Skill Extraction: Exploring Dungeons-Chapter 553 - 496: Coffin Bearer

The next morning, Kane woke up from his dreams.

After tidying up a bit, he let Cotton Candy possess his body, instructing Yoo to hide in the room and pretend to be an iron ball if anyone entered.

After arranging everything, Kane left the room and headed to the tavern counter.

At this moment, Ker was leisurely lying in his rocking chair, biting a red plant stem.

He looked at Kane, who had just walked out, and said with a smile, "I bet you didn’t sleep well, probably didn’t fall asleep at all. Being dead, it really doesn’t make much of a difference whether you sleep or not."

Seeing his cheerful demeanor, Kane recalled that last night Ker was seated at the tavern’s rocking chair; Kane had thought he was sleeping on the chair.

Little did he know, sleeping was unnecessary.

It seems that after death, even time becomes abundant.

Kane responded with a smile, "Yeah, I guess I’ll have to get used to being a dead person from now on."

The entire process of Kane climbing out of the coffin was witnessed by others, so no one in the village doubted his undead identity.

No normal person would want to stay with a crowd of the dead, let alone an entire village filled with a sense of decay.

Especially with the signature withered bodies of the dead, even under the cloak of Kane’s equipment, others considered him as someone not yet accepting his situation.

And this was quite normal; almost every newly risen dead couldn’t accept their identity at first.

They would all try to cover up some part of their withered body.

"Are you going to build a house? Do you need me to recommend some good places?"

Looking at the enthusiastic Ker, Kane waved his hand and said, "No need, I want to observe and understand the village first."

"Haha, as you should. Well, early go, early return. The people here in the village are quite indifferent."

After bidding farewell to Ker, Kane pushed open the tavern door and walked out. Although it was still early, the village roads were already bustling with people.

For the villagers who were now dead, the concept of early to bed and early to rise didn’t exist; they didn’t need to eat, drink, or sleep.

Thus, Kane strolled leisurely through the village.

Passing by a wooden house, he saw two children run out from the door.

Kane could still smell the decay on them, indicating these children were also among the dead.

Such young lives perishing early and now rising again, it’s hard to tell if it’s a good thing.

No one in the village was farming since they didn’t need to eat or drink. Even if they did, they couldn’t taste or experience any flavor.

The only thing Kane saw being planted was the red stem found in the tavern.

And only a few households had such plants growing in their backyards, suggesting that not everyone liked the taste; some preferred to taste nothing at all rather than the strange flavor of the red stems.

With no need for food, drink, or rest, there weren’t issues with physiological desires or excretions, allowing Kane to see many idle villagers and some engaging in strange behaviors.

The idle villagers either chatted or played various entertaining games, some like chess, although Kane couldn’t understand.

More villagers pursued various hobbies.

For example, on his way, Kane saw three smithies, with the clanging of ironwork accompanying him.

There were also those tending flowers, drawing on the ground with branches.

Continuously crafting various furniture and carving wood or stone.

Although there were plenty of villagers, Kane noticed that most were either elderly or children; he hardly saw any young adults in the village.

On thinking about it, it made sense. With abundant time and no needs for food, drink, or biological functions, living like this in the village indefinitely would drive anyone insane; better to leave.

Young people, even in death, still held the mindset of the young.

As Kane walked, lost in thought, he suddenly saw the elder from yesterday who transported the coffin appear in the distance.

He was dragging yesterday’s wooden cart towards the edge of the village, following the same path as before.

According to Ker, the elder with the cart often had dead people climbing out of the coffin he was transporting.

But Ker didn’t tell Kane why he kept delivering coffins or where they were being taken, leaving Kane curious. He felt that the elder surely knew some useful information.

Kane walked over and politely said, "Do you remember me, sir?"

The elder looked at Kane and replied, "No need to call me ’sir’; your actual age might be older than mine."

"If you really don’t know what to call me, just call me Jian An."

Kane nodded and said, "Alright, Jian An, thank you for bringing me to this village yesterday."

"Are you going to transport coffins again?"

In response to Kane’s question, Jian An nodded and said, "Yes, why, do you want to come along?"

"Can I?"

"Why not, come on."

With that, Jian An dragged the cart and continued towards the village outskirts, with Kane following beside him.

Jian An initiated the conversation: "Kane, which era are you from?"

Kane thought for a moment and said, "Memory isn’t very clear, but it should be what they call the Solar Era."