The Gentleman at the End

Chapter 92: Chapter 91: Surround and Be Surrounded (4th Update)

Weak and ordinary,

that was Yi Chen’s immediate impression after killing the old man. It wasn’t that he had become much stronger but rather a very objective feeling.

Not even close to the unfinished work created by Moon Trace Lorrian at the Twilight Clinic. Just the doctor who performed cardiac defibrillation alone could take on three or four of such old men.

However,

if caught off guard by a black cat pouncing straight at his face, it would still be quite dangerous… Once the pounce was complete, the furry old man’s tongue would drill into his body via the esophagus, and might even directly proceed to “egg-laying infection.”

As for the memory fragments Yi Chen collected, they were of no value at all,

all of them were just the old man’s daily life, with absolutely no information about the “Church of the Reborn.”

As the tree walls rose, the old man, being immobile, could only stay at home and not leave.

As grayification arose between the floorboards,

he took these gray clouds as a sign of the Reaper’s arrival, so he took the only black cat that kept him company to the attic, sitting in a rocking chair that hadn’t been used in a long time, waiting for death to come.

However,

death did not come,

under the influence of grayification, the old man developed a strange disease mutation, actively sticking out his tongue to lick the black cat.

This licking continued, and about a week later, his tongue fused with the black cat, forming a deformed patient.

“The disease spreading between the village and the forest seems to be related to ‘Biological Fusion’… The infant found beneath the tree earlier was the same, having human limbs, yet also possessing features of cows and sheep.

Is this a disease brought by the so-called Church of the Reborn?”

As Yi Chen was thinking, Jin’s palm gently rested on his shoulder from behind,

“Hey~ you really are incredible! Dealing with such inferior patients without even needing a weapon.

By the way, why didn’t you act earlier? Based on my recent observation, the effective range of the plants inside you should be over three meters, right? You didn’t need to get close, did you?”

“To ensure the integrity of the body and gather more intelligence.

If I’m too far, my accuracy decreases significantly… and it would be pointless if ‘this’ got destroyed,”

Yi Chen said while pointing to his own head.

“Oh? Can you extract nutrients and knowledge from brain matter? What a terrifying ability~ That’s even worse than what I’d do.

Why don’t you try sucking my brain to see what’s inside?”

Jin, curious, directly placed Yi Chen’s palm onto his own forehead,

“Jin, stop it.

This guy’s brain doesn’t have any useful information, just an isolated old man living outside the village… Let’s go, continue into the village.”

Just then,

Jin suddenly turned his head, looking towards the bottom of the stairs.

A voice filled with killing intent and slight excitement came from beneath the mask, “Is this building a trap? We are surrounded, William… and there seems to be quite a number of them.”

Upon hearing this,

Yi Chen immediately stepped over to the window of the attic,

without needing the help of an oil lamp,

in the pitch-black forest, villagers holding torches were continuously emerging,

their manifested ‘form’ further confirmed Yi Chen’s suspicion, the disease infecting and affecting the village and the forest was related to “Biological Fusion.”

First, those resembling humans.

Their appearance and physical structure remained within human parameters, only with additional animalistic features,

such as a woman with antlers, fur and white spots on her skin,

or a man with bull horns and a bull tail, incredibly robust,

but these kinds were few,

many more villagers no longer possessed the crucial label of ‘human’,

for example

a person whose body split open from the chin to the abdomen, equipped with hundreds of sharp teeth, limbs rapidly crawling on the ground.

Or completely werewolf-transformed individuals standing upright, even holding a shotgun.

Or someone with ‘Fungus Mountain’ growing on their back, bending their torso 90°, and every several seconds, the Fungus Mountain on their back would release a large number of grayifying spores, stimulating and strengthening the nearby villagers.

The total number of villagers who had come to besiege them was over twenty.

Among them, the most intimidating and formidable was undoubtedly a “Pig-Headed Butcher”.

His physique was at least the size of three grown villagers.

A giant pig’s head was sewn onto his neck, replacing the original head.

The butcher apron was pushed up by his belly,

or rather, not a belly but three pig heads protruding from the abdomen, their wide mouths dripping saliva as they smelled the fresh meat.

Not only that,

Four iron chains were clamped to the butcher’s back, with the other ends tethered to four hounds with pig skins and heads attached, barking madly or emitting weird pig-like sounds intermittently.

This butcher, given more time, completing more slaughtering tasks, and absorbing more “Grayification” aura, would soon become a “Severe Patient.”

“So many!”

This was Yi Chen’s first encounter with so many patients, and his mind immediately began devising a method to escape the predicament.

“Jin! Wait until more than half of these people enter the house, then direct a controlled explosion at the edge of the attic wall. It would be even better if you could cause the building to collapse.

Taking advantage of the explosion’s opening, we will leap towards the deep forest and flee at full speed.

If we encounter any villagers blocking our way, do not engage in prolonged combat, quickly eliminate them and retreat at once.”

“NO!”

Jin shook his finger, outright rejecting Yi Chen’s evacuation plan.

“Why not enjoy the feast of patients delivered right to us instead of thinking about escaping?

I mean,

I intentionally let you go first when we entered the house earlier. I even let you have all the kills of the first patient… Shouldn’t it be my turn to decide this time?

Don’t you want to gather information?

See those brains shaking inside their skulls? They will all be yours later.”

Just as Yi Chen wanted to say something,

Jin stepped forward, tiptoed,

Pressed close to his chest,

and placed a finger on his lips,

Shush~

After calming Yi Chen down, Jin swiftly moved to the first layer, taking advantage while the villagers were still outside.

He flicked a small metal box from his pocket,

and a bright red “Compressed Meat Cube” landed in his hand.

Hum! @@novelbin@@

A red thread oozed from his fingertips into the cube, activating it, then stuck it on the floor like chewing gum.

After completing these actions,

Jin moved back to the second floor with a light step, whistling, leading Yi Chen and positioning themselves at the attic’s center, pointing towards the floor.

“There will be an explosion here shortly. Our clothes are designed to effectively absorb the shock of the explosion and minimize physical damage… We will use the force of the explosion to catapult us outside the house.

Let these fools who aim to surround us become the ones we envelop.”

As he spoke,

Jin continued leading Yi Chen by the arm, eventually wrapping it around his waist.

“Of course, if you haven’t experienced such an explosion and can’t pinpoint the exact impact zone, just hold onto me tight—I’ll choose the most suitable landing spot.”

Yi Chen indeed hadn’t experienced it before and was unsure of the explosion’s full potential,

only feeling his gentleman’s clothes already thickening and enlarging.

He didn’t refuse Jin’s suggestion and maintained the embrace.

As the footsteps from the first floor grew denser, and approximately ten villagers had entered the room,

Jin elegantly raised his right hand and snapped his fingers in the air.

Snap~

A “Red Lotus” blossomed on the surface of the meat cube.

Boom! The stone-built house collapsed instantaneously,

and amidst the red flames and billowing smoke, two figures leaped out, embracing each other, drawing a perfect parabola in the air to land just behind the outermost layer of villagers.

Beneath a multicolored mask was a bloodthirsty face.

The slaughter begins!