Deep in the Living
Chapter 394 - 382 Disaster

Chapter 394: Chapter 382 Disaster

Hua Yuan held the wooden oar, and the wooden boat slowly glided over the surface of the lake.

Her appearance hadn’t changed much; her face showed no flaws, especially that tear mole amplifying her beauty even further. Even now, if Luo Di directed his gaze toward her, he would be captivated, unable to look away.

This visual attraction was not merely an appreciation of beauty,

but was more of a "compulsion" effect.

Once Luo Di’s gaze fell on Hua Yuan, it was as if countless slender and soft arms were cradling his face,

nudging his lips,

skimming his nose bridge,

caressing his earlobes,

even fixing his eyeballs,

drawing his focus entirely onto Hua Yuan.

And Hua Yuan herself did not resist such attention, even twisting her body to display her most perfect angle.

When their eyes finally met directly, a question was posed.

"Have you seen Wu Wen?"

Though this question seemed risky, Luo Di didn’t hesitate and responded directly, "Yes, I’ve seen her."

"You’ve just arrived at the Corner... how have you already met her? Could it be that she’s capable of descending as an Avatar, visiting the Human World to meet you?"

"Yes, but it must have cost her quite a bit."

"She can already descend as an Avatar..." After receiving a definitive answer, Hua Yuan bit her teeth lightly but quickly regained her calm.

"Well, that’s her. Sooner or later, I’m going to bring Wu Wen down!"

Hua Yuan swiftly contained her ferocity, transforming back into a charming smile toward Luo Di, "Mr. Di, your pituitary is already saturated. Why not let it sprout? If it could grow into a plant, you wouldn’t be in such a miserable state.

Currently, you’re in the Corner and only need to stay in the [Greenhouse] for a while, meditate well, and it will sprout. Our Sisterhood has such a Greenhouse right now, do you need me to take you there?"

"No need~ I have two systems within me that I need to advance simultaneously."

"Tell me more.

As the wooden boat traversed the lake, Luo Di briefly recounted his experiences in Hell, and upon mentioning the Crow Colt, Hua Yuan’s face turned sour, seemingly biased against this crow.

During the subsequent discussion about forming the Old Spine and integrating the two systems, Hua Yuan folded her legs, leaned forward, seemingly flower pistils growing from her pupils, listening intently.

"Constructing the Gate of Demon Ascension, walking through it to achieve a rank promotion... indeed different from the Corner. You actually plan to use monster corpses as materials to build the gate, sounds fascinating.

Even I’m eager to see what that gate will eventually look like.

Turns out this is why you sought me, or rather the Sisterhood? To use the Sisterhood to dodge threats from the ’Eight Evil People,’ to freely hunt ordinary monsters?

That works, as we’re currently short on ’fighters,’ and grandmother really likes you. Adding a man like you isn’t a problem.

But, before meeting grandmother, you need to spend a night with me as repayment for saving your life."

"Is Eye Sister and Shea here?"

"Surely they’re here. You’ll see them tomorrow. Unfortunately, Wu Wen is not around, otherwise you two could meet earlier, and I could bring both of you down at once.

I must admit Wu Wen is truly formidable.

For a long time, grandmother has been deploying methods to locate her, yet found no trace.

Since you have met her, perhaps she has divulged her whereabouts to you? Care to share with me, I don’t mind personally bringing her over."

Luo Di shook his head, "I don’t know; she only used her Avatar to go to Hell and didn’t tell me her exact location."

Hua Yuan stared into Luo Di’s eyes, confirming he wasn’t lying.

"Tsk! Not even a home address for her boyfriend, not willing to share contact information, just let you find her in the Corner.

This woman is incredibly cunning; Mr. Di, you really should be careful not to get played dead by her. You might as well stick with me—I’m 100% genuine towards you."

Luo Di merely glanced at Hua Yuan, then shifted his gaze toward the lifeless lake and the stalks standing upright on its surface.

"Is this lake yours?"

"Yes, it’s technically a ’garden’ grandmother rewarded me with, but in harsher terms, I’m merely guarding it, like a job. However, only I can manage this job.

This identity gives me a high status within the Sisterhood.

All thanks to Mr. Di, my essence has transformed, awakening my intrinsic power on that island.

Though my penchant for bringing people down remains, most of my interest is now in planting flowers, somewhat suppressing my desires."

"And the bodies submerged under the lake?"

