The Gentleman at the End
Chapter 400 - Chapter 400 Chapter 399 Nong Lake

Chapter 400: Chapter 399 Nong Lake Chapter 400: Chapter 399 Nong Lake Lying against a seat made entirely of body-like flesh that perfectly conformed to the contours of the body, with a lumbar and neck support made from pure fat,

the train had all types of parasitized attendants–male, female, or hybrid–all of whom offered free services, even deep and specialized ones like spine opening, bone scraping, brain blowing through perforations, or organ massages.

If one couldn’t endure the deep massages, opting for a lighter, ordinary massage was also available.

At that moment,

Yi Chen had reclined his seat to 135 degrees to rest, while an attendant with a mouth rich in tentacles was giving his head a multi-point massage through its tentacle-like mouthparts.

Apart from the various acupoints on his face, there were even tentacles that slid into his nostrils, gently kneading his brain directly.

The attendant had shown great respect the first time he touched Yi Chen’s brain,

not expecting the person before him who looked like a corpse to possess a mutated madman’s brain, combining death with madness–a sight he had never encountered in his long tenure as an attendant.

It was also Yi Chen’s first experience with the services of the Old World, and he fell asleep unknowingly because it was too comfortable.

In his dreams, he even imagined himself as a large brain with limbs, arriving at a place resembling a bathhouse, being served in coordination by several experienced masseuses and subsequently arranged to go into a sauna room for oiling, ear picking, and more.

When he awoke, there really were traces of essential oil flowing out from his nostrils, his brain feeling unprecedentedly fresh.

Hiss~

All tentacles retracted back into the attendant’s mouth, and with a protruding mouth, he said, “Mr. William, your destination–‘Nong Lake’–has arrived, please pay a total of eight ancient coins for this transfer.”

As soon as he finished speaking,

Ding!

Jin, who was soaking his feet nearby, immediately flicked over eight coins, which the attendant caught with the tentacles shooting from his mouth, and instantly conducted an authenticity check.

“Please go slowly, gentlemen, and I hope you choose our ‘Black Worm’ again next time.”

The attendant took out a beautifully crafted small knife, marked with the Black Worm emblem from his waist, and cut open a gateway in the flesh wall of the carriage, making a gesture akin to that of a gentleman asking the two to disembark.

However, just in that short time of opening the door,

the giant parasitic worm serving as the ‘train’ suffered from the erosion of the external environment, developing numerous benign tumors and a strange smell infiltrated the cabin, an effect of being close to the Cancer Palace.

The attendant also began to clean up, cutting off all these benign tumors, as if any one of them transformed into a malignant tumor, the train-class parasitic worm that had been cultivated for who knows how many years would be ruined.

“This smell…”

The moment Yi Chen stepped off the train, he decisively covered his mouth and nose with a scarf,

almost as if walking into the back kitchen of a tumor hospital during a famine, where no ingredients were available except the tumors collected from patients, cooked in a big pot because even basic spices were missing, retaining only the original flavor of the ingredients.

However, Yi Chen was soon drawn by the sight before him

a vast lake of flesh-red hue,

with circles more than ten meters in diameter bubbling continuously on the surface of the lake, meat-colored mists rising with the bubbles,

with various tumor residues floating on the surface, trying to merge into a tumor congregate,

but during the merge they were attracted by other tumors, causing some of the just-formed tumor conglomerates to split again, moving to other regions to merge.

Looking around, almost all the tumor residues were engaged in an endless cycle of merging and separating, maintaining the ‘balance’ of this lake.

Meanwhile, Yi Chen stood by the lake for just a moment when his leather shoes were completely engulfed by the ground, or more accurately, swallowed by cystic tissue rising from the ground.

The warm wind from the lake continuously blew his hair and clothes,

making him feel as if his skin color, voice, and even body odor were all being assimilated by the lake.

Even though he covered his mouth with his scarf immediately, preventing the tumor-laden air from entering his body, the fingers exposed outside began to develop tumors.

Just then,

Slap!

Jin slapped Yi Chen’s back hard, snapping him out of his shock and the process of assimilation,

and then he took his hand,

At the touch of Jin’s palm, the tumors were all suppressed.

Jin hurriedly explained, “That massage on the train was so comfortable that I forgot, William, you don’t have any cancer attribute, and coming here is quite dangerous for you.

Bear with it for a moment while I inject a ‘temporary antigen’ into you.”

