[{"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-234":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},1080698,1399,"Chapter 234: The Riddle - Part 2","global-survival-i-have-endless-skeletons-chapter-234",234,"\u003Cp>’Damn it. How could I not think about this?’Thoren exclaimed inwardly as he raised his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Raising his head, his expression faltered when he saw the hourglass that was only left with a few grains of sand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’This...’ His jaw dropped in utter shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instantly, he understood what had just happened. While he was lost in thought trying to decipher the riddle, he had believed he had enough time to figure out the answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he was completely wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He would have failed without even realizing how close he had come to disaster. Realizing such an obvious scheme, Thoren’s heart could not help but skip a terrified beat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I knew it. How could it be so easy to leave through this door?’he sneered at his own naive assumptions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes lingered on the hourglass for a moment before he finally averted his gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have cities, but with no houses. I have mountains, with no trees. I have water, but with no fish. What am I? I am a map,\" Thoren responded, his voice filled with confidence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had thought about the riddle very carefully. Even though the ancient voice had plotted for him to fail, he would not allow that to happen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only thing that can have everything yet nothing at all was only a map.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This answer he was very sure of.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a moment, the ancient voice did not respond, and the cavern descended into a still and heavy silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, the ancient voice echoed once again throughout the cavern.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Correct. You have proven yourself, but that is only one out of three riddles.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instantly, the hourglass stopped moving, and slowly it changed its position for the next round.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"For the second riddle...\" the ancient voice announced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thoren wore a solemn expression as he listened attentively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that he knew he did not have all day to think about each riddle, the pressure on his shoulders had increased dramatically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His head was already filled with perspiration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, the ancient voice delivered its next challenge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I turn around once, and you cannot see me. I turn around twice, and you might recognize me. I turn around three times, and I become someone else’s tool. What am I?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once again, a deafening silence hung over the cavern like a thick blanket. Thoren tightened his brow in deep concentration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I turn around once, and you cannot see me. I turn around twice, and you might recognize me. I turn around three times, and I become someone else’s tool. What am I?’He repeated the riddle in his heart, but he could not guess the head or the tail of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the first time he had ever heard such a strange riddle in his entire life. He raised his head and locked his gaze on the new hourglass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sand had already begun falling at a visible and alarming speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Why do I feel the sand is falling faster than before?’he creased his brow and looked at the ancient door with suspicion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Do not tell me this ancient door truly wants to keep me here forever...’That terrifying thought shook him to his core.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’This is very bad,’he admitted to himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His muscles stiffened, and his courage faltered under the growing pressure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I need to concentrate,’he told himself firmly. He took a deep breath as he tried to throw all distractions to the back of his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had already boarded the pirate ship, and there was nothing he could do right now unless he solved the three riddles successfully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he lost himself in thought, the cavern descended into a still and heavy silence, leaving only the heavy pounding of Thoren’s anxious chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Something that has three phases and three different functions,’he mused, knitting his brow in concentration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’A tool...’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was the most important hint given by the riddle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, his train of thought remained fixed in that direction. He needed to find a tool that had three distinct phases, and each phase had a different function entirely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’What could it possibly be?’ he thought, his head beginning to ache from the effort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He rubbed his temple gently. He paced back and forth across the cavern floor, but nothing came to his tired mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To be precise, his mind was completely blank. Of all the tools he knew, nothing came to mind that had three separate phases or forms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both in his previous life and in this current life, he had never encountered such a description.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nothing came to his mind at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With each passing second, his nervousness increased dramatically. Panicking, he raised his head to look at the hourglass once more, only to see that it was already halfway gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More than that, two thirds of the sand had already fallen. That meant he had only close to one minute remaining.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tension gripped his heart like a cold vice. Sweat dripped from his forehead like pouring rain. His lips trembled uncontrollably, and his breathing became shallow and rapid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud! Thud!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could hear his heart pounding heavily against his chest like a war drum. But this time, it sounded like an enemy war drum announcing his coming defeat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’What can it be?’he asked himself desperately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He gritted his teeth hard. With another half minute gone, his frustration and fear deepened even further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I should not have agreed to this insane riddle scheme,’he blamed himself, his heart filled with bitter regret.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, he quickly overcame that emotion as he shook his head firmly. ’I cannot refuse this challenge now.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I just need to think more carefully,’he commanded himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He mused inwardly, and his breathing slowly began to calm down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’A tool with three faces,’he repeated the core of the riddle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’It might not necessarily be a change in physical form but a change in stages or recognition instead,’he thought as he began to dissect the riddle meticulously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’If it is a change in stage or recognition, what tool falls perfectly into that category?’he thought and raised his head once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He saw that the last few grains of sand were almost completely gone. He needed to come up with an answer right now, or he would fail the riddle trial forever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, something clicked in his brain like a lock opening. Without thinking further, he shouted his answer at the top of his lungs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I am a key,\" he declared with desperate confidence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>****\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[AN: Please support this book with your golden ticket and power stones.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Message Chair +1 Chapter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dragon +2 Chapters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Magic Castle +5 Chapters]]\u003C\u002Fp>",1090,"2026-06-03T10:41:31.767Z","2026-06-03T10:41:38.604Z",1,"novelbin.me","003d963092604f1e8f88d50e94c1bbbf28a5949c30ea5eb72335e6b16c3b4e3a","global-survival-i-have-endless-skeletons-chapter-235","global-survival-i-have-endless-skeletons-chapter-233",326,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fglobal-survival-i-have-endless-skeletons-cover.jpg"]