Deep in the Living
Chapter 181 - 175: The One Who Misses

Chapter 181: Chapter 175: The One Who Misses

A pitch-black and cramped cave passage allows only a single person to pass through in many places.

Hua Yuan had no choice but to carry the weakened Luo Di on her back.

If other members of the Sisterhood were to witness this scene, they would surely suspect it to be an illusion. After all, Hua Yuan’s image within the Sisterhood was both domineering and selfish; expecting her to proactively help out was nearly impossible.

However, Luo Di could see Hua Yuan’s true intentions.

Indeed,

Hua Yuan’s first impression on him was equally terrible, identified as a presence to be cautious and wary of by the class president, and she was the eldest sister most valued by the Grandmother within the Sisterhood.

But ever since the Grandmother mentioned the "Corner Warrant", her entire demeanor and attitude changed. Although she still appeared to have the same outward personality, all her thoughts were focused on the warrant.

Upon learning of the strange nightmares Luo Di experienced on the first night, Hua Yuan began to pay attention to him.

Including the sleep sharing on the second night and the recent episode of "timely rescue".

Through these days of interaction, Luo Di was certain that Hua Yuan was the most serious and cautious among the sisters. Her dedication to the warrant exceeded everyone else’s, perhaps due to a past incident when the sisters initiated a warrant only to result in everyone’s death.

Fittingly,

Luo Di could also take the opportunity to rest,

With the help of Pig-Head providing protein, fats, and other nutrients, Luo Di’s body gradually recovered, making up for the physical parts taken away by Hua Yuan.

There was still some time before reaching the exit of the cave, but Luo Di couldn’t resist his curiosity and asked:

"Did you implant some sort of parasite or bodily tissue in me beforehand? Is that how you managed to achieve this body transfer?"

"Don’t demean my abilities. My ’transfer’ doesn’t need such physical carriers. It only requires others’ thoughts of me.

Most humans,

be they men or women, develop ’thoughts’ about me after speaking to me.

A small number of people need some physical contact before they begin to develop ’thoughts’ about me.

For you, Mr. Di, you’re one of the rare exceptions. Even with several close encounters, you did not develop thoughts. It took me spending a night by your side, personally planting the idea of thoughts in your brain before I could barely sustain them for a few days. I estimate in less than ten days you will have completely forgotten about me.

This is one of the reasons I find you interesting.

How could someone like you fall for a woman like Isabella, just because she can bear children? Because she is larger in size? It’s truly puzzling.

Anyway~ the current situation is very favorable. Because we paid the right attention to you, we are on the right path, leading to the current circumstances which could allow us to complete the ’Corner Warrant’ and not end up without a single clue."

Luo Di’s focus remained on Hua Yuan’s abilities.

"Your ability in some way surpasses that of a Pseudo-Person, it might even be considered a ’Calamity’, right? The source of calamity is your ’exterior’, affecting those who can’t withstand you."

"An influence that needs my true body to spread isn’t such a lowly calamity.

If I can use this opportunity to advance, perhaps any object related to me, including my figurine models, photo stickers, or even my signature could easily implant intense thoughts about myself into others’ brains.

Everyone would become my ’spare containers’, now that would be a real calamity."

Luo Di could now confirm that Hua Yuan was indeed the strongest Pseudo-Person he had ever encountered, aside from the undefinable Teacher Guo.

Her abilities were too abnormal; it’s no wonder the class president rated her as the strongest sister in history. Such abilities almost meant that Hua Yuan possessed an ’Undying Body’, making it nearly impossible to kill her one-on-one.

If her body was at risk of being struck down, she could manifest from inside someone who harbors thoughts about her.

Moreover,

’Thought Transfer’ was only one of Hua Yuan’s characteristics.

She also possessed an intangible Destruction Power, a kind of spiritual body technique far stronger than Death Row Prisoner K’s spiritual body fingers.

It was a complete, holistic spiritual body.

Previously inside the cave, Luo Di also caught a glimpse of the spiritual body through the Pig-Head mask, and although he wanted to ask about Hua Yuan’s Fear Embodiment, he thought better of it and swallowed the question back down.

Who knew, Hua Yuan would initiate the conversation on this topic:

"Are you curious about what my Embodiment is? Since you already saw it... I’d be happy to share with you.

After all, once this event is over, either I will die, or I will be sent to the Corner.

You might be the last human I converse with, and you’re quite a special one at that.

