When William and others were placed directly on the top layer of the village by the Lung Dragon, the scene here was rather disquieting.
Many villagers sat against the walls or squatted on the ground,
Their breathing pattern seemed to have turned into coughing, each inhalation followed by coughs to expel the germ-laden mist and simultaneously strengthen their lungs through such coughing.
All villagers shared a common feature, their ribcages were completely pried open or holes were directly made in their chests, exposing the lungs,
allowing the lungs more room to move and nourishing them with the purple mist that permeated the Hidden Village, especially the mist rising from the lakes.
Under prolonged coughing, the villagers' lungs had undergone various transformations, or rather, had combined with the illnesses they had before entering the village.
Some had muscle-like patterns growing on the surface of their lungs,
