[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-global-survival-i-have-endless-skeletons":3,"chapter-global-survival-i-have-endless-skeletons-global-survival-i-have-endless-skeletons-chapter-146":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Global Survival: I Have Endless Skeletons",{"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},1080760,1399,"Chapter 146: [Bonus - ] The Grand Design Collapses","global-survival-i-have-endless-skeletons-chapter-146",146,"\u003Cp>Jareth could not believe his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His jaw hung slightly open as he watched the battle unfold between the two towering figures within the collapsing chamber.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dust and debris swirled through the air, illuminated by the faint glow of pulsing runes and burning soul fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each impact shook the mountain to its foundations, yet he barely registered the tremors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His mind was in turmoil.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why had they gone so far as to conduct inhuman experiments on awakeners?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why had they abandoned their original duties and devoted themselves entirely to this research?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why had they formed an alliance with a criminal and depraved guild?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the greater good.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That had always been his answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the face of humanity’s extinction, sacrifices were meant to be made.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was his belief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If sacrificing a few human awakeners could grant the entire human race a chance to survive the abyss...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why not?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This conviction had anchored him for months.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had not hesitated to pursue it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Along the way, he had crossed moral boundaries he once swore he would never approach. He had approved operations that haunted his dreams.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had overseen experiments that stripped away the last remnants of his humanity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There had been sleepless nights.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There had been moments of doubt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But whenever his conscience clawed at him, he would steady himself with the same mantra.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything will be worth it in the end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When they see what we achieve... no one will question the sacrifices.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That belief had carried him forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before his eyes...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The creature that was meant to dominate the entire first floor...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The creature that was meant to be invincible...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The creature that was supposed to make every human and beast tremble in despair...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was being utterly overwhelmed by an undead servant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How...?\" he whispered hoarsely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had to be.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Federation’s grand design had been flawless in theory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Any awakener who reached Level 20 would have to ascend to the second floor. That natural law made it impossible to maintain absolute control over the first floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how powerful an individual became, they would eventually be removed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Resources would be squandered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Authority would reset.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what if they created something different?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What if they engineered a being that could not ascend?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A creature powerful enough to dominate every human and beast on the first floor, yet permanently anchored to it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such a creation would ensure total control.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And once that was achieved, they would move to the next phase.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To create a being capable of traversing between the abyss and Earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything had been meticulously planned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every sacrifice had been calculated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They only needed this experiment to succeed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And everything would fall into place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now....\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang! Bang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jareth watched in horror as the humanoid Storm Tyrant Crocodile drove the abomination deeper into the mountain wall with merciless strikes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The impact shattered stone and sent shockwaves rippling through the chamber.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Years of research.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Years of blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Years of secrecy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reduced to this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His gaze shifted to the severed arm twitching on the ground. The runes etched into its flesh flickered faintly, struggling to maintain their function.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was supposed to be indestructible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His thoughts spiraled into chaos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His vision blurred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thick veins bulged across his forehead as his eyes turned bloodshot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This must be a hallucination,he told himself desperately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This can’t be real...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"NOOOOOOO!\" he screamed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But his voice was swallowed by the deafening cacophony of battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The abomination roared in fury and agony. It lashed out wildly with its remaining arm, attempting to push back against the Storm Tyrant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its massive fist smashed into stone, sending fragments flying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it was futile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though Thoren had once subdued the Storm Tyrant with overwhelming undead forces, that did not make it weak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the contrary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When alive, it had been a terrifying apex predator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, as an undead creature, it had become something even more dreadful, a relentless engine of destruction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its punches crashed into the abomination’s grotesque body without pause.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no finesse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No refined technique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No measured calculation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only brutality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only annihilation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each strike landed like a jackhammer, shaking the entire chamber. Both the mountain and the abomination bore the full force of the assault.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The abomination did not appear to feel pain. Its stitched flesh was unnaturally resilient, reinforced by runic energy that pulsed on its surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its body was as sturdy as forged steel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the Storm Tyrant did not care.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was undead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It did not feel fatigue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It did not know exhaustion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It did not hesitate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The barrage continued unabated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, through the haze of dust and debris, the undead Royalty Stonewall emerged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its hollow eyes burned with a madness that mirrored the Storm Tyrant’s fury.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In its grip, the Black Ember Blade gleamed with terrifying sharpness, its edge shimmering with lethal intent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoosh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blade sliced through the air and struck the abomination’s chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the first time, resistance became impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reinforced flesh split open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A deep gash carved across the creature’s torso.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood erupted outward like a ruptured dam, splattering across the fractured stone floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several runes etched along its chest flickered violently before going dark.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jareth staggered back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No... no...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thoren’s eyes sharpened as he observed the damage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no such thing as an unkillable creature.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were only weapons that were not sharp enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And if killing something once was insufficient.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then you killed it twice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If twice was not enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then a hundred times and if a hundred was insufficient.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then a thousand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A million.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eventually, everything would fall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this abomination had not reached that threshold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the Black Ember Blade in play, Thoren doubted any material on the first floor could withstand its edge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sensing genuine danger for the first time, the abomination struggled frantically. Its movements grew erratic as it attempted to escape the coordinated assault.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the two undead were engineered for destruction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Storm Tyrant hammered it relentlessly from the front.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Royalty Stonewall cut it apart with surgical precision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The struggle was meaningless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within less than thirty seconds, the abomination’s massive frame was carved with hundreds of wounds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its remaining arm was severed cleanly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its chest was split wide open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside, the grotesque fusion of human and beast organs was exposed, stitched together in a nightmarish parody of life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lungs of mismatched sizes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A heart reinforced with rune-inscribed plates. Veins interwoven like crude stitching.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything about it was unnatural.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything about it was wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The undead felt no disgust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They felt no hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With no arms left to defend itself, the abomination was reduced to a helpless carcass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It let out one final, anguished howl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, the Black Ember Blade flashed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its head separated cleanly from its body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The colossal corpse collapsed, shaking the chamber one last time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Royalty Stonewall stepped forward and planted its foot upon the creature’s chest. Its hollow gaze remained fixed on the headless body without blinking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beside it, the Storm Tyrant finally ceased its assault, its massive fists lowering slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a brief moment, silence descended upon the shattered chamber.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dust drifted through the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood pooled across broken stone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, both undead turned their heads in unison toward the same direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their hollow gazes locked onto a distant figure concealed within the shadows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without a word.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They began to move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>********\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[AN: Thank you all for your support and gifts. 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