Chapter 238 Gold Refinement

"Player Super Justice ()"

corpse.

If it is literally translated, it can be understood as "living bones".

Annan paid particular attention to the term because of its association with "bones."

...Speaking of which, this otherworld-level nightmare was born after Lord Skeleton abandoned the domain of "skeletons".

So "Ai Lei" did not hesitate at all.

She asked: "'Living skeleton'...what is it?"

"As the name suggests, the remains of the dying."

Euphemia whispered and stroked her hair.

More than four-fifths of her hair had turned into a heavy silver gray like mercury, only the ends looked a little alive.

"...This is the proof of being transformed to near completion by the 'curse of corpses'. If the curse is fully effective, I will become a faceless corpse."

She endured the fear in her heart and described it in detail.

——The so-called undead skeleton, its material manifestation is a skull.

If you have seen mannequins, you will understand. The kind of plaster statue with no eyes, no mouth, no hair... nothing but a blank face and only a circle of head outlines.

It's like the "head" of a plaster model. The spine, mouth, flesh, and brain all need to be drawn out... In the end, what remains is a silver-gray hollow head that can see light if it is placed under strong light.

That is the skeleton that is about to die...the so-called "living skeleton".

"Because it is already a skeleton, it will no longer be cursed, let alone killed... In this world, it is counted as the dead; and because it is not dead, it can be used to endure the curse, or it can still be Holding desire. Because they have completely lost their sense organs, body, and brain, their thinking will be frozen to the last moment before death.

"According to the research of the Melvin family, such a 'living body'... is still judged to be a person. It can be used as a 'secret keeper' of the curse, and it can also be used through rituals to purify the price of failure of the nightmare. passed on to the corpse.

"From this point of view, it is a gift for them to send me to marry... Because those who are sent to marriage will be cursed by eliminating the corpse. Of course, the bond of confidentiality still has to be signed."

Euphemia said slowly: "But I don't want to obey them.

"—they make me sick."

What kind of expression did she have on her face?

Not just fear... but anger, hatred, nausea, and intense sadness.

"Many people have wondered that there are so many newborns in each generation of the Melvin family... but there are not many 'elders' who can develop abilities for the fetuses, and there are not many teenagers and girls who are 'sold' for marriage There are not too many, and there is only one god among the heirs. So where have the others gone?"

The corners of Euphemia's mouth rose slightly, revealing an emotionless sneer: "They usually only have two uses...either to make 'living corpses', or to make 'death chrysalis' ."

The so-called "pupa of death" is the "undyed solid soul".

If an extraordinary person of the silver rank fails when his obsession with advancing to gold is exhausted, he will become an empty shell that loses his mind. This is also the "Chrysalis of Death" - an immortal body and soul with a golden rank, but no longer has the ability to perceive the world and drive the body.

Like a butterfly that didn't break out of its cocoon.

"The skeletons need to be left for more than ten years, or even decades to be used normally. During these decades, they must be placed in the 'human world'. They are hidden in the bedroom of the child, the study, the cracks in the walls and even the any corner..."

Euphemia's words made Celicia feel a chill in her heart.

... A young child who doesn't understand anything and is not allowed to leave his residence, how many "skulls" exist in his living space?

"And if [Melvin] needs it, he can combine the 'living skeleton' and the 'death chrysalis' through a ritual... to get a 'gold-level superhuman who can only be used once'.

"In the ritual, it is necessary to kill a person in a more delicate way - to let him take out his brain and completely transplant it into the 'brain hole' of the skeleton while he is alive. Use his pain and death The fear of awakening the corpse...

"At that moment, in the thinking of the 'living skeleton' that has been stagnant for decades, the memory that has been frozen for decades will be awakened at the same time... The strong and pure burst out of the dying for decades The desire to survive can be used as the key to drive the 'pupa of death' who has lost desire to reach gold in an instant. And this powerful 'body' is driven by the person whose skull has been stripped away.

"And at this time... as long as you control the mind of the person whose skull has been stripped through incapacitation or idol magic, you can indirectly control this great power. Before the 'initiator' completely dies, in the 'death' The chrysalis' soul can be driven at will until it burns out.

"This plan is called 'gold forging'. 'Only death and pain can be made into gold'... They say so. But what they want to do is not to make gold, but to make 'Golden Rank' The extraordinary'."

Euphemia was silent for a while, then whispered: "And in the residence of the Melvin family...

"A dozen 'Chrysalis of Death' have been stored. There are three-digit corpses... Even Archduke Winter doesn't know their plans.

"There is no doubt that this is an act of treason."

"……I see."

Annan couldn't help but take a deep breath.

——One person provides the body and the most important "fuel", one person provides the "authority" to use, and one person provides the "key" to start.

The Melvin family divided the "Golden Rank", which was unattainable for mortals, into three steps... With the life of an extraordinary who failed to advance to gold, and the lives of two extraordinary who did not even need silver, they could its direct implementation.

... Although cruel and terrifying, this idea is indeed quite genius.

If Archduke Winter was a cruel tyrant who could consume human life as a number, he would surely applaud and plan to plunder this technology at all costs.

- But for Annan, this is useless.

Even an extraordinary person of the golden rank would not be able to leave the Great Barrier if he did not obtain the Book of Truth.

It is too troublesome to carry out cross-border strikes by smuggling, closed transportation, or airships. Compared with this one-off golden rank without any experience, players who can teleport and revive at will, and have a high probability of being promoted to gold, are much more useful.

It is impossible for the Melvin family not to know this.

That is to say, from the very beginning, they targeted the application of this taboo technology...that is, their imaginary enemy at home.

Because of the existence of the Frost Beast Army, it is impossible for a large-scale rebellion to occur in the Principality of Winter. The lethality and oppression of frost beasts to all sentient animals is absolute - because they are hatched in the breath of old grandmothers.

If you want to resist the frost beast, you need at least the power of the elements.

That is to say.

The so-called "gold condensed from pain and death" is a sharp knife used to fight against the Frost Beast troops.

The Melvin family has always been hoarding power... that's why they don't allow family members to escape privately or give out secrets.

And Frederick seems to have been trained as a "clan elder", that is, the upper-ranking member of the Melvin family. In other words, it is the "operator of the golden body", or the candidate for the "human god".

That's why he wasn't hit with the "curse of living skeletons".

He went to Professor Gray to learn the ritual because the Melvin family planned to train him to be the controller of the "Golden Refinement Ritual".

In other words, the Melvin family actually has a very clear hierarchy - those who can inherit the "God on Earth" are the real superiors and the heirs of the family. And all the gods in this generation who do not have heirs will become "family elders", that is, the actual rulers of the Melvin family.

——Other than that, the rest of the clansmen are all consumables.

The true supreme being, the "God on Earth", continues his "existence" through generations of heirs... and the remaining people cannot contact the God on Earth, or even see the whole picture of things. Anyone who understands a little deeper will be destroyed by terror—

"……and many more?"

Annan was startled.

Isn't this equivalent to the Principality of Eternal Life-or another "possibility" of this otherworldly nightmare?