Deep in the Living

Chapter 464 Girl, Suburbs, Wooden House
Those passengers who had just got off the train returned to the carriage in less than a few minutes. Roddy also read uneasiness and even a little fear on the faces of some of them.

Eight people gathered in the carriage and started a series of discussions, including the requisite self-introductions.

[Jock], a temporarily unemployed clown, reads in the newspaper that a large circus is operating permanently in the city of Winslem, so he decides to go and try to see if he can find a job.

Douglas, who suffers from gigantism, recently developed a large amount of hyperplastic tissue on his body and came to Winslem for treatment.

[Hunter], a well-known chef, went to the city of Wenslem to participate in the annual cooking competition.

[Mia], a little girl from the countryside, scraped together enough money and, with the dream of becoming famous, came to the big city alone to audition for a movie.

[Wu Wen], reporter, heard that there have been many missing persons cases in Winslem recently, so I came here to investigate.

[Li Beite], a travel novelist, took a train to Winslem to collect materials, but he never expected to encounter such a thing.

The mysterious girl was still sleeping, and she could not wake up even when everyone was talking loudly. After a simple examination by reporter Wu Wen, it was confirmed that she had no major health problems, and she might suffer from narcolepsy.

Finally, there is Rody, the high school baseball player.

Although the above identities are clearly engraved in everyone's brain, everyone's pituitary gland was awakened in their dreams last night.

The basically confirmed conclusion is that they were all involved in a corner case, which was of a very advanced level and could directly affect and tamper with their underlying memories.

At least for now, the people on the train don’t know each other, not even a single impression of each other.

Now that it has happened and everyone's memory points to [Winslem City], perhaps the only way to find the answer is to go there.

in addition,

The reason why everyone quickly returned to the carriage from outside was not because there were monsters outside or poisonous gas.

It is an invisible sense of crisis.

Their pituitary abilities and self-perception can capture this inexplicable crisis, and it seems that as long as they are exposed to the outdoors for a long time, they will be harmed by this unknown threat.

However, Jock, who had traveled the farthest distance among the outdoor activities, still found a road sign, confirming that this was the suburban forest area of ​​Winslem City, and that it should not take long to reach the city.

After learning about this, many people in the car were ready to leave.

Reporter Wu Wen suddenly talked about a topic at this time:
"Do you have any memory related to the 'cross' in your brain? It seems like there is someone on the cross who said something about time."

"Three days."

Libet took out his novel and drew a black cross on it, but he couldn't remember clearly what was hanging on the cross.

The number 3 is marked next to the cross.

As this information was spoken out, everyone present, including Rody, gradually recalled that it seemed to be true.

"The incident we're involved in is limited to [three days]? If we can't accomplish a certain goal, then..." While speculating, Jock crushed the balloon dog he made.

Wu Wen stood up and put on her backpack, with a black Polaroid camera hanging around her neck. "I'm ready to go."

"Can I come with you?"

Douglas' huge body stood up, and when his eyes looked at Wu Wen, there was obviously something else in them.

Wu Wen politely smiled and refused: "Sorry, I like to act alone. In addition, due to the impact on my memory, I can't be sure of our relationship with each other. It's better not to cooperate for the time being.

Maybe, in the real corner, we are enemies of each other?"

Wu Wen jumped out of the car and quickly disappeared into the fog with her long legs.

Luo Di watched the woman's disappearing back through the window and thought that what the other party said was correct. Since the relationship between them could not be confirmed, rash cooperation might lead to greater risks.

He also noticed early on that the tall and strong man named Douglas had something strange in his eyes when he looked at other people, especially women.

At least he wouldn't come into contact with such people in real life.

According to Luo Di's preliminary observations,
Qiao Ke and Wu Wen are likely to be good guys, but it's hard to say about the others.

The most special thing was that the sleeping girl was the only person that Luo Di felt familiar with, and even felt that she was very important. In addition, she was also from the East, so perhaps they had a deep relationship in real life.

……

Because of the "chain of suspicion" thrown out by Wu Wen, everyone in the car became less trusting.

Novelist Libet was the second to leave the car.

Next came the chef Hunter, who was still eating the slices of meat he brought with him on his way out.

The clown Jock who was going to apply for a job at the circus also stood up, but he did not leave immediately. Instead, he walked towards Rody.

"Mr. Luo Di, although I can't tell whether we are enemies or friends in real life, my intuition tells me that you are the most reliable among these people.

You have always chosen to stay by the sleeping girl's side and protect her secretly.

