Deep in the Living

Chapter 626 Eyeballs and Tongues

Oculos knew very well that his boss would pay attention, but he didn't expect that this attention would come so quickly, and that the boss would actively intervene.

After the conversation ended,
Oculus finally returned to the audience.

Perhaps because it had been a long time since I had spoken to the boss alone, his eyes were covered with a lot of scabbed skin and were extremely dry. I had to take out my eye dropper and take a shower on the spot.

Just as their vision was gradually clearing, loud cheers suddenly erupted from all around.

Most of the nobles had already left their seats, stood up, cheered, and were extremely excited.

"What's wrong?"

Oculos's gaze also turned towards the field.

Roddy, still standing there with his iron rod in hand, had already completed his second killing spree, his gray hair fluttering in the wind.

Roddy's form is somewhat different from the first game.

Currently, some of the substances covering his body are rapidly fading away and receding into the space between his spine.

He also bent down to pick up the metal chin that had fallen to the ground and put it back on himself.

Right in front of Roddy,

Known as the "Insect King," this great demon, who once displayed extraordinary prowess in world battles, is now shattered and scattered across the ground, with its appendages almost everywhere in the area.

The centipede-like spine was twitching slightly, unable to rise again.

Roddy's choice remained "not to kill," and he whispered two words in the other's ear as well.

Oculos commented softly:

"This guy won both of his two matches in one day, and he even defeated the infamous Great Demon."

Can growth from a corner really be this significant? No wonder the Will of Hell was willing to let this guy go, specifically to have him develop in the corner… or rather, are there truly more opportunities in the corner than here?

Oculos also stood up, extending his hand full of eyeballs and waving at the field.

This wave wasn't a greeting; even if Roddy didn't want to look, his eyes would be forcibly drawn to it.

The message conveyed by his eyes was simple: let him stop here.

Two games a day is more than enough. He plans to give Roddy some extra help with the rest of the time, even if it's just last-minute cramming, it will at least increase his chances of survival a little.

Roddy remained unmoved, returning the same look – "I'll fight one more match and then leave."

His blood was already boiling, and the atmosphere in the room had been stirred up; he didn't want to be interrupted suddenly.

After observing for a while, Oculos compromised. In any case, the Overlord's intervention was only in the final fifth match. As long as Roddy could maintain a good condition, they could continue.

……

Late at night, in the Chaotic Nest City, in the Upper Ridge District.

【Golden Spine - Fine Dining Restaurant】

They should have closed down, but were forced to stay open due to the arrival of special customers.

Even the experienced chef rushed back from the nearby Pink House to prepare the food at his best.

Several golden-brown pork spine bones were brought into the private room.
Gnawing, sucking, chewing.

Eat in three steps.

"strength!"

After giving a one-word evaluation, Roddy ate a full twenty of them, until his belly bulged out, before slowly stopping.

The body's digestive capacity is astonishing; it quickly transformed all the ingested spine bones, replenishing all the energy consumed in today's battle.

Roddy played from day to night, a total of four matches.

Although it basically drained every cell in his body, it didn't damage his health. He just needs to rest and recover overnight.

Oculos naturally admired him greatly, which made him even more determined to protect Roddy.

Unfortunately, he tried many ways to indirectly warn of the "danger" but failed to do so. Whenever there was a tendency to leak information, he would always see a white candle appear at the edge of his field of vision.

With no other option, Oculos had to hold an emergency training session late at night.

To my surprise, I heard snoring coming from inside.

After eating and drinking his fill, Roddy simply leaned back in his seat and fell asleep.

Oculus intended to wake him and take him to his mansion to sleep.

But his eyes quickly discerned Roddy's current state. Although he seemed uncomfortable sleeping on the bench, his entire body was completely relaxed and in a state of rapid recovery.

the most important is,

The special old spine on the back is pumping with each breath.

Interrupting this process now would actually be detrimental to tomorrow's match.

