The Last Gentleman

Beneath the deep pit,

the black organs crowded at the bottom were slowly shriveling,

a vastly different girl crawled out from them, her head’s frame structure and her name were also hidden, no longer the bloated body shape but an impeccable humanoid form.

The head had not changed much,

still featuring a single horn on one side and the horizontal pupil of a sheep’s eye,

her slender body with a round hole at the abdomen (the size equating to a circle made with both hands), as if her uterine organs were removed, suggesting other implications,

continuously, black liquid spilled from this circular hole.

This black liquid signified new life, ordinary people, regardless of gender, once they touched and absorbed it, would become pregnant (males would consume more energy to quickly build a temporary uterus inside their body).

The skin below the abdomen was black, and her pitch-black legs stood on the ground, with only four toes remaining… precisely, the little toes had regressed and disappeared.

“Congratulations!”

Yi Chen jumped down from above, cushioning his fall with the soft organs and mucus,

“Big brother!”

The girl Lene still had the same smile as before, ran over, and hugged Yi Chen tightly, showing no hostility of a patient toward humans, only gratitude in her eyes.

The newly reborn Lene, like a newborn, longed for such an embrace (tilting her head so the horn wouldn’t jab into the chest),

After a five-minute-long hug, Lene slowly raised her head, tears swirling in her eyes.

“Big brother, I feel a pull, I might be going to a very distant place…”

“We were supposed to part anyway, go live your own life. As long as you are alive, we will surely meet again.”

Upon hearing Yi Chen’s soothing words, Lene immediately responded like a child:

“Okay! Oh, I have something I want to give you.”

As soon as she finished speaking,

the girl reached into the hole in her abdomen, forcefully pulling out an ‘umbilical cord’ connected inside.

This was precisely the connection to the ancient womb she used during her open source development.

Glossy black, vibrant and continuously dripping with fresh mucus,

“This is no longer useful to me, but it might be of use to you, big brother.”

Yi Chen watched the umbilical cord held in the girl’s hand, able to smell an ancient aura, far surpassing that of Holy Embryo Marcos.

This black umbilical cord was indeed associated with Lene’s source, its value imaginable.

“Are you really giving it to me?”

“Yes!”

Seeing Lene’s resolute eyes, Yi Chen slowly extended his only right hand.

The moment his fingertips touched the surface of the umbilical cord, a buzz!

The similar sensation,

a kind of mental pull,

but this time in a ‘semi-voluntary form’, because of the ‘touching action’ made by Yi Chen, his consciousness was drawn by an ancient thought within the umbilical cord.

His consciousness detached from the body, sliding through a fresh, moist tunnel.

In this process, he gradually lost the concept of time.

After an indeterminate amount of time

With a *puh*—emerging from the soft mouth of the tunnel, and following the black slick liquid, he fell hundreds of meters from the sky.

With a *splat*!

He landed on a puddle of incredibly sticky black mud, the impact of the fall absorbed by the mud, like landing on a soft air cushion, completely unharmed.

Rising to his feet, he could see no end to the mud pit.

Then slowly raised his head to look at the sky,

where the dim clouds resembled some kind of living organ, from which numerous flesh-colored conduits emerged, one of which had just transported Yi Chen.

As his view shifted forward,

he quickly spotted a peculiar object in the sky.

A gigantic goat skull, suspended in mid-air, took the place of the sun and moon… From the pitch-black eye sockets, black viscous liquid continuously flowed out, forming two black waterfalls that irrigated the earth.

As he gazed at the goat’s skull,

William’s vision was immediately assisted and pulled by an external force, causing his view to keep zooming in,

as if like a movie camera, drawn inexorably towards the skull’s eye sockets to passively observe what lay inside.

It seemed to house a person,

a high-level existence whose appearance William could not discern, and even music began to play gradually, distinctly different from the ocean music he once heard in the Fish Scale Abyss.

A girl’s harmony, interspersed with deep, spaced drumbeats, a blend of flute and harp.

On the surface it sounded peaceful and serene, yet it was tinged with sadness and even resented elements.

As his view zoomed in further, just about to glimpse His appearance,

whiz! The connection was forcibly severed.

William’s consciousness instantly snapped back to the Original World, back to the High Wall Base, returning to his own body.

At this moment,

the Black Umbilical Cord had already wound itself around William’s severely damaged left arm, caused by the Red Lotus Explosion and excessive use. Miraculously, under the influence of the umbilical cord, it healed perfectly, growing flesh as tender as a baby’s.

The entire left arm’s neural connections were also completely restored, with no discomfort whatsoever.

As William stared at the Black Umbilical Cord,

his Professional Characteristics began to analyze relevant information, displaying it in the form of ‘ancient living script’.

『Key Artifact Acquired [Relic-The-Black-Umbilical-Cord]』

≮Overview≯:

Also known as “Sheep’s Belt”

Associated with the newly born sheep, a critical medium established during the second birth with the Old World’s mother, responsible for carrying ancient knowledge and nutrients, rare and precious.

Important information retained on the inner wall of the umbilical cord is usable for breakthroughs in related attributes of [Physique] and [Psyche], giving birth anew to the body.

After obtaining a breakthrough with this relic, aside from enhancing one’s own abilities, the additional relic trait ‘Superfast Regeneration’ will also be acquired.

Carrying the relic will provide a passive effect: ‘Continuous Regeneration’.

…

“[Relic]!”

William was stunned by this miraculous gift.

Just as he looked up again to thank Lene,

the girl who had stood there had vanished, maybe, as she mentioned, ‘pulled’ to a place truly suitable for living.

Whew… William took a deep breath.

Clutching the umbilical cord in his hand, his mental state was somewhat peculiar, his mind rapidly accepting, reflecting on everything that had just happened, and conducting self-examination.

“Have I~ created an ‘open source patient’? This should completely violate the gentleman’s principles, akin to adding a terrible festering sore to the world.

But did I really do something wrong?

Miss Lene did not harm me; instead, she fully healed my grievously injured left arm and even gave me from her hand an invaluable relic for breaking through the ‘Limit of Man’.

You know, how many gentlemen in Zion are because they can’t obtain relics, always restricted to human limitations, only able to realize their own value through commerce, contributing skills, et cetera.

If I meet Miss Lene again, she might still offer help.

What exactly is going on…”

William shook his head hard, momentarily confused about the true definition of ‘patient’.

“What really distinguishes a patient from a human? Is there a possibility that the Church’s ideology is correct… in such a world, full of scars and critically ill, are patients the denizens of the new era?”

Just then,

Jin’s voice suddenly came from above:

“William, so you’re here~ Running off alone to this forest high wall, do you seek to monopolize more [Merit]? Don’t worry~ When we submit the mission, I will attribute most of the credit to you.

Hurry up and come up; we need to rush back to Zion as there are many tasks to submit and process.”

“Okay.”

William’s thoughts were pulled back,

He clutched his hands into the wall and climbed out of the deep pit, the umbilical cord wrapped around his arm also hidden within his sleeve. Considering various factors, William didn’t share these events with Jin.

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