Skull Kingdom
The one in front of him was the Skeleton King.
His face seemed to be covered with a thick layer of powder and had many wrinkles, giving people a weird sense of disharmony, just like the makeup of a dead person, which was creepy to look at.
Everyone stepped back unconsciously and wrinkled their noses.
They didn’t know if it was an illusion, but they smelled a stinky meat smell coming from the Skeleton King.
This is fucking stinking of corpses, and there is also the Skeleton King
Moreover, the stench of the corpse was mixed with the scent of spices and roses, which mixed together and were simply amazing.
Ling Xing started retching on the spot and quietly stood away.
Seeing the old man in front of them with a deathly pale face and a creepy smile, the usually brave kids hid behind the double-hatted boss and Song Ran, leaving only a small head exposed to observe secretly.
Song Ran touched Gu Lin's furry little head and hid the cub behind him.
When the Skeleton King saw Gu Lin, the smile on his face froze for a moment, then widened. He stretched out his hand towards Gu Lin, opened his mouth, and revealed a mouthful of yellowed and rotten teeth. He spoke with a lisp:
"There is actually a small sacrifice. Give me my small sacrifice!"
Hearing him say this, Gu Lin even retracted his little head and hid behind the double-hatted boss and Song Ran, hiding himself tightly, and even covered his little nose with his little hands.
The double-hatted boss and Song Ran blocked the cub tightly, blocking the Skeleton King's sight.
The Skeleton King's expression suddenly changed, his face became gloomy, and he retracted his outstretched hand.
Gu Lin refused to go out and covered his mouth and nose.
This old man stinks so much, the kid is going to faint from the stench!
9527: [Little anchor, do you want me to buy you a mask?]
Gu Lin nodded his head wildly.
The next second, a children's mask with a cartoon pattern on it was put on his face.
But even though it was a children's mask, it was too big for Gu Lin, so he could only use his small hands to hold the edge of the mask to prevent it from falling off.
Seeing the mask on Gu Lin's face, the others were stunned, and then they all gave a thumbs up to this little cub, saying it was so smart!
The others also immediately exchanged masks from the system mall and gave one each to the Skeleton Girl and the Black Robe Skeleton.
Soon, except for the Skeleton King and Colonel Xiao, who was probably used to the stench, everyone else put on masks.
Skeleton King: "..."
Colonel Xiao: “…”
Seeing that Gu Lin couldn't wear the mask on his face, Su Qiao adjusted the ear straps for him, tied them together and made them shorter.
After putting it on again, the mask would not fall off again, and Gu Lin only showed a pair of clear big eyes like glass beads.
The little dumpling looks even cuter with a mask on.
Gu Lin also pinched the bridge of his nose like everyone else, trying to make the mask fit tightly to prevent any stench from seeping in.
When the Skeleton King saw that everyone was wearing masks, he raised his bloated arm and smelled it himself, but he had been living with the stench of corpses for so many years that he could not smell it at all.
He smelled only spices and roses.
After putting on the mask, the air became much fresher, but the stench of the corpse was not completely blocked.
The Skeleton King put on a fake smile as he looked at the sacrifices in front of him that blatantly disliked his stench, as if he felt that his authority was being challenged.
Skeleton King is the god of the Skeleton Kingdom and the faith of the Skeleton Kingdom. Just like Skull Island, no one has ever dared to show disrespect in front of him.
The Skeleton King turned around, and Colonel Xiao brought him a chair, letting the bloated Skeleton King sit down and talk. He stood beside the Skeleton King with a gun on his waist.
At this time, everyone discovered that there were many holes in the wall, with gun muzzles sticking out of the holes, aimed at everyone, ready to shoot at any time if there was any unusual movement.
The Skeleton King sat on the chair, looking more like a pile of dead meat. He looked at everyone with a sinister smile: "I think you already know that you are nutrients, but there are still many things you don't know."
“Before I sink you back into the Black Swamp, I allow each of you to ask a question. But you must seize the opportunity. Hehehehe…”
Everyone: “…”
Watching the sacrifice's painful and unwilling reaction after learning the truth is one of the pleasures of the Skeleton King.
This is also the reason why the sacrifices were not executed when they first came ashore, but were specially summoned.
When everyone heard him say this, they were startled, but they quickly calmed down.
Song Ran said: "Don't be afraid, the curse on us has been broken anyway, and the curse of the skeleton's immortality has also been lifted."
