Deep in the Living

Chapter 376 Depth
Explore the Bureau cafeteria.

The cafeteria, which once had more than 20 counters and a large number of private rooms, now only has one window open, and no real-time dishes are provided, so you have to order.

Moreover, there are often no agents cooking here, and guests have to go to the kitchen to cook their own food.

Less than half an hour later, Rody, wearing an apron, came out with four dishes, all steaming hot.

Twice-cooked pork with garlic sprouts,
Boiled beef,

Green pepper pork,

Mapo tofu,

There is also a bowl of winter melon and pork soup.

"too delicious!"

Youzhen's small eyes suddenly widened. Because of the chili peppers, she felt hotter and hotter as she ate, and even took off her barrel-shaped robe.

"Fuck! Fellow countryman, have you ever been a chef?" Yu Ze was also eating Luo Di's cooking for the first time and was shocked. "The taste is more authentic than several Sichuan restaurants in the capital."

Rody just smiled slightly. He quite liked the feeling of being praised. It was a bit similar to the feeling of being watched by the audience in a fighting hall.

"It's OK. I live alone, so I usually have to cook by myself. Occasionally I'll learn from videos online."

Yu Ze looked confused, "You don't want to order takeout? I order takeout every day in the capital... You might as well kill me if you ask me to buy groceries and cook."

Luo Di didn't say much and started to eat.

Youzhen seemed to be in high spirits after eating. She directly brought several bottles of beer from the kitchen, poured them all for herself, and also poured some for the two young newcomers.

As the alcohol took over her body, Youzhen's movements became more and more exaggerated. She even took off her shoes and socks and placed her size 37 feet on the table.

"Hey, are you two born and raised in the United States or did you immigrate here?"

"I was born in Jupiter City." Rody said frankly.

Yu Ze just smiled faintly and did not answer, avoiding the question by drinking.

Youzhen began to talk to herself, "I was not born here, but outside, in my country.

However, I have been receiving special training within the country since I was born. By the age of seven, I had mastered conventional medical methods and basic combat. Then I was recommended by the country as an elite immigrant to come directly to this special country on the island and take root in the capital.

What followed was training day and night, which basically never stopped.

From a very young age, I was instilled with the idea that exploring corners was the ultimate goal, so when I successfully entered the Exploration Bureau through my own efforts, I was very happy and even woke up with laughter for several days in a row.

Moreover, life in the exploration bureau is not that tiring. I can rest, do things I like, and there are also very good seniors who will guide me and learn.

But... this happiness didn't last long.

As you can see now, I have withdrawn from the headquarters and have been staying in the border area for a long time."

Yu Ze asked with a smile: "Isn't Miss Youzhen dedicated to providing treatment to those agents who are injured and have accumulated fear at the border?"

"Bullshit! The real doctors are all at the headquarters. Only a small number of agents have returned to the border area. It sounds nice to say that I am the resident doctor at the border area, but in fact I am just a deserter.

But I am also a deserter. I am afraid of corners and afraid to go in.”

Ton tun tun~Suddenly I drank a whole bottle of beer and felt dizzy.

"Half a year ago, an exploration team I was a part of encountered a monster during a corner exploration. I watched helplessly as my companions who I had been with day and night were killed one by one, dying right in front of me.

As a member of the medical support department, I could not do anything and was eventually pushed out of the pit by the captain.

I was completely overcome by fear and all I could do was run away.

Moreover, a loser like me actually escaped to a safe area and survived, while those teammates who really dared to face their fears all died.

Since then, I have stopped exploring the corners, and the Exploration Bureau has agreed to let me stay on this side of the border.

In fact, I was planning to withdraw from the company after one month. But I met you two and was assigned to guide you through the new member experience.

Thinking that it was the last time I would obey the orders of the Exploration Bureau, I agreed.

The result was not too bad. After half a year, I returned to the corner again, and I was not affected by fear... even though we unexpectedly encountered monsters. We will set off together after the General Administration has arranged everything! I am not afraid of fear anymore. I will kill those monsters, cut them into strips, and chop them into fertilizer to feed my plants. "

Ton, tun, tun~ Another bottle of beer was drunk, and one could almost see the beer about to flow up Youzhen's throat.

After Luo Di and Yu Ze exchanged glances, he stood up and said, "Miss Youzhen, let's stop here tonight. We will take you back."

"It's okay~ Just drink some more with me. I have nothing to do today anyway... burp~"

Snapped!
A yellow talisman had been stuck on Youzhen's head, and his forehead fell directly on the table, and snoring sounds were heard.

Yu Ze took out a special bell from his sleeve and rang it in his hand.

Ding ding ding~ Youzhen, who was sleeping, got up directly and followed the two of them like a zombie.

When she woke up the next day, she was already asleep in her own room. Thinking back to the truth she said last night after drinking, and imagining the scene of being taken back to her room by the two newlyweds, she blushed a little.

He simply washed off the remaining smell of alcohol on his body, changed into new clothes, walked to the wall with group photos, and bowed deeply.

"Captain, I have to go to the corner again! And I also met two very powerful newcomers. I will definitely go to a deeper area this time. I will try to become stronger and try to help you get revenge."

……

Three days passed in a blink of an eye.

When Roddy was watering the flowers on the windowsill, he received the order to go to the [Gap].

But this time the purpose is not exploration, but a journey.

It is necessary to travel in teams from the "shallow layer" to the Exploration Bureau headquarters located in the "shallow middle layer".

During these three days of rest, Rody also learned an important concept about corners.

【depth】.

This is fundamentally different from the "distance" on Earth. It is not that you can get where you want to go just by walking a certain distance.

The depth of the corners is "vertical", "uncertain", and "random".

To move between corner areas, one needs to find the hidden [connection port], just like the internal platform of the train station before.

However, finding the connection port is not enough. The most important thing is to meet the "depth conditions".

Otherwise, even if you enter the connection port, you can only move to other areas of the same depth and cannot go deep into the corner.

Take the previous corner experience as an example.

The train station that Luo Di and his friends were heading to had four platforms.
Follow the general process to purchase a ticket and enter the station, go to platform 4, and take the train.

It is indeed possible to leave the train station area, but the depth does not change, and it only goes to a corner area that is also in the shallow layer.

To achieve a leap in depth, it is necessary to conduct a comprehensive exploration of the area and infer relevant information.

Or buy special tickets in some way when the tickets are sold.
Or find a different ticket on a passenger.
Some people were even taken into police cars for causing disturbances in train stations.

This condition is not fixed, it is random.

Even if it is the same corner area, the conditions for in-depth exploration will change with the arrival of different batches of personnel, and comprehensive exploration and speculation must be carried out.

You can only go deeper if [conditions] are met.

As for the monsters in the deep layers, they are "very familiar" with the corners, and can even use their control over fear and their special abilities to influence the corner spaces to a certain extent, quickly find conditions, and thus achieve rapid transfer between depths.

For example, the clown was able to come from the deep layer to the shallow surface. When Rody and the others were still exploring the train station, a green train had been lured in by unknown means and departed from Platform 2.

……

When Yu Ze and Luo Di arrived at the square area where the seam was located, Youzhen had already changed into combat uniform and was doing basic stretching, just like last time.

But this time there was no extra explanation.

After confirming each other's glances, the three people's wrists were connected with shackles, and they walked into the gap hundreds of meters high together.

(End of this chapter)