Richard turned his head and looked at Mr. Eisen sitting next to him, asking, "What does it mean that Berna is still alive?"

Mr. Eisen replied, "According to the Wayne law, we were originally only guilty of theft and insulting a corpse."

"What about now?"

"Now that Berna is still alive, it means we are innocent."

Richard looked at Mr. Eisen seriously, blinked his eyes, and sighed:

"Damn, you make a good point!"

Karun waved to the two people behind him, and they immediately came over.

Richard couldn't help but reach out and pat Berna's face, saying, "He's really alive?"

"Yeah, I'm sure he's still alive."

"Then how did he do it?" Richard asked.

Mr. Eisen spoke up, "Could it be like that giant turtle? A way of hibernating and feigning death."

Dorons had already reached the end of his life, and Phyllis sealed it to help it hibernate, giving it a chance to see the crystallization of everyone's hard work a hundred years later.

Karun nodded and said, "It's very possible, because in the records of Berna in Dark Moon Island, the cause of his death has always been vague."

Before Berna died, there was no coup, no turmoil, no serious injuries, and no other illnesses that plagued him. Therefore, he did not have a specific cause of death.

The official explanation from Dark Moon Island is that he died in his study due to overwork for Dark Moon Island. There was still a drawing on the desk, which meant that the great ancestor Berna was still envisioning the magnificent blueprint for Dark Moon Island even in death.

Karun didn't believe this explanation.

Not to mention Berna's personal character issues, he was not someone who devoted himself wholeheartedly to selflessly dedicate everything to Dark Moon Island in his work. How could such a person create so many "wonders" for Dark Moon Island and create such a rich love story?

Looking at Berna's half-white and half-black hair and skin, Karun initially thought that Berna had meticulously preserved his body after death, allowing the corpse to be well-preserved.

Now it seems that he was prepared to "die."

The true purpose of the construction of the Nostalgia Palace may not be just to express his admiration for Miss Pall, or rather, not only that. He may want a form, a form that allows his coffin to be placed on the ground.

Why did he go through all this trouble?

Because he doesn't trust anyone, even if someone is loyal to him, he cannot trust them.

After he "dies," can loyalty continue?

Will his descendants continue to be loyal to him?

Even his own child, the next clan leader he designated, he cannot trust, because he is too aware of the distortions and degenerations of power struggles.

The fact that the Dark Moon clan still retains the "Curse Insect" that only targets themselves is the best proof.

He has not been sleeping for a few days or a few years. In terms of the current span of time, he has been sleeping for a hundred years.

He succeeded because his body has always been placed in the Nostalgia Palace. No matter how the power struggle of his descendants goes, he remains in a transcendent position because he has become a totem, a political correctness belonging to Dark Moon Island.

Is this way of placing the body just for the convenience of his awakening?

Karun immediately thought of the layout of the Nostalgia Palace in his mind, because of the towering Puerh statue, coupled with the need to introduce magma, the main hall of the Nostalgia Palace has no roof.

Is it necessary to be illuminated by the Dark Moon and absorb the power of the Dark Moon for nourishment? Or does the magma introduced into the Nostalgia Palace also belong to what he needs?

Karun thought that there should be a reason for this, but now he is not interested in investigating it because he only needs to know that Berna is still alive.

This is great news for himself. Even if Berna opens his eyes and sits up again, the punishment and revenge he has done to him cannot be truly fulfilled.

Now, since Berna is not dead, all he needs to do is wake him up, and the person in front of him will be the real Berna, and his punishment and revenge will fall on the real person.

Most importantly, after killing him, he can wake him up again and kill him again.

This is not double the pleasure, but ten times the pleasure.

But now the problem is, how to wake him up?

"If you want to wake him up?" Mr. Eisen asked.

"Yeah, do you have a way?"

"I don't."

Richard pushed Mr. Eisen, saying, "Then why did you ask earlier? Are you talking nonsense?"

Mr. Eisen responded, "Yeah."Karun said, "We don't have much time. The people on Dark Moon Island will soon realize that their revered ancestor is missing, and we can't stay away for too long."

Mr. Eisen spoke, "The awakening method of the giant turtle."

Karun sighed and said, "But it's too late to find the seashell now."

Richard asked in confusion, "What seashell?"

Mr. Eisen said, "When I was setting up the formation on him, I had a strange feeling. It seemed like there was a consciousness inside him, weakly resisting me. I didn't mention it before because I thought it was normal. The amount of spiritual power remaining in the body is large, and the residual spiritual power in the body slightly rejects my formation. It's a normal thing, just like carving on a sacred artifact."

