Chapter 1277 - 1277 1276 Accepting the Truth

Chapter 1277: Chapter 1276: Accepting the Truth Chapter 1277: Chapter 1276: Accepting the Truth [Abyss Roller Coaster]

It is essentially a roller coaster built around the Abyss.

A huge and exaggerated sign hangs above a profound entrance shaped like an [O].

Although the announcement seems urgent, not a single visitor has entered the roller coaster facility, nor has any passerby glanced inside.

It’s not for lack of interest, but rather that they lack the qualifications to enter.

When Han Dong approaches, a clown who looks exactly like Pennywise, holding a balloon in one hand and a megaphone in the other, walks out from the passage—apparently the ticket inspector for the roller coaster.

If such a scene were encountered elsewhere, Han Dong would have already made his move.

But the clown before him is clearly a subconscious projection of Han Dong himself.

After all, the presence of the clown has permeated Han Dong’s life, from his days as an Apprentice Knight to a Formal Knight, as well as his employment in the Black Tower, and now his Body Trunk, too, stems from the clown.

“The Abyss Roller Coaster is a special attraction of our amusement park, please present your special Pass.”

“Pass?”

“As a special guest, you should have one. Have a look.”

Following the clown’s hint, Han Dong searches himself and indeed extracts a Fate Card with a golden back from his pocket, presumably slipped in there by the Founder during his unconscious state.

“Come on, get in quickly, the roller coaster is about to start!

Click-clack click-clack~whooosh!”

Mimicking the actions of driving a train, the clown leads Han Dong towards the interior.

At the entrance, there is only an old and dilapidated single-passenger roller coaster car stopped on the tracks, so battered that one of its wheels even hangs outside the track.

Noticing Han Dong hesitating to take a seat, the clown starts to hurry him:

“I’ll warn you, don’t linger here too long. The amusement park is about to close.”

“Just a moment.”

The reason Han Dong is hesitant is that when he leaned towards the roller coaster, he felt a sensation from within his body, emanating from the ‘Flesh Capsule’ given to him by the Founder.

Possessing the thought to try it out, Han Dong allows the capsule to make contact with the dilapidated roller coaster.

Sure enough, the instant they touch, the Flesh Capsule undergoes rapid hyperplasia and wraps around the entire roller coaster.

Thus, creating a brand-new flesh-mobile that better suited Han Dong to ride.

“Oh? You actually have such a thing… Well, it’s not against the rules, get on! Tik-ta~tik-ta, time really waits for no one, Mr. Nicholas.”

“Okay.”

Han Dong sits in the flesh roller coaster and fastens the intestine-like safety belt.

The car slowly starts moving, pulled along by the tracks.

Unlike conventional roller coasters, the ascending track here is higher and longer.

It even reaches a 90° vertical position at its highest point, with the overall height surpassing a hundred meters, marking the tallest point in the entire amusement park.

And more exaggerated is that.

The descending track past the highest point is also 90° vertical, leading down to the endless Abyss at the bottom, that is the location of the Truth.

Click-clack click-clack~

As the flesh-mobile slowly ascends on the track’s traction.

All the Faceless visitors in the amusement park stop their ongoing activities, turning their eyes towards Han Dong’s position.

However, Han Dong’s gaze is fixed downwards the entire time, staring at his own Abyss.

Different from the free fall when opening the gate as a zombie.

Here there is a ‘roller coaster’ as a carrying medium, and with the interactivity of the Flesh Capsule, there must be a significant meaning.

Clack!

Upon passing the highest point, the vehicle automatically locks in place, giving Han Dong a moment to prepare.

Whew~ Take a deep breath.

While the experience of opening the gate as a zombie is completely forgotten.

Still, staring at such a Truth Abyss, there’s an uncomfortable consciousness-level sensation… If during the fall process, the mind can’t endure the pressure given by the depth, then the gate-opening process will end.

“Come on!”

The brakes released.

The roller coaster ride officially began.

Rumble! In an instant, as it plummeted into the abyss along the 90° track.

Buzz!

An invisible psychic pressure struck instantly.

However, Han Dong’s expression remained unchanged.

The initial pressure on consciousness was negligible, thanks to his past experiences and the mental endurance cultivated from playing in the Fate Card Game.

“Wait! Is this… Truth?”

Sitting on the roller coaster, Han Dong surprisingly glimpsed the “Truth Teachings” inscribed on the walls of the abyss, an experience starkly different from that of the stiff ones.

These teachings explicated a domain Han Dong had yet to venture into, one concerning the origins of life, the nature of matter, and the evolution of rules.

Merely reading the text could conjure vast scrolls in the mind.

As Han Dong rapidly assimilated these writings, corresponding truths became etched into his brain, afflicting his consciousness with severe side effects… Ancestor Return.

With the acceptance of origin knowledge, Han Dong’s body started to discard its inherent form, transforming towards the primal state of matter.

First, web-like structures sprouted between his fingers, and within mere seconds, fingers and palms degenerated into an amorphous flesh structure.

But Han Dong seemed utterly unaware of the mutation of his consciousness.

Excitement, greed, and craving flickered in his eyes; such was his thirst for knowledge that he even refrained from blinking, ceaselessly absorbing the knowledge from the abyss.

“Slower, the fall is too quick.”

When Han Dong attempted to reach for the handbrake inside the roller coaster, only then did he realize his entire arm had transformed into a remarkably soft flesh tentacle.

Barely fastening onto the handbrake with the tentacle, he slowed the pace, allowing him to keep up with the velocity of the “Truth Teachings” transmission.

This was the convenience offered by the roller coaster, serving as a vessel for Han Dong to better absorb the truth.

What Han Dong completely didn’t know was,

as he descended into the abyss, accepting the truth, his body that remained in the Consciousness Space where the Talent Tree resided, in the Other Shore Hotel, was undergoing [Transformation].

“This knowledge, this caliber of truth… has long surpassed the realm of comprehension available to humanity; every single phrase here could lead to a technological revolution!

More! I need more!”

His limbs completely regressed.

His body was secured solely by the safety belt, which allowed him to continue absorbing the truth.

Following that, the body also began to change.

Flesh melded seamlessly with organs, protruding on the body surface, the veins evoking a whirlpool pattern clung tightly to the surface of the body trunk.

Muscles degenerated, bones vanished.

Lacking neck muscles and cervical support, the head slowly sank into the body.

Facial organs were simultaneously regressing, with both nasal cavities and mouth being sealed by proliferating flesh… the connecting nerves to his eyeballs were severed, and thus the two eyeballs fell onto the roller coaster.

However.

The Demon Eye was still operable.

In the center of the Black Whirlpool in the abdomen, an eye remained open throughout the ordeal, straining with bloodshot veins, yet still endeavoring to absorb as much truth as possible.

Unaware of how much time had passed,

Nor to what depths he had fallen,

Han Dong was no longer in human form, but had morphed into an indescribable flesh amalgam, even merging with the roller coaster.

Only a single eyeball, positioned atop the mound of flesh, retained visual function.

At this moment!

The speed of the descent suddenly slowed.

Now, Han Dong, aside from retaining vision, had lost all other functions, utterly incapable of pulling the handbrake.

The slowing was due to a change in the slope of the track, shifting from a vertical 90° towards a gradual incline… seemingly bringing Han Dong to the very bottom of the Truth Abyss.

An ancient stone tablet of unknown year stood here.