Deep in the Living

Chapter 732 Key
To reach the Exploration Bureau, one only needs to use the vortex teleportation array within the school, but this time it's slightly different.

Just as the vortex formation beneath their feet activated, Luo Di caught out of the corner of his eye that Wu Wen's fingers were also rotating, but at a slightly different frequency.

hum!
The teleportation indeed deviated from the intended route.

A few sections away from the Exploration Bureau lies a shallow, uninhabited area, corresponding to an abandoned street. The entire area is only about 100 meters wide.

"Teacher Wu, can you now interfere with spatial teleportation?"

Wu Wen glared at Luo Di and said, "Just use your job title when you're at work, but use your usual title at other times."

"What are we doing here?"

Before heading to the Exploration Bureau, I'd like to see your current condition and your belongings.

"state?"

"Yeah...try cutting me with your knife."

"what?"

Wu Wen stepped forward and poked Luo Di's forehead with her finger. "You're not stupid~ You should know what this means."

Show me your strongest form and strike me with your sword.

I want to see exactly how you killed Master Jiang. No matter how weak he was, no matter how broken his body was, his pituitary gland was still intact, so it couldn't possibly be that weak.

I want to see what level you've reached... After all, I've already made it here, and I need to continue planning what comes next.

"Row."

Luo Di immediately drew Black Spine, split it open on the spot, and chopped it down with one stroke!

hum!
The street behind Wu Wen was cleaved with cracks dozens of meters long, and the windows of the houses on both sides were shattered.

The weird thing is,
Wu Wen was clearly slashed, but only shallow cracks were left on the surface of her skin.

"Can you be serious? This level of slash could never kill Master Jiang. It wouldn't even scratch the surface. I don't believe that's all you're capable of."

Don't worry about me—I'm confident I can avoid it.

It wasn't that Luo Di wasn't serious, but rather that he couldn't recreate the situation at the time. "No... I don't really remember the last strike that killed Master Jiang very clearly. The whole process seemed to have been done unconsciously."

I remember every detail of the battle clearly, except for the last part, which I can't remember at all.

The situation was strange, because there was only one chance, and missing it meant death… For a moment, I seemed to enter a very special state, and when I came to my senses, I was already collapsed.”

Wu Wen roughly understood what he meant and could roughly imagine how dangerous it must have been.

suddenly,
The environment became extremely quiet, as if all matter had slowed down its movement.

The broken window and the rubble stopped falling.

Everything seemed to have stopped, or as if it were being submerged in seawater. Everything became centered around Wu Wen, but that center had become empty.

The girl was no longer in front of Roddy. He was even a little dazed and couldn't remember who he had come here with.

at this time,

A red fingernail swept in from the side, and everything around seemed to be welcoming the finger, allowing it to approach Roddy silently.

Not beheading,

Instead, it's a more dangerous poke.

It refers directly to the pituitary gland.

Luo Di sensed danger, an absolute danger of death, but unlike the direct danger that Master Jiang was facing, this danger was like a venomous snake lurking in the shadows, capable of killing with a single blow.

Tap! The tongue snaps.

Instinct triggered.

A breath of mist-like yin energy was exhaled from his mouth.

Roddy's intense will to survive spurred his body to move, and he instantly turned around and delivered a slash.

The slash did not cause any damage to the environment, but it severed the incoming bright red fingernail and part of the finger structure.

Tick!
As the blood dripped, the environment returned to normal, and Wu Wen, who had disappeared, reappeared, as if she had been respawned in the same spot.

Picking up the severed finger from the ground, Wu Wen smiled and swallowed it directly.

"That's more like it. Although it's still a little short of killing Master Jiang, it's enough."

I roughly understand the real purpose of your trip to the Jiang residence. No wonder Teacher Guo didn't let us get involved; he must have already foreseen the future.

Although I didn't see everything, I could see the changes in you.

I've always been worried that after killing Jock, you'd become lost and lose the motivation to keep going. It's always been the determination for revenge that's been pushing you forward.

Once most people have exhausted all their efforts to achieve their sole goal, they will slow down or even give up everything else.

Thankfully you didn't, and this trip even helped you find your way... Welcome back, Roddy.

Wu Wen, wearing white shoes, approached the other person, tiptoed, and kissed him on the lips. It was just a simple touch without any deeper communication.

"Strange, you don't have that lady's scent at all... When I came to the Jiang residence to do your makeup, that Lady Linglong's gaze towards you was practically drooling."

I could tell that she had never been with a man before; she was just being used as a tool and trapped underneath.