"I don't know if this detail is useful to you..."

"Well..."

Suddenly, Karun seemed to think of something. He reached out and touched his forehead, his gaze falling on Berna again.

He recalled the reaction of Ophelia after drinking the cursed worm last time. When Ophelia purified herself with Dark Moon, the cursed worm in her body immediately counterattacked, increasing the level of contamination.

Phileas said that the cursed worm was gradually bred from the fleas on Dolons, and its original purpose was not the cursed worm, but a new product that could support Dark Moon Island's industry.

Why did that worm later become the cursed worm? It was because of the curse Phileas placed in anger after escaping from Snake Island.

Dark Moon Clan still possessed the cursed worm. Besides using it for internal conflicts, did they have any other purposes?

If it only targeted the bloodline of the Dark Moon Clan with the curse effect, did it mean that the worm itself had other values?

Berna's way of sleeping was very similar to Dolons...

What was the original purpose of breeding that worm? Industry, industry...

Phileas and his followers were kind-hearted. They wouldn't make anything harmful to sell.

So, was it a kind of worm that could put dying people into a deep sleep? Only in this way could it be called an industry, something that many people in the world would need.

Berna,

Swallowed that worm!

It's not the cursed worm, but the original successfully bred worm, which was originally cultivated by Phileas and his group to support Dark Moon Island's industry.

Dark Moon Clan knew its value, so they didn't exterminate this kind of worm and still kept it.

This worm was harmless to others, no, not only harmless, but also useful. With the assistance of other methods and the effect of that worm, it could put people into a long sleep. However, Dark Moon Clan couldn't do this industry. Once this worm was further bred and sold, it would be like selling a rope that could strangle themselves.

The forces hostile to Dark Moon Island only needed to spend some money to purchase this kind of worm from Dark Moon Island and introduce it into Dark Moon Island. That would be a disaster for the Dark Moon Clan.

Karun felt that his guess should be correct.

Phileas was truly a genius.

He had personal charm, a group of loyal supporters, and he was gentle and kind. Ah... such a person, no, such a group of people, ended up in such a situation because of Berna.

What a pity, he could have truly become a legend.

In Karun's heart, Phileas was almost like a replica of himself from over a hundred years ago. With this sense of identification, his hatred towards Berna instantly intensified.

Heh...

It's fortunate that I only learned about Phileas' situation late. If I had known earlier, I would probably have taken the initiative to lead the captain to cause trouble and exert a higher level of subjectivity than the captain.

However, now that the specific problem has been discovered, the solution has also come.

Karun raised his palm. The wound from feeding Ophelia blood last time had been treated with magic and now only left a shallow scar.

"Mengfei, Richard, I'm going to do something next to wake him up. It involves one of my secrets, which is not convenient for you to see. You two should stay away for now."

Richard laughed and said, "Haha, you're so straightforward about it."

"Alright."

Mr. Eisen placed a bundle of silk threads in front of Karun. These silk threads controlled a series of formations. To activate a specific formation, one just needed to pull the corresponding thread. Karun had watched the formation being set up, so Mr. Eisen believed that Karun knew which thread corresponded to which formation and wouldn't make a mistake. After placing the things down, Mr. Eisen turned and walked outside.

"Hey, wait for me!"

Richard followed Mr. Eisen out of the cave and curiously asked, "Hey, guess what secret Karun is going to use?"

"He has many secrets."

"I know that, of course."

"In the future, take care of your relationship with him. It will benefit you."

"Although your condescending attitude towards me makes me uncomfortable, I still feel warm inside."

"Hehe."Richard reached out and touched Mr. Eisen's head, saying, "You also need to get along well with my good brother Karun. Remember that, okay?"

Mr. Eisen nodded and said, "Okay, I remember."

"Ah~" Richard yawned, "I thought watching that play in the evening was already exciting enough, but I didn't expect the experience in the middle of the night to be even more unforgettable. It still feels unreal to me that we actually stole the ancestor's corpse."

"Sometimes, you don't need to know why you have to do something. You just need to follow orders and do it well."

"I know that, I don't need you to teach me. I'm willing to listen to Karun. " Richard reached out and put his arm around Mr. Eisen's shoulder, shaking him forcefully. "I believe it won't be long before Karun is qualified to lead his own Order of the Whip team. From now on, the two of us will follow Karun in the team."

"Okay."

"Karun is the eldest brother, I came first, so I'll be your second brother, alright? We don't need to consider age, that's too common."

"Okay."

"Call me brother."

"No."