Take a guess first, if you don’t get it right, I’ll tell you."

Since Hua Yuan brought it up, although Luo Di somewhat suspected she might be able to read minds, he still engaged in the curious topic and gave a definite guess:

"Alien? A man?"

When Luo Di offered these two simple words, Hua Yuan, who was on the move, suddenly paused; her speech became slightly colder.

"How did you guess?"

"Earlier, you mentioned that you had a rather special experience when you were still human. And your [beauty], [thoughts], as well as the spiritual body image I glimpsed deep in the cave, they all seem to be related to the opposite sex."

Hua Yuan’s red lips parted, her tongue scraping against her teeth, her pupils rapidly reddening.

"I didn’t expect you to care so much about me... Yes, I used to be terrified of men, just seeing them would make me tremble all over.

Thinking back, I should thank those guys. Without such experiences, I definitely couldn’t have gained such a special ’Fear Embodiment.’

Now, I can kill the opposite sex who cast undesirable glances at me as I please. Especially, the feeling of crushing their ’eggs’ is a bit disgusting, but every time I do it, it feels very stress-relieving.

I also really enjoy watching groups of men killing each other over me.

Mr. Di, rest assured, I have no hostility towards you! After all, you’ve never looked at me that way."

As they chatted.

The path ahead was no longer pure darkness, a glimmer of starlight pierced through the dark, finally reaching the exit.

After about ten minutes of rest, Luo Di had almost recovered. When he stepped out of the cave, he voluntarily jumped down from Hua Yuan’s back and began to casually stretch his limbs.

Perhaps it was because of the long time spent in the dark cave, but the night sky seemed exceptionally bright that evening, to the extent that flashlights were hardly needed for illumination.

Hua Yuan closed her eyes, her brows furrowed together.

"Strange... Even though we’ve left the cave, I still can’t sense the presence of my sisters.

Theoretically, since our bodies all flow with our grandmother’s blood, as long as we’re not too far apart, we should definitely be able to connect."

"Some kind of isolating field must have been created on the island. Can it block perception?"

Luo Di echoed, "That should be the case. Just as that guy said, the island has been activated and is undergoing specific changes that pose a threat to us.

Since you can’t sense them, they probably can’t sense our location either.

Let’s head back to the island village first. Let’s check the wooden house we were assigned, perhaps they’re waiting for us there."

"Hmm, that’s the only option. Mr. Di, you’ve just recovered, so just follow behind me obediently, try not to wear that ugly pig head, I’ll protect you."

"Hmm."

Although he said as much, Luo Di was still ready to reach for the pig head at his waist at any moment. As for the powers of Hell, since Hua Yuan was here to help, Luo Di would keep it hidden as long as possible, preferably until the Monster Avatar was fully revealed.

Just as the two were about to set off from the mountain waist altar,

heavy footsteps came from the mountain path,

The familiar man was walking up the slope, his bald head undisguised by hair and particularly conspicuous under the night light— it was the bald guy from the documentary filming crew, only his state seemed a bit off.

Before long, he ascended the slope and stood ten meters away, observing the two of them.

When he saw Hua Yuan, his mouth split into an exaggerated grin, saliva dripping down.

The bald man was only wearing a light brown trench coat, with no clothes underneath. The coat was unbuttoned and wide open, and a swollen tail hung from his waist.

A bloody ax was in his hand, with blood that had not yet coagulated clinging to it.

The source of the blood seemed to be from the sides of his coat,

where two heads dangled from ropes,

belonging to his colleagues from the documentary crew.

Not only that, something similarly swollen and protruding was stuffed into the mouths of the two heads.

"Miss Hua Yuan... My colleagues and I missed you so much! So we had an internal contest, and I emerged victorious.

Thus, I chopped off their heads and their ’tools.’

You can see, in terms of size and dimension, I won!

But the match isn’t over yet, let’s see how that little man beside you measures up? Please wait a moment, I’ll verify it soon, to compare!

It’s definitely the best! I will ensure you have the best experience."

The bald man quickened his pace towards them, dragging the ax, his eyes mad with adoration and hatred and shining with a strange sheen.

Just as he was about to get closer,

Hua Yuan snapped her fingers!

The bald man’s head was instantly shattered by some invisible force.

Yet, his body did not collapse immediately, but rather, under the threatening attack, further transformed. A colored fog arose from where his head was shattered, and that tail hanging from his waist grew larger, as if ready to strike at the two of them or perform some other sort of vile attack.