In that case,

He then stopped interfering, and fearing something might happen to Roddy while he slept, or that the Overlord might target him beforehand, Oculos contacted the restaurant manager and privately booked a private room. However,

Oculus himself wasn't sleepy at all; his time living in the human world had given him the ability to stay up all night.

Feeling bored, he decided to take a closer look at the young man.

Although he had seen through the essence of the spine, he had not yet carefully examined Roddy's "inside," the part belonging to the corner system.

As his attention focused, as the invisible beam of light between his eyeballs fell on the surface of the pituitary gland.

hum!
His consciousness somehow reached the surface of the moon.

"Oh?

The human system has surprisingly granted each individual their own "consciousness space" so early on. With such a space as a foundation, establishing a kingdom is indeed much easier; no wonder he can already see its outline.

I wonder what kind of kingdom this kid can build; I'm somewhat looking forward to it.

There's a smell...is it down there?

Oculus rolled down the crater, penetrating the dungeon, until he reached the deepest part of the cultivation chamber.

The moment the door was pushed open,
He instinctively went into battle mode, simply because what appeared before him seemed to be about to chop him down.

After realizing that the threatening thing was just a small tree, Oculus disarmed himself and curiously went inside.

He stepped onto the soil, approached the sapling, and found the plaque on it.

[NO.100 - Walking Hell's Road]

"His taste is almost as good as mine... This kid can integrate systems from different worlds to this extent. No wonder Hawk likes him so much, and no wonder he was able to win four games in one go."

He might survive tomorrow too.

Oculos wasn't just coming in for a visit; he also wanted to pull some strings, hoping to give Roddy more options so he could survive tomorrow's carnage.

Pfft!
An eyeball the size of a human detached from his face and landed in his palm.

He planned to secretly insert it into the tree; it wouldn't be permanently rooted, but only for this competition.

Once it's over, he will immediately take it back.

After all, this doesn't belong to Luo Di. It's fine for short-term use, but long-term grafting might affect its development.

Just as Oculus crouched down, intending to secretly insert his eyeballs into the base of the tree trunk,
Slurp~ His hand was licked.

This licking is different from the usual one; it feels as if countless soft hairs are brushing against the back of your hand, and saliva lingers, as if you've been marked.

This strange occurrence forced Oculus to withdraw his hand and burn off the saliva with a prism.

Do not know why,

Even after the saliva evaporated completely, he still felt uncomfortable, as if a tongue would continue to lick him.

This also reminded him of the killings Roddy had committed that day. Indeed, there were several times when Roddy would flick his tongue when he encountered danger.

Moreover, no matter how severe the facial trauma, the tongue always remains intact.

As Oculus pondered the "tongue" more deeply, he increasingly recalled that licking sensation... *thud!*

A clicking sound came from behind.

Thoughts interrupted

He suddenly turned his head.

Countless eyes were fixed on the crack in the door of the cultivation room; even though the door was closed, a tiny gap remained open.

Through the gap,

It seemed as if a creature with a human body and a tongue was standing behind them, secretly spying on what was inside.

"Ok?"

Wherever the eye can see, that is where it is.

Oculos teleported himself to the location he was looking at and arrived outside the door, but there was nothing there except for a few drops of saliva left on the doorknob.

Smelling the fishy smell of saliva,
Oculus roughly understood what was going on and stopped his underhanded tactics. He retracted the eyeball he was about to implant into his body and abandoned the plan.

"It seems that in the corner, there is also a being who specializes in sensory organs and has given Roddy special training and guidance."

In that case, my eyeballs seem somewhat superfluous.

"Fine~ If I cheat, the tyrant will easily find out anyway, so let's leave it at that."

at the same time.

In Whirlpool Town, Gustav, who was begging for tongues at the Screaming Inn, suddenly stopped begging and secretly hid in a corner, quietly licking something.

It looks like a lollipop, or like a crystal-clear eyeball.

(End of this chapter)