Influence

Sasa sasa~

The sound of running water from the bathroom entered Luo Di's brain.

Normally, this level of noise, especially the relatively normal sound of showering, wouldn't wake Luo Di from his dream.

Perhaps the nightmare I had last night also involved taking a bath.

Perhaps Luo Di went to bed too early last night.

The voice finally forced him to open his eyes, but his brain felt like it was filled with thick glue, making him drowsy and unable to think clearly.

Only Hua Yuan was fast asleep beside him.

The class monitor has disappeared without a trace.

Luo Di's gaze naturally settled on the bathroom with the lights on.

It's probably because they went to bed too early yesterday. The class monitor might have woken up early and taken a shower, which is perfectly normal and nothing to worry about.

Strangely, Luo Di couldn't fall asleep no matter how hard he tried. The sound of the shower seemed to surround his brain like some kind of sharp noise, stimulating every nerve in his brain.

Luo Di had no choice but to wait until his bath was over.

But five minutes, ten minutes passed.

The showering continued unabated; the person inside was still showering, and even after half an hour, it hadn't quieted down. Luo Di couldn't take it anymore and, his eyes bloodshot, headed to the bathroom.

When there was no response to knocking, he simply turned the lock on the door.

There was no one in the bathroom, only the light was on and the water was running.

"Who turned on the water? Where's the class monitor?"

Luo Di went into the bathroom and turned on the faucet; there was indeed no one inside. But when he came out of the bathroom again, the scene before him made him pause in surprise.

The class monitor, who had been nowhere to be seen before, was lying in bed, and judging from his sleeping posture, he had been sleeping there without moving.

Buzz!

A loud tinnitus struck, and my brain felt like it was filled with rotten flesh. I wanted to sleep but couldn't.

Luo Di also realized that something seemed off about his mental state, so he went to the sink to wash his face and clear his head.

The splashing of water on my face seemed to loosen up a lot of the rotten flesh in my brain, making my mind a little clearer.

But when he looked up, he found that his eyes were bloodshot and something seemed to be wriggling under his eyelids.

Is it a blood vessel? Or something else? Is it a parasite?

Was it foreign matter that got on the island?

Luo Di leaned forward in a panic, almost pressing his entire face against the mirror.

Use your fingers to pull down on your upper eyelids.

Try to see what's hidden under your eyes.

The wriggling thing seemed to sense the threat and desperately tried to burrow deeper inside. Luo Di could only forcefully pry open the eyelids, pulling them wider and deeper.

It felt like my entire face was loosening during the process.

Sudden,

Thump!

Luo Di suddenly felt half of his vision disappear. Looking down, he saw a whole eyeball lying in the sink.

It seems that the eyeball detached because the eye socket was stretched too wide.

This was clearly illogical, but Luo Di failed to realize that his muddled brain was incapable of thinking.

Looking at the eyeball that had fallen into the pool, I felt a strange sense of unease, and even a slight fear began to spread through my mind.

When he reached out to pick up the eyeball,

I lost my grip and the eyeball fell through the drain.

Eyeball loss

Luo Di could only turn his gaze back to the mirror and look at his current facial condition.

The empty eye socket did not bleed despite the eyeball detaching.

It's more like a normal 'shedding phenomenon,' similar to a snake shedding its skin.

At the same time, Luo Di also felt an itching sensation, an itching sensation from inside his eye socket, a feeling similar to tissue hyperplasia.

He quickly used his remaining eyes to carefully examine the empty eye sockets reflected in the mirror, trying to see clearly the source of the itching.

Between those empty, dark, and deep eye sockets,

Luo Di seemed to see a certain luster, as if something was about to emerge from the depths.

Those were swaying, wriggling, boiling, Anomaly Structure that did not belong to the human body.

It seems that something is happening to his body.

At the critical moment,

Thud! The tongue slammed violently into the mouth, shattering the mirror in front of the eyes along with the space itself.

Startled awake!

Bright sunlight streamed into my eyes, restoring the vision that had been missing in my dream, though it was still slightly blurry.

It seems that the nightmare was caused by visual problems due to the pressure on the nerve in my left eye caused by sleeping on my side all night.

As the pupils adapt to sunlight,

A face possessing all the best features of Girl came into view, and the black mole on her left eye further amplified these facial advantages, making her as beautiful as a painting.

The Girl was sleeping right in front of him, no more than five centimeters apart, while the girl opposite him was staring at Luo Di.

"Mr. Di, do you have a habit of clicking your tongue?"

"Um."

"It seems you can always defuse danger by flicking your tongue. This doesn't seem like a human trait at all; it's more like one of our kind."

Last night, starting at 00:46, your heart rate rose to 120.

For a large part of the time afterward, it remained around this value.

About an hour ago, my heart rate rose again to 160.

I was almost at 200, but the clicking of my tongue woke me up and my heart rate gradually dropped back down.

