Chapter 204: Chapter 204

On the way back to school, Yi Chen’s thoughts gradually shifted from the Relic to White-haired Lotson,

Lotson’s appearance in Zion indicated that he had undergone the same full set of tests as Yi Chen, and he must have passed both the physical and mental assessments.

Yi Chen’s intuition about people, inherited from his previous life, wasn’t wrong; he could sense that there was a big problem with Lotson.

Carrying his doubts, he arrived at the Twin Towers of the Velsman Teaching Building,

Just as Yi Chen was about to head to the basement lab to see Professor Zede, he was stopped by the building’s security.

“I’m sorry, Hogni Zede is undergoing a joint assessment by the school and the organization’s inspection team. Zede’s underground office is temporarily closed, and entry is forbidden.”

Yi Chen was alarmed, “A joint assessment? Has teacher Zede done something wrong?”

Yi Chen immediately associated the joint assessment with himself since his trip to the Old World had taken too long, leading the organization to declare him “missing.”

“It’s just a shameful matter. Back then, to protect Beili and the others, I was captured by those monks in the depths of the Grey Zone. I don’t want to talk about the details; it’s all very unpleasant memories.”

As he spoke, Zede prodded his forehead with his finger.

“My sometimes uncontrollable mental state is also due to that special experience during that time.

However, there’s one thing I’m quite proud of. As far as I know, many humans and Patients like me were captured and taken to the Monastery for iron chain-related illness modifications, and only a very few survived and became one of them.

Not only did I endure the infusion of the Iron Chains and lived, but I also became the Monastery’s only “Escapee.”

To avoid being located and tracked by those monks, I painstakingly pulled out all the iron chains implanted inside my body, and it was this very process of removing the chains that taught me the ‘True Meaning of Suffering,’

This enlightenment is different from the Monastery’s; it’s something uniquely mine.”

A monk who happened upon me was promptly torn to pieces, and I managed to return here using a nearby passage.”

One day, I will go back and settle the score.”

Zede’s words left Yi Chen utterly baffled, and he began to understand why the Organization and the Academy chose not to execute Zede but instead imprisoned him and listed him as “Special Record Combat Power.”

“You pulled out the Iron Chains from your body yourself, and even grasped the true meaning of suffering?”

Zede stepped forward, reached out, and touched the Iron Chains on Yi Chen’s arm, “You better not try anything foolish like I did; even now, I wouldn’t want to go through that a second time… And I can tell that the Iron Chains in you are different.

Your integration method is not the same as the ‘Burying’ or ‘Bone Replacement’ used inside the Monastery.

The Thorny Iron Chain should first combine with your original Plant Disease, and then, using the framework system pre-embedded by the plant, directly proceed with the replacement.

Your Physical Trait that you learned from me should also help you adeptly control such an iron chain system.

Once you break through your Limit, you should be able to sever the chains’ connection to the Monastery, and then, even if you venture to the Old World, you won’t have to worry about them tracking you down.

Iron Chains are valuable tools; otherwise, those Monastery guys wouldn’t have a foothold in the Old World.

Not to mention that the Iron Chains in you are of a higher grade Needle Chain.”

“Huh? There are different levels of Iron Chains?”

“I’m not too clear on the specific grades myself, but I’ve seen all sorts of weird and peculiar chains. Needle Chains like yours, however, I’ve only seen on an individual who obviously ranked much higher than an Ordinary Monk.

Make good use of this tool; perhaps you could achieve a constitution completely different from mine.

From now on, as teacher and student, we can join forces to uproot the Monastery entirely from the Old World! Stop wasting time, start practicing… It’s been a long time since I’ve felt the pain of being lashed by Iron Chains; give me something to reminisce about.”

Zede immediately took off his top and started working with Yi Chen,

The paradise was filled with the sounds of whipping, collisions, and various strange cheers and laughter.

Zede draped his shirt over his shoulder and walked over to the refrigerator to grab two soda bottles, tossing one in the direction of the slowly rotating fan.

Clack! Hanging on to the fan above, Yi Chen, drained of energy, caught it in one hand.

During the rest break,

Yi Chen brought up a topic he had always been concerned about.

“Teacher Zede, is there a possibility that a gentleman could be deeply affected by Pathological influences or the Patients, but go undetected by Zion’s existing quarantine measures?”

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