Deep in the Living
Chapter 314 - 302: The Call from the Corner

Chapter 314: Chapter 302: The Call from the Corner

Underground chamber.

Luo Di is sitting cross-legged in the corner, with an apparatus made of dozens of skulls now worn on his head, and some special connection has been established.

Although Luo Di did not create the apparatus, he exhibits no foreign body rejection after wearing it.

Agatha is completely focused on observing the whole process, and occasionally glimpses a flow of gray between the devices, seemingly coordinating the connection between Luo Di and the equipment.

"Indeed... The Corner system that Luo Di possesses has a high adaptability. This brain-related device is also well-matched with his brain pituitary, allowing for faster adaptation.

According to the descriptions on the script,

What Kuleon wants to achieve is a kind of brain Demon Ascension, using the gate as a reliance, shifting the developmental focus from the spine to the brain, similar to the Eye Demon King among the Spine that developed collateral traits.

Once successful, his original body will mostly be abandoned.

To reconstruct a new body entirely from the brain.

This gate is of a very high standard, far surpassing those cruder gates built with customer corpses by the inn rats. Luo Di, merely as an observer, might also reap some benefits.

Moreover, the path Luo Di must take on this journey is indeed related to the brain."

Just as Agatha was about to lean against the wall to rest for a while... buzz! A sudden sense of anomaly struck her, causing her to unconsciously grab an iron rod and lock onto the skull apparatus.

But she didn’t act impulsively and destroy it; instead, she carefully approached Luo Di.

Bending down,

she peeled off the Monk’s leather coat from Luo Di,

and saw that Luo Di’s back was also writhing, with some muscles becoming similar to Kuleon, showing brain-like structures.

Agatha faintly felt that the essence of Luo Di’s whole body was changing, gradually becoming like Kuleon... It seemed as if his body was being taken over.

Just as Agatha was contemplating whether to stop this process,

a wave of gray spread across his back,

and some metallic nerves were also growing out from between the spine, quickly spreading across his entire back.

Under the suppression of these metallic nerves, the muscles on the back soon returned to normal, and Luo Di’s overall state also stabilized.

Agatha was shocked, her jaw hanging open,

Although she had witnessed Luo Di’s baptism ceremony, she didn’t know what had transpired between him and the Pope.

"Isn’t this the Pope’s neural structure? Why can Luo Di express it... Although it’s far from the Great Cathedral’s nerves, such neural expressions cannot be mistaken.

What happened inside the Great Cathedral before?"

Before Agatha could recover from the shock of the metallic nerves,

another anomaly occurred,

a multitude of gray tentacles suddenly burst out of Luo Di’s face, connecting upward to the skull apparatus. A strange "connection" was forming, and it even felt like these tentacles were sucking back the essence of the skull.

[Five minutes earlier]

Luo Di sat cross-legged, holding the forefront skull of the device, smelling the familiar brain stench.

The brain tissues connected between the skulls were preserved with periosteum, without any degradation.

Though these brains belong to Insects, at least in terms of smell, they weren’t much different from a barbecue shop, and in some scents, Luo Di was even more fascinated.

For some reason,

as Luo Di held the skull and smelled this scent, despite being full, he felt a hunger that did not stem from the stomach but from deep within the brain.

Having no idea how to use this device, Luo Di would probably have grilled and eaten it right there and then, going with the local customs without much fuss.

Suppressing the hunger, he lifted the skull above his head.

Just as Luo Di took a deep breath to prepare, a familiar voice, not of Hell, suddenly echoed in his brain.

≮Put it on... wear it...≯

"The voice from the Corner?"

The matured pituitary seed in Luo Di’s brain, which can only sprout and enter the next phase in the depths of the Corner, was intensely craving the current act of wearing.

Given that,

Click!

The skull clicked onto his head.

The device was activated.

Buzz~ A sound of tinnitus after, Luo Di’s entire field of vision had completely changed, even the tactile sensation had shifted.

Looking down, he found himself sitting in a shallow puddle, just high enough to cover his ankles, but the so-called water was actually brain fluid.

The [Gate] Luo Di wanted to explore, to reference,

stood in the middle of the puddle.

