Chapter 169 The other side of the passage

 In the depths of the temple, a bonfire burned.

 The bonfires here are lit not with firewood, but with pieces of armor that can perform special burning.

Armor pieces are supplied unlimitedly by the Monitor. His special body can grow such pieces of armor continuously. The bonfires lit can burn deep in the Ash Realm, which will have a very good effect on suppressing other patients and guarding the passage. .

 Everyone was asked to sit around the campfire. They thought they would undergo a series of tests before entering the passage.

Who knew that there was no so-called test at all, or that the test had already been passed when Yi Chen and others stepped into the temple and avoided the black halberd.

 Sit in front of the campfire and just talk.

This monitor wearing an iron helmet with a human face looks solemn, but he actually likes to chat with the newcomers like Yi Chen.

From the recent situation of Zion to their respective assessments to become gentlemen and entering the city, they have asked, and even occasionally have a rough laughter from the iron helmet.

 While chatting,

Everyone also watched with naked eyes as five pieces of armor of different sizes sprouted from the monitor's body, and he threw them directly into the bonfire.

 During the chat, the monitor also took the initiative to tell him some information about himself.

 【Black Heavy Halberd-Ollman Yoder】

 The early executioner of the organization, one of the Black Knights (this title is now obsolete), and an important combat force of the organization. Later, he transformed into a monitor, his connection with the organization weakened, and he was no longer responsible for the killing work.

 The cast iron helmet he wore and the black halberd in his hand were the equipment specially customized by the organization as a Black Knight at that time.

 He was born into a knight family and qualified for the "Gentleman's Skin" modification permission. His original costume design was a set of dark and heavy black armor.

 Later, as the leather content increased, when it reached 50%, the armor actually merged with the flesh.

 So much so that even though it looks like you are not wearing any clothes, your physical body can actually achieve the defensive effect of armor...and it can also grow full-protective armor in some key battles, doubling your defense.

 As he became familiar with the armor, he discovered more and more ways to use it.

 For example, a ‘suppression bonfire’ would be formed by burning armor,

Another example is that when Allman rushed to the [passage], he directly separated a large number of armor pieces and formed a deep-helmeted war horse under his crotch, weighing several tons. All the patients blocking the road along the way were covered with heavy hooves and black halberds on the war horse. It was crushed into powder under the wave.

 A pure physical gentleman,

Now he is eighty years old, but he ignores the constraints of age because of his breakthrough in limits, and he becomes stronger every year.

During the chat, Yi Chen could clearly feel Allman's loneliness.

Because he has been alone outside for a long time and has basically no chance to communicate with others, he currently meets three young people who are not weaker than him in terms of talent. He can't wait to retell his life experience in detail in front of the campfire.

"Mr. Allman, can't you go back to Zion?" Yi Chen suddenly asked a key question.

  The man under the cast iron mask was silent for a moment and then gave a reply:

“Once I stop running around and settle down in a temporarily comfortable place, the seeds of laziness will be planted in my heart.

The world is sick, and places like Zion will still be swallowed up by the gray realm sooner or later.

If you want to truly continue human civilization, you must cultivate enough humans who can live normally in the gray realm before then. Even if the body is already inclined to the sick, it doesn't matter as long as they can maintain their humanity.

If I give up my duties as a supervisor due to laziness, the talent cultivation rate will be reduced, and you won’t meet me here today. "

 Hearing this, Yi Chen and Reagan beside him also stood up and saluted.

“You three are quite good. You can remain absolutely calm in front of my black halberd. The fact that you are not overwhelmed by your spirit shows that you are qualified to go to the other side.

 Come on, let’s go take a look at the [channel] first, and then we’ll talk to you about the specific rules. "

 Lighting the kerosene lamp on his waist, he followed Mr. Allman all the way to the deepest part of the temple. A very ordinary-looking stone wall stood in front of everyone.

 Yichen, who combined vision with Little Putao, quickly noticed the difference.

"is it here?"

Yi Chen pointed to a stone brick in the upper right corner of the wall.

