Deep in the Living
Chapter 390 - 378 Snow

Chapter 390: Chapter 378 Snow

Looking at the steaming dishes in the large bowl,

and at Yu Ze’s severed arm,

this scene dug out memories from the depths of Youzhen’s brain. It had happened before, and she had witnessed the whole process.

This is a completely different kind of fear,

not like that sinister, strange, death kind; it’s a physiological fear that makes one’s whole body convulse in discomfort.

Youzhen almost wanted to vomit,

but she quickly controlled her internal state with silk threads, suppressing the reflux of stomach acid to maintain a normal appearance.

Vomiting here and ruining dinner would have unimaginable consequences.

Youzhen glanced at Luo Di beside her and found that his state seemed wrong too, having no reaction to the scene in front of him, just sitting there dumbfounded as if petrified with fear.

Youzhen looked back at Yu Ze’s severed hand,

but this time she seemed to notice something and quickly averted her gaze back to the dining table.

The dinner process continued,

the middle-aged man’s hand moved to the second dish, uncovered the stainless steel lid, revealing a dish of braised stew where nothing could be seen amidst the thick broth.

But as the man stirred it with a spoon,

eyes and tongues were faintly visible,

In contrast, Yu Ze’s eye sockets were already empty, blood trickling down his nose, wanting to scream but unable to make a sound.

Youzhen felt another wave of nausea as the middle-aged man sitting across uncovered the third dish, which was a large bowl of pig’s trotters stew, full of floating collagen.

Correspondingly, Yu Ze’s feet had disappeared, leaving only slippers solitary on the ground.

The fourth dish,

a rare stir-fried dish,

externally, Yu Ze showed no changes, but he seemed to have lost consciousness, his body twitching and teetering.

Finally, it was time for the fifth course,

which was also today’s main dish.

It was positioned in the center of the table, covered by the largest stainless steel lid.

Strangely,

when the man lifted the lid, there was no dish beneath, just a big hole in the center of the dining table.

At that moment.

Limbless, sensory impaired Yu Ze suddenly slid off his seat. When he reappeared, he had stuck his head out of the central hole in the table.

The main course for today was already crystal clear,

The middle-aged man smiled, seemingly quite satisfied with this main course.

He picked up a fruit knife and inserted it into Yu Ze’s skull, circling around deftly as if he had done this many times before.

After completing the cut,

his five fingers gently gripped the surface of the skull cap,

and gently pried it open.

Blood and flesh separated,

the main dish was presented,

but... unlike the expected main course, inside wasn’t a brain, but rather a large heap of yellow talismans stuck together, filling the entire cranial cavity.

When the talismans were exposed to the air, they automatically activated.

Yu Ze’s body also revealed its true form at this moment,

whether it’s the limbs in the dishes or his body all appeared to have a straw structure.

The talisman papers within the brain flew out one after another,

The family of four, either smelling danger or feeling deceived, revealed hostility and prepared to prevent the impending explosion,

but when the skull was opened, it was already too late... Boom!

All the talisman papers exploded,

Youzhen seemed to know about this in advance, having already jumped out of the dining room area and used silk threads to weave a shield in front of her.

Bang!

A violent explosion echoed through the silent street.

The edge of the floor where the Regent Hotel was located was blown into a huge hole, dust scattering everywhere.

The scene returned to the hotel room where the "murder incident" first occurred,

The corpse of the killer, who was shot in the head by Yu Ze with a stone, slowly stood up, stretching its body while tearing off the yellow talisman on its forehead.

When the talisman was removed and lost its effectiveness,

The corpse of the killer actually turned into Yu Ze’s appearance.

The straw doll in his hand turned entirely into powder.

"I used all the talismans on my body to lure and explode, and the monster’s attention was still on Youzhen, yet it only slightly injured the thing?

The gap in ranks is indeed too great. Once I get to the headquarters, I must start preparing to break through to the next stage. I can’t delay any longer."

With the explosion, the enclosed space was temporarily lifted.

Yu Ze turned and smashed through a window, falling from the top floor. The cloth shoes on his feet seemed to tread on air, allowing him to land steadily on the ground.

Meanwhile, at the edge of the building which was blown into a huge hole,

Youzhen and Luo Di also jumped out at the same time, reuniting with the team.

Looking up,

the smoke-filled explosion area seemed to have three pairs of eyes watching the team, followed by a shadow crashing through the thick smoke, jumping down directly.

