Chapter 762: 762: Dead Person

Chapter 762: Chapter 762: Dead Person

Han Dong, seated atop the heavy sword, relaxed his mind completely, reflecting on the battle he just experienced and Captain Alex’s reminder.

He then looked at the Egyptian female corpse similarly laid out on the surface of the heavy sword, as well as his own mummified left arm.

“Just now, I clearly used the most basic level of sand wall magic.

However, what came forth was an unprecedented black sand wall. Not just the overall upgrade in magic level and the amplification of the death mood, but also the attributes of ancient Egypt are integrated into it.

Could it be that the immersion in the ‘Chaos Pool’ and the intrusion of true death allowed this original power of Imhotep to be manifested?

It seems I need to make good use of this time…perhaps, even without entering the fate space of “The Mummy”, I might have the chance to upgrade this ‘Arm of the Undying Priest’.”

Of course, Han Dong was not in a hurry.

‘Will and Courage’ assessment is an essential part of the Big Expedition staff selection, and it took a large amount of manpower and resources to set the evaluation in the Tar Prison.

It’s estimated it would last at least ten to fifteen days, enough time for Han Dong to undergo Death training in the Chaos District.

Thinking about this, Han Dong looked at the female knight wearing a black iron helmet, intending to ask about the situation here.

However, a low female voice emanated from beneath the black iron helmet, preemptively asking him a question.

“Why aren’t you affected by the ‘Blasphemy Scripture’?”

While speaking, Lisa took out the parchment hidden in her blouse and pointed to this piece of exclusive equipment.

Han Dong still looked at the parchment with a smile, showing no reaction.

“Well… I’ve done a lot of work in the “brain” department, focusing on mental protection, ensuring that the brain is basically not affected by external influences.”

Lisa had really never met an individual who was completely unaffected by her ‘Blasphemy Scripture’. Even the folk in the Chaos District who were stronger than Lisa couldn’t pull it off.

“You are very special, no wonder Captain Alex treats you specially, letting you come down here in the identity of a living human.”

“Living Human? Do you mean to say… you all?”

From the very beginning, Han Dong was suspicious about this matter. Regardless of the battle just now or the current contact… Han Dong didn’t perceive any traces of the aura of a living person.

“Yes, all the knights operating in the Chaos District are dead humans. They can only live under the coverage of the ‘Black Lotus’. Once they leave, they will die instantly.”

While saying this, Lisa willingly revealed the neck under her armor.

On it, one could see the clear mark of a hanging noose and the ‘Black Lotus’ mark that Han Dong had once seen in the lake water.

Continuing, Lisa said: “We are the failures. In the war against the demons, we were deeply polluted to the point of being incorruptible… We should have died there and then.

However, Captain Alex gave us another chance.

We paid with death to get the purification at the conscious level, living in the Chaos District in the identity of the dead.”

“Not every knight polluted can be successfully transformed, right?” Han Dong asked.

“Right… The fallen knights who are judged to be incorruptible by the Church will not accept any form of purification and will be directly escorted to the never-illuminating Tar Prison to live out their remaining lives.

Most of these people will completely fall and lose their human shape during the dark detention period, losing their last bit of humanity.

As knights inherently posses a mature power system, once they fall, they will become demon-level entities.

These knights who become demons will become ‘experimental subjects’ of the Holy City.”

The scientists funded by our patron perform secret research to deepen our understanding of the corruption process and the essence of demons.

Only a few of us knights can maintain our sense of self under deep pollution, and even when we are constantly brainwashed by “whispers from outside the city”, we still retain our humanity.

But the body’s corruption is inevitable, to the extent that during this process, the properties of the outside world seep into the Talent Tree.

Then, Captain Alex found us, who had completely fallen on a physical level but were still struggling…he granted us the authority to die.

I chose [“Hanging”].

Once the body is thoroughly dead, Deputy Leader Staven will throw us into the Chaos Pool and establish an eternal connection with the Black Lotus, cleansing the pollution between our consciousness and being reborn in the Chaos District as the dead.”

“So that’s how it is…” The doubt in Han Dong’s heart was completely unraveled. Then he came up with a question, “Hmm? What would happen if a living person is thrown in?”

“The Black Lotus is a product of the “Death Boundary – Chaos”, any living person who comes into contact with it will instantly die… Could it be that you are not Captain Alex’s successor but entered the pool on your own?”

Hearing this, Han Dong was startled, recalling the image of his body being disassembled.

“Oh my god, if it weren’t for the undying attribute of my left arm, would I have actually died? Was Captain Alex trying to kill me from the start? Is it because I didn’t choose him at the Knight’s Conference?”

Thinking this, Han Dong was somewhat terrified and glanced at his own left arm, “It seems that the contact with the Black Lotus did not kill me, but rather activated the potential in this arm… Captain Alex is probably not so petty, he must have foreseen this.”

There was no other choice, Han Dong could only console himself this way.

In the following deeper process.

The chat gradually touched on the background of Blasphemer Lisa.

Lisa graduated from the Crusader major at the Knight Academy, majoring in heavy weapons, she has unique insights into various types of heavy weapons… She later joined the Lionheart Knight Regiment with the 23rd grade.

About thirteen years ago.

Lisa encountered a strange heretic when she followed the knight regiment on a small-scale expedition.

Initial investigation revealed that these heretics were just ordinary people. Therefore, Lisa and two other ordinary knights were dispatched to handle them.

However, hidden among the heretics was a demon – Blasphemer Wennox.

Because they were trapped by a blockade, they had nowhere to escape and couldn’t contact the main force either.

Even though they killed the demon in a desperate battle, Lisa suffered from irremediable blasphemous influences.

When the main force found her, more than 50% of her body had mutated, and her skin was covered with indelible blasphemous words.

Just like that, chatting along the way.

We finally passed through the stone pillar area of the Chaos Prison and came to the place where the “dead” congregate… What I saw was completely unexpected.

“Where is the promised prison?”

What came into Han Dong’s view was not a tightly arranged prison.

It was a Stone Village.

Regularly arranged houses, all built from large rocks.

If viewed from above, the arrangement of the Stone Village is lotus-shaped.

There are dozens or even hundreds of ‘oddly shaped’ villagers living in the village, all of them are fallen knights like Lisa, who, although dead, still cling to human beliefs.