CHAPTER 92: 92 KNOWLEDGE INTEGRATION (1/3)

"What kind of Saya’s Song is this..."

Herbert wandered through the world of blood and flesh, curiously studying its structure.

He pulled up the flower that had been staring at him, root and all, and casually dissected its structure as he strolled around.

[This piece of flesh is the tendon of the thigh, this piece is the valve of the heart, this spike is the bone spur of the lumbar vertebrae...]

Herbert didn’t know why he understood these obscure and esoteric pieces of knowledge, but with just a glance, he could easily identify the essence of the flesh.

In just a moment, he completely dissected the flower, leaving only the eyeball which he pinched between his fingers.

After playing with it for a while, he dismantled two more, gathering three eyeballs to roll around in his hand.

Just as he was about to look for a fourth one, he suddenly realized something was wrong.

Huh?

He looked down at the eyeballs in his hand, and the three eyes were also looking at him with confusion.

Five eyes met with only bewilderment remaining.

Herbert: Hey, what’s going on?

Three eyes: Little brother, what’s up with you?

With a flick of his fingers, Herbert casually tossed the three eyeballs to the roadside, watching the flesh on the ground consume them and soon sprout three new little flowers.

A very bizarre scene, yet Herbert felt nothing unusual after witnessing it, as if everything was meant to be, and this was common knowledge in his mind.

Herbert squinted, analyzing silently in his heart, "This place is a bit off, my mind isn’t this ’healthy’!"

"Am I being alienated?"

He swept his gaze over the ground and walls around him, rapidly analyzing their composition at a quicker pace than before.

Faster and faster!

A vast amount of unfamiliar knowledge flooded into his brain in a violent manner.

[A river channel filled with brain matter, walls made of stomach linings, bricks of the diaphragm, the sphincter of...]

"Huh? Sphincter? Really suitable as a doorframe?"

Meanwhile, as that knowledge poured into his brain, Herbert’s mind was gradually being alienated.

It is foreseeable that the longer he stays in this world, the deeper his alienation will become.

He was being assimilated by this world.

The inexplicable force was eroding his mind.

Realizing this, Herbert stopped his aimless wandering.

This world was too vast to see the end, continuing was meaningless.

He entered a house beside the road, pulling apart chairs cobbled together from various bones and sat down.

[Scapula, clavicle, sternum, ribs, spine...]

Herbert unconsciously analyzed the room’s components while under the silent gaze of all the objects, furrowing his brow in thought.

"What exactly is contained within Svanni’s flesh?"

Fremay’s scales held ancient legends of the Sea Siren’s bloodline, Valentina’s hair strands carried the lineage of the Giant Dragon, and the blood Eliza provided contained memories of her ’father’...

Then... Svanni, what is contained within your flesh?

He had thought he would see ancient tales of the Dark Elf, maybe even learn their origins, but instead, he found an eerie world.

"This weird place has nothing but flesh, is Saya really here to be found..."

[Peripheral nerves, pituitary, pancreas, prostate...]

"Damn, why is this thing made of prostate!? Wait..."

Herbert disdainfully distanced himself from that bizarre fleshy handle, his expression suddenly changing as he finally realized the problem he had unconsciously overlooked.

"This world isn’t devoid of anything..."

"It’s filled with knowledge."

He walked out of the room, surveying his surroundings, unable to resist squinting his eyes.

[——]

The originally calm world now appeared quite clamorous in his view, as if the knowledge was howling, shouting their names.

The knowledge was chasing him.

No.

Herbert even felt that this knowledge was battering his brain...

Trying to beat him to death and swallow him whole into this world, becoming part of it.

"..."

Herbert remained silent for a moment, then bent down to remove his boots, his bare feet making contact with the muddy, decaying flesh.

The slippery sensation made him squint, tempted to put his boots back on.

But quickly, another feeling surged into his mind.

He "heard" the earth’s pulse, the whispers of the flesh flowers, sensed the buildings breathing, and the gaze of the blood moon overhead... all incredibly vivid.

Simultaneously, that knowledge flowed into Herbert’s brain at an even more astonishing rate.

But, it wasn’t enough.

Herbert undid his buttons and took off his clothes, standing naked in the center of the world—then fell backward straight down.

Thud.

His back didn’t feel any impact; instead, it sank into the soft flesh.

Gently enveloped, smoothly swallowed.

Herbert slowly sank, becoming a part of this world.

[————]

The knowledge surged into his body at tenfold, hundredfold, thousandfold of the previous speed.

He was merging into this world.

No...

Herbert was causing this world to merge into him.

Within the blood and flesh gradually dissolving Herbert, he suddenly opened his eyes and lifted his right hand.

Boom!

A giant hand of flesh burst from underground, slamming heavily onto the ground and pressing forcefully down.

Bang, bang, bang...

Accompanied by a tremendous roar, a giant formed completely of flesh emerged from the ground.

He staggered forward, stomping heavily on the ground.

He knelt several times, eventually rising slowly to walk.

Each step absorbed the surrounding flesh into his body, becoming his nourishing growth.

The giant grew larger, quicker, yet his movements became more agile.

Boom, boom, boom!

Amidst the earth-shattering roar, he finally began running!

The giant’s body grew fair skin, snow-white hair spread and grew, ultimately forming a handsome figure—identical to Herbert.

When the last piece of flesh completed Herbert’s form, his image rapidly transformed, the flesh sprawling, morphing within moments into an immense crimson Giant Dragon.

Roar!!!

The Giant Dragon fiercely flapped its wings, vigorously leaped, and charged towards the blood moon in the sky.

In a few breaths, it broke through the sky, arriving before the blood moon—a massive crimson eyeball, even larger than the Giant Dragon.

Upon contact with the eye, the Giant Dragon swung its tail powerfully, striking the eyeball heavily.

[——Eye of God!]

"Look! Look! Look!"

"Damn you for peeping!"

Thwack!

The eyeball exploded instantly, transforming into beams of light.

The Giant Dragon bathed in the blood-tinged golden light, roared heavenward within the world of flesh!!!