Deep in the Living
Chapter 334 - 322: Special Dinner

Chapter 334: Chapter 322: Special Dinner

Beneath the bell tower,

The door, adorned with a brain relief, stood over ten meters tall, clearly not intended for Luo Di and others, but for some immense being.

A servant was already waiting at the door,

This servant had the same appearance as when Luo Di just arrived in the theater room, or rather, like the stacked corpses at the end of the road, without a skull and devoid of a brain.

"This way, please!"

Following the servant’s guidance, Luo Di led the ten survivors toward the banquet hall in the town center,

Inside, to Luo Di’s surprise, there was electricity; a crystal chandelier hung overhead, emitting the intense light he was well familiar with.

There were five seats on each side of the long crystal table, exactly accommodating the ten survivors.

Yet, the table was devoid of any food, not even plates, only a sharp serrated dining knife was present.

Luo Di speculated that maybe the Evil Play’s banquet was different.

Perhaps they would directly place live ingredients on the table for them to cut and eat with the knife they had.

As everyone was seated,

The servant standing in the corner of the banquet hall gently struck a gong,

Still, no ingredients were brought forth. Instead, the sound of the gong seemed to discomfort everyone on a cerebral level, their brain tissues becoming numb and loose.

The servant’s voice then rang out:

"Everyone! Please use the dining knife to open your skulls and present your brains in their most beautiful state. The town mayor will soon arrive, and he will select the brains based on their shape, beauty, and scent for consumption.

The consumed brains will undergo a final transformation inside the mayor’s body, becoming a ’Game Brain’ that your essence can accept.

Those not chosen will be eliminated.

Furthermore,

The order in which the mayor consumes your brains will also somewhat influence the quality of the ’Game Brain’. So please utilize your acting cells and quickly transition from a contestant to food.

This is a test of your acting skills, as well as the final test before joining us."

Luo Di’s expression changed,

He had considered many ways the dinner could proceed, but never this one.

Everything that transpired in the town was in fact for selecting food for the mayor.

Of course, the mayor would not literally digest them, but transform the victorious brain into a Hell Item, thus officially connecting it to the Hell System.

This process was acceptable to all the demons who came seeking Evil Play and got this far.

Though many could see,

That besides testing their acting skills, the dinner had another critical purpose: to make them acknowledge their position - even if they managed to survive this deadly contest, they would still just be food on the table.

For Luo Di, this was unacceptable, or rather, not what he wished to accept.

He had no absolute need for a Game Brain,

Although following Evil Play’s intentions might benefit his original form, this absolute compliance, this lowly position, could make things worse.

And Luo Di, having just established the Combat Hall and continuously securing victories and adoration, did not want to end up as mere food.

The other victors obeyed the instructions, picking up the dining knives, pondering how to open their skulls.

But before making a move, their glance unconsciously stole towards Luo Di, noticing that he had not even picked up the dining knife, instead sitting with closed eyes, resting.

A young man, who had been closely following Luo Di and covered with a pink flesh membrane over his eyes, asked, "Boss, do you have any particular thoughts about this dinner?"

"Not everyone is qualified to taste my brain, and I do not particularly need a Game Brain.

You don’t need to worry about me, just follow the rules here, after all, you’ve gone through much hardship to get to this stage. Having gone through the fights, your brains are well refined and will surely be chosen."

After Luo Di responded,

A burly man sitting at the edge, his eyes packed with ticks, simply put down his dining knife without a word, seemingly making the same choice as the "boss".

As this man abandoned the normal dinner process, others gradually started to do the same.

Some demons who were cutting open their skulls even stopped, deciding to follow the boss’s actions, willing to be eliminated or even die.

Luo Di looked at these people somewhat puzzled. He had not used any tactics to corrupt or influence their spirits. He had simply organized an open-air fighting hall, intending to satisfy his own desires, never expecting to garner such followers.

