Deep in the Living
Chapter 407 - 395 Exit

Chapter 407: Chapter 395 Exit

Waiting area.

Luo Di’s surveillance screen had returned to normal.

Seeing Luo Di unscathed on the screen, Hua Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, thinking he might have faced a dead-end at the start and be the first to go offline. After all, she had bet half her money on Luo Di.

But in the next moment of the footage, Luo Di got his leg broken.

Hua Yuan quickly recognized the leg-breaking monster wasn’t simple, clearly a good pick purchased at a high price from the talent market.

Compared to Luo Di’s odds of 5 times, this white door monster had odds of 2.3 times.

Moreover, getting a limb broken right at the start, affected by the opponent’s calamity, the only likely end seemed to be death.

The subsequent developments indeed followed this course, with Luo Di gradually having his limbs severed until he was turned into a stump, utterly powerless. Yet, Hua Yuan’s expression wasn’t pained; rather, she looked slightly puzzled, sensing something off.

As expected, at the last moment, Luo Di struck unexpectedly with a lethal move.

"Mr. Di has changed quite a lot. According to his previous style, he would have charged head-on, but now he knows how to play dirty~ efficiently killing enemies while greatly reducing risks, adapting quickly to the game’s rhythm.

The man I like is quite good, isn’t he, Sister Yu Lu?"

As Hua Yuan was eager to share her joy with her newly acquainted sister, she realized Yu Lu was not focusing on Luo Di but was watching other surveillance screens, occasionally observing the staff on-site, seemingly searching for something.

...

In the parking lot.

With the slaughter completed,

Luo Di’s pituitary space gained a corpse, a complete thin-skinned skeleton.

This was not a corpse in the traditional sense but rather a product of consciousness.

Once Luo Di finished killing the monster, he could form consciousness sediment resembling a "corpse," collecting it in the pituitary space as material for the gate.

Therefore,

The Gate of Demon Ascension Luo Di aimed to build was not a real structure but a mental creation, inspired by that special wanted criminal from Hell.

This way of building the gate was purer and more straightforward.

Luo Di did not linger in the killing area; he left quickly to continue exploring the parking lot.

[Fifteen minutes later]

On the cargo bed of a pickup truck.

With eyes stabbed blind, the jaw gone who knows where, and even the tongue missing, Luo Di was pushing against the target, preparing for the final execution.

As the chainsaw in his hand came down, the sound of cutting echoed through the underground parking lot.

A corpse of a monster covered in spikes, limbs distorted and elongated, without even a head structure, dropped into the pituitary space.

Corpse collected again.

Compared to the former white door monster, this thing wasn’t as formidable. Not only was its power weaker, but it also seemed pretty mindless.

When Luo Di sliced open its skull to gather the pituitary... hissing~ an extremely foul odor, akin to dead mice immersed for months in a kimchi jar, instantaneously surged out, causing Luo Di to dry heave and immediately wear the Jaw Splitter.

Moreover, a viscous, pungent black liquid seeped from the cracks between the skull.

Luo Di restrained his nausea, lifted the skull, and found no brain inside, just a puddle of rot liquid, even the pituitary was completely liquefied.

"This must be what Hua Yuan mentioned, those degraded monsters affected by calamities, belonging to an inferior kind.

Completely eroded by Fear Entity, brain liquefied, autonomous loss, even inherently orderly developing plants became chaotic.

Sadly, the pituitary can’t be collected."

Luo Di began self-repair,

First, he picked up the jaw that had fallen on the ground, bruised and bloodied, and reattached it with wire sewing.

As for the eye stabbed by the opponent, tentacles sprouted directly within the eye socket area, intertwining to form a sphere, soon completing a peculiar eye regeneration.

Although he still couldn’t achieve superfast regeneration,

Combining the pituitary’s diverse colors and Old Spine’s exceptional vitality reserve, some ordinary, slow regeneration was already feasible.

However, Luo Di’s sewing work was not yet complete. Observing the monster’s corpse he had killed, contemplating initiated his action.

First he used wire to stitch the monster’s head, minimizing the loss of black liquid inside, maintaining brain completeness.

