Chapter 438 Ears and Intelligence

 The identity given by the original deceased is extremely useful.

Even if Yi Chen is an outsider with various attributes that are not death mixed in his body, he will not be affected at all. During my stay in the [Black Funeral House], I quickly became involved with the deceased in the hotel.

He often takes out ancient coins to book the place, constantly brushing up the favorability of these deceased people. On weekdays, he also visits various neighborhoods to understand the hierarchy, internal relationships of the deceased, and the status of the knights in the world of the dead.

It only took one week to figure out the entire 'ecosystem' of the original tomb

 The first point is also the conclusion that was drawn when we first came to the original tomb. At first, the deceased basically didn’t care about the original tomb. No matter how big or small, they will not interfere. The only thing they care about is the formulation of the "Law of Death". Anyone who seriously violates the Law of Death will be marked by the last dead, and will usher in real death within three days.

Due to the initial delegation of power to the deceased, the real management of the original tomb actually fell into the hands of the Knights, and the current leader of the Plague Knights had the first say.

 The second point is the division of status hierarchies.

This practice was first proposed by the Knights, and became widespread after the consent of the original dead. The identities of the dead are divided according to their "strength level" to ensure that the ratio of upper, middle and lower-level dead is approximately 1:3:6.

Although their status will not affect their right to live in the original tomb, it can limit their activity areas and the resources they can obtain.

Only dead citizens who have reached the upper level are eligible to sign up for the recruit assessment of the Plague Knights.

In addition, if the lower-level dead citizens remain stagnant for a long time, they will compete with outstanding talents recommended by the other six tombs every month for selection. Once they fail, they will be exchanged to other tombs.

ˆSelect talents through the so-called status hierarchy and increase the strength of the Knights.

But according to the gossip Yi Chen heard, the overall strength of the Knights has not changed much over the past few decades and hundreds of years, and has even declined.

 Obviously, there must be something wrong within the Knights.

Yi Chen did not ask Black Wolf Bernard, because during this period, he had to completely cut off contact with Bernard. Even if he had the slightest breath of Black Wolf on his body, it would be noticed by 'Miss Weiwei', and he had to interact with him in a new identity. Let’s talk.

 Two weeks passed, and Yi Chen felt that his favorability level had almost improved, so he asked the hotel owner at the bar.

 “Mr. Said, can I ask you something?”

The boss at the bar was serving another customer. After taking off his own eyeball and making it into a drink called "Eye of Said", he turned around and walked towards Yi Chen, and plugged the spare eyeball in the bar. Enter the eye socket and ferment the agarwood. After five minutes, the eyeball can be used to make the next glass of wine.

 “What can I do, dear Mr. William?”

 “Do you know a female knight who was punished to guard the elevator?”

"You must be talking about Ms. Vivian West. It's just that I am a small hotel owner, so naturally I don't know much about her."

Although the boss likes William very much, he resolutely avoids talking about the Knights.

At this moment, a customer who had just ordered a cocktail suddenly turned his head and revealed his rotten face, and made a sound through the white maggots in his mouth.

“It is almost impossible to inquire about this kind of “high-level information” in an ordinary area like ours. If this information is important to you, you can try to find Mr. Bones.

 As long as you give a suitable price, Mr. Bones can find out even the internal secrets of the Knights.

But please be careful, many of the dead people who have looked for Mr. Bones are now closed in, not knowing what happened. "

 “Mr. Hearbone, where can I find him?”

“You can see him in the darkest corners of the second and third floors. In short, once you find a very inconspicuous person, you’ve probably found the right person.”

 “Thank you.”

Yi Chen didn’t ask any more questions and got up and set off.

Using the overall vision given by Little Grape to search the so-called dark corners, he found a dead man wrapped in a cloak and sitting cross-legged in a corner where a large number of giant tombstones were piled up.

The exposed hands are skeletons, and they are completely silent. Even the death plague around them shows no sign of movement.

