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Chapter 2 Skeleton

First he looked around and found that it was indeed a completely enclosed secret room and couldn't find anything.

Looking at the thatch pile where he fell asleep.

When I first fell down and pressed on it, I seemed to feel something pressing on my back among the thatch piles.

But I was so panicked at the time that I didn’t even think about it subconsciously.

Thinking of this, Zhuang Cai started to search among the surrounding thatch piles as if digging.

Look for something hidden in the haystack.

There was a quick payoff.

Then he picked up what he was looking for and looked at it under the light of the hole in the living room.

Is the thing in your hand a card?

I'm not sure, but it's definitely a square, hard object about the size of a palm.

You can't feel the material, but it's very hard.

It feels light in the hand, like a playing card.

It's impossible for something so hard to be so light, at least this kind of material certainly doesn't exist in reality...right? He wasn't sure.

Moreover, there is no pattern on the surface, or there is a pattern, but perhaps it is a long time ago, or it may have been deliberately altered, so it is completely invisible.

On the surface, you can see the traces caused by the passage of time.

"So what exactly is this?"

Standing up, Zhuang Cai held up the card and looked at it over and over, but he didn't see the meaning at all.

"Boom!"

Suddenly there was a rumble of moving stones.

In this quiet place, a sudden noise startled Zhuang Cai, and he quickly turned his head to look.

Through the dim light, I discovered that the stone wall next to me was moving inexplicably.

An entrance taking up half the wall was revealed.

You can see the scene inside through the dim light.

Various things that looked like furniture or mechanical products were scattered inside.

These things seemed too long ago and were in tatters.

Like a warehouse for junk.

There was also a pungent musty smell.

Upon smelling the smell, Zhuang Cai immediately covered his mouth and nose for fear of being poisonous inside.

Looking at the scene inside, I felt brave.

"If you don't want to die, you have to go in and take a look."

As he said that, he took the card he picked up in his hand and walked in.

It was dark inside, with no light at all.

The back is the only source of light.

There were all kinds of discarded things everywhere, like household appliances.

Zhuang Cai squatted down, casually picked up a stick and began to push the garbage around to clear a clean path.

Who knows if there might be something in the garbage generated by the scrapping of these unknown materials?

And he was wearing slippers, just to be on the safe side.

The garbage was easily pushed aside to clear a path.

Take a look around.

This is also a closed area.

Under the dark light, it was only one or two times larger than the secret room outside. It still seemed a bit small, especially when it was filled with all kinds of discarded items.

He also saw a table and several tattered benches.

Obviously, this was once a place where people lived.

"Crack!"

Suddenly there was another noise.

Zhuang Cai, whose whole body was now tense, immediately looked over.

However there was nothing.

The clicking sound came again.

"Who? Who's there?"

The sound of "click, click, click" came continuously.

It sounded like the sound of something rubbing and colliding, like the sound of bones being twisted and broken.

He picked up the stick in his hand that was left behind by an unknown piece of furniture.

Zhuang Cai slowly looked towards the place where the sound was.

There was a crashing sound, and a figure stood up suddenly.

By the corner of my eye.

Looking at this thing, fear suddenly surged into Zhuang Cai's heart.

The whole person froze in place.

This is a skeleton.

An upright skeleton, with nothing connecting the bones, just stood up out of thin air.

The empty eye sockets seemed to have invisible eyes staring at him.

I don't know where the strength came from, maybe the fear has reached a certain limit.

Zhuang Cai did not escape, or in other words, he subconsciously thought that he could not escape from this place.

Holding the stick in his hand with both hands, he felt that he had used the strongest strength he had ever used in his life and struck it suddenly. "boom!"

There was a crisp sound.

The strong force caused the stick in Zhuang Cai's hand to bend directly from the middle. Perhaps it was too long ago, and the metal stick actually broke directly.

And this powerful force directly caused the skull of the skull to fly out.

With the sound of collision, the skull fell into the garbage pile.

And his body seemed to have lost its strength and instantly collapsed into a pile.

"Breathe... breathe out!"

There was a deep breath, followed by a sharp gasp.

Zhuang Cai felt that his heart was about to jump out of his mouth.

But the danger of the current situation left him no time to think.

He flew up and kicked directly towards the pile of scattered bones.

The pile of bones flew up and scattered everywhere.

He squatted down and picked up the wooden leg of an unknown seat.

Holding it in his hand, he looked in the direction where the skull had just been blown away.

"Cough cough!"

There was a cough from the front.

The voice was clear and bright, like a male's voice.

In a burst of blue-green light, the skull flew up.

Light shot out of his eyes.

Then the light focused on Zhuang Cai.

Zhuang Cai couldn't help but tightly hold the "weapon" in his hand.

Sure enough, it's not that simple.

Suddenly something flew over.

Zhuang Cai only saw that this thing seemed to be rolled up, like a parchment scroll.

Before he could react, it appeared in front of him and then unfolded.

It is full of characters that are densely packed and cannot be seen clearly.

The scroll burned instantly.

From flying over and unfolding to burning up, it only took a second or two.

Before Zhuang Cai could dodge, the light shining on him condensed characters one after another in the air.

He clearly didn't recognize these characters at all, they were just like random patterns.

But when he looked at these characters, he inexplicably understood the meaning of them.

It's like I have a translator in my head.

[I don’t know who you are, but if you are able to come here, then you must be a spiritual being.

As for me, my name has been forgotten and I've been stuck here for too long.

My recording time is limited and I cannot explain too much. My number is [Red-0009-0574].

If you understand these numbers, you will know who I am and what to do next. If you don't understand, but when you understand, I hope you will report my current situation.

Just say that I died heroically and took away my enemies.

I have no other reward to give you. The [Letter Proficiency] that allows you to understand this text is the highest level. That is the most expensive thing I have left. I am a little ashamed, but please accept it.

Thanks for your help. 】

When Zhuang Cai finished reading this passage, these characters constructed by light were still in the air.

The skull is like a projector.

And that string of numbers was inexplicably remembered in my mind just after reading it once.

Suddenly the scene changes.

There is a feeling like sudden motion sickness.

He appeared in the living room.

Looking at the scene around me, the hole was gone.

"I am back?"

Everything seems so unreal.

Look at the big round clock on the living room wall.

The recorded time is 11:36.

Already 11:36 noon? I stayed down there all night?

It's almost 12 noon.

The whole person was still in a dazed state. He looked at his living room, silently sat on the sofa and turned on the TV.

First there was some pain, probably from exerting too much force.

After confirming that there were no wounds, Zhuang looked at the TV.

Any channel is broadcasting upcoming notifications.

And he himself was sitting on the sofa, waiting and recalling what he had experienced that night.

So magical.

Not scientific at all.

(End of this chapter)