Chapter 363: The Corpse That Couldn't Be Killed, A Strange Place

Jiang Chen pointed his finger, and instantly a flash of white light burst forth.

Skill: Bone Fang!

Two thousand pure white bone spikes shot out like arrows, riddling the charging corpse like a sieve.

The already tattered body of the corpse was completely blown apart by this attack.

Jiang Chen asked in a low voice, "How did we end up here?"

Si Tu Yu looked flustered and replied, "I don't know either."

Jiang Chen gave a light cough: "Don't panic. Think carefully. First, tell me what the Fusishi Jie is."

Since we're already here, there's no need to dwell on how we got here; we need to figure out what the Fusishi Jie really is.

Two more corpses charged over, noticeably faster than before.

This time Jiang Chen observed more closely and found that these charging corpses looked almost exactly like members of the Human Race, their bodies completely rotted into a mess.

For an ordinary person, they would have been long dead, but these corpses were still alive, letting out hoarse howls as they rushed toward them at no slow speed.

Bone Fang erupted again, thoroughly smashing the two corpses.

However, what was unusual was that even after being shattered, they still hadn't died.

Even if only a head remained, they kept opening their mouths and screaming nonstop.

The rotting stench of the corpses grew even stronger. Jiang Chen furrowed his brow, then locked his gaze on Si Tu Yu.

Si Tu Yu said urgently, "This is the Fusishi Jie. I don't know why we came here either."

Jiang Chen cut her off: "I know this is the Fusishi Jie. Calm down and explain things clearly."

Si Tu Yu tried to compose herself, but her trembling body revealed her inner unease.

Despite the foul stench of decay, Si Tu Yu still took a deep breath.

"The Fusishi Jie is an ancient small world. A long time ago, a great battle broke out here."

"That battle shattered this world. At the time, someone used a terrifying Skill here."

"That Skill caused the entire world to mutate, and everyone in this world at the time turned into corpses."

"Enough!" Jiang Chen barked, cutting off Si Tu Yu again. "I'm not asking about the origin of the Fusishi Jie. I'm asking what we need to watch out for here, what dangers there are."

Si Tu Yu was startled by Jiang Chen and quickly said, "I don't know. I don't know much about the Fusishi Jie. I only know that you must never be bitten by a corpse, or you'll be contaminated by the plague and turn into one too."

At that moment, a thunderclap suddenly rang out in the sky, and a bolt of Lightning split the earth.

Jiang Chen was shocked to see that the Lightning was actually purple, tinged with a pale white glow—extremely eerie.

Then raindrops began to fall from the sky.

The Rain didn't wash away the stench of decay; instead, it made it stronger.

A flash of White Light appeared, and the Bone Armor suddenly lit up.

"This water is wrong!"

Jiang Chen's heart jolted. The Rain was sour and foul, carrying a strong corrosive quality, and it had actually activated the Bone Armor.

Ah!

A cry of alarm came from beside him. The Rain fell on her, clearly injuring her as well.

A Shield appeared in Si Tu Yu's hand. She held it horizontally over her head like an umbrella to block the Rain.

The Rain fell on the Shield, emitting wisps of green smoke. The Shield was visibly corroding.

"A Knight?"

This was the first time Jiang Chen had noticed Si Tu Yu's profession, but on closer look, it didn't seem right.

Si Tu Yu was not a Knight.

A Knight's Shield wasn't used like that.

Jiang Chen was now quite familiar with Knights, having seen all kinds of Knight professions.

He pondered for a moment but couldn't find a profession that matched Si Tu Yu.

The Shield was rapidly corroding and wouldn't last much longer.

Si Tu Yu's face showed anxiety and fear.

Just then, she suddenly received a party invitation from Jiang Chen and accepted without hesitation.

Then Jiang Chen pointed his finger, and white light flickered on her body. The Bone Armor shone brightly, blocking the Rain.

"Th-thank you!" Si Tu Yu thanked Jiang Chen.

If not for Jiang Chen, she feared she wouldn't have made it through.

Although she still had plenty of Shields in her storage space, who knew how long this Rain would last.

Jiang Chen asked, "What else do you know about the Fusishi Jie?"

Si Tu Yu said, "My level isn't high enough, my rank isn't enough. The information I have is very limited. Anyway, the Fusishi Jie is extremely dangerous, and leaving here will probably be very hard."

"My father once told me that the reason our Si Tu family became the rulers of the Shenlong Empire isn't because we're that strong."