Completing the mission means you have completed the mission and can leave the game at any time.
Zhou Lu and Ling Xing are members of the Deep Sea Society. When they heard this, their faces became solemn. Lu Quanming and Ling Yue were still on Skull Island, and they couldn't abandon them.
Especially Ling Xing, Ling Yue is her biological sister, and she must find a way to lift the curse of the skeletons on Skull Island no matter what.
Wu Lan couldn't laugh either, because Wu Jin was still on Skull Island.
Unexpectedly, the Skeleton King had good hearing and heard what Song Ran said.
Skeleton King said: "Who said you broke the curse of undeath?"
Everyone: “…”
What's the meaning
The Skeleton King looked at everyone's expressions, seemed to understand something, and chuckled twice: "Okay, silly kids, now start asking questions. You only have twenty minutes in total."
Song Ran immediately spoke up: "What do you mean by not breaking the curse of immortality? We have clearly transformed from skeletons back into humans."
The Skeleton King seemed very unhappy that he had asked such a stupid question right at the start, but he had already allowed them to ask one question each, so he answered: "Who said that there is only one curse? Skeletonization is one curse, and immortality is a double curse."
"You transformed from skeletons into humans and undid the skeletonization, but aren't skeletons still immortal?"
Everyone: “…”
Skeleton King: "You are not skeletons now. When you die, you die in human form, but as long as you are a skeleton, you will not die."
Everyone's faces turned pale for a moment.
The Skeleton King was very satisfied with everyone's reaction. He chuckled twice, and the smile on his face was very sticky, like grease covered with flour.
"I also took a lot of detours. At first, I could only turn people into skeletons, but skeletons have a limited lifespan and will slowly turn into sand. So I started researching the curse of immortality."
Zhou Lu: "You mean, the skeleton will die at first, but it won't die because of the curse of immortality. Doesn't it mean that becoming a skeleton will make you immortal?"
"Who says turning into a skeleton will make you immortal?"
The Skeleton King glanced at Zhou Lu with contempt again, his tone full of contempt, as if he really liked this sense of superiority of "How could you even ask such a stupid question?"
The Skeleton King said: "Ghosts can have their souls scattered, but a skeleton can be immortal. It took me a lot of hard work to research the curse of immortality, and only then did I achieve the current results."
"Skeletonization is easy, but immortality is the hardest."
"It's just a simple skeletonization. How much vitality can a skeleton provide? But as long as the skeleton is immortal, it can provide us with vitality continuously."
"Hehehe, to this day I have made those skeletons immortal even if they turn into sand. Even if they turn into sand, they are still providing us with vitality."
After answering Zhou Lu's question, Skeleton King pointed at him and said, "Okay, your chance to ask a question is over. Next one."
This Skeleton King had a strong desire to express himself, and what they wanted to know had already been said by this Skeleton King before they even asked.
Therefore, the curse is twofold: one is transformation into a skeleton, and the other is immortality.
Their mission is not to break the skeleton curse, but to break the skeleton's undead curse.
They lifted the Skeleton Curse, and now they are no longer Skeletons.
As long as the skeleton is alive, the mission is not completed.
The mission is really just what it says on the tin, the skeleton won't die, and to break it - the skeleton will die.
The system is playing word games with them.
Sure enough, the task would not be that easy.
This dungeon will select seven players for sacrifice. If the Black Swamp is left and the Curse of Undying Skeletons is broken, then these seven sacrificed players can win easily and only need to be thrown into the Maelstrom to complete the mission.
The system eliminates this unfairness.
Su Qiao pointed at the butterflies hovering above the Black Swamp and said: "Why don't the butterflies turn into skeletons? Why do you let the butterflies fly to Skull Island?"
"These are two different questions." The Skeleton King glared at her in dissatisfaction.
Ling Xing chuckled: "Then I'll be the one to ask the second question."
The Skeleton King's eyes were small, but they revealed a chilling cold light: "You will be cursed only if you stay on the island. Butterflies can fly across the Black Swamp. If I don't give you a little gift, how can I make you believe that the Skeleton King really exists?"
Wu Lan said: "Why are there also black swamps and rose coastlines here?"
The contempt in the Skeleton King's eyes became even stronger, and it seemed that he had little patience left. These sacrifices always asked questions that were so stupid that he had no desire to answer them.
Skeleton King said: "Everything has an end. This is the border of Black Swamp. You silly kids always clamor to sink people into Black Swamp, but you don't know that Skull Island is deep in Black Swamp."