Through Ash Vision, one can even discover that the death plague released by this person actually forms the shape of two huge ears in the air, and any small sound fluctuations will be captured immediately.

“Hello, my name is William Behrens. Are you Mr. Bones? I’d like to inquire about something.”

When Yi Chen walked slowly to the other person and introduced himself, the person in front of him slowly raised his head, and the face revealed between the hood made people feel very uncomfortable.

An old face full of wrinkles, with all kinds of ears hanging from the skin pierced by small iron hooks. These ears come from different deceased people, with different degrees of decay, sizes and even shapes.

Not only that,

 This man also has some "foreign ears" in his dressing room, which come from some special customers.

The eyes used to stare at Yi Chen are also cochlear-shaped, and the first thing they look at is Yi Chen's ears, and the ear-shaped tongue can't help but lick his lips.

 “The human ear... is really rare. What do you want to inquire about?”

“I want to know about Vivian West’s work schedule, daily whereabouts, and where she usually goes after get off work.”

"Knight of Death Words? Such information is very expensive." The white-bone palm showed the number '3', "Thirty thousand, I will get the personal information about Ms. Vivian within one day."

 “So expensive?”

“Otherwise, the other party is also a well-known and dangerous person among the Death Plague Knights. I have to use many connections to get her information.

But, if you don’t have enough money, you can pay with your ears. Cut off one of your ears and I'll waive all the fees. "

 Ears, for Yi Chen at this stage, can be regenerated no matter how many are cut off. But looking at the other party's weird expression, the so-called 'ear cutting' must not be that simple.

 “How to cut?”

 “I’ll cut off your ears myself…”

“It will erase the concept of ‘ears’ and they will no longer be able to grow, right?”

"Hehe~ Of course, what I need is the concept of your ears, otherwise how could your external flesh be worth thirty thousand. Don't worry, I will not destroy your hearing system, I will just lose one ear. That’s all.”

  “Sorry, I cannot accept such an offer.”

 Physical integrity, this is Yi Chen’s bottom line as a person.

Just as Yi Chen turned to leave, a whisper came: "How about this~ let me touch your ears, and I'll give you a 20% discount?"

“You can, but you must not do anything other than touch your ears.”

“Don’t worry, if I wasn’t trustworthy, I would have been kicked out of here long ago.”

As Yi Chen sat cross-legged in front of this person, his two white palms touched each other as carefully as if he were appreciating treasures, from the earlobe to the helix, from the scapho to the tragus, and from the outer ear to the inner ear.

This touch lasted for three full hours, until the other party's body twitched and relaxed, and then he finally let go.

“Ah~ It’s so intoxicating! The perfect human ear between life and death, I really want to get it~ It’s a pity that the deceased seemed to be very interested in you at first. Once you become incomplete, the boss may hold me accountable.

 Meet you here at this time tomorrow and I will give you what you want. "

 When Yi Chen got up, his entire right ear was swollen and turned white.

　　　　　Where is this person coming from... I feel completely different from the ordinary dead. 』

Maybe it’s because I’ve been touched for too long. Even in my dreams at night, I dream of my ears being touched.

 When Yi Chen woke up the next day, he found Shisan kneeling beside the bed and rubbing his ears.

 Since he noticed the discomfort in the teacher's ears, Thirteen used candlelight to drive away the remaining death plague on them and gave him a massage all night long.

 Arriving at the fixed location the next day,

Yichen obtained detailed information by paying six thousand ancient coins.

Here is not only Vivian's work schedule, the distribution probability time map of daily activity areas, but also some of her personal information and the positioning information of the Knights.

“Remember, read and destroy this information as soon as possible. If the information is leaked and implicates me...I will take away your ears and all your hearing at all costs.”

The temperature difference between day and night is too big here in Hunan. I have a cold and tonsillitis. I didn’t have a chance to take my little one out to play. I took medicine and rested at home. I’ll update this weekend.

　　

 (End of this chapter)