Deep in the Living-Chapter 442 - 430 Growth

[Pituitary Space]

The victims supporting the budding plants are no longer stacked at the bottom of the Moon Pit in piles but are all "active" now.

A long table made of Moon Stones is placed at the bottom of the pit, with intricately engraved chairs lined up on both sides.

All the victims take their seats, their spines remaining connected during this process.

A large bowl is placed in front of each person, containing the only food for the banquet,

a steaming bowl of pitch-black thick soup.

The victims, accustomed to not using utensils, directly lift the bowl to drink.

The black liquid gushes into their bodies, making their corpses gradually full.

Once everyone is satiated, the table, chairs, and utensils retract back into the interior of the Moon.

They stack up again, returning to their most primal form.

The budding plant at the top can absorb the stored nutrients from the bodies’ gastrointestinal tracts.

Luo Di, the master of this place, stands on the edge of the Moon Pit, silently watching all this.

He waits for everything to stabilize before he rechecks the status of the "Victim’s Bud."

"Indeed, to make the bud mature, it’s not just about supplementing nutrients... this is not a real life plant.

Nutritional supplementation is just the basics; something more is needed for it to grow and fully mature."

Confirming this, Luo Di returns to reality,

his body submerged in the black Soup Pool opens its eyes,

unexpectedly, he doesn’t hear any sound from beyond the screen, it seems like the sisters are all exhausted and have fallen asleep.

At this moment,

footsteps are heard coming from the direction of the dressing room.

As Luo Di looks over, a flawless face appears adorned with a tear mole, wrapped in a towel, with an index finger on the lips signaling Luo Di to keep silent.

A jade foot steps into the soup, and the body sinks below.

"Speak softly, don’t disturb the sisters’ sleep, especially Wu Wen... or she might misunderstand.

Besides, don’t be nervous, I’m not here to mess with you, just want to have a chat alone."

"What?"

Hua Yuan relaxes completely, floating his entire body on the surface, slowly drifting towards Luo Di.

"How did you get involved with Lebeite?

Or why is Lebeite so friendly towards you? Because from an outsider’s perspective, it seems odd, considering none of his previous monster allies made friendly exchanges like you, they either quit entirely or were killed by him."

Luo Di can roughly figure out Hua Yuan’s thoughts,

and directly reaches out to touch the opponent’s forehead, sharing the final challenge memory through the tentacles.

"Poof~ hahaha! Cough cough cough..."

Hua Yuan laughs so hard he loses balance, gets black water up his nose and mouth, quickly sits up, and slaps Luo Di on the body.

"So that’s what’s going on here, didn’t expect such a naive fellow in the Corner, yearning for humanity, willing to befriend a special human like you?

Now that’s a relief, otherwise, if you got infected outside, or became loose and slack later, that would be too disgusting."

"What are you thinking all day, Hua Yuan."

"I want to mess with you! Hurry up, bend over, this lady is in a great mood right now!"

"Stop joking, I actually have a question for you too.

This Soup Pool should only supplement the plant’s basic nutrients, to make it grow and mature, something else must be done, right?"

"Nonsense! If just soaking could make it mature, there wouldn’t be so many monsters adventuring in the Corner... has the human Exploration Bureau not told you how to grow it?"

"I haven’t officially gone to the Exploration Bureau, just came straight here."

"It’s simple, think about what the essence of the Corner is?"

"Exploration... going deeper?"

"That’s it!

The Corner proliferates in our world, trying to drag everyone into it, be it humans or monsters, it only asks them to explore its unknown depths.

You’re at the budding stage, there are several ways to make the plant grow.

Let me summarize a few for you.

1. Explore the ’undeveloped areas’ in the middle tier of the Corner or even some ’unknown areas.’ Although many monsters have rooted in the middle tier, there are still many unexplored areas.

2. Kill monsters, directly plunder their plant nutrients. I guess you’re already thinking of that clown, maybe even the entire "Eight Evil People" group.

3. Trying to explore deeper into the Corner, going towards the known Dungeon area... this is not recommended, even a newly matured plant like myself doesn’t dare easily approach, let’s talk about it later.

How to choose specifically, we’ll consider when we get back to the Sisterhood, see if we solve the clown issue first, or what we decide.

Anyway, the Sisterhood has growth-oriented outings arranged every day, you can follow me by then."

"Alright."

Throughout this process, Hua Yuan had rested her head lightly on Luo Di’s shoulder.

Her pink lips touch his earlobe, whispering:

"Luo Di, since you claimed victory... now you have the privilege to touch me, just this once."

The atmosphere suddenly becomes heated and quiet,

Luo Di pauses for a moment, suddenly gets up and leaves the Soup Pool.

"Squad Leader, stop kidding~ my plant is already saturated, let’s go somewhere else? I haven’t browsed the rest area of the Real Death Game, it seems to have a lot of interesting places." freewёbn૦νeɭ.com

After a silence, Hua Yuan’s expression gradually calms, showing her signature smiling expression.

"When did you figure it out?"

"I’ll go change clothes first."

Luo Di quickly heads for the dressing room, while the Squad Leader leans beside the Soup Pool, looking over while grinning.

Whew...

Back in the dressing room, Luo Di takes deep breaths, not actually figuring anything out as Hua Yuan’s actions, expressions, tone, scent, and touch were entirely Hua Yuan’s.

Luo Di simply guessed the possibility, never expecting to intentionally test it and for the Squad Leader to actually react.

That was a close call,

Spine adjustment, gray dispersion.

Luo Di forcibly suppresses his rapidly beating heart, putting on a composed look as he changes clothes, the Squad Leader soon follows out.

She doesn’t need to change clothes, any form of clothing can be achieved through skin disguise, currently wearing a youthful outfit reminiscent of high school times.

"Squad Leader, don’t do that next time."

"What’s the harm? I told you it doesn’t matter, did I not? You’ll have to stay in the Sisterhood later anyway, just don’t play too hard.

Besides, my body is like this naturally, when we’re alone, you can want me to change into whatever form.

Of course~ if you only like Wu Wen, I’ll stick to this form."

The two walk through the corridor leaving the Soup Pool, Luo Di recalls something, something he always wanted to ask Wu Wen too.

"Squad Leader, you really want to win this Death Grand Challenge, right? Do you want that Plant Pot... If so, come with me to see Mr. Question tomorrow, you can use it first."

"Why? Feeling a bit remorseful for eating me?

Willing to give away something so precious, don’t be silly~ you’ve only just sprouted, and the new bud grows quickly, the Plant Pot is very important to you.

Moreover, my personal goal is to win the challenge but not for the Plant Pot."

"Then what is it for?"

The Squad Leader points her index finger upwards, pointing at the white light in the hallway, "Spotlights... those who arrive at the Real Death Game scene are all monsters with certain ability and status.

This kind of opportunity is rare.

If I can win the challenge, I’ll use the opportunity to introduce myself to everyone, talk about the things behind me. But, because of you Luo Di, I broke the rules, the public announcement opportunity needs to be postponed."

"God..."

"Shush!" The Squad Leader places a hand on Luo Di’s lips, "Don’t spell it out, next time there’s a chance I’ll personally announce it... you don’t worry either, your performance in the final challenge deserved the plan’s postponement.

As for eating me, we’ll slowly settle that later.

Come, I’ll take you to a game hall, heaps of fun there, let’s make good use of this rare day off... Come on!"

The Squad Leader is already standing by the elevator entrance, grabbing Luo Di’s hand and pulling him in, seemingly unaware of an eye at the turn of the corridor watching the two.

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