Chapter 195: Chapter 195
Yi Chen, with a body weak and frail, widened his eyes and looked up at the Duke with an expression of benevolence.
“Duke, what exactly is this iron chain?”
“My original intention was to add a sense of reality to the gamble, to increase the level of pain. It was to be put away after use. Who would have known that you, my boy, would directly absorb it.
Just like the Gentleman’s Skin you are wearing from the ‘Mysterious Skin Market’,
this iron chain also comes from a specific Source Epidemic Area—the ‘Suffering Monastery’. However, this item is never sold or leaked to the outside world. Even high offers can’t buy it; I just ‘happened’ to find it when passing through the Monastery’s area.
I never expected your body to match the iron chain this well. We’ll call it even, consider it a gift from me.”
“This… Thank you, Duke!”
This was momentous, directly elevating Yi Chen’s ‘Pathological Traits’ by a large step, and it matched even better with his physical body.
Yi Chen even wanted to return to Zion as soon as possible to proudly boast to his second Tutor—Zede—even fantasizing about the wonderful scene of whipping Zede with the iron chain.
He maintained the appearance of a student until death.
Once the host died, the Mad Shell would return to the environment in a floating state.
After dozens, hundreds, or even thousands of years in this cycle, when the Mad Shell had absorbed enough knowledge through its hosts, it would completely take over the body of the last parasite and slowly evolve into an Open Source Level “Madman”.
However, the process of becoming a Madman was very long and boring, taking as short as ten years or as long as hundreds of years.
After developing self-awareness in the early stages of evolution, the Mad Shell would control the host’s body to engage in an activity to pass the boring time—Box Body Manufacturing.
Unknowingly, they would integrate their Madness Brain structure into the box bodies, through mazes, mechanisms, and unique transformations as carriers, forming a ‘Biological Rubik’s Cube’ that contained their thought frameworks.
Generally speaking, the Magic Cube would be destroyed by the Madman themselves when they were fully formed, because no one would want to expose their pattern of thought.
Only in very special circumstances might the Magic Cube be preserved.
[Category]: Relic (associated individual’s three attributes)
[Bias]: Intelligence > Physique > Sensing
[Price]: 2000 Trading Points (after discount 1600)
“What a long introduction! A product of some virus from the Old World, huh…”
Yi Chen could sense a potential danger through the words of the introduction,
But this relic, which directly related to the brain, also perfectly matched his profession. There probably wasn’t a more suitable relic for him than “Madman’s Box” in the world.
“Duke, won’t this thing also easily attract trouble?”
“As long as you return to your world, there shouldn’t be any trouble.
In addition, do not try to assemble or manipulate the Magic Cube out of curiosity during your return. Just let it stay in my Golden Treasure Chest, and there basically won’t be any problems.
If you encounter any creatures wandering in the air with clearly structured brains, immediately retreat at full speed, and never engage in any mental intersection with them.”
“Exactly. Even though there are few of them, each one is the elite of the elite. For someone like you, they are exceedingly dangerous… If you’re not careful, your whole brain could be deconstructed by them.”
Click! Yi Chen immediately closed the Golden Treasure Chest again and swallowed the key in one gulp.
This Relic was different from the umbilical cord inside his body; Yi Chen needed to take it back for thorough research.
Moreover, he currently had only reached the limit of his intelligence, and it would take some special training before he would reach the limit of his three attributes.
After securing the Golden Treasure Chest, Yi Chen kneeled on one knee and expressed his most sincere gratitude to the Duke.
Yi Chen was well aware that the so-called gamble might not have reached the expected difficulty, and furthermore, this bet was of great significance to him, allowing him to confront his past and recover his Ego.
“We just engaged in a fair trade, no need to thank me.
If there’s nothing else, you two should consider returning. After all, our world here has been ‘locked.’ Staying here is not of much benefit to you.
I too need to return to the ‘Deep’ to continue my business.