Deep in the Living

Chapter 164 Monster Fear and Disaster

In the dark classroom,

A long-haired head was crawling on the ceiling and quickly crawled out of the classroom.

After waiting for a few minutes,

The front door of the classroom was pushed open.

The class monitor, who had grown a new body, was wearing a standard OL outfit. He held the blackboard from the next classroom in his hands and reassembled Class 5-. He even stole a box of chalk.

"Today's cultural class will be taught by me, Teacher Wu.

The topic of this class is "The Monster in the Corner", which is a topic rarely mentioned in class. Please listen carefully and take notes.

Hey! Student over there, what's your name? You're still looking around. I'm giving you a warning. If you do that again, you'll be punished by standing in the back row."

The monitor holding a ruler pointed directly at Luo Di, who closed his eyes with a bored look on his face, completely lacking the concentration he had in class before.

"Rodi, please cooperate with me! I thought since we are back at school, we should do something different. Also, what do you think of my outfit? Does it look like a teacher?"

"Go ahead and I'm listening."

Tsk~ The squad leader smacked his lips and flicked his fingers hidden behind his back.

Snapped!
Rody's head was hit back, some blood flowed out of his forehead, and he was instantly awakened.

The thing that hit his forehead was a piece of chalk. Because of its extremely fast speed, it disintegrated and turned into dust at the moment of impact, leaving Rody's face covered with white dust.

"Are you serious?"

"I'm a teacher now. If you're not satisfied, you can report me to the principal."

Luo Di wiped the white ash off his face helplessly, his eyes gradually became clear, and he sat up straight like a student.

The monitor took out another piece of chalk and drew a very detailed diagram of the pituitary gland structure on the blackboard.

"Excuse me, Mr. Luo! What is the significance of the pituitary gland to pseudo-humans?"

“The source of the mind corner is also its carrier.”

Just as he finished answering, another piece of chalk flew over. This time, Rody was concentrating and dodged it by turning his head.

“Wrong! The real meaning of the pituitary gland lies in [medium]. It acts as a medium to connect individuals and corners, forming a pathway at the thinking level.

This is what is meant by a 'thinking corner'.

Once the connection is established, the human brain can hear whispers from the corner and obtain "pheromones" from the corner through the medium of the pituitary gland.

These pheromones can dig out an individual's most fearful memories, thereby inducing physiological changes and forming the so-called "fear embodiment."

Do you know why corners have to induce individuals to transform towards the things they fear the most? "

Rody paused for a moment and gave his answer: "...in order to help them overcome their fear?"

He really didn't know the answer to this question and was just guessing subconsciously. His body was already prepared to dodge.

"That's right! It's to overcome fear.

Those pseudo-people who cannot overcome their fear will not be able to realize the "embodiment of fear" and will not be qualified to be screened.

Overcoming fear is a necessary factor in going to the corner.
Because corners are the source of fear.

Not to mention humans, even if some pseudo-humans fell into a corner, they would probably be scared to death.

so what!

This is where we'll introduce the theme of this class - "Monsters and Fear."

The monitor took the chalk and drew something new on the blackboard.

First draw a directional arrow on the right side of the pituitary gland.

Then the word "promotion" was written on the arrow.
Finally, a completely new pituitary gland is drawn again on the right side of the arrow, a pituitary gland that does not belong to a pseudo-human.

The corner structure on the surface of the pituitary gland has completely cracked, and a structure similar to a snail's tentacle has grown on the top. It is a long and thin strip with a small fleshy ball on the top.

The more Rody looked at the pituitary gland, the more it looked like a germinating seed, a fleshy seed.

"Seeds? Will they grow?"

"That's right! Think about it, the pituitary gland was originally the medium used by the pseudo-human to connect to the corners.

Now, they have successfully been promoted and are heading to the corner.

Now that you are in the corner, the medium has no meaning. The nature of the pituitary gland will change under the influence of the corner, a change that represents promotion.

The pituitary gland sprouts like a seed,

The thing that grows is called granulation.

At this time, the pituitary gland is no longer a medium, but has become a foundation, something like Rody's spine, an external manifestation of a system.

Just as your real hell also has a system, the corner also has its own growth system.

Once granulation tissue is formed,
The pseudo-human will complete the "concrete reality" in the corner, the human essence will be gradually abandoned, and the concrete form will gradually become the foundation and the essence.

This process will make the image more complete, the application of ability will be further advanced, and it will gradually become clear what "fear" is.