As he spoke,

A sudden stinging pain shot through Yi Chen’s palm as if a spiked plant had punctured his skin; however, the pain acted like a stimulant for him, snapping him back to full alertness.

Looking down, a small Red Lotus had surprisingly bloomed on the back of his hand,

Shortly after, the Red Lotus sank into his skin, transforming into a vibrant tattoo pattern.

“Jin, what is this?”

“It will allow you to be unaffected by the environment of the Cancer Palace. Any guest who comes to the Cancer Palace needs to have an antigen implanted; otherwise, they’d completely turn into cancer within a day and become one of the nutritional plants here.”

After speaking, Jin pointed towards the Blood Forest not far away,

where the blood and flesh plants, swollen and distorted, faintly revealed faces and limb structures on their surfaces.

“So, is the Cancer Palace across the lake? How are we supposed to get there?”

“Swim across,” Jin said and began to undress.

“You can’t be serious…” After swallowing his saliva, Yi Chen also began to undress.

As Jin was unbuttoning his shirt, he suddenly burst into laughter, “Ha-ha, you actually believed it~ Nong Lake is like a moat for the Cancer Palace! The fluids here contain countless super tumors; once the flesh makes contact, it undergoes a wild battle for sovereignty and nutrient absorption.

Anyone who can swim across Nong Lake is considered a renowned powerhouse within the Cancer Palace.

Taking off clothes is just about shedding the products from the ‘Skin Factory’, otherwise the boat won’t carry us over, and it’s impossible to step into the Cancer Palace.”

“Understood.”

Thanks to his control over skin, Yi Chen managed to change into spare clothes from his suitcase in just an instant.

He personally did not want to wear clothing that included ‘Yellow Skin’ going to a place like the Cancer Palace, as revealing the Yellow Skin could lead to all sorts of unexpected situations.

As Yi Chen changed his clothes and glanced sideways at Jin, a rare and precious beautiful scene suddenly caught his eye.

The chest bindings, which were made from Gentleman’s Skin and used for his role as an Executioner, had been completely removed… Leaving nothing but the mask exposed.

Amidst the distinctive backdrop of Nong Lake, this composition, dominated by a meaty red hue, was indelibly etched into his brain.

He also finally understood why Jin often needed to use the bindings.

The next second, the beautiful scenery was shattered.

Jin’s skin began to bubble, and various tiny tumors emerged,

ultimately assembling under the orchestration of cancer cells into a loose T-shirt, mirroring the hue of Nong Lake, which covered his upper body and was matched with casual shorts.

“The feeling of not being restricted by gentleman’s clothes is really comfortable~ William, you’re really dull, still wearing such constricting clothes… Oh right! I almost forgot you seem to enjoy ‘bondage’ and things related to pain. Hurry up!”

Under Jin’s guidance, the two quickly reached a simple wooden dock.

Jin gestured for Yi Chen to wait behind as she stood at the very edge of the dock by herself, bent down, and gently stirred the thick lake water with her hand, quickly withdrawing it before her fingers were completely disintegrated.

A bit of biological pheromone was absorbed by the lake, promptly transmitted to the depths of the lake,

and a boatman, born and raised in the lake, embedded in the lakebed, was roused by the pheromone.

Soon,

a boat covered with fleshy growth surfaced,

his body’s pus pockets were being pressed back in, and the burly boatman turned his head and flicked off the cysts on his eyelid, fixing a bloodshot gaze on them.

“Jin Almeda, who is this?”

“A friend of mine, surely I qualify to bring ‘one’ outsider to the Cancer Palace.”

“Get on board.”

As Yi Chen followed to get on the boat, he immediately noticed that the boatman’s feet were fused with the body of the boat, or rather, the entire boat was part of his proliferative tissue.

As the two sat down on the boat, Jin’s arm reached over, then lifting part of his mask, he whispered softly into Yi Chen’s ear:

“By the way, William~ There’s one thing I haven’t told you yet, any outsider going to the Cancer Palace has to undergo a ‘baptism’.

This process might be quite uncomfortable and lengthy, but you must endure it, as this is how you can officially enter the Cancer Palace. After all, the Old World took such a hit, everyone’s pretty cautious.

Plus, you have the Death Attribute, something the Cancer Palace is quite wary of.

If you can pass smoothly, perhaps the master will favor you and even grant you a long-term residence in the Cancer Palace.”

“Jin, you intentionally kept this hidden, didn’t you?”

“What does it matter~ You’ll definitely make it.”

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