Deep in the Living

Chapter 739: Filth


Luo Di looked at "Dormo," particularly at the strange rift on the back of his head, filled with a multitude of eyeballs.

He immediately recalled how Dormo had looked the same when he had burrowed through the hole before.

However, at that time, as the torchlight shone on it, the split in the head immediately sewed itself back together. Considering that the noise in the darkness might induce individual anomalies, Luo Di naturally did not suspect too much, but he still kept a measure of vigilance in his heart.

And it was precisely this vigilance, combined with the dangerous smell honed along the way, that prevented Luo Di from stepping into it at the critical moment.

Moreover,

The organ patterns carved in this stone room were closely related to both sexes, and since there was an obvious permeation of intense desire before, caution was naturally needed.

"What are you?" Luo Di threw a question at these eyes.

"...I am the eye, I am the mark, I am the symbol. You, an outsider, dare to try to pry into this dungeon through the memory of others, then stay here.

The old man of old thought he escaped the dungeon, little did he know 'that lord' let him go on purpose and marked him.

Memories of the depths of the dungeon can never be leaked, what you have seen is merely what I want you to see.

I will unite with you in love, your thoughts will be forever imprisoned, even if your physical body still exists outside, it will merely be a walking corpse."

From the other party's words, Luo Di sensed an inexplicable arrogance, he calmly asked:

"So, Lord Jiang's journal and the journey through this dream are all fake? The true deepest part of the dungeon doesn't look like this."

The eyeball continued to use Dormo's skin to speak, "That's not so~ what you have experienced so far is basically true, but it is also just surface-level stuff.

The true darkness, the true death, that unreachable yet devouring fear still lies in the depths, something that memory alone cannot bear.

Come to unite with me and stay forever in the dungeon, together becoming part of 'that lord.'"

Splat!

Dormo's skin fell backwards, the eyeballs crammed inside started oozing out, along with a black substance, it was this substance that glued the eyeballs together to form a whole.

Eyeball clusters, the same size as a human head, floated in the air.

The black substance not only ensured the integrity of the eyeball cluster but also extended outward, like hair, like tentacles, like the flame wheels of the sun.

Luo Di had also already locked onto the target, intensely focusing, clutching the spine.

As he was unsure of the biological nature of the other party, Luo Di dared not act rashly, primarily observing, trying to see through the material essence of the other party.

Additionally,

The relic hanging around his neck was preemptively hidden inside his clothes, through delicate breathing techniques, forming a misty membrane between the clothes and skin.

He had no desire to behead the strange material before him, but deeply remembered the fundamental purpose of this operation.

At that moment,

The eyeball moved,

or rather, the surrounding black substance began to move.

Squish!

Numerous whiskers adhered to the wall, starting to spread the black substance.

The wall covered in black could no longer be illuminated by firelight, losing its reflective ability.

The torch, though still burning, had its illumination effect and range completely suppressed.

Darkness spread,

The environment engulfed,

only leaving the solitary torch.

The range that could be illuminated was only half of Luo Di's face.

A dense array of eyeballs, varying in size, opened in the darkness.

Luo Di remained focused, still waiting for the right moment, completely motionless.

Suddenly,

A dark tentacle crept up the torch, slowly upwards, forcibly erasing the already scant oil.

The firelight vanished,

complete darkness.

Siii...

Noise attacked, Luo Di's entire body started to itch, the torch in his left hand directly tossed aside, he began scratching his head frantically.

The clustered eyeballs rapidly climbed all over him, attempting some kind of deep union of affection.

However,

When the eyeballs were about to drill through the clothes and attach to Luo Di's body, they encountered an obstacle.

The extremely condensed fog layer stopped at the flesh, not an ordinary fog but part of the ultimate reward from the videotape, a trait belonging to the corner's terrifying essence.

Though Luo Di didn't fully master it, it was sufficient for self-defense.

The moment the eyeballs were blocked, the mist also entwined upwards, trying to infiltrate these strange objects, dissecting their specific physiological structure as much as possible.

"Open..."

Under the influence of the noise, amid the consciousness cloudiness.