“Can you tell it at a glance? Have you absorbed the [syndrome] that affected you along the way?”

Yi Chen scratched the back of his head and said, "So be it."

Snapped!

Ollman directly used his exaggerated giant hands to forcefully pull out the stone.

From a geometric point of view, the back of this stone corresponds to the outside of the temple.

But as the stone was taken out, what was revealed was a bottomless horizontal passage... Even if Yi Chen stared deep into the depths, he could not see the end.

 The passage is just big enough for one person to fit in, and he can only crawl.

“You will be the first batch of ‘outsiders’ to enter this passage,

Since the passage has only been formed for less than a month and only touches the surface of the old world, the probability of you being discovered is very low... As long as you don't deliberately seek death, you can basically come back alive.

 I believe that your teachers or instructors in Zion have all told you the rules, so I will just mention them a little bit here.

Since the ‘time’ of the old world has been sealed, it is difficult for individuals to judge the passage of time through their own senses, nor can they refer to it through any natural phenomena.

 Hence, you need to take the ‘time’ with you. "

Ollman took out a special hourglass that he had prepared in advance. The sand inside was the gray sand obtained from the local area.

This kind of hourglass is small in size and will hardly be damaged when placed in a backpack. Once the timer starts, no matter how it is turned over, it will not be affected.

“[One day] This is the maximum time that you new people can be active in the old world.

Once the time limit expires, your risk of exposure will increase exponentially, and your mind and body will be more susceptible to disease... If you return as a sick person, I may execute you on the spot.

Finally, I would like to remind you, don’t be too greedy.

  Don’t think about how precious and rare the relics are to be obtained. Regardless of whether you gain something or not, you must plan the time and route of departure in advance.

 You are still young and you will still have the opportunity to carry out the [Relic Incident] in the future. "

 “Go.”

 “See you in a day!”

 In the same order, Yi Chen climbs first, Jin is in the middle, and Reagan is behind.

 Reagan’s fat figure also had a hard time squeezing into the relatively narrow passage.

Everyone clearly felt that they had not crawled between the passages for long, but they could no longer see the exit behind them, and could not feel the pressure of the monitor, as if they were disconnected from the original world.

Lorian’s voice came from within his body:

　　　『You are actually allowed to enter the passage so easily. I thought the human monitors would conduct quite strict inspections. Hurry up, I can't wait to see where the disease originates. 』

Since there was no danger in the passage, the team slowly accelerated their crawling speed.

I don’t know how long it took, but I finally reached the end of the passage.

It’s very strange that the exit is actually blocked by a square stone similar to that of a temple. If you reach out and push it...pop! The rocks fell heavily to the ground.

The area you come to after drilling out of the passage is still a stone temple, and even the size of the space and the specifications of the stone pillars are exactly the same.

It’s just that there are no watchers here, nor is there a blazing bonfire.

The moment I climbed out of the passage, the kerosene lamp hanging on my waist went out and could not burn.

 The gentleman's clothing worn on the body, by raising the collar and interweaving silk threads, creates a "leather mask" for everyone to breathe normally.

Both Yi Chen and Jin could detect the restlessness of the clothing. The "gentleman's leather" contained inside was slowly being consumed, and the leather content was slowly decreasing.

 This is why the monitors repeatedly emphasize that newcomers can only stay in the old world for one day.

If the timeout expires, more than half of clothing with low leather content like gold will be consumed, the protective effect will be greatly weakened, the probability of infection will be greatly increased, and survival will not be guaranteed.

Of course, newcomers like Yi Chen who have a higher skin content may be able to extend the time slightly.

 The hourglass opens and the countdown begins.

Stepping out of the temple, the sight in front of them made the three of them stop at the same time, staring at the horizon with wide eyes.

 The vast sky has no obstruction to the view. There are no clouds or any moving living things. It is like a gray curtain filled with deathly silence.

 A pitch-black ‘sun’ hangs in the center of the world,

 And this dark sun was pierced by an extraordinary giant sword, and the sword even penetrated further into the earth, as if to seal off and kill the world.

 (End of this chapter)