In the depths of the temple, a bonfire burns.

Instead of firewood, firefires are lit with pieces of armor that can be burned in a special way.

Armor pieces are supplied by the Overwatch without limit, and his special flesh can grow such armor pieces without interruption, and the lit bonfire can burn deep in the ashes, which is very effective in suppressing other sick people and the passage guards.

The crowd was asked to sit around the campfire, expecting to carry out a series of tests before entering the passage,

How do you know that there is no so-called detection at all, or that it has passed the detection when Yi Chen and the others stepped into the temple and avoided the black halberd,

Sitting in front of a campfire is just a casual conversation.

This watchman wearing a human-faced iron helmet seems to be solemn, but he actually likes to chat with Yi Chen's group of newcomers.

From Zion's recent situation to their respective examinations as gentlemen and their entry into the city, they were all asked, and even occasionally a mature and slightly silly laugh came from under the iron helmet.

During small talk,

Everyone also watched with the naked eye as five pieces of armor of different specifications grew out of the watcher's body one after another, and they were directly thrown into the bonfire by him.

During the small talk, the watcher also took the initiative to inform him of some information about himself.

[Black Heavy Halberd - Allman. Youde]

One of the Order's early executioners, one of the Black Knights (a title now obsolete), was an important force in the Order. Later, he transformed into a watchman, weakened his connection to the organization, and was no longer responsible for killing.

The cast-iron helmet he was wearing, and the black halberd in his hand were the equipment that was specially customized by the organization as a black knight at the time.

Born into a family of knights, he was granted the Gentleman's Skin permission to modify, and his original costume design was a dark and heavy set of black armor.

Later, as the skin content increased, when it reached 50%, the armor actually fused with the flesh.

So much so that it seems that there are no clothes, but the actual body can achieve the defensive effect of armor...... It can also grow full protective armor in some key battles, doubling defense.

As he became familiar with the armor, he also discovered more and more ways to use it,

For example, the 'Suppression Bonfire' that will be formed by burning armor,

For example, when Allman came to the [Passage], he directly separated a large number of armor pieces and formed a deep helmet war horse under his crotch, weighing several tons, and all the sick people who stood in the way were crushed into powder under the heavy hooves of the war horse and the wielding of the black halberd.

A gentleman of pure physique,

Now at the age of eighty, he is becoming stronger and stronger every year because he has broken through the limits and ignored the shackles of age.

During the chat, Yi Chen could clearly feel Allman's 'loneliness'.

Because he has been alone for a long time, he basically has no opportunity to communicate with others, and he is currently meeting three young people who are not weaker than him in terms of talent, and he can't wait to repeat his life experience in detail in front of the campfire.

"Mr. Allman, can't you go back to Zion?" Yi Chen suddenly threw out a key question.

The man under the cast-iron mask was silent for a moment before replying:

"As soon as I stop running around and settle down in a temporary comfortable place, the seeds of laziness are planted in my heart.

The world is sick, and sooner or later, places like Zion will still be swallowed up by the Grey.

If we want to truly continue human civilization, we must cultivate enough humans who can live normally in the gray realm before this, even if the body is already inclined to the sick, as long as it can maintain human nature.

If I abdicate my duties as a watchdog because of laziness, it will reduce the rate of talent development, and you will not be here to meet me today. ”

Hearing this, Yi Chen and Reagan on the side also stood up and saluted.

"The three of you are pretty good, being able to maintain absolute composure in front of my black halberd, and not being crushed means that you are qualified to go to the other end.

Come on, let's go and see the [Passage] first, and then talk to you about the specific rules. ”

Lighting the kerosene lamp on his waist, he followed Mr. Allman all the way to the deepest part of the temple, where a very ordinary-looking stone wall stood in front of everyone.

Yi Chen, who combined vision with small grapes, quickly saw the difference,

"Is this it?"

Yi Chen pointed to a stone brick in the upper right corner of the wall.