Its specifications were far inferior to the previous gate built by a rat using corpses,

This was just an ordinary-sized gate, the same size as the home doors, classroom doors that Luo Di used to open daily. Only, the material of this gate was purely brain, belonging to the Insects, or known as Game Brain.

Moreover, the construction method was quite exquisite,

It was evident this was Kuleon’s masterpiece, taking seven full years, with the doorframe, door panels, and locks all crafted from different brains, meticulously polished, with no superfluous parts.

When Luo Di saw this gate, a very intense desire surged wildly through his brain.

Unlike the gate piled with corpses he had seen before,

the desire to enter increased tenfold.

Perhaps by crossing this door, he could accelerate his Demon Ascension,

perhaps his pituitary could sprout in the non-Corner area ahead of time,

perhaps by crossing this door, he could get closer to the pact with the class leader,

perhaps by crossing this door, he would have the power to slay the monsters in the Corner,

Intense desire urged Luo Di on, pushing him to step forward on the shallow beach towards this nearly perfect brain gate,

reaching out to place his hand on that delicate, dense, warm, and slippery doorknob.

The moment he touched the door,

a more direct and profound influence transmitted, reaching deep into Luo Di’s brain.

It seems Kuleon stored part of his consciousness inside the door, invading the brains of any outsiders who touched it, usurping their consciousness.

This was Kuleon’s final tactic, considering the worst-case scenario where even if his dwelling was exposed and he was killed. As long as the person who killed him was greedy and chose to wear the device, consciousness usurpation would trigger.

As a result, the muscles on Luo Di’s back gradually began to replicate Kuleon’s brain groove structure,

"My external body was actually killed by you?

However, you are insatiably greedy, daring to use my device... Your body is a dual system! Great, with your body, I might be able to reach a higher position.

Hmm? What structure is this?"

Kuleon’s residual consciousness reached the brain area and quickly discovered the pituitary displaying a Moon structure.

Since his physical body had perished,

Kuleon now had only one chance, not daring to hesitate or doubt. If someone outside destroyed the device, his residual consciousness would completely die.

There was no time left to consider this strange pituitary; the usurpation began.

Buzz!

The instant Kuleon’s residual consciousness contacted the pituitary,

the world spun around,

he felt his consciousness sucked into a vortex, sinking to a profoundly deep area. When his consciousness finally stabilized, he felt utterly no sensation of successful possession.

It felt more like he was projected into a completely unknown and distant place.

"Where the hell am I!?"

Before him was a narrow and dark corridor, chilling to the extreme, nothing like Hell.

He could vaguely see a red balloon floating around the corner ahead, and it gradually approached him.

Never having seen a balloon before, Kuleon thought it was some kind of dangerous floating object and quickly burst it.

The moment he touched the balloon.

Pop!

A crisp and loud explosion echoed in the corridor, louder than expected, even forcing Kuleon to cover his ears.

The sound of the balloon exploding propagated endlessly into the depths, as if notifying someone.

Soon after,

a series of strange and rapid footsteps came, as if the person was wearing some kind of rubber shoes, each step sticking and making a weird noise on the floor.

Kuleon sensed danger; the Dragon Spine rapidly formed behind him.

He stared intently at the dark corridor ahead, ready to behead, even though he had no weapon, he could achieve a similar effect with his dragon-scaled hand blade.

However,

the strange footsteps suddenly stopped at the corner, never revealing the entity behind them.

Tick-tock tick-tock~

The sound of a second hand ticking by passed, time ticking away.

As Kuleon focused all his attention on the corner,

a pair of hands emerged from the darkness behind him,

wearing clean white gloves,

silently hovering above his shoulders... Snap snap! They suddenly clapped twice.

The sudden scare made Kuleon’s body stiffen, then he violently turned around.

The moment he turned around,

a primal emotion quickly filled Kuleon’s heart, he even abandoned his basic survival instinct, but the fighting instinct of a Spine wanted to resist.

Behead...

The hand blade had just swung out when it stopped in mid-air.

Crunch!

A bite took off half of the body.

Along with chewing, a sinister laughter echoed through the corridor.

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