Then meticulously stitched the body cut open by the chainsaw, even piecing together bits that spewed out during slicing, making the corpse more complete.

Finally,

A hook inserted into the corpse’s nape, coordinated with a meter-length iron chain structure to drag the corpse behind.

Although dragging it on the ground would cause considerable noise, Luo Di no longer cared; he already knew the key to the first challenge, and he now possessed the pass.

Thus, he strutted boldly between the cars, following the guide sign towards the supposed [exit].

Along the way, he glimpsed several participants, each concealed in shadows observing Luo Di, watching his flagrant dragging actions.

Ultimately, they opted to retreat, as Luo Di’s exhibited state was truly bizarre... despite not having sprouted, he could kill monsters and even voluntarily exposed himself.

In this manner,

Without any hindrance, Luo Di approached the exit.

Even without tongue’s vigilance, he could still feel immense pressure, something guarding the exit advancing towards him.

Luo Di hesitated not; he didn’t deliberately lower his voice either,

Maintaining the same pace, the clash between the soles of his shoes and the concrete produced steady footstep sounds.

Tap, tap, tap~

The footsteps nearly overlapped, meeting head-on around the corner.

Standing in front of Luo Di was an existence almost identical in appearance to Mr. Question Mark.

Standard dress suit, leather shoes, even a tie, the head wrapped in a cloth bag.

The only difference was, unlike Mr. Question Mark, there was no question mark pattern on the cloth, just an ordinary cloth bag head.

Additionally, he dragged behind him a large cloth bag, filled with many items.

With Old Spine supporting the pressure, Luo Di suppressed fear’s direct invasion, his left hand pulling the iron chain... Clang~ dragging the monster corpse in front of himself.

No verbal communication,

Cloth Bag Head snatched the corpse presented by Luo Di, tossing it into his own cloth bag.

Upon completing this series of actions, Cloth Bag Head’s threat instantly dropped to zero.

Luo Di felt all the killing intent and hostility from the opponent vanished, turned into a harmless presence, at least for him.

This was the crux of passing.

Though the first level merely mentioned having participants find the exit and escape, never requiring mutual slaughtering. Yet in a game themed around death, how could mere escaping be the focus?

The participant themselves was the passport,

Wanting to leave the underground parking lot necessitated submitting a participant, dead or alive, should suffice. To ensure, Luo Di did his utmost to stitch the corpse intact, attempting to retain the brain.

Although Luo Di wished to remain in the underground parking lot for a while,

slay several low-level monsters to accumulate gate-building materials, time constraints dictated a direct departure was better.

According to Mr. Question Mark’s tone, Death Grand Challenge likely featured multiple stages, with ample room for further collection later. Additionally, the corpses he could gather in later stages would undoubtedly be of higher quality.

The [exit] of the underground parking lot constituted a 45° slope.

As Luo Di walked uphill along the slope, his sight unexpectedly fell on a blonde girl standing at the end.

She completed the parking lot escape faster than him, yet now stood at the exit’s end, seemingly waiting for someone.

Her physique and height appeared unfamiliar, but this silhouette felt familiar to Luo Di, as though having seen it somewhere... The more he gazed, the more familiar it felt, prompting him to want to approach and see her face.

Luo Di gradually increased his pace, transitioning from walking to jogging.

Meanwhile lifting his right hand,

Just as he was about to touch this blonde girl,

A gentle laugh reached his ears,

The girl, who had been standing at the end, unexpectedly stepped forward, leaving this spot... As Luo Di attempted to grab her, he crossed the exit with a stride.

Buzz!

Space transferred.

He returned to the waiting area,

Back to the original departure spot,

Just then, the blonde girl was replaced by Hua Yuan,

Luo Di’s raised arm coincidentally grasped Hua Yuan, coincidentally in the right position.

Perhaps triggering some unpleasant memories,

Perhaps due to suddenness and direct contact,

This unexpected physical invasion caused Hua Yuan severe stress response, Luo Di’s palm instantly bloomed with flowers, even his arm and body began to wither and decay.