The Gentleman at the End-Chapter 712 - 710: Hidden Village on Lung Water Lake

Lung Dragon attacked,

The snail woman was so scared that she wet herself on the spot. As the village guide, she had heard of the Lung Dragon,

According to patients who left the mountains in regret, having not found the Hidden Village, they said as long as you don’t provoke the Lung Dragons living in the mountains, the creatures will ignore the climbers,

you might even encounter a good-natured Lung Dragon willing to carry someone from the outer mountains directly to the interior,

There are even rumors that a very small number of people gained the Lung Dragon’s acknowledgment and were directly transported to the Hidden Village,

Only a very unlucky few, while walking on the mountain trails, because of nervousness, the spreading of smoke, or other reasons, accidentally stepped on a Lung Dragon resting on the cliff, and if the creature happened to be hungry, they might be swallowed in one bite.

She had never heard of such an aggressive encounter, and the snail woman’s consciousness was numb.

Little did she know that Nash, whom she had been holding hands with all along, remained calm with Scattered Eyes moving, not tense at all.

Even during the Lung Dragon’s assault, he turned to look at the main healer in the team, "Boss, shall we kill it?"

"I’ll handle it. Try not to kill. I don’t want to attract unnecessary trouble just after entering the mountain."

William was ready to use the mental pulse generated by Madness Brain to directly affect the approaching Lung Dragon,

Just then, Dentist Jessica suddenly took out four syringes and quickly injected everyone in the neck,

As the liquid was injected, the charging Lung Dragon suddenly slowed down and eventually came to a halt on the cliff path where everyone was walking,

Using the hollow tentacles grown from its lung-wings to adhere to the mountain path, it protruded its trachea-structured head and slowly approached the group.

As the trachea drew near, something inside was being slowly squeezed out,

Human heads,

Not just one, as the Lung Dragon’s trachea alone was three meters in diameter, the heads stuffed inside were seven or eight, sticking to each other.

Some heads had already died, their eyes turned up, while three retained Self-awareness,

They looked strangely at the group of climbers in front of them, because they had not detected the Aura of tuberculosis bacteria infection from them before, yet in the midst of the flight, it suddenly appeared.

As the heads scanned the mountain climbers one by one and came to the last young man wearing glasses, snap!

At the same time, the young man extended three hands, one on each side and the third from behind, just managing to press against the three effective heads of the Lung Dragon,

[Forced Education]

Without waiting for it to struggle, the character for Madness was already imprinted on the surface of the brain,

In dealing with the patient whose Open Source Limit was one level below his own, William’s "Education" almost always succeeded, but what puzzled him was that the Lung Dragon in front of him indeed had multiple brains in joint control.

And the information logged on the educational database had three entries, only these three students’ information was encapsulated in one form.

They even had three different student evaluations, rated as D+, C, and C-, followed by two rows of special marks.

*The Educated group is undergoing ’Gu Dragon Transformation’, and ultimately a single individual will complete the dominion.

*A detection in the Educated group reveals an unknown variant of the tuberculosis bacteria, the shared database for Madman could not find related illness, suggesting an in-depth investigation is needed.

The Educated Lung Dragon bowed its massive body, with structures that are both wings and lungs touching both sides of the mountain cliff, and the three heads pressing completely to the ground, shouting together, "Teacher!"

"Gu-making, you say? By the way, were you people from the Hidden Village before?"

"Yes, we were Ordinary villagers undergoing Gu Dragon Transformation... Only by completing the Gu Dragon Transformation can we access deeper things, receive the true ’Lung,’ and the Path will open up to us.

I cannot disclose relevant information to you, otherwise, the ’Soul Contract’ existing between our souls would directly erase us.

Of course, if Teacher really wants to know, we are willing to give our lives and tell you as much about the secrets deep within the Hidden Village before our souls vanish."

"That’s not necessary. By the way, can you take us to the Hidden Village, or can we become villagers?"

"Admittance of villagers to the Hidden Village is strictly limited, requiring an affinity test for each individual with tuberculosis bacteria, only those who meet the standard can go to the village.

