Deep in the Living
Chapter 363 - 351 Diary (End of This Volume)

Chapter 363: Chapter 351 Diary (End of This Volume)

Due to Agatha’s Demon Ascension, Hook had already picked up ahead of schedule.

Luo Di spent an extra day in the hospital before setting off on his return journey. It was necessary to restore his body to its best condition. However, he wasn’t returning alone, but with two others.

He still took the most stable merchant association cruise at the port, and this time he stayed in a more luxurious guest room, all expenses covered by one person.

Besides Luo Di and Calen,

a young man wearing glasses sat with crossed legs near the window, savoring a special drink named the Eye Beverage, which consisted of numerous floating eye balls from different creatures.

Calen stood honestly beside this man, looking quite earnest.

The young man wearing glasses was, naturally, Oculus. He seemed to deliberately maintain his human appearance to converse with Luo Di.

"Luo Di, do you think this encounter with the Ancestor during your Hell travel was calculated by the Boss, or was it your own personal luck? You happened to meet the special Ancestor, the Door Ancestor, despite the adversity but gained considerable harvest.

Both you and Calen have absorbed ancestral elements within you."

Luo Di also leaned against the window, gazing at the thick, ancient relic-laden sea, "Since Door Ancestor is very special in your view, none of the many ships sailing daily ever encounter it.

That I encountered it the first time sailing is most likely due to personal reasons.

The Overlord probably considered this possibility."

"Indeed~ this is good! The Boss finds new amusement as well. By the way, do you wish to continue staying in the Nest City, or directly enter under my command or the Overlord’s to partake in the war.

It’s estimated that one month later,

the True Hell will begin its invasion of the world, which should be a great training opportunity for you, and given your nature as part of the Spine, it’s best to focus on war."

"Thanks for Lord Eye’s kind offer, but I currently have no plans to partake in war. Because I’ve already completed the blueprint of the Door, and urgently need materials for construction.

At present, there’s no such material in all of Hell."

Oculus picked up an eyeball with a toothpick and popped it into his mouth, crushing it with a splash, "Oh, is that so? That’s great... When do you intend to visit the Fifth Hospital once you return?"

"I’m in a special restriction in the human world right now. If I get released from this limitation, I’ll drop by when I get the chance."

"I don’t care about the war or anything~ however! If you return to the human side, best come over as soon as possible!

Hook, though he pretends to understand everything, has never really left the Fifth Hospital, he’s only learned about the outside through various books and media.

Once our scope of activity expands, and we can move freely, Hook’s feigned ignorance is likely to reveal his identity.

Therefore, we need you, a local person to guide us to understand human habits, like eating practices.

Hook said that when humans are eating, their attention is not on the food but infact on a metal circuit board. Such behavior is indeed absent in our Hell, we must learn it."

Luo Di immediately grasped the point of the conversation, shifting his gaze from the sea to Oculus’s youthful face.

"The Fifth Hospital is a fixed World Anchor, your area of activity should be limited within it right?

If you want to come out, either descend with a fitting Avatar like the monsters in the Corner, or both worlds must meet closely, or establish the Hell Gate that Hook previously mentioned."

Oculus shook the eyeball in his hand, "Our true bodies will never descend, otherwise you wouldn’t be able to bear it in your superficial world, and it would easily alert the so-called Corners to directly target us.

Even though we’re pretty strong, but not enough to counter an unknown world.

Can you guess what Hook and I specially came over for this time?"

"Got it... Mr. David, right."

"Indeed, David has profound expertise in space. With his secret involvement, we’ll likely extend the activity zone beyond the Fifth Hospital, so come over when you’re available."

"Understood."

...

The Crow Colt galloped across the Hell Wild, leaving a trace of gray wherever it went.

The Old Spine’s transformation caused the once dyed black spine representing the Messenger to turn into the gray representing the Exile.

