After crossing the black bridge and leaving the jurisdiction of the Shenpi Mansion,
Supervisor Aggie wanted to say something.
After glancing at Chamberson, he swallowed all the words in his mouth, patted Yi Chen's shoulder heavily, adjusted the tilt of his tall hat, and returned to the gentlemen's hall alone.
Chamberson led Yi Chen to the nearby elevator and headed to the lower street area. Their destination was naturally the tailor shop.
"Professor, are these skins used to upgrade clothing?"
"There's no need to make cloth items when you already have a pair of suitable spellcasting gloves.
You have never upgraded your clothing since entering the city, that is, increased the 'leather content' of your clothing by adding additional gentleman's leather.
Furthermore, your costume was badly damaged in this incident and will require some leather to be fully repaired."
Since we are talking about this, Yi Chen took this opportunity to ask Professor Chamberson some questions about "clothing".
"I read some books about 'gentleman's clothing'.
A very important point was mentioned - the skin content.
Gentlemen accepted by the organization can obtain additional "Gentleman's Skin" as a reward by completing various tasks. Most people will use it to complete their clothing and increase the leather content of their clothing, which will gradually reach the maximum value in the process of completing the clothing.
Once the maximum value is reached, the tailor will refuse to add any more leather.
What happens if you exceed the so-called maximum skin content? The book doesn’t mention that.”
“Exceeding this level will cause the garment to lose control, giving rise to an autonomous consciousness that the individual cannot control, and eventually devouring the gentleman’s body. This process is also known as skinning.
This happened in the early days of Zion when he was unfamiliar with the use of leather.
The most famous one is the "Charles Family Incident" which happened 75 years ago. The eldest son of the family, Charles Fudell, was obsessed with the power provided by the gentleman's leather and forced excessive amounts of leather into the clothing room through unconventional means.
As a result, his entire family was skinned overnight.
When a nearby patrol team discovered something unusual and rushed into the family house, they found it full of skinned corpses.
And a "clothing body" that devoured the skins of the entire family. Fortunately, a high-ranking gentleman who passed by and a doctor suppressed it together. They suppressed the clothing body and disassembled it into the gentleman's skin again, calming the incident. "
Yi Chen actually had doubts about the "Gentleman's Skin" for a long time. What exactly is this thing that has life and can connect to the ancient system
"Clothing body? Could it be that the essence of gentleman's skin is a pathogenic product?"
"To be more accurate, it should be called a 'controllable pathogen' or a 'beneficial pathogen'.
This pathogen can be controlled and utilized by us humans, greatly improving our survival rate and allowing human civilization to continue in such a world.
After hundreds of years of development, it is enough to prove the stability and controllability of Gentleman's Leather. "
"Is that really the case..." Yi Chen nodded thoughtfully, and then continued to ask, "Then the reason why the "First Gentleman" exists in that form underground, is it that the meaning of his existence is to control the skin?"
Professor Chamberson answered without hesitation: "Connection, control and output, his dedication is selfless, great and incomparable... It is because of their great existence that they are willing to sacrifice themselves that organizations and human civilization can develop and continue."
"Um."
Yi Chen was not too surprised, or rather he had expected it, and just responded simply.
In his opinion, gentleman's skin is like the probiotics in the human body, which coexist and survive with humans, and jointly resist foreign invasion and pathogenic bacteria that can induce various diseases.
"Professor, apart from my skin which was taken directly from the First Gentleman, where did the other ordinary gentleman's skins and the gentleman's skins with ancient aura come from?"
"With your observation skills, you should be able to find something deep inside the mansion, right
The chains used to bind the "First Gentleman" are all covered with his derivative skin, which will continue to grow and spread, passing through the chains to the ground and eventually reaching the God Skin Residence.
After special treatment by the clergy, these derivative skins are cut, sorted, organized and collected.
Different derivative skins carry different amounts of the aura of the old world.
If the First Gentleman's leather is counted as 100%, these derivative leathers will not exceed 50% at most.
A content of 30% to 50% is defined as leather that carries the scent of the old world.
The content of 15%~30 is defined as the most common gentleman's leather.
Leather with a content of less than 15% is of very poor quality and is often packaged and sent to tailor shops under the organization to be used as "scraps."
Yi Chen nodded and turned the topic back to clothing:
"I see! There is another question, since the 'maximum leather content' of gentleman's clothing varies from person to person.
Is it possible that there is a powerful human who can completely control the leather, who can perfectly adapt to the leather of the First Gentleman and wear clothes that contain 100% leather... Wait, that's not right!"
Yi Chen immediately realized something when he said this.
Chamberson smiled and continued, "Yes, there is such a human being... that is the First Gentleman himself."
At this time, Yi Chen's expression had changed.
He stared at the 'First Gentleman's Leather' in the black box, felt the texture of the leather in the clothing, and recalled the First Gentleman's state, and couldn't help but feel a chill down his spine.
"If I continue to use the skin of the First Gentleman to fill my clothes, and one day the content reaches 100% and I can fully control it, then..."
At this point, Chamberson paused.
"I just discussed this issue with Director Aggie in private, and you may really have this possibility.
You should have also felt that this time when you walked in the Shenpi Mansion, you were stared at and peeped at more than last time. The clergymen paid much more attention to you.
The reason why the First Gentleman gave you a large piece of skin measuring 15×15cm at one time is not because he felt sorry for damaging your body, but because you were chosen.”
These words made Yi Chen stunned for a moment. His skin felt numb and goose bumps appeared all over his body.
Chamberson patted his shoulder gently and comforted him:
“Don’t be nervous, you’ve just been chosen, which means you’re a candidate.
There are at least ten gentlemen in the whole city of Zion who have been chosen... Most of them have exceeded the limits of human beings, so even if they are to be selected, they will be the main considerations.
Moreover, if the time really comes and you are determined to be the best candidate, as your first mentor, I will ensure your "right to choose independently" at all costs.
If you don't want to be the first gentleman, I can get you out of Zion.
So don't worry too much about skinny things and affect your self-development... Use the resources at hand to the fullest, follow the most appropriate path, and reach a higher level.
At this stage, increasing the skin content will only benefit you. When it reaches the maximum value, you can even stimulate the ancient power in it, conduct a deeper combination, and greatly improve your disease-healing efficiency. "
"Thank you, Professor Chamberson."
No Name Tailor Shop
When the two came to the door of the garment room again, Mr. Yin Wan was actually working.
After waiting for about an hour, a familiar figure walked out.
"William, what a coincidence!"
It was Kim who walked out. Her clothes were completely destroyed in the church incident, and now she asked Mr. Yin Wan to make a shirt with the same pattern.
"Jin, what's the leather of your costume?"
"Didn't we get one for the mission? And from the flesh of the holy fetus you chopped up, we also extracted a lot of skin from the missing team. Isn't that enough?"
Jin Ziran also noticed the black box in Yi Chen's hand. He took a step to his side and whispered in his ear, "Are you sure you want to use such a large piece of skin to increase the skin content? It's a bit dangerous."
"Um."
Seeing Yi Chen's determined eyes, Jin didn't say much.
"You are very confident~ I am also looking forward to it. I want to see how the guys who manage the skins in Zion will react when you fully control these skins... Go in and make clothes quickly. I'll wait for you outside."