Deep in the Living

Chapter 289 Abnormal Baptism
"Hellraiser"

For ordinary demons, becoming a monk is a long and difficult process.

Demonic individuals who complete the Pilgrimage of Pain will be eligible to enter the Great Monastery and be awarded [Hell Object - Pain Metal].

However, this is just the initial starting point.

They will start their ascetic life in the monastery as novice monks, living with pain day and night.

The metals in the body will absorb nutrients from the pain, gradually become saturated, and achieve [Evil Manifestation]*.

*Equivalent to the opening of the spine of the spine-holder, it is the final manifestation of a stage after the saturation of hell creatures.

*The quality of pain ingested by the novice monk and the feeding efficiency will be related to the quality of the metal and its final shape. Not everyone can achieve this. Only those who truly embrace pain and live with it day and night can achieve it.

Apprentices who have completed Nie Xian will begin the formalization ceremony, which is mainly divided into the following three steps.

1. Go to the cathedral to receive a mental baptism*.

The Pope himself conducts this test to ensure that the novice monks' minds are free of impurities and that they will never do anything that harms the Order. They also check the quality of their metal to determine whether they truly love pain during their penance.

After the baptism is completed, an inscription will be left between the skulls, representing the granting of monk status.

2. Customize a monk's leather jacket based on the characteristics of Nie Xian. This is the most important identity display for monks when they go out.

3. Path selection: According to Nie Xian’s ability expression and metal characteristics, choose the most suitable path for them to upgrade to magic.

Rody's situation is very special.
He never went through the asceticism of the monastery and completed the evil manifestation on his own. The metal form he expressed was related to the spine and looked like a metal chainsaw.

The aura he exuded didn't belong here at all. He didn't even know the purpose and various systems of the monastery.

This is very troublesome.

But according to the rules, Rody still needs to be baptized and his thinking needs to be examined by the Pope himself.

If one's thoughts are not pure, he cannot be granted the status of a monk, and may even be banned from entering the monastery forever. Even if Rody has Hell Metal on him, he can only move around in the torture chamber at most.

Agatha also reminded before leaving:

"Rodi, you are going straight to the baptism of thought without any penance. You may be subject to a deep examination by the Pope. No matter what happens, avoid any resistance.

Otherwise you might be labeled an apostate and banned from setting foot here forever.

Don’t be disrespectful to the Pope, as this could put your life in danger.”

"it is good."

The Rubik's Cube rotates.

Through the left door of the dormitory area, you can directly reach the cathedral area, which is also the core area of ​​the monastery.

Before entering the main hall of the cathedral, you need to cross a "nerve corridor".

This place is covered with metallic nerve tissue, and anyone who sets foot here will feel severe neuralgia.

Once dangerous thoughts are detected, these neural metals will wrap around and eliminate all external risks that may threaten the cathedral.

In Rody's opinion, these metal nerves are somewhat similar to the hooks in the preaching room and can detect the smell of foreign objects.

He only needed to express the characteristics of the torture chamber to not activate the passive defense of these nerves and pass through easily.

The deeper the passage, the narrower the feasible path...eventually, you will need to squeeze your body completely between the nerves to pass through this corridor.

Squeezed out between dense nerves,

The cathedral that came into view was completely different from the church that Rody had imagined. There was no splendor, no stained glass, and not even windows. Instead, it was a completely sealed area.

The whole structure is constructed with a special dark stone, which is a rare non-metal structure among large monasteries.

As with the previous neural corridor,
The cathedral is also covered with metal nerves that converge on the dome, as if the dome of the cathedral is some kind of brain structure that controls everything here and can even supervise and control the entire monastery.

in addition,

There are 26 capital letters carved in metal on both sides of the cathedral.

Ten of the letters have specific sculptures of people carved on them, corresponding to the members of the Order who have obtained the letters.

Mr. Hawke's sculpture is above the letter H, corresponding to Hook.

The other members of the prologue group also have their own characteristics, and each individual possesses different metal forms and pain properties.

Rody also saw the iron pillar related to Agatha, corresponding to the letter P, Pillar, and the sculpture was a bald middle-aged woman with a similarly strong physique.

Before he could continue observing, three "novice monks" wrapped in leather cloaks walked in from the entrance on the other side of the church.
Some may have an iron chain tail dragging behind them, some may have metal blades stuck all over their bodies, or some may have steel balls stuffed into every hole on their body (such as their eyes, nostrils, and mouth).

They will also undergo a mental baptism today and complete their regularization.

"Go ahead, Rody! Relax, just kneel on the spiked carpet."

"Ah."

Agatha sat on the outermost bench of the church and watched the baptism ceremony that followed.

Perhaps because they heard that there were special disciples coming from the torture chamber to take part in the baptism today, many monks came to the cathedral, and even members of the Order came in person.

