Deep in the Living-Chapter 467 - 455 Hidden Fear

"The red curtain enclosing the ’carousel’ is meant to form an airtight structure, allowing the internal temperature to continuously rise.

This temperature increase is not just fast, it’s like an oven.

The previous batch of passengers appeared normal when the curtain was raised. The rising temperature surely won’t continue till the end; it should cool down midway.

At the current rate of increasing temperature, 500℃ should be the limit.

Although I don’t have a Hellish Body, I’ve somewhat gained some projection effects."

Luo Di glanced at Lebeite beside him, expecting the latter to feel somewhat uncomfortable, given that the corner doesn’t have the natural high temperatures of Hell.

However, what he saw was a young man completely immersed in play.

It was as if he saw himself as a child, being taken to the amusement park by his parents, a pure joy without a trace of impurity.

"This guy doesn’t need me to worry about him at all... A natural monster, the corner is his home, and I am the outsider."

Luo Di shifted his gaze downwards.

In the current 110℃ environment, the wax coating on the surface of the horse had mostly melted away, revealing its true form, a ’centaur.’

The tourists who couldn’t withstand the high temperatures and melted once, all merged together to form this wooden horse.

As more passengers melted away, the volume of the horse would continue to grow.

Numerous eyeballs adhered to the surface of the rotten flesh, and barely visible mouths squirmed, uttering various voices of different people,

"Kill me..."

"Join us..."

"So hot... want to die!"

"Don’t sit on me~"

Resentment, hatred, pain... endless malice breeds and proliferates within them.

Luo Di could feel that those who became parts of the wooden horse hadn’t lost their consciousness. Their souls seemed to be eternally trapped here, becoming a part of the amusement park.

Unfortunately, Luo Di couldn’t assist in freeing them now, else it would result in a deduction of points for damaging the facility.

The temperature kept rising,

When it reached 300℃, the flesh on the horse also began to soften, oozing meat fluids.

These fluids didn’t drip down but instead crawled onto Luo Di’s body, blocking his pores from releasing heat, seemingly wanting to melt him into one of them.

However,

Luo Di’s reaction was just to sweat slightly, exhaling ash-laden breaths to expel excess heat.

After all, he had been burned in Hell’s forge before.

Such a temperature not only did not make Luo Di uncomfortable, it even activated his Old Spine, gradually revealing his hellish nature.

His spine slightly protruded,

It seemed like something was about to emerge from his forehead,

His physique appeared to be swelling larger,

About to reveal the form of a [Hell Great Demon].

But eventually, Luo Di suppressed it; now was not the time to reveal this form. By adjusting his breathing, exhaling ashes, he slowly returned to normal.

Luo Di looked at Lebeite again,

The latter indeed lacked high-temperature resistance means, his body hair had already burned away, his skin covered in blisters and starting to peel off in large patches.

Yet Lebeite’s expression remained unchanged from the start, fully immersed in the joy of this entertainment. He even noticed Luo Di’s gaze, raising his hand to greet actively.

Apparently, to Lebeite, this rise in temperature was just another part of the carousel experience.

Time passed swiftly,

As Luo Di imagined, the temperature increase halted midway. As the temperature quickly decreased, the horse gradually returned to its original form, with only a little wax oil remaining on the ground.

The carousel stopped, and the curtain rose.

Luo Di wiped the sweat off his forehead with the back of his hand and dismounted.

Beside him, Lebeite had already completed his self-healing, quickly coming to stand beside Luo Di, "That was quite fun! Speaking of which, with the temperature this high, can average humans withstand it?"

"For humans, it’s just simply revolving around in circles."

"Huh? Well, this way is more interesting; this temperature just nicely allowed me to ’warm-up’, so I can perform better later."

As they left,

A staff with a black horse head costume took out a special stamp and marked Luo Di’s ticket, indicating an increase of 10 points.

Lebeite, on the other hand, received three stamps and also got an exquisite gift box.

The latter was like a child visiting an amusement park for the first time, eyes shining brightly, and without even checking for danger, he opened the gift box.

Inside was a wooden horse model.

It looked like a white horse, but its outer skin could be peeled away, revealing melted human faces inside. Turning the wind-up on its tail, these human faces would also emit similar agonizing moans, full of dark humor.

Lebeite directly cut open his abdomen and stored the model inside for safekeeping, "After going home, I’ll place it on the bedside table, to commemorate my first carousel ride."

But Luo Di looked back at the "carousel."

Compared to before, he seemed to see more now, seeing the [malice] that lingered throughout the entire facility. Rather than an amusement device, it seemed more like one of the containers used by the clown to collect malice.

The desire to slaughter became increasingly intense.

When he looked back trying to find the squad leader, he found the other party gone, the coffin disappeared with them.

"Where did they go?"

Just as Luo Di thought the clown might have used some means to split up the squad, a familiar voice came from not far away:

"You’re done playing already~ I bought some ice cream for you, to cool down!"