As Luo Di asked this, his view also reached the depths of the lake. These stalks at their base connected to, and rooted not in soil, but in multiple corpses.

The stalks grew from the corpse’s mouth, utilizing its brain as the primary nutrient.

Hua Yuan reached out to gently pluck a stem growing from the lake’s surface, "What else could it be? It’s either the corpses of humans, or the corpses of monsters, or dangerous items created by the Corner...

Anyway, the pituitary glands in their brains are of extremely high value.

And my ability allows me to plant flowers inside their bodies, soaking them under the lake waiting for them to bloom, and once they do, they can be harvested.

Take it back for processing to obtain the most precious nectar,

The remaining petals can also be used for bathing, nourishing the body.

The original value of the pituitary gland can be tripled to five times, this is one of the secrets of our Sisterhood, you know, thanks to the presence of the nectar, everyone can grow faster than ordinary monsters.

Of course, only those sisters who perform well can obtain it.

If Mr. Di, you do good work for the Sisterhood, you might also get the nectar, which might be of help for your gate opening."

"Can’t you give me a bit privately?"

"Nope, grandmother will check the accounts..." Hua Yuan suddenly stopped rowing, crawling over to Luo Di, sticking to him as she whispered softly by his earlobe, "If you accompany me well tonight, I might see if I can get some nectar for you."

Luo Di was speechless, and once again changed the subject: "Hua Yuan, with your current strength, can you beat that clown?"

"Impossible, that’s from the [Eight Evil People].

If I could beat him, I might consider leaving grandmother and getting myself a title of Eight Evil People just for fun, after all, I’m a very, very bad person."

"Alright."

Hua Yuan suddenly crawled off Luo Di, and her expression became serious.

"Alright~ Let’s not chat anymore, we’re about to reach the shore.

Quickly close all your eyes, including that of your stinking crow."

"Close my eyes?"

"Quickly do it, or you’ll end up in a plight worse than death. If you can’t do it, I’ll help plant flowers in your eyeballs."

"I can do it, how about this?"

Luo Di once again took the Crow Colt into his mouth, closing his eyes in a way to isolate the clown, using tentacles to tightly cover the surface of his eyelids.

"Hmm? You’re using Mr. Craft’s tentacles quite adeptly, well done on closing them."

Hua Yuan’s eyeballs rolled out from her eye sockets, tossed into the lake, seemingly unnecessary. In the empty sockets, two flowers grew to replace them.

Just as Luo Di was about to ask why they had to close their eyes,

Thud~ The wooden boat docked, leaving the lake.

Without the thick fog of the lake obstructing, something shone through, instantly causing Luo Di’s hair to stand on end, his spine tightening.

A rush of ancient air seeped out between his pores, forming a protective layer on his body surface.

This was all a spontaneous protective reaction, just because the Old Spine detected extreme external harm, ten times more dangerous than the shallow Fear Entity.

It felt as though countless maggots were crawling on his skin, moving quickly, sniffing, searching for an "entry."

It seemed that simply opening his eyes would allow these things to drill into his sockets, invade his visual nerves, permeate his soul.

Even the Old Spine related to the True Hell would be severely affected,

especially as Luo Di’s pituitary gland, about to break seed, would completely transmute with this invasion, turn into another thing, an uncontrollable dangerous substance.

"Hua Yuan, what is this..."

"Hmm? You don’t even know this, yet you dared to come to the middle zone to find me, following that clown, your courage is really something!

It seems the disaster level at the clown’s place is quite low, far less than here."

"Disaster?"

"Fear Disaster - [Gaze].

Primarily covers the area where the Sisterhood is located. In this region, entities of consciousness absolutely cannot open their eyes outdoors, especially not gaze at the sky.

Everything is based on indoor activities, or places like where we were just now, the misty lake shrouded in fog all year round.

If you take a look, even for a moment.

You will begin to deform from the very root of your soul, everything about humanity, about perception will be crushed, so be very careful."

"Fear Disaster, Gaze... some Fear Entity existing above the sky?"

"Divinity Entity, the essence of the Corner, this is the most dangerous place in the Corner."

"Are there other disasters in other areas of the middle zone of the Corner?"

"Of course there are, and they even have specific disaster ratings, so trying to operate in the middle zone of the Corner is a very dangerous thing, you must be prepared.

Otherwise, you might die even before encountering a monster."