Deep in the Living
Chapter 370 - 358 Panic

Chapter 370: Chapter 358 Panic

≮Emergency broadcast, a Pseudo-Person malicious event has occurred in the No. 13 Settlement District, causing numerous resident deaths and the death of one investigator.

All residents within three kilometers of the district are to evacuate immediately. If you spot anyone in clown attire, please call the City Investigation Bureau immediately.≯

The voice of the old broadcast is awakened in memory, where fifteen-year-old Luo Di once stood at the door witnessing everything,

but the clown standing inside the house just waved at him without beheading him.

Perhaps considering that the reinforcement troops had already arrived downstairs, or perhaps seeing the despair and pain in the child’s eyes, sparing his life.

When the reinforcement reached the top floor, only Luo Di stood motionless at the door, and there was no trace of the Pseudo-Person inside the room.

The brain, protecting the subject, actively filtered out this memory, quickly erasing it.

Although Luo Di knew that a malicious event had occurred in the district, in his mind, his family was not dead.

Afterward, he had an urge to become stronger and saw an old horror movie at that time, where a murderer happened to kill a clown selling balloons by the roadside.

It was clearly a very ordinary movie plot,

with poor blood effects,

and no real plot or artistic value, yet it captivated Luo Di, making him want to become a murderer like in the movie.

Thus, a hobby was formed, and he had been striving in high school for three years.

When it came time for admissions,

the Squad Leader named Wu Wen revealed the lie within Luo Di’s brain at the last moment, breaking the reality he had always been avoiding.

Afterward, Luo Di cremated and reburied his parents’ and sister’s bodies, accepting the past, accepting this memory, and stopped regretting, only focusing on the present.

However,

with this memory being reinterpreted and reawakened, even comparing Luo Di himself to that clown,

he froze on the spot when he saw his former self, the completely terrified and weak boy.

Luo Di was completely immersed in it, reliving that initial taste of fear.

But as the tongue curled, the long-lost taste of fear was swallowed, replaced by endless anger and killing intent.

Luo Di had his principles and bottom line,

and the current events had crossed his bottom line, and he also sensed the scent of a Monster Avatar, who had set up this "trap" using some method.

The so-called Exploration Bureau assessment has been cast aside by Luo Di, now it’s hunting time.

Crack!

The cervical vertebra twisted, producing a cracking sound.

Luo Di’s right hand pressed against his face,

a mask formed there,

and the howling wind outside the building stopped at this moment, with a sliver of moonlight falling into the district.

The Monster Avatar hiding deep in the children’s playground, kneading a clay doll, suddenly felt a chill down the spine, a crisis sensation that he would only feel in the Corner Depths, as if marked by a special monster.

"What’s going on?"

He gently uncovered the sandpit overhead with his fingers, revealing a small hole just enough for an eye to peek through.

He found that the wind that should have continued its rampage completely stopped, with the clouds in the sky mostly dissipating, leaving a bizarre moon hanging in the sky.

The moon seemed drawn close, almost revealing its Moon Pits,

and it was different from his impression of the Moon, clearly glowing, but its entirety shrouded in a hazy gray.

When his eyeball saw the moon, the moon simultaneously saw him.

At this moment, his mind felt a burning sensation as if ashes were falling on the surface of his brain.

In just a moment of distraction, the young boy suddenly discovered that the clay doll he had carefully crafted, representing fifteen-year-old Luo Di, had shattered, and the entire building was devoid of Luo Di’s presence.

"Where is he? Where did he go?"

As he posed the question,

dress shoes were already stepping onto the sandpit,

body bending, head lowered.

A gray-coated eyeball, shimmering with moonlight on its surface, directly approached the sandpit’s peeking hole, with their eyeballs almost touching.

The sudden eye contact conveyed fear,

spreading under the influence of gray, causing the boy’s actions to lag.

He immediately manipulated the sandpit, with numerous arms growing from its surface, attempting to grab Luo Di’s body.

However, the arms ceased movement just after sprouting.

