Chapter 158 Natural Gray Area

 When Little Grape’s body was immersed in Yi Chen’s body,

His consciousness was dragged to a special ward by an irresistible force and imprisoned there.

A silver-haired young man was sitting on the hospital bed by the window. The moonlight that filtered into the ward just bathed the young man.

　　When he turned his head, Little Grape's hair suddenly exploded.

"Are you William's little friend? The ingredients are very complicated... Do I need to do some dissection on you to gain a deeper understanding? Or can you tell me your origins?"

 “Help!” Little Putao was about to cry. It couldn’t understand why Yi Chen’s body turned into a crescent ward.

“Don’t be nervous, it’s just a joke. I just asked William for help this time. I will stay in his body for a while and leave when I arrive in the old world.

During this time, please give me a lot of advice, Mr. Graop. "

 …

 Inside a speeding carriage

Yi Chen was not worried about Little Grape's situation because he had already made an agreement with Yuehen in advance that if there were any problems with Little Grape, the transaction between them would be interrupted immediately.

 At the moment, we only need to think about the upcoming mountain climbing trip.

 Different from the other two teams,

 The carriage carrying them will drive directly to the foot of Mount Greyrel, taking the three of them to the mountain road chosen by pilgrims in the past - a steep and rugged pilgrimage road full of suffering.

 When half of the scheduled journey time passed, the coachman’s hoarse voice like a zombie came from the front.

“We are about to enter the gray area of ​​​​Grelier Mountain. We can observe the environmental conditions of the incident area in advance through the “film windows”. "

The so-called film car window is a kind of "visual isolation window", which is made of gentleman's leather into a thin film, retaining its characteristics while allowing the film's transparency to reach more than 80%.

Due to the high cost of craftsmanship, most carriages are not equipped with it.

 The special carriage that everyone rides in is equipped with a film window for each bed.

Jin is still sleeping,

Yi Chen and Reagan, who were sitting on the lower bunk, slid open the wooden partition at the same time, and a nearly completely transparent film appeared in front of them.

 Except for a few capillary-like thin lines left between the films to transport nutrients, there is almost no obstruction to the field of vision.

You can clearly see through the film that the carriage is speeding along a relatively wide road.

Both the road and the woods on both sides are filled with gray fog.

  1. The road paved with sand, gravel and clay actually bubbles like liquid. There are even huge bulges in some sections, which are red and swollen, expand and contract with the rhythm of breathing, and even ooze pus.

From time to time, you can even see some strange creatures crawling on the road. When you get closer, you can see that they are abnormal structures composed of sand, gravel and animal flesh, crawling unconsciously between the roads.

 The driver drove the special horse in an S-shape on the distorted road, trying to avoid diseased structures as much as possible.

   2. The woods on both sides of the road come alive as if they have been injected with consciousness. There are organs with eye-like structures between the bark of the trees, watching the passing carriages.

Some trees with a high degree of activation will pick their own or other trees' fruits and put them in their rotting mouths for chewing and swallowing.

You can even see two trees wrestling together, with the weak one being pushed to the ground, and the winner tearing off the bark of the tree with his mouth and sucking the sap inside.

 Winning trees will have obvious trunk thickening, branch hardening, and additional and large fruits during the feeding process.

After it tastes this sweetness, it will continue to attack other trees and continue to accelerate its own growth. It may eventually develop pure plant-based patients, so that the whole area feels like a plant battle royale.

Occasionally, some strange creatures will emerge from the forest.

 For example, a white shadow suddenly jumped out from the forest, blocking the front of the carriage at an exaggerated distance of more than ten meters.

Looking closely, it turned out to be a rabbit man. A cute and fluffy rabbit head was placed on a body with exaggerated muscles.

Crimson eyes stared intently at the intruding carriage, spreading out its diseased muscle arms, trying to intercept it forcefully.

boom! A dull gunshot sounded across the road.

 The rabbit's head and upper body instantly turned into minced meat and became nutrients for the road.

