Deep in the Living-Chapter 430 - 418 Molar

Cubic container, half-meter in edge length.

The top has an unsealed soft membrane opening, just enough for an arm to reach inside. No matter how you look at it, this task can only be completed by one of them.

The liquid inside the container is bubbling with question mark shapes, neither Luo Di nor Tooth Boy have seen it before.

Not only them, but even many monsters living in the Corner for several or a dozen years as spectators have never seen such a liquid, and could feel the danger through the camera.

After the first room, Luo Di can basically conclude that this liquid related to question marks is definitely lethal.

Tooth Boy stands in front of the stone platform, his head just level with the container.

Gazing at the solution inside, he whispers in a low voice:

"It shouldn’t be breakable, right..."

Luo Di responds from the side: "If breaking it could retrieve the key, then this level would be too simple. Of course, it might be that simple, but the probability is very low, and we can’t take the risk.

If this liquid is exposed, we might all die, or something worse might happen.

The letter used the very standard term ’retrieve’. We have to find a way to get it out."

Torture Device Construction.

Two scorching metal rods extend from Luo Di’s left hand, while he controls them with tentacles growing from his right hand instead of holding them directly, to avoid the liquid being some kind of creature that could backflow and infect his body.

Focusing fully,

he carefully inserts the rods,

the next events make Luo Di’s pupils quake.

Not to mention retrieving the key,

the metal rod just touching the solution instantly disintegrated, with no sound, and no decomposition product. It was a complete annihilation in the true sense; even the color of the solution didn’t change.

The estimated time from contact to disintegration was less than 0.1 seconds, even at the fastest speed it would be impossible to touch the key below.

Since hard doesn’t work, Luo Di tries separating a highly adaptable tentacle,

however,

although the grey tentacle is separated, it still retains a certain biological instinct. When approaching the container, the tentacle itself shows a strong repulsive reaction, curling up like an octopus tentacle.

Luo Di can only subjectively control it to keep straight, touching the liquid in an instant,

zzz!

Unlike the iron rod’s instant annihilation before,

the tentacle trembles after coming into contact with the liquid, with numerous question mark-shaped bubbles appearing on the surface. With the epidermis dissolving, it then completely disappears.

The duration was slightly longer, but still not enough to touch the key at the bottom, let alone retrieve it.

"Biological structures last longer than metal ones... does it mean they encourage us to reach in and take it?"

"Let me try."

Tooth Boy volunteers to try, even imitating Luo Di’s way by separating a bunch of teeth first, including incisors, canines, molars, and throws them into the container.

Similar to the tentacles situation,

the biological structure of teeth quickly annihilates after forming bubbles on their surface, with the hardest structure being the molars disappearing the slowest.

"Mr. Di, I have an idea... don’t know if it will work."

"Go ahead."

In communication, Tooth Boy seems a bit shy, keeping his head down all the time. This behavior makes Luo Di feel strange. It’s unreasonable that a monster could reach the final level, appearing ’green’. It’s likely a disguise.

But having lived with Squad Leader for so long, Luo Di hasn’t seen a trace of disguise on him.

"Well~the final task selection corresponds to two outcomes,

Cooperation and Battle,

we chose cooperation here, doesn’t it mean we need to work together to retrieve the key? That’s what I think, don’t know if it’s correct."

"How do you want to cooperate?"

"My teeth are very special, I can fuse into your arm, providing multi-layer structural reinforcement. Then you retrieve the key from below as fast as possible."

"Hmm..."

What Tooth Boy said makes sense, Luo Di agrees, but does not immediately agree.

Tooth Boy seems to have seen something, "Mr. Di, if you don’t trust me, could you separate more tentacles and attach them to my hand, and I will retrieve the key?"

"Let me think about it."

"Oh." Tooth Boy obediently sits aside, waiting for Luo Di to give a result.

Luo Di looks at the countdown of over twenty minutes left, deciding something, not about retrieving the key, but deciding to have a ’simple communication’ with this monster.

"What is your name?"

Seeing Luo Di start chatting, Tooth Boy also straightened his body and looked over, "I have no name... the boss and the uncle who bought me called me [Tooth Boy]."

"Didn’t you have a name when you were still a human?"

"No, my memory remains in the Corner, remains when I was kept in a cage. All those old memories are gone; I only remember that this bracelet is very important to me, the teeth on it should have been left by someone very important."

"Huh? No previous memories from the Corner?"

Luo Di suspects it might be a slave trader’s method for convenience of management, but it’s also possible the other party is lying.

"Can I check your brain? I indeed don’t quite trust you, because we are in a competitive relationship in this game, ultimately leading to a confrontation."

"You can check."

Luo Di never thought he would agree to a brain check,

knowing that most monsters have their core pituitary gland in the brain, letting others touch this area is equivalent to willingly handing over their life.

Since he agreed, Luo Di also doesn’t hesitate.

He walked up to Tooth Boy, placing his palm on his brain gate. He discovered that even the skull was a dense formation of teeth, indestructible.

Tooth Boy had no defenses, allowing the tentacles to burrow into his brain.

"Huh?"

Luo Di first found the peculiar structure of his pituitary,

the sprouting pituitary surface grew a tooth plant, formed by stacking multiple teeth, having already formed dental nerves and branching structures. It wouldn’t take long to mature.

Additionally, he found that both the hippocampus and prefrontal area of the brain were covered with a light mist, causing his memory issues.

Tentacle withdrawal.

The other party wasn’t lying, but Luo Di still has a question:

"Why would you agree to let me check your brain?

Question Mark Mr. only requires us not to kill each other, if I had any ill intentions, I could easily setup means in your brain, ensuring I gain an advantage once we start fighting."

Tooth Boy responds calmly: "You are different from those other monsters who want to kill me, I can feel it."

"Feel?"

Tooth Boy grinds the teeth on his fingers, "It’s just a feeling, my teeth didn’t react violently to you, indicating you don’t want to kill me or have any harm intent.

The monsters who saw me in previous stages all wanted to kill me."

After establishing mutual trust simply, Luo Di also decides, "How do you want to adhere to my arm?"

"It’s simple, you just need to wear my tooth bracelet."

Crunch crunch~

The sound of some teeth interlocking echoes in the space, even the teeth in Luo Di’s mouth shiver along with it.

In an instant,

The Tooth Boy in front vanished, with only the tooth bracelet left on the ground.

Due to the prior brain contact, Luo Di completed a certain grey mark and could sense the entity has completely merged into the bracelet.

Luo Di chooses to wear it on his right hand,

when the tooth bracelet adheres to Luo Di’s wrist skin, snap! The teeth instantly root in his flesh, deeply embedded, with each tooth nerve quickly spreading inside the arm.

Following that,

Luo Di’s entire forearm, including his palm, hand back, and fingers, all grow molars, densely packed without a gap.

It even looks somewhat trypophobic.

Moreover, as the molars form, the tooth surface continues to grow enamel, further fortifying the outer layer, sizing Luo Di’s arm just right to reach into the container.

When this tooth arm brace structure forms,

a neural connection also forms within,

Luo Di can feel Tooth Boy’s existence within his arm, focusing intensely on the hardness issue of each tooth.

『Ready?』

『All set, Mr. Di, you must be swift.』

Luo Di approaches the container, seeing the task ahead as a swift execution.

Exhale...

A breath just made, the hand is already thrust into the container.

Clang!

The metallic key falls on the ground,

a few splashes of liquid merely normally hit the floor, showing no corrosion, as if the liquid quickly loses activity once exposed to air.

Luo Di doesn’t immediately pick up the key,

but stares at his decaying right arm, with a few blackened teeth still embedded...

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