Deep in the Living

Chapter 86 Curse
"Something's not right..."

Although Rody had only lived in this bachelor apartment for less than two days, and although all the furniture was arranged in the same way, he could intuitively sense a sense of strangeness, as if this was not an apartment.

The most important thing is that the lights in the whole house are much dimmer than before going to bed.

Roddy was not in a hurry. Instead, he immediately reached into the zipper of the backpack and confirmed that the squad leader was still inside.

But the zombie knife that should have been placed with the squad leader was nowhere to be found.

There was no way Rody's memory could be wrong. He definitely put the two things together in his backpack so that he could pull out the knife at any time if there was any danger.

"The knife is gone, but the squad leader is still here?"

Luo Di searched the house for a long time but didn't find the zombie knife, but he vaguely guessed the current situation.

Since there was nothing unusual or clues in the house, he quickly moved to the door of the apartment, unlocked it and pushed it open.

According to the Corner Law, the entire city needs to maintain a high-brightness state at all times. Even if the doors are opened at night, strong lights will immediately cover them.

But there was no dazzling light in front of me, only thick fog.

The thick fog even spread to the corridors of the entire apartment, and visibility was no more than ten meters.

Due to the special national conditions, this level of dense fog is impossible to occur in urban areas.

The Meteorological Bureau can predict in advance and intervene in foggy weather through scientific means. At least in the 18 years that Roddy has lived in, there has never been fog in Jupiter City.

However, that’s not the only strange thing.

Scattered in the corridors of the apartment buildings were bits of paper and coins, and on the doors of every household was a crooked or incomplete "囍" character pasted on them.

All these anomalies, combined with Roddy's investigation into the missing youths, have enabled him to draw some valid conclusions.

"This is not reality.

Since I touched the red envelope this morning, something must have spread in my body. And [sleep] is a turning point, or a touch point, which can fully activate the substance that permeates my body.

The place where I am currently, or where my consciousness is, should be a [special dream] created by a pseudo-human. It even incorporates the characteristics of a corner space and cannot be regarded as an ordinary dream.

Waking up is not easy.
If I died in my dream, there is a high possibility that I would disappear like the previous four young men.

The zombie knife is not in the backpack and because I am in a dream, I cannot bring physical props in, but why...』

Roddy unzipped the bag again to check and confirmed that the "Squad Leader" was inside.

"Is it because of the pituitary gland that we entered the dream together? Zombie Knife also has a pituitary gland structure, why didn't it come with us?"

Do not know why,

Although this was the first time Rody had encountered such a thing, and he even lost his important weapons, he did not feel too nervous or uncomfortable. Instead, a smile flashed across his face for a moment.

Moreover, this was the situation he wanted to achieve. He wanted to enter the game as a "victim" from the very beginning.

The presence or absence of a knife does not have much impact.

Rody only needed to make sure of one thing. He gently closed his eyes and put his tongue against the roof of his mouth.

despair!
As the clicking sound was made, a familiar symbol of hell immediately emerged from the depths of Rody's memory, and a burning sensation spread throughout his body, proving that his connection with hell was completely unaffected.

However, he did not use this power directly now. He only needed to ensure the stability of the connection.

"It's better to bring a knife. I always feel like something is missing without a knife."

I returned to the kitchen of the apartment and took out the largest kitchen knife. Only by holding the handle tightly could I have the most intuitive sense of immersion. Otherwise, it would be difficult to arouse the emotion of killing.

But just when Rody picked up the kitchen knife, he vaguely felt something was wrong with his body, and the knife seemed much heavier than usual.

He spread out his palms and looked at his hands carefully. His arms seemed to have become thinner.

[Pluto City, Investigation Bureau, Autopsy Room]

Four male corpses whose appearances were difficult to distinguish, with their skin covered with marble patterns and an overall pale white color, were arranged in intervals on the dissection table.

Marco Rubio, the trainee investigator who was in charge of receiving Roddy and the youngest in the branch, was here.

There was also Marco's teacher, a senior investigator who was responsible for his "growth" during his apprenticeship. He was an Italian with a cigar in his mouth, and his appearance and dress had a mafia feel. "Mr. Cuomo, is this really okay?

According to the information provided by Jupiter City, Mr. Di has never dealt with a "curse" incident. Would it be a bad idea for us to deliberately conceal the information and let him enter the game alone?

Moreover, his mental state is not very stable, making him more susceptible to being completely eroded by this kind of spiritual curse.

He may even become more dangerous than the incident itself."

Smoke rings blow out,

Como looked at the four skinny mummies with almost no flesh in front of him and said softly:

“I’ve read the information.

A young man who can survive the "Fourth Middle School Incident", achieve "World Connection" under extreme conditions, and even kill a perfect pseudo-human, is fully qualified to go to the capital and work for the World Bureau.

But something went wrong with his mind, and this mistake brought unpredictable risks.

The unusual events specially arranged for him this time, as well as the incomplete clues deliberately provided, were all arranged by the bureau.

If he becomes mentally ill because of such an ordinary curse incident, then he cannot be used by us, let alone the country. Once he goes to a real corner, he will surely be turned against. It is not a bad thing to clear out such hidden dangers in advance.

But if he can independently resolve this kind of curse-like incident that targets the spiritual level, it would be enough to prove that there is no problem with his mental state and that he is in line with the strength that a connector should have.

In addition, it can also be used as an opportunity for him to establish contact with our bureau."

"The teacher is really strict. I don't know how that guy's progress is. It's very difficult to kill that kind of pseudo-human with a long-range curse by yourself."

……

【Youth Apartment】

Rody walked through the passage covered with paper money to the elevator of the apartment. He was going to go downstairs to see what was going on.

Ding!
When the elevator door opened, Rody's body trembled slightly, and he almost swung the kitchen knife to chop out.

Inside the car were four young men, with their heads nodded, gloomy faces and completely dilated eyes. They were the four missing young men that Rody had watched the videotape.

Indeed, they are all handsome.
Not only that, they all wore groom's attire, which although slightly different, were all red in theme.

The four young men just stood there, with no immediate intention to attack Rody.

However, one of them kept his index finger on the button to open the door, waiting quietly, as if they were here to pick up Rody, the "fifth person".

As long as he doesn't go up, they will keep waiting like this.

Rody seemed to be attracted by something, or he just wanted to see the person behind the scenes as soon as possible, and walked into the elevator with a dazed look.

The young man next to him immediately moved his fingers, sliding them across the cold elevator buttons, moving them upwards until he finally touched the button at the top.

【33】

Luo Di clearly remembered that the first time he took an elevator, the highest floor was only 32.
However, he did not try to escape by force, but just followed the four people to the so-called top floor.

Ding!
The elevator opened again and went directly to the rooftop area of ​​the entire apartment building.

The thick fog that filled the entire apartment building just didn't spread here, but stayed at the edge.
Luo Di also followed four young men dressed as grooms out of the sedan chair. The moment he stepped onto the rooftop, a cold wind mixed with paper and copper coins blew towards him.

After a brief visual obstruction,

There were five more wooden benches on the open rooftop, as well as a film projector behind the benches, and a large screen made of some unknown leather.

The four young men trotted to their seats, leaving the middle seat vacant.

The movie is about to begin.

When Rody's attention was attracted by this scene, the elevator behind him had long disappeared, and there was no exit on the entire rooftop.

Moreover, he could clearly feel that something was being lost from his body.
While taking the elevator to the rooftop, Roddy had lost 6kg.

(End of this chapter)