But Luo Di wasn’t at all flustered, the Eye Ring gifted by Oculus allowed him easy access into the city, returning to his starting point in Central Nest Area, back to the Spine’s residence.

Luo Di’s "personal offline procedure" had long been completed, a group of flying spines brought over something like a hibernation chamber, replacing the bed inside.

All Luo Di had to do was lie inside, allowing the spine to fully dock with the internal nutrition slots, then his body would receive eternal rest replenishment, remaining unchanged even ten or a hundred years later.

Everything was settled.

Luo Di had nothing to hold onto.

He packed up what needed to be taken along, and lay inside.

Besides preserving Luo Di’s shell in Hell, the hibernation device also provided detailed body status checks. As Luo Di fell into deep sleep, his consciousness detached.

The device gave corresponding check results and uploaded them into the spinal cord center.

≮Luo Di (Lo’di), individual information has undergone major changes, changes are as follows≯

「Spine Type & Quality」: Metal Chain Saw, S→Old Spine, S+*

*S+ is the highest rating the ordinary Spine can give.

...

During Luo Di’s Hell journey, there were several occasions of actively severing Consciousness Projection, temporarily reverting back to human form.

The process was quick, to perception, it was instantaneous.

Once the shell in Hell severed contact, the human side could open its eyes.

But this time was different.

While lying in the hibernation chamber, when Luo Di severed Consciousness Projection, he couldn’t open his eyes, unable to perceive any physical sensations.

It felt like his consciousness was sinking within a pitch-black quagmire, something seemed to block the return of his consciousness.

Heat...

A surge of heat rushed at him,

even without physical senses, that intangible consciousness could still feel the intense heat.

This heat carried a voice.

A voice not belonging to any demon, but settling deep in Hell.

≮Ancient inheritance, system integration, dull gray... If your Gate remains unique, it shall receive a choice.≯

When the brief Hell voice ended,

Luo Di had a sensation of being roasted, abruptly opened his eyes.

Seeing the entire sealed chamber lighting up with high temperature alarms, the advanced air conditioning inside had already broken down, prison guards were moving huge ice blocks here, the previous ones had already sublimated away.

Luo Di also saw his burned hand skin, feeling the severely burned skin underneath his clothes.

Despite merely consciousness returning,

it felt as though he had descended briefly into the depths of Hell, settling within the scorching magma.

The next second, he suddenly thought of something important, before the guards came to unlock the seat’s restraint.

Crack~ with a slight exertion of his arm, he broke the metal restraint device again.

He stood up abruptly, threw off the pitch-black cloak on him,

a crow, though with high body temperature, still had soft feathers, was taken out, its dark eyes completed eye contact with Luo Di.

As soon as the crow appeared, all the prison guards’ detectors immediately issued strong warnings, everyone entered alert state, aiming high-voltage electric shock guns at Luo Di.

Luo Di didn’t care at all,

just smiling faintly, gently stroking the crow’s head, whispering, "Seems I don’t need a driver’s license after all."

The Hell travel concluded.

Luo Di would remain in the prison for a while,

Due to the agreement with the acting Prison Director, Luo Di needed to stay as a "high-value death row inmate" here for a period of time, actively cooperating with personnel from various City Investigation Bureaus.

Perhaps due to interacting with Evil Play and completing the first film shoot,

Luo Di became more adept in communication, could easily slip into the role of a murderer,

to seriously analyze cases, or cooperate with them in writing murder psychology research.

Just a few days later, Luo Di suddenly realized he had abandoned an important habit.

He found it necessary to retrieve his old diary, using the free time in prison to record all of his Hell experiences, thus making a deal with a City Investigation Bureau.

As long as he helped kill someone, they would arrange personnel to bring the diary back.

"Mr. Di, the visitor has arrived.

Agent Anderson and Agent Zhang Chi want to discuss the latest Butterfly Killer case with you."

Ps: End of the volume, one day of organizing, the new volume will start updating the day after tomorrow.