The Gentleman at the End
Chapter 568 - 566: The Abyss Revealed and War Relics

Chapter 568: Chapter 566: The Abyss Revealed and War Relics

Black Worm Dining Car, the most high-end restaurant at 3888.

Similarly, it was the City Lord Price who was treating, as a celebration to mark the successful completion of Yi Chen’s journey. For the City Lord, more than eighty days were nothing; he had long been accustomed to the passing of time.

Moreover, as one of the Moon Rats, he could clearly sense that the parts related to ’moon’ inside Yi Chen’s body had also been completed and amplified, fitting more closely his fantasies about the Silver Moon Queen.

However, as the gourmet food was served, Price completely indulged in it, momentarily setting aside these matters.

At the dining table, Yi Chen, who had arguably been soaking in the silver liquid pool for too long or crawling in the Abyss for an entire week, surprisingly still didn’t feel much hunger, and his desire to eat was quite ordinary.

He asked Jin, who was sitting opposite him, while cutting his main course.

"I remember the Venerable Tumor Knight Order is supposed to be very strict. Will the Cancer Palace let you come out for so long?"

Unable to stop eating, Jin let his cancerous cells directionally proliferate, growing a temporary substitute mouth on the back of his right hand that had a vocal cord structure.

"Ah? I went back once a month ago, and then found another opportunity to sneak out. The Lord did not only refrain from blaming me but also praised my outing.

Because I found something good in the Extremely Dark Land, even among the Venerable Tumor Knight Order, it’s rare and precious. Although I haven’t found a way to repair and use it yet, I have vaguely grasped some methods."

"What good thing?"

"A Relic left from the invading wars ... and it’s a ’Hidden Relic’ that is rather intact and hasn’t been stolen by others.

It was also thanks to Price’s familiarity with this area, leading us to the Dark Nest Mine and discovering a hidden passage inside. Combine that with the Evil Sunlight from Thirteen’s younger sister to forcibly disperse the Ancient Times sealing and uncovering a collapsed place never discovered by anyone."

Yi Chen’s interest shifted in an instant, and the food in front of him no longer held any appeal, "War Relics? If you’re not carrying it with you... let me see it."

"Just because I say I’ll show you, you want to see it? We’ve been waiting for you for quite a long time, Yi Chen~ We were bored to death.

You can see it if you want, but first you have to show me what you’ve gained from the Abyss. I assume your contact with the Tenth Abyss must have brought about quite a few changes, right?"

Yi Chen nodded in admission, "The Abyss has indeed impacted me and brought changes, but if I were to display such traits, it might affect your dining experience."

"Can it make us lose our appetite? Stop talking rubbish and show us quickly. As an exchange, I’ll show you the War Relic I found."

"Alright."

Click~ A crisp sound came from Yi Chen’s spine, as if his entire spinal column came alive, even starting to squirm slightly.

Something was moving under the skin on his shoulders, slowly crawling up his neck to his face.

"Hands?"

Jin, who was eating, gradually stopped and noticed something resembling a hand structure moving beneath Yi Chen’s skin, but it was larger than ordinary human hands.

Soon, the moving hand reached his face and drilled out from both temples.

The material of the hand was between pitch-black stone and human skin, emitting a strong Abyss aura.

When the slow-moving hands that emerged on the left and right completely covered Yi Chen’s face and joined to form a ’mask’,

Humm!

An indescribable aura spread out from Yi Chen as the center.

Jin, who was seated opposite, truly felt a viscous substance spreading over, covering the entire dining area in an instant, as well as an odd sensation coming from beneath her, forcing her to look down towards the tablecloth’s end.

In the dim space under the table, a pale arm extended out from the viscous substance, attempting to grab her lower leg, to climb up her body.

"Illusion?"

Jin suppressed the agitation in her heart, redirecting her gaze back to the tabletop.

But the gourmet food that was on the plates had disappeared, replaced by a child’s head without eyeballs. Black hair draped down, smeared with bright red lipstick, emitting a disturbing laugh.

