Deep in the Living

Chapter 718: Advancement


Due to the external recruitment in Vortex Town, both teachers and students are being brought in, and the school is set to undergo some expansion. The current Fourth Middle School has already added many new structures, including an indoor gymnasium.

The interior has been expanded using special spatial technology, featuring numerous medium and large-sized simulated combat spaces.

Whether it's for sparring between students, physical exams, or private matters that need to be handled secretly, all can be dealt with inside.

Additionally,

Teacher Guo has set up a special swimming pool area inside the gymnasium.

This swimming pool was labor-intensive and time-consuming to construct, requiring further development of spatial expansion technology to allow the pool to reach a depth of a thousand meters.

Moreover, the water injected into it must be "sea water."

For this reason, Teacher Guo made a special trip to the Fishing Village to set up a transfer point to divert seawater, filling up the pool completely.

This newly built ocean pool is not open to the public for the time being, and even the teachers do not have access rights. The pool is only open to two special students.

On the lounge chair beside the pool,

Mr. Qu, representing the ultimate flesh, showed no intention of relaxing, his gaze constantly fixed on the pool.

Tiny fibers continuously swirled within his pupils, each seemingly covered with microscopic eyeballs that provided unimaginable visual effects, able to penetrate the thousand-meter-deep seawater and observe the situation at the bottom.

Beneath the deep sea,

some entity lay at the very bottom,

She seemed to have completed the shedding, with an entire skin of fish scales, enough to cover the pool's bottom, completely falling off.

Yet, the girl who was supposed to be there was nowhere to be seen.

Even Mr. Qu needed to utilize his true visual abilities to capture that subtle difference in color, to detect something almost merging with the seawater.

By rearranging and recombining these slightly chaotic colors,

overlapping some abnormal water waves,

A perfect body emerged, neither like a fish nor a human being,

seemingly possessing octopus tentacles swimming, fingers several times longer tapping the water, as if every pore on the body was undergoing perfect adaptation.

It seemed as though everything was moving with her, rather than her imitating everything.

Suddenly,

the fish scale structure that had already fallen off and was covering the seabed all retreated, converging and wrapping around a place where there seemed to be nothing.

The scales gradually transformed into tender human skin, forming a stable human structure.

Black hair emerged from the water,

blinking sideways to filter out impurities from the seawater,

when her eyes reexamined the outside world, it seemed she saw scenes she had never seen before, as if the flow of all things was clearly visible, all capable of changing in response to her body.

"Hahaha!"

A burst of long-suppressed, instinctual laughter escaped from her tender lips and tongue.

Even this sound could naturally blend into the surrounding environment, just as if the entire swimming hall was laughing.

Suddenly,

The girl seemed to have noticed something, noticed a presence of red, a mass of flesh that wouldn't adaptively flow because of her.

The other simply stood there, pressing her to the point of breathlessness.

"Brother, I'm done, we can leave now."

Unexpectedly, Mr. Qu raised his hand to stop this action, speaking in somewhat fluent language: "Congratulations... you'd better stay in the water... slowly stabilize, slowly adapt.

I'll go to class, and we'll leave together after class."

"Okay."

During this period of school life, Mr. Qu has changed greatly. Not only has he gradually learned the most basic aspects of human life, but he also started to trust people related to the school, significantly reducing his worries about Wu Wen.

He no longer follows Wu Wen every day and sometimes can go do his own things.

The school teachers' meeting also discussed that as long as Mr. Qu can reach the preset stability value, he will be appointed as a specially appointed teacher and start attempting to teach.

And shortly after Mr. Qu left,

Wu Wen, swimming like a fish in the pool, was gradually adapting to this evolved change. Just when everything was going quite smoothly,

a sudden sense of palpitation struck, nearly causing this ocean-attribute creature to choke on water.

A strong sense of unease surged to her heart,

"Luo Di!"

Without any hesitation, Wu Wen decisively got up and stepped ashore, her adaptive skin instantly formed into a set of white garments, leaving the school at the fastest speed.

She did not directly seek Jiang Mansion but headed to the Screaming Inn.

As long as she found Gust, she could directly connect through his tongue.

Unexpectedly,

Gust, who was supposed to be here playing cards, was nowhere to be seen.

Just as she attempted to locate more deeply, a sound emerged from the metal corridor inside the inn, with sticky black matter dropping from the seams.

"Landlord! I'm here to find Gust."

The black substance formed a humanoid figure, a mouth structure appeared on its face, simply explaining the situation.

"He played cards here for two days and nights straight, won quite a bit in the middle, but eventually lost all the money. Due to extreme fatigue and emotional upheaval, he fainted into sleep.