"Hehe, look at you, so concerned about your image. Alright, I know you have the ability. I was just joking earlier. How about this, you be my second brother and I'll call you brother, how does that sound?"

"No."

"Are you shy?"

"No."

"Brother! Did you hear that?"

Mr. Eisen nodded and turned his head to look at Richard, saying, "Hmm, I heard."

Inside the cave.

Karun ran his palm over the Sword of Achilles, cutting a wound and letting the blood flow.

Then, Karun grabbed Bernard's face with his other hand and pinched it, making his mouth pout.

The blood flowed into the pouted mouth.

After a while, Karun withdrew his hand.

Now, it was up to Bernard's reaction.

The reaction came quickly. Before Karun had a chance to apply a simple healing spell to his own hand, a white worm crawled out of Bernard's mouth. Karun remembered that the curse worm Ophelia accidentally swallowed last time was black, and this white worm was much larger than the black one, like a silkworm.

This should be a different kind of symbiotic relationship, unlike the symbiosis between himself and Puerh, which was only on a physical level.

This worm needed a nest, and the person who swallowed it was like lending their body to it, like a tenant. The worm settled here and had to take care of cleaning and maintenance to pay rent.

After the white worm crawled out, its body twitched for a moment, and then, in an instant, Karun felt its attention focus on him.

It flew up and left the human body, seemingly eager to find a new place to live.

Its gaze was fixed on Karun's bleeding palm.

Karun didn't stop it and let it fly into his palm.

However, unlike the black worm last time, this white worm didn't immediately burrow into the wound. Instead, it crawled on Karun's palm and spit out strands of white silk, covering the wound.

The wound immediately itched, a sign of healing.

Then, the white worm flew back to the side of the coffin and lay down, looking somewhat listless.

Looking at the wound that was "bandaged," a smile appeared on Karun's lips. This was the nature that the curse worm should have.

When it saw a wound on itself, it couldn't help but fix it, just like when it saw the neighbor's door broken, it would take the initiative to repair it, without any other purpose, purely because of its OCD.

Karun reached out and lifted it up, placing it in front of him.

The worm had two eyes on its head, as if it was also observing Karun.

Karun lightly tapped its head with his index finger.

The white worm fell down and wriggled a few times in Karun's palm, as if seeking Karun's permission to enter his body.

But if you enter my body, you will die instantly.

"Richard!"

Karun shouted towards the entrance of the cave.

"I'm coming, I'm coming!"

Richard immediately ran in. He thought Bernard had been awakened by Karun, so he first looked at the situation inside the coffin. Seeing Bernard still lying there, he couldn't help but feel confused. He hadn't woken up yet.

"Open your hand."

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"Huh?"

Richard opened his hand and saw Karun place a white worm on his palm.

"What's this?"

"It's a good thing. Take it out and ask... ask Memphis about it, let him confirm it again. If there are no other problems, I suggest you swallow it. Remember, don't chew it."

"Heh, it's quite cute. Where did it come from?" Richard asked.

"Miss Ophelia gave it to me. It was originally dormant, but now it has awakened. If this worm is inside your body, your injuries will heal much faster."

"Really? You gave me something Miss Ophelia gave you directly?"

"We are good brothers."

"Yeah, yeah, you're right."

"Remember, go and let Memphis check if your physique is suitable for swallowing it. Also, let him see if there are any other precautions."

"Okay, okay, got it. Is there anything else?""That's all, you can go now. From now on, unless I call for you, no one should come in."

"Alright, I understand."

Richard left with the bug in his hands.

"Richard."

"Hmm? Is there anything else?"

"Remember to wash it before you swallow. It's cleaner that way."

"But this little thing looks pretty clean to me."

"We should always maintain hygiene."

"Got it."

Karun believed that the white bug was harmless, not only because it had just politely bandaged his wound, but also because he trusted that Mr. Philius would not deliberately cultivate something harmful to humans.

This could be considered as judging the bug by the character of the person.

Moreover, this bug had been living symbiotically inside Berna for a hundred years, and had clearly grown and matured a lot. It was indeed a wonderful thing. It was a pity that he couldn't use it himself. He was worried that if the bug was away from the human body for too long, something unexpected might happen. It seemed to have wilted a bit earlier.

Therefore, it was most appropriate to give it to Richard as a favor. It was equivalent to giving Mr. Aisen a favor as well. One gift served two favors, which was a good deal.

After watching Richard leave the cave,

Karun turned around,

knocked on the side of the coffin,

and said:

"Are you going to continue pretending to sleep?"

Berna,

opened his eyes!

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