Chen nodded lightly.
Bernard was silent for a long time and lowered his head again.
How could he be worthy of becoming this lord's relative?
Luo Chen received a power from Bernard that was almost as strong as faith, and he felt a little embarrassed. He patted the other's bony shoulders and said, "Clean up this place. This will be the base camp of the undead from now on."
Bernard didn't know what was going on in his mind, but the fire in his soul instantly became extremely strong, and he said excitedly, "Yes!"
Luo Chen released his consciousness again to check if there were any escaped demon servants. Then he looked at the humans who were still stationed there, left a mark on them and ignored them.
There are no large animals here, so they will basically not encounter any danger.
Luo Chen gathered most of the Yin energy into one of the mountains, and cultivated the land to plant plants that contained the scent of death. In time, the outer circle of mountains should slowly recover their lushness.
Half a month passed in a flash.
The changes in the mountains can almost be described as earth-shaking. All the dead trees and dead grass in the mountains have been cleared away, and the gravel has been chiseled and paved into a beautiful road leading to another mountain.
Many plants were cultivated in the flat areas, and houses made of wood and stone were built in the distance. Stone cemeteries were dug on the ground to provide a sleeping space for the skeletons who were used to living underground. They could fall into a deep sleep by simply pushing and pulling the lid.
They no longer have to dig holes and bury the soil every day like before, and then repeat the process of digging holes and climbing out. Not only do their skeletons become dirty, but repeating this process every day is very boring and troublesome.
It's a pleasure to lie in it every day.
Bernard watched helplessly as Death Mountain changed into this day by day. Although the Death Mountain in the past was in line with the outside world's stereotype of the undead, it was gloomy, weird and dirty.
But now the Death Mountain is still gloomy, but neat and clean. Even he feels a lot more cheerful, and the style of music he produces is more soothing and gentle.
Luo Chen discovered a mine in the mountains. Bernard said that there were no precious minerals in it, only stones stained with death.
But in Luo Chen's opinion, these stones are more precious than ores.
He has always been thinking about how to promote this thing to humans and other races, especially since these people are wary of soul spells. If they learn that the spirit network was created by the undead, even if the spirit network has many magical functions, they may not choose to open it.
If you don’t even complete the first step, let alone how to retain these users in the future.
The stones in this mine can just make up for these problems.
Bernard still couldn't understand how the spiritual network was connected to these stones. Out of curiosity, he followed Luo Chen to help break the stones. Then other undead were responsible for grinding them into oval shapes bit by bit, with a flat bottom so that he could put his hands on them and move slowly.
The next most critical step will be completed by Luo Chen.
Luo Chen closed his eyes, and used the fire of his soul as a carrier to immerse himself in the stone, which could actually be considered a mouse, and then packaged the spiritual network and transmitted it into it.
In this way, the handheld computer is ready.
Billy was the first to raise his hand: "Let me try."
All the undead gathered around curiously. They had all installed the soul version of the spiritual network and learned the most basic operations. In just a few days, they had become completely dependent on the spiritual network.
The spiritual network is really interesting.
There are just too few undead here, so it's not lively enough.
As Billy's hand just grasped the stone called Palm Spirit Net, a translucent magic light curtain popped out. This time, unlike appearing in consciousness, it was actually displayed in reality.
Billy reached out and touched it, but still passed through the light curtain.
It seems to be disembodied.
Billy was a little confused about how to operate the computer, so Luo Chen was there to give him some pointers: "Just move the palm spirit network. Doesn't the stone have two buttons? The left one is for confirmation, the right one is for multi-function, and the pulley in the middle is for sliding up and down."
Since the palm-held spiritual network is carried by stone, these three buttons cannot actually be pressed like the mouse in the scientific world, but are triggered by touch.
It is already very good to be able to make a handheld spiritual network with the current materials, and there is no way to find other materials to replace it.
But this alone was enough to amaze all of Bernard's undead. They couldn't understand how the stone they had carved with their own hands could be connected to the spiritual network in the soul fire.
Billy moved the stone carefully, and the arrow on the translucent screen moved along with it. This was more convenient than controlling it with consciousness.
Because sometimes they need to multitask when they access the spiritual network. They have to concentrate on moving the mouse while using another part of their consciousness to read the text on the screen.
But it’s different with this one.
Their eyes can be fully focused on the screen, and all operations can be completed with just a tap of their fingers.
Except for one thing that's not so good.
The physical version of the Spirit Network cannot convert voice into text, nor can you hear the sounds in the Spirit Network. Moreover, it will disappear completely after playing for a long time.
"this……"
Billy was startled, thinking he had broken it, but Luo Chen explained, "It's just that the stored data is gone, and it needs to be topped up."
Billy and all the undead looked confused.
Traffic...what is it?
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