"Pilgrims of Pain...... Rumors were very prevalent in ancient times.

At that time, the old world, which had not yet been locked down, had a large number of daily births, and not everyone who was sick could qualify for normal survival.

Most of the people who suffer from inferior diseases or even are born with disabilities are not qualified to survive in the old world, and may even be taken away as slaves, animals, or even food while walking.

therefore

These hopeless patients make special choices, and becoming a pilgrim of suffering is a life-changing way.

In the Old World, there was also a clear rule that as long as you set foot on the [Pilgrim's Road], you would enjoy the protection of the monastery, and any murder that dared to take this path would be targeted by the monks.

Similarly, those who have no pilgrimage intentions and simply come here to take refuge and disturb other pilgrims will be punished.

If the pilgrim is able to endure the pain and complete the path with devotion, he or she will become a member of the monastery and be eligible for 'chain implantation'.

Accepting the chains means attaining the disease that belongs to the monastery and becoming a suffering monk and completing the transformation of one's life.

But now the situation has completely changed.

Due to the blockade of fertility rules, the population of the Old World no longer grows, and there are very few so-called pilgrims of suffering.

The current monastery is no longer as overcrowded as it used to be, and even outsiders need to be forcibly recruited, but anyone who finds a special body in the adjacent world will arrest them into the monastery for special training.

The number of monks has long since fallen below the critical level, and many less important malignant events are no longer of the monastery's attention. ”

While Nash was explaining on the side, Yi Chen had already walked on the so-called Pilgrim's Avenue,

The road that looked very ordinary, but the moment the soles of his feet landed, they were pierced by iron nails, and even penetrated through Yi Chen's instep.

Since the lower half of his body was just a metal prosthesis, Yi Chen naturally didn't feel anything.

However, this iron nail that ran through the instep of the foot obviously did not capture the desired 'flesh', so it continued to grow, reaching the upper body and piercing Yi Chen's waist and abdomen.

But he didn't have much change in expression, and this level of pain wasn't enough to see.

It should be noted that the "acupuncture chain" is something that belongs exclusively to William and has been integrated into the disease system, and Yi Chen, as a second body, does not have the attributes of iron chains, but only understands a series of characteristics of acupuncture chains through William.

However, he still has the physique to endure pain, and Yi Chen has already exercised super tolerance in the orphanage before his death.

"This so-called pilgrim's avenue is supposed to extend from the inside of the monastery, and as the soles of my feet are pierced, the relevant information should have been read, and someone will find it soon."

Yi Chen was not in a hurry at all, and looked down at the pilgrims who had been dead for thousands or thousands of years, but their bodies were still intact.

Only then did it be discovered that all of these pilgrims were all metallized without exception, and even a kind of villous needle grew on the epidermis, which would give the toucher a sense of pinprick penetration, and even implant a virus that can quickly express metalloproteins into the body of the toucher.

Yi Chen slowly raised his head and looked forward along the Pilgrim's Avenue.

About a kilometer ahead is the 'entrance' of the monastery, corresponding to a metal staircase with a total of 108 steps, and the surrounding ground is also raised with the staircase, and above is the gate of the Monastery of Pain.

A strange doorway formed by countless entanglements of iron chains vaguely outlines a perfect human body with arms and legs outstretched, and the mere look at it makes the eyes tingle.

As far as the eye can see, there are no towering buildings inside the monastery, and the whole is encased in a dark city wall of one hundred and eight hundred and eight sides.

It is topped with a black bramble with a metallic sheen, and is also covered in a forest of thorns on the outside of the monastery except for the Pilgrim's Avenue.

Any prisoner who has a seal on their body will be attacked by the Thorn Forest as soon as they fall into it.

Of course, this rarely happens, if not at all. The prisoners who can escape from the monastery definitely have great ability, and this thorn forest alone cannot be limited.

The effect of the Thorn Jungle is more to deter outsiders from approaching, forcing any sick person who comes to the monastery to walk the pilgrim's avenue.

"Boss Yi rumored that before the old world was locked down, there was a no-fly [rule] within ten kilometers around the monastery, and all individuals needed to move slowly against huge gravity."

"Well, that's kind of interesting."

Sure enough, not long after Yi Chen was pierced through his body by an iron nail, a strong danger signal was immediately read from the monastery...... Bang bang! The chain-built gate slowly disintegrated.

A group of monks wrapped in black leather robes stepped out and leaned over quite vigilantly.

Their images are very exaggerated, showing the two key points of "metal" and "pain" as much as possible.

For example, the leader peeled off the skin of his hands layer by layer and fixed it with metal wires, so that the skin was stretched in a six-pointed state as a bracelet.

In addition, he also wears a spike collar around his neck, each of which is inserted into his neck, and as he breathes, the spikes swell up and down to produce a constant tingling sensation.

Their eyes first fell on the famous first executioner of the circus, [Nash].

However, Nash's previous killings were all arranged by the boss, and his sins are always on the verge of 'conviction', as if the boss knows the rules.

Then they turned their gaze to Yi Chen, to this young man who had no expression of the epidemic on his body, and could only vaguely smell some of the breath of the dead epidemic.

"Why did you come to the monastery?"

"Return to its rightful owner."

Yi Chen directly took out the identity card that was suspected to be the 'Great Prison Monk', and the person led by him trembled all over, and even had multiple iron chains growing out of his back, and rushed over as quickly as possible to confirm the authenticity of the metal card.

"What a prison monk, Lyza. Herald's identity card! Where did you get it? ”

"I bought it from the duke at a high price, and I want to use it as a stepping stone to the monastery to feel it."

Yi Chen's way of speaking was so straightforward that Nash twitched when he heard it! Trying to explain something.

Who knows, the monk on the opposite side directly stretched out his arms and made a special gesture of thanks, "The identity card of the Great Prison Monk is extremely important to our monastery, and it is an irreplaceable treasure to record the painful experience in it.

You return such a precious thing to us, and you are naturally qualified to go to the monastery as a distinguished guest. ”

"Can he go in with me?" Yi Chen pointed to Nash on the side.

"It's not allowed by the rules, because you're the only one who returns the ID card. Unless the person has a very special binding relationship with you, you can consider applying for a visit for him. ”

"My body wants Nash's support in exceptional circumstances, and the current gear is only for daily operations."

The monk carefully felt the flesh of Yi Chen and Nash, and the chains behind him also made a buzzing sound, as if he felt an important connection between the two.

"Please come with us! Although the two were VIPs, the monastery was a special institution, and its security requirements were the highest among all regions of the Old World.

We will conduct a comprehensive physical examination of you after entering the door, so please cooperate with us. ”

Stepping on the stairs, more and more iron nails appeared on the surface of the body.

Neither Yi Chen nor Nash changed their faces, and the latter even squeezed the iron nails out of their bodies with their super physical regeneration, which surprised the monks who led the way one by one.

Coming to the gate made of iron chains, Yi Chen accidentally captured some text messages hidden in it.

≮There is no Good or Evil, There is only Flesh≯

(End of chapter)