Deep in the Living
Chapter 413 - 401 Encounter

Chapter 413: Chapter 401 Encounter

This villa community, set up as a death challenge, appeared as an endless space. No matter how you walked, the scenes were almost identical.

Weeds, flower beds, streetlights, identical villas, and a pitch-black night sky without stars or the moon.

The strangest thing was,

even though this challenge was themed around zombies, there were pitifully few zombies in the community.

Three hours later.

Luo Di and Yu Lu had only encountered four zombies, with only one having a key hanging from its waist. The exhausted physical energy was just about matched with a can of food.

The efficiency of finding food was indeed a bit low, especially since the two hadn’t encountered other participants.

"Miss Yu Lu, we might need to try a different method..."

"Let’s try knocking on the door. If we’re lucky, we’ll encounter those monsters with great physical strength, large builds, or even rapid regeneration. Maybe they’ll sustain us until the game ends."

Although Luo Di was a bit conflicted about whether these monsters counted as "people," if truly pushed to the brink, at the moment when the hunger virus was about to overtake his brain, he could only choose to eat—after all, there’s only hope if you survive.

Moreover, from a certain perspective, some monsters can no longer be considered human, whether in terms of physiological structure or mental level.

Luo Di nodded, "If we run into zombies along the way, let’s kill them first and check if any keys drop. I’ll handle the door knocking; Miss Yu Lu, you just be ready to act at any time."

Luo Di quickly consumed the newly acquired can of meat, reducing his hunger to the minimum.

Currently, they had three keys in hand, equivalent to having three safe houses within the community. If they encountered special dangers, they could hide more quickly, increasing their chances of survival.

However, as the current situation stood, as long as no major changes occurred within the community, and with Yu Lu’s existence, this challenge was basically devoid of danger. Luo Di only needed to take care of himself.

Creak!

The villa door opened,

and the two walked again through the nearly endless community roads and arrived in front of an adjacent villa.

After a brief deep breath, Luo Di’s fingers hovered in front of the door, just about to knock.

Knock knock knock~

His ears suddenly picked up a sound, and the action of knocking paused.

In this utterly silent, even dead silent community, even the slightest sounds of wind or grass could be heard, especially now in their tense mental state, they were more sensitive to sound.

"Zombies... No, there are multiple footsteps. Miss Yu Lu, could you check if something is coming from our right? I’d better not look."

Due to the presence of the clown, although Yu Lu had marked the opponent, Luo Di still blocked his vision. He could only perceive the situation within ten meters around him, unable to look toward the source of the sound.

Yu Lu turned her neck, looking into the dark depths along the deep community path.

The sound got closer,

A silhouette gradually appeared, not standing but crawling on the ground, with a collar and a leash attached.

Yu Lu connected her thoughts to relay the information she saw to Luo Di, maintaining synchronous thinking.

"A dog walker?"

Listening to the description and the outline, it really seemed like some resident walking their dog late at night within the community, but it naturally couldn’t be upon reflection.

Sure enough, as it approached further, its external form was fully revealed.

A creature with a leather headgear, with a body more massive than a grown pig, crawled on the ground, wearing a spiked collar and pulling a thick metal rope.

It seemed to crawl on four limbs, but in fact, its abdomen was completely split open, with intestinal structures dangling out that could be controlled like limbs, both supporting its body and providing the ability to crawl.

The headgear exposed only a huge nasal structure, with tentacle-like structures resembling nasal hair growing out, significantly enhancing its smell.

Currently, it had already caught the scent of the two about to knock on the door and appeared exceptionally excited, with drool constantly seeping out from under the headgear, obviously starving.

Clang clang~

The once-normal crawling pig body became agitated, causing the rope to stretch to its limit. Just as the pig tried to charge forward,

on the other end of the metal leash, a slender hand suddenly pulled, with enormous force flipping the pig completely over, slamming it hard onto the ground, at which point it immediately calmed down.

Its owner slowly appeared.

A woman wrapped in a brown coat, with a mask and sunglasses covering almost her entire face beneath the outerwear, stepped in long boots.

She led the pet straight over, a seemingly normal scene where conflict could erupt at any moment. Luo Di had already placed his hand on his waist.

When they were five meters apart, she stopped.

She voluntarily halted, taking off her sunglasses, revealing bleeding eye sockets with something seemingly hidden inside.

