Lost Within the Body: Gem Meat and the Fist Mark Above

The five of them slid rapidly down the damp, warm passage.

Darkness surrounded them.

Viscous bodily fluids slowly flowed down the walls, while the muscular walls pulsed and contracted rhythmically, creating a suffocating sense of pressure.

Bang.

The five of them landed one after another.

Beneath their feet was a thick, soft floor of flesh that sank slightly under their weight before slowly springing back.

Leorio pushed himself up with a hand on his knee, scanning the surroundings with a deep frown.

"Did we... enter its body?"

"It's far bigger than I imagined."

The passage was as broad as an underground cavern.

It was dozens of meters tall, and its width stretched beyond sight.

It was hard to imagine that this was merely one cavity deep within a giant beast's nasal passage.

Blue light flickered in Genos's eyes as he began a full scan.

"Analyzing the internal ecological structure."

"The energy concentration in the surrounding tissues is extremely high, far beyond that of ordinary organisms."

"This giant beast's body is itself a mobile treasury of energy."

Kurapika reached out and touched the wall.

A warm pulse throbbed against his fingertips, keeping the same rhythm as the giant beast's heartbeat.

"Where are we now?"

"Unable to determine our precise location." Genos shook his head. "The internal structure is too complex. Blood vessels, fleshy passages, and cavities are layered within one another, and they are constantly writhing and shifting."

"There is no fixed route."

Killua frowned.

"So we're lost."

The five fell silent for several seconds.

Inside a level forty-eight giant beast.

A completely unfamiliar environment.

No sense of direction.

No exit.

They could not even tell the ceiling from the ground.

This was more troublesome than getting lost on the Dark Continent.

Just then.

An abnormal reading suddenly appeared in Genos's