Deep in the Living-Chapter 200 - 192: Where the Monster Resides

The one-week island vacation came to its final day. novelbuddy-cσ๓

Everyone planned to leave Saiwei Vacation Island on an evening ferry, refusing to waste the remaining half day, even waking up unusually early.

Luo Di even ordered breakfast to be delivered to their suite, but the server this time wasn’t the same young girl, it was an ordinary auntie.

The five of them spent the whole day shopping at the commercial district, buying lots of items both big and small, and had a seafood meal at a self-paid restaurant in the mall.

After all, whether they were investigators, researchers, or office elites like Xiaoying, they all had decent salaries, these expenses were nothing, and a large portion could even be reimbursed.

In the afternoon,

everyone returned to their hotel to pack up, their faces bearing a sense of satisfaction, showing no dismay about the end of the vacation.

They were used to living in the shadows of the Corner, accustomed to battling with various Pseudo-People. If a carefree vacation like this lasted too long, it would actually cause anxiety, a week’s duration was just right.

Gao Yuxuan also came over, "Luo Di, are we still going for a run tonight after we get back?"

"Yes, call me then."

"I want to join!" Wu Wen quickly squeezed over, raising her hand eagerly on hearing about the run tonight.

Anna and Xiaoying, hearing this, also joined in, treating it as a warm-up exercise before returning to work.

The travel agency’s bus brought everyone to the island’s port,

The setting sun cast a layer of golden scales over the sea.

Everyone dragged their luggage, big and small, towards the ferry,

Wu Wen held Luo Di’s hand throughout, tighter than ever before, as if cherishing the carefree time together, looking forward to life after returning, including the already-discussed engagement plans.

As they were about to reach the ferry,

Luo Di’s pace slowed,

and he gradually fell behind the tour group.

Even though Wu Wen tried to pull him along by holding his hand, it was to no avail.

"What’s wrong, Di?"

Luo Di did not respond immediately, instead walking slowly as if pondering something. As they reached near the dock and the ferry, he stopped completely.

"Wu Wen, you go ahead... I think I forgot something important in the hotel, need to go back for it."

"Huh? Didn’t we take everything when we left the hotel? There was nothing left behind, Xiaoying even searched with her Eye.

And the ferry won’t wait for you."

"Anyway, you guys go ahead, I’ll go back to the hotel, I really did leave something behind. I’ll just pay for an extra day’s stay, I can come back by myself tomorrow, I’ll just ask for a half-day off from the Investigation Bureau."

Wu Wen still clung to Luo Di’s right hand, "Let’s go together~ Didn’t we plan to go running tonight? Look, everyone is waiting for you."

Luo Di looked up towards the top of the ferry stairs.

Gao Yuxuan, Xiaoying, and Anna were all looking at him, waiting for him.

These past few days were incredibly beautiful, making Luo Di completely indulged, very happy every moment, with every memory etched with "happiness".

But... Luo Di felt something was missing.

He liked this kind of life,

but it seemed to lack something.

"A day’s delay isn’t a big deal, we can rearrange for tomorrow night. You guys go ahead, Wu Wen, you should rest early tonight."

Luo Di pulled his hand away and waved goodbye to everyone, pulling his suitcase back the way they came.

When he had walked about three meters away, Wu Wen’s somewhat angry and questioning voice came through:

"Did you get to know that waitress from the last time, and now you’re going back to find her?"

This remark stopped Luo Di, who touched his bracelet activating the dialing interface, and input a series of numbers.

"The number you dialed is unassigned, please check and dial again."

"Wu Wen, I’ve been investigating that waitress on my own, she’s not listed under the hotel at all. I felt something was strange, so I want to go back and continue investigating.

Also, you’re acting a bit strange today.

Based on my memory of our relationship, you shouldn’t exhibit such intense emotional fluctuations over this situation.

Anyway, you guys go ahead~ If you don’t trust me, I can’t help it."

Luo Di did not look back, continuing to pull his suitcase away from the dock.

Wu Wen’s voice came again, strangely, all the tourists on the deck, as well as friends waiting on the stairs, all started speaking together.

All their voices synchronized, becoming calm, natural.

"Luo Di, if you choose to leave by boat now, your life will continue to follow a happy route, and neither you nor your friends, family will face any threats to life.

Your life will be free from all troubles.

At the same time, as an investigator, you will also satisfy your need for carnage through repeated incidents.

This memory, this life, is distilled from the subconscious needs of your brain, it is essentially the life you most desire.

