Deep in the Living

Chapter 580 Jungle
boom!
A clap of thunder.

Roddy woke up with a start, from a familiar bed.

It's that familiar little window in my home again.
It's the same familiar bedroom layout.

He returned to his hometown in Jupiter City.

It was still late at night, and a thunderstorm was raging outside. Strangely, the rainwater not only splashed in through the cracks in the windows, but also seeped into the house through the walls.

As a result, his bedroom was not only damp, but the floor was also covered with a layer of rainwater, and there was a faint smell, a fishy smell.

Roddy sat up groggily, unable to recall anything. His brain felt heavy and congested, as if a boulder had been placed inside.

He got out of bed and stepped onto the waterlogged floor, but the sensation he felt was strange.

It didn't feel like rainwater, but rather a stickier liquid.

Roddy instinctively left the dormitory to get a mop from the bathroom, seemingly unaware that he was making no sound as he walked.

Just left the bedroom,

Another clap of thunder!

boom!
A flash of lightning illuminated the room, and Roddy seemed to see something standing in the corner of the living room. It looked like a person, but the person's head was a strip-shaped structure and was even wriggling.

Upon closer inspection, however, nothing was found.

Roddy went to the bathroom and was about to look for a mop when he suddenly caught a glimpse of something out of the corner of his eye. His reflection in the mirror looked a little strange.

I paused, turned to the sink, and looked at myself in the mirror.

The entire left side of his face was missing, as if it had been bitten off, but the wound was filled with his tongue, ensuring the integrity of his brain.

At the same time, the cervical spine also seems to be broken, but there is a tongue connecting the broken points.

The same applies to the body; the tongue helps smooth out the many bite marks, and multiple tongues also help connect the broken lumbar vertebrae.

The most exaggerated part is the lower body.

Starting from the navel, the lower body is already missing.

Roddy was able to move because a large number of long tongues grew from his body. These tongues, like octopus tentacles, supported him to stand and wriggle forward.

When you see this form, when you see these tongues,

Roddy's thoughts gradually became clearer. He remembered something, the things that had happened before, and the danger he was in.

despair!
Tongue snapping

Roddy suddenly woke up.

But what lies before us is no longer a supermarket; there is no longer the threat of being devoured, nor the spread of the fog.

He was lying at the entrance to a dense forest.
The physical injuries have largely healed.
Even the right palm, which was the first part to be eaten, has grown back, and the swirling pattern in the palm is clearly visible.

In other words, the carnivorous family has moved away, and the effects of being "eaten" have been eliminated.

However, when Roddy tried to stand up, he felt a sharp pain in his back.

This pain reaches the very soul, meaning that the most crucial "old spine" has been severely damaged and cannot be repaired by conventional regeneration methods.

But the internal nerves still maintain a connection, ensuring that he can perform some basic activities.

"Jock's use of the mist completely bypassed the moonlight search, and the dagger he used to sever my spine was also meticulously prepared."

He has prepared the most complete and perfect plan, which can ensure that he will kill me 100%.

They even knew long ago that I would pass through that abandoned city, even knew my exact location, and knew that my right hand could contact Teacher Guo.

Does he possess some kind of ability to track my whereabouts?

Or is someone even more powerful trying to kill me?
Could it be the comic book store behind it?
Because I transformed the fragment into my own, completely destroying the fragment that should have had an abyssal impact, only extracting its metallic properties without bearing the corresponding consequences?

Perhaps that's the reason.

I should have considered this beforehand... I was too careless.

Furthermore, the carnivore clearly obtained something very powerful and divine from the videotape; his fear has acquired a divine quality. I must reach plant maturity as soon as possible.

Then again, was I saved by my tongue?

Roddy instinctively stuck out his tongue and found that the tongue, which should have broken off, was still in his mouth, with blurry question mark marks and clear incantations on its surface.

"When I set off for the Invisible Manor, I also used the Ju-on to locate the source of the tongue, which happened to be on the same route... By a twist of fate, I summoned the thing behind the tongue?"
He helped me.

He drove away Jock and Hunter.
He brought my body here.

It's a bit strange. If his true form wanted to see me, why didn't he take me directly to his place instead of coming to this dense forest?

and,

Being able to drive away those two monsters, and being taken seriously by Mr. Question Mark.