"Rather, our Si Tu family bears the heavy responsibility of guarding the Fusishi Jie."

"The Fusishi Jie existed even before the Shenlong Empire was founded. Once, the corpses in the Fusishi Jie tried to break into our Human World."

"At that time, an ancestor of our Si Tu family used his own life to block the corpses."

"He sacrificed himself, buying enough time for the Human Race. After that, guarding the Fusishi Jie became our Si Tu family's duty. After the Shenlong Empire was established, our Si Tu family became the rulers."

After hearing this, Jiang Chen took out the Abyss Teleport Stone.

The Abyss Teleport Stone was now dim and lusterless, having lost its function.

There were only two possibilities for the Abyss Teleport Stone to lose its function.

One was that the Fusishi Jie was shrouded by an extremely powerful Barrier or formation, blocking all teleportation items.

The other was that the Fusishi Jie was extremely far from the Abyss, beyond the Teleport Stone's limit.

After all, the Abyss Teleport Stone's energy is limited, and its range also has a certain restriction.

Based on the time it took to teleport from the Huang Gong here just now, both possibilities are possible.

Rain, with its strong corrosiveness, washes the ground, yet the three smashed rotting corpses just now were not injured at all.

Even Jiang Chen saw that under the rain's wash, they seemed to be showing a tendency to grow.

Three skulls are gulping the sour, stinky rain.

Their bodies are slowly sprouting.

In no time, new rotting flesh has grown beneath their necks.

The sight makes one's hair stand on end; Si Tu Yu lets out another Scream.

After all, being a girl, she always feels terror at such a sight.

"Should we leave here?" Si Tu Yu asks, her heart trembling as she watches the chilling scene.

"Leave? Where to? Which direction?" Jiang Chen asks.

All around is pitch‑black rot, and it's unclear which way is correct.

Si Tu Yu says, "Head toward the center. I recall that at the heart of the Fusishi Jie there is a Secret Realm. Inside that Secret Realm lies a Teleportation Array that can return us to the Human World."

"Why didn't you say earlier?" Jiang Chen asks.

Si Tu Yu feels a bit embarrassed, "I was a little scared just now, so I forgot."

Jiang Chen doesn't dwell on it and continues, "Then how do we get to the center?"

Si Tu Yu shakes her head, "I don't know."

Fine, saying it is as good as saying nothing.

Not knowing the direction, nor the size of the Fusishi Jie, finding it will probably not be easy.

Given that, Jiang Chen isn't in a hurry to set off.

It's still relatively safe here for now; we need to sort things out first.

Planning before acting, Jiang Chen is very cautious in this bizarre world.

Jiang Chen stays still, and Si Tu Yu dares not move either.

She huddles tightly beside Jiang Chen; their Bone Armor presses together, almost as if they were fused.

She casts Detection Technique, and the returned data is very simple.

"Low‑grade rotting corpse"

"Level: 5"

Aside from the name and level, there is no other information.

Summon a Skeleton Berserker.

The Skeleton Berserker braves the sour, stinky corrosive rain and walks up to the rotting corpse.

It deliberately extends its foot to the corpse's mouth.

The rotting corpse snaps its jaws onto the Skeleton's bone.

Jiang Chen senses carefully; the Skeleton Berserker receives an imperceptibly tiny wound.

The corpse's attack power is weak; based on its Strength attribute, it won't exceed 100 points of Strength.

That attack power is even less than the damage from the rain.

The Skeleton Berserker lifts its axe and smashes it heavily onto the corpse's skull.

With a bang, the skull splits in half.

No blood; it's like a log being split.

Strangely, the split corpse's mouth still moves.

And in the rain, it even shows a tendency to regrow.

"Can't kill it?"

Jiang Chen's mind stirs; the Skeleton Berserker pieces the two skull halves back together.

After a while, the skull actually regrows into one.

Only, a crack now runs across the head like a scar, carved by the Skeleton Berserker's axe, looking extremely bizarre.

Si Tu Yu is so scared she closes her eyes, not daring to look any further.

She doesn't understand why Jiang Chen does this.

After doing that, Jiang Chen again makes the Skeleton Berserker seize the axe and smash the corpse's skull to pieces.

This time he uses the axe's back, truly crushing it into a clump of mush.

Then he pieces that mush back together.

What shocks Jiang Chen happens: in the rain, that mush actually begins to recover…

Si Tu Yu is even more terrified, speechless, huddling tightly behind Jiang Chen.