Right now, if you just turn around and board the boat, you can continue this life.

If you choose to stay on the island, your consciousness will be trapped here forever, your memory wiped clean each day. Since you stepped foot on the island, you have already been deeply mired, it’s hopeless to struggle, better to conform."

Hearing this reply, Luo Di laughed, not audibly, but his facial muscles visibly stretched.

He still didn’t turn back, simply slowly raising his right arm over his shoulder and making an international friendly gesture behind him.

Listening to the sound of the cruise ship setting sail, Luo Di headed back to the hotel on the bus, seeing the driver not starting the vehicle he took the driver’s seat himself.

Humming a tune, driving the car, he returned to the familiar Mercury Hotel.

Ever since he interacted with the waitress,

Ever since he got the phone number written on the paper,

Ever since he peeked at the unknown text.

Although Luo Di was still immersed in his vacation life, his mind kept remembering something, feeling that Wu Wen, who lay next to him every night, became increasingly unfamiliar, while the memory of the delivery girl grew more familiar.

During the journey.

Luo Di was consciously controlling his tongue, twanging it freely in his mouth! Even though he didn’t have the habit of twanging his tongue in his memory, after experiencing several unconscious twangs, he gradually grew to like this action.

The sounds of twanging made his thoughts clearer,

mBade his body gradually heat up,

and reminded him of something he wanted to find back at the hotel.

"Right~ My purpose in coming here doesn’t seem to be vacation, but rather to find something named ’monster’. That thing is in the hotel, in my room.

Maybe if I find it, I’ll remember everything.

Even if I can’t really escape, it doesn’t matter..."

Back at the hotel, it was operating as usual.

Luo Di quickly took the elevator to the top floor suite. The cleaning lady was working inside, and after receiving a hefty tip from Luo Di, she tactfully left.

The suite was locked.

Luo Di started to rummage around it.

But whether in the corner of the sofa, the bottom of the swimming pool, or the deep inside of the toilet, there was no so-called [monster].

However,

it seemed he never intended to search for the monster from the start, but rather collected various nails and sharp objects found in the room.

He returned here because this suite was the [starting point] of everything, and the so-called "monster" was not "hidden in the room," but rather "in the room itself."

Luo Di had the answer in his heart long ago.

But this answer was very heavy for him, very cruel... just as the other party had said, he would be trapped here forever, and even finding the answer wouldn’t allow him to leave.

Most people, after getting this answer, would surely choose to board the ship leading to a happy future.

Standing in front of the bathroom counter,

Luo Di looked at himself in the mirror again,

looked at a pile of nails and hooks he found, and the Zombie Blade held in his hand.

Luo Di eventually threw away the Zombie Blade, this prop could also potentially be fake, which would work against his forthcoming actions.

He started to insert a nail after another, rust-splotched, into his body,

Oddly, there was no memory in his brain about pain or acupuncture points. Yet Luo Di managed to unconsciously insert the nails into spots that would bring multiplied pain, penetrating some critical veins and tendons.

The accumulation of pain brought clarity to his mind,

and also brought physical pleasure,

more and more images, nonexistent in his memory, flashed through his brain,

When his whole body was filled with nails and sharp objects,

Luo Di, with eyes bloodshot from Red Vein Through the Eye, looked into the mirror again,

he saw something different,

inside his eyeballs, it seemed like some color was moving,

under his eyelids, it seemed something was wriggling.

He found it... the so-called [monster].

Without hesitation.

Luo Di knew that even such levels of pain could only bring a fleeting clarity, and any hesitation would waste the opportunity.

The critically ill him had only one path to take.

Even if the end of this path was death, he had to go on.

If even such a degree of death couldn’t sustain him, there’s no talking about heading to the Corner Depths to sever the root of everything.

Luo Di didn’t use any weapons or props,

just his own hands.

Five fingers dug into his mouth,

Crack! With brute force, he tore out his whole jaw, with fresh blood splattering the bathroom counter and the floor.

The other hand immediately followed,

stretching into the completely torn mouth to the brain, tightly grasping the soft brain tissue, the central hub of human life activities.

Still without hesitating,

he just called out four words with a hoarse and dry voice...

Swish!

A brain filled with colors, its surface already growing colorful tentacles, was pulled out entirely in one grip and crushed.

Luo Di’s consciousness also dimmed simultaneously, and his body heavily fell down.

Endless darkness engulfed his consciousness, tiny as a bean.

But there was also a warm current,

a stream of [nutrition] produced from killing himself flowing towards his spine...

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