[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-vegetable-growing-skeleton-s-foreign-land-re":3,"chapter-the-vegetable-growing-skeleton-s-foreign-land-re-the-vegetable-growing-skeleton-s-foreign-land-re-chapter-999":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Vegetable-Growing Skeleton's Foreign Land Reclamation",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2352480,4600,"Chapter 999: The Thousand and Thirty-Third Chapter: The Sea of Omniscience Is Shattered Open","the-vegetable-growing-skeleton-s-foreign-land-re-chapter-999",999,"\u003Cp>Anthony flicked his badge and strode forward, whispering with the two Mourning Undead Soldiers, showing them several other permits and authorization documents he’d obtained from the Grand Councilor, plus a sign he’d faked that read “Grand Councilor in Person.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two Mourning Undead Soldiers looked startled, their postures hunching as they bowed and shook hands; Anthony warmly returned the bows and handshakes, saying something unknown, and the two nodded repeatedly, then smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two sides bid each other a friendly farewell; the Mourning Undead Soldiers turned back along their original path and trotted off in a hurry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back at their original spot, a human priest leapt out to block them, shouting “Grand Councilor Leo!” “Breaker of oaths!” “Don’t leave!”—but one Mourning Undead Soldier slapped him to the ground and sprinted past him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anthony returned to the semi-submersible; Nagelis had already burst out: “What did you tell them? How’d you scare them off? Is the ‘Good Friend Badge’ really that powerful?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nagelis had always despised things bearing labels like “Good Friend,” “Honored Guest,” or “Friendly Person”—they felt hollow, all talk and no substance, with zero binding force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Silvercoin and Anthony loved such titles; using them, whether to open trade routes, impose moral pressure, monopolize business, or attract investment, always drew crowds eager to help, converting these empty honors into real gains through commerce or diplomacy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nagelis lacked such skill, so he looked down on these empty pretenses—but seeing the reaction of the two Mourning Undead Soldiers, could the Grand Councilor’s “Good Friend Badge” actually have binding power?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anthony spread his hands: “It’s not the badge that’s powerful—it’s the Grand Councilor. They didn’t even know he’d returned? That’s interesting.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Interesting? What do you mean?” Nagelis asked, confused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anthony pursed his lips, then looked up: “Silvercoin, if the organization’s supreme leader has returned and some people still don’t know, what does that imply?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It means those people have been marginalized—they’re minor players,” Silvercoin replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah, didn’t we already know that? They don’t even have Chaos Power—they’re clearly lower rank than the Mourning Skeletons near the Grand Councilor,” Nagelis said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anthony shook his head: “Low power doesn’t mean low rank. Your power is so low—but who among us has greater importance than you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The compliment left Nagelis unsure whether to puff up or not—it sounded like praise, yet bluntly stated its weakness; as for who had greater importance than it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nagelis thought a moment, then muttered: “Little Angel? Little Zombie? Little Sapling? Little Wraith?” By the end, its voice had dropped involuntarily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anthony pretended not to hear, continuing: “I showed them the Good Friend Badge and said we’d just come from Zhuoshan, where we met the Grand Councilor, Britt, and Chancellor Liya. When I mentioned Chancellor Liya, they believed us instantly—Britt’s name is widely known, but Liya is only seven hundred years old, young, and rarely known outside.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Zhuoshan is guarded by Mourning Bone Dragons, so few can approach it; they haven’t returned there in years and didn’t know the Grand Councilor had come back. I told them he’s healthy, much younger, and recently dealing with the Light Plague, and asked if they’d received the Tree of Life.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“They said they had—planted it in many places, temporarily suppressing the Light Plague. They didn’t know it was the Grand Councilor who brought the Tree of Life. Hmph, now that’s even more interesting,” Anthony murmured in wonder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nagelis snapped: “Stop playing cryptic games—or I’ll go around saying you don’t have a little dick.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anthony’s spirit jolted—he’d never truly grasped Nagelis’s incessant muttering, but now even roadside Dog-Heads knew the Blackthorn Mercenary Company had captured a native Mourning Skeleton. No wonder His Majesty erased its memory—this muttering was unbearable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anthony didn’t want to become a “Native Mourning,” so he hurried on: “These Mourning Undead Soldiers didn’t know the Tree of Life was issued by the Grand Councilor—no one told them. Clearly, Leo’s faction doesn’t consider them allies.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Divine Light Alliance has seven major factions; besides the Grand Councilor, the other six each have twelve Mourning Undead Soldiers. Officially, they’re said to serve their faction’s councilors, but in truth, they have no forced soul-link—meaning they don’t obey, and no faction can control them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So in essence, they’re pawns planted by the Grand Councilor in each faction. Each faction knows they’re pawns—and since they can’t be beaten or killed, the best strategy is to marginalize them or dump them on the hardest tasks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s why a few noble youths’ secret missions get protected by two Mourning Undead Soldiers, and why unknown threats like the Light Point Fortress are sent to them as bait.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They probably still believe the Mourning Undead Legion was lost at the Light Point Fortress, unaware it was ambushed by the Phrye Empire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With this rift between them, plenty of opportunities arise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Anthony pondered, Konis suddenly took flight, rushing ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anthony turned to look—far off, a crowd surged out, seized the priest the Mourning Undead Soldiers had knocked down, and dragged him toward them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A brutally realistic scene: the arrival of the Mourning Undead Soldiers had driven the Holy Site’s guardians toward Bonide; their departure now caused everyone to abandon Bonide, plummeting from heaven to hell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Konis just charged ahead without even announcing himself—has he lost his sense of place?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anthony frowned, then suddenly understood, his brow relaxing as he nodded approvingly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing his expression shift, Nagelis growled: “Explain.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anthony replied: “Given his slippery nature, he couldn’t possibly misunderstand his position. So his independent action must be deliberate. I’m the reincarnated Lord of Omniscience—I can’t do things that violate the role’s logic. He’s probably playing the villain, clearing away the filth so I can stand before a pristine sect.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sure enough, Konis met them, said nothing, and beheaded Bonide, then selected a few individuals, ordered the rest to kill them, and chose several from among those who’d killed to fly toward them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anthony was satisfied—Konis was ruthless, cunning, adept at reading situations, unafraid to take the blame—a perfect subordinate. Now Anthony could preserve his own radiant image while leaving all the dirty work to Konis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as he was about to speak, Ang suddenly leapt up and slashed down with one hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Spear of Lightning vanished instantly, its focus gone—but the accumulated lightning surged forth with a thunderous “CRACK,” splitting the ground open to reveal a vast, gleaming expanse of grain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Sea of Omniscience was shattered open.\u003C\u002Fp>",1067,"2026-06-21T03:18:46.613Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","51726bbb088174097ae5db9b1f9a9a9116c2a3227bbb8a7dce016880bf87a279","the-vegetable-growing-skeleton-s-foreign-land-re-chapter-1000","the-vegetable-growing-skeleton-s-foreign-land-re-chapter-998",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-vegetable-growing-skeleton-s-foreign-land-re-cover.jpg"]