The Last Gentleman-Chapter 296: Nightmare Transformation

This sugar cube was nothing like the grilled squid he had tried before;if one were to quantify it, it would probably be equivalent to a giant deep-sea octopus surpassing fifty meters in length.

The moment the sugar cube entered the body, it was as if opening the prison that confined the great octopus, the severely compressed body began to expand and restore.

If it were a gentleman of the same rank as Yi Chen, their physical body would likely burst in less than a second, and their brain would also be invaded by the essence of the nightmare in a short time, transforming into an indescribable form of tentacles.

However, when this nightmare octopus tried to spread within Yi Chen’s body, it was first met with the constriction and binding of a monstrous physical form, the solid space formed between muscles and bones squeezed and restricted the octopus.

Immediately following, the octopus heard the clang of iron chains that caused it to feel excruciating pain.

Clang clang~

The “Thorny Iron Chains” originating from the Source Epidemic Area—Painful Monastery felt the intrusion of the external pathogen and immediately became restless,

Since the chains had perfectly merged with Yi Chen’s physical body,

the exterior was subservient attire,

the interior was its territory, and any foreign matter would ultimately be restrained by law.

The iron chains activated, tightly entangling the ambitious octopus and all its tentacles trying to spread inside the body, driving spikes between them.

The group of tentacles, under the pressure and pain of the iron chains, tried to escape towards the brain first,

but as the octopus crossed the neck, it was blocked by the black insane brain expelling a death aura, an aura that could enthrall the Death Plague Knight, naturally making it perceive the most visceral form of death, daring not to come close.

The octopus initially believed it had found a brand-new vessel, yet it felt as though it had plunged into a demon cave instead.

However, due to the substantial size of the octopus, Yi Chen seemed to suppress it, but he himself was also in great discomfort… To restrain the octopus, nearly all his energy had to be focused there, making it so he couldn’t even walk.

“This won’t do~ I must master the nightmare material rather than combat it, and if I cannot harness the power of nightmares, I will always be at a disadvantage and cannot win this competition.

Wait… could this work?”

A thought flashed across Yi Chen’s mind, starting to use a basic ability bestowed by his profession—”Central Tasting”

This basic ability let Yi Chen draw the brain fluid from the patient and transform it for absorption, this nightmare material could also be classified as a type of brain product from a patient.

It turned out Yi Chen was right.

Since the iron chains bore the properties of the original plant, they directly utilized the spikes stuck in the entire body of the octopus to suck,

Strands of nightmare material began to be absorbed and transformed into Yi Chen’s possessions and methodically delivered to the brain area.

After multiple screenings by the insane brain, only safe, stable nightmare material was finally absorbed into the brain, and a new “Nightmare Power” was beginning to be carved out in the brain.

As Catherine had said, she had given out a part of the nightmare rights for what’s called “fair competition.”

Not far away,

Catherine pulled a bag of peanuts from her Hundred Treasure Box, sat on the ground, and watched as the ‘Nightmare Transformation’ unfolded within Yi Chen.

She still played a bit of a trick while the contract explicitly stated that should William win the game, the nightmare material inside him would be drawn out—there was no guarantee that the intake of nightmare material wouldn’t affect him or even that the sugar cube could induce complete enslavement alongside a nightmare transformation.

In the worst-case scenario, Yi Chen’s human form and humanity would both be erased.

But it turned out, such cunning tactics were ineffective.

Watching the tentacles below Yi Chen’s skin slowly weaken in a short span, Catherine was also astonished.

“Incredible~ He’s actually holding up and even transforming the nightmare into his possessions! I told you, William can definitely handle it, fair games required.”

Regarding whether William could hold up, and whether he could control the origin of nightmares while maintaining his self,

Catherine’s inner “they” had held a gamble.

The stakes were “Body Position”

A portion of women who lost the bet were forcibly moved to critical parts of the body, their bodies turned into springy twists to enhance joint elasticity and toughness.

Or, a few were squeezed together to form certain key bearings.

…

[Nightmare Transformation]

Although the nightmare material absorbed by Yi Chen had become harmless, it was still a nightmare, a substance full of dark, negative thoughts originating from Catherine’s mind.

And the quantity was so substantial that it triggered a qualitative change.

As these substances were absorbed into Yi Chen’s brain, when the individual “Nightmare Transformation” was triggered, Yi Chen’s thoughts were also brought back to his life before death, recalling some “out of control” past events.

Growing up in the orphanage, working for the organization under the identity of a deceased, the job content was all about hunting down the ‘strange’ disguised as humans.

Even though he visited Doctor Lu Xin at the Lushan Psychiatric Hospital for a session of psychological talk every month, problems still arose.

Yi Chen, only fifteen at the time, while dealing with a complex strange event, killed all human-like life forms, including his companions and nearby civilians, mistaking them for the strange.

He was then suppressed and imprisoned in the psychiatric hospital by the organization’s senior management for a full two years.

During imprisonment, Yi Chen dreamed every night, dreaming of the massacre scene, dreaming of the people killed turning into nightmares coming back to claim his life.

With the unsealing and overflowing of past memories,

the black liquid representing death actually underwent a transformation and perfectly combined with the absorbed nightmare material, pushing the acceleration of the Nightmare Transformation to completion.

Pop!

Six symmetrically aligned iron chains exploded from Yi Chen’s back, landing on the ground one after another.

Following that, thick black mist overflowed from the wounds, covering the surface of these iron chains for a “nightmare modification,” finally wrapping them into tentacle-like forms.

They swayed and writhed on his back,

even capable of supporting Yi Chen’s body, replacing his legs as a means of walking.

Moreover, these six back tentacles were completely different from Catherine’s,

having iron chains as their main axis, making them thicker, their whipping force greater, and less susceptible to damage.

The surface of the tentacles also shimmered with a black luster symbolic of death, and even had black liquid dripping from the ends.

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It could be said they were even more dangerous.

As the Nightmare Transformation was finalized, Yi Chen’s consciousness also gradually stabilized, giving him a sense of an indescribable “authority” that allowed him to do anything within the dream.

Without the aid of gentleman’s clothes, Yi Chen couldn’t see the changes happening to his attributes but could roughly guess that he had acquired an ability system named ‘Nightmare,’ which he could use unlimitedly in this “game.”

Meanwhile,

he brushed his hands over his face, using the nightmare material to create an unremovable faceless mask to avoid revealing his identity during the game.

Just as Catherine came bouncing over from behind, eager to congratulate Yi Chen and ready to teach him some methods of dream manipulation,

Whoosh!

Sensing something approaching,

the six back tentacles suddenly struck towards Catherine, halting just a hair’s breadth from her face.

“It’s really scary, William! Your adaptability is stronger than those madmen, to have completed the Nightmare Mastery so quickly and even skilled in using it. I mean, I threw a super-sized nightmare octopus into you, and most people would have been overwhelmed by now.

How do you feel?”

With Catherine’s enquiry,

slightly hunched, covered under a black cloak, Yi Chen slowly turned his head around, his faceless mask staring intently at her.

His voice did not come from under the mask but directly echoed in the current dream space.

“Not bad.”