I guess you will continue to stay by the girl's side, or even take her with you. To be honest, facing such an unknown dilemma, it is very dangerous to act alone.

I personally want to cooperate with you, at least on the way to the city, so that even if we encounter something, we can take care of each other, right?"

Luo Di stared at the middle-aged man with a sunny smile in front of him, and after thinking for a moment, he decided to refuse.

“I think what the reporter said is right. It’s better to act alone in the early stage... If we can meet in the city later, we can consider whether to cooperate.

Besides, I am personally quite sensitive about the profession of clown.”

"I see. This is really frustrating. I feel like you should be reliable. Forget it! I look forward to seeing you in the city.

I’ll give you a balloon before you leave!”

Jock blew up a red balloon on the spot and drew a smiley face on it with a marker.

Although Rody greeted the balloon with a smile, he did not reach out to touch it, just letting the balloon float alone in the air.

Jock leaves.

Immediately afterwards, Mia, the blonde girl who had been rejected by Rody before, also left with her suitcase.

She did not extend another invitation to Rody, but waved goodbye with an innocent smile showing her big white teeth, and then quickly disappeared into the thick fog.

that's it,
There was only one guy left in the car, and he was also the most troublesome one.

Douglas, who was nearly three meters tall, stood up and looked over at the sleeping girl, looking at her perfect face without any flaws.

Roddy could even see obvious structural protrusions on the other person's body surface.

He gripped the metal bat tightly.
Tentacles wriggled under the skin, gray spread, and when a conflict was about to break out...

Snapped!
Douglas actually turned around and left the carriage. His body weighing more than 400 pounds made a loud noise as it stepped on the rails, and he soon disappeared into the fog.

call……

Rody breathed a sigh of relief. He could feel that the opponent was very powerful. If they were to fight, even if he could win, he would pay a heavy price, which would be extremely disadvantageous for the unknown events before him.

Now that everyone had left, he moved closer to the sleeping girl.

"Take her luggage with you. There might be something important in it."

The girl's suitcase was the largest among all the passengers. Out of curiosity, he opened the suitcase without permission to see what was inside.

"Hmm? A wheelchair, great stuff!"

A foldable metal wheelchair was placed inside, as if the girl herself was suffering from a physical illness. The rest was ordinary clothes, not even cosmetics, so there was no need to bring them, at most she could go to the city to buy them.

Set up the wheelchair.

Roddy placed the sleeping girl on it, and it fit perfectly.

He pushed the girl to the end of the carriage and looked out into the fog.

Rody had not left the carriage yet, so he did not quite understand what the "danger" those people described was like.

"Let me try the feeling first."

The girl stayed in the carriage.
He jumped down alone.

Walking on the rails,

Walk into the woods.

hum!
Suddenly, a strong ringing sound came, forcing Rody to cover his ears with one hand and shake his head violently.

He suddenly felt the so-called "danger", which did not come from the outside world, but from his body. He felt a creeping sensation in his abdomen.

Quickly open the clothes,

It was visible to the naked eye that the abdomen was slightly bulging, and the bulging structure looked like a human nose. Recalling what happened last night, Roddy was so scared that he hurried back to the train.

After returning to the carriage, the abnormal feeling quickly faded away, and the bulge in the abdomen also disappeared.

Rody quickly checked the body, even cutting open the abdomen with his fingernails...but there was nothing inside, just a normal intestinal arrangement.

Just now, he clearly felt that a head was about to appear, and even heard his mother calling.

Cold sweat slid down his ears, but Rody licked it away with his tongue, quickly suppressing the fear.

"The effect disappears immediately upon returning to the train compartment, but problems will arise if exposed to the outdoors... If we find a sealed space similar to the train compartment outdoors, will we be able to resolve this 'abnormal state'?

Moreover, each person will be affected differently and must act quickly.”

Rody did not delay for long.

He got out of the car again and lifted the girl down along with the wheelchair.

The fog limits the field of vision to ten meters. There are not many plants in the forest in front of us, but more relatively flat roads.

Some of the people who had left earlier went straight along the railroad tracks, while others headed towards the signpost in the forest that Jock had mentioned.

Rody chose the latter and indeed found the signpost in the forest.

【Winslem City↑】

【Shiyin Town←】

【Pure White Forest↓】

"Are there any towns nearby? I wonder if they're closer... I have to find an enclosed space right now."

Rody had already heard the call from within his body and felt the bulge in his abdomen.

He first headed towards the city. If he happened to pass by a village or town along the way, he could go in and rest.