Luo Di bit his tongue with his teeth, this specially trained tongue with Gust.

The damage to the tongue, the special pain brought him back to reason in an instant. The spine opened, fully activating the characteristic that did not belong to the Corner, unleashing the extreme heat from Hell.

The high temperature, close to thousands of degrees Celsius, spread across the flesh, and even the thunder light inherited from Master Jiang appeared, wrapping around the entire body.

Directly burning those eyeballs, making them scream.

The darkness invasion slightly weakened,

Luo Di roughly found the opponent's body, grabbed that cluster of eyeballs like rotten mud, and cut it down with one stroke!

It seemed as though he could hear the sound of many spherical bodies bursting and the sound of liquid spilling out.

Although it couldn't be beheaded,

it left the opponent's body fluid on the surface of the blade.

He hurriedly smelled it, and indeed, the monster's blood smelled similar to the oil from burning torches.

With this information, Luo Di revealed a happy smile, but did not continue to swing the knife, his remaining reason soon swallowed by the sharp noise.

Just as the two were about to merge,

A vortex stirred,

A hand grabbed Luo Di's shoulder and yanked him back.

Buzz!

Luo Di's murky eyes widened, and he suddenly sat up from the folding bed.

Cough cough cough!

A large amount of black filth was coughed out of his body, falling to the floor of the office.

These substances still wanted to spread and cover the light inside the office, continuing to spread that anomaly of darkness.

Teacher Guo had already placed a palm over it.

Influencing from a distance,

A powerful spatial twisting force tore the black filth apart, disintegrating it to nothing.

Whew~ whew~

Luo Di took deep breaths, he had never seen an enemy like this. And according to the opponent's narrative, this cluster of eyeballs was not the real threat in the dungeon.

It was just a mark set by some existence in Master Jiang's memory, to forbid outsiders from peeking.

Luo Di, because he spied on the memories, had the mark fall upon him, hence being affected by the noise daily.

"Teacher Guo... the deep information, I... I brought it back. Hurry and record it now, I fear these memories might be erased by the darkness at any moment."

"Speak."

"The deepest part of the dungeon is a single-person structure,

At first, I was puzzled as to why Master Jiang went down alone. It is not him being antisocial or unwilling to team up, but because the deepest unit's capacity is for just one person.

Dormo and I should have been separated right at the beginning.

The path to divinity is always individual-focused, each person's deep dungeon should be different.

As for the following intelligence, it is limited to Master Jiang's personal memories and my own dream explorations.

The dungeon has always been shrouded in darkness, only special torches can illuminate it, allowing normal exploration and the seeking of divinity.

The fuel needed for burning the torches is the blood of creatures in the deep dungeon.

There must be constant slaughter to keep the light burning, wanting to flee will only get you devoured by darkness.

Also, an individual's desires will be magnified infinitely in the dungeon, I was affected by appetite and lust. My usual control over desires is almost perfect, yet I cannot effectively self-control down there.

For monsters already overwhelmed by desires, the impact might be even more severe.

Finally,

darkness brings forth the noise, which will induce individuals into rapid degeneration, losing humanity, losing shape, and becoming one of the strange things deep in the dungeon.

Cough cough cough~ This is all I could explore."

"Enough, far more than I expected, well done Luo Di!"

"I'm so thirsty~ I'll go wash my face and drink some water."

Luo Di supported himself off the folding bed and quickly went to the sink,

like Dormo earlier, he submerged his entire head into the sink.

While drinking large gulps of water, he continually washed his face, trying to clear his foggy mind as quickly as possible, as if washing away the dirt from the dungeon.

He drank nearly two liters of water before turning off the faucet.

Whew... whew...

Breathing heavily,

he slowly raised his head, resting his hands on the edge of the basin,

his gaze fell on the mirror above the sink, looking at his almost bloodless, terribly worn complexion.

Suddenly,

a droplet hanging on his eyelash slid into his eye socket, the neurological response made him blink.

It was precisely this blink that made Luo Di glimpse something strange in his right eye,

As if hidden at the juncture of the white and the socket, something was there,

As if there were two pupils...

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