The Bottom Level

[Nursing Home Lobby]

Yu Ze took out a bunch of things from his backpack, which turned out to be the items he had bought at the stationery store while pretending to have his fortune told.

The folding table unfolds.

A black-and-white printed Bagua diagram was laid out on the table.

An apple I had taken from a restaurant earlier was placed in the center as an offering.

Two red candles, purchased from who-knows-where, were lit on either side.

A simple altar was thus set up.

"Pour all the ashes into this bowl."

"Good."

Anna collected the ashes of the burned old people and poured them into a crystal bowl on the folding table.

She also noticed that the crystal bowl had a label that read "Mercury Hotel" printed on it, which seemed to have been taken by the other person while they were staying at the hotel.

Although Yu Ze was not wearing Taoist robe,

However, his outfit was custom-made and even had a prestigious background, several levels higher than the usual Investigator uniform, with a style somewhere between Taoist robe and plain clothes.

He took out a small bottle of ink, which he had also purchased from a stationery store and still had a price tag on, opened it, poured it into the bowl containing the ashes, and stirred it into a paste.

Using the talisman with the Three Pure Ones talisman head as a guide, light it over a red candle.

With a flick of the finger,

The burning talisman fell into the crystal bowl, igniting the paste-like substance.

Yu Ze held the bottom of the bowl with one hand, muttering something to himself.

"Disperse!"

With a loud shout, he threw the crystal bowl in his hand.

As if supported by an invisible divine force, the crystal bowl drew a large circle with a diameter of ten meters around Yu Ze, evenly scattering the burning paste inside.

It flew back into my hand after circling once.

A circular array in a burning state is thus formed.

Since the burning material was the ashes of the elderly, one could faintly hear their screams and even see their pained faces in the firelight.

With the formation complete, Yu Ze quickly began calculating using the Minor Six Rens.

After confirming that there was no deviation in the timing, he immediately burned a talisman with Luo Di's hair stuck in it, then rested one hand on the Bagua diagram and transmitted his voice from a distance.

"Luo Di, can you hear me?"

I have already set up the formation. Once activated, it will sever the opponent's connection with the Corner Space, and the building will return to its original state in a short time.

The exact time is estimated to be not very long, possibly only a few seconds.

You can come down and join us, or you can make your own choice.

The moment the message was transmitted, Luo Di made his decision.

Yu Ze smiled; he was about to proceed with the final step.

He drew two fingers across his waist.

Buzz! Five Emperors Coin flew out of the pocket and arranged themselves in the air to form a copper coin sword.

The sword that Yu Ze used to cut open the Corner Space before was also this one.

Anna was stunned by this operation, which far exceeded her understanding of investigators.

With the copper coin sword in hand

The formation is complete.

Yu Ze bit his index finger, and blood dripped onto the sword. He was no longer his usual carefree self; he was now completely focused and even exuded a strange killing intent.

"Break!"

With a loud shout, he slashed out with his sword.

The surrounding fire was extinguished completely by the sword strike, the screams of the old men vanished, and the entire hall returned to silence.

The next second,

Sizzle!

Power was restored to the entire nursing home, all the overhead lights came on, and the elevator at the front started operating again.

"Amazing!"

As Anna sighed, her gaze also fell on the elevator that was stopped on the 10th floor.

She had already grabbed her axe, ready to meet up with Luo Di, who was coming down in the elevator, to fight together against the Pseudo-Human deep inside the nursing home.

but,

Instead of decreasing gradually as normal, the numbers on the elevator meter decreased rapidly, even faster and faster.

It appears as if the entire elevator car is free-falling downwards.

The elevator did not stop when it passed number [1], and the sound of the car violently rubbing against the elevator shaft could be clearly heard.

The numbers on the dashboard continued to decrease, and when they exceeded -5, a fault message appeared.

Boom! A violent impact came from the underground area, far from the main hall.

Anna immediately sped towards the elevator entrance, intending to force open the elevator door and try to get downstairs.

