Vortex Town - Fourth Middle School, teachers' office.

Luo Di lay on the folding bed reserved for Teacher Guo.

A minute ago, Luo Di suddenly broke out in a sweat, his lips turned purple, and his hair began to fall out in large areas. It was an emergency; Teacher Guo nearly woke him from the dream but held back.

Sure enough, Luo Di managed to endure. He temporarily returned to a normal state, but a look of "discomfort" was still visible on his face.

After confirming that Luo Di was basically stable, Teacher Guo looked to the other end of the office, where a sink was set up. Dormo was continually rinsing his face with clean water.

Taking deep breaths,

drinking copious amounts of water,

he finally calmed down after a while.

"Are you okay?"

"I've recovered... That sense of oppression isn't found in the Middle Layer. How can Luo Di still hold up?

It seems he's found a way to cope with the darkness. I feel like I've been too comfortable in a stable environment and have become quite dull."

Dormo rubbed his bald head, looking regretful.

"Naturally, the fact that you could personally reach the deepest part of the Dungeon already met my expectations.

The pituitary level you've currently reached doesn't match this place. Luo Di's survival instincts are stronger than most, thus unlocking potential that allowed him to find a method.

The information value of this method is significant; let's see how long this can be sustained."

Dormo came over and continued to release blue crystals related to the dream realm. "Teacher Guo, isn't it a bit excessive to push Luo Di like this?

He's already affected by the noise; this journey into the dream realm will deepen his connection with that segment of memory, and it might get him into more trouble."

Teacher Guo didn't respond immediately. He first turned his face to gaze at Dormo.

"Opportunities... aren't something everyone encounters.

Exploring the deepest memories of the Dungeon belongs only to Luo Di, the successor, who can directly delve into the details. If we don't grasp these indirect opportunities to explore, how can we obtain the final selection slot?

The Corner Depths and the foreign deities we might face in the future will certainly be more dangerous.

Moreover,

he himself has a pursuit for this deepest part of the Dungeon; you can feel it, right?"

"Yes."

...

[Dream Realm - Depths of the Dungeon]

Luo Di stared with a strange gaze, inching closer to Dormo, who was searching among the wooden boxes.

Just as a hand was about to reach out, Dormo suddenly turned around, holding two pieces of baguette bread in his hands.

The bread seemed very old, but because there were no microorganisms in this environment, the bread itself hadn't decayed, though it had lost moisture to the point it was hard as a rock.

Even so,

Luo Di's attention was instantly drawn, and he grabbed the bread, starting to gnaw on it, with even the zombie teeth coming out to help.

The seemingly inedible baguette was completely devoured in just a few seconds, and he didn't even notice the specific taste of the filling.

With the appetite satisfied,

Luo Di's overall state gradually began to recover.

Though he still looked at Dormo a bit oddly, at least he managed to suppress the strange physical impulse.

Naturally, Luo Di could perceive his anomalous condition, as if his [Desire] had been amplified several times or more, spilling out uncontrollably.

It's important to know that Luo Di was highly disciplined; he used to be able to effectively suppress youthful unease even when sleeping between Hua Yuan and Wu Wen.

At present,

to confirm it wasn't a change in orientation, he deliberately recalled Hua Yuan.

This thought took off, with all sorts of vivid imagined scenes wildly spreading through his mind, unstoppable, his body becoming unbearably hot, and a tent was pitched to its fullest.

Seeing no way to suppress it, Luo Di directly sliced his head off with a knife.

This maneuver brought some attention back to his body, allowing the heated physicality to gradually calm.

...

In the depths of a small alley comic store.

Hua Yuan sat at her workstation drawing a comic. She was at a crucial detail, so much so that small heads sprouted on her fingertips, coordinating to complete this step.

Just when it was about to be finished,

a mental ripple caused her to press too hard, tearing the paper!

"Damn you to hell!!!!"

She had spent three full hours on this page, and now it was all for nothing, causing her to curse out.

"Who's thinking of me right now! I have to kill this bastard."

Furious, Hua Yuan immediately wanted to trace back to the source of this Thought. Yet, the deeper she went, the stranger it felt.