When Jin looked back at Yi Chen sitting opposite her, the situation changed once again.

The hand structure on Yi Chen’s face was no longer a ’mask’, but a real person was standing behind him, covering his eyes ... but this person was shrouded in darkness. Just when Jin tried to clearly see the other’s face,

Yi Chen, whose face was covered with only his mouth exposed, began to speak:

"Jin, how is it?"

Under the carefully crafted atmosphere and artistic conception, as William uttered words that were completely out of character for him.

Boom!

Jin’s calves exploded instantaneously, she reflexively shot back from the dining table in an explosive retreat.

Putting on her helmet, at the same time grasping the Blood Baby Longsword in her hand... a drop of cold sweat fell from the helmet’s vent, her gaze was like facing a formidable enemy as she stared at William in front of her.

It wasn’t just her,

Price, the City Lord, who had been immersed in the culinary delights, also had his fur stand on end, retreating to the edge of the restaurant.

The waitstaff of the dining area were even more so frightened out of their wits, each and every one losing control on the spot. The black parasites within them reacted to the stress by bursting out of their bodies, attempting to abandon their hosts and escape on their own.

Hum~ Hum!

The entire dining car’s alarm blared, and by the time security personnel clad in black exoskeletal suits arrived on the scene, William had already removed his Abyss Mask.

"It’s all right now, it’s all right~ I was just briefly showing off a bit of personal ability, I’m really sorry."

Inside the restaurant, everything was normal; there were no casualties or mess, as if everything seen just a moment ago was merely an illusion.

The employees infected with black worms, however, took the incident very seriously. After conducting several different types of checks and confirming there were no issues, they even sent out the general manager to negotiate in person, hoping that William would refrain from exhibiting such a form in the dining area in the future.

By the time Jin and Price returned to their seats, their appetites were significantly reduced.

Jin rested her hands on the table and leaned her head toward William, "Just now... was that really you? I felt like the moment you put on the mask, you became a complete stranger, and an incredibly dangerous one at that."

"It was me, but the Abyss also played its part."

"Incredible~ It’s gotten me interested in making contact with ’The Tenth Abyss’ myself."

"Contacting the Abyss carries high risks, and your personality doesn’t quite suit it, Jin. If you really want to make contact with the Abyss, you had better ask for Oreina’s or the Cancer Palace Lord’s advice beforehand.

Now then~ hurry up and show me the War Relic you found."

"You’re really impatient, aren’t you? Here, take a look first."

A rectangular container, forged from Old World gold amalgamated with proliferated tumors, was placed on the surface of the table. William immediately recognized its uniqueness; it was clearly a high-grade creation of the Cancer Palace.

"Should I ask the waitstaff to leave first?"

Jin waved her hand dismissively, "No need for them to leave~ they won’t gossip. Besides, if anyone dares to steal from the Cancer Palace, we can use them for practice.

All right, I’m going to open it now."

Jin lifted the containment box in front of her with both hands.

A delicate and slender pink tongue extended from her mouth and inserted into the gap at the center of the box for identity verification.

Listening to the unlocking mechanism and the accompanying squelchy sound of sticky threads being pulled, the box opened.

Due to his position, William couldn’t yet see the item inside, but he faintly smelled a familiar aura.

Swish!

Jin’s tongue retreated back into her mouth, she turned towards the box to face William.

A ’broken sword’ was revealed before his eyes,

the sword guard fashioned into a lotus shape,

the hilt had a pagoda-like structure,

and the remaining quarter of the blade was etched with a script that William had seen before, or more accurately, that Yi Chen had seen in his previous life.

"Sanskrit, is this some type of Buddhist magic artifact?"

"Huh? What Sanskrit, what’s Buddhism? What are you talking about, William?" Jin was totally confused by the barrage of strange terms.

William, however, did not respond to Jin’s questions and instead focused on the broken sword, sensing the residual Divine Aura on its surface.

"It can’t be mistaken... this sensation has a certain similarity with the Death God Statue that Yi Chen worshipped. Although it is not of the same deity, it should originate from the same grand World."