This guy's strength should be in the top tier of the mid-level zone, so why has he been in hiding all this time, without any organization or obvious activities?
I only saw it once after I came to the corner.

This is the second time. Is he in some special situation, unable to move freely outside, and therefore wants me to see him in person?

Roddy re-examined the dense forest before him; it was indeed different from ordinary forests.

The entire forest was quite damp, with water droplets... or rather, saliva, hanging on some leaves.

Roddy, standing here, also felt a strong sensation, a sensation emanating from his tongue.

It's certain that what's behind it is deep in this dense forest.

Although Roddy wanted to thank the other party and repay this crucial life-saving grace.

However, he is currently unable to accurately determine the true position of the tongue, and in addition, his spine is injured, which greatly affects his strength. Making contact rashly could lead to trouble.

Luo Di began to draw circles on the swirling palm lines with his fingers, preparing to contact Teacher Guo first.

It's a perfectly normal circling motion.
The palm prints gradually turned into a pitch-black vortex during this process, until they engulfed Roddy's entire consciousness... Buzz!

In the blink of an eye, Luo Di was already standing at the office door. Teacher Guo had put down her work and was looking at him with a surprised expression.

"Such a serious injury? Make a long story short."

As Luo Di quickly recounted the events, Teacher Guo's facial features began to move rapidly.

"Your guess is probably right, you're being watched."

That clown isn't capable of knowing your exact location in advance without any markings, setting up a perfect ambush on the road, or knowing in advance that your right hand can contact me, so as to make a precise cut.

The person in the comic book store probably wants you dead, which is why they sent the clown, who already has a grudge against you, to deal with you.

And He Himself must be unable to directly influence you for some reason.

You're really lucky to have survived... Of course, you earned that luck yourself.

However, you also need to reflect on this carefully.
It was precisely because you were too impatient, too eager to improve, and too eager to pursue the hidden depths of the world that this crisis occurred.

Slow down a bit and pay close attention to the undercurrents around you.

"Understood, Teacher Guo!"

Indeed, after I came across that qualification and saw only the tip of the iceberg, I became somewhat impatient, and I will correct that.

"But right now I'm not sure whether I should touch what's behind that tongue."

Instead of responding verbally, Teacher Guo wrote something on a piece of paper on the table.

The note was thrown over, and Roddy caught it in an instant.

hum!
Roddy's consciousness was ejected from the office and returned to its original place, back to the dense forest.

Swirling wisps of black smoke rose continuously from his palm, and an extra leave slip appeared in his hand, extending Roddy's vacation by another week.

Since that was the case, Roddy no longer hesitated, enduring the intense discomfort in his back, and stepped into the dense forest full of slime.

The forest area is larger than expected.

The deeper you go, the stranger the plants become.

The tree's surface constantly secretes saliva, emitting a strong, fishy odor.

The flowers on the ground are all plump and juicy, shaped like tongues, and you might even get a lick if you walk by.

Even "animals" gradually appeared.

Due to the unique nature of the corner, native animals do not exist there.

Pets sold in Black Coffin Supermarket are often created from the flesh and blood of special monsters. No creatures of any kind will be born directly in the corner environment, except for Libet.

And surprisingly, there are "animals" here.
Roddy caught a glimpse of something resembling a toad hopping among the grass. Upon closer inspection, he realized that its body was a thick tongue and its limbs were plant roots.

On some tree branches, you can also see caterpillar-like tongue-like creatures covered in emerald green down.

These creatures are basically insect-like in form, while also incorporating plant-like elements.

It took two whole hours to walk.

Roddy had almost reached the center of this vast forest.
An unusual open space appeared here.
There was no saliva secretion, nor any animal activity; it seemed as if no life dared to approach this place.

There was a small hole in the center of the open space, and the inside of the hole was constantly releasing tongue-like signals, indicating that Roddy should hurry over.

This scene reminded Roddy of the first simulation exercises he did with his class monitor and the others.

While searching for something in the mountains, they found the tongue in a hole in a clearing in the forest...

As Roddy approached the open space, he suddenly realized something.

He suddenly realized that this clearing, and even the entire dense forest, might have been man-made, existing to suppress something.

"Sealed? That guy's locked up down there?"

(End of this chapter)