Deep in the Living
Chapter 328 - 316 Installation

Chapter 328: Chapter 316 Installation

A certain city shrouded in darkness all day long.

The Grand Theater located in the city center sold out its tickets early today, because the high-level play to be performed tonight involves a member not of the "Insects," and this participant has a very special identity.

[Black Spine Envoy & Hell Monk]

Just pulling one out of the mix is enough to attract a large number of idle people who enjoy watching the fun.

Moreover, the theater has emphasized that such a character participating in the play will not retain any of their original abilities, but will use the highest-level "Consciousness Split" to project onto an anonymous corpse deep in the theater, which can be considered the most difficult starting mode.

While coming to the Grand Theater to watch the play, one can also place bets.

As long as you bet on the ultimate festival winner, you can win a handsome prize.

Once the audience enters the Grand Theater, they will receive a skull-shaped viewing device.

Find your seat, put on the skull and connect to the chair’s neural backrest, and you can project your consciousness into the ongoing theater, even sliding the skull to change the viewing angle, different participants, and so on.

Currently, at least 80% of the Insects have locked onto Luo Di’s perspective.

Many people are not optimistic, since there have been cases of starting as an "anonymous corpse" before, with few successes. And even if successful, only the most inferior brain is obtained, still at a disadvantage during the subsequent festival.

At the moment,

Luo Di sets up bait traps, and the skillfulness of ambushes with a small knife from behind is thrilling for the audience. But to truly win is still far off.

After all, as an anonymous corpse, he is facing a "brainer."

In such a play, having or not having a brain makes a huge difference physically.

As the footage unfolds bit by bit,

The expressions of the audience change, some showing confused looks, and many quickly reacting to change their bets only to find it too late.

...

Boom!

The shovel smashes the cement floor, creating a shallow pit, with the loud noise echoing in the basement.

But Luo Di has already sidestepped in advance, avoiding such a fierce smash.

Although he can’t bring any abilities with him, and although this temporarily acquired corpse is very weak, there is one thing that doesn’t change.

’Combat Experience’

Compared to the guy in front of him who spends his days with corpses,

Luo Di is a Murderer enthusiast who has survived one slaughter after another, climbing up over corpses of Pseudo-Persons, recognized by the Investigation Bureau as a top talent who can join the Special Action Department at any time.

"Huff... starting to adapt to this weakness, if one cut isn’t enough, just cut a few more times.

The pressure at this moment is similar to the feeling when I first participated in Simulation Practice facing zombies."

Continual attacks with the shovel, Luo Di always manages to dodge perfectly.

Such powerful and weighty attacks are indeed terrifying, one slight hit, and the fragile corpse shell would shatter completely. But such strong swings are often very slow, giving Luo Di ample time to dodge.

Luo Di just keeps dodging in the purest sense, constantly dodging.

The miscellaneous items in the basement continue to be smashed, and even the walls are pocked with shovel-shaped indentations.

This kind of dodging lasted for a full ten minutes,

Finally, it seems that the owner of this wooden house begins to feel exhausted, the speed of the shovel swings slow down, and Luo Di quickly captures this detail.

Dodging the attack, he steps forward.

The rusted dagger in his hand has already locked onto the opponent’s neck, who knew... the Corpse Mover’s eyes, full of moss, suddenly oozed red light, with the earthworms inside all poking their heads out, wriggling frantically outside.

His pure white brain is emitting a sinister miasma, the vapors continuously seeping out from the opening of his brain gate.

Some kind of brain potential has been activated.

The shovel that was originally set to hit the ground and would take some time to lift is instantly raised, changing the shovel’s direction to a vertical position.

From knocking to slashing,

Intending to split Luo Di in half.

Faster speed,

Greater power,

And even the previous exhaustion has been completely relieved.

Swoosh!

The shovel swings down,

Crack~ you can clearly hear the sound of flesh being cleaved.

Just not quite as expected,

Luo Di has not been split in two, only an arm flies high into the air, the swinging shovel plunging deep into the ground.

Luo Di had already considered sudden changes, guessing that the other party must be hiding something.

In choosing to get close, he focuses his attention, ready for the sudden danger. It’s just that due to the limitations of the corpse’s mobility, he couldn’t completely dodge, and so his left arm was chopped off.

But for Luo Di, losing an arm was still within the realm of acceptability.

With the loss of an arm as a price, he succeeded in getting close.

Even without the physique forged from daily training,

Even without the fierce glare in his face, streaked with bloodshot eyes,

Even without the lethal weapon in hand that emitted a murderous aura,

The air of a Murderer still lingered with Luo Di, even if he was just a nameless corpse lacking a brain. All his experience in slaughter coalesced into his right hand as it raised diagonally aloft.

Slash!

The rust-covered blade could not possibly sever the opponent’s neck,

Yet somehow,

A certain determination seemed to sharpen the blade, or rather, the experience of killing allowed the blade to slip through the weakest point of the neck,

Taking advantage of the previous half-severed neck wound, this strike completed the beheading.

Swish!

The reddened eye sockets slowly faded in color, and the twisting worms all died.

Clang!

The spade fell.

Thwack—a headless body also collapsed onto the ground closely after.

Luo Di held the head of the cabin owner in his hands.

He gazed at the pure white brain within, his inner yearning no longer controllable, immediately starting the operation.

Since the skull of the Corpse Mover had already been smashed by his own doing, the operation was quite straightforward.

He easily cut open the skull with a rusty knife, carefully cradling the white, warm brain smeared with rot.

He did not consume it directly as he had in the past, nor did he go upstairs to cook it on the stove.

Instead, he lifted the brain into the air with both hands, as if conducting some sort of ritual.

The elbow rotated, steady as it lowered.

He gently placed the sticky pure white brain into the open cavity of his own skull, filling the void.

The whole process seemed instinctual for this corpse, every motion flowing naturally.

Splat~

When the white brain was placed inside the skull, Luo Di experienced a bizarre sense of satisfaction he had never felt before, along with a sensation of rebirth.

He could clearly feel something changing throughout his body, as the brain-deprived Corpse Mover rapidly decayed, seemingly completing some form of inheritance.

Once again, that female voice from Hell echoed within his skull.

≮Brain Acquired (Corpse Mover)≯

Brain Quality: Ordinary (White)

Neural Sensing: Average

Attributes: Corpse transport, immense strength, shovel mastery.

≮Item Acquired - Heavy Spade≯

The spade assigned to Corpse Movers, exquisitely made, sturdy and durable. Its base can shatter corpses, and its sharp edge can slice through Tomb Raiders.

≮Key Item Acquired: Syringe (Brain)≯

A crucial prop for this ritual, it can be inserted into the brains of any "brainer", to siphon brain essence and inject it into oneself, enhancing one’s brain quality, making the brain increasingly perfect*.

*Those with perfect brains may proceed to the city center, to partake in the ultimate ritual feast.

...

"Brain quality, essence injection, ritual feast... interesting,"

Luo Di quickly grasped the situation through these messages, seemingly becoming immersed in this intriguing, game-like drama, appearing to have a different plan for his performance.

At the same time,

With a complete brain now in his possession, even if it was just an ordinary, somewhat moldy brain, the pituitary structure inside the brain was present.

As long as this structure existed,

The grey shade could find its way there.

Even if Luo Di’s true body might be sealed deep within by Evil Play, isolated and sealed off by various means.

In an instant,

A touch of grey tinted the surface of the pituitary.

Even without manifesting lunar characteristics, it was fully sufficient for this drama meant to sift through the Insects.