You must have had a very vivid nightmare, a nightmare that almost blurred the lines between reality and fantasy, a nightmare that gave you a taste of fear, am I right?

"Yes."

Luo Di was somewhat surprised; it seemed that Hua Yuan had been observing him all night without sleeping.

"Could you tell me the specifics?"

Luo Di told the story as if he were telling a tale. Hua Yuan listened to this bizarre nightmare story and was slightly annoyed. "Am I just a background character in the dream?"

However, it's almost certain that you've been affected by the monster's radiation, and quite severely at that.

"Calamity? You seem to be alright?"

Hua Yuan denied it, saying, "It's not necessarily a calamity."

You are human, and therefore more susceptible to fear than we are.

Even if you don't suffer any harm, you'll still be unconsciously exposed to the radiation of fear when you're in the area where the monster avatar is hiding. Currently, it seems this effect only occurs while you're sleeping.

You need to act like a partner and suppress your fear. It can be dangerous to let that fear spread in your mind.

If all else fails, try not to sleep for the remaining few days.

"You haven't had similar nightmares?"

No.

Luo Di is a Connector with immense fear resistance, though Hua Yuan was unaware of it. Logically, if he was severely affected, everyone else should be in roughly the same boat.

Luo Di deeply suspected that he had come into contact with something that his sisters had not, which ultimately brought about the disaster and caused the effects of fear to spread more intensely within him.

"I'm going to take a shower..."

Luo Di went to the bathroom alone to wash himself, secretly using the power of his spine to check his entire body, and found nothing wrong.

There was no tissue overgrowth or skin marks caused by any misfortune; everything was normal.

It's likely that Hua Yuan also conducted a thorough examination of his brain, and found no problems.

What kind of tactic is this?

Even Luo Di seemed somewhat bewildered.

Moreover, the thought of last night's dream, the thought that I could actually be gripped by fear, is so tragic, so blasphemous. I have no right to be a real killer.

Snap!

A single punch shattered the wall bricks, leaving a deep fist mark.

This emotional release actually made Luo Di feel much better, and his thinking became clearer.

When Luo Di came out of the bathroom, the sisters had already changed their clothes, packed their suitcases, and were ready to begin their long-awaited "Original Experience."

Luo Di also told them the only thing he could think of.

"Although my two dreams were completely different in content, they were both basically related to the head... You should also be careful of things related to the head."

"Okay, I know!" Hua Yuan, who was putting on makeup, glared at Luo Di with bloodshot eyes. "You should be the most careful one. Have Isabella keep a close eye on you. If there are any problems, remember to retreat to her nursing home immediately."

"Leave the troublesome matters to us sisters to handle."

[17:30]

A fully enclosed bus, completely different from the sightseeing vehicle, was parked in front of the hotel. Even the glass was bulletproof and the word "Jungle" was printed on the surface.

All tourists who signed up for the Original Experience received a notification half an hour ago.

Although the event was limited to 15 people, only ten people signed up due to the high price and the fact that most people don't actually like this primitive lifestyle.

Apart from five young people, including Luo Di, the rest were all older.

There was an immigrant couple in their fifties.

There were also three middle-aged men engaged in literature and documentation work, each equipped with high-end cameras and relatively professional wilderness gear.

One of the Baldy noticed that there were so many young girls in the passenger compartment, and a very unpleasant smile immediately appeared on his face.

After getting on the bus, he secretly took pictures of the Girl in the last row with his camera, especially Hua Yuan, who was sitting in the middle.

The act of taking photos secretly made Luo Di very unhappy. He instinctively moved his body, seemingly wanting to go forward and have a friendly chat with the Baldy.

Shia, standing to the side, had already stood up, ready to teach the other person a lesson.

Hua Yuan quickly pressed the two of them back into their seats.

"It's okay, this is how normal people would react when they see me. It would be dangerous if they didn't even look at me."

This kind of weird uncle can be very useful; let him take a few pictures secretly, it's okay.

As Luo Di sat back down in his seat, he suddenly realized that something was wrong.

This time, it's no longer the fear and dreams brought by the island.

Rather, it was Hua Yuan's influence on him.

He wouldn't stand up for such a trivial matter, and he himself knew that Hua Yuan naturally possessed a seductive charm, which was perfectly normal.

Moreover, he would never help such a despicable Pseudo-Human as Hua Yuan.

But the action just now seemed to be done subconsciously, an instinctive desire to protect the Girl.

Suddenly, the squad leader's hand gently touched him, and he transmitted his voice through his body:

"It's alright, Hua Yuan is on our side. She cares about the island's affairs even more than we do. She barely slept last night, constantly checking on your condition and trying to find the connection between the nightmares and the monsters."

That was Hua Yuan's innate ability; any man of the opposite sex who was near her would want to protect her.

Luo Di nodded, his gaze also turning to the window.

The vehicle started and drove towards the other half of the island.