The mask was also removed, exposing a mouth completely split to the ears, requiring sewing along the edges.

The big mouth opened, emitting a voice both raw and seductive:

"Sister Yu, long time no see."

"Juan~ What are you doing here? I thought you were sent to the estate for work?"

Luo Di, caught in the middle, was a bit stunned. He didn’t expect that the other person was from the Sisterhood, and from her aura, she wasn’t much weaker than Yu Lu.

Juan responded with a smile, her lips parting to reveal crimson teeth: "I underestimated my sister’s efficiency a bit. I finished earlier than expected, so I decided to join in on the way back for some fun.

I barely made it in time, so I didn’t see you, Sister Yu.

And as soon as I entered, Mr. Question Mark made a big move and even brought out these kinds of flower pots, which made me take it seriously. I initially intended just to play around casually.

Sister Yu, what’s going on with you? Is this your new male servant? Something’s not right. You don’t like men, and you shouldn’t enjoy these kinds of entertainment, correct?"

"It’s Grandmother’s arrangement."

Juan immediately understood, pressing her index finger to her cheek as she came up with an excellent idea.

"If that’s the case, let me lend you a hand, sister, and have the two of them duel. If you win, the fat meat is yours, and it should be enough for a day or two.

But if you lose, it would show Grandmother’s judgment isn’t great, and you, Sister Yu, can return to rest early.

How about it?

Or does Grandmother insist you win this game? If so, I’ll reluctantly step aside, and you can take this fat pig back to feast on.

Anyway, this was a gift from the estate owner to me, and the quality is not bad."

Yu Lu first turned her head to glance at Luo Di, and after confirming something, she made a decision.

"Let them give it a try."

Juan was a bit surprised and covered her mouth with her hand, "Really? Is he your male servant? I’m not sure if it’s my perception problem, but why does it feel like he hasn’t sprouted yet?"

"He hasn’t sprouted. He’s the lowest-ranked in this batch of servants. Just let him go. Luo Di’s strength is quite decent."

"Oh? It’s the first time hearing Sister Yu praise a male like that. Wait... to avoid being devoured entirely by my pig later, let me check what’s special about this human first."

Juan tied the pet leash she was holding onto a lamp post, then, in her long boots, she took a stride forward.

She directly extended her hand, painted with red nails, intending to touch Luo Di’s body, but stopped just before contact.

"Sister Yu, may I touch?"

Seeing Yu Lu remain silent, her hand continued forward.

One hand reached toward Luo Di’s face, seemingly trying to touch the pituitary inside, while the other hand reached for his waistband, wanting to test the male servant’s physique.

Slap!

Her wrist was gripped, stopping such a behavior.

Luo Di just stared coldly at her, silent and watchful.

"Oh? Quite strong... A male servant dares to talk to me like that, it’s a bit strange."

Juan suddenly exerted strength as well, a mouth even appeared on the back of her hand, attempting to bite off Luo Di’s hand.

But unexpectedly, Luo Di’s arm surface was instantly wrapped with Painful Iron Wire, reinforced with gray tentacles, and the inside of his arm was filled with metallic traps.

Buzz buzz buzz~

The Old Spine was revealed,

steam rose,

the temperature constantly increased,

a sliver of moonlight also fell on Juan, seemingly about to execute her.

The pet tied to the streetlamp sensed its owner’s danger and began to struggle, its abdominal intestines even started to grow further, as if trying to strangle her.

At this tense moment, two nooses simultaneously appeared around the necks of both people,

"Juan, Luo Di is not my male servant. He’s Grandmother’s man."

"Oh~ I see, sorry. I thought a lower-level male servant dared to defy. Apologies, handsome, it was my preconceived notion.

To express my apology, you can come to me for a free visit next time at the Sisterhood.

You’re the first human I’ve seen like this, quite scary~ You really intended to kill me just now. I’ve never seen an unsprouted individual with such a strong oppressive aura, so exaggerated."

Juan’s aura instantly withdrew, she smiled with lips pressed together, even blew a kiss, and then put her mask back on, returning to her pet’s side.

Since she proactively apologized, Luo Di had nothing more to say.

"Don’t fight outside, let’s go to the nearby villa."

The four left the area, talking and laughing.

The villa door they intended to knock on slowly opened, a young girl stood at the entrance, coldly watching their disappearing backs and heading to the temporary villa.