Deep in the Living

Chapter 634 Picking up people
[World Bureau - EIA]

"Agent Roddy, please follow me to the newly built teleportation chamber. The Exploration Bureau has now established contact with a special organization in the corner."

The organization's leader has provided a special technology that, when used in conjunction with our space instruments, enables direct transfer.

There's no need to go through the shallow layer anymore to reach the Exploration Bureau.

Also, regarding your visit request, we will notify you as soon as Mr. Kraft returns.

"Ok."

Roddy followed them to a special teleportation room; the core of the metal teleportation device lay in its spiral structure.

As Roddy stood among them

The staff began to get busy in the control room, but the device that was about to be started was gradually shut down.

Soon, a white-haired doctor led several researchers to the scene.

"I'm sorry, Agent Roddy, there seems to be a very unstable spatial interference source on you. This will seriously affect the operation of the instruments, and forcing its use may cause problems."

You can only enter the corner through the most primitive means, from the boundary.

But considering the dangers in that corner, do you need to contact the Exploration Bureau to send someone to pick you up?

"Spatial interference, is it my arm?"

"According to the scan results, yes... your metal arm far surpasses our current technology, and the spatial fluctuations within it cannot be shielded."

"Okay, no need to notify the Exploration Bureau, someone else will come to pick me up."

"Take care on your journey, and thank you for your contributions to the continuation of human civilization!"

The old professor also bowed to see him off, and Roddy returned the bow in kind.

Heading to the border, standing before the central square with its enormous vertical crack, Roddy stared at his palm, the lines on it forming a swirling structure.

The class monitor had already returned to school and informed Teacher Guo about the matter.

As long as Luo Di steps onto the ground in the corner, even without consciously trying to connect with the vortex in his palm, Teacher Guo will come to pick him up immediately.

Even so,

We still need to be careful.

Roddy had been ambushed once before, and he was well aware that his modification and utilization of the comic book fragments had made him a target of attention from outside the region.

call……

Take a deep breath and step into the crevice.

What lay before him was the area where he had first come to this corner—the train station.

Roddy stood at the crossroads, surrounded by dilapidated and deserted cars.

Teacher Guo, who was expected to appear immediately, was nowhere to be seen, and the swirling lines on his palm showed no signs of rotating.

Where is Teacher Guo?

Although Roddy gained a lot from this hellish journey, he wasn't arrogant enough to think he could go back on his own.

Just as he was trying to use the lines on his palm to contact Teacher Guo,
drop!drop!drop!
The nearest taxi suddenly sounded its alarm, as if it had been hit by something.

Roddy immediately went into battle mode, his right hand already placed on the back of his neck, wisps of black smoke billowing from his back, and his center of gravity lowered accordingly.

Tongue curled up

Focused gaze

Just as he was focusing almost all his attention on the taxi,

Something was slowly approaching from behind him.

This thing has no breath, no sound, and doesn't even disturb the airflow when it moves.

The key is,

Roddy's tongue, which he used to sense danger, remained completely still.

Just as contact was about to occur,
Roddy didn't know why either.
Perhaps due to his frequent contact with Oculus during his journey through Hell, his eyes seemed to be able to see more images when his attention was highly focused.

Peripheral vision can not only cover both sides, but also faintly capture the blurry image behind you.

That thing was almost touching you; any movement would cause it to come into contact with you.

"Hole"

In an instant, Roddy's brain came up with a way to break the deadlock, and his left arm followed suit, creating a hole in his palm.

Radius: 6.23cm
Depth: Unmeasurable

The interior uses metal cables to create a smooth, rock-like wall surface.

A unique sense of spatial disturbance arises inside the cave.

Roddy immediately reached out his hand... *Whoosh!* Using his palm as a point of spatial symmetry,

Roddy achieved a symmetrical transfer, and although the transfer distance was only the length of an arm, the effect was excellent.

It avoids contact with unknown objects behind it, and can face the opponent directly, all within attack range.

but……

The black spine held in his other hand remained undrawn.

Because what Roddy saw before him, the creature about to secretly touch him, was a tongue monster that was all too familiar.

The taxi door behind them opened as well.
Gustave got out of the driver's seat, the tongues covering his body providing a perfect optical camouflage, so Roddy hadn't even noticed anyone in the driver's seat.

"Not bad, Xiao Di~ You've changed so much in just ten days. Let's not even talk about the weapon stuck in your back and that strange spatial technique."

"Your way of perceiving has subtly changed; you're not relying entirely on your tongue anymore? You know, I gave you a lot of extra lessons, so this makes me a little uncomfortable."

"Senior~ The tongue is indeed very useful, allowing me to quickly achieve my goal in hell."

But you yourself have said that the tongue's danger perception is flawed. If the target poses no threat to me, the tongue's alarm won't sound.

"There's a guy over there in hell who's really good with his eyes, right?"

"Yes."

"He sneaked on your plants while you were resting, and ended up getting licked by the tongue I set up there~ It tasted pretty good. Once things are settled here, I want to meet this eyeball demon in person."

Luo Di quickly changed the subject, "Senior, time is of the essence~ Let's hurry back. And why was it you who came to pick me up, where is Teacher Guo?"

"Such a big thing happened in the corner. As the mayor of Vortex Town, a special organization established specifically to combat extraterrestrial forces, he has many things to deal with."

Today was especially busy.

Teacher Guo is constructing a "vortex," a pathway to get closer to that unknown region.

Once it's set up, we can relocate as a whole and launch large-scale external operations.

"Strive to eliminate the external threat and close the external passage currently under construction as quickly as possible."

"Are you preparing a counterattack? When will you likely launch it?"

"According to Teacher Guo, it can be done within a week. My tongue was just testing you to see if you were qualified. Now it seems you can come with us."

Let's go~ We can't linger here; we've already tasted a bit of the flavor.

"Which way? Are there any whirlpools here?"

The usually easygoing Gustav suddenly changed his expression. “Space isn’t something that only Teacher Guo can have… My tongue can also capture space and accelerate the flow of space on its surface.”

After all,

Gustave cut off his tongue and threw it on the ground.

"Step on it."

"Oh."

Roddy had never seen this ability before. Gustave's previous training had all focused on danger perception, and he hadn't done any other tongue training.

Without a doubt, he took a large step and stepped on the surface of the tongue.
The sensation from the soles of my feet was completely different; it didn't feel like stepping on a tongue, but rather like stepping on an incredibly smooth surface with almost zero resistance.

This also caused Roddy to immediately lose his balance and fall.

You can also feel a noticeable flow of space during the fall.

When he finally sat down on the ground, he was already in front of the streets of Whirlpool Town, and Gustav was already standing across the street waving at him.

"Since you somehow learned these strange spatial abilities, I'll continue to tutor you for the rest of the day."

I need to explain beforehand that the spatial disturbance coming from your left hand is something I've never seen before; the strange disturbance makes me quite uncomfortable.

I might spend a long time licking it later to taste its flavor.

Perhaps it could be well-developed and have great value.

……

Just as the two left the shallow area in the corner.

At the crossroads of the train station.

A strange, long foot stepped onto the taxi and, as it passed by, reached out and touched the car door... The car door that it touched immediately developed tiny holes.

follow closely,

He went to the spot where the two had disappeared.

He bent down, dipped his finger in the remaining saliva on the ground, and sniffed it.

"Is he the target marked by Ito-sensei? The teacher is a very magnanimous person. What did this creature from the inferior world do to offend him?"

(End of this chapter)