Deep in the Living-Chapter 230 - 219 Pituitary Space

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Luo Di had already returned to his room,

his clothes, tinged with lake water and tangled with weeds and hair, had been thrown into the washing machine.

It was the autumn season, and the room temperature was 13℃.

Wearing only shorts, Luo Di sat in front of his laptop and began to upload the videos he had shot.

Of course, the video didn’t capture the final hunt; it stopped abruptly when Luo Di fell into the lake and saw the woman in it, leaving it uncertain whether the video would pass the review.

Luo Di, bored, started doing one-finger push-ups.

Just as he was getting into it, a prompt came from his computer.

A large dialog box popped up.

"Review passed, reward credited! Thank you for your cooperation."

"Hmm? Not bad... Looks like I’ll have to inquire a bit about Moon City and this website tomorrow. The website can actually arrange direct encounters with Pseudo-People in Moon City, and it’s one that can fully express concretization."

Flashes of memory went through his mind, recalling the night’s encounters.

Young corpses bound by seaweed at the bottom of the lake,

the long-haired woman panicking and fleeing underwater,

caught up,

her face pinched by five fingers,

tentacles piercing into the brain,

inducing a fear attack targeted at the Pseudo-Person, causing the pituitary gland in the brain to dissolve, as if due to an overload of fear. Moreover, these dissolved pituitaries could be absorbed and devoured by the tentacles.

This sense of satisfaction was far greater than the previous release of fear against humans. Indeed, Pseudo-People were the best nourishment.

Afterward, there was no longer a strong sense of hunger.

...

Having completed the offline events, Luo Di returned to the homepage of 4hs, where the [Moon Zone] had turned gray. When the mouse hovered over it, a message popped up, "Access will be restored for you tomorrow."

"It seems you can only participate in the zone discussion once daily, which is not bad. There’s still some time left, so let’s browse the website’s shop before I sleep." frёewebηovel.cѳm

The shop was likewise divided into six sections according to different horror cultural types.

Luo Di decisively clicked on the Assassin’s section.

The subcategories included "Figurines & Statues," "Clothing & Accessories," "Replica Props," "Books & Stationery," "Lifestyle Merchandise"; everything was related to the theme of killers.

Back when Luo Di was in high school, due to financial constraints, he could at most buy some CDs and occasionally receive posters given as a gift by the shop owner.

Now, what was displayed before his eyes were all items that used to be hard to come by or had even become out of print.

Scrolling through the shop’s webpage, his eyes couldn’t keep up.

The time he spent browsing the shop here was even longer than his trips to the park.

Fear Beans seemed like a lot, but he quickly ran out after not purchasing much. Especially one limited-edition "Crystal Lake Jason" 1:6 scale statue that cost 50 Fear Beans.

Luo Di also bought a Murderer-themed mug, with even the handle crafted to resemble an axe haft.

Plus, a set of themed hooded sweaters and a special raincoat resembling a Rainy Night Murderer.

When Luo Di clicked to place the order, a wave of drowsiness hit him. Turning to look at the time in the bottom right corner of the desktop, it was already [08:13]. He didn’t feel like he had spent that much time, yet he had browsed for more than three hours.

He fell asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow.

The moment his eyelids closed, his brain entered a sleep state.

He thought that it would be a blink of the eyes and sleep would be over, but Luo Di’s consciousness fell into a strange dream, or rather, he went to a so-called

"Transfer Space"

formed by the connecting corner of the pituitary.

Hum!

In a blink of an eye.

Luo Di’s consciousness was already in a circular and open hall.

Neurons as thick as arms hung from the open-arched ceiling.

A huge, shriveled pituitary gland, emanating a gray sheen, was suspended in midair, exactly one meter from the ground.

"Hmm... Is this my pituitary? This is even more direct than the growth of Hell’s Spine, the benefits of Earth’s native system?"

Luo Di took the initiative to step forward and reached out to touch the pituitary’s surface.

He could distinctly feel a series of fine pulsations in his palm, much like a heartbeat.

As he touched it, the pituitary, sensing its master’s contact, immediately grew a multitude of tiny tentacles from its surface, which then wrapped around his entire arm.

A direct panel showing the state of the pituitary appeared within Luo Di’s consciousness.

Stage: Seed

Category: Cthulhu Mythos "Star’s Color (Personality Hue)"

Fear Association: Assassin (Black Door)

Quality: Myth

Saturation: 4%

Basic Effect: Tentacle Manipulation (Low Level)

*Myth class pituitary requires more high-grade nourishment of Fear to complete, preferably related to the fear of Assassins.

*Once saturation reaches halfway, the individual will be endowed with the Seed Stage’s "Characteristic Ability," which corresponds to the way you supplement the pituitary’s nourishment, the associated fear, and the type of pituitary.

At that time, the pituitary’s nutritional demands may increase, or there may be special conditions and requirements.

...

"How detailed... This indeed provides a more immediate grasp of the Corner system I possess, much better than Hell Items like the spine that require self-discovery.

Moreover, reaching halfway in feeding it provides actual characteristic abilities? Something like Open Spine?

Could it make me more like a real Murderer?"

Luo Di withdrew his hand, and the tentacles that had grown on the pituitary’s surface also retracted synchronously.

Staring at this huge pituitary that existed in Consciousness Space, he could vaguely make out some of its internal structure.

It could be simply divided into the "anterior lobe (hormone cell area)," the "posterior lobe (nutrient absorption area)," and the "outer membrane."

The anterior lobe is the source of power, responsible for the release of relevant abilities and hormonal regulation.

Although the pituitary has just formed, a close inspection already reveals a hint of the structure of corners in the anterior lobe area (a quasi-three-dimensional symmetrical coordinate system).

"Whether it’s normal humans who acquire a system through the intake of the pituitary or the Pseudo-Persons who generate Psychological Corners, [systems] are all developed around Fear.

The difference is,

Humans are not influenced by whispers of the Corner, they can maintain their self to a greater extent, and can freely choose the direction of Fear’s development.

While Pseudo-Persons are often greatly influenced and evolve around what they fear the most. The entire growth process will be guided by the Corner, and after the pituitary matures, they even have the opportunity to partake in the Seams, or undertake even more challenging ’Corner Warrants’ to obtain a chance at a Corner identity.

The ultimate goal of both seems to be the same, which is to go to the depths of the Corner, to touch something... As for what exactly to do, it’s something that only becomes clear when I myself venture into the Corner.

Better not think too much about it for now; focus on getting the matters at hand resolved.

Once the saturation exceeds half and I obtain the characteristic ability, I’ll then consider the combination and interaction between the pituitary and the spine."

As Luo Di’s subjective consciousness wished to exit, this area of consciousness immediately closed... Buzz! He woke up with open eyes.

The time had come to the evening of the next day.

The feeling of tiredness in his brain had been completely cleared out, replaced by a strong sense of hunger.

If it had been before, Luo Di would have gone downstairs to find something to eat right away, probably getting himself several servings of brain flower toast or perhaps a whole-brain hotpot.

But now another matter takes over his intense interest, overpowering the feeling of hunger to the point where he sits in front of the computer without even properly pulling on his pants.

www.4hs.***

The [Moon Zone] was relit, allowing Luo Di to review and reply to suitable offline activities again.

Perhaps because it was still early in the day, there were actually six offline missions to choose from.

But he quickly bypassed any post offering fewer than 100 Terror Beans as a reward.

As he scrolled to the bottom of the page,

Luo Di’s eyes suddenly widened, even forgetting the stomach pouch that kept rumbling.

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