Ms. Orena walked towards the registration area door with her tail raised, and turned her head to tell the two to stay here and not to follow her.
"Since this is your first time participating, follow the staff and go through the pre-match process. Get used to the real 'fasting state' and feel real hunger in advance. Don't let me down."
After saying this, Ms. Olena turned and left. However, before her cat body disappeared, a private message reached Yi Chen's ears.
“The prize money you get from winning the game will allow you to make better deals with the Duke, and your exposure in the Cancer Palace will also increase, and you may be able to get better money-making opportunities.
I can see that you don't have much bargaining chips to trade with the Duke, right? You may not even be able to take out an ancient coin. If you want to make more money, now is the best opportunity.
If you feel like it's hard to win when you're hungry, try throwing away some human stuff.
Yi Chen did not respond to this private message. He knew very well what Ms. Orena wanted to express, but he had his own ideas.
They are currently being received by an employee who has a huge abscess on his back that severely bends his body.
A closer look at the employee with a deformed spine revealed that he actually looked like a young man of no more than fifteen years old, and quite handsome.
Recalling the way to the Cancer Palace, Yi Chen had seen many individuals with tumors on their backs, which seemed to symbolize something.
It still takes some time to get to the 'abdominal extraction room', and Yi Chen asked Jin beside him curiously.
Jin unexpectedly understood very well. He rubbed the tumor on the young employee's back and explained loudly:
“This thing is called a ‘back tumor’. It is both a safety measure and a symbol of a subordinate’s status. Any life born in the Cancer Palace will have this thing on its back when it is born.
You can use this as a safety bag.
During the growth period of an individual, the toxins and negative emotions produced by the body will be drawn away by the tumor, thereby greatly reducing the spread of malignant tumors and ensuring the stable growth of cancer patients.
Once the cancer patient has opened up his body and can completely control his body cells, he can choose to remove the tumor and completely eliminate the malignant hidden dangers.
The removed "back tumor" will crystallize over time and eventually become an invaluable relic."
Yi Chen was startled, and thought of what he had just obtained, "Isn't that the tumor crystal that Ms. Aolaina gave me?"
"Yes, it is derived from the back tumor. I also used this thing to complete the limit breakthrough in the cancer palace. That's why I am very curious, why the master who just met you is so nice to you... Why?"
Seeing that the topic was going off track, Yi Chen immediately pulled it back: "Wait~ I remember some powerful cancer palace guards who seemed to have reached the level of open source also seemed to have this thing growing on their backs."
"Yes! When the cancer uterus individuals are open source, there will be two paths to choose from.
One of them is to have the tumor removed from his back and gain opportunities for development in many aspects, just like being free and unrestrained like his master. He even often uses tumor transplantation to run to our world to play and study.
Another option is to preserve the dorsal tumor, which is an ancient and primitive practice that also carries great risks.
After all, the tumor that accumulates into negative factors is also a part of the individual. It will grow together with the open source of the subject and may even give birth to self-awareness.
Open-source cancer patients who retain their tumors are generally forced to stay in the cancer uterus and directly serve the organization and are monitored at all times.
They need to remain vigilant throughout the open source phase, negotiate, control and ultimately master their own tumors, and ultimately achieve "emergence" while achieving open source breakthroughs.
At that time, the back tumor will spread out like wings, floating behind them, and officially advance to the "Honorable Tumor Knight" in the Cancer Palace, taking orders directly from the Lord.
This process is also very dangerous. Many patients who tried to keep their back tumors open-source suffered backlash, malignant attacks, and lost themselves and were directly treated.
The very few individuals who can maintain the posture of a cancer patient and a stable consciousness in a malignant state will be exiled.
This group of exiled malignant cancer patients still maintains some contact with the Cancer Palace, and perhaps they will be needed at some point in the future.
Among the many exiles, there was also a very special cancer patient, William, whom you and I had the honor of meeting.
This man was devoured by his own tumor when he opened the source, but he did not expose himself immediately.
The negative consciousness derived from the back tumor is very complete. It has been living in the cancer palace disguised as a normal cancer patient, moving around in any corner that can be reached, plundering the available resources in the cancer palace.
It was not until the time of his equinox that his true colors were exposed, and he was eventually exiled by the order of the Lord himself."
"The clown from the circus?"
"That's right~ It's the guy who calls himself 'Art'.
Last time, a conflict almost broke out at the gate of Zion. To be honest, I really wanted to see what kind of strength this famous exile had. Could he destroy the organization directly? "
At this moment, the boy with a tumor on his back who was leading the way turned his head excitedly:
"Have you met Mr. Art? He must be very powerful."
"We just met, but we didn't have any intersection..."
"It is rumored that Mr. Art killed three Knights of the Tumor on the spot because of his vicious exposure when he was transformed. Even though he was suppressed and sentenced by the Lord in the end, he was still not executed but given the option of exile."
"Um… "
Yi Chen didn't really want to talk about the circus's chief clown. Once he thought of the other person's image, his thoughts would become messy and he would feel uncomfortable.
Continuing with the topic of the tumor on your back, "Jin, you were not born in the Cancer Palace, and there doesn't seem to be a tumor structure on your back, but you were still given the "Swelling Record". The presence or absence of this thing doesn't seem to affect the status of a cancer patient?"
"Who said I don't have a tumor on my back?"
Jin directly lifted up her clothes, exposing her back to Yi Chen.
Although the two of them often stay together, Yi Chen has never carefully observed Jin's body.
As I carefully looked at Jin's back, I found a swollen mass attached to the spine through the skin, like a red fleshy lotus about to bloom.
“Master said that my back tumor is very special and I can try to take this ‘preservation’ path.
And when I obtained "The Swelling Record", I was fortunate enough to see the Lord's exposed "feet" and the voice coming from behind the curtain.
Because of the special nature of my back tumor, my human identity, and the stable certification of "The Swelling Record", the Lord allowed me not to be confined to the Cancer Palace, otherwise I would not be able to return to the organization.
If you can successfully heal the tumor in the future, you will be able to obtain the title of the Respected Tumor Knight and have access to the highest level of cancer palace resources."
"Um."
After some communication, the two finally came to a special area full of "hunger".
The reason why I could intuitively feel the illusory hunger was that the room was filled with extremely hungry cancer patients. Some of them had been unable to move for many years and had been embedded in the ground or walls.
The whole room was filled with crunching sounds due to the arrival of the two people, and they were eager to eat the flesh and blood of the two people.
Apparently, these cancer patients were once contestants in the hunger wrestling match, but unfortunately they were completely drained dry before the competition and remained in this "abdominal pumping room" forever.
Yi Chen's sight soon fell on a "device" growing in the center of the room, and his expression turned unpleasant.