Deep in the Living-Chapter 476 - 462: Bright Red

Hoo... ha...

The grey mask moved away, and the film-like effect gradually faded.

Thanks to the smooth unfolding of the film plot - "The murderer killed this indefinable blood-soaked monster."

This finally made the crushed thing in front of him truly dead; the scattered pieces of flesh stopped gathering and slowly turned into blood.

"Killing something like this takes such effort, huh? What’s this..."

When all the scattered flesh had dissipated,

An irregular stone was left on the ground, roughly the size of a pinky nail, with a deep red hue and emitting a stinking odor.

Luo Di instinctively extended his left hand, seemingly trying to construct something to hold the stone, but found no structure appearing in his palm.

"What am I doing?"

Luo Di directly used his tentacles to touch, confirming that the stone contained only faint energy, not worth absorbing. However, its overall structure was very solid, and its appearance seemed... quite pretty.

After a simple contemplation, he temporarily stored the stone within his palm’s skin with grey suppression, possibly serving as a clue later.

Simultaneously, Luo Di had his grey tentacles mimic the form of the counterpart’s blood-soaked flesh,

Growing in the form of small pores and multiple tendrils, indeed bearing some similarity.

"This completely non-human flesh structure, especially the fleshy roots growing from the pores, seems to have some resemblance to my grey tentacles, even an extremely faint resonance.

But fundamentally there seems to be no more connection, will have to pay more attention later~ There should be more of such flesh creations.

It’s just that the strength is really a bit overbearing, just starting and I had to bring out the film effect.

Will need to optimize the killing method thereafter, lest my pituitary gets drained.

Speaking of which, the commotion from the fight was so loud, yet no other thing came to attack, which basically implies this wooden house should have nothing else... let’s explore a bit, might find useful clues."

Luo Di looked towards the ladder leading to the second floor, then at the girl who was still in a slumbering state.

Squatting, he pulled both hands, and carried her on his back.

Actually lighter than she appeared.

Not only light,

The girl seemed to be in harmony with Luo Di,

When their bodies touched, plants growing from her ear swiftly entwined Luo Di’s body, forming a strap and turning herself into a sort of human backpack.

Luo Di vaguely felt this form of "combination" somewhat familiar, seemingly having had a similar experience with a certain opposite sex in the past.

This way, both of Luo Di’s hands were freed up, coming in handy.

Arriving on the second floor,

Indeed, there was no one else here, yet there was a locked room. Not only that, but unfathomable symbols were painted with blood on the door.

When Luo Di tried to penetrate with perception,

The scarlet symbols surprisingly grew blood filaments structure, blocking perception from entering.

"Similar to the previous monster... Has blood been given life?"

Luo Di did not forcibly break the door; since grey was confirmed effective against this, he only needed to place his right hand on it.

Grey diffused.

The tentacles, like windshield wipers, wiped off the symbols on the door, pushed the door open, and entered!

The sight inside the room made even Luo Di pause for a moment.

Drip, drip~

Blood dripped from mid-air.

All the furniture, decorations, and clutter in this bedroom were cleared out. Stones were used to construct a circular pool structure in the center.

The pool was carved with the same symbols as on the door, only larger.

Six bodies hung from the upper end of the roof,

Matching the identities of the man downstairs’ wife, parents, and three children.

Some sharp object had been used to pierce dense, profound blood holes on the soles, ensuring the body’s blood could continue to drip incessantly.

Filling the pool.

"Is it some evil ritual?"

When Luo Di approached this overflowing blood pool, his palm suddenly emitted a red glow, prompting him to quickly use tentacles to take out the red stone he’d just obtained.

The previously ordinary stone now radiated red light.

Luo Di’s intuition told him to throw the stone inside.

Reaching out and tossing!

Thud!

The stone was submerged in the scarlet.

Glug glug! The blood pool seemed to be boiling, or perhaps something was breathing and bubbling within.

Although simply assembled here, the actual depth was only ten centimeters, yet it now felt bottomless.

As if something was surging from below.

Luo Di sensed a strong danger, gripping the baseball bat tightly.

He was prepared to smash the wall and escape, but before fleeing, he still wanted to see what this thing was.

Whoa!

A few tentacles made of pure blood emerged from the pool,

And soon the origin of these tentacles appeared, a blood lotus emerged.