Although the pituitary gland simply grew a bud, it is a real qualitative change for us, and it is what all pseudo-humans are pursuing. On the human side, these things that go to the corner and completely abandon the essence of human beings are collectively called "monsters". Of course, there are more detailed classifications within the corner, and I will not explain them one by one here. When we go to the corner, we will understand it clearly. "

Rody took the initiative to ask: "Abandoning the human form, becoming the image that you fear the most, and pursuing the root of fear.

Is the essence of the corner really pure terror?"

The monitor also wrote the two big words "Fear" on the blackboard.

“Fear is an emotion, one of the most primitive and ancient emotions.

We are merely summarizing and generalizing the "knowledge" we have acquired during our human stage, but the depth of the corner far exceeds the scope of human knowledge.

Such a generalization is most likely wrong, but it can be understood this way at this stage.

What is the true nature of the corner? Only when someone reaches the deepest part can they know the answer. "

Seeing the monitor explaining so seriously, Luo Di was actually a little dazed. For a moment, he even really regarded the monitor as a teacher and this place as a classroom.

He shook his head, his thoughts returned to normal, and looked at the sprouting seedlings on the blackboard.

"Can such buds continue to grow like seedlings?"

“That’s for sure, but I don’t know what it will look like. After all, it’s still a long way from now.

I just heard from my grandmother that different people's seeds will grow different things. But the roots are all standing in the corners, urging the individual to go deeper.

This is one of the reasons why the residents in the corners generally do not return to the human world and return to the surface.

Similarly, this is how the wanted warrant came about.

The corner will never allow monsters larger than humans to return to the shallow layer to interfere or engage in meaningless killings.

The human world is a very good place for initial screening.

Only by ensuring the stability of the human world can we continuously supply talents to every corner.”

"and many more……"

A very special idea suddenly flashed through Rody's mind.

"What's the matter, Luo?"

“I think that the different worlds connected by the ‘Connector’ all have their own systems.

But the world we originally lived in seemed to have no such system before Corner appeared.

The human body has limits that are visible to the naked eye. No matter how hard one trains, one cannot create much of a gap between oneself and ordinary people.

The emergence of corners seems to have provided humans with a system of choice.

In other words, the system in the corner is the system of our world. It was just closed off a long time ago for some reason, and it was not until the nuclear explosion of the war that the corner was reopened. "

The monitor on the podium smiled with satisfaction, as if he was watching his students gain enlightenment.

The monitor nodded, "Indeed, I have been thinking about this question. The corner may have existed in our world a long time ago. It was the way for ancient humans to ascend, but it was closed for some reason.

But,
The system brought by the corner has an indescribable weirdness.

Even the pseudo-human who wins and gains an identity in the cracks may rot, wither, and become gangrenous in the corner, completely lose himself and go crazy, die, or become a part of the corner space.

Moreover, the system of the corner does not seem to conflict with the systems of other worlds, and the connectors can still absorb the pituitary gland.

When you have completed the pituitary injection or isoflavone, you can compare it with your spinal system. "

"Hmm~ By the way, squad leader, there is one thing you didn't tell me. What is [disaster]?"

"Call the teacher!" The monitor turned around and wrote the word "disaster" on the blackboard, and connected it with "fear" with a two-way arrow.

“Misfortune is a unique property of monsters. It is an effective means for them to radiate fear... Once you are infected with misfortune, fear will spread faster in your body.

This kind of fear cannot be resisted by willpower alone; it will actually erode your sanity.

Once reason is completely devoured by fear and destroyed, the consequences are more terrible than death.

The expressions of disasters vary, and the disasters of each monster are different.

For example, the disaster of Joseph on the white wanted poster has been indicated as a "chair" in the corner. As long as you are in his territory and accidentally sit on the stool, fear will accelerate the erosion of you.

Another example is my grandmother.
Once touched by her hand, the conditions for disaster will be met and fear will spread wildly in your body.

Of course, if Grandmother has no hostility towards you, then fear will not come.”

Rody nodded. "To put it simply, it's a kind of 'synergist'! Monsters themselves will have a terrifying effect on individuals, and the harm they possess can double this effect.

Once fear has completely consumed the individual, the battle will be over without the monster having to do anything."

"Yes, this is the terrifying part about monsters. So when we land on the island tomorrow, we must pay attention to every detail and try not to get into trouble."

“It essentially affects the brain, right?”

"Yes."

"Then maybe I can resist... Captain, if you become a monster, what will the disaster be?"

"Me? Who knows now? You'll know the answer when you find me in the corner."

(End of this chapter)