Deep in the Living

Chapter 571 "Throne"

[Capital City - World Headquarters]

Upon returning alone, Roddy immediately contacted a director within the General Bureau responsible for managing the fake corpses and made a special request.

The request was strange.
At least, no previous agents had ever made a similar request.

Roddy needed more than just a fake human corpse; the height, arm span, head size, skin color, and certain structural characteristics of the pituitary gland all had to meet his requirements.

Considering Roddy's special status, the General Administration was very cooperative.

Through a nationwide network, a matching body was found from the Mercury City Bureau of Investigation.

Roddy did not request that the body be sent over, but instead went to Mercury City himself, instructing the other party not to make any moves on the body beforehand.

A jet-black foal sped along the highway, much faster than any car.

When they arrived at the Mercury City Bureau of Investigation, the investigator at the door was startled by the form of the crow colt and the imposing aura that Roddy brought, and was speechless for a moment.

“Um… Agent Roddy, please allow me to take you to the morgue. The dummy body you need is inside. Is there anything else I can help you with? We offer body transport services.”

As Luo Di dismounted, the raven colts instantly transformed into crows and were absorbed back into his body.

He leaned closer, gazing intently at the young investigator, who was actually about his age.

"You only need to do one thing: no one is allowed to approach me while I'm on my way to the morgue. After I leave, you can handle things yourselves."

"Yes……"

The young investigator wanted to ask more questions, but found that Roddy, who was standing at the door, had already disappeared.

Deep inside the morgue

As Roddy walked here, the gray smoke seeping from beneath his feet seeped into every crevice of the morgue, quickly confirming the perfect corpse.

Open the body bag,
Remove the body.

Place it on the floor in the very center of the morgue.

He then took out a pre-prepared slip of paper from his pocket, on which the necessary ritual runes were drawn.

Roddy cut open his own wrist and used his blood to draw the same runes, then placed the corpse in the very center.

A strand of special golden hair was removed and sent into the corpse's mouth.

At last,
Roddy used his fingernails to cut a crack in the corner of the corpse's face.

As the width and depth of the crack reached the "standard"... Buzz! A connection was established directly, corresponding to the corner inside, where a monster made contact with the corpse.

Whoosh!
The corpse sat up and, with Roddy's help, limped away from the investigation bureau.

Many of the Bureau of Investigation staff witnessed this scene, watching Agent Roddy support a resurrected blond corpse.

However, when they tried to use their abilities to investigate and sense the condition of the corpse,

It was as if they had seen a very terrifying scene, and some of the investigators who were skilled in perception fainted as a result.

Premium Intercity Bus

In a private room,
The blond boy seemed to be born into this world for the first time, wanting to explore everything thoroughly, and even licking it with his tongue.

"Roddy, is it in such a hurry? The city I landed in looks very unique, and I was thinking of trying out the local cuisine before I left."

"There will be good food when we get there, and we can eat on the train too. How about we have a hot pot?"

"Wow! You can even get freshly cooked hot pot on the bus? Let's try it! Before, when we were traveling in a corner, if we got hungry on the road, we could only get some emergency food to eat."

It turns out that humans aren't as powerful as we imagine; in fact, they're quite weak.

That makes sense, though; it's impossible for the entire tribe to be powerful.

"Roddy, where are we going? Are we going to meet some powerful human?"

"That's it."

"I'm looking forward to it. I wonder who's stronger, me or my father."

Soon after, the bus's personal waiter brought an authentic Sichuan hot pot into the private room and even sliced ​​beef rolls on the spot.

Li Beite had only ever read descriptions of hot pot in novels.
Comparing this to the family's dishes, he found himself moved to tears while eating, and even the things inside his body began to stir.

of course,

As Liberty began to embrace human life, his pituitary gland seemed to be slowly changing.

……

[Pluto City - Fifth Hospital Main Entrance]

The security guard at the entrance recognized Luo Di at a glance, knowing that he was there to see the dean.

"The dean is not in his office today. If you have any questions, you can contact the vice dean first. The dean specifically instructed that he has an urgent matter to attend to today and cannot be reached by phone."

Luo Di looked helpless. "Isn't it that he has an emergency today, or that he has an emergency every day?"

"Haha, the dean is indeed very busy, but whenever there is any trouble in the hospital, he will rush back in time. The Fifth Hospital has developed to its current state entirely thanks to the dean's leadership."

