Red Calamity

Buzz~ Buzz~ Buzz!

An alarm sounded inside the Exploration Bureau.

The agents, currently on leave in the Nexus and whose fears had largely subsided, quickly assembled in the plaza area.

The reason is simple.

The detectors have detected monsters in the Shallow Layer.

The Shallow Layer in the corner has been largely controlled by the Exploration Bureau. Not only can one use the seam to go inside, but one can also reliably teleport back. All the training for newcomers is done there.

If any monsters dare to venture into the Shallow Layer to hunt, it is considered a provocation to the Exploration Bureau, and we will immediately dispatch strong personnel to eliminate them.

As the agents assembled, a ripple appeared from the seam.

The rookie squad led by You Zhen was teleported back and informed of the general situation of the attacked monsters, and the extermination operation was forced to stop.

The reason is simple: the monsters have already left the Shallow Layer by train. They basically teleported back at the last minute, otherwise they would have followed the train to a deeper corner, reaching an area that even the "Seam" cannot detect.

"That monster was very different, much more so than me..."

You Zhen was about to give a series of explanations, she suddenly felt something blocking her throat, making it difficult to breathe.

She quickly extended thin threads from her fingertips to pull out the foreign object in her throat, and surprisingly pulled out a string of shriveled and moldy balloons. Even after removing them, she could still taste a strong rubbery smell from the Tongue Root, which was extremely disgusting.

Buzz!

A loud ringing sound came through her ears, and she felt as if her brain was swelling.

It instantly activates the pituitary gland, turning all the blood vessels in the body into controllable lines, forcibly dismantling a balloon that is expanding in the brain, and taking some of the cerebrospinal fluid out of the nasal cavity.

"How could there be such a big impact when there was no contact at all?"

Upon You Zhen looked at the two newcomers under his supervision.

As expected, both were affected to varying degrees. Among them, Luo Di, who had been in prolonged contact with the monster, was attacked, and even had his Head Swap, was in the worst condition.

Yu Ze was already sitting cross-legged on the ground, using his true energy to suppress the evil within his body.

With no hair and his head covered in white paint, Luo Di is wrapping his head with painful spikes, using extreme pain to suppress the mutation within his body.

Luo Di was bleeding continuously from his seven orifices, and the surface of his eyeballs was covered by a thin membrane from the balloon.

The detectives on the scene immediately began to take action, preparing to send them to the department's hospital for treatment, but Yu Ze gave a different treatment plan.

"Find me a completely secluded room where no one will disturb me, and I will resolve my own problems through the World Connection."

As for Luo Di, you should take him to the Fifth Hospital immediately.

There might be a way to cure his unique injury there; any delay could leave him with irreversible damage.

As Yu Ze said.

Luo Di, whose mouth was filled with balloon lines and unable to speak, could only write a number [5] with his finger.

Although they were newcomers, they were already members of the exploration team, and the agents here naturally trusted and cooperated with their decisions.

A high-speed helicopter departs from the capital and heads to Pluto City, which is located on the coast.

The bluish-gray stone steps peeked out from the sea of clouds.

Atop the towering peak, thousands of feet high, sit rows of Daoist temples and halls.

Inside a certain main hall.

Yu Ze was sitting cross-legged within the formation.

An elderly man with long sleeves and a white beard stood outside the formation, observing everything.

As the formation operated, something seemed to be expanding and struggling within Yu Ze's body.

Seeing that the time was ripe,

The old man appeared behind Yu Ze in an instant, placed his palm on Yu Ze's back, and struck him hard.

Puff!

A large amount of black blood gushed out of the body, along with a red sphere that resembled a balloon but was actually an oocyte. As it landed, it was burned to ashes, and a sharp scream could be faintly heard.

"Thank you, Master!"

"Yu Ze, the evil spirits you encountered this time are extraordinary. With your current cultivation level, you can hardly fight them. Would you like to stay here a little longer?"

"No need, Master. This encounter was just a coincidence. I will be more careful next time."

The master did not continue to persuade him to stay, but simply calculated with his fingers and said, "Hmm... go."

Deep underground in the Fifth Hospital.

"Hey~ this bone isn't in the right place, is it?"