Bright red, composed of pure blood, yet shaped like a lotus pod, with varying size of round holes on the surface, seemingly storing something within.

The lotus pod continues to rise, it’s not some plant, but rather the skull of a certain entity.

Below the lotus pod is a slender body constructed entirely of pure blood vessels, with each vessel pulsating as if it were alive.

When such a creature fully reveals itself,

The entire room begins to seep blood, and even Luo Di starts to have a nosebleed, his heart racing.

"Blood Phobia"

A mental condition that should have been impossible for Luo Di, but is now forcibly branded within him. Seeing the dense crimson in front of him, he feels somewhat dizzy and nauseous.

Suppress! Luo Di curbs this discomfort with sheer willpower.

At this moment.

The lotus head creature seems to want to communicate with Luo Di, but the communication is not through language.

He raises his right hand,

Tendrils composed of blood vessels extend forward, gradually approaching.

Hoo...

Luo Di takes a deep breath.

He cannot discern whether the other party is friendly or malicious, at least the entity didn’t

begin slaughtering immediately but is slowly approaching.

Luo Di quickly makes a decision, intending to "build relations" with the entity in the same manner, ready to flee immediately at any sign of danger.

Crunch crunch~

Gray tentacles emerge from Luo Di’s palm, moving forward.

As they approach, there’s no repulsion between them.

Snap!

The gray tentacles voluntarily entwine with the blood tendrils.

From a certain angle, the scene even resembles a handshake.

A voice of higher authority conveys through, as if not on the same plane as Luo Di, but from a depth. The current blood figure emerging is just a form of projection.

’Can you hear it... the crimson voice? Continue hunting those infected ones, and bring me the Blood Stones condensed within them.

The one who offers sacrifices to me shall receive rewards.’

While speaking, the lotus head tilts forward, allowing Luo Di to see the entire plane structure of the lotus pod.

Among the varied sizes of lotus eyes, different objects are stored.

As Luo Di is currently in "contact state" with the entity, he can clearly see the corresponding quantity of blood stones for these items.

1. Blood Insignia matches the symbol between the pool - 10 Blood Stones.

2. Blood-stained skull - 20 Blood Stones.

3. A test tube of pure blood - 40 Blood Stones.

4. Throbbing blood heart - 60 Blood Stones.

5. Book soaked in blood at the center of the lotus pod - 99 Blood Stones.

Inspection ends,

Without waiting for Luo Di to convey words or questions.

The blood tendrils retreat, the flesh dissolves.

The Blood Lotus Pod submerges under the water’s surface, the entire room’s redness vanishes, turning silent.

"What the hell is this thing?"

Luo Di wipes away his nosebleed, the Blood Phobia dissipating along with it.

He’s encountering such a presence for the first time, manifesting only as a projection and forcibly imbuing nearby individuals with corresponding phobias.

"Collect stones? Sacrifice rewards? Things are getting interesting... perhaps these rewards could greatly assist my survival in this unknown corner incident, reducing fear’s influence? Maybe even carry the reward out?"

Now with a clear objective, there’s no need to wander around like a headless fly."

Luo Di returns to the first floor, intending to place the mysterious girl back in the wheelchair.

"Hmm? Reluctant to come down?"

Though the girl is in a sleep state, plants tightly bind Luo Di’s body, he painstakingly pulls her down from his back, settling her back in the wheelchair.

Though carrying her isn’t particularly troublesome, Luo Di cannot fully guarantee that the girl won’t harm him.

Until she awakes, it’s better not to maintain prolonged physical contact.

Leaving the villa,

Progressing along the village path, soon reaching the sign indicated Shiyin Town.

Various dilapidated wooden houses are scattered sparsely, corresponding to a village town located at the outskirts of the city.

These wooden houses share a characteristic, or rather the whole village does.

Regardless of wooden houses, streetlights, or some stone walls, animal corpses are hanging, their bodies completely drained of blood, some with buckets underneath for collecting it.

The mist permeating here is tinged with pale red.

The air is imbued with a bloody taste even the tongue can directly sample.

Though Luo Di hasn’t seen a "person" active outside, he still doesn’t enter through the main entrance but climbs over the stone-built walls, sneaking inside.

Nonetheless,

From a window of a wooden house, a scarlet gaze projects outside, observing this outsider...

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