Deep in the Living-Chapter 485 - 471: The Quiet Sewer

"The mist itself... Could it also be a kind of Fear of life? Any individual exposed in the mist will have their most fearful memories excavated and projected?

Moreover, this mist will thicken, more specifically, grow denser with each passing day.

The ’fear effect’ it brings will also significantly increase.

Yesterday, it only reacted after prolonged exposure, and to some extent, this reaction could be curbed. Today, without even stepping out the door, the fear source already appears within the mist, seemingly as a physical structure.

Mia, even if we go through the sewers, we need to head to the village, at least five minutes from here."

"Faster, three minutes... sprint at full speed, and don’t worry about anything along the way."

Mia’s state is very off; she’s pacing back and forth indoors. Rather than fear, it’s more of an internal anxiety.

This made Luo Di very curious about what someone like this —extremely corrupt and accompanied by certain psychopathy as a female Murderer— would fear.

"What did you see, Mia? Can you tell me?"

"Myself."

"Yourself?"

"Yeah, my biggest fear is myself getting old, wrinkled, losing color and becoming yellow! No longer having the breath of a young girl, no longer able to lure those men home to kill... I can’t explain exactly why I’m afraid of it.

Yesterday, it was just the aging; as long as I could run indoors in time, it would stop.

Today, it can actually form an ’older me’ directly in the thick mist, which could be very dangerous if it existed for real.

Because I’m very strong, I might be killed by myself~

Speaking of which, what did you see?"

Luo Di didn’t hide anything and spoke very calmly: "Family... When I was just an ordinary student, my entire family was killed. Perhaps due to the incident’s impact on my memory, I can’t recall who exactly killed them."

Mia pressed her index finger against her lips, "Family~ It shouldn’t be me... I usually don’t go after whole families, and even if I did, I wouldn’t leave anyone alive.

If you remember who it was, maybe I can help you kill them."

"Stop wasting time, let’s go."

Boom!

The main gate didn’t open,

it was the top floor of the villa that was forcibly knocked open by a metal ball bat. Two figures ran across the roof, sprinting to the eaves and jumping with all their might.

They drew an arc of more than ten meters in the air,

not landing on the ground but steadied on a tree trunk, continuing to leap leveraging the remaining kinetic energy and the elastic potential energy from the bending branches.

The two Murderers relied on non-human physical capabilities to transfer using the surrounding trees as support, never touching the ground.

Such an action mode turned out to be quite effective.

The fear forms constructed by the thick mist seemed only able to refresh on the ground; they could only try climbing trees to chase, always a step slower.

Bang! Glass shattered!

Mia crossed her arms in front, curled up, broke through the window, and rolled smoothly into a house on the edge of Shiyin Town.

Luo Di, with a bucket hanging at his waist, followed in, rolling over to stabilize his body.

At the broken window’s edge, their corresponding fear forms soon walked past, unable to enter and could only flash peculiar smiles, waving goodbye.

"Daytime, night, Blood.

Any common element can be transformed into fear. I’m wondering if this whole incident we are caught in is fear itself, with everything stemming from fear, lurking with dangers everywhere, and one might be swallowed by fear if not careful.

On the last day, survival difficulty is expected to increase further.

Yesterday’s Blood-related entity mentioned the term ’video tape.’

We might be inside a story structure... Still not knowing how to ’pass,’ not knowing what conditions must ultimately be met to survive."

Mia, now freed from being chased by her aged self, has released herself from anxiety, slapping Luo Di heavily on the back.

"Why think so much? Murderers don’t need to ponder such problems; what we need to do is kill everything, then naturally we’ll be able to leave."

"Hmm."

Click!

The mechanism pulled down, and a hidden door opened.

The two didn’t go down directly but first sent a kerosene lamp down with a rope to scout the sewer’s general situation.

Without the mist’s cover, only filth remained.

Within the illuminated range, everything was silent; no danger could be seen for now.

"Mia, your abilities are related to rot. A place like the sewer shouldn’t you be very compatible? Even if there’s danger, you should be able to sense it in advance and quickly avoid it, right?"

Mia suddenly poked Luo Di’s head with her finger,

"You don’t understand [Rot].

The so-called rot is life’s most grand curtain call, attracting countless decomposers to witness and participate in this great moment; it’s a feast.

Below, where’s the rot, corruption?

No rats, no flies, no maggots, no participants. Absolute stillness, even light is swallowed by Dead Water.

This is why I was unwilling to go this way before."

Mia opened her mouth, releasing several flies that flew into the sewer.

The flies landing in the garbage pile and the stinking gutter died almost instantly; only those landing on the sewer ground survived.

"Death? I seem to know a friend, someone very proficient in this area." At this thought, Luo Di couldn’t help but touch his neck, feeling as if something was tightening around it.

"Luo Di, do you know which direction the city is?"

"According to the signs pointing to the village and city, roughly this way... over here!

Later, we just need to sprint madly in this direction. As long as we spot stairs going up, we should reach [Wenslim City]."

"Alright~ again, run with all your might; don’t touch the sewers’ filth and dirty water; they all carry Death."

"Alright."

The two jumped directly into the sewer.

Pa!

The moment their soles touched the ground, their legs powered up.

This is the purest physical display, the simplest straight-line sprint.

Mia’s physical condition was already excellent, and equipped with the second heart installed just yesterday, she distanced herself greatly from Luo Di in less than ten seconds.

In comparison, Luo Di’s speed was clearly slower.

The water bucket at his waist didn’t add much weight; the main issue was that Luo Di really couldn’t increase his speed.

He was already giving it his all, with tentacles filling between muscles, slightly leveraging the Blood Bible he grasped yesterday to enhance blood flow speed and efficiency.

Still, something felt off,

"Before I got involved in the ’video tape,’ I seemed able to run faster.

I shouldn’t be at this level; my physical state seemed stronger in the past. It feels like there’s a central structure inside me, unrelated to the brain, that can regulate the whole body.

This ability seems somewhat connected to a Hook, hot and powerful... what exactly is it? Clearly very important, yet I can’t remember."

While running, Luo Di gradually fell into deep thought, recalling that heat, recalling the extreme running state of the past.

As he reminisced over these memories, his Spine began adapting to his body, heating up, with some steam slightly escaping.

His running speed gradually broke through current limits, getting faster and faster, and the body grew hotter.

This heat began spreading all around,

blurred memories becoming clear, a symbol not belonging to a Corner being sketched within the mind.

Suddenly... Drip!

A water droplet sound forcibly interrupted the current memory, yanking Luo Di back to reality.

Cold sweat instantly soaked Luo Di’s back, and the recently warmed Spine returned to normal immediately.

Different from blood,

different from the darkness, a danger was approaching... or had already approached.

"So hot..."

A voice echoed in the long and deep sewer.

Gurgle~ Dirty water bubbled.

Something was about to surface,

Luo Di decisively donned his mask for a full escape!

However, his right foot couldn’t stride forward smoothly, a cold and sticky touch came from underfoot.

Looking down,

a dirt-covered hand had grabbed his ankle.

"Damn it!"

Plop!

Water splashed gently, mixed with fish bones, black hair, and plastic bags, rippling across the surface, making the entire sewer fall silent once more.

Not far from the shore,

a metal bucket lay abandoned.

...

Corner Mid-Layer - Sisterhood Apartment (Basement).

With hanging posture, watching a corner’s paranormal movie channel, Yu Lu suddenly shivered lightly; a faint wisp of death transmitted from between the ropes.

"Luo Di!!"

Ps: Feeling unwell, possibly infected, taking a day off tomorrow.

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