Chapter 49: Mental Mutant Undead Creature

Zhao Hai was looking at an undead creature for the first time so seriously. He really didn't know how this thing was formed. Although there were many legends about zombies on Earth, they were just legends. However, the one in front of him was real.

The skeleton of a large crocodile was crawling around the hall boldly, looking like a real crocodile, entirely made of bones. Its tail, like a steel whip, left a scar on the wall with every swing. It should be noted that the wall was made of iron ore, which was almost as hard as steel.

What Zhao Hai noticed the most was that the two eyes of this skeleton were actually flickering with green flames, as terrifying as ghost fire.

After comparing it with the wall, Zhao Hai calculated that this thing was at least fifteen meters long and about three meters high. If it extended its claws, its width could reach about five meters. If the main gate of the castle wasn't big enough, this thing wouldn't have been able to crawl into the hall.

Zhao Hai swiped the screen a few times. There weren't many magical beasts in the entire main castle. Apart from the large crocodile, there was only another rat-like skeleton undead creature upstairs.

Zhao Hai turned the screen back to the living room and looked at the crocodile skeleton, saying to Green, "Grandpa Green, can you roughly judge how strong this thing is?"

Green nodded and said, "This isn't a high-level magical beast. It's probably just an undead version of a shallow water venomous crocodile. Its combat strength isn't very strong, only about the level of a fourth-grade magical beast. However, it's now an undead creature, fearless of death, and not easily killed. Plus, all its bones are poisonous, so even a fifth-grade warrior like Wood and Stone would have a hard time gaining any advantage against it."

Zhao Hai nodded and said to Green and Merlin, "Grandpa Green, Grandma Merlin, can you try to bring this thing into the space? I want to take a closer look at it."

Merlin smiled and said, "No problem, it's very simple. I can do it alone." She then stood up and walked out.

Zhao Hai and the others followed. When they reached an open area behind the house, Merlin turned to Zhao Hai and said, "Young Master, open the space."

Zhao Hai nodded, and with a thought, a spatial crack appeared. Merlin softly chanted a few spells, and a water-blue light band immediately flew out of the space. This light band, like a huge rope, coiled around the large crocodile skeleton and pulled it back, and the skeleton was helplessly dragged into the space.

Zhao Hai stared blankly at the bone skeleton writhing on the ground. This was the first time he was so close to an undead creature; previously, he had only seen them on the screen.

The crocodile skeleton was completely restrained by the water-blue light band, writhing on the ground, but its most powerful parts—the claws, tail, and mouth—were all tied up, leaving it with no offensive power.

Zhao Hai carefully examined the skeleton. If it weren't for the writhing, Zhao Hai would have suspected it was just a specimen. There was no flesh or blood on it, and the green bones gave it a strange, eerie beauty in the space.

At this moment, a message from the space came: "Unknown object detected entering the space. Scanning... Scan complete. This object is a robot-like aggressive toxic entity, carrying strong toxins. Extracting toxins to enhance the space's toxic compound content. The entity's internal program is overly aggressive, not meeting space requirements. Reimplanting program... Reimplantation successful. Due to the potential impact of the toxins on humans in the space, enhancing human immunity to toxins. Dissolving detoxification molecules into the space water. Please, host and other humans in the space, drink the space water as soon as possible."

Everyone was stunned, listening to the space's message. Green and the others didn't understand what the space was saying. What was a robot-like aggressive toxic entity? What was extracting toxins? What was enhancing the space's toxic compound content? What was an overly aggressive program? These were all things they had never heard of before.

They didn't understand, but Zhao Hai got the gist of it, though not entirely. He knew that the space had categorized the undead creature as a robot-like entity. Robots didn't have to be human-shaped; Zhao Hai remembered that many robots on Earth were of various strange shapes. So, categorizing this skeleton as a robot-like entity wasn't wrong.

First, it was a skeleton, with no flesh, no heart, and no need to breathe, so it couldn't be considered a living creature. Second, all its actions were controlled by the soul fire, similar to how robots are controlled by intelligent chips. Therefore, the space categorized this undead creature as a robot-like entity.

However, this was a pleasant surprise for Zhao Hai. He never expected the space to have such capabilities. From the space's message, he understood that the space knew this thing might harm the people in the space, so it extracted the toxins and created a detoxification solution, which it added to the space water. As long as they drank the space water, they wouldn't have to fear this toxin. However, Zhao Hai still didn't understand what the space meant by reimplanting the program or enhancing the toxic compound content in the space. Where did the space get toxic compounds?

However, Zhao Hai noticed that the skeleton was no longer struggling and was lying quietly, like a specimen. The green soul fire in its eyes had turned red.

Seeing the color of the soul fire, Zhao Hai suddenly had a realization. He could now understand what reimplanting the program meant.

Reimplanting the program likely changed the soul fire of this undead creature, making it one of their own. Zhao Hai deduced this from the color of the soul fire. He remembered that on the screen, green dots represented enemies, while red dots represented allies, which had been verified by Green.

After some thought, Zhao Hai decided to try. He turned to Merlin and said, "Grandma Merlin, release this thing. It might have been changed by the space and is now one of ours."

Merlin was surprised but still lifted her magic. With Green by Zhao Hai's side, even if the undead creature hadn't become one of them, it wouldn't be a threat. With Green around, this thing couldn't pose any danger to Zhao Hai.

As soon as Merlin lifted her magic, the crocodile skeleton shook its head and approached Zhao Hai. Although it still looked like a skeleton, it no longer seemed scary; instead, it felt like a dog trying to please its owner.

Zhao Hai quickly said, "Stop." He wasn't afraid of the thing getting close, but he hadn't drunk the detoxification water yet. If it touched him, he would be poisoned. This was also a test to see if he could command it.

Green watched the skeleton nervously, his aura ready to act at any moment. However, his worry was unnecessary. As soon as Zhao Hai gave the order, the thing stopped, still shaking its head, but everyone felt it looked pitiful.

Zhao Hai rubbed his head, unsure what to do. He never expected an undead creature to be so strange. Even with just bones, it could evoke such feelings.

Suddenly, Merlin said, "Heavens, it's a mental mutant undead creature. Young Master, we've really found a treasure this time."

Zhao Hai was surprised and asked, "Grandma Merlin, what is a mental mutant undead creature?"

Merlin explained, "A mental mutant undead creature is a special and very terrifying type of undead. Like humans, undead creatures are also divided into levels. The lowest level is when they first become undead. As they live longer, they become more powerful. If they were magical beasts in life, they will slowly regain their attributes after death. For example, if it was a shallow water venomous crocodile in life, it would initially be a regular skeleton crocodile when it first became undead. As it exists longer, it will slowly regain its venomous attributes, just like in life. This skeleton crocodile might have had both venomous and mental attributes in life, so after becoming undead, it can slowly regain both attributes, which is what we see now. We can feel its emotional changes, which is also a form of mental attack."

Zhao Hai nodded and asked, "I see. What about humanoid undead creatures? Do they also slowly regain their original abilities after death?"

Merlin nodded solemnly and said, "Yes, Young Master is right. If a person was a mage in life, after becoming an undead creature, they will slowly become a mage-like undead, with the same attributes as in life. Many people on the continent think that all undead creatures are dark-type, but that's a misconception. Undead creatures can have various attributes."

Zhao Hai looked at the crocodile skeleton. He never expected this thing to be a treasure. Mental attacks were the most terrifying on the continent, hard to defend against, and known as the bane of mages. He was pleasantly surprised to find that this thing could also perform mental attacks.