Deep in the Living

Chapter 528 Manhole Cover
The small team, which ventured deep into the back mountains, was arranged in a column formation.

Li Beite, the host, led the way, followed by Yu Ze, then Hua Yuan, and Luo Di, who had experienced the back mountain the previous night, brought up the rear.

Not long after, they encountered their first inferior creature, which looked like a sika deer.

The sound problem has been resolved.

Before the deer could even get close, its body was torn in half, and Libert's inner monster emerged from its body.

He held the deer's head, which he had twisted off its belly, in his hand and examined it closely.

"Oh, so that's what Mother comes to the back mountain to catch these kinds of things every day. That's easy enough."

Li Beite didn't recycle it; instead, he crushed it directly. He wasn't here to hunt tonight.

Yu Ze, who was right behind him, didn't make a move at all.
He stared intently at Liberty's actions through his eyes behind his sunglasses, taking in everything from the zipper on her back to the release of her inner self.

At this moment, Roddy, who was walking at the end, suddenly stepped forward. He realized the problem with the sentence he had just heard.

"Li Beit, is this your first time visiting the back mountain?"

The latter turned his head slightly, brushing aside the blond hair that was slightly obscuring his eyes. "Yes, what's wrong?"

"Huh? Isn't this your house...? Then you probably don't even know where the entrance is?"

"I don't know. We came here to explore, right? Like in the videotape, this level of intensity should be fine if we take a slight detour, and it shouldn't take too much time."

We're just going to take a look at the entrance; we're not going inside to experience anything.

"also."

At this moment, Yu Ze suddenly interrupted the conversation:
"Should I locate them? Since these creatures were shaped by the dungeon, they must have a connection to it."

He was now holding a small bowl, having collected the fragments of the skull that Libert had just crushed into the bowl, especially the pituitary gland.

Before Roddy could respond, Liberty became interested.

"Let's see how it works!"

Yu Ze lit a yellow talisman and stirred it among the flesh and blood. Then he took out a metal compass from his backpack and poured the liquid he had obtained onto it.

The blood-stained pointer immediately reacted.

This was the first time Li Beite had ever seen such an operation; it was completely different from the monsters he had encountered before.

"You know so much, humans are really amazing! It seems I need to prepare seriously, otherwise if I descend to the human world and my identity is exposed, I'll probably be killed instantly by humans."

Yu Ze had already attached the compass to his left arm and took the initiative to walk to the front of the group. "If you don't mind, I'll lead the way. Please take care of anything we encounter along the way."

"Row."

The team order was slightly changed, with Libet moving to second place.

As they walked, he seemed to open up completely, discussing all sorts of strange questions with Yu Ze, even finding these topics more interesting than exploring the back mountain.

Similarly, the two who remained at the end gradually came together.

Hua Yuan nudged Luo Di with her elbow, "Hey! Your man is about to be stolen, aren't you going to intervene?"

"Read fewer strange literary magazines."

"That's true~ Your orientation should still be normal, otherwise you wouldn't have gone to the mistress's room."

By the way, who is this human friend of yours? He seems to be an expert in everything, and his methods are very effective and perfectly suited for various exploration activities.

And he doesn't seem as simple as he appears; my heart can vaguely sense danger... This person is quite dangerous, isn't he?

"I don't know the true strength of other Connectors like me, but their talent should be no worse than mine."

"There are such powerful humans? I never encountered one when I was still a pseudo-human... By the way! Did you come to Wuwen Manor to take Li Beite with you to Wu Wen's place?"

"almost."

"Li Beite already has an organization he belongs to, doesn't he? Do you really want him to leave the Invisible Manor and join them?"

"No, I'm just going to take a look..."

Hua Yuan suddenly revealed a mysterious smile, and her body involuntarily pressed against Luo Di's arm. "Oh! I know, you don't believe Wu Wen, right?"
That new organization might be dangerous to you, or they might impose some restrictions on your personal safety.

If you bring Liberty, me, and your friend along, you can minimize the risks.

Since you don't trust Wu Wen, then be with me! You know how cunning that woman is... I'm completely honest with you."

Roddy's eyes were unusually resolute. "Don't overthink it. I'm just trying my best to bring the trustworthy and promising peers around me onto the same path, to grow in sync, and to reach the depths of the corner as quickly as possible."

I can't explore the dungeon alone; you are all viable teammates.

We have to be quick... or we'll all die.

Hua Yuan's expression changed. "Luo Di, did you really uncover a secret hidden deep within the shadows through the videotape incident? Tell me?"

"I cannot give a subjective answer at this time."

"Alright~ I'll reluctantly believe you... Actually, I also learned a little bit about it through that comic book."

During the chat,

Libet killed several more inferior creatures ahead.

After about half an hour of walking, Yu Ze, who was at the front, stopped and raised his hand to signal all the team members to stop.

Even Liberty temporarily summoned her inner monster back to her side. The scene before her was a bit exaggerated; anyone who didn't know better would think they had come to an unattended wildlife park.