"How about we bring her to Whirlpool Town? I personally wouldn't mind. She can stay at my villa or join the sorority."

"She's dead."

Wu Wen paused, seemingly remembering the promise this elegant lady had made to her at the Jiang residence, "...Oh." At this moment,

Roddy took the other person's hand and walked towards the platform, where a driverless bus had already arrived.

As the vehicle drove away, the fleshy fibers on the second-floor balcony across the street receded back into place.

A faceless man followed, staring in the direction the bus had disappeared, seemingly lost in thought.

……

[Exploration Bureau - Technology Development Department]

Somewhat surprisingly, Yu Ze did not come to pick up his fellow villager in person. After inquiring, he learned that Yu Ze was undergoing special seclusion in a secret room and would not be able to come out for several days.

Roddy had already come once and found the technology development department on his own.

After obtaining Minister Matthew's permission, the two went to one of the minister's secret rooms. Upon opening the door, they were surprised to find two people standing inside.

One of them was Minister Matthew's external prosthetic body, a cyborg in the shape of a young boy.

The other one was Professor Noel Kastinov, who had just started working as a chemistry teacher in Whirlpool Town and was the current president of the Human Body Expo.

The two were having a private conversation about the ancient knowledge behind the stone wall, and they didn't even notice that Roddy had arrived. They were having a very congenial conversation, and it didn't seem like they had just met.

"Professor Knoll! What are you doing here?"

Only after Roddy asked the question did the other person come to their senses.

"Oh? Roddy, you've arrived! And this is..."

Professor Noel immediately noticed the extraordinary nature of the girl beside him. Despite her young age, she had already reached the highest level of a mid-level monster... He was even a little drooling with envy. Such a perfect body was simply the perfect material for human transmutation.

"Wu Wen used to be a student like me. She recently became an art teacher, so she's your colleague now."

Upon hearing that he was a colleague, Professor Noel abandoned his evil thoughts and began to explain the situation:

"After joining Whirlpool Town, I was immediately recommended by Professor Guo to cooperate with the Exploration Bureau. Little did I know that I would find an old friend as soon as I arrived. Minister Matthew is also a visiting professor at Los Angeles University."

My professor avatar in the human world has had several academic exchanges with him, and now I can reveal my true identity.

If I had known, I wouldn't have bothered with Rose for so long. Now I think I should have just joined Whirlpool Town!
Wait... why do you smell like that old zombie? It's faint, but it's definitely there.

You didn't keep those belongings for yourself, but gave them to you instead?

"Yes."

Minister Matthew, who was nearby, also heard the key words and quickly stepped forward.

"Luo Di, has your relic absorbed Master Jiang's essence? Is it saturated?"

"Completely saturated, the corner prompted me to go to the secret room to decipher the information related to the relics, so I rushed over here."

"Still need to decipher it? Let me see!"

As Roddy displayed the bright red relic with fully grown facial features, Matthew looked puzzled; he had never seen anything like it before.

"Except for Roddy, everyone else, retreat to the furthest point for now!"

The room is sealed.

Minister Matthew's external prosthetic body sat in the center of the secret room, the metal pipes connected to his back extending outwards, forming a deep connection with the stone walls surrounding the room.

It was as if he had become one with the secret room, and some ancient knowledge base had been connected to his brain.

The eyeballs rotate as if there were no nerve restrictions, rotating at an extremely fast speed.

Strange, ancient characters appeared before his eyes, as if he were searching for something.

suddenly,

The eyeballs stopped moving.

A strange, unknown string of characters stopped on it.

“Show me your belongings, and hold them about 37cm in front of me.”

Roddy responded quickly, holding the pendant, and made the face relic hang in the correct position, without the slightest deviation.

Minister Matthew's eyes suddenly emitted a light, projecting the unknown characters onto the surface of the relic.

For a time,

The facial features on the surface of the artifact began to malfunction and become disordered.

The mouth comes to the center of the forehead.

The eyes focus on the side profile and chin.
Nose turned upside down

One ear is in front, and the other is behind.

Minister Matthew was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but exclaim: "My initial estimate was wrong. This thing is indeed an egg, but its essence is a [key]... Roddy, the choice you made when creating the relic should have triggered some kind of hidden mechanism."

This key might unlock an ancient treasure that has never been touched by anyone or any monster since the exploration of this corner began.

"An old secret?"

"Yes... corners are inherently mysterious, full of endless possibilities."

It has only been in the human world for a century, but its own history can be traced back tens of millions, hundreds of millions, or even longer.

(End of this chapter)