Maybe it's because it's the first time I swallowed a hard object the size of a ping-pong ball,

Maybe because what happens next will decide life and death,

Maybe it's the sensory enhancement brought by the little meat ball,

Yi Chen could clearly feel the digestive reaction that was taking place between the stomach pouches,

The surface layer of crystals, which is as round as an embryo, is constantly bubbling and decomposing under the erosion of stomach acid...... These digested superficial layers are absorbed into nutrients by the stomach pouch.

Eventually, the diseased material of the inner crystal is exposed,

A "green strip" between roundworms and roots

It enters the intestines through appetite, and is eventually broken down and absorbed by digestive enzymes and bile between the intestines, and flows into the blood circulation.

Suddenly

The blood all over Yi Chen's body showed fluorescent green,

The structure of the blood vessel wall is actually undergoing 'secondary-growth', which is similar to the nesting combination of plant vascular bundles between blood vessels.

The whole process is extremely painful, as if the blood vessels are being stripped of each other from the rest of the body.

Far more than the severe pain caused by the penetration and extraction of the soles of the feet,

Just when the consciousness is about to be washed away by this pain,

The essence of the sickness mixed in the blood officially flowed into the depths of his brain, bringing his thoughts to a strange memory of the past.

This is an intermittent signal memory stored in plant cells.

With the help of Yi Chen's brain, it is integrated, processed, and finally put into the memory area for 'personal experience'.

You can feel the whole process of a tree going through the process of seed germination, sapling growth, and trunk formation.

Experience the subtle sensation of roots growing into the ground, sucking water from deep in the soil, and forming a symbiotic structure with bacteria in the soil.

Feel the unique photosynthesis of plant cells and breathe carbon dioxide in the air.

It undergoes a phased transformation - primary growth and secondary growth, establishes a complete and sound plant system, and becomes an obscure caretaker in the cemetery.

Until they are eventually infected by an unknown pathogen and transform into a living corpse through mimicry.

What Yi Chen himself didn't know was that in the process of reading this plant memory,

The real body in the operating room is undergoing strange changes.

Sprouts of green grow between pores and emerge along the cuffs, collar or waistband of trousers.

Creep hyphae are drilled out of the mouth slits, nostrils and ear canals.

The dilated pupils of the eyes are dyed green, and they are constantly scaled and scaled in large or small sizes.

I don't know how long this state has passed,

When the reading of memories is over, and the thoughts return to reality,

"Did I survive?"

Yi Chen hurriedly examined his whole body, and found no bark or branch structures (they had already been withdrawn from his body...... The body is still the same as before, but I vaguely feel that my physical fitness seems to have improved a little.

The manager of the cemetery. Mr. Wilbert smiled with satisfaction,

"I knew you could do it."

He seemed to have expected Yi Chen to survive

Serve pre-prepared, unprocessed vegetarian food,

When Yi Chen saw these vegetables,

There is a sense of déjà vu that a homeless man sees a delicious delicacy, and he eats five or six catties of vegetarian food regardless of any image.

During eating,

The wounds caused by the previous battle with the living corpses were healing at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the fluffy stitches provided by the small meat balls were also covered with new meat.

Yi Chen muttered, "My body...... Something has changed. ”

The manager explained, "That's right, you have perfectly accepted the 'pathological characteristics' between the crystals, and you need to find out what changes will happen to your body.

Once you're officially part of the organization, you'll be able to search for this feature in detail. ”

Saying,

The manager pulls out a special metal business card from his coat pocket, all silver.

The back is engraved with the logo of the organization G&D,

The front is marked with "Seven-Day" in a streamlined italic font that represents the current Seven-Day Cemetery.

While handing over the card, he also said:

"Because you have fulfilled the "request", the little one on your shoulder also belongs to you.

It's important to note that if someone asks about the little guy's origins, you can choose to ignore it.

If necessary, just show this business card, which will save you a lot of trouble.

the world's disease,

Even able-bodied creatures can become suspicious by nature, and travel alone to avoid trouble as much as possible. ”

"Thank you."

Just as Yi Chen took the card, Wilbert suddenly remembered an important question.

"I don't seem to have consulted you on my own initiative, and I'm starting to guide you to the organization on my own.

Let's start over...... Do you want to be a part of the organization?

If you are not strong or reluctant, you can continue to work in the cemetery and you will receive a good salary for the contract period. ”

Yi Chen replied without any hesitation:

"I want to see the outside world."

"Good.

Tomorrow at 12 o'clock at noon, go to the east exit of the town.

Show the groom your business card and he'll naturally take you to an area related to the organization. ”

As he spoke, the manager threw in a small sack of linen with heavy coins,

"These are the wages you have been owed for the past few months and the special bonus for this incident.

Due to the destruction of your overalls in battle,

Before you go, make sure to visit one of the most exclusive clothing stores in Easton...... Show your business card to your boss and she'll make you a quality outfit that fits your identity.

Organizations have certain requirements for a person's dress and appearance.

Don't throw away the gentlemanly manners you've learned in the orphanage...... Elegant habits can effectively isolate the influence of pathogenesis on the spirit. ”

"Got it. That ......"

Yi Chen looked at the silver-plated hand axe in his hand with some reluctance, this axe was quite good in terms of workmanship and the effect of silver in dispelling diseases.

The manager waved his hand,

"Take this basic weapon from the organization's craftsmen, as well as a special long-lasting kerosene lamp, the road to the organization will not be easy, and light sources and sharp weapons are indispensable."

"Thank you."

There wasn't much time left until the next morning,

After saying goodbye, Yi Chen returned to the wooden house to sleep and rest.

When the thin sunlight penetrates through the layers of fog and squeezes the narrow gaps between the branches and leaves into the cemetery.

The young man, with a kerosene lamp and an axe in his waist, bowed deeply to Cemetery No. 7 and set off......

correspondingly.

The doorway of cemetery No. 7.

Cemetery manager. Wilbert's crow-like eyes pierced through the buildings and trees in the cemetery, and he watched the young man's distant figure twitch slightly.

It seems that he is extremely reluctant to give up on a certain 'object' that was taken away by the youth.

It's not the high-quality [crystal] taken out of the corpse,

It is an important product in the cemetery, a small ball of meat stuck to Yi Chen's shoulder.

"I don't know if such an expensive investment is worth it.

The "mature consciousness" of the Nameless Cemetery hasn't appeared for hundreds of years, right?

It happened to be at the same time as a potential person who could kill living corpses and accept crystals.

Coincidental? Or is it some kind of synchronicity?

Never mind...... Think of it as a big gamble. ”

In the conversation with Yi Chen yesterday, the manager deliberately did not elaborate on this small ball of meat, but simply brought it with "pets" and "cemetery products".

And what Yi Chen didn't know was that

The division of cemeteries not only corresponds to the different forms of corpses, rule management, and types of tombstones.

The [order] of 1~6 is also of great significance.

With the increase of serial numbers, the cycle of corresponding 'products' produced in cemeteries will increase significantly, and the complexity and danger of the corpses buried in them will also increase gradually.

Other words

The nameless corpses buried in Cemetery 6 with no name and unknown origin are the most dangerous.