The Gentleman at the End-Chapter 711 - 709: The Breathing Mountains

William didn’t take the so-called Sick Mountain too seriously; he only wanted to use its allure for attracting the Open Source Patients (human transformations) as a way to find a suitable area within to set up a theater and conduct a trial operation. Meanwhile, he would collect the aura of Fear from this world,

and perhaps even recruit some decent actors.

As for the so-called Flying Dragons, Hidden Village, and the ’incurable diseases,’ it was merely about adding a bit of curiosity.

To William, the claims that they could not be killed were merely the local’s ingrained perceptions.

Under the guidance of the snail woman, the group arrived at the ’parking lot’ behind the small town.

Most of the travelers resting in Lakavik Town would take a vehicle from here,

but although it was called a parking lot, it really resembled a junkyard, with a large number of empty car shells piled up.

The snail woman found a relatively new and clean car shell, then crawled inside,

and filled the inside of the car with her soft body structure, forming seats and wheel structures, effectively turning it into an autonomous biological energy car.

The snail shell was embedded on the hood,

Nash, as requested, took the driver’s seat, his feet pressing on the snail woman’s more sensitive soft tissues that formed the ’brake’ and ’accelerator,’ making it possible to brake and accelerate manually through stimulation.

Dentist Jessica sat in the passenger seat, while William and Lorrian took the backseats,

As the wheels rolled, they officially set off towards Sick Mountain.

Throughout the journey, Lorrian was like a specially ill patient bound and sealed, remaining silent with his eyes closed tightly.

And William was like his attending doctor, requiring constant supervision to ensure his condition. Dentist Jessica played the role of a ’nurse,’ and Nash was acting as a ’special bodyguard.’

The journey wasn’t long, and after an hour’s drive along the main road, the outline of Sick Mountain came into view, ƒreewebɳovel.com

As they approached, the details of Sick Mountain came into sight, more tangible than watching it from the Moon.

Mists and vapors rose and curled in the air, and unlike the flowing mist of gray matter, the fog here was more like smoke that, as the snail woman said, was a kind of ’body fog’ exhaled by the mysterious patients of the Hidden Village.

It wasn’t just gray; within the dense fog, one could see an unusual dark purple color.

Moreover, if one looked closely, they really could make out some sort of dragons flying amidst the clouds, though seeing their specific shapes clearly would likely require venturing into the mountains.

Ultimately, the car stopped at a mountain pass,

Upon exiting the vehicle, they were immediately enveloped by the descending mists from the mountains,

As William took one normal breath, a strand of purple aura almost invisible to the naked eye entered his respiratory tract like a silk thread, reached his lungs, and began a primary infection.

Unlike pathogens that had previously invaded, the cluster of bacteria in William’s body, ruled by the Mad Shell Virus, failed to clear them immediately, and it was even uncertain whether this invasive unknown bacterium should be eliminated.

Because this unseen pathogen, once taking root in the lungs, brought no adverse reactions,

Instead, it enhanced lung function. The alveoli, dyed purple, had a higher rate of oxygen absorption, and breathing became noticeably smoother.

If the pathogens that had invaded William’s body before were likened to thugs, assassins, ninjas and the like,

Then the one he breathed in now was like a cleaning worker wearing a breathing mask and a purple cloak, actively helping to clean the streets and even spraying a purple air freshener.

When this cleaner was surrounded by the anthropomorphic bacteria in William’s body, governed by the Mad Shell Virus, he did not flee or resist,

Instead, he opened his purple cloak to reveal a mysterious book hidden inside, offering to give it away for free, eager to pass on knowledge about a lung-related illness to the host.

All these were vivid fantasies of the Madness Brain.

This was the first time he had seen such interesting bacteria, and he himself was a Complete Shaper with a constitution fused with multiple illnesses; the Madness Brain’s bias was towards ingesting this lung-beneficial ’probiotic.’

Right then,

Dentist Jessica suddenly gave a warning, "Detection of unknown pathogens not from the plague database,

Their molecular structure highly similar to that of ’Tuberculosis Bacillus’,

Covered with a membrane capable of reflecting purple light, possessing strong stealth and mimetic properties while the membrane interior has a very potent pathogenicity and primal possessiveness.