 The driver habitually blew off the muzzle smoke and inserted the shotgun with a thick barrel into the gun slot beside him.

As long as someone who is not seriously ill comes out to block the road, the driver can solve the problem quickly without delaying the journey.

In the carriage, Yi Chen carefully watched the gray area outside the window. In his eyes, the biggest characteristic of this thin gray area is [activation] and mixed with a certain amount of chaos.

“Contrast this with the non-natural gray area that broke out in the village of Shebolt. The villagers were living worse than dead under the influence of the combined disease and became the production tools of the church.

This natural gray area (natural) is obviously much better. Putting aside the label of disease, at least the creatures here still maintain themselves, are not tortured, but follow their own wishes and live in a new way.

  Unfortunately, unnatural ash areas can be contained and eliminated as long as the source of ash can be killed.

 The natural gray area is an influence that spreads directly from the old world. With the formation of [channels], the degree of graying continues to deepen. None of the existing methods can eliminate the spread of the natural gray area. At best, it can only slow it down.

Because of this, sooner or later even Zion, which is built on a high mountain and is known as the ‘last refuge’, will be shrouded in gray territory sooner or later. "

Because film windows have sufficient ductility,

Yi Chen put his whole face on it, like a flesh mask, and slowly poked his head out of the car.

 Looking ahead along the road,

As the name of Mount Glenelg is, a mountain with a thinner mountainside in the middle and a Holy Grail shape is located not far away, with a height of nearly a thousand meters and is shrouded in a thick layer of liquid mist that looks like a living thing.

The mist covered the entire mountain like slime, and only a rough outline could be seen, and it even felt like the entire mountain was animated by it.

“Is it the transitional gray area from rare to medium? This is still the first time I have come into contact with it... According to the book, every time the gray area rises to a level, the internal environment will undergo qualitative changes.

 As we approach the medium gray zone, even the most difficult-to-change inorganic substances will become ill.

 Even the basic structure of the environment will change under the influence of the gray domain, and some "surreal structures" that are usually invisible will appear. Not to mention humans, even some patients will get lost in them.

 Need to find some kind of rules or even use old world methods to find the right path.

　　With my eyes matching the professional characteristics, there should be no problem, and I have the help of a perceptual genius like Reagan. "

  Compared with worries, Yi Chen is more excited about exploration.

 As the carriage drove off the road, it quickly traveled through the distorted forest for a period of time, and finally stopped at the foot of a mountain.

 “Jin, it’s time for us to set off!”

Yi Chen knocked on the edge of the upper bunk bed.

 When Jin opened her eyes, her pupils turned into a rare red lotus shape, which meant that she was in excellent condition. You can go at least two days without sleeping without feeling sleepy at all.

 And this time she became unusually serious,

 It’s no longer a suit,

 Instead, he put on a coat specially designed by Mr. Ivan to suit Jin’s combat style. 80% of the gentleman’s skin is also concentrated on this piece of clothing.

 Jin is worried about the restrictive nature of the belt, so he chooses not to wear it either at ordinary times or during missions.

However, when facing the gradient gray area from thin to medium in front of me, considering the physical impact of being in it, I still chose to borrow the isolation effect of "gentleman's skin".

Hooded deep red leather coat, with metal buckles and diagonal drawstrings, which not only gives a slimming effect but also improves the stability of the garment during combat.

The leather sheath attached to the back of the coat is just large enough to store gold weapons, and the long sword exuding a breath of new life is slung behind his back.

 The moment you put on your coat and hood, your whole demeanor changes.

 The closed structure of the coat suppressed Jin’s mental madness,

The dark red color used has the theme of red lotus and killing on the outside, making her more threatening and more like the most threatening executioner among organizations.

When Yi Chen saw Jin's new outfit, before Yi Chen had time to comment, Lorian's voice came out of his body in advance.

 “Your girlfriend is very nice~”

 (End of this chapter)