Injection

Carrying a shovel, Luo Di swaggered through the quiet town.

When his tongue gradually changes from a curled shape to a straight and relaxed state, it means that no one is spying on him in the dark anymore.

Luo Di quickly turned and hid in the deserted house, closed the door and sat down on the ground, panting heavily.

They also lifted his clothes, revealing a penetrating wound on his abdomen.

The reality was not as smooth as others perceived.

Luo Di had almost forced the corpse mover to its maximum potential and used some cheating methods to barely achieve the same show-off effect he had just had at the side gate of the town.

Just dodging the Poison Needle is already quite dangerous; if your body moves even 0.1 seconds slower, something bad will happen.

After barely catching the Poison Needle, Luo Di immediately targeted a relatively weaker individual and unleashed his full power to kill him.

In an attempt to save time, Luo Di's abdomen was also pierced by the opponent's arthropods, leaving some venom in his body.

"This body is still too weak... Although it has similar physical abilities to my high school self, it's too cumbersome. And I'm really not used to the functional boost provided by the spine."

Fortunately, it was a close call.

Even the slightest flaw that was exposed would have been noticed by these despicable and treacherous insects.

Once they discover my 'weakness,' they won't let me leave so easily.

Whew~ But this feeling of life-or-death pressure is really exhilarating. This wicked scheme actually put me in the selection process for joining this powerful faction; how could I possibly go along with their wishes? Naturally, I'll take this opportunity to have some fun.

Luo Di carefully examined the wound on the abdomen and breathed a sigh of relief after discovering that the venom in the body had been deactivated with the death of the other party.

There is one more crucial thing right now.

He held the syringe, inlaid with brass spiral patterns, inside which was 5 ml of black solution.

"Is this all the essence you get after draining an entire head? That guy has arthropod-like characteristics, so his brain quality should be a bit better than mine, the corpse mover."

Give it a try and experience the power of pranks.

Looking at the large needle gleaming coldly, Luo Di felt a slight aversion to the thought of inserting it deep into his brain.

But realizing that he couldn't delay any longer in the scheme he had set up, he immediately raised his hand, inserted it into his skull, and pierced his brain.

The thumb pushes the piston to inject the essence little by little.

"Um!!"

There was no pain or discomfort, but rather an unprecedented feeling of pleasure.

Unlike the feeling of eating roasted Brain Flower to replenish pituitary nutrients, this is more like a satisfaction that I've never experienced before, reaching directly to the central nervous system. Dopamine is secreted wildly during this process, or rather, the essence carries a large amount of exogenous dopamine.

Luo Di could clearly feel that the decaying brain belonging to the corpse mover was becoming "fresh," with the internal nerve protrusions beginning to proliferate, becoming denser and more sensitive.

<You have acquired Brain Essence (Stryker), your brain quality has improved, and you have acquired the genetic trait - Limb Proliferation *>

"Limb Proliferation": You can choose any joint in your body to proliferate two ordinary appendages. These appendages can be customized in shape and are equivalent to 50% of the strength of the main limb.

*Since your arm is missing, all arthropod properties will be used for arm regeneration.

Upon hearing the prompting sounds in his brain, Luo Di could subjectively feel obvious bone movement at the site of the arm fracture.

Swish! Juice splattered.

A brand new arm grew out, even stronger and more flexible than the previous one.

Not only that, Luo Di's fatigue vanished after the injection, leaving him feeling refreshed and light all over, with more agile movements.

This intuitive sense of evolution and becoming stronger can probably only be experienced in the game.

Luo Di didn't spend time adjusting or resting. Now that he had recovered, he immediately headed towards the Town Center.

If other participants are encountered along the way, the same approach should be taken.

Luo Di used all his strength to kill the headless body in a short time, then hung the headless corpse in the most conspicuous place, spreading the news of the opening of the Fighting Arena throughout the city.

Based on past selection processes, in this town festival orchestrated by a villain, all participants are hidden in the shadows, using various despicable means to test and ambush, until only ten survive.

Even if there were truly reckless individuals who tried to rely on their strength to fight head-on, they would quickly be ambushed or fall into traps, and be devoured by poisonous insects hidden in the shadows.

The reason Luo Di dared to do this was because he had some of the abilities that belonged to his original body, which came with the completion of his brain, especially the special warning function of his tongue.

This tongue's unique feature allows him to perfectly avoid sneak attacks from the shadows, giving him an innate ability to resist malicious pranks.

He had already formed a plan in his mind.

Since the mischief he was playing here was being called a "drama," he wanted to bring his best performance to these the Devil and enjoy it himself.

After all, Luo Di didn't want to waste too much time in this place; he just wanted to end it all as soon as possible.

[The Hell's Dark Side, the City of Synarchia]

The capital of bad jokes

The Grand Theater is located in the central Commercial Area of the capital.

In another district, some distance away, stands a facility seemingly unrelated to the Grand Theater – the "Repair Center." Representing the city's highest level of hospital care, only insects of special status can receive treatment there.

Inside a special sanatorium at the Repair Center.

Countless nerves descended from the ceiling, suspending a young man who was paralyzed on one side, whose body was covered in wounds, with no intact parts of his body.

A portion of the core nerves connected to the young man's badly rotten brain through the corrosive opening in the skull.

Another part of the nerves connects to the entire body of the young man, maintaining the basic cycle of life activities and constantly clearing out ancient and dirty substances from the body, substances from the depths of the sea, and substances related to the remains of ancestors.

Only by clearing away these substances can the most basic body repair be carried out.

There are no more than five places in the True Hell that can heal "Ancestor Damage", and this is one of them.

It's a miracle that such severe injuries could have been transported here, and the fact that they survived has astonished the doctors here.

At this moment, a strange sound of footsteps is approaching.

The neural verification is complete and the door is open.

The attending physician in charge of Luo Di was kneeling on the ground, displaying absolute respect. It should be noted that this doctor was a prominent figure even in the capital.

A special being entered the room.

It carried a faint floral fragrance mixed with the smell of mutton, and its legs, which were like black hooves, were on the ground, carrying a near-perfect female body.

This Hell Female went straight to Luo Di's mutilated body.

First, place your hand on his abdomen to confirm that his life has stabilized, then slowly move your fingers up to Luo Di's chin.

Click~ Gently pry it open.

He carefully observed the perfectly intact tongue inside his mouth.

His fingers followed, reaching between his teeth, trying to touch his tongue.

Despite being in a deep coma, Luo Di's tongue seemed to retract into a ball as if it were an independent entity.

"This tongue... is a the Devil characteristic I've never seen before, one that doesn't even belong to the True Hell. It can project this characteristic even from this distance."

This highly sensitive Danger Perception may have even more advanced functions yet to be activated, requiring connection to the brain to function effectively.

How could such a fine male be a spinal cord victim? With a tongue like that, shouldn't he be one of us?