"What's there to plan? Of course, we'll just build the modern city we're most familiar with!" A skeleton with blue flames leaping in its eye sockets spoke first, excitedly waving its bone claws.
"Skyscrapers! Hover trains! And a holographic commercial street! Let these native skeletons see what real prosperity is!"
His words immediately garnered the approval of many of the transmigrated skeletons, whose eyes blazed with excitement.
"Great! Let's replicate a modern city and create the most beautiful night view!"
"That's so cliché!" another skeleton immediately retorted, his voice filled with disdain. "We finally managed to travel through time, and you're still making it the same as your last life? Is that really interesting?"
"Exactly! I want magic and miracles, not 996 work schedules and office buildings!"
"Then what do you suggest we do?"
The skeleton who initially made the suggestion was unconvinced.
"If you ask me, we should build an unprecedented skull palace!" a particularly tall skeleton suggested in a deep voice.
"Use ten thousand skulls as thrones, one hundred thousand leg bones as pillars, and draw a River Styx to encircle them—that's the kind of grandeur a skeleton should have!"
"Come on, you!" A smaller skeleton next to him immediately tapped his skull, making a crisp thud.
"You really think you're a skeleton? Don't forget, we've only been transformed into this form temporarily by the Mountain Goddess's magic! I don't want to live in a pile of bones forever!"
These words silenced all the transmigrated skeletons present.
Yes, they are human after all.
Who wants to be a skeleton for the rest of their life, surrounded by bones?
“Well, how about…” In a corner, a seemingly gentle skeleton weakly raised its bone hand.
"Could we build a city in the sky?"
Upon hearing this, the entire skeleton formation fell silent instantly.
Seeing this, the skeleton grew bolder and continued, "Or, like the legendary Atlantis, build a magnificent ocean city? Or, use power to grow towering trees and build a city at the top of the forest?"
"boom!"
His words caused the blue flames in the eye sockets of all the transmigrators to instantly burn brighter.
Holy crap! Sky City! That's awesome!
"Ocean City sounds good too! Having a party underwater, how cool would that be!"
"I choose Forest City! It has an elven feel to it! High-end! Grand!"
"Yes, yes, yes! This is great! This has class!"
In an instant, the crowd was filled with excitement, and their previous dejection vanished.
However, after the initial excitement, a crucial question arose before them.
“Well, that sounds great…” The skeleton who made the initial suggestion scratched his bald skull. “But how do we build this thing?”
All the skeletons froze in their tracks.
yes.
How to build it?
Where are the blueprints? Where is the technology? Where are the materials? Where is the capability?
The group of time-traveling skeletons looked at each other, the flames in their eyes gradually dimming, and they fell silent once more.
…
Just as the transmigrated skeleton was lost in thought about the future, Liu Xin was already being escorted by the group of fanatical skeleton generals to the highest point of the Bone Temple.
The throne, made up of countless golden skulls, naturally exuded majesty.
Liu Xin sat down expressionlessly, her bony hand lightly resting on the armrest, coldly looking down.
"thump!"
Led by the general wielding a pale white broadsword, all the native skeletons once again knelt down in unison, their massive skulls pressed tightly against the ground, their posture one of extreme humility.
"Our Lord's divine might is unparalleled; the unification of the divine kingdom is just around the corner!"
General Meiyan was the first to raise his head and shout loudly in an extremely obsequious tone.
"To celebrate our Lord's ascension to the throne, I believe a grand celebration should be held immediately!"
As he spoke, he clapped his bony hands excitedly.
Soon, a group of low-ranking skeletons with particularly ferocious appearances entered the hall. They used huge ribs as trays, which were piled with bloody bone fragments and heaps of grayish-white bone powder from unknown creatures.
A thick, pungent smell of blood and decay instantly filled the air.
Looking at those so-called "delicacies," Liu Xin was almost disgusted to the point of having her flames extinguished.
Her bones were almost green.
"No need."
Liu Xin's clear, cold voice rang out, drowning out all other noises.
She suppressed the urge to kick the plate of "dishes" away and slowly opened her mouth.
"The Mountain Goddess has a new divine decree."
Upon hearing the words "Mountain Goddess," all the skeleton generals instantly became serious and knelt even straighter.
Liu Xin watched their reactions with satisfaction and leaned back with a swagger.
The entire skeleton was sunk into the wide throne, with one leg bone sticking out onto the other, striking an extremely arrogant pose.
"The Mountain Goddess said that the mere Skull Kingdom is nothing more than an appetizer."
Her voice echoed throughout the hall.
"The real enemies are the Wolf God and the Blood God, who have been entrenched here for a long time!"
"The will of the Mountain Goddess is to sweep away all false gods in one fell swoop! And to bring them all under the glory of the Mountain Goddess!"
"Are you all willing to follow me in conquering them?"
…
at the same time.
Deep within this divine realm, in a damp, dark basement.
A figure covered in long gray fur and topped with three huge wolf heads was pacing back and forth irritably.
"Outrageous! Absolutely outrageous!"
The wolf god let out an angry growl and slammed its paw against the stone wall, leaving several deep claw marks.
"That damned skeleton! What right did he have! What right did he have to drive away all my people! They were my followers! My people!"
He grew angrier as he spoke, turning to look at a writhing mass of flesh huddled in the corner.
"Blood God! We can't keep hiding like this any longer!"
"Let's join forces! Charge out! Tear that damned skeleton to shreds! Take back everything we have!"
However, the mass of flesh and blood known as the Blood God only trembled violently for a moment, barely able to maintain its form.
"No, I'm not going..."
The Blood God's voice was choked with sobs, filled with endless fear.
"I dare not go out, that mountain goddess is too terrifying..."
"He just stretched out one hand and crushed me! Like crushing a berry!"
"What if He's still here, still guarding outside? I don't want to die again!"
Seeing the Blood God's pathetic state, the Wolf God was so angry that he snorted loudly.
"Look at you, so pathetic!"
He cursed angrily.
"The barren mountain is a hundred and eight thousand miles away from here! And that incident happened so long ago!"
"Do you really think that kind of great being would have nothing better to do than sit around in this wretched place all day?"
"There's no way to communicate with someone like you. Since you're not going, I'll go out. I'm going to find the right opportunity to deliver a fatal blow to the Skeleton God and show him the power of the Wolf God!"
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