[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-evolving-my-undead-legion-in-a-game-like-world":3,"chapter-evolving-my-undead-legion-in-a-game-like-world-evolving-my-undead-legion-in-a-game-like-world-chapter-852":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Evolving My Undead Legion In A Game-Like World",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},41846,69,"Chapter 852 Awakening","evolving-my-undead-legion-in-a-game-like-world-chapter-852",852,"\u003Cp>Deep within the ruin, far beyond the crystal-veined plains and the wandering silhouettes of the infected, the strange building stood in silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had no windows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No doors that could be seen from the outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet its interior existed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air inside was thick, and within that chamber, laughter echoed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It spread through the room, and at the center of the chamber lay a figure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The body was still.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The eyes were open. Unfocused. Around the fallen figure stood several others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They formed a circle, evenly spaced, their posture upright, their heads tilted slightly downward as if observing something sacred. None of them spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their faces were calm. Empty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beneath their skin, faint distortions shifted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"After hundreds of years, my dream of leaving this damn place is finally close.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The voice did not come from a mouth. It came from the air itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The figure on the ground twitched faintly, fingers curling and uncurling without direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The voice lingered, tasting the moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This body...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A pause.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is not the best.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The prone figure's chest rose slowly, unnaturally steady.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But it is good enough to hold me before the final step after all this.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The standing figures did not react. They did not breathe any differently. But beneath their skin, the faint movements grew more active, sliding, gathering, converging toward their cores.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"For the first time since my imprisonment, I will leave this ruin.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The words were not triumphant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were certain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had already decided and had already begun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But a vessel must be able to endure my power. This shell cannot last\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>long if that is so. It must be improved.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The standing figures shifted slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They all share the same foundation.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The voice moved through the bodies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They will create something better.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silence followed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not empty silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Expectant silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then the command came.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kill yourself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The standing figures moved at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One raised its hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without hesitation, its fingers drove into its own throat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Flesh parted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood spilled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It did not cry out or resist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another followed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its hand plunged into its own chest, forcing past ribs with slow,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>grinding pressure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bone cracked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood poured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, it remained silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A third tilted its head sharply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its neck twisted too far.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A clean, final break.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One by one, they destroyed themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their bodies collapsed inward, essence spilling free.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The crystal veins flared brighter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The prone figure at the center shuddered violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its chest expanded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Collapsed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Expanded again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then from the air itself, a shadow emerged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It gathered above the fallen vessels, coiling like smoke dragged by\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>invisible gravity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a moment, it hovered. Then it plunged straight into the body at\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the center.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The prone figure convulsed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its back arched violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fingers clawed into the stone floor hard enough to crack it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its mouth opened wide, but no scream emerged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beneath its skin, something moved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The faint distortions beneath the flesh thickened, merging, sinking\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>inward toward the core.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For several seconds, nothing happened. Then the body inhaled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its fingers twitched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The laughter returned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...At last.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, the ruin shook.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crystal veins beneath the ground flared violently, and the air vibrated with a deep, grinding resonance that spread outward in all directions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Across the plains, the infected reacted instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They ran.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Figures that had once moved in slow, mindless procession now broke\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>into desperate motion, sprinting across crystal-veined stone with reckless urgency. Their bodies tore themselves apart in their haste.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All toward one location.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The building.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They came from every direction, converging like iron drawn toward a\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>magnet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the chamber, the body rose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slowly. Unsteadily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It pushed itself upright, joints cracking as fresh strength flooded the\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>vessel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The vessel was human.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, mostly in human. At least in shape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its skin was pale to the point of translucence, crystal veins faintly\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>visible beneath the surface, pulsing with dim inner light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its eyes opened fully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not dark.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no sclera. No iris.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only depthless void.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It flexed its fingers. \"...Weak,\" it murmured softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It took a step forward toward the exit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It stepped outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the first time in centuries, it stood outside that trap-like building.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The endless twilight stretched above.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It inhaled again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A deeper breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is freedom.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was then that two forces descended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They arrived without warning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One sharp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One absolute.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A blade of Sword Qi tore through the air, invisible yet undeniable,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>compressing space itself as it fell toward the figure's neck. At the same instant, a second force struck from above, imperial Qi condensed into crushing authority, heavy enough to distort gravity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two attacks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perfectly timed and perfectly lethal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The figure reacted instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its head turned slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its hand rose casually.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The attacks struck and shattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Sword Qi broke apart like glass striking an immovable wall,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>fragments dispersing into nothing before reaching flesh. The imperial pressure collapsed inward, crushed and erased as if it had never\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>existed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The figure did not move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the building behind it did not survive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The delayed force continued past it, slamming into the structure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a fraction of a second, nothing happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then the entire building collapsed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The structure that had endured centuries turned to dust in an\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>instant, reduced to drifting fragments carried by dead air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silence followed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The figure slowly lowered its hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its black eyes shifted forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two figures stood in the distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfamiliar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One stood upright, posture straight, presence heavy with natural\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>authority. The other stood slightly behind and to the side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Relaxed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Balanced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One hand resting loosely at his side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sword intent radiated from him even without a drawn weapon,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>invisible yet sharp enough to cut.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both were young and powerful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Michael had been here, he would have recognized them\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tenth prince. And Renn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dust drifted between them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a moment, no one moved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then the figure smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its lips stretched slowly, expression unfamiliar to the vessel wearing\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Both of you are quite high grade,\" it said softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its voice carried easily across the distance.\u003C\u002Fp>",1002,"2026-05-28T17:47:56.095Z","2026-06-01T04:28:28.562Z",1,"novelbin.me","5bfbabff08dad4fb2cfbfecc3b1654a453a2c5358919c11a4151a6dff5269885","evolving-my-undead-legion-in-a-game-like-world-chapter-853","evolving-my-undead-legion-in-a-game-like-world-chapter-851",970,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fevolving-my-undead-legion-in-a-game-like-world-cover.jpg"]