Deep in the Living

Chapter 198 Hell Awakens
The grave is dug.

Dining car dumped.

The jaw was completely removed and the body, with its brain removed, slid into the perfect pit, waiting to be buried.

When the blonde girl was about to use a shovel to fill the pit, she suddenly noticed that there were complex scars on the corpse's two arms.

The blonde girl was very familiar with the pattern corresponding to the scar, more familiar than anyone else.

However, you need to put your arms together to complete the pattern corresponding to the scar.

She did not close her arms immediately. Instead, she pulled out a vascular thread from her body, put it around the left and right hands of the corpse, and then filled the pit and buried the body.

After the landfill is completed, the soil is leveled.

The girl then placed her palms on the ground.

Some kind of special ability is released,

The soil, which seemed to have been turned over, was immediately covered with a layer of green grass, becoming indistinguishable from the surrounding area.

She then took off her umbrella and gently jumped onto the tree behind her, about four meters above the ground, and used the previously wrapped blood vessels to move the corpse's arm buried under the soil.

Let the scars carved on the surface of the arm be perfectly spliced ​​together to form a symbol with special meaning.

The girl even used some means to cover her body in advance.

But the expected shock and heat did not come.

She carefully jumped down from the branch and gently placed her ear on the spot where the body had been buried.

Pfft!
There was a strong pumping sound from below.

It sounds more like the beating of a war drum than the beating of a heart.

After hearing this voice, the girl did not stop and quickly disappeared into the darkness.

Silently, without even leaving footprints or breathing.

……

Pain, Color and Death
This is the information that can be extracted from Rody’s last memory fragment.

All memories about "Roddy" were interrupted, as if the projector was broken in the middle of playing.

The gorgeous scenes that should have led to the climax of the plot all turned into the darkness called death because of "brain damage".

However, this darkness seemed a little strange.

Although there is nothing, there is warmth.

Rody's consciousness, which should have completely disappeared, turned into a small dot and fermented in the warm darkness.

The fermented and expanded [consciousness] is not as stable and regular as before, but more like a bloated and undignified meat ball.

This newly fermented ball of flesh consciousness does not have something called a "brain" to reside in.

The instinct of consciousness is urgently seeking a place to reside, otherwise it will die again in a short time.

On the other side of the warm current,
In the darkness below,

It seems that there is a new home that can accommodate the ball of consciousness.

It is no longer as fragile as the brain and no longer needs the protection of the skull.

No longer as incompetent as the brain, no longer just hiding and controlling the body to face the outside world.

The new family has the most solid structural organization, a perfect nerve group that can coordinate the limbs of the whole body to fight together, and the courage to actively expose and show it to the outside world.

Its name is [Spine].

The irregular ball of consciousness was pulled down.

Arrives at the spine and undergoes initial union.

The hell symbol suddenly lit up.

Some kind of intuitive, strong connection was established.

The consciousness that had just taken root in the spine immediately received some kind of call and was projected forward following the guidance of the hell symbol.

Leaving the current world, heading to the other side of the distant deep space,
Finally arrived at a huge world that was hot and dry.

"Consciousness Projection - Outer Spine"

The sticky and warm liquid wrapped around Rody's whole body. The feeling was like the mother's womb. Rody had a sense of being born new.

It seemed that his consciousness was not only projected over, but also possessed a new body.

With the completion of the consciousness projection,
The biological tube inserted into the mouth to provide breathing gases was removed.

His breathing passages were deprived, and the intense feeling of suffocation forced his body to move and struggle.

Raise your arms and tear open the membrane.

Rody's body flowed out along with the nutrient solution and fell from a high altitude.

After falling for dozens of meters, he fell heavily to the ground.
However, the ground was also relatively soft, so the fall did not cause any harm. Instead, it made Rody regain consciousness quickly and begin to examine the current situation.

"This is not my body..."

Rody looked at his arm that was supporting the ground. Although it had some similarities with a human arm, the skin and the inside were very different.

"Skin" - The skin is thinner, whiter and more attached to the muscle tissue, and to a certain extent reveals the muscle structure and special bone arrangement inside.

「Muscle」- accounts for a larger proportion, and the shape of the muscle is no longer fixed.

It may have obvious bulges, be curved, or be block-shaped.

