Deep in the Living
Chapter 396 - 384: Summoning

Chapter 396: Chapter 384: Summoning

Inside the wooden cabin.

Luo Di stood on tiptoe, crushing a red flower growing at the top with his fingers.

Not far behind him in the greenhouse, all sorts of profanity were being shouted out non-stop. It was clear Hua Yuan was truly furious, having cursed continuously for a full hour without a break since earlier.

After Luo Di cleaned away all the flowers associated with red and returned to the greenhouse,

Hua Yuan had already uprooted all the flowers she had painstakingly collected, placing them into a leather bag. She also turned over the soil, so it could be replanted next time.

Of course, staying in this wooden cabin was out of the question for now.

Since the clown was able to invade once, it could surely do so a second time.

There was no point in continuing to collect and plant flowers here. This matter must be reported to Grandmother immediately. Flower collecting should not continue until the clown situation is dealt with.

When Luo Di’s gaze swept over Hua Yuan, he faintly saw a tear mark at the corner of her eye.

The overall setup of the wooden cabin showed that Hua Yuan was truly attentive to managing everything here.

This had been her childhood dream, to own a flower shop of her own. Even though this shop was in the corner and mainly supplied the Sisterhood, she still enjoyed this process tremendously, never feeling bored even when she was alone for long periods.

And now because of Luo Di’s arrival, all of this was completely disrupted.

Just as Luo Di was about to say something apologetic,

Hua Yuan, carrying the large leather bag, had already turned around, reaching out with her other free hand to pull Luo Di along,

"Let’s go, see Grandmother.

This matter must be reported at once, otherwise, I’ll feel really bad if they come to hold us accountable later.

Dammit, tonight was supposed to be perfect, everything was planned. This was supposed to be our sweetest time now! I shit on it! I must kill that damn bastard."

The more Hua Yuan thought about it, the angrier she became. Her face even split open again, with several flower pistils sprouting and then quickly retracting.

Before leaving, Luo Di asked, "How far is it from here to the Sisterhood?"

Hua Yuan saw Luo Di’s concern and responded, "Don’t worry, that despicable clown at most will pull some sneaky tricks like just now. If he dares to clash with us here, Grandmother will arrive at the first moment.

Besides, the other sisters aren’t pushovers either.

In addition to the initial incident happening here, I’ve already sent the message over, and there are sisters coming to meet us.

The car is already parked outside, ready for us to board.

You don’t even need to cover your eyes."

Opening the tightly-sealed wooden door, indeed a "car" was parked at the entrance. More precisely, the front of it was already blocking the door, not leaving the slightest gap.

This was very different from the vehicle one might imagine.

It was a living creature, a huge crawling being,

Pale, eyeless,

With a bloody mouth,

The mouth perfectly matched with the wooden hut’s door,

A moist tongue had already extended from its mouth, laid out like a carpet before the two.

Under Hua Yuan’s guidance, Luo Di followed her and stood on the tongue,

Curling, swallowing!

There was no digestion process, directly reaching the interior compartment.

Like a small flesh-and-blood train car, capable of holding twenty people.

There were only two sisters coming to meet them at the moment,

As Luo Di boarded, a strong and familiar gaze enveloped him entirely.

"Sister Eye, Miss Shea."

Luo Di promptly called out the names of two familiar faces.

Sister Eye, who was wearing a white floral dress, immediately came in front of Luo Di, lifting the black hair covering her face, revealing her single eye.

Perhaps due to advancement,

Sister Eye’s face only bore a single jet-black eye. From the front, it looked not protruding like a typical eyeball but rather like a recessed deep well.

Shea, in contrast, met Hua Yuan. Her zombie traits had received a deeper expression post-advancement, with pale skin crawled over by purple-black marble patterns and pure white eyeballs gleaming with the glimmer of a virus.

Moreover, Shea was clad in a spiked suit of armor, carrying an oversized giant sword on her back, appearing much like a Valkyrie.

While Shea and Hua Yuan discussed the destruction of the greenhouse,

Sister Eye came over, widening her well-like eye,

"Crow... Eye... Mouth... Take a look."

