Chapter 8 "Living" Bones

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Li Tribe, Altar of the Creator.

Shuli kept waving the bone stick in his hand, but his expression was rare and solemn.

"This thing...is alive."

Hearing this, Ali, the prophet of the Li tribe, just raised his head calmly and stared at his boss with his pale skull face.

"Nonsense, it is not only alive, but also growing."

"As long as you are willing to stick it in the soil, it can absorb the nutrients in the soil and eventually become a new bone-growing beast."

This is the characteristic of all bone-growing beasts, and it is also the habit of this "creature".

"No, I mean, it shouldn't be alive."

"It's just a bone. How can it grow automatically like a living thing?"

"And even if it is a 'close relative' of bamboo, it is impossible for it to change from a plant to an animal, right?"

Although he could understand Shuli's thoughts, Ali didn't care much about it.

At this stage, Ali has not escaped from the most basic safety needs, so naturally he will not like to dig into the bottom of things like the undead.

Rather than exploring the principles, Ali was more concerned with how to apply this special skeleton into practice.

"No matter what, it's a good thing for us."

"This kind of skeleton from the bone beast has a certain degree of self-healing ability."

"If they can be used to transplant and replace the skeletons of the skeleton people, our survivability may be greatly improved."

After thousands of years of enlightenment and teaching, Ali has long realized the difference between himself and the immortals.

Although the skeleton people have long lifespans, they are not truly immortal beings after all.

No matter how much they replace and maintain their bones, the lifespan of the skeleton dwellers has a limit.

If you use this kind of skeleton from a bone beast, you will most likely be able to break through the limits of the skeleton people.

At the very least, ordinary skeleton residents who do not have the ability to replace and transplant bones will no longer have to worry about repairing their damaged bodies.

For people who are already good at [skeleton replacement technology], this kind of self-healing and even self-cultivating bones can be very useful.

"Well, that's right. You skeleton people and the undead are still different after all."

After being reminded by Ali, Shuli also reacted.

I have to mention it here, although Shuli has a bad temper and is extremely bellicose.

But due to his years of experience, he has wisdom and insight far beyond that of ordinary immortals.

Even compared to Ba Lian, who was recognized as the "smartest prophet" by the undead, Shuli thought that he would not be far behind.

"You, the skeleton people, don't have the same strong thirst for knowledge as we do..."

"Even the most basic food and safety needs of living things are no longer a problem for you now."

"So your race has maintained its current state for thousands of years and has never been able to go any further."

"This is very fatal to a race and a civilization."

Although this was not the first time that Shu Li had spoken of his own race, Ali was still fully focused on his role as a "listener".

It was as if he was still the little skeleton that Shuli rescued from the endless pile of corpses.

If Ali had eyes now, you could even see the fanatical look of admiration in her eyes.

This is not an exaggeration.

In fact, the Bone People themselves have no fixed form.

The initially resurrected skeletons are what they looked like from the beginning, and this is how most of the skeleton people maintain their appearance throughout their lives.

However, Ali kept replacing his body and bones in order to make himself more like Shuli.

Finally, he had the appearance that he has today that can barely be called humanoid, or even female.

In a sense, a large part of the reason why this special branch of "Limin" was born among the skeleton people was because of Ali's outrageous operation.

"You mean... the bone beast can get us out of our current state?"

Su Li nodded affirmatively and said in a confident tone.

"Yes, the appearance of the Bone Beast not only makes the ordinary skeleton people feel the crisis, but also gives them an opportunity to change themselves."

"Out of safety and demand, there will always be skeleton dwellers who want to replace their own skeletons with the bones of bone beasts."

"But the skeletal beasts in the wild are too dangerous, so this will inevitably lead to the concept of 'domestication'."

"Taming other creatures is an essential skill for a nascent civilization."

"When the skeleton people realize that they can satisfy their more diverse needs by domesticating other creatures, their desires will be completely activated."

Shuli was not sure whether his thinking was correct.

The only thing he was sure of was that he seemed to have captured an opportunity that could truly change the skeleton people.

"Tame the bone beast!?"

Because he and Shu Li have been together all year round, Ali even guessed that he could understand some of the unfamiliar words in the other person's mouth.

But it is precisely because of this that Ali's shock at this moment seems so normal.

"Let those dangerous bone beasts live together with ordinary skeleton people?"

"How is that possible?"

"They are not from the Li tribe. It would be too dangerous!"

The corners of his mouth raised slightly, and Shuili asked back with interest.

"Why isn't it possible?"

"Bone-born beasts are not bone-born beasts from the beginning."

Lifting up the bone stick in his hand, Shuili continued to speak with the expression of a scientific madman.

"As long as we start cultivating them when they are still a single bone, sooner or later we will be able to select out well-behaved and obedient bone beasts."

"As for the danger?"

"Since bone beasts are dangerous to ordinary skeleton people, why not start cultivating them from our tribe?"

As soon as these words came out, Ali fell into silence for an instant.

"But didn't you say that the Bone Beast is not a pure living thing?"

"They are most likely the same as those evil ghosts, 'monsters' that appeared due to some unobservable crisis."

After a short silence, Ali suddenly remembered something that Shu Li had said and couldn't help but ask again.

"But they're not pure undead either, are they?"

"Compared to those uncontrollable evil spirits, bone beasts at least have the possibility of being domesticated."

Shaking his head gently, Shuli still said very calmly.

"Opportunities always coexist with crises, and what we have to do is limit the 'crisis' to a controllable range."

"So, the skeleton people... no, to be precise, all the children of God the Father..."

"It is necessary to find out the origins of these bone beasts and evil spirits!"

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