Chapter two hundred and thirty eight gold refining
Remains alive.
If translated literally, it can be understood as "living bones".
Annan paid special attention to this term because of its connection with "bones".
...Speaking of which, this otherworldly nightmare was born after Lord Skeleton abandoned the realm of "skeletons".
So "Ai Lei" didn't hesitate at all.
She asked: "'Skeleton'... what is it?"
"As the name suggests, the body is about to die but not yet dead."
Euphemia whispered and touched her hair.
More than four-fifths of her hair had turned into a silvery gray as heavy as mercury, with only the ends looking somewhat alive.
"...This is proof that the transformation of the 'Curse of Living Corpses' is almost complete. If the curse takes full effect, I will become a faceless corpse."
She endured the fear in her heart and described it in detail.
——The so-called dying body, its physical manifestation is a skull.
If you have ever seen a mannequin, you will understand. It is a plaster statue with no eyes, no mouth, no hair...the face is just blank and there is only a circle of head outline.
It's like the "head" of a plaster model. The spine, mouth, flesh and brain all need to be extracted... What's left in the end is a silver-gray one, which can be seen through if it is placed under strong light.
The empty head of light.
That is the body that is about to die but not yet dead... also known as the "living body".
"Because it is already a skeleton, it will no longer be cursed, let alone killed... It is counted as a dead person in this world; and because it is not dead yet, it can be used to bear the curse, and it can still be
Hold desires. Because they have completely lost their sensory organs, body, and brain, their thoughts will be frozen until the last moment before death.
"According to the research of the Melvin family, such a 'living skeleton'... is still judged to be a person. It can be used as a cursed 'keeper', or it can also pass rituals to purify the nightmare of failure.
Transferred to living corpses.
"From this point of view, it is a gift that they sent me for marriage...because the person who is sent for marriage will have the curse of the living body removed. Of course, the confidentiality curse must still be signed."
Euphemia said slowly: "But I don't want to follow them.
"—They make me sick."
What kind of expression showed on her face?
Not just fear... but anger, hatred, nausea, and overwhelming sadness.
"Many people have been curious. Each generation of the Melvin family has so many newborns... but there are not many 'family elders' who can develop abilities for the fetuses. The young girls who are 'sold' are used for marriage.
There are not many, and there is only one successor to the God of the World. So where have the others gone?"
The corners of Euphemia's mouth raised slightly, revealing an emotionless and sarcastic sneer: "They usually only have two uses...either to make 'living skeletons', or to make 'death chrysalis'
.”
The so-called "chrysalis of death" is the "undyed solid soul".
If a silver-level transcendent loses his obsession and fails when advancing to gold, he will become an empty shell that has lost his mind. This is also the "chrysalis of death" - an immortal body and soul with a gold level, but
No longer has the ability to perceive the world and drive the body.
Like a butterfly that has not broken out of its cocoon.
"Living remains need to be left for more than ten years, or even decades, before they can be used normally. And during these decades, they must be in the 'human world'. They are hidden in Shenzhi'er's bedroom, study, wall cracks and even
Any corner..."
Euphemia's words made Selicia feel chilled in her heart.
...A young child who doesn't understand anything and is not allowed to leave his residence, there are actually a large number of "skulls" in his living space?
"And if [Melvin] needs it, he can combine the 'living corpse' and the 'death chrysalis' through a ritual... to obtain a 'gold-level transcendent that can only be used once'.
"In the ritual, it is necessary to kill a person in a more precise way - to remove his brain while he is still alive and completely transplant it into the 'brain hole' of the living corpse. Use his pain and response to death
The fear awakens the living skeleton...
"At that moment, in the mind of the 'skeleton' that has been stagnant for decades, the memories that have been frozen for decades will be awakened at the same time... The strong and pure emotions that have burst out from the dying years have been
The desire to survive can be used as a key to drive the 'death chrysalis' that has lost its desire to reach gold instantly. And this powerful 'body' is driven by the person whose skull has been stripped off.
"And at this time...as long as you control the mind of the person whose skull has been removed through the soul-stealing spell or the idol spell, you can indirectly control this great power. Before the 'initiator' dies completely, before the 'death'
Before the chrysalis' soul is burned out, he can be driven at will.
"This plan is called 'gold refining'. 'Only death and pain can make gold'... That's what they said. But what they want to do is not to make gold, but to make 'golden level'
'The Extraordinary One'."
Euphemia was silent for a while and whispered: "And in the Melvin family's residence...
"More than a dozen 'Death Chrysalis' have been stored. The number of living remains is in three figures... Even the Archduke of Winter doesn't know their plan.
"There is no doubt that this is an act of rebellion."
"……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 "permission" to use it, and one person provides the "key" to start it.
The Melvin family has divided the "golden level" that is difficult for mortals to reach into three steps... With the lives of one extraordinary person who failed to advance to gold, and two extraordinary people who don't even need silver, they can
Its direct implementation.
...Although it is cruel and terrifying, this idea is indeed quite genius.
If the Duke of Winter were a cruel tyrant who could consume human lives as numbers, he would surely applaud and plan to plunder this technology at all costs.
——But for Annan, this is a useless thing.
Even a gold-level transcendent cannot leave the Great Barrier without obtaining the Book of Truth.
It would be too troublesome to carry out smuggling or closed transportation, or airdrops from airships to conduct cross-border strikes. Compared with this one-time golden level, which has no experience, it can be teleported and resurrected at will, and it is much more complicated.
Players who have a probability of being promoted to Gold are much more useful.
There's no way the Melvin family doesn't know this.
In other words, from the very beginning, they targeted the application of this forbidden technology... that is, their imaginary enemies were targeted at China.
Because of the existence of the frost beast troops, there is no possibility of large-scale rebellion in the Principality of Winter. Frost beasts are absolutely lethal and suppressive to all sentient animals - because they are hatched from the breath of the old grandmother.
.
If you want to resist the frost beast, you need to have 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... This is why they do not allow family members to escape privately or reveal secrets.
And Frederick seemed to have been trained as a "tribe elder", that is, the superior of the Melvin family. In other words, he was the "operator of the golden body", or a candidate for "the god on earth"
.
That's why he was not marked with the "curse of living corpses".
He went to Professor Gray to learn the ritual because the Melvin family planned to train him to be the operator of the "gold refining 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 heirs of the family. And all those in this generation who do not inherit the "God on Earth" will become
The "family elder" is the actual person in charge of the Melvin family.
——Other than that, all the remaining clan members are expendable.
The true Supreme Being, the "God on Earth", continues his "existence" through successive generations of successors... and the remaining people cannot come into contact with the God on Earth, or even see the whole picture of things. Anyone who understands deeper
All people will be destroyed by terror——
"……etc?"
Annan was startled.
Isn't this equivalent to the Eternal Principality - or another "possibility" of this otherworldly nightmare?