Old Moon Moment

Outside the photography studio.

Everyone was captivated by the interior scene, a sight none of the actors in the stunt had ever seen before.

They lived in complete darkness, with all their light coming from flames or electric lights obtained through nerve currents.

The moon currently appearing inside the studio is a different kind of light source, and the light it casts is neither as intense as a flame nor as bright as an electric light.

Instead, it was a dim, cold light, even with a faint gray tint, and even outside the photography studio, one could feel the thin moonlight shining through.

Rather than being exposed to moonlight, it felt more like something was attached to the surface of my skin.

I don't feel anything, but I feel very uncomfortable. I feel that prolonged exposure may cause my skin to turn gray.

The actors couldn't help but pull at their sleeves, trying to cover their skin as much as possible.

They also questioned whether such lighting objects were a studio effect, but since they had participated in the construction of the studio, it didn't seem to have this feature.

They cast their curious glances toward the director, who was also their boss, sitting in the front row.

But I found that the boss was unusually in a state of stomach-tucked-in, which was more of a pleasant surprise than a shock.

Boss David is currently taking a "panoramic photo".

Two slender arms growing from between his eye sockets

Then hundreds or thousands of nerves spread out from the ten fingers.

Each nerve tip functions as a camera, attached to different areas of the studio, collectively recording everything that happens inside.

David was stunned when he saw the "moon" that didn't belong in the studio.

At this moment, Oculus, who was sitting next to him, spoke first:

"Oh, it's actually Domain Release!"

The boss is truly amazing; the path he pointed out to Luo Di actually yielded such results. Roddy's original Amplification Release was already quite good, but now it has undergone a further qualitative change.

"Let this kid continue to develop, and then let him go to those mysterious corners to obtain the power of the source of fear. The boss's position might really be threatened."

Hawke, sitting on the other side, didn't say anything, just watched quietly.

[Ten minutes ago]

Luo Di suffered a total of 187 fatal wounds, excluding his brain and spine. None of his internal organs were intact, and none of his bones remained intact.

Even with the support of wires and the addition of Old Spine, the body was on the verge of collapse.

even so,

Driven by an intense obsession with killing, and without the director calling "cut," he continued to push his body forward, even though the next step could lead to the complete breakdown of his physical body.

"Death under the moon... is this what it feels like?"

Luo Di suddenly stopped the pursuit.

He no longer closed his eyes.

Looking up at the pitch-black night sky covered in ashes,

Even though the moon doesn't exist in hell, he felt as if he saw it, hanging there, shining brightly in the sky, so clear and so bright.

You can even see the craters above, and the tendril-like structures wriggling at the bottom of the craters.

The shimmering light, tinged with a faint gray, could adhere to the skin like the slimy substance of tentacles.

Luo Di seemed to have returned to that night of massacre.

It seemed as if they were standing on the streets of Moon City.

Moonlight scattered across his body, falling on his saturated Old Spine; a certain condition had been met.

Standing on the city streets, Luo Di suddenly realized something very important.

"Hmm? It's already possible to perform spinal surgery... It feels so strange, there's none of that chainsaw-like restlessness I used to feel. The ancient wisdom of our ancestors has calmed the restless spine, allowing it to merge with the pituitary gland."

The pituitary gland drives the spine.

The spine supports the pituitary gland.

The moon will witness my massacre.

At this moment,

Luo Di straightened up completely, no longer leaning forward in an offensive posture.

The skull and spine are aligned on a single vertical line segment.

It appears as if the entire spine is lifting the brain high, and an ancient aura permeates the surface of the Moon Structure's pituitary gland, projecting it directly upwards.

It was as if the entire pituitary gland had been projected into the sky, and then into the ashes.

In the sky above hell, a moon that does not belong to hell was formed—a gray moon, an eerie moon.

Moonlight shines down

The moonlight permeated Luo Di's battered body.

Even though his wounds hadn't healed, Luo Di felt as if all his bodily functions had been restored, making him even more agile, faster, smoother, and stronger.

