The Breathing Mountains

In fact, William did not think much of the so-called Ill Mountain. He merely wanted to use its ability to attract Open Source Diseased (human transformations) to find a suitable area inside it for opening a theater, carrying out a trial run, and collecting fear in this world,

perhaps even recruiting some decent actors.

As for the so-called Flying Dragons, Hidden Village, and "incurable disease of the age," they had only added a little to his curiosity.

Even the claims that they could not be killed or must not be killed were, in William's view, merely the locals' ingrained impressions.

Under Snail Woman's guidance, the group arrived at the "parking lot" behind the town.

Most travelers resting in Rakavik Town took their vehicles here,

but although it was called a parking lot, it was actually more like a junkyard, with countless empty car shells piled up there.

Snail Woman found a car shell that was relatively new and clean, then crawled inside it,

filling the interior with her soft body and forming seats and tires. She transformed herself into a living, self-driving bioenergy vehicle.

Her snail shell was embedded in the hood,

while Nash sat in the driver's seat as requested. His feet rested on the "brake" and "accelerator" formed from Snail Woman's more sensitive soft tissues, allowing him to brake or accelerate manually through stimulation.

Jessica the Dentist sat in the passenger seat, while William and Lorien sat in the back,

and with the tires rolling, they officially set off toward Ill Mountain.

Along the way, Lorien truly acted like a Special Patient bound and sealed away, not uttering a word as he kept both eyes shut.

William, meanwhile, was like his attending doctor, required to monitor him throughout and ensure his condition remained stable. Jessica the Dentist played