Deep in the Living

Chapter 312 Ancestors
Apparently "ancestors" are common knowledge in hell.

Both Agatha, who only travels around the monastery and has never been to sea, and Calen, who has been a lighthouse cleaner all his life, are very clear about this concept.

And because Karen has been working in the lighthouse for many years, he seems to be very sensitive to this topic.

He moved his body to the window and pointed at the strong light emitted by the lighthouse.

“The main function of the light emitted by Mr. Eye is not to guide ships. Otherwise, any lighthouse can achieve this function. There is no need for Mr. Eye to donate an important eyeball.

The real purpose of the light is to observe the ancestors and to plan a route for ships crossing the sea that can avoid them.

Once it finds a ship that may encounter the ancestor, the light will illuminate the ship and make it deviate from its current route as quickly as possible. "

Agatha also added: "The Chamber of Commerce cruise ship we are on now will have its own inspection system to avoid ancestors as much as possible."

Rody recalled the ship introduction he had seen at the dock before, which had exact data on the sinking rate and passenger mortality rate.

"Even so, there is still a risk of encountering ancestors? The Chamber of Commerce's ships also seem to have passenger mortality rates and a chance of sinking."

Kalain responded: “Even Master Eye cannot guarantee 100% that he can capture the traces of his ancestors.

Furthermore, sometimes even if the ancestor is captured, it is difficult for the ship to avoid it... because the ancestor may have already marked the ship, and no matter how the route is changed, it will be useless.

Of course, this situation is relatively rare.

Ancestors are usually in an unconscious state and will not actively attack ships."

"What exactly are ancestors? No one has ever mentioned this to me since I came to Hell."

Luo Di finally asked the question that he was most concerned about.

Agatha patted the soft big bed in the room and motioned Rody to sit over and explain slowly:
“In the early days of the formation of the real hell, hundreds of millions of years ago, it was completely different from now. Not only was the hell world not compressed, but the demons living there were also completely different.

No matter the form, posture, system, etc., they are different from ours.

They are generally referred to as "ancestors".

These ancestors did not have much rationality. They were primitive and barbaric. Not only did they exploit resources without limit, they also engaged in reckless infighting.

They don't seem to know how to push the world to invade externally, but only engage in unlimited internal fighting.

Finally, after a battle called "Ultimate Doomsday", all the ancestors died.

Their bodies are devoured, digested, and excreted by the world.

It took a long time before demons like us, who were rational and considered order and world development, were born. Soon, systems such as spinal corders, monks, and tumor people were also developed.

However, although the bodies of the ancestors were swallowed by the world, some powerful ancestors were not completely digested, and their corpses came to this sea along with their excrement.

As time goes by,
Their corpses seemed to regain their ancient strength, but their consciousness always returned to nothingness.

The primitive instincts engraved deep in the corpses would make the ancestors attack approaching ships. Once encountered, the best result would be some casualties, and the worst would be the sinking of the ship.

If we encounter our ancestors before we ascend to the level of demons, we will basically die."

Agatha touched the golden skull carving on the bedside again and continued, “However, since we are already on the Chamber of Commerce’s ship, it is highly likely that we will not run into him.

Not to mention that both of you know the Eye Demon King, the Lighthouse will definitely take special care of us, just take a good rest these two days, and you will start to get busy when you reach the dark side."

For some reason, it would have been better if Agatha hadn't said the last sentence. After she said it, Rody always felt weird.

Danger is danger.
Rody himself is still very interested in the so-called "ancestors".

Whether it was the strange scene seen at the window before, or Agatha's explanation.

Rody originally thought that his ancestors were some powerful demons who had died in the war, but he didn't know that they were actually another species, a completely different existence from the current demons. He also never expected that the real hell had actually experienced a world-wide extinction.

This is somewhat similar to the Earth, except that humans do not call "dinosaurs" their ancestors.

Do not know why,

Luo Di actually wanted to meet his [ancestors] a little bit.

"If we really encounter our ancestors during our voyage, there should be a chance that we can survive, right? After all, the shipwreck rate is different from the mortality rate."

Agatha nodded: "Yes, there is more than one ancestor floating on the sea.

Some of the remains of our ancestors are not particularly dangerous and will not cause large-scale damage.

Some ancestors will leave after killing enough, or there will be enough strong people on the cruise ship to join forces to force the ancestors back.

However, it is still very dangerous for us.”

"Ah."

After waiting for about three hours, the giant skull ship named "Golden Ark" officially set sail.

The Chamber of Commerce's unique technology can propel cruise ships with very little fuel consumption, at a slow but extremely stable speed.

All relevant radar equipment was also activated, and the situation within a radius of ten kilometers could be seen clearly, especially the detection of ancestors was extremely sensitive.

There are also a large number of skeletons on duty in the monitoring room, doing their best to ensure the safety of the customers.

While leaving the port,
The light from the lighthouse also swept across the cruise ship, representing the attention from "Oculus".

The Chamber of Commerce cruise ship, which required payment of contribution, was indeed luxurious. On the first day on the ship, the team enjoyed various entertainment areas.

Among them, Rody liked two places the most.

