*Jin seemed immersed in the pleasure of slaughter on the surface.
In reality, he could precisely and perfectly peel away brain tissue while confined inside a Sick One.
His personality might not be as terrible as imagined,
or perhaps, having entered the Gray Zone for the first time, his survival instinct was suppressing his outward impulses.
With a little guidance later on and a deeper understanding of him, perhaps I could find a point of coordination in his thinking and establish a more efficient working relationship.*
Just as Yi Chen was pondering this,
Jin was already standing in front of him, leaning forward until he was almost pressed against him. "Hurry up and show me how your profession ability works."
However, Yi Chen did not move at all. The two masses held in his palms withered on their own, eventually becoming two hard, dried walnuts.
Jin's expression became extremely disappointed. "So that's how it is? How boring..."
As Jin said this, Yi Chen had already sunk into the brain immersion brought on by Central Taste.
This was the first time Yi Chen had absorbed two essences simultaneously. While replenishing his brain matter, he also integrated the two fragmented memories together. It felt a little like coffee with milk—the flavor was incredible.
For a moment, the desire stirred up by the spore dust was instantly cleared away, and his mind became lucid and unobstructed,
as fragment after fragment of broken memory was successfully read.
Unfortunately, the memories concerning the church were extremely vague, while those involving the inside of the church had been directly stripped away. The memories he could effectively read mainly concerned what happened after the disease manifested.
The memories related to fusion made Yi Chen, who was himself a "memory," extremely uncomfortable.
The married villagers who returned from