Looking around at the followers at the table, seeing their resolute gazes directed at him,

A spark of inspiration flashed through his mind,

A bold idea that even Luo Di found startling began taking shape.

But this thought was quickly interrupted by a strong tremor.

The entire bell tower shook violently,

And a strong scent of brain matter wafted into the room.

A huge, greasy presence was approaching, squeezing through the over ten-meter-high archway took effort.

Like a maggot, its crystal-clear body finally squeezed into the Banquet Hall.

Its body still dragged a rear section ten meters in length, which was a fat rear body that looked like a maggot but actually had brainfold ridges.

All the brains devoured by the mayor would be sent to this section of the body, transformed into "Game Brain" through a special biological digestion process.

Above the torso,

Fat clustered around a head with a sharp top,

As the mayor saw the inside of the Banquet Hall, his facial features started to twist and twitch.

Because he did not see the "pot lid" unveiled like usual, nor the delicious meal he anticipated—he had heard today’s dinner was something very special.

"I actually have to fetch my own food! You will pay for your laziness, I will not consume any of your brains.

I will crush your bodies, mixing them with the filthiest trash."

The aftermath quivered, releasing an immense oppressive force, everyone’s brains shook violently like tofu, unable to even maintain their basic sitting posture.

Slap!

The victors one by one collapsed onto the table surface.

Only Luo Di remained unaffected, he hadn’t even glanced at the mayor since he entered the room, continuing to meditate with closed eyes. In fact, his brain was already enveloped by several tentacles, ignoring the shaking targeting the brain.

Moreover,

Luo Di also smelled the "scent" on the mayor’s body, a hunger sweeping over his brain, a taste far surpassing any of the contestants.

The pituitary was deeply craving it.

The mayor naturally noticed him, this distinct individual, "You... your brain is very strange! I must make an exception to taste it."

The mayor’s maggot-like huge hand reached towards Luo Di, just the width of the palm surpassing his body length, easily able to grasp him.

However.

Luo Di, as the Black Spine Envoy before leaving the city, had experienced combating huge creatures at the Spine Recruiting Ground. The Cancer Beast back then was even larger than the mayor.

Now though he couldn’t perform Open Spine, Luo Di had already made up his mind.

Whish! A shadow flashed.

The shovel in his hand swung as a blade.

The sharp shovel directly sliced through the giant hand reaching for him, splashing fluid.

On close inspection, it seemed like the surface of the shovel was wrapped in some tentacle-like material, and these tentacles exhibited a moving sawtooth structure similar to a chainsaw, extremely effective in damaging flesh.

A large amount of debris fell onto the ground.

The mayor screamed in madness, he had never suffered such a wound before, the maggot at the palm wound even turned grey and began to devour his own flesh.

But immediately, more maggots grew from the wound, consuming all the grey maggots.

Just as the mayor wanted to further crush this exceedingly strange Corpse Mover, he found the seat already empty.

Luo Di was already standing at the center of the dining table,

He was spreading his arms,

one could see his tongue in his mouth curling up entirely, even assisted by something akin to tentacles.

With all his might, he slapped.

Slap!

The sound of intense tongue snapping echoed through the dining hall.

All the contestants affected by the brain vibration fully awakened, even more alert than usual.

Their visions gradually restored, supporting their heads to lift again.

Within their line of sight,

It wasn’t the almost half-filled dining hall mayor,

But Luo Di standing at the center of the dining table spreading his arms.

"Combat Hall today adds a special item! As the ultimate winners, we will enjoy this special dinner. The food has arrived in the Banquet Hall, let’s dig in!"

Under Luo Di’s words, everyone’s Potential was brought out.

They immediately entered their previous Combat Hall state, displaying the limit abilities brought by perfect brains, attacking the mayor from different directions.

Even if quickly flung away by the mayor, they still managed to bite off chunks of flesh from his body,

Just as Luo Di said,

This was a special dinner,

The dinner for their winning had begun.