Clearly, the source of this Thought was in Vortex Town, yet it also seemed connected to a faraway place, needing to traverse a pitch-black circular tunnel to reach it.

Just as she was about to connect over.

Snap!

A hand was placed on her shoulder, pulling Hua Yuan's thoughts back from the edge of danger.

"Focus on your painting, the submission is due next week."

"Okay, teacher... um, do you know where my thoughts were just about to go? I feel like something's off there, a friend of mine might be in danger."

Hua Yuan was no longer as animated as before; she had sensed the danger, and this thought was sent by a special man.

Although she really wanted to help, unfortunately she couldn't go.

Moreover, Hua Yuan's question went unanswered; the owner of the comic shop seemed unwilling to discuss the topic.

...

Between dreams.

Luo Di reattached his severed head, finally bringing an end to his longing for Hua Yuan.

Over on Dormo's side, there was a similarly strange look, and he analyzed as rationally as possible:

"Our desires are being amplified to the extreme, mainly manifesting as lust and appetite so far... This is not just simple desire overflow; if we can't control it, there might be worse consequences."

Luo Di moved his newly reattached cervical vertebra, heading toward the door of this lounge.

"At least we got more information than we had before... Dormo, let's go!

Let's try to find some oil to keep the torch burning. Only when we're sure about that can we proceed stably with the real dungeon exploration."

"Okay."

Luo Di walked ahead with the torch, Dormo closely following behind, consciously keeping a distance but not too far.

Outside, there was a pitch-black corridor.

The walls were made of dense gravel, the floor fairly flat, gray-black in color.

The corridor was permeated with an ancient aura, as if it had existed for a thousand years or more, with no visitors for a long time.

This corridor also had other similar lounges.

It's as if in the past, someone worked here, and at the end of each day, they could return to their own rooms to rest.

Except there were no extra torches in these lounges, only some bread and jerky were found.

As they walked,

Luo Di suddenly heard a heavy footstep coming from the darkness ahead.

He prepared for battle, holding a torch in one hand and gripping the Black Spine at the back of his neck with the other, ready to act as soon as the entity approached the light.

However,

clearly seeing an anomaly with a huge outline, footsteps drawing near, when it entered the illuminated area, there was nothing there, and the sound disappeared.

"What's going on, does the light dispel the things here? It shouldn't be. According to Master Jiang's memory, he indeed encountered something here, something even death couldn't take away."

Dormo's voice came from behind:

"Perhaps relevant memories haven't been uncovered, preventing the dream from manifesting the dungeon creatures... So, we can only hear sounds, feel oppression, but cannot see their appearances.

After all, this is just a dream, not the real dungeon.

If we can gather more information, perhaps the dream can manifest the creatures here."

"Okay."

Luo Di's hunger speed came quickly, and before long, he needed to stuff some jerky into his mouth.

Continuing forward along the corridor, seemingly only one direction, he saw no other branches. Before long, an unusual stone door appeared not far ahead, with a design resembling some organ carved on it.

Luo Di tinkered at the door for a long time but couldn't open it,

Dormo stepped forward, "Let me try... Although I'm limited in this special dream, I can still change environmental conditions to some extent."

As Dormo reached out to touch, the stone door opened.

Inside was a closed circular hall, the floor carved with designs similar to those on the door.

Dormo walked in directly, observing all around.

Luo Di was about to step in, his right foot halted midair.

For some reason, Luo Di's body restrained this action.

Perhaps it was a certain trained Danger Perception,

or a survival instinct,

or perhaps a legacy and partial memory inherited from Master Jiang, warning of danger from this special room.

Dormo turned his head, "What's wrong, Luo Di? This seems to be a special altar, won't you come in and take a look? It might help in our exploration."

"No, you go ahead and look."

"You're the dream's subject, you'll get more details by observing."

"I can see clearly from the door, it seems like you're a bit anxious, Dormo?"

After a brief silence.

Dormo suddenly rotated his head 180°, presenting the bald back of his head to Luo Di.

The back of his head split open, filled with countless eyes,

"... How did you discover the issue? I specifically led you here, just one step away, and our love could have effectively merged."

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