Pushing the girl forward in the fog, Rody also noticed that the sleeping girl began to show an uneasy expression, with cold sweat oozing from her forehead, as if she was having a nightmare.

Due to the lack of obvious environmental punctuation marks and the constant presence of fog, Roddy was not sure whether he was walking in a straight line, and he did not see anything city-related along the way.

Just as he was considering whether to stop and "clean up" the abnormal structure on his abdomen,
Rustle, rustle~ Plants grow out of the ears of the sleeping girl.

The tender green roots of the plant wrapped around the girl's arm, slowly lifted it up, and pointed in a certain direction.

Since there is no good choice at the moment, I choose to believe the girl.

After running in the direction pointed by the other party for less than three minutes, I finally saw something different.

We didn't reach the city.
Instead, an old and dilapidated wooden villa appeared before his eyes. It had two floors, and the carcass of a goat was hung upside down on the eaves with a hemp rope.

Rody had no time to consider the danger as his physical condition was very bad.

Not only did the heads of the family members grow back completely, they even used their tongues to lift up his clothes and chewed Rody's flesh with their teeth, absorbing nutrients from his body.

Crunch!

The unlocked wooden door was pushed open, and the old door hinges made a shrill sound, as if telling the owner of the house that a stranger had arrived.

As soon as he entered the house, Rody's physical condition improved, and the heads of his family slowly receded. But before disappearing, his mother said one sentence:

"Today's lunch is really delicious. Thank you, my dear son. Mom will continue to eat you next time."

Seeing that his body had recovered, Rody breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that as long as he didn't stay outdoors for a long time, the physical abnormalities would be alleviated.

Facing the room is a hallway, and a candle is lit on the wooden table at the corner, indicating that someone lives in this house.

Rody also noticed that this dilapidated country villa had all its windows sealed from the inside with various animal furs to prevent the intrusion of light and fog.

He had no intention of going any further.

Since you are not sure whether this dilapidated villa is dangerous, the best option is to stand at the door and wait for the abnormality of the body to disappear.

Then you can continue your journey to the city.

however……

The girl's arm continued to rise, pointing towards the depth of the entrance, as if she wanted to push Rody in, or perhaps she sensed something.

Luo Di also started to think:

“I am currently involved in an unknown incident. Not only has my memory been affected, but I also know almost nothing about the incident itself.

If we can kill or capture the creature in this room alive, we might be able to get some useful clues in advance. 』

After making the decision, he pushed the girl forward.

Go around the entrance and come to the living room.

A bonfire was lit here, providing more comfortable firelight.

A middle-aged man with blood stains on his shirt was standing motionless in front of the campfire, with his back to Luo Di. He even seemed to be standing too close to him, so much so that the air was filled with the smell of meat.

The girl in the wheelchair stayed where she was.

Rody came forward alone, holding a metal bat.

Just approaching,

click!
There was a sound of cervical vertebrae breaking.

The man's head snapped back, and he was face to face with Rody without having to turn around.

This man's face has no facial features.
Instead, there were blood holes of varying sizes, densely packed together, replacing the facial features and covering the entire face.

sizzle~
Tiny, bright red tendrils grew out from the blood holes, swaying in the air.

Do not know why,

When seeing this structure, the gray tentacles in Rody's body actually trembled slightly.

hum!
The man who was standing still suddenly ran towards Rody quickly, and just as those bright red flesh whiskers were about to get close.

【die】

The raised baseball bat was swung down heavily, crushing the man's head with just one blow, and the wooden floor was broken and dented.

However... Gah Gah Gah~
Rody glanced at the hand that had landed on the table and began to move.

Not only the palms, but all the scattered pieces of flesh, eyeballs, and internal organs began to move. Similar blood holes appeared on the surface, and the flesh tentacles that grew inside began to wriggle forward and quickly gathered together.

“Super fast regeneration? No… My destruction seems to have broken the shackles of the body, allowing it to be perfected.

It’s not the pituitary gland at the core, it’s not the monster in the corner, what the hell is this?”

suddenly,

Rody felt an itchy sensation on the back of his hand.

The attack just now caused a drop of blood to fall on the back of his hand, and tiny blood holes appeared on the skin on the back of his hand. When it seemed that something strange was about to happen, a gray color spread.

The gray tentacles forcibly swallowed these newly born tiny blood tentacles and filled the blood holes.

Just a moment of change.

in front of you,

Some indescribable flesh and blood structure has taken shape, but Rody did not retreat... a ray of moonlight also scattered in.

Ps: A big chapter update. I took my kids to the park today and will continue updating tomorrow.

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