The moonlight that streamed over the wounds completely replaced the original physical structure.

Furthermore, it further improves the efficiency of body fluid circulation, making the internal circulation faster and the energy transfer more efficient.

"Opening the spine... at the Old Moon Moment."

For some reason, Luo Di read it aloud.

The center back of the black coat split open on its own.

The entire simple, gray, moonlit Old Spine is fully revealed, and the mottled surface of the bones occasionally reflects the same moonlight as the sky.

Luo Di closed his eyes again.

This time it is no longer darkness.

No longer can I only perceive that gray hue used for marking.

All objects illuminated by the moonlight, whether inanimate or alive, formed concrete outlines in Luo Di's brain, providing more information than the naked eye could perceive.

At this time,

The class monitor, who had been silent all along, finally spoke. She moved her head and pressed her face against Luo Di's, looking at the moon in the dark night together.

"So beautiful... So Luo Di, you completed your massacre in Moon City under such a beautiful moon. That's wonderful. I really want to thank that Girl named Wendy; it seems she's the one who helped you complete this crucial transformation."

Now you're truly ready to go into the corner.

Luo Di did not respond; his mind was solely focused on the hunt, wanting only to kill the man before him.

Step forward,

It felt like just ordinary walking in leather shoes, yet I arrived at my target in no time.

The Chainsaw Blade in his hand had barely been raised when it had already slashed into the opponent's body.

Even though the camera flash went off and Wei Junzhe refreshed the scene to deliver an attack that was hard to dodge, Luo Di was able to clearly capture the trajectory of the movement under the moonlight and make the most effective dodge maneuver.

Behind the mask,

Gray hair flowing,

For attacks that are not very threatening, just bear them with your body, since the moonlight will replenish your body.

Keep killing

The flashlight kept going off.

Under the moonlight, Luo Di was almost immortal, like a serial killer capable of eternal slaughter, no different from the character in the movie.

"783, 784...821, 822...891, 892."

He kept silently counting the numbers in his mind, representing the number of times he had killed his targets.

"933".

When this number is read out

After the flash,

Wei Junzhe's body showed signs of problems: the camera he used as his eyes had developed a crack, and he was missing a finger on his left side, as if he had a congenital disability.

Monster transformations ultimately have their limits.

This limit was forcibly cut out by Luo Di.

Moreover, Wei Junzhe also had mental health issues.

He never expected to encounter a "kindred spirit," someone who also possessed infinite immortality, and whose immortality seemed to surpass his own.

The gray fear had seeped into his lens, invaded his internal pituitary gland, that pituitary gland that was like a roll of film.

Click!

Upon refreshing again, he chose to retreat and no longer actively confront the enemy! He refreshed himself to a room on the top floor of the hotel, hiding in the airtight bathroom where no moonlight could penetrate.

He took out a yellowed, curled-edge photograph from his pocket.

The photo shows a quiet child sleeping soundly in bed.

Just as he was about to swallow the photograph,

A massive steel pipe, nearly a hundred meters long, appeared out of nowhere and completely flattened and crushed the hotel's roof! The entire roof was ripped off, leaving all the guest rooms in an open-plan state.

A Girl floating in the air, made entirely of metal, was watching him, but she didn't make a move.

All she did was lift the roof off.

Buzz~

Without the obstruction of a roof, the moonlight steadily fell upon the person's body.

Before I could even swallow the photo in my hand,

Before the eyes could even blink,

Tread!

The heavy sound of leather shoes was already behind him.

Horizontal cutting,

The butcher's knife smoothly sliced along the line where its eyes were located... As the lens was destroyed, the pituitary gland in the brain was also completely destroyed.

He grabbed half a head and held it high in the air.

Luo Di proclaimed his ultimate victory to the moon.

At almost the same time,

The spine lost its luster, and the moon's reflection in the sky disappeared.

Having already exhausted himself, Luo Di collapsed heavily to the ground.

Even after completely losing consciousness and collapsing, he still held the photographer's body in his arms, as if the body still held an important purpose for him, a trophy he could not discard.