"No... how could it be sewn up when there's still dirt left to clean?"

"Don't touch his spine. This is a good spine carefully selected by our ancestors! We don't need to repair it. The ancient materials will naturally clean away the dirt inside. Quickly rearrange the nerves here."

"Damn it! Who took Luo Di's egg? Put it back in right now, it's not a tumor!"

"What the hell? How come there's so much filth inside him? I finally managed to clean it all out with tweezers, but new stuff keeps popping up. These red particles are like they're stuck to the surface of his soul."

"We'll have to burn it, please make way."

A jumble of noises rang in Luo Di's ears.

He opened his eyes groggily, only to be greeted by two completely different images, as if his eyeballs had been placed in different positions.

Judging from the massive crimson background, he appears to be at the lower end of the torture chamber, in the [Crimson Cellar], a facility specifically designed for biological construction.

It seems that his body has been disassembled into its most basic structure and is undergoing structural reorganization.

Hawke was not the only one to carry out this act; two other high-ranking individuals were also involved.

As a beam of scorching light shone down, it burned Luo Di's body with intense heat, and his eyeballs melted rapidly in the process, causing his already shallow consciousness to fall silent once more.

When Luo Di's consciousness refocused and his vision reopened, the scene before him had changed.

No longer Crimson Cellar, no longer Hell Torture Chamber.

Instead, it was a basement lit by Incandescent Lamp. Luo Di's body was lying on the operating table, surrounded by a large number of tourniquets and blood-stained instruments.

Three doctors in white coats stood around him, seemingly having just finished surgery on him.

She took off her mask and gloves and looked at him with a smile.

"You're awake?"

Perhaps it was a resonance with the aura of hell.

Perhaps it was because his gaze fell upon the strange red substance in the operating room's trash can area.

Luo Di suddenly sat up from the operating table and quickly examined himself.

After confirming that his physical condition was stable, he looked at the three doctors beside him who had performed the surgery.

One of them is none other than Dr. Hawkins, the director of the Fifth Hospital, whose body is currently being possessed by Hawke.

One was a handsome young man wearing gold-rimmed glasses, Luo Di had also seen in Hell, corresponding to the most unique being among the Spine Lords, Oculus.

The last one is somewhat unfamiliar.

With a huge belly, he could barely button up his white coat. The fat on his neck was excessive, and even the top of his head was somewhat pointed.

Although my eyeballs are plugged into my eye sockets, I always feel like I can't focus, as if I have two fake eyes.

"Boss?"

"Luo Di ~ My best new actor, we meet again. I have good news for you: our movie has been shown in True Hell, and the effect is beyond imagination."

"When you return to hell, I'll give you your share of the profits."

Hawke interrupted their conversation, "Let's not talk about hell now, let's get down to business... Luo Di, what happened to you this time? How did you get so badly injured? It even seems like your entire head underwent a fundamental change, and it took us a lot of effort to correct it."

Moreover, your body has been deeply parasitized.

Once the parasite hatches within you, you will die completely at the root, and this Old Spine will be handed over to someone else.

Luo Di stared at the red, balloon-like egg-shaped object inside the trash can.

"I've encountered... someone I've always wanted to kill. However, he came to me of his own accord, and my current strength is still insufficient."

"An enemy?"

Boss David has been preoccupied with the movie's box office and Luo Di's affairs lately. As soon as he heard that one of his own people was being bullied, he immediately started to suck in his stomach, making himself appear taller.

The trembling fat between his chins gave him a fierce expression, as if he was about to start a fight right now.

"Thank you for your kindness, boss, but I'll handle this myself... Besides, are you able to leave the Fifth Hospital right now?"

Upon hearing this, the boss immediately deflated.

"Oh right, we can't leave here yet. And I've been busy with the movie lately, so I haven't been able to focus on this. I happened to be promoting the movie at the Grand Monastery today, and when I heard about your accident, I came to check on you."

Unexpectedly, Hawke moved directly between the two, interrupting this series of ineffective exchanges.

"Luo Di, let's talk in the office."

P. S.: I'm taking my Little Fatty out for a bit this weekend, so I'll be taking half a day off. I'll update tomorrow.