It’s just that Rody’s current body seems to have just been “born”, and his arms still look a bit thin, but it can be clearly felt that the muscle tissue has a huge room for growth, which is far beyond the reach of the human body.

"Bones" - no longer strips of bones wrapped in the innermost part, but a segmented structure similar to the spine. Part of the arm bone is still exposed on the back of the arm and can be seen directly, extending all the way to the back of the hand at the front. Rody can also feel the growth potential of the bones, whether it is hardness, density, etc., perhaps all of these properties can grow with the flesh.

The only similarity between this arm and Rody's body is the symbol of hell engraved on the inside of the forearm.

His body changed in the same way, with a similarly thin skin and rudimentary muscles and bones that could grow and shape freely.

It just looks very thin at the moment, or it is in a primitive state of just being born, like an unpolished jade, or a newborn baby.

Perhaps this is Rody's body in the real hell.

Or it is called "shell".

Luo Di was confused about this body used to carry the consciousness projection. After all, the previous switch from the Fifth Hospital to the torture chamber did not require a carrier.

Of course, there is no need to think about the issues regarding the body and the shell now, as the confusion will naturally be resolved in the future.

He only needs to know two things:

1. He is not dead.

2. Through the ultimate self-killing, he fed the spine, allowing his consciousness to be projected into the real hell with an official identity, to his true belonging, the territory of the spine.

Rody could clearly feel that he, or rather this body, no longer had the brain as its main body.

The spine is given top priority and the essence of consciousness is integrated into it.

Perhaps now I can be called a true [Spineman].

He also subconsciously reached out and touched his face.
Sure enough, the facial structure has also changed.

Useless organs have been removed, such as the ears and nose, making the entire head simpler.

The functions of hearing and smell are transferred to the spine and surrounding skin.

There are only two things left on the face.

1. A mouth that can be used for biting and killing enemies, and for eating.

2. An eye that can be used to observe war and understand the enemy.

Rody adapted quickly, gradually stood up and began to observe the surrounding situation.

He is currently in a [circle].

The large circle surrounded by high walls of flesh and blood was about the size of two stadiums.

The so-called high wall of flesh and blood is the wall of origin that gave birth to Rody's body.

It is also covered with a large number of swollen structures like pustules, each of which contains a similar shell curled up inside.

perhaps,

Once a Spine from the outside world is recognized, their consciousness projection will come here and obtain a "body" that can function normally in the real hell.

≮Come here, new spine≯
The sound of Hell drew Rody toward the center of the circle.

Words move the spine,

Rody actually fell into a trance and moved like a zombie. When he came to his senses, he had arrived at the center of the current area.

Ten huge and towering spines surround it.

Like a building, like a throne, and like a scepter.

The voice of hell was coming from the top of these spines, lecturing, torturing and initially accepting Rody.

When facing Rody, the newcomer from outside, there was not a trace of concern in his words. Instead, there was a sense of oppression, anger and even the desire to crush him completely.

"Foreigner, distant apostle! We should welcome your arrival and your joining.

But your body is mixed with the scent of others, and your spine has components that do not belong here. You actually dared to come into contact with the [Prologue] in advance and desecrate the essence of the spine with metal.

This uncleanness,

This arrogance,

This betrayal,

We should have slaughtered you right there, sucked out your spinal cord, and spit on your nerves.

However, you are the first apostle in ten thousand years to use "self-killing" to feed your spine. The perfect "death" makes your consciousness no longer completely dependent on the brain, but integrated into the spine.

What loyalty this is!

As long as your spine is immortal, you are immortal.

Such perfection should be forgiven even if it is unclean.

Just before you pardon me, please answer one question of mine.

Do you like war?"

It was another question-and-answer session of this kind. Rody had already accumulated a certain amount of experience from his grandmother, so he did not directly answer whether he liked it or not.

Instead, a request was given.

“Please temporarily return my consciousness to my original body in this world, and I will answer this question with my actions.

And the so-called war is also fought through physical fighting, not verbal expression."

There was no direct response from the spine,

There was silence for a moment before a voice came:
"Your request has been approved."

The place where Rody was standing suddenly surged with blood, the red soil turned into a pool of blood, and his body fell into it.

(End of this chapter)