Deep in the Living-Chapter 507 - 493: Monsters & Humans

Looking at the blonde youth who could hide himself within the mist, Luo Di’s eyes showed a hint of helplessness. This was one of the situations he least wanted to encounter.

Moreover, it seemed that he had somehow turned Douglas into some kind of puppet or servant, even compensating for the numerical disadvantage. freeωebnovēl.c૦m

Luo Di still remembered the second day of the incident, when he and Mia had just entered town through the sewers and encountered this person at the steakhouse.

What concerned Luo Di the most then was not the fact that the other could suppress Douglas, but rather that this person could move freely within the mist, seemingly adapting to it even at that time.

This kind of guy might be better suited to the relics than anyone else.

Thus,

Luo Di stared at the blonde youth in front of him, who was designated as a writer named Lebeite during the incident,

observing that cold irises of his, as if he could see something extremely dangerous hidden within him.

This danger was completely different from the Fog Man,

The Fog Man did not belong to monsters and was a high-level, special form of entity.

Its danger mainly came from the difference in rank, capable of attacks that Luo Di simply could not defend against, able to eradicate on a fundamental level.

The blonde youth in front of him was different,

Being a participant meant there would not be a huge rank difference. The danger Luo Di perceived came from the youth’s essence, unlike any monster Luo Di had seen, possessing the power to destroy those of the same rank.

Luo Di and Lebeite were similar in height, even appeared to be of a similar age.

Both stood right in the middle area of the art exhibition space, symmetrically proportioned.

During the period of their mutual gaze,

a huge, pus-filled hand reached out towards Luo Di, with Douglas attempting to crush his head instantly.

And in the next second... smack!

Five slender fingers clamped onto Douglas’s face, even the sound of fingers crushing facial bones could be heard.

Having just been knocked flying, seemingly sustaining full-body fractures, Mia was already catching up.

Her thought process was very simple and very stubborn,

if someone wanted to kill her, she would kill them first.

Moreover, Mia had been holding back for quite some time, having had no chance for slaughter at school. Now that a tangible, equally powerful opponent appeared, she would not miss this chance, even having awaited this encounter since setting out this morning.

The killing intent pouring forth from her body manifested as the phantom of a rotten butterfly behind her.

Appearing to have the body of a young girl, yet bursting with incomparable strength,

she exerted a strong push, added with simultaneous kicking from both legs!

Smack!

Visible waves of air rippled outward.

Douglas’s enormous body was directly pushed out of the current area, exiting the memorial hall through the opening smashed in the wall.

Mia followed suit and left too, giving Luo Di a look, indicating that once she finished off this guy, she would come back to help, hoping Luo Di could hold on.

For a moment,

all the disturbances within the room subsided, everything fell quiet.

Only the two locked in a stare-off remained, along with the iron barrel tossed not far away.

"You’re human..."

Lebeite didn’t initiate attack immediately but instead posed a curious topic.

"What’s the matter?"

"Strange, why would a human participate? This is clearly an incident within the Corner, and a deep-level one at that. All the participants I’ve encountered till now, including the woman just now, have been monsters.

You seem to be the only human."

"So what?"

Lebeite twirled the golden lock of hair hanging in front of him, "I... personally find humans quite interesting. Were it not for the current competitive situation and time constraint, I’d like to have a chat with you.

If you hadn’t left so quickly last time, we would have had plenty of time to talk."

"Kill me and make a puppet out of me to chat, yeah?"

"Say what you will; right now, I indeed need to kill you~ only after the incident ends can I go find other humans in the Corner. Ah, what a rarity to come across such an interesting human like you."

A trace of melancholy flashed in Lebeite’s eyes, seemingly an authentic emotional expression.

Luo Di also caught this change in expression, feeling some surprise, given the aura emanating from the other was extremely dangerous, completely unlike a guy who could speak amicably.

Just when Lebeite prepared to make a move, he suddenly caught a weird scent, his gaze turning towards the iron barrel Luo Di was holding.

"You actually kept bringing this woman along. She seems to hold some unknowable danger, but she is in a state of deep slumber. Are you sure you want to fight me while carrying her?

I don’t want you to be killed off just like that.

How about you put this woman aside first, and then fight me seriously. Rest assured, I won’t lay a hand on her at least until you’re dead."

"Thanks."

Luo Di placed the iron barrel as much in the corner as possible, casually uttering a word of thanks.

Just this simple word of thanks left Lebeite a bit dumbfounded.

In his memory, no monster had ever said such words. It seemed to be his first time hearing it from a human, yet there was a sense of familiarity.

"You... why do you suddenly feel a bit familiar? Did I know you outside?"

"Hmm? Know me?" Luo Di was also confused, not quite understanding why such a malevolent and powerful monster would speak in a manner resembling trying to cozy up.

Lebeite patted his head forcefully, his gaze turning puzzled.

"Something is weird... I don’t really want to kill you.

I can give you a chance — take your friend and leave now, find somewhere to wait for the incident to end."

Yet Luo Di showed no intention of leaving; instead, he was stretching where he stood, performing classic P.E. class warm-up exercises.

"How about this, let’s have a thrilling slaughter; if one side loses, they voluntarily withdraw from the competition? After all, we’ve come all this way, we wouldn’t want to give up just like that."

"How do we determine losing?"

"Loss of the capability to act, like in Mr. Question Mark’s game."

These words made Lebeite even more puzzled, "Hmm? You participated in Mr. Question Mark’s game too?"

"Yes."

"Seems the chances we know each other from outside are quite high... Alright! I accept your proposal. However, the losing rules made by Mr. Question Mark do not quite apply to me.

Every monster I fought ended up dying, I find it hard to control the force.

Be careful, human."

"Bring it on."

Luo Di’s warm-up was finished, holding the bat against the ground single-handedly, while with the other, he gestured lightly to Lebeite.

But the smile on Luo Di’s face froze the next second.

He immediately switched to deep Murderer stance, ensuring his undead feature was fully activated.

Lebeite, with his frail figure, did not make any attack moves, merely leaned forward slightly or perhaps exposed his back.

Crack, crack, crack —

It was like bones were moving, or something was roaming inside him.

Zip!

Another strange zipper sound.

It was as if a zipper structure on his flesh, pulling the skin open.

Soon after, Lebeite’s entire back opened up, clothing and back skin dropping to the ground together, with obvious zipper marks on the edge of the skin.

Something crawled out from the cavity inside his back,

A hand appeared on Lebeite’s shoulder,

Luo Di recognized this hand, it was the same as the one that emerged from Douglas’s mouth to tear him in half during the steakhouse encounter.

This hand corresponded to a genuine monster far exceeding imagination.

As the moment of viewing this thing approached,

the hand resting on Lebeite’s shoulder was suddenly on Luo Di’s shoulder... tearing!

Swish!

Blood sprayed vividly,

Luo Di’s right half was torn away alive, thrown to the side.

Just while the actual monster planned to keep tearing Luo Di apart...

"Come back!"

Lebeite suddenly called it back, that thing obediently floated behind him, presenting an eerie true form.

It wasn’t a show of mercy,

But Lebeite had witnessed an anomalous scene.

Between Luo Di’s torn body parts, beyond normal bones and organs,

A girl stood in the confined thoracic cavity, crowded yet fitting perfectly... completely naked, her posture suggesting a tight internal embrace around Luo Di.

The girl also glanced over,

Her eyes under black hair cast a glare as if she wanted to flay and disembowel Lebeite.

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