Deep in the Living
Chapter 91 - 85 Mark

Chapter 91: Chapter 85 Mark

Ignoring the bride’s agonizing scream,

Ignoring the dangerous dream she currently found herself in,

Ignoring the four groomsmen approaching like living corpses,

Luo Di crouched down, gently picked up the head rolling beside his shoe, and looked at it levelly.

The "class monitor" still looked just as she had before, full of stitched marks, with lifeless eyelids completely sealing off her eyes, but her mouth was gently chewing.

This might just be a shallow secondary neural response, but for Luo Di, it was already enough.

He tore off a piece of his sleeve, spread it out on the ground, and carefully placed the "class monitor’s" head onto it, ensuring the neck stump wouldn’t get dirty.

It felt like returning to the bachelor pad, like the preparatory work before watching a movie alone together.

Tonight’s "movie watching event" wasn’t delayed by the nightmare; it seemed that the real movie was about to start.

And this movie would be very special, not too long, and it wouldn’t be shown on a TV or screen, but enacted by Luo Di himself.

In the time Luo Di was finding a good position for the ’class monitor’ to watch,

The four young men in groom attire, akin to living corpses, had already surrounded Luo Di.

Under the light, one could carefully observe that a thread, invisible to the naked eye, was connected from the back of the groomsmen’s heads to the bride’s fingertips.

They were being controlled like puppets,

At this moment, the bride barely suppressed the biting pain on the back of her hand,

Also filling her mind with questions.

She didn’t understand why a dead person’s head would suddenly bite.

And she did not know why she hadn’t noticed this head earlier, as this was the dream she had created, with everything under her control.

She was even more clueless as to why a mere head could inflict actual damage within the dream, making her entire body tremble uncontrollably with pain.

One provocation after another, even injury.

The bride had given up on her fifth wedding, she wanted to kill the man before her directly,

"Kill him!"

Her fingers moved,

The corresponding commands and some kind of dream energy were transmitted along the threads,

The living corpses, as if activated, went berserk with doubled strength, attempting to tear off Luo Di’s limbs, and then each opened their gaping maws, planning to partake in tonight’s unique feasting session.

Buzz~ A wave of heat from an unknown source hit their faces, carrying with it a few ashes that landed on the woman’s veil,

As she lifted her veil and gently grasped a strange piece of ash, a previously unsmelled pungent stench accompanied the hot wave, the smell of sulfur.

As she smelled this scent, the thick fog surrounding the outskirts of the roof also faintly glowed red, as if the entire dream was being eroded.

"Ashes? Hell?"

As the bride crushed this piece of ash, the threads she used to control the living corpses snapped,

These ’Dream Living Corpses,’ step by step stripped of their bodies by the curse and created in dreams, all collapsed to the ground,

One with legs torn off,

One pierced through the chest,

One thrown off the rooftop,

And one...

Luo Di, with an arching and protruding spine, stood erect, his right hand piercing through the mouth of the last living corpse, holding it in midair.

Crack Crack~ The sound of the spine turning.

Luo Di slowly twisted his head,

And his hell-bound eyes, like a film covering, turned as well,

Staring intently at the bride not far away, either marking the target or directly indicating she was next.

In that instant,

The bride felt a threat akin to that from an investigator, but this type of threat was completely different. Being targeted by an investigator was like [being hunted], while now, it felt like [being preyed upon].

She didn’t understand. Clearly cursed and drained of much vitality, why could he still exhibit such a posture.

Flee!

That was the first thought that sprang into the bride’s head. This dream had formed through the curse buried inside Luo Di, and she could easily move quickly by relying on her veil.

But just as she was about to transition, to leave the current rooftop,

The location on the back of her hand that was bitten off once again transmitted a severe, unavoidable pain, causing her thoughts to slow down for a moment. And it was this moment’s delay.

Something pounced,

Slap!

The bride’s body was pressed to the ground,

The hellish young man, like a wild beast, lay on top of her, removing her veil completely and tearing it apart, giving the other side no chance to escape.

No escape was possible.

