The Gentleman at the End-Chapter 656 - 654: Digestion, Plague, and the Mysterious Person

Chapter 656: Chapter 654: Digestion, Plague, and the Mysterious Person

"The train will soon arrive at its final destination, Linghai City. Please gather your belongings, take all personal items with you, and follow the directions of the train staff to disembark in an orderly manner. We look forward to seeing you again."

The announcement reverberated through the carriage, and William gradually woke up from his slumber,

only to find the first sight that met his eyes was Catherine hunched over his abdomen, which looked quite peculiar from his supine perspective.

"William, you’re finally awake! Pretty daring, aren’t you~ Sticking whatever into your stomach, aren’t you afraid of catching some gastrointestinal diseases?

But your body is really interesting. During the time you were sleeping, this abdominal hole symbolizing the Abyss has been spinning the whole time."

"Hmm?"

William immediately sat up to observe his abdomen, and the Abyss Hole was indeed rotating slowly, accumulating even more vitality within.

He didn’t know that the Fertility Guanyin had been directly sent to the front of the Tenth Abyss, and not long after the Divine Statue entered his belly, a strong internal counterforce and weakness had caused him to faint.

If William had known that the statue had been sent to the Tenth Abyss, he might have grabbed Catherine and begun to fall without limit, possibly returning to the Old World.

From his subjective experience, it seemed that the Abyss within his abdomen had simply ’digested’ the statue.

As the Fertility Guanyin was digested and absorbed, the Abyss in his abdomen became full of life, and it even seemed that related illnesses began to heal. Even the structure and position of the internal organs changed, and there were even slight spiky structures appearing on the surface of the bones, moving towards the original Complete Shaper Body.

"Catherine, my body has recovered from certain illnesses after absorbing the statue, and you should be able to do the same... When we get to Linghai City, let’s have a good time exploring, and try to get your Nightmare Ability back as soon as possible."

Catherine traced circles on William’s abdomen with her hand, feeling the changes in the physical body, "Your body has indeed changed a lot. If we encounter trouble later on, remember to stand in front," she said.

"Speaking of which, did anything happen on the train after I absorbed the statue?"

"After you dealt with the statue, the passengers on the train gradually calmed down... Only a poor pregnant woman was taken away in an ambulance. I sneaked a look, and it seems her family also worshipped the weird statues that were supposed to bring new life, only theirs was a replica.

Later, when the train police conducted questioning and checks on all passengers, Fangfang easily helped us evade the inspection with her ability.

We’re about to arrive. Get ready to disembark! I can hardly wait to see the things related to the ocean in this world."

As the train came to a complete stop and passengers prepared to disembark, the speaker crackled to life again.

"The Railway Department has just received a notice to conduct a epidemic inspection on all passengers. The City Health Bureau has set up multiple quarantine stations at the train station exits. Please cooperate fully."

"Quarantine? So sudden..."

William had a bad feeling, vaguely sensing that this abrupt epidemic inspection might be related to his ingestion of the statue.

The three of them blended into the densest part of the crowd, and from a distance, they could see a large number of health inspectors in protective suits guarding the exit, equipped with stun guns at their waists.

The method of quarantine was to draw blood from the veins,

and rather than sending the blood to advanced equipment, at each station was a statue of a living Buddha carrying a gourd. By injecting a blood sample into the gourd through a pipette, inspection could be completed quickly.

Additionally, a large number of police officers patrolled the train station, ensuring the smooth operation of the quarantine work.

"Fangfang, can you scan the entire train station’s geometric space to find an escape route that won’t be discovered?"

"Sure, I’ll try to look for one~"

The Blood Flesh Magic Cube rotated and swiftly provided an answer.

Following Fangfang’s guidance, as the crowd passed by a safety exit, William and the others furtively separated from the crowd and quickly stepped into the stairwell.

Although police also patrolled the stairwell, with Fangfang’s ability activated, the patrolling officers never seemed to intersect with the three of them.

Once they reached the third floor of the train station, which housed the offices of the Railway Department,

they quickly slipped into the restroom at the end, squeezed through a narrow window into the stairway, and landed on the adjacent street, successfully evading the quarantine.

Walking on the overpass near the train station, William looked back at the militarized quarantine process at the exit and couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"Phew~ That was a close call... Thank goodness for Fangfang, she really saved us a lot of trouble along the way."

Catherine, looking back at the scene and reflecting on her own severed tentacle limbs, spoke with lingering fear, "It’s probably related to William absorbing the statue~ It seems we two ’Pathogens’ have been discovered by this world, so we need to figure out a way to escape quickly.

Though I’d love to slowly enjoy the fun of this world and find a place to binge-watch shows, it seems we’ll have to wait for another time."

"Hmm, let’s hurry up."

William was about to shift his gaze from the exit when the sweeping view abruptly caught an abnormal ’point,’ forcing him to continue his observation, scrutinizing the dense crowd emerging from the station.

Filtering out the quarantine and security personnel,

there were still a large number of locals at the exit,

including waiting couples, tour group members, relatives holding signs, unlicensed taxi drivers, and housing grandmas, among others. However, William quickly spotted a ’point’ clearly different from the others.

It was a person in a pure yellow coat with a cap, which even resembled a raincoat to some extent.

Although the train station was a place of mixed company, such attire was indeed conspicuous,

The yellow-clad figure seemed to be waiting for a passenger to exit, but he never appeared. Suddenly, as if he felt a gaze from afar, he sharply turned his head toward the overbridge.

At that moment,

the eyes beneath the hood met William’s.

Under the hood, a chilling smile emerged as if he had finally found the departing passenger, but he didn’t move closer to the overbridge,

and as a group of police officers passed in front of the person in yellow, he disappeared from William’s view.

Catherine by his side hadn’t noticed the yellow dot in the vast sea of people.

"What are you still looking at, William~ Let’s go."

"Yeah."

William didn’t rush towards the beach area but deliberately lingered nearby, hoping to see if the man in yellow would approach him on his own.

"Let’s grab something to eat before we go."

"What to eat, instant noodles?"

"No... fried chicken."

"What fried chicken?"

Catherine’s Chinese was still not very good; she translated these two words directly into the Old World’s language as ’exploding chicken,’ even imagining the kind of malignant incident only a clown like Art would commit.

As she followed William into a fast-food chain sporting the logo of an old man with white hair, the scene suddenly changed.

After Catherine took a bite, all the fried chicken was reduced to nothing but bare bones,

but what she loved the most was the ice cream and happy soda; these processed and flavored items were almost non-existent in the unprocessed Old World.

With every sip of happy soda, tiny tentacles would wriggle out of the hems of Catherine’s trousers and twitch excitedly.

"This stuff is so delicious! Although many ingredients are harmful to the body, the taste and happiness it brings are irreplaceable, and it’s perfect for when the body is heating up.

The boss and the others will definitely love it!"

"When it comes to the food technology of this world, it’s not easy to make on one’s own."

"No wonder~ Say, the place we’re going later, can I still buy it there? If I can’t make it myself, I must drink my fill."

"Soda is available everywhere, you’ll have more than enough."

"Yay! I’m going to buy a hundred bottles of soda and a hundred tubs of instant noodles, and play with my phone while eating!"

"You don’t want to go back, do you?"

"I’m just fantasizing about a wonderful life; of course, escape is still the main goal... Speaking of which, even restaurants like this have divine statues~ Could the food tasting so good have something to do with the divine statue?"

Following Catherine’s gaze,

on the display case opposite the service counter, there stood a statue that looked part human, part chicken, with a comb on its head and taloned feet, its round bulging eyes watching every customer in the place.

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