Scorching Memories

die,

Luo Di has experienced it many times.

But this time it was different.

It's not heart damage, not beheading, and not being stripped of flesh bit by bit in Mr. Question Mark's game... but a deeper, more direct death.

The instant the body comes into contact with stagnant water,

Erosion, decay, automatic bone detachment, even the bones themselves are rapidly deteriorating.

The stagnant water overflowed the rotting eyeballs, seeped into the skull, and covered the brain.

Even Luo Di's murderous body, even with the protection of the gray forces, even with the newly acquired Blood Bible, were of no use.

In the face of ultimate death, annihilation is the final answer.

However, these characteristics will allow him to hold out for a while.

To allow him to experience this unique kind of death,

It allows him to feel what is pulling him down.

Moreover, during his rapid death, Luo Di felt a sense of familiarity, as if recalling some past events of hanging himself, which strengthened his obsession.

"I... cannot die."

The stagnant water swayed between the skulls, the entire brain had been eroded away, and only a moon-shaped pituitary gland was barely floating on the surface of the water, and it had not yet sunk.

Tentacles growing from the crater provide buoyancy; even though the tentacles quickly disappear upon contact with the stagnant water, new tentacles immediately grow out.

The plant pot provides a constant supply of energy, allowing the tendrils to continue growing, albeit barely.

The recently acquired "Blood Bible" is also providing reverse transfusion, bringing more nutrients to the plant.

However, this near-death state of "the moon reflected in the water" cannot last long.

A few minutes,

Even shorter,

Because the moon itself is also disintegrating.

Using the little bit of time he had gained, Luo Di began to sense the outside world. Through the spreading gray light, he sensed the entity pulling him down.

However,

The gray color, however, could not cover the other person's entire body.

The beings in that stagnant water were not human-shaped.

The arm that was gripping Luo Di's ankle and sinking down was probably only one-thousandth, one-ten-thousandth, one-hundred-thousandth of his body structure...

The arms of the dead, dead fish, dead cockroaches, dead rats, skulls, decaying filth, and all other individuals that died here huddled together.

They were assembled in an absolutely chaotic manner, forming a huge whole.

It lies dormant in the stagnant water.

They dragged the intruder who disturbed the silence into it.

The fear of death will also simultaneously erode the target's soul, condemning them to eternal damnation.

This thing seems to lack consciousness and cannot be communicated with.

There are only two options in the current situation.

1. By actively embracing death and becoming a part of it, one may be able to maintain the integrity of one's consciousness, and perhaps one can break free from it when one's understanding of death is deep enough.

2. Refuse death, break free from constraints.

Luo Di had only one choice: he could not die.

"Just because I passed by and disturbed this deathly silence, I'm supposed to die? That's fucking ridiculous... If you're afraid of the heat, then let me make you even hotter."

All that remains of Luo Di is a broken skull and the only pituitary gland inside that is struggling frantically.

While still conscious,

He picked up where he left off from his earlier run, recalling the burning passion that was about to be remembered.

The stagnant, foul-smelling water reminded Luo Di of something.

It seems there exists in some world a filthy ocean, somewhat similar to the current situation. Luo Di seems to have been to that ocean before.

There were huge corpses, doors, and... a spine in the sea.

This scorching heat comes from that world, a world called Hell.

"I remember now..."

In an instant,

The tentacles growing from the pituitary gland began to intertwine, constructing the Hell Symbol that Luo Di remembered.

With the formation of symbols,

A weak connection was established between the worlds.

Something broke out of the crust at the bottom of the moon.

It was as if an ancient spine, freshly forged in a furnace, arrived here carrying immense heat, rapidly forming and even boiling the surrounding black water.

At the same time as the spine appeared

Surprisingly, a structure resembling a horn also grew on the top of Luo Di's skull.

even so,

Death still holds absolute dominance.

Even though Luo Di was already trapped in stagnant waters, he still couldn't escape.

The endless black water had already enveloped him.

No matter how hot it gets, it's impossible to boil all the stagnant water.

Even the Great Demon of Hell would drown here.

No matter how much the spine twists and turns, it is difficult to float to the surface.

but...

This intense heat was transmitted through the black water, penetrating all the way to the bottom layer, gradually awakening a being that had been sleeping between death and life.

Eyes, like those of a tombstone, gradually opened, gazing at the sinking youth.

It can be sensed that the other party is only at the stage of sprouting, yet can refuse to die for a long time.

Moreover, this young man himself possessed some understanding of death.

Youth is not blasphemous about death.

Rather, it was because they didn't want to die.

At the same time, He also discovered that there was a bright red book hidden inside the young man's body, which seemed to have been put in not long ago.

Suddenly,

Death fades away.

Grabbing Luo Di's arm, he and the enormous mass of death sank and disappeared.

In an instant, the surrounding black water turned into ordinary dirty water, and all threats disappeared.

Glug glug!

Water splashes,

A spine carrying a skull leaped out of the water like a snake and landed on the sewer floor.

The ancient Old Spine begins to release powerful vitality, allowing the flesh and blood to regenerate little by little; the whole process is quite slow.

After all, Luo Di had been soaking in the stagnant water for so long that even though the death had subsided, he was still in a near-death state.

but,

The skull, which had just begun to grow some flesh and blood, seemed to be showing a terrifying smile.

Because Luo Di finally remembered Hell, reclaimed his true power in this mysterious event, and also heard a voice from the corner.

The "Undying" trait has received a phased upgrade; the Victim's Sprout is growing...

No killing,

Without the interpretation of a movie plot,

The plant actually grew.

Deep in a street in Wenslaim City,

The manhole Well Cover here have been opened.

Mia had already climbed out, but when she turned around, Luo Di was nowhere to be seen, and she couldn't even sense his presence; there was only the deathly silence of the sewer.

She intended to wait at the wellhead.

But she heard the sound of a knife being sharpened.

At the street corner, amidst the Thick Fog, her terrifying form had already appeared; the old woman approached while sharpening her nails.

Mia could only break through an iron gate on the side of the street, which led to the kitchen area of a restaurant.

"Luo Di's speed isn't much slower than mine, so he shouldn't have arrived yet... Did he encounter death? What a pity! But dying in an event involving True Fear is inevitable."

Mia was very decisive; reason made her certain that Luo Di was dead and there was no need to wait any longer.

She decided to act alone and survive this mysterious event.

However,

Her legs, which wanted to move forward, wouldn't obey her commands and she couldn't move no matter what she did. It wasn't that she was bound by anything, but rather that deep down she wanted to wait.

Waiting for the young man who slaughtered alongside her, slept with her, and was hung in the slaughterhouse with her.

Waiting for this rare companion.

"Let's wait a little longer! Or... go down and check, maybe he's still alive."

Mia is ready to go back to the sewers.

Gaa!

She had just pushed open the iron door to the back kitchen when

A living corpse whose face had not yet fully grown new flesh was standing outside and suddenly barged in.

Most people would be startled if they encountered this scene.

Mia, however, crossed her legs and hugged the zombie tightly, burying her freckled face deep into its neck.

"I knew a serial killer wouldn't die so easily..."

Before she could finish speaking, Mia felt the gaze of the iron bucket in the other person's hand again, and immediately put her legs down and stepped back.

But when she looked at the young man in front of her again, she found that he had changed.

It's hotter.

Harder

More oppressive

You could even hear metallic clanging coming from between your arms...