Once the lungs are infected, it will form a primary lesion that is difficult to dislodge.

This is a strange structure I’ve never seen in the Old World; the purple membrane structure has exceeded my knowledge in this area, as if formed by external forces like a mimicry Barrier."

William asked, "A product of cross-infection?"

"It’s possible—or perhaps a new type of bacteria has been formed through competitive replication of multiple viruses against the Tuberculosis Bacillus. Try not to get infected; otherwise, our illness systems will inevitably be affected.

Even the ’concept’ of lungs could be affected, altering our respiratory function."

"That exaggerated?"

"Wait, let me test how dangerous this pathogen hiding beneath its capsule actually is."

William continued to enter into his Madness Brain delusion,

allowing the Mad Shell Virus to command the pathogens in his body to eradicate the purple individual disguised as a cleaner selling books,

The Dead Plague Fog State Bacteria made the first move, corresponding to a pitch-black assassin with hand blade structures concealed in their robe sleeves. When they slashed, the black fog dissipated.

But what was sliced was only a purple cape (capsule).

The streets became empty,

a strong aura of danger descended from above, and all the microbes looked up to see a freak clad in lungs, each lung dotted with small holes, floating through the air by jetting from the pulmonary structure.

Rage and killing intent surged, wanting to kill off the ignorant microbial cluster below,

but in one second,

iron chains wrapped around, with the Painful Iron Chain microbes acting to forcefully pull down this individual,

The Dead Plague Fog State Bacteria followed up immediately, slashing over thirty times with its flagella to remove and kill by severing all the lungs covering the opponent’s body.

The residual germs that fell to the ground turned into a puddle of foul-smelling sewage,

When the germ that had sheep’s hooves and an umbilical cord attached to its belly tried to clean up, the sewage actually vaporized and rose into the sky instantly.

Back to reality,

cough cough cough~ William felt discomfort in his respiratory tract, and a severe cough expelled the dead unknown microbe from his body, while at the same time, Dentist Jessica handed him a mask of the same type.

She also distributed masks to the others,

Lorrian and Nash used methods to expel this variant of tuberculosis bacillus,

only the accompanying snail woman could not rely on herself to expel it; she didn’t even notice that the tuberculosis bacillus had already taken root in her lungs, only feeling that her breathing became somewhat smoother.

Nash also quietly approached and asked softly, "Boss, do you want to help her eliminate the bacteria?"

"No, let it be... This thing may be redundant for us, but for her, it might be an opportunity. Moreover, it’s best to have one infected person in our team to be recognized by these special mountains."

"Understood."

Entering the Sick Mountain region,

It was as described by the snail woman, but with differences,

The vegetation spread across the mountains was mainly mushrooms, only these mushrooms had lung-like biological structures on their stems, paired and with circular openings on their caps,

They were capable of breathing, exhaling the fog of the mountains, affecting mountain climbers.

The shape of the trees was even more exaggerated, branches intertwining to form lung structures, the so-called tree holes more resembled human mouths, constantly breathing.

It seemed as if all the organic matter within Sick Mountain was engaging in anthropomorphic ’breathing,’ not only affecting visitors but also serving to filter the mountain fog.

As everyone treaded the treacherous mountain paths and ascended to a certain height... the raspy roar of a flying dragon came from overhead.

Looking up,

a ’flying dragon’ just happened to streak across above them, and even Lorrian slightly opened her eyes to observe with Moon Eyes,

It was not at all the ’dragon’ they had anticipated, but a huge flying lung! The dual lungs served as wings covered in numerous holes, capable of flight through spreading and jetting,

And the flying dragon’s tail, body, and head were all one, corresponding to a massive trachea. Within the dark depths of the trachea, something terrifying seemed to be hidden.

Rather than a flying dragon, it was more of a Lung Dragon.

Perhaps having sniffed the scent of mountain climbers, or sensing uninfected climbers, a Lung Dragon, tens of meters in length, came whooshing toward them.

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