Sunshine Hotel
About 70% of the gentlemen in the entire city who have not broken the limit are concentrated in this hotel. Yi Chen and Barry also spent the night here last night and had a hearty breakfast for free in the morning.
The gentleman who committed suicide by jumping off the building turned upside down and became a "signpost of the dead" at the crossroads.
Following the direction and looking towards the hotel gate, one can see intense flashing lights and swaying figures, as if a fierce battle is going on.
At the same time, sounds could be heard coming from different floors, even mixed with some screams, which meant that the hotel had been invaded by death from within, and perhaps many gentlemen had turned into the dead.
If what was happening now was an ordinary and common disease erosion, Yi Chen would not hesitate to step forward to help. But now the death sweeping the entire city is rapidly expanding, and every time a human dies, a new dead person will be born.
The safest course of action is to return to Sunshine Hospital and reunite with old Mr. Hervoye. With the presence of a Transcendent, it would be much easier to resist death.
Looking at the hotel building in front of him, Yi Chen recalled the gentleman's course he had taken in Zion for more than a year, feeling the gentleman's clothing on his body.
He is constantly reminded of the basic qualities that a gentleman should possess.
Barry, who was a knight beside him, walked towards the hotel instinctively.
"Barry!"
Yi Chen shouted to make Barry stop.
“If we choose a hotel, we will most likely be trapped there for a long time and won’t be able to meet up with Mr. Hrvoye at the hospital.
Once Dean Dis loses the battle against the source of death, without the protection of the 'Transcendent', we will most likely die here.
Barry, you have to think about it!"
Barry, who had always been quite funny and even regretted coming here many times, became unusually serious at this moment.
"We must rush to the hotel, our companions need our assistance!"
At this time, another team of gentlemen also arrived at the intersection and noticed the abnormality of the hotel as well as Yi Chen and Barry across the street.
"Please come with us to the hotel to help!"
Invitation has been sent.
Even if Yi Chen does not consider the issue of gentlemanly character, he still has to consider the gentlemen present.
If he still chooses to leave, once the deaths have subsided, the higher-ups will definitely know about it.
There is a certain possibility that the organization will re-examine Yi Chen's nature, and may even significantly reduce resource supplies and no longer provide the "Gentleman's Skin".
After all, in a world infected by the epidemic, individuals who lack character and have lost their humanity may be more dangerous than some patients.
Yi Chen stepped forward and patted Barry on the back.
“Let’s go to the hotel with them, but I have one request.
When we both accepted the mission, the mission information clearly stated that if the danger of coming to Vinholm was higher than the mission estimate, we could evacuate at any time and would not be held responsible.
When the danger in the hotel exceeds our tolerance, once I say leave, Barry, you must follow me and evacuate decisively."
"OK."
Yi Chen also gritted his teeth and gripped the weapon tightly in his hand, ready to show his true strength in the hotel and eliminate the threat as quickly as possible.
When crossing the intersection and meeting up with another team,
One of the other party was frightened and took two steps back when he saw Yi Chen with his eyes covered with black cloth and his body slightly hunched. When he was studying in the academy ten years ago, he was punished for breaking the rules and helped transport corpses in the teaching building. He met Hogni Zed once, and he was traumatized since then.
But if you look closely, the young man in front of you is different in appearance and age, only his expression is somewhat similar.
When everyone rushed to the hotel gate as quickly as possible, they happened to witness a horrific scene.
A gentleman with tattered clothes, small holes all over his face and black deathly aura emitting from him, was strangling another gentleman by the neck and lifting him in the air.
The finger pierced through the neck, and the skin nearby was aging rapidly and was in danger.
Buzz!
Barry still threw the mithril hammer in his hand at the first moment.
Snap! The flesh shattered.
But the deceased gentleman in front of him was obviously different from ordinary citizens.
The mithril hammer only shattered the arm used for blocking, and the remaining force only knocked the opponent out and rolled to the corner of the hall.
The gentleman who was strangled in the air was barely rescued and immediately given an injection in the neck.
Barry stared at the dead gentleman who was smashed into the air. "Hmm? He was hit head-on by my hammer, but only his arm was broken... Has his body strength also increased after he became a dead person? It's completely different from that of a civilian. Everyone, be careful."
Just as he said this, Yi Chen had already rushed out.
Raise your left hand, switch ammunition type... and pull the trigger!
Bang!
A single-headed bullet was fired, creating a large hole in the dead man's abdomen and crashing into it... The diseased bullet quickly absorbed the iron in the dead man's body, making his flesh soft and weak.
When he failed to stand up, the blindfolded young man had already arrived.
Swish!
The moonlight fell, and the silver mouse was devoured.
Just when the rats were about to devour the filth... Snap~Snap~Snap! The Moonlight Rats suddenly exploded one after another.
Faced with the abnormality, Yi Chen not only did not retreat, but instead leaned forward slightly.
Homologous induction
At the moment the Moonlight Mouse exploded, Yi Chen's own death characteristics actually took effect.
Even with his eyes blindfolded, he could still clearly feel a breath from the old world, which, although very thin, was directly related to death.
"Barry, and the others, please don't come over for now..."
Make sure no one is approaching.
Yi Chen moved closer to the corpse and reached out to touch the remaining body fragments.
Just like magnetic attraction, or Yi Chen himself is a magnet,
As soon as it touched, it immediately sucked out the most important "Breath of Death Plague", and a dark black thread like liquid flowed into Yi Chen's body.
The dead gentleman's body disintegrated immediately and turned into a pool of filth.
Buzz! A tinnitus sounded in my mind.
Yi Chen's consciousness seemed to be brought to the depths of the old world, a place with tunnels, caves and various buildings built with skulls as the basic building materials. It seemed that a kingdom of the dead was hidden deep inside.
What we have glimpsed so far is not even the tip of the iceberg.
When consciousness returns,
The tiny amount of "Breath of Death Plague" just absorbed has turned into nutrients for Yi Chen's own death system.
"Good stuff! If I can absorb more of this aura, perhaps I can further develop and harness the death characteristics in my body, laying the foundation for the upcoming breakthrough."
When Yi Chen turned around,
Except Barry, the other gentlemen looked at him with vigilance and even pointed their weapons at him.
To prove that he was not infected by the plague, while also considering his own selfish motives.
Yi Chen took out a long-kept doctor's business card from his backpack - Andrea Vesalius, the vice president of the Hippocrates Hospital and one of the heads of the secret medicine review department.
He had become acquainted with Yi Chen because of the events at the Twilight Clinic. He always wore his signature bird-beak mask and was a rare doctor of death.
"I inherited the secret of death from Dr. Vesalius,
An important conclusion was drawn from the beheading and examination just now: the deceased gentlemen were fundamentally different from the deceased citizens.
A certain gaseous substance from the Old World is the key to the formation of the "Gentlemen of the Dead", and can even integrate their professional characteristics during their lifetime, making them even more powerful.
Next, everyone must work together to fight against the deceased gentleman and never be left alone.
Once your attacks cause the bodies of the deceased gentlemen to break or crack, I will immediately absorb the old world's aura from their bodies."
Seeing this genuine doctor's business card and the image of Yi Chen absorbing the breath of death, everyone believed it without a doubt.
The team immediately launched a comprehensive cleanup of the hotel with Yi Chen as the center.
More and more "Breath of Death Plague" was absorbed by Yi Chen as nutrients.
During this process, Yi Chen's skin became paler and even more pale, closer and closer to the appearance of a dead person.
(End of this chapter)