"Skull Island is surrounded by the Black Swamp. How could you mistakenly think that the center of the Black Swamp is somewhere else? Skull Island is the center of the Black Swamp."
"Next."
With a silly kid on his left and a silly kid on his right, the Skeleton King completely puts himself in the position of the creator.
The black-robed skeleton was so pious to the Skeleton King before, but now he hates him so much. He gritted his teeth and asked, "How do we break the curse of immortality?"
Everyone: “…”
Oh my god, what you are asking is this. This Skeleton King is not stupid.
The Skeleton King smiled coldly, narrowed his eyes and looked at him, but he didn't answer and ignored him directly: "Next."
The Skeleton Lady crossed her arms, her peach blossom eyes smiling: "Why is the average life expectancy of people in the Skeleton Kingdom only 1,500 years, but you can live for tens of thousands of years? Did you absorb the vitality of the skeletons, or the vitality of the people in the Skeleton Kingdom?"
Upon hearing this question, Colonel Xiao, who had been silent all this time, lowered his eyelids and looked thoughtful.
The Skeleton King looked at him, then sized up Skeleton Lady, then said with a greasy smile: "You can stay."
Skeleton Girl: "..."
Grass.
Everyone else also looked at the Skeleton Girl. She was still wearing a mask, but her beauty was still stunning. Her eyes were still smiling, but there was a knife in her smile.
This Skeleton King is truly an immortal monster, not at all like a god.
Skeleton King did not answer Skeleton Girl's question, but asked the next question.
There are still two people who haven't asked any questions: the double-hat boss and Gu Lin.
The double-hatted boss didn't ask any questions, as he already knew everything he needed to know. The Skeleton King had already declined to answer any further in-depth questions, so there was nothing to ask.
Gu Lin couldn't eat because of the stench, and he wasn't interested in anything else.
He stood behind the double-hatted boss and Song Ran, staying quiet and drowsy, his little head nodding, almost falling asleep.
His little head rested on the double-hatted man's legs. It was a very light weight, but the double-hatted man still felt it and kept it still, acting as a pillow.
The Skeleton King waited for a while, and when no one asked any more questions, he shook his head compassionately at them and said, "Okay, silly kids, go back to where you came from."
The Skeleton King's tone was as if he regarded himself as a real god, and in front of him were a group of undisciplined believers.
"Do you know what happened to those sacrifices?" said the Skeleton King? "We sank almost all of them back into the Black Swamp. Only a very small number of outstanding sacrifices who could make contributions were allowed to stay in the Skeleton Kingdom. But you..."
He looked at the masks on everyone's faces with his dim and turbid eyes.
"Those who don't respect the Skeleton King have no right to stay."
Everyone looked at the Skeleton King who looked like an old monster. He really thought he was a god.
The Skeleton King has been deified for too long and has been completely lost in the people's faith.
God's authority cannot be challenged.
At this moment, Gu Lin, who was sleeping while standing, woke up because he didn't stand steadily. His little head bumped into Song Ran from the one that was leaning on the big man in the double-layer hat.
Song Ran supported him in time, preventing the kid from falling, and picked up the kid.
Gu Lin rubbed his eyes with his little hands and yawned under his mask.
Everyone: “…”
Can you sleep in this situation and sleep standing up?
"Wait a minute, we still have someone who hasn't asked a question."
Song Ran shook Gu Lin's little body to wake him up: "Little boy, ask the Skeleton King a question."
Gu Lin was still in a daze and not fully awake yet. When Song Ran asked him to ask the Skeleton King a question, he yawned again.
Seeing the baby, the Skeleton King smiled again with burnt yellow and rotten teeth, looking even more frightening: "Little baby, do you have any questions? If you don't want to sink into the Black Swamp, you can stay and become our national treasure."
Everyone: “…”
What a national treasure!
Gu Lin wore a mask tightly on his face. After thinking for a while, he asked in a tender voice: "Grandpa, why do you smell so bad?"
Colonel Xiao's face changed when he heard it. He stood next to the Skeleton King and hurriedly made a "hush" gesture to Gu Lin, but he was not as quick-witted as Gu Lin.
Skeleton King: "..."
Colonel Xiao: “…”
Everyone: “…”
9527:……
Live broadcast room:……
Good job!
It is not very harmful, but extremely insulting.
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Ahhh, miscalculation, end of next chapter (//`д′//)
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