Without any slowdown,

free falling,

the body hit the ground heavily, without even the slightest bend of the knees.

It was the head of the family, a middle-aged man with a mustache, on whom hung a kitchen apron that had been blown away halfway.

The left half of the body was also blown into a bloody mess.

In his right hand, he held a meat-cutting kitchen knife.

Crunch crunch~

The severely damaged left half was visibly undergoing life activities, with chunks of flesh budding at the wound and growing into a new left half.

"Superfast Regeneration"

This regeneration speed surpassed all the enemies Yu Ze had ever hunted, restoring to its original state in just one second.

Immediately after,

The man struck an exceedingly exaggerated running pose.

"Run quickly!"

Yu Ze shouted loudly,

Since they had already escaped the sealed space, there was no need for a direct confrontation. Moreover, all of Yu Ze’s plans and goals had been achieved, now all that was needed was to buy time.

Everyone exerted themselves fully to run,

As Yu Ze stepped forward, he threw the Copper Coin from his waist,

The coin turned into a sword,

He stepped onto the sword blade, flying with it, surpassing normal running speed.

But then...

Arm swing!

The middle-aged man swung his arm, and a wave of pressure instantly hit, as if the whole street shook, the ground cracking under his step.

Zoom!

In just one second, he caught up with Youzhen and Luo Di.

But he didn’t stop, nor did he kill them.

In his eyes, there was only one target, a young man who dared to mock and injure him, though he hadn’t even grown plants on his pituitary.

The middle-aged man opened his mouth, intending to devour him alive right there on the street.

Under the streetlamp’s light, one could even see painful, ferocious human faces protruding within the lining of his mouth.

Three steps forward,

His speed reached its maximum, rapidly chasing down Yu Ze on the flying sword.

Feeling the Huge pressure from behind, Yu Ze could even calculate his own time of death.

At the critical moment, Yu Ze held nothing back, strange veins appeared on his face, and his body seemed to be undergoing some transformation.

Seeing he was about to be caught,

Yu Ze prepared to turn and face the enemy when...

Buzz!

A snowflake drifted down.

It landed on Yu Ze’s forehead, the intense cold releasing him from the strange state, calming his thoughts and slowing his pulse.

At the same moment,

The Huge threat from behind was no more.

When Yu Ze turned his head again,

The monster chasing him had already turned into an ice sculpture, frozen in place mid-run.

But the monster was not dead.

Though deeply frozen, he could feel that the flesh seemed still active, possibly breaking free at any moment.

Crunch~ A large quantity of flesh appeared under the skin, quickly budding meat bud, soon ready to break through the ice crystal when...

A man with flowing white hair, dressed in white robes, suddenly appeared on the street, walking past the monster,

Buzz!

The sword at his waist flickered.

A slash was executed.

The ice sculpture was cut by a criss-cross, falling into four pieces on the ground.

The monster, cut and deeply frozen, had every cell activity stopped, completely dead.

At this time, Youzhen also arrived, looking at the white-haired man in front, speechless for a moment, before finally uttering a word:

"Minister..."

Following closely, a group of agents wearing the same white robes with Golden Cross badges arrived, members from the medical support department.

Although their main work was medical, support was their forte.

"Did he run away?"

The white-haired man looked at the monster corpse still in a frozen state on the ground, which before being slain was clearly the middle-aged man, but dead it became an elderly person.

Youzhen had seen this old man before, he was one of the members of the Carnivorous Family.

Another agent familiar with Youzhen ran over to inquire, "Youzhen, if you two are in good condition, don’t stop now, prepare to follow us to headquarters."

"Okay..." Youzhen suddenly noticed something off about this statement, "What two people? We were a three-person team."

This statement caused the agent to frown instead.

"Since we arrived, we’ve only seen the two of you, when did a third person appear?

By the way, where is the newcomer named Luo Di? Was he eaten by the Carnivorous Family or did he go missing? Do you have any information? We’ll immediately arrange personnel to search."

"What? Luo Di was with us all the time, wasn’t he?"

Youzhen turned to look beside her, where Luo Di should have been standing, but there was nothing.

Thinking back carefully,

It seemed from entering the Regent Hotel, Luo Di’s presence became very weak, it was always Yu Ze guiding the actions.

Yet Yu Ze’s expression appeared normal, as if he already knew what was happening.

But when he wanted to calculate Luo Di’s current situation, his fingernails were dyed red...