One is the "bone massage" specially provided by the Chamber of Commerce.

The skeleton technicians with bright red coating will provide a completely different massage.

The technician's fingers seemed to be able to move every bone and joint in the body. The most important spine was especially taken care of. This was a deep massage that the human world could not experience at all.

After the massage, Luo Di felt as if he had lost weight and all his movements became more agile.

The other is the "Battle Room"

A customizable secret room where Rody can not only do regular weight training, but also choose a sparring partner. He can even choose a member of the Chamber of Commerce who has completed the magic upgrade, of course, he needs to pay a fee. However, if Rody wants to find a sparring partner, Agatha can be called at any time. And with the perfect punching bag of Karen, he doesn't have to worry about the problem of a sparring partner.

Such a battle room is perfect for Rody to practice the hell weapon he just got.

The blade structure is built by consuming its own components.

This required Rody to make several attempts.
Adjust the proportions of flesh, bone, metal, and tentacles.

Once his body had consumed too much, he would go to the cruise ship's buffet area to feast. He had eight meals in the buffet area that day and had become familiar with the skeleton in the chef's hat.

unconsciously,

The first day of the cruise passed quickly.

Rody was the last one to return to the suite.

When I opened the door, I could hear the metallic snoring coming from Agatha's throat.

And Calien, who loved sleeping the most, had not fallen asleep yet. In his hand was a Chamber of Commerce book that also came from the cruise ship, which contained the basic concepts of hell magic.

He had never come into contact with Hell magic,

This time when he went to the dark side of hell, Kalean also wanted to help a little, and he was also very interested in the plague staff and robes he had just obtained.

"Mr. Di, Sister Agatha has reserved a bed for you. Go in and sleep. I'll continue reading outside. I prefer to sleep inside the wall so I won't disturb you."

Rody wanted to explain something, but he was really tired after practicing all day.

He went to the bedroom and fell asleep on the empty bed next to Agatha.

……

dream.

Rody woke up in a familiar bed. The pure white ceiling lamp and the murderer poster on the desk meant that this was his bedroom.

There is heavy snow outside the window.

Wrapped in a thick and warm blanket,

Even for Rody, it would be difficult to break free from the quilt in such an environment.

Just when he was considering whether to get up and turned around, he unexpectedly found that there was a person lying next to him, a white-haired girl, with her white shoulders exposed.

But this body was bigger than Rody's, and the part that touched him was very soft.

"Agatha..."

Although Luo Di remembered the name, he didn't remember why the other party was here.

Just when he subconsciously wanted to touch the white-haired girl in front of him,
dong dong dong~
There was a knock on the door.

Rody quickly put on his clothes, subconsciously covered Agatha with the quilt, put on his slippers inside out, and rushed to the door of his house.

It was winter vacation, and my parents and sister seemed to have gone out for a trip.

"Who?"

When Rody opened the door, he saw a black-haired girl with snow on her head sitting on the steps outside the door, shivering in a thick down jacket.

The schoolbag that belonged to No. 4 Middle School was still held in front of her chest, and her slender legs wrapped in pantyhose were huddled together.

"Monitor?"

"Rodi! You just got up? You even put your slippers on the wrong way around... Didn't we agree to come to your house to do homework today? Let me in, it's freezing."

Just as Luo Di was about to refuse, the squad leader suddenly walked in.

"Phew~ The heating is still comfortable. I guessed that you might not have gotten up yet, so I brought you some meat buns... Oh, right! How about we watch a movie first and then do our homework?"

After taking out the steaming buns from his schoolbag, the monitor immediately went to Luo Di's bedroom. It seemed that he had been there many times before. He planned to go in and look for their favorite B-level movie DVDs.

Luo Di took a quick step forward and stopped the squad leader before he entered the door.

"The bedroom is not cleaned yet. Squad leader, just wait in the living room while I take out all the CDs."

The monitor frowned and stared at me suspiciously, "Why do you feel weird? Are you doing something weird in the bedroom? Or..."

at this time.

dong dong dong~
There was another knock on the door, and Rody looked confused.

Logically speaking, only the class monitor should be visiting today, so who could be knocking on the door?

Just as he was about to pull the squad leader over to open the door and ease the embarrassing situation.

But he found that the squad leader was standing there motionless, and even pulled his arm in the opposite direction, preventing him from opening the door.

And the monitor's eyes changed completely.

"Roddy, when you opened the door just now, I smelled a scent on you that didn't belong to you. I roughly know who is in your bedroom.

It doesn't matter, I know you won't do such a thing. Besides, I don't care, after all, we are far apart and it takes a long time to meet.

Just don't lose your caution because of the little things in front of you.

I, you and your bedroom, your girls are already at home,
Your parents and sister also went on a trip,
What could be outside the door now? Why did I knock on the door at this exact moment and want to come in? Of course, it could just be that the property management came to visit for something, or it could be that someone was following me.

Remember to check carefully before opening the door, and don’t let dirty things into the house.”

dong dong dong~
There was another knock on the door, but this time the dream was instantly interrupted.

Rody was lying on the big bed in the ship's guest room.
Agatha was still asleep.
There was a knock on the door...

(End of this chapter)