As soon as Agatha sat down, the iron rod structure in her body began to vibrate, and she tilted her head to look.

A middle-aged woman was already sitting next to her. She had a bald head but pillars of metal grew on the surface of her head, blooming like the sun. Most importantly, there were a large number of iron pillars protruding from the woman's back, each representing an energy column, with a dark ring structure wrapped around the surface.

As she breathed, the energy column on her back moved up and down.

"teacher!"

A member of the Order, the Mother Superior, represents the Pillar.

……

Rody followed three other novice monks to the front of the church.
There are four "spiked round carpets" placed here.

Without any hesitation, Rody knelt down like them, and the spikes completely penetrated his knees and penetrated deep into the thigh nerves. The other three showed happy expressions, but Rody did not enjoy it, nor did he endure it, but just remained calm.

Kakakka~
The nerves entrenched in the neural corridors and on the top of the church began to move, and a human-shaped structure slowly condensed in the center of the dome and slowly descended before everyone.

A unique pure white monk's robe covered his body and even dragged behind him like a skirt.

The hand that emerged from the sleeves was extremely slender and had no bone structure, as if it was made up of pure nerves.

There was no so-called skull structure on his neck, but rather a bunch of thorn-like metal nerves. If you looked closely, you could see the structure of a face between the thorns, and the reflective metal parts were his eyes.

The head of the abbey,
Leader of the Order,

The first monks,
Pope Neo represents Neuro.

There was no verbal dialogue, no explanation of doctrines or dogmas, and the baptism of thought began directly. It seemed that for the Pope, time was the most important thing, and efficiency was the first priority.

Touching the first novice's head with his fingers,
Gajigaji~
The metal nerves that made up the palm quickly drilled into the seven orifices of the man's face and reached the brain.

In less than half a minute, the mental baptism was completed and the nerves were withdrawn.

There was no verbal explanation of whether the candidate was qualified or not. The skin on the top of the person's head was simply cut open, and a nerve was used to carve the emblem representing the monk on the surface of the skull, which meant that the candidate had been successfully regularized.

The second one followed closely and was even faster, finishing in just ten seconds.

The third person completed the mental baptism in about 41 seconds, which was a little longer.

You can also see some dirty substances between the nerve roots extracted from the opponent's brain, but it's not a big problem, and the emblem is still engraved on the surface of the brain.

The baptism of the three novices was completed.

Next came Rody, an outsider who looked and dressed completely different from the others, a disciple of the torture chamber recommended by Hawke.

Silently, the man in white robe appeared in front of him.

There was no pressure at all, as if the opponent did not exist in this space. Before Roddy was even fully prepared, he felt the nerves crawling into his brain and touching his spine.

The first thing to do is a surface search.

The Pope knew that Rody was a dual-system person. After a spinal examination, the Pope not only did not have any xenophobic emotions, but nodded with satisfaction (nerve bending).

The reason for satisfaction is simple.
Because Rody's spine did not contain that strong, uncontrollable desire for war.

It is a killing desire that can be suppressed by oneself, and what the Order Group values ​​is "controllability". At the same time, he also checked Rody's acceptance of metal and his understanding of pain.

Not only was the torture device's construction quite sophisticated, but in terms of pain it had actually already provided the outline of a door.

The surface inspection passed! And everything is excellent.

Next comes the examination of the deep consciousness.

Confirm that Rody has no ill intentions towards Xutuan, confirm that his character is not bad and he will not do anything that goes against suffering.

A deeper examination naturally requires touching Rody's brain.

The metal nerves belonging to the Pope soon noticed the completely different, moon-like gray pituitary gland, a biological structure that did not exist in Hell.

One by one, the sensitive nerves quickly approached, trying to connect to the nerves around the pituitary gland, trying to get a glimpse of the essence of this thing.

The moment of neural connection...

hum!
A whisper in the corner was transmitted directly to the Pope's mind, and all the nerves swaying in the Pope's neck stopped moving.

at the same time,

Inside the cathedral, all areas that met the conditions for forming corners had dark cracks, and waves of the most primitive fear seeped out.

An unknown spatial structure is descending upon the cathedral,
One could even faintly hear from deep in the corners the miserable cries that did not belong to the creatures of hell, and the sounds of physical movements that were beyond the scope of cognition.

All the alarm bells in the monastery were sounded, as if an army more terrifying than the Spine was about to be teleported over.

That's when.

Swish!
The Pope took the initiative to cut off the metal nerve connected to Rody's pituitary gland, and the communication between the two was instantly blocked.

For a time,

The whispers in the corner disappeared, and all the corner spaces connecting to the cathedral were blocked, and everything returned to normal.

The few broken ones that remained in Rody's brain, the nerve metals belonging to the Pope, were separated from the main body and immediately dyed and assimilated by the pituitary gland...

(End of this chapter)