The Last Gentleman

  Chapter 549 Entering the Darkness for the First Time

  Since the exploration of the abyss was initiated by William, he was naturally the first one to reach out when approaching the curtain.

"Um! Even the touch is real! 』

  The touch from the surface of the finger is like touching some kind of delicate cloth,

   At the moment of touch, micron-scale tentacles grew on the surface of the cloth, trying to penetrate William's skin and enter his body.

  【Abyss infection】

   This is the first time that William came to this area and was "actively invaded" by the abyss. All he encountered before were ratmen affected by the abyss.

  William, who has the perfect body of the birther, can easily capture this invasion process,

  Even in an instant, Epilepsy came up with multiple plans to block the invasion, just when William chose the safest way, and wanted to annihilate the invading abyssal tentacles through the [Death Plague], which is also a product of the abyss.

   Hum! A flash of light flashed through his mind.

  William recalled the scene when he went to Zion for the first time and accepted the "Gentleman's Skin" for the first time,

  The black curtain in front of the eyes gives a physical touch similar to the Gentleman's Skin, and both of them are trying to invade their bodies when they first come into contact.

  William can make two choices: "Accept" or "Reject".

  If I rejected the gentleman's skin at the beginning, I would not be able to become a gentleman and embark on this unique path.

  Thinking of this, William instantly removed all the plague in his body, allowing the tiny tentacles of the abyss to enter his body.

  Stay connected to William Kim, Price, and Thirteen Candlestick also notice this.

  Jin didn't say anything, just smiled silently,

  Price was thoughtful, and finally swallowed what he wanted to say,

   "Teacher!" The moment Shisan shouted, he suddenly thought of something, "Sorry, I shouldn't say anything... I will focus on the lighting task."

   "Well, let's go!"

  William nodded, and then lifted the curtain in front of him. There is no restriction on the tiny tentacles that invade the body, and they are allowed to swim and take root in the body.

  When all the staff entered, the curtain fell and there was no absolute darkness as expected, but more of a [sense of isolation].

  The falling curtain seemed to completely isolate the old world, and now everyone seemed to be in a brand new area, a secret area full of unknowns and dangers.

  The black wind howls,

  Thirteen's skull candle was suppressed, as if there were hundreds of black skulls floating around, and the mouth kept blowing out icy breath in an attempt to extinguish the skull candle.

  The skull candle still kept burning, but it was suppressed to the brightness of an ordinary candle.

  In addition to illuminating the team, the candlelight also illuminated a neatly paved stone path less than ten meters apart.

  Price could tell at a glance that the material used for this road was "dark stone", and the purity was very high, which was enough to fetch a big price in the past. Dark stones of this quality can be used to build noble palaces, but it is extravagant to pave roads here.

   Just when the team was about to set foot on this special stone road and head towards the depths of the extremely dark place,

   Bang Bang~ The iron chain connecting everyone began to tremble, and something was approaching.

  Thirteen Immediately increase the burning efficiency of the skull candle, expand the lighting range and try to find the approaching danger.

   Not in the air, nor on the horizontal plane.

   "Underground."

  William got the result of perception, and Jin stepped out!

  哒~ When the golden boots stepped on the ground, a thick red lotus root grew out of the heel, inserted into the ground and grew and split crazily.

  When a certain root tendril touches the target body, it will immediately blossom and bear fruit underground.

  Boom!

  The ground was directly blown out of a big hole, and some kind of monster that could swim underground was blown out. There were multiple wounds, and the obvious sound of blood spattering could be heard.

"mouth?"

  Under the illumination of candlelight, what is presented to everyone is an independent big mouth.

  The width of the mouth reaches a full six meters, or even seven meters in length, which is completely capable of swallowing everyone in one mouthful.

   It is very strange that this independent large mouth has no tooth structure, and it seems that it can only swallow.

  There are dense fingers growing at the end of the mouth, and these fingers are arranged together to form a fish tail. This structure reminds William of the lower body of the hotel owner, obviously influenced by the abyss.

   It is also this 'fish tail' that allows the mouth to swim underground in the extremely dark place.