A large and dense concentration of "animals" was found in the front area.

It has all kinds of animals, making it feel like a bugged animal game. The developers seem to have misadjusted the parameters, stuffing all sorts of animals together, and there are also a series of fusion bugs.

Some of these animals fused together due to prolonged and close contact, with their core heads sticking together and their animal forms changing.

Li Beite has already begun to take action. "No wonder my mother always forbids me from coming over. This number, coupled with the sound restriction, is indeed difficult to handle. However, it also proves that the [entrance] is indeed here."

Yu Ze, who was in charge, also started to think of a way and took out cinnabar to prepare to draw an invisibility talisman on the spot. However, before he could draw the talisman, he felt a strong wind pass by his side, followed by a figure rushing out in an exaggerated posture of 90° half-vertical.

"This is!"

The animals fell down one by one.

There were no fancy moves, and no expression of energy.

It's just a pair of simple hands, a pair of arms that are almost like a human's, constantly delivering the most basic physical blows to animals.

Liberty presents a perfect image, a true combination of appearance and inner qualities.

Moreover, this stance seems more stable and more threatening... seemingly a result of the videotape incident.

A single finger piercing through.
One palm strike shatters flesh.
One punch destroys the structure.
His seemingly simple combo attacks, each move capable of inflicting area-of-effect damage, gradually cleared out the densely packed zoo area in front of him all by himself.

"The Hand of God..."

When Yu Ze saw this scene, sweat beaded on his forehead, and a helpless smile appeared on his lips. Although he had heard Luo Di's description, he hadn't expected it to be this exaggerated.

follow closely,

Luo Di and Hua Yuan quickly followed and joined in the cleanup.

In less than ten minutes,
This "wild zoo" was completely cleared out.

Although it was a great pity that the various brains were scattered on the ground, the team members' attention was already focused on the special open space directly in front of them.

Ten meters away, there was a patch of land where no plants grew.

A manhole cover stands out starkly against the backdrop of the hill behind the open space.

The manhole cover is marked with irregular symbols of the Invisible Mountain Villa, and entry is prohibited without permission.

"This is the entrance?"

Libert had returned to his most common blond hair. Stepping on the manhole cover, he found that his senses could not penetrate it, and the monster inside could not pass through it either.

The manhole cover itself must be a masterpiece of its mother; without opening it, one cannot force one to go down below.

Roddy followed to the manhole cover and concluded: "It's not the entrance... the real dungeon entrance should be deeper down there."

"My planter came from the dungeon, that's confirmed. Should we continue?"

Li Beite also became interested. "Since we're already here, let's go down and take a look! As long as we don't go into the dungeon, we'll be fine. I've only just finished warming up."

"Yu Ze, what do you think?"

Roddy habitually asked for the other person's opinion.

"You can go down now."

"Row."

Roddy crouched down and placed his palm on the manhole cover, trying to open it using his asymmetrical understanding, but... Bang!
The hand was thrown away the moment it touched the arm, leaving it fragmented and completely asymmetrical, with bones, nails, and blood vessels haphazardly pieced together.

"This... the manhole cover is far more complicated than the back door; I can't open it normally. It seems our journey tonight is truly coming to an end."

"I'll try!"

Libet instantly entered a semi-fusion state, allowing only one arm to combine with the inner monster, resulting in a whitened state.

They mustered all their strength to forcefully open the lid.

however,
The situation was similar to that of Roddy, as soon as the palm touched.

Even a perfect arm can be invaded asymmetrically, and at the same time, there is a huge rebound force.

Snapped!
The amount of force Libert used directly correlated with the rebound effect.

Coincidentally, Roddy was also standing here.

The rebounding arm was equally lethal, and Roddy, unable to react in time, was severed at the waist.

The immense force sent Roddy's lower body flying, where it hung on a tree branch more than ten meters away.

The rebound is not over yet.

The bloodstained hand then lunged towards Libert's own head.

Snapped!
Head explodes

The red-dyed blonde hair scattered and fell.

The whole process happened in an instant; the team's two main fighters were sliced ​​in half at the waist and shot in the head.
This left Yu Ze and Hua Yuan frozen in place, unable to comprehend what had happened.

Yu Ze was the first to react, and he did a quick calculation with his fingers to the least extent.

Even though he only calculated the extent of the damage, it still caused his fingernails to shatter and bleed profusely. Fortunately, Yu Ze still managed to calculate the crucial clue.

"Danger! Stand still and don't make any movements."

The warning came too late.

Hua Yuan subconsciously took a step back, which resulted in her stepping on an animal leg bone and slipping.

very strange,
Given Hua Yuan's physical characteristics, it was impossible for her to fall under these circumstances. Both her balance and the flower stamen inside her body would allow her to remain standing.

but……

She just couldn't stand up straight; she kept slipping and falling.

It seems that stepping on a bone already determined the inevitable result of slipping, and even the pistil inside the body could not grow.

He fell backward, and just then another rib stood upright.

Swish!
It pierced through the back of the head and exited through the mouth...

(End of this chapter)