Who knew?

Sizzle~

The lights, which had just returned to normal, started flickering again, and behind the elevator doors, there was once again an impenetrable reinforced concrete wall.

It seems that the other party has regained control of the nursing home.

Yu Ze's voice came from behind, "Miss Anna, we just need to wait! We've done everything we can, let the rest be left to our fellow villager."

Elevator shaft.

Because Yu Ze only gave the words "short time", Luo Di didn't dare to gamble at all. Taking the elevator would be too time-consuming, and he had to seize the opportunity himself.

Falling is the fastest way.

The lowest level of the nursing home, also the deepest part of the entire Corner Space.

The rapidly falling elevator car smashed open the elevator doors, and the entire car was crushed and deformed, with flashes of electricity.

A dark figure squeezed through the gap between the carriages and stepped onto the lowest passageway.

The Investigator uniform and Luo Di's own spinal support perfectly cushioned the fall.

His dark eyes stared straight ahead.

There were no extra rooms on the bottom floor; all that remained was a passageway filled with a foul stench and a hazy, aged mist. Protected by his Jaw Ripper, Luo Di would not inhale any harmful gases.

Even so, the Aging Curse of the entire nursing home was slowly affecting his body, and Luo Di looked to be nearly forty years old.

The taste lingering on his tongue told him that the target was at the end of this passage, and the final hunt was about to begin.

Sprint,

Sprint towards the end where the flavor is most intense.

He kicked open the iron door that was labeled "Storage Room".

The scene that unfolded before Roddy made Luo Di stop in his tracks. The so-called storage room was enormous, and the interior made it impossible for Luo Di to determine his hunting target.

It's the size of a normal basketball court.

The floor, ceiling, and walls are all covered with flesh and blood, or rather, the space itself was constructed from flesh and blood.

The most extravagant of all is the "Matrix" embedded in the ceiling.

A female body that is over twenty meters long

The mother body had no limbs or skin, and looked like a sculpture cast from flesh and blood.

However, the necessary organs are present, especially those used for reproduction and excretion.

The enormous head, resembling Isabella, was constantly exhaling a gray, aged aura from its mouth.

Her protruding abdomen looked like she was pregnant, and her navel had become a half-meter-wide hole of flesh and blood.

The tail of the mother also retains a cave structure, which seems to be used for excreting waste.

current,

One after another, the mummified old men crawled out of the mother body's tail like scraps, their bodies crashing heavily onto the blood-soaked ground. They would be activated immediately when they breathed in the aging gas that permeated the air.

These elderly people died in nursing homes and their bodies were not cremated.

Even if cut into small pieces, the corpse will quickly blend into the depths of the building and be recycled back to the mother body, making it almost an infinite cycle.

However,

These elderly people are nothing but 'waste'; their vitality and value have been squeezed dry by the mother body, and they will be squeezed again in every cycle.

All the nutrients gather in the mother's abdomen and between the uterus.

A large amount of amniotic fluid suddenly gushed out from the abdominal incision.

Isabella, with her hair disheveled, was born. This time, she was not a reflection in the mirror, but a tangible entity that could be touched, and she looked quite tall.

Using the umbilical cord as a lifting rope, they slowly descended and stepped onto the ground.

His eyes were fixed on Luo Di, who was standing at the door of the storeroom.

They were surprised that the other party could break free from the constraints of the building and find the lair located in the deepest part of the building, while also being wary of the human beings who existed in the hall and could cut off Corner Space.

But Isabella remained calm, because only Luo Di had come to their lair.

"I can no longer be simply defined as Pseudo-Human. I am not only mature, but I have also transcended the so-called 'human' category. According to those investigators, I should be called an 'abnormal'."

In less than a week,

The truly perfect me will be born.

However, your arrival is perfectly timed. If I can fully utilize my abilities, this process might be accelerated by two or three days. Then, I will officially participate in the "Crevice screening" as a member of the sorority.

I will be more careful in the future and will never make this mistake again.