   Immediately afterwards, William looked inside the mouth again, feeling a sense of space through his stargazing physique, and immediately came to a conclusion.

   "This should be the "transfer problem" mentioned before Thirteen.

  Any individual who goes to an extremely dark place will be randomly transported to a certain area and lose their sense of direction, increasing the probability of falling in the darkness and eventually being assimilated by the abyss.

   Once we are swallowed by this mouth, we should be teleported to other areas. "

  Jin looked helpless after hearing this, "Huh? That's it... I wouldn't have bombed it if I knew it earlier. If I'm lucky, maybe we can be sent directly to the edge of the abyss, which can save a lot of time."

  William shook his head, "In such an unknown place, you still can't rely on luck. It's better to be down-to-earth."

   During the chat between the two,

  The mouth injured by the red lotus actually repaired the injury by breathing quickly, frantically flapping its fish tail, trying to get back to the ground.

   Santo Price stepped forward, waving his silver-covered claws.

   Hum!

   There was a sound of space being torn apart.

  Obviously there was still a distance of one or two meters between the claw and the mouth, but as the claw fell, the mouth was cut into six sections directly, and the incision was covered with moonlight silver to curb regeneration.

   Hiss~ The meat is sublimated and completely dead.

Price stared at the gradually disappearing mouth piece, then raised his hand to look at his claws, and muttered to himself: "What a strange touch, it looks like a deformed mouth, but it seems to be killed when it is cut. A poor fellow."

   "It is right to kill those who feel sick to the touch,

  This mouth should be some foreign patient who was trapped in a very dark place for a long time and gradually mutated into this appearance under the influence of the 'malignant disease'.

   It was even consciously given a function by the abyss, and it was specifically responsible for teleporting outsiders.

  Look at my hands..."

  William slowly raised his right arm, which was the hand that just touched the black curtain.

  The tip of the finger has already appeared a more obvious 'drawing', the skin that should have been tightly arranged has become loose and arranged in a filamentous pattern, and the internal muscles and bones are also changing.

  William didn’t care. There were many ways for him to restore the original state, and he continued to talk about his thoughts:

   "The hotel owner and the green prime minister I killed in the Rat City also had more serious 'lower body mutations'... If they have been in contact with the abyss for a long time, they will eventually lose the essence of the rat and turn into a kind of abyss creation.

  However, the specific malignant process is still unclear.

  For example, Price, your situation is very different. Your body has not undergone any mutations, but an abyss mask appeared on your face. The reason for this is unclear, it may be that your body is too strong, the abyss cannot cause mutations, or it may be some other reason.

  If we want to find out exactly what "malignant disease" corresponds to [Tenth Abyss], we have to go deeper. "

  Price City Lord touched his mouse's chin, "Does malignant disease refer to diseases that are contrary to the old world? Is the so-called [Abyss] an expression of malignant disease?"

  At this moment, there was a sound of rolling wheels not far away, interrupting the communication between the teams.

   This kind of voice is very familiar to William and King, and the source of the sound is the carriage. At the same time, it also carries a group of individuals whose danger level is much higher than that of the mouth.

  William's hand also fell on the suitcase, ready to fight with all his might.

  As everyone expected, a special carriage drove out in the dark.

  Two black horses are pulling the carriage, neither of them has a head,

  There is a smooth incision on the neck of the horse, and a black candle is inserted on the surface of the incision... This kind of candle will release a kind of "dark light".

  A kind of light that can be compatible with the darkness and can also provide "black and white lighting" in the dark, which is very strange.

  The horse's abdomen was completely split open, exaggerated ribs were exposed, and it even felt that these ribs could move on their own, piercing any outsiders who tried to hurt it.

The legs and feet of the black horse began to "filamentize" from the middle, and turned into tentacle-like muscle strips, moving forward by wriggling. This is why everyone only heard the sound of the wheels grinding the ground but no horseshoes reason.

  The driver sitting at the front of the carriage is wrapped in a black windbreaker, his whole head is surrounded by dense tentacles, and only one eye grows obliquely in the center.

  The carriage stopped in front of everyone, and the door opened.

  (end of this chapter)