Although the situation took a turn for the worse, the bride herself was not particularly frightened.

This was the dream she had created; if she were really killed, at worst she would just wake up early and not be threatened with her life. She would no longer target Luo Di in the future and would simply continue to curse ordinary men.

However, the expected slaughter did not descend.

Instead...

Ding~ A crisp tongue-clicking sound echoed around the rooftop area.

For some reason, the bride felt a strong ringing in her ears upon hearing this ordinary sound, and her body grew increasingly feverish.

Next,

A scorching hot, bright red, moist, and thick object suddenly descended, making contact with the bride’s face.

It was a tongue!

But the touch felt very strange, too strange!

The bride had tasted many strong men’s tongues before, whether forceful, soft, flat, or elliptical.

The sensation of this tongue was completely different; she could even feel some sort of soft barbs scraping across her face, grazing every inch of her skin, and even penetrating her pores to touch something much deeper.

As if it was absorbing something.

She fell into the category of cursed Pseudo-People, and once her real body was caught, it was hard for her to use her strength to fight back. All she wanted now was to die quickly and end the dream, but the licking just went on and on.

The entire rooftop scene looked very eerie,

The bride was pressed to the ground, as if the "nuptial chamber" had already been arranged, while the class president quietly enjoyed this process not far away, surrounded by the corpses of other grooms.

The tongue’s licking continued for a full two minutes before finally ending,

It even stirred in the bride some strange sensations, a moist warmth that brought a flush to her skin.

But the next second, her expression completely froze,

Judgmental words descended from above,

The dry and hoarse voice of Hell pierced her ears like chains, wrapping around her brain.

"My tongue has memorized your taste; the mark is complete. When you awake, the Hunting will formally begin.

Run! The faster you flee, the better!"

Along with the falling words was a huge fist.

Crack! A punch smashed her head to pieces.

The dream was interrupted.

Pitter-patter~

A torrential downpour began in the early morning over Mingwang City,

Rainwater battered against the glass windows of ordinary houses, as a woman woke up in a panic from her dream and immediately touched her own face.

Although there was no spit on her face, there remained a heat and dryness exceeding her body temperature.

The palm that she used to touch her cheek also sent a faint stinging sensation; although the back of her hand was intact, there was a clear set of teeth marks on the edge.

Without even time to change clothes,

The woman in pajamas ran out of her house barefoot, sprinting through the streets in the pouring rain, and managed to flag down a taxi, quickly scanning a QR code to pay a substantial fare.

"Leave the city! To another city! Drive as fast as you can... If we arrive safely, I’ll give you a big sum of money."

The middle-aged driver with a round face and stubble glanced at the substantial sum that had been transferred, and then looked at the woman in the rearview mirror, who was disheveled and wearing only her pajamas, swallowing nervously.

...

[Youth Apartment]

Hiss~ Waves of heat dissipated from Luo Di’s body,

His eyes slowly opened,

Something seemed to be rapidly rising in his throat,

Pfft! A charred worm was accurately spat into a nearby garbage bin, and the curse was lifted.

Without hurry,

Luo Di still first checked the backpack, the "class president" in reality had no chewing action, but there seemed to be a trace of skin tissue between his incisors.

After confirming this, he was ready to initiate the next Hunting mission.

Rising to his feet, he donned the black raincoat prepared in advance, covering his whole body, with the Zombie Blade hanging at his waist.

All set, he went out Hunting.

After the Four Middle School Incident,

Luo Di’s hatred for the Corner had been pushed to an extreme,

Having embraced everything from the past, he no longer had any family burdens or academic tasks.

Single and unencumbered, he needed not consider anything else, devoting himself entirely to pursuing his most primal dream, to become a character out of a movie, to become a qualified "human" killer.

However, his targets were not humans but everything related to the Corner, whether Pseudo-People, anomalies, or even deeper entities, all would become his prey.

The confinement in the hospital for three months had already made him itch all over, restless and uneasy.

This incident organized by the Investigation Bureau was not only a self-validation of Luo Di’s mental stability but also a long-awaited banquet after his discharge.