Because a kitchen knife had already cleaved into the sandpit, slicing open the boy’s head.

Sa-sa-sa~

The boy’s head was cut open, and with his pituitary destroyed, his entire body disintegrated into sand particles and scattered.

At the same time, within a building in the district.

A hanged corpse transformed into its original clay doll form, and then slowly took the shape of the young boy.

He quickly confirmed the current house’s sealed state, ensuring no moonlight infiltrated inside.

Although he could perfectly be reborn with this unique body-transfer ability, the fear still lingered in his eyes.

"This guy is a new recruit from the Exploration Bureau? Are you kidding me?! How is he any different from those lunatics in the Corner?

That gaze is not human at all,

Moonlight can mark him, allowing for rapid movement.

Who in their right mind would test a freak like this for only a B-level reward? No wonder those veterans won’t take the job! Damn it! These bastards just want me dead! And to think I used to work willingly with them."

The young boy’s mouth spouted words far beyond his age.

But he quickly calmed down.

He swiftly sensed the remaining number of clay figurines within the district, his brain planning the next step, pondering how to meet the Exploration Bureau’s requirements and end this collaboration as soon as possible.

Yet his thinking had barely begun.

Thump, thump, thump!

Heavy footsteps unexpectedly sounded from outside the door.

The boy’s mind, filled with fear, continued to unravel.

"Is the mark permanent? Once exposed to the moonlight, will you be marked forever by that gray invasion?

If I can’t escape, I’ll just kill you!"

The boy’s pituitary, made of clay, softened and turned into liquid, flowing through his brain.

He reached out to touch the wall, causing the concrete material to begin flowing and reshaping freely. As soon as the door was opened, countless spikes would pierce through.

Moreover, he himself was surrounded by concrete, blocking potential harm.

Thump, thump, thump!

The sound of leather shoes stopped at the door,

The boy stared intently at the wooden door, fixated on the slowly turning doorknob.

Click, click, click~ The turning was so slow, forcing the boy to remain in high concentration for an extended period.

Open door!

The flowing concrete instantly transformed into spikes, piercing through.

Swish!

He could clearly feel the body being impaled, but...

Thump, thump, thump!

Yet, those size 45 shoes did not stop.

Maintaining the same walking speed as before.

The tall, dark figure ignored the spikes piercing through him, like an undead being, and faced him head-on. The eyes beneath the mask stared unflinchingly at him.

At this moment,

In the Personnel Department’s monitoring room, the instruments displayed specific values for both individuals on the screen.

Luo Di’s fear value remained at zero.

The boy named Salman on screen had a fear value bar that broke through the limit, reaching a state of panic.

Right there,

Salman used the clay figurines’ transfer ability, constantly switching his real body. But each switch lasted less than half a minute before the sound of the leather shoes came again.

From the moment he was confronted directly, he no longer dared to face them head-on, only running away... Fear gradually occupied his mind, depriving him of normal thinking ability.

Currently,

There were hardly any clay figurines left.

Salman quickly descended the stairs,

He planned to run to an open area outside, compromise with the Exploration Bureau, and halt the current test. He was even willing to assist the Exploration Bureau for free in the future, providing more intel on the Corner, and even aiding the Department of Science and Technology in improving some Corner technology.

However,

He had just reached the ground floor, noticing a beheaded corpse lying at the entrance of the building.

He was about to step over it when,

Bam!

The corpse suddenly exploded,

The bones inside shot out like shrapnel into his body, triggering a beast trap hidden within the corpse, perfectly melded with the ribcage,

The saw teeth pierced through his waist, legs, completely immobilizing his lower body.

"Wait, this..."

Before he could finish,

Buzz! The sound of an electric saw came from behind,

The chainsaw fell vertically, slicing from head to foot. The saw teeth, wrapped in flesh, were drawn into the handle, delivering strips of essence energy into the spine, flowing to the pituitary.

[Pituitary Space]

The second corpse dropped down, stacking on top of the photographer from before...