Wu Wen was dragging a coffin from not far away at the ice cream shop, holding three cones of ice cream.

"You... bought ice cream here?"

"Yeah~ Since we’re committed to the amusement, we should immerse ourselves well. Don’t worry, I’ve checked the ingredients of the ice cream. It’s not made from human fat, but rather low-quality hydrogenated vegetable oil.

Take it quickly!"

Luo Di readily accepted the ice cream and grabbed Wu Wen’s palm, as tentacles burrowed into her body to verify her identity. Only after confirming did he put the ice cream into his mouth.

It truly tasted like childhood.

For some reason,

when the ice cream touched his lips, it completely dispelled the warmth brought by the carousel.

Luo Di also noticed that many tourists who had ridden the carousel spent a point to buy ice cream, and Wu Wen probably followed the previous group of tourists.

Judging by this setup, the amusement park seems to genuinely serve the visitors.

As long as you can avoid the risks of the rides, you can earn corresponding rewards, and perhaps even achieve immersion like Lebeite.

"The purpose of this amusement park... is it just to collect malice? Is there something more?"

At this moment, while licking the ice cream, Wu Wen softly inquired, "How difficult is the carousel?"

"It’s average, equivalent to a high-temperature endurance test, and Lebeite even received a special prize."

"Just as I thought..."

"Thought what?"

"I guessed that the difficulty wouldn’t be very high, and the clown didn’t specifically target you during the event... He seems to have a deeper agenda in building this amusement park, and it feels like something is being hidden.

In that case, let’s be more efficient, participate in other activities quickly, and earn points as soon as possible."

"What happens when you earn a lot of points?"

Wu Wen unfolded the map, pointing her finger to the center,

"With five hundred points, you can buy a special ticket to the center circus... I guess the clown is very likely inside.

It should also be hiding the real secret of this amusement park, the location of the exit.

Of course, it could also be a trap set for us."

"You’ve done quite a lot in these ten minutes."

"Efficiency first, otherwise how could I have managed our class to the top of the grade? Let’s go, the roller coaster is ahead, I really want to try it. How about you, Luo Di, watch over Hua Yuan while I ride?"

"Alright."

Just as Wu Wen predicted.

There was no interference from clowns or other Eight Evil People during the roller coaster ride. The overall difficulty wasn’t high, similar to the carousel. Individuals who couldn’t bear it along the way became part of the roller coaster, and the malice they emitted was absorbed by this amusement park.

Time passed.

Nightfall descended.

After playing all day, there were only some minor physical injuries, nothing major.

Lebeite could immerse himself in almost every attraction, earning over a thousand points and receiving various exquisite souvenirs.

Luo Di and Wu Wen also passed the five hundred point mark, qualifying to enter the center of the amusement park.

It’s currently confirmed that the entire amusement park belongs to the clown’s personal malice collector. As one of the Eight Evil People, he can gather malice to cultivate plants and grow stronger.

However, there are many ways to collect malice.

In Wu Wen’s view, there was no need to spend such a huge cost to build an amusement park like this.

Furthermore, the attractions here, rather than being entertainment, seem more like assessments of the participants’ physical qualities, including heat resistance, thought reactivity, physical strength, and so on.

Amidst these suspicions,

they finally arrived at the center of the amusement park at night. novelbuddy-cσ๓

This area is isolated from the park itself by walls over thirty meters high, with various colorful balloons hanging from the top, depicting different forms of smiling faces.

Beyond the wall, a huge, dark circus tent could be glimpsed isolated within.

The only ticket booth was embedded within the wall.

Only Luo Di and the others had enough points to purchase entry tickets.

Due to the almost complete lack of people coming to buy tickets, the cashier inside had fallen asleep on the desk, with long black hair, seemingly a woman.

When Luo Di tapped on the glass,

the cashier twisted for a moment before slowly rising and stretching.

Luo Di’s eyes widened at the face, nearly taking action.

It wasn’t a woman at all, but the clown himself wearing a black wig. After stretching and yawning, he instantly switched to a familiar smiling face.

The clown, who hadn’t appeared at all, unexpectedly showed up here.

Moreover, he didn’t use any colors or balloon tricks to influence the group, but simply provided a normal ticket service.

The hand painted with white paint extended from the window, gesturing for them to pass in the tickets for inspection, to confirm if the points were sufficient.

Luo Di restrained his killing intent and, along with his companions, handed over their tickets.

Lebeite, having over a thousand points, also bought a circus ticket for Hua Yuan, who was inside the coffin.

The heavy black iron gate opened inward,

and the group walked one step at a time along the red carpet into the huge circus tent.

There were no audiences, no performers, it was completely empty... There was only a single ground door in the center sealed with eighteen locks.

Even if the door wasn’t open,

Luo Di and the others could smell a strong aura of fear, almost forming a huge, rotten ghost face on the surface of the door.

Wu Wen was the first to react, "I see, this is the real reason why the clown spared no expense in building the amusement park..."

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