"Can you see it at a glance? Have you absorbed the eye gathering that affected you along the way? ”

Yi Chen scratched the back of his head, "Sort of." ”

Syllable!

Allman directly used his exaggerated giant hand to pull the stone out,

If you look at it geometrically, the back of this stone corresponds to the outside of the temple.

But as the stone was removed, a bottomless horizontal passage was revealed...... Even Yi Chen couldn't see the end even when he stared into the depths.

The passage is just the size to fit a person in, and it can only crawl.

"You will be the first 'outsiders' to enter this passage,

Since the passage has only been formed for more than a month and has only touched the surface of the Old World, the probability of you being spotted is low...... As long as you don't deliberately die, you can basically come back alive.

I'm sure your teachers or instructors in Zion have taught you the rules, so I'll mention them a little here.

Since the 'time' of the old world has been sealed, it is difficult for individuals to judge the passage of time through their own senses, nor can they refer to it through any natural phenomena.

Therefore, you need to bring 'time' to the past. ”

Allman took out a special hourglass that had been prepared in advance, and the sand grains in it were gray sand made from local materials.

The hourglass is so small that it will hardly be broken when packed in a backpack, and it won't matter how you flip it once the timer starts.

"[One day] is the maximum time that you newcomers can be active in the Old World.

Once the time is over, your exposure will increase exponentially, and your mental and physical will be more susceptible...... If you return as sick, I may execute you on the spot.

One last word of caution, don't be too greedy.

Don't think about how precious or rare the relics are, whether you have something to gain or not, you must calculate the time and route of departure in advance.

You are still young, and you will have a chance to carry out the Relic Incident in the future. ”

"Go ahead."

"See you in a day!"

In the same order, Yi Chen climbed first, Kim in the middle, and Reagan behind.

Reagan's fat figure was also not easy to squeeze into a relatively narrow passage,

Everyone obviously didn't feel like they had been crawling through the passages for long, but they couldn't see the exit behind them, and they couldn't sense the pressure of the watchers, as if they had cut off contact with the original world.

Lorrian's voice came from within:

"It's so easy to let you in, I thought the human watchers would be testing quite strictly. Hurry up, I can't wait to see where the disease originated.'"

With no danger in the passages, the team slowly increased their crawling speed.

I don't know how long it took, but I finally reached the end of the passage.

It was strange that the exit was sealed by a square stone that resembled a temple, and he stretched out his hand to push it...... Syllable! Stones fell heavily to the ground.

The area where you come through the passage is still a stone temple, and even the size of the space and the specifications of the stone pillars are exactly the same.

It's just that there are no watchers, and there are no blazing bonfires.

The moment you climb out of the passage, the kerosene lamp hanging on your waist goes out directly and cannot be burned.

The gentleman's costume worn on the body is worn by erecting the collar and intertwining silk threads to create a "leather mask" for everyone to breathe normally.

Both Yi Chen and Jin can sense the restlessness of the clothing, and the "gentleman's skin" contained in it is slowly being consumed, and the leather content is slowly decreasing.

This is why the Watcher repeatedly emphasizes that newcomers are limited to one day in the Old World.

If it is overtimed, more than half of the clothing with low leather content such as gold will be consumed, the protective effect will be greatly weakened, the probability of infection will be greatly increased, and survival will not be guaranteed.

Of course, a newcomer with a high leather content like Yi Chen may be able to extend the time a little.

The hourglass opens, the countdown begins,

Stepping out of the temple, the sight in front of them made the three of them stop at the same time, staring at the sky with wide eyes.

The vast sky was not obstructed by any view, no clouds, no moving creatures, like a gray curtain full of dead silence.

A dark 'sun' hangs in the center of the world,

And this round of pitch-black sun was pierced by a giant sword beyond common sense, and the sword body even plunged further into the earth, as if sealing and killing this world.

(End of chapter)