After a brief chat, Roddy didn't waste any time; he knew exactly where the dean was.

Just as he was about to turn and leave, he noticed that Liberty had stopped in her tracks, looking at the hospital with a puzzled expression. "This... is a human building?"

"Libert, can you sense the difference?"

Li Beite let his center-parted blond hair fall in front of his face, half-covering his eyes. "Although there are a lot of humans active inside, and many fake people are imprisoned at the same time, there are also things that do not belong to humans, something very painful."

What is this, Roddy?

"Just follow me and you'll find out."

DeepBlue Internet Cafe

I visited this store again.
Luo Di, who was standing at the store entrance, did not go in directly.

He sensed a hellish aura, even more pronounced than that of the Fifth Hospital, whereas the last time he visited, it was a perfectly normal internet cafe.

The moment the door was pushed open, ashes even drifted out.

In the blink of an eye,
What Roddy saw was an internet cafe filled with hooks, hellish metal, and biological brain grooves, with surveillance cameras that were simply eyeballs.

But upon closer inspection, it has returned to its normal structure.

Although it was a bit hot inside the internet cafe, it couldn't dampen the players' enthusiasm.

Whether it was Roddy's imagination or not, he vaguely felt that the players who came to the internet cafe seemed to have their hands connected to the metal mouse, and their bodies were undergoing subtle changes as their online time increased.

Perhaps it was these subtle physical changes that led them to choose to come here to use the internet, and there were even quite a few people queuing up for a spot.

Just as Roddy was about to walk towards the private room, he suddenly stopped and looked at the internet cafe manager boy behind the bar.

This boy, with heavy bags and dark circles under his eyes, had one eye that even had a metallic sheen.

"you……"

"Mr. Di! Some seniors are playing games in a private room. You'd better bring some cold drinks with you."

"Okay~ Have you been to hell?"

"Ah."

Without asking any further questions, Roddy quickly went to the private room.

Whoosh! When the sliding door opened, the scene inside was somewhat different.

The three seniors had just finished a game, or rather, they hadn't started another game yet, they were just waiting for Roddy and his friends to arrive.

Li Beite had already sensed something was wrong and had been on guard ever since he entered the internet cafe.

When he followed Roddy to the private room, he froze at the door, his body sensing extreme danger, and cold sweat poured down his back.

At the same time, he also saw a rather exaggerated scene through the eyes of the inner monster.

What you're looking at isn't a private room in an internet cafe at all.
It is the deepest part of an underground cave.

Three hundred-meter-high pillars rose from the ground, each bearing an imposing throne.

[Left Throne]

The largest area, like a stage supported by thousands of people, is piled up, clustered, and crowded with layers of grayish-white fat.

Different pieces of fat were connected by black curtains, and the fat had to be completely gathered up before it could be placed on the throne.

Atop a mountain of fat, a gigantic head shrouded in a red curtain was embedded, exuding endless mental pressure even without revealing its face.

A misty aura is currently seeping out from under the curtain, as if it could pull people onto the stage and make them perform within their bodies.

[Right Throne]

It was made up of countless instruments of torture, with countless hooks hanging down from around the throne.

The throne itself is like a prison, imprisoning a being shrouded in black leather, with dense chains extending from the back of the chair and connecting to his back.

A chain also hung in front of this person, obscuring his face, and it seemed that there was a metal chain moving up and down in his mouth.

[The Central Throne]

Composed of a spine riddled with nerves, a dazzlingly bright fiery eye hovers above it, staring intently at the two who have intruded.

At this moment, an arm covered in eyeballs is reaching out, seemingly intent on killing the two.

Although Li Beite was completely inferior to his opponent in terms of level, he had no fear or intention to run away and planned to fight with all his might.

Just then, a voice came from over.
"Quickly, give me a Coke! It's so hot!"

The enormous arm, filled with eyeballs, suddenly transformed into an ordinary human arm, and instead of grabbing at them, it begged for water.

The arm corresponds to a refined-looking man wearing glasses, whose fiery red eyes are exceptionally exquisite.

On the left is a fat man with a large belly, his clothes hanging out completely, his face is not covered at all, and he is puffing out a cigarette.

On the right is an old man with messy hair, without any instruments of torture or chains, slurping up a bowl of fragrant instant noodles.

The so-called throne does not exist at all.

They were just gaming chairs, completely patinated and with some peeling.

(End of this chapter)