He is currently resting in a temporary guest room, if you're in a hurry, I can take you to him."

"There is... Luo Di might be in danger, and only Gust can contact him."

"Follow me."

With the landlord's help, she quickly found Gust's room.

As soon as I entered the room, a strong smell of saliva filled the air. Gust lay drained on the bed, mumbling about the card table.

Wu Wen was anxious and quickly placed her hand on his face.

A sensation like being soaked in seawater jolted Gust awake.

"Teacher Guo, how is Luo Di?"

"L-Luo Di? Oh~ Little Di! Wait, let me see. While I slept, my connection to the outside world was closed."

As Gust slowly came to his senses, reconnecting with Luo Di,

a thick corpse stench overflowed from his mouth, swiftly filling the entire room, making even the landlord uneasy.

"Old Jiang! What's going on?"

Before, he was doing well at the Jiang Mansion, how did he end up like this... And they don't seem to be at the Jiang Mansion, there's a strange smell around.

Oh no, that old man is going after Luo Di."

Wu Wen's feelings were indeed correct,

she had now reached the next stage, capable of getting involved in this matter.

Just as Wu Wen was about to pull Gust over to help... Whirr! A vortex appeared, and Teacher Guo suddenly arrived, gripping her wrist.

"This is Luo Di's private matter, no involvement is allowed! According to the original agreement, only Gust can provide external assistance.

Wu Wen, you just advanced, and are still unstable.

Going now might get you injured, it's completely unnecessary."

"Teacher Guo, but..."

"Luo Di knows what he's doing; the development of the situation is somewhat of his own making.

Moreover, the aura that came through didn't it have other scents mixed within? Wait quietly for the outcome, if things truly get completely out of hand, posing a serious threat to the Corner's stability, I will naturally allow you to take direct action."

"Alright... then Senior Gust, please assist Luo Di earnestly."

Gust, struggling to keep his eyes open, barely made an OK gesture before his head drooped, and he fell into a slumber.

...

[Human Body Exhibition, East District, Atrium]

It seemed like a strong magnetic yin energy was pulling the injured Luo Di continuously towards Master Jiang.

Within a two-meter distance,

maybe it was forcibly occupying Uncle Neck, still a bit unadapted! Cough... With a cough, the yin energy dispersed, Luo Di momentarily stabilized himself.

"Master, why are you here... why are you occupying Uncle Neck's body?"

After spitting out a mouthful of black blood, Master Jiang opened his mouth, which was full of black stains with slightly loose teeth, and spoke sinister words:

"Uncle Neck was under attack and injured, I felt he was in danger and came over... As the ongoing butler of Jiang Mansion, he always did his best, so when he's in danger, naturally I need to help.

But when I arrived, he couldn't hold on anymore.

Just like this, I occupied his body for temporary use! Next, I'm planning revenge for him, to destroy this Human Body Exhibition and also to rescue you.

Luckily — nothing here has damaged your body, still so tender, still so resilient.

Just come a bit closer, Luo Di."

Master Jiang called as he got closer voluntarily.

He couldn't keep up the act much longer, his mouth's fangs eagerly expressing his desire for flesh.

Just then,

The yin energy entered her mind, consciousness sealed, as Mistress Linglong, seemingly stimulated, had wax flowing from her seven orifices, these waxes forcing some of the yin energy out of her brain.

Her eyes regained their spark momentarily, suddenly exclaiming:

"Luo Di! Run! This old undead killed Uncle Neck, he's about to..."

Words barely finished,

a hand shaped like a dragon's claw fiercely gripped Mistress's face, about to crush her head.

However, Master Jiang didn't kill her outright, Mistress is an important Corpse Refining Talisman manager, losing her and finding new talent would be troublesome.

Even if he gets a new body, he still needs Mistress's wax to stabilize.

The struggling Mistress suddenly noticed something,

noticed Luo Di's eyes, noticed the message he was conveying.

"Give me..."

Mistress immediately understood, ignoring her near-explosive head, she plunged her hand into her abdomen, with copious amounts of wax seeping from the wound, something was extracted.

Whoosh!

A black rod sealed in wax was thrown out.

Despite his injured arm, Luo Di caught it firmly, his previously frightened, innocent eyes instantly changed...

"Open Spine!"

Buzz!

The East District quaked, the specially designed and reinforced exhibition building shook, with multiple cracks appearing externally.

A not-so-deep gash appeared on Master Jiang's face, with foul-smelling pus seeping from the wound.

The dragon's claw formed by yin energy was completely severed,

Mistress Linglong was shielded by Luo Di,

holding the knife in one hand,

pointing directly forward,

"You truly deserve to die!"

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