There are many internal tests afterward.

The Qi Fortune Condensation on your bodies is very subtle; I guess you are too powerful for the tuberculosis bacteria to shake the pathogen system within you, making it impossible to go to the Hidden Village.

Forcing our way in would bring the entirety of Hidden Village against us, and there are several hundred of us Lung Dragons, not to mention those even more dangerous Gu Dragon Patients."

"So, there are those in the Hidden Village who have completed the path?"

"If we reveal that, we would die too."

"Alright, wait a moment."

William turned his head to look at Jessica in his squad who acted as the ’nurse,’ "Can the concentration of the modified non-pathogenic tuberculosis bacillus be increased further? To meet Hidden Village’s standards?"

"It’s not a big problem, but are you sure you want to use this form of disguise to go in, Mr. William? Even if we get the permission to enter the village, such inactive bacilli that exist within us would be easily exposed with a simple test.

For example, if they ask us to exhale a fog containing pathogenic bacteria, we simply couldn’t do it."

At that moment,

Lorrian, the patient being escorted, spoke for the first time, "We won’t be discovered."

Since Lorrian had said so, Dentist Jessica immediately took measures, drawing highly concentrated infected bodily fluids from within a Lung Dragon and rapidly modifying them with phages before injecting them into everyone.

"Is it okay now?"

The Lung Dragon sniffed the aura of everyone briskly, coughing, "Cough cough! Yes, it’s fine. You are indeed a friend of the teacher, such remarkable techniques! Our tuberculosis bacteria here are blessed, and to see such transformation and inactivation is a first for me.

Come aboard, I’ll take you there."

When everyone mounted the thick trachea, the Lung Dragon thoughtfully grew small flexible tubes from its lung lobes for everyone to grip tightly, serving as safety belts.

Hiss hiss hiss!

The lower lung lobes began to jet air, and with the help of flapping movements, they took off rapidly, heading as smoothly as possible toward the center of the mountains.

The snail woman sitting in the midst of the crowd didn’t react for a long time and didn’t even know how she had ended up on a Lung Dragon.

It was only halfway through the flight that she let out a cry from between her snail shells and realized the people she was with were no ordinary folk.

"Who exactly are you?"

Without waiting for William’s response, Nash, whom she held, turned his head, "Don’t ask, just cherish the opportunity before you. Meeting the boss is the result of your Qi Fortune Condensation, talking too much is of no benefit."

"Understood... "

As the Lung Dragon flew toward the heart of the mountains, the mist gradually shifted from grey to a deep purple color,

Looking down, there was actually a lake in the middle of the mountains surrounded by them.

The entire lake was black and purple, bubbling with viscous bubbles,

The so-called ’Hidden Village’ was built right above the lake,

Supported by specially constructed bamboo poles in the air or clinging to cliffsides, creating the impression that they wanted to extract something from between the lake while also not daring to touch its waters.

Hidden Village was also surrounded by mountains on all sides. To enter the village, one could either ride a Lung Dragon from above or take the single dangerous mountain path, or step across the dark purple lake.

Many Lung Dragons coiled and nested around the area, and if anyone dared to force their way in, they would face catastrophic ’Deep Breaths.’

And the most distinctive feature of this place was the ’cough.’

Even before entering the village, just by hovering tens of meters in the air, one could hear incessant severe coughing, and it was apparent that the villagers were all coughing.

"Cough cough~ Teacher, below is Hidden Village. The villagers are all very cautious, especially those who have completed the Gu Dragon Transformation who are inherently suspicious.

If you are exposed, call us immediately and we will do our utmost to take you away,"

William gently stroked the Lung Dragon’s trachea, speaking very softly, "No need~ Take good care of your Gu Dragon Transformation. This place won’t take our lives unless there’s some secret concealed beneath that lake.

Speaking of which, what’s the name of this lake? You can tell us that, at least."

"Lung Water Lake, it’s the origin of tuberculosis, the heart of Sick Mountain... I hope you find your answer~ Cough cough!"

Perhaps due to the stress reaction of returning to the village, the Lung Dragon’s three heads also began coughing violently.

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