Deep in the Living
Chapter 287 - 275 Metal Resonance

Chapter 287: Chapter 275 Metal Resonance

Chaos Nest City.

High atop the tower, in a special resting room filled with candles and filled with books.

With a wisp of ash drifting in, an eyeball silently falls onto the ground.

This eyeball can precisely roll through the gaps among the candles, eventually reaching the center of the room.

At the base of the eyeball, filament-like nerves begin to grow,

the nerves multiply and start to interweave,

forming a pink spinal structure based on these nerves,

eyes with various characteristics hang all over this spine like decorations, increasing in number, and eventually forming a structural body with thousands of eyes piled up.

"Boss, the Recruitment Spine worn by that kid has completely lost contact. The area of lost contact is at the Pain Sensation Plain, it seems your idea came true, he indeed encountered the [Wanted Criminal].

He’s only just arrived here; is such intensity really good for him? Should I provide a bit of off-field assistance? I have eyes set up in a small town near the Painful Mountain Range."

"Oculus, you seem very interested in this Outer Realm Apostle... Shouldn’t your observations be used more for the upcoming world invasion rather than on this person?"

"That world’s observation ended long ago, and we’ve been unoccupied recently, so I’ve taken a bit more interest in this special Apostle.

I really want to peer into his world,

and I also smelled a faint scent of eyeball on him, it seems he had deeply integrated with some special type of eyeball life form before, but separated due to some reason.

This is an eyeball I’ve never encountered before; naturally, I’d be interested, wouldn’t you say, boss?"

A high-ranking existence among the candles softly responds:

"His journey’s ultimate goal is even more perilous, the ’encounter’ I’ve arranged could only be considered beginner level. If he can handle this encounter, dealing with the Wanted Criminal, he will be able to access more things and prepare early for the real dangers.

Besides, I have already informed him of the difficulties and risks on this path.

If he cannot manage, then that is his fate. Even if your eyes could keep him safe now, he would inevitably die eventually."

"Killing the Wanted Criminal~ Oh, that will allow him to engage with ’that organization.’

Boss, you’re always the boss, this way not only his survival rate improves, but he also delves deeper into Hell. Indeed, it can smooth out the subsequent path.

By the way, aren’t you worried that our position might be occupied by an outsider? If he really achieves it, he might even threaten my position, or even yours, boss."

The presence among the candles, however, is unconcerned, "That is the way of the Spine, the strong should tread upon the weak, I would be very eager for someone to threaten my position, the current Spines are too incompetent."

"Boss, you are scolding me too, I’m off— I’ll go wash my eyes and try to secure some Otherworld treasures related to eyeballs in the upcoming world invasion, and squeeze you out of your position sooner."

"Focusing on the development of branch abilities, neglecting the exercise of the spine itself, will limit your ultimate development... Oculus."

"Who could surpass you, boss~ If I don’t find another way, I’ll be under your feet for life. Alright, I won’t bother you anymore, let’s hope the apostle we both value gets through everything smoothly.

Honestly, I’m really looking forward to a change in the Spine order... Just like you, boss, I’m bored too."

...

[In a dream - Classroom]

Luo Di and the new transfer student stand back to back at the back of the classroom,

the bodies of the other students and the teacher have been completely hollowed out, physically hollowed out, hanging like deflated skin sacs at their respective desks.

Countless mice crawl out of their bodies, nearly covering the entire classroom,

whether on the floor, windows, or even the ceiling fan, no space is left empty.

There are too many, all killing becomes meaningless, no matter what tools are used to kill the mice, more will always emerge.

Now, both of their lower bodies are nearly covered with mice, their clothing gnawed away almost completely.

Luo Di also glimpses that the skin of this foreign transfer student appears bloodless, a pure white tinged with a hint of underblue, and there seem to be things stuck into her body’s surface.

Just as Luo Di wanted to observe the other person more closely, there is an anomaly in the mice.

The mice piled up in the classroom seem to be under some sort of collective control, thousands of mice gathering into a huge, pitch-black mouse head with a mouth large enough to swallow a person.

And Luo Di’s lower body is completely trapped by the swarm of mice, unable to escape.

Devouring!

The huge mouse head attacks Luo Di,

At the critical moment...click!

His tongue clicks loudly between his teeth, abruptly forcing the dream to an end.

At the same time, actions in dreams were linked with reality,

When Luo Di woke up in the inn’s bed, his first instinct was to roll to the side.

His body had just hit the bed.

Crack!

The bed made of rocks was directly smashed and torn apart by some huge creature, the shattered rocks even splashed onto Luo Di’s body.

The situation in the guest room was extremely similar to that in the dream,

The originally neat and clean inn floor was now covered with rats,

The giant creature that destroyed the bed was also a merged body of the rat swarm from the dream, except the rats here were much bigger, fatter, and more frantic.

Their eyes glowed green,

Their dark hair was somewhat similar to human hair.

The dark giant creature was interspersed with various demonic skulls, likely those of the guests it had consumed before.

[Disguise], [Ambush], [Strange], [Sinister]

All these uncomfortable attributes that represent Hell’s Dark Side had a high similarity to the creature Luo Di killed in the recruitment ground’s resting room, matching the special forces of Hell.

"Evil Play"

Thinking about it,

the mysterious woman checked the inn’s business license as soon as she entered the inn.

Though Luo Di knew there were rats during his stay, his tongue did not alert anyone, and the owner had explained the purpose of these rats.

He only sensed the danger at the very last moment before it struck.

The hidden presence in this inn was clearly extraordinary.

Watching rats crawling ceaselessly from the cracked walls,

and seeing the dark creature formed by thousands of rats,

Luo Di took a deep breath to adjust his state; in the dream, he was just a normal student, hardly capable of handling this situation. But in reality, he had many methods, one of the most effective being the Fear from the Corner.

Just as Luo Di was about to release the colors,

something flashed in his brain, making him abruptly stop such actions... If he directly showed his non-Hell abilities, releasing excessive fear might scare away the presence hiding behind the inn.

It’s still a stormy period,

If the other party had rat-related attributes, they could completely escape by digging. Even if Luo Di could use the gray mark, it would be ineffective if they were too far apart.

Luo Di did not want to let this guy escape,

intuition told him that killing the thing behind the rats might bring great benefits.

Brief contemplation.

The dark mouth formed by the gathered rats was already biting down.

Spine displayed,

steam released,

Slash!

The vertical slash split the dark creature in two, temporarily blocking the bite. However, these physical slashes were not very effective, as the swarm of rats quickly gathered to form an even larger dark rat head.

"Crow!"

With a loud shout from Luo Di, dark crows followed by his side, seizing the chance to escape the guest room together.

The Crow Colt transformed into a flock of crows, their sharp beaks tearing at the rats along the way, sucking out their brains and quickly killing them.

When Luo Di burst out of his guest room,

the neighboring room had a figure rushing out at the same time, it was the mysterious woman from before, a special demon from the order group.

The leather cloak covering her body had been removed, revealing her true appearance and physique.

In the hands of this white-haired girl was a huge and exaggerated metal club, each swing crushing a massive number of rats, causing significant damage to the environment.

Moreover, the rats crushed by the club would grow a thin steel tube structure from within, unable to regenerate, rendering the bodies unusable.

With just one exchange of glances, the two had already established cooperation, a kind of metallic resonance had been formed.