Installation

A city shrouded in darkness all day long.

The Grand Theater in the city center sold out of tickets today. This is because the high-level drama to be performed tonight involves a member who is not an insect, and this member has a very special identity.

Black Spine Emissary & Hell Monk

Just twisting out one of those threads is enough to attract a large number of people who have nothing better to do and like to watch for fun.

Moreover, the theater also emphasized that such characters participating in the play will not retain any of their original abilities. Instead, they will be placed on an unnamed corpse deep within the theater using the highest level of "consciousness splitting," which can be said to be the most difficult starting mode.

While watching a play at the Grand Theater, visitors can also place bets.

If you bet correctly on the final festival winner, you can win a substantial prize.

Upon entering the Grand Theater, audience members will receive a viewing device resembling a skull.

Once you find your seat, put on the skull and connect it to the nerves in the back of the chair, you can project your consciousness onto the ongoing theater, and even change your viewing perspective by sliding the skull, to different participants, and so on.

Currently, at least 80% of the insects are locked in Luo Di's view.

Many people are not optimistic, after all, starting with an "unidentified corpse" has happened before, and rarely has it succeeded. Moreover, even if it succeeds, it will only yield the lowest quality brain, and the player will still be at a disadvantage during subsequent festivals.

current,

Luo Di's tactic of setting a trap and launching a sneak attack from behind with a knife was ingenious and thrilling for the audience. However, it was still far from securing a true victory.

After all, as an unidentified corpse, he was facing a "brainless" individual.

In such dramas, the presence or absence of a brain makes a huge difference to the physical body.

As the images were played out little by little...

The audience's expressions changed, with some even showing disbelief. Many quickly realized what was happening and tried to change their bets, but it was too late.

Boom!

The shovel smashed a shallow dent into the concrete floor, the loud noise echoing through the basement.

However, Luo Di had already dodged to the side, avoiding such a fierce blow.

Although he couldn't bring any abilities with him, and although the temporarily acquired corpse was very weak, there was one thing that would never change.

Combat experience

Compared to this guy who spends all his time with corpses,

Luo Di, on the other hand, is a serial killer who has experienced countless life-or-death massacres and climbed up by stepping on the corpses of Pseudo-Human. He is a top talent recognized by the General Investigation Bureau and can join the Special Operations Department at any time.

"Phew... I'm slowly getting used to this weakness. If I can't cut it off with one strike, I'll just cut it off a few more times."

The pressure I'm feeling now is similar to what I felt when I participated in a simulated zombie battle.

Despite the relentless attacks from the shovels, Luo Di always managed to dodge them perfectly.

Such a powerful attack is indeed terrifying; a mere slight hit would shatter the fragile corpse's body completely. However, powerful swings are often slow, giving Luo Di ample time to react and dodge.

Luo Di was simply dodging, constantly dodging.

The clutter in the basement was constantly being smashed, and even the walls were smashed with multiple shovel-shaped grooves.

This dodging lasted for about ten minutes.

Finally, the owner of the wooden house seemed to be feeling exhausted, and the speed at which he swung the shovel began to slow down, a detail that Luo Di immediately noticed.

While dodging the attack, step forward.

The rusty knife, gripped tightly in his hand, was already locked onto the other man's neck. But then... the corpse mover's moss-covered eyes suddenly glowed red, and the earthworms inside poked their heads out, wriggling wildly.

His pure white brain was emitting eerie miasma, which was constantly seeping out from the crack in his forehead.

A certain brain potential has been activated.

The shovel, which originally required a certain amount of time to be lifted after being struck on the ground, was lifted instantly and its direction was changed so that it was vertical.

The striking motion turned into a slashing motion.

I want to cut Luo Di in half.

Faster

More powerful

Even the state of exhaustion that I had just experienced has been completely relieved.

Whoosh!

The shovel swung down,

Snap! You can clearly hear the sound of flesh being severed.

It's just not quite what I expected.

Luo Di was not cut in two; only one arm flew high into the air, swinging a downward shovel that plunged deep into the ground.

Luo Di had already considered the possibility of unforeseen circumstances and guessed that the other party must be hiding some tricks.

While choosing to engage in close combat, his attention was highly focused, and danger suddenly struck. However, due to the limited mobility of the corpse, he was unable to completely dodge and thus had his left arm severed.

But for Luo Di, losing an arm was still within an acceptable range.

He managed to get close to the enemy at the cost of losing an arm.

Even without the physique that Luo Di gained through daily training.

Even without that bloodshot, fierce gaze on his face,

Even without a murderous weapon radiating malevolence,

But Luo Di's aura as a serial killer remained, even with just a mindless, nameless corpse. All his experience in killing was concentrated in his right hand, which he raised diagonally high.

Cut!

The rusty blade could not possibly sever the other person's neck.

For some reason,

A certain resolve seemed to sharpen the knife, or perhaps the experience of killing ensured that the blade cutting into the neck sliced precisely through the weakest point.

Using the neck wound that had been cut in half last time, the decapitation was completed this time.

Whoosh!

The reddened eye sockets slowly lost their color, and all the wriggling earthworms died.

Clang!

The shovel fell.

Thud! A headless corpse also fell to the ground.

The head of the cabin owner was held in Luo Di's hands.

He gazed at the pure white brain inside, his inner desires becoming uncontrollable, and immediately began to operate.

Since the corpse mover's skull had already been shattered by himself, the operation was quite simple.

With a rusty knife, I easily cut open the skull and carefully lifted out the white, warm brain, which was covered in putrefied matter.

They did not eat directly as before, nor did they go upstairs to use the stove for processing and cooking.

Instead, the brain was held high in the air, as if performing some kind of ritual.

Rotate your elbows and lower the weight at a steady pace.

He slowly placed the viscous, pure white brain tissue between his open skull, filling the gaps in his brain.

The entire process seemed to be based on the corpse's instincts, with all the movements occurring naturally.

Splat~

When the white brain was placed into the skull, Luo Di experienced a strange, unprecedented sense of satisfaction and a feeling of rebirth.

He could clearly feel some kind of change happening all over his body, and the corpse mover, whose brain had been removed, was rapidly weathering away, seemingly having completed some kind of inheritance.

The voice of that Hell Female echoed through the skull once more.

<Brain Acquired (Corpse Carrier)>

Brain Tissue: Normal (white)

Neural sensing: general

Characteristics: Corpse transport, immense strength, and proficiency with shovels.

<Obtain Item - Heavy Shovel>

The shovels assigned to the corpse movers were exquisitely crafted and durable. They could be used to smash the corpse with the bottom and to cut the grave robbers with the sharp blade.

<Obtain the key item: Syringe (Brain)>

The key prop of this festival can be inserted into the brain of any "brained person" to suck out brain essence and inject it into oneself to improve one's Brain Tissue and make the brain more and more perfect*.

*Those with perfect brains can travel to the city center to participate in the final festival banquet.

"Brain quality, essence injection, festival banquet... Interesting."

Luo Di quickly understood the situation through this information. He seemed to be immersed in this rather interesting theatrical game and seemed to have some kind of different performance plan.

at the same time,

As Luo Di acquired complete Brain Tissue, even if it was just an ordinary, even somewhat moldy, brain, the pituitary structure within the brain was still present.

As long as this structure exists

That gray hue will lead you there.

Even if Luo Di's true form might be sealed away deep within the evil play, isolated and sealed off by various means.

In an instant,

A small amount of gray residue was found on the surface of the pituitary gland.

Even without developing lunar properties, it was more than enough for this drama of selecting insects.