Luo Di naturally did not refuse, spitting out the Crow Colt from his mouth.

Seemingly drawn by some kind of force, Crow Colt almost got sucked into the well-like eye upon appearing, frightened to the point of fluffing up, frantically flapping its wings and seeking refuge behind Luo Di.

"Ashes... scorched earth... pitch black and... big eyes."

"Eye sister, can you see it?"

"Mm~" Eye sister nodded earnestly, seemingly quite interested in the Hell World behind the eyeballs.

Just then, a sound that only Luo Di could hear emerged from the deep well of Eye sister’s eye sockets. Since it was a consciousness transmission, the voice was no longer stuttering, "Have you seen it, Sister Wu Wen?"

Luo Di nodded.

After receiving such a response,

a floating corpse lingering in the depths of the dry well seemed to smile, "Great, I knew Sister must be doing well in the Corner. By the way, Mr. Di, Grandmother already knows you’ve arrived, shortly..."

However, Eye sister’s words stopped abruptly.

Hua Yuan and Shea also suddenly paused,

especially Hua Yuan, whose eyes were full of unwillingness yet helplessness.

Suddenly,

soft arms grew out of nowhere, wrapping tightly around Luo Di from head to toe, and pulled him with force!

Buzz! Luo Di vanished directly from the living train,

next moment,

before his vision acquired anything, he first caught a whiff of fragrance, a scent belonging to the hands.

When Luo Di opened his eyes,

he was not in Grandmother’s bedroom, nor in the Sisterhood’s gathering place,

but a small uphill pathway shrouded in mist that obscured areas beyond ten meters, blocking the sky and unaffected by so-called disasters.

There was not even a bit of Corner atmosphere here; it seemed to be an unknown alternate space.

Only, the grass and trees looked a bit strange.

The grass appeared normal at first glance but was actually like clipped fingernails—sharp, curved, thin, and long.

The tree surfaces bore textures resembling arms, the branches shaped like arms, only more slender, while the branching twigs corresponded to finger structures.

Some leaves were slightly similar to palms but retained more characteristics leaning towards plants; without close inspection, one wouldn’t notice the anomalies.

An invisible call urged Luo Di towards the mountaintop,

and Luo Di himself could roughly guess what was atop the mountain, as he chose to find the Sisterhood, naturally needing to confront this situation.

He hadn’t walked up the mountain path for long,

when the summit arrived,

where stood a lonely wooden house,

with an interior furnished with a simple washbasin and a wooden door leading to an underground room.

Luo Di rinsed his palm with clean water, washing away the flower fragrance.

Opening the door to the underground room,

the humble basement featured only a round bed, upon which lay a woman larger than Luo Di—voluptuous yet clearly contoured.

Borrowing the sight provided by the Crow Colt from within her mouth,

Luo Di witnessed a completely different scene,

finally understanding why so many powerful female monsters were willing to serve under Grandmother, why the Sisterhood could stably form in the Corner, and why there were differences among monsters.

As Luo Di observed, the near-endless arms in the imagery seemed to drown his vision entirely.

He turned abruptly, looking toward the basement stairway he had just passed,

realizing it was not a stairway, nor a basement, nor a wooden house, nor a mountain.

Everything was constructed by arms; here was Grandmother’s self-contained world, unaffected by any Corner influence, free from anyone’s disturbance.

A fear associated with ’density’ was invading the cortex of his brain, as if the entire brain were grasped tightly by a hand, ready to be crushed at any moment.

Until Grandmother’s voice came, pulling him out of this realm.

His vision returned to the basement, to the Grandmother lying on the round bed.

"You seem to have a vision far beyond your current stage, able to see parts of my true body... Nonetheless, come over quickly~ I believe the journey in the True Hell has brought you different massage techniques, use them freely on me.

I am not an Avatar now,

my true body requires greater stimulation, more refined techniques, and stronger force to be satisfied.

Regarding your demands, I already know through Hua Yuan.

Equivalent exchange,

as long as you can give me what I want, I and the Sisterhood will give you what you desire... but if you have any concerns or dissatisfaction, or your skills have regressed compared to before.

The first clause of the Sisterhood will take effect against you."