Deep in the Living

Chapter 195 Where the Monsters Are

The week-long island vacation has arrived on its last day.

Everyone will take the passenger ship to leave [Saiwei Resort Island] at dusk. No one wants to waste the remaining half day, and some even get up early, which is unusual.

Luo Di also specially ordered breakfast to be delivered to the suite, but the person who delivered breakfast was no longer the young girl, but an ordinary aunt.

The five of them spent the entire day shopping in the commercial plaza, buying a lot of things, and had seafood lunch at a self-paid restaurant in the mall.

Anyway, no matter whether you are an investigator, researcher or an office elite like Xiaoying, they all have very good salaries, so these expenses are nothing at all, and even a large part of them can be reimbursed.

In the afternoon,

Everyone returned to the hotel to pack up their things, with a look of satisfaction on their faces, and not at all depressed about the end of the vacation.

They have long been accustomed to living in the shadow of the corner and fighting with all kinds of fake people. If this carefree holiday lasts too long, they will feel anxious. A week is just right.

Gao Yuxuan also put his arm around him and said, "Luo Di, are you going to run again when you go back tonight?"

"Run, I'll call you then."

"I want to join in too!" Wu Wen quickly squeezed over and raised her hand when she heard that they were going to run tonight.

Anna and Xiaoying, who were standing by, joined in after hearing this, treating the night run as a warm-up exercise before returning to work.

The travel agency's bus brought everyone to the island port.

The setting sun coated the sea surface with a layer of yellow scales.

Everyone dragged their suitcases, big and small, towards the passenger ship.

Wu Wen also held Luo Di's hand throughout the whole process, holding it tighter than ever before. She seemed to miss the carefree time they spent together and seemed to be looking forward to their life after returning home and the engagement they had already agreed on.

As we approached the passenger ship,
Rody's speed slowed down.
Gradually fell behind the tour group.

Even though Wu Wen tried to pull and tug deliberately by holding hands, it was of no avail.

"What's wrong, Dee?"

Luo Di did not respond immediately, but walked very slowly, as if he was thinking about something. When he approached the junction between the pier and the passenger ship, he stopped completely.

"Wu Wen, you go up first... I think I forgot something important in the hotel, I have to go back and get it."

"Ah? Didn't we take everything with us when we left the hotel? There was nothing left behind. Xiaoying even searched for it with her eyes.

And the passenger ship won’t wait for you.”

"Anyway, you guys go first. I'll go back to the hotel. I did leave something behind. At most, you can just pay me one more day's accommodation fee. I'll go back on my own tomorrow and just ask for half a day off from the Investigation Bureau."

Wu Wen still held Luo Di's right hand tightly, "Let's go together~ Didn't we agree to go running in the evening? Look, everyone is waiting for you."

Rody looked up at the top of the passenger ship's stairs.

Gao Yuxuan, Xiaoying and Anna were all looking at him, waiting for him.

The memories of these days were also very beautiful, making Rody completely immersed in them. He was very happy every moment, and all his memories were engraved with the word "happiness".

But... Rody always felt like something was missing.

He likes this kind of life.

But this kind of life seems to be missing something.

"It doesn't matter if you delay for a day. We can make an appointment tomorrow night. You guys go first. Wu Wen, you should go to bed early tonight."

Rody pulled his hand away, waved goodbye to everyone, and went back dragging his suitcase.

When he walked about three meters away, Wu Wen's somewhat angry and questioning voice came:
"Did you get to know the girl who delivered the food last time? Are you going back to look for her now?"

These words made Luo Di stop. He touched the bracelet and a dialing interface popped up, and a string of numbers was entered.

"The number you dialed is unavailable. Please check before redialing."

"Wu Wen, I privately investigated the waitress who served the food, and there was no such person in the entire hotel. I felt it was a bit strange, so I wanted to go back and continue investigating.

And you are a little weird today.

Based on my memory of our relationship, you shouldn't have such strong emotions because of this kind of thing.

Anyway, you guys go first~ If you don’t believe it, I can’t help you.”

Rody didn't look back and continued to drag his suitcase out of the dock.

Wu Wen's voice was heard again. Strangely, the tourists standing on the deck and the friends waiting on the stairs all started talking together.

Everyone's voices were synchronized, becoming calm and natural.

"Rodi, if you choose to leave by boat now, the rest of your life will be on a happy path, and you, your friends, and your family will not be threatened.

There will be no worries in your life.

At the same time, as an investigator, you can also get the need to kill in one incident after another.

This kind of memory and this kind of life are what I have distilled based on the subconscious needs of your brain. It is the life you essentially want.

Now, all you have to do is turn around and get on the boat to continue living this life.

If you choose to stay on the island, your consciousness will be trapped here forever, and your memory will be erased once a day. You have been trapped since you set foot on the island, and you are already hopeless. Instead of struggling, you might as well submit. "

After hearing this reply, Rody laughed instead. He didn't laugh out loud but the muscles on his face were stretched to a certain extent.

He still didn't look back, but slowly raised his right arm over his shoulder and made an international friendly gesture behind him.

Hearing the sound of the cruise ship setting sail, Rody took the bus directly back to the hotel. Seeing that the driver had no intention of driving, he sat in the driving seat himself.

Humming a little tune, I drove back to the familiar Mercury Hotel. Ever since I met the waitress,
Ever since I got the piece of paper with the phone number on it,

Ever since I glimpsed the text of unknown meaning.

Although Luo Di was still immersed in his vacation life, he always remembered something in his mind. He always felt that Wu Wen, who lay beside him every night, became more and more unfamiliar, while the waitress in his memory became more and more familiar.

while driving.

Luo Di controlled his tongue and flicked it in his mouth! Even though he had no memory of having the habit of tongue flicking, he gradually fell in love with it after experiencing it unconsciously a few times.

The sound of his tongue made his mind clear.

His body gradually became hot.

It reminded him of what he had to look for back at the hotel.

"Yes~ I don't think the purpose of coming here is to go on vacation, but to find something called a 'monster'. That thing is in the hotel, in my room.

Maybe if I can find him, I'll be able to remember everything.

Even if I really can’t escape, it doesn’t matter…”

Back at the hotel, everything was still operating as usual.

Luo Di took the elevator quickly to the top floor suite, where the cleaning lady was working. After receiving a generous tip from Luo Di, she left tactfully.

The suite is locked.

Rody began to search through all the boxes and cabinets here.

But there was no so-called "monster" in the corner of the sofa, at the bottom of the swimming pool, or in the depths of the toilet.

but,

It seemed that he had no intention of looking for monsters from the beginning, but instead collected various nails and sharp objects in the house.

The reason why he came back here was because this suite was the [starting point] of everything, and the so-called "monster" was not "hiding in the house" but "right in the house".

Rody already had the answer in his heart.

But this answer was very heavy and cruel to him... Just as the other party said, he would be trapped here forever and could not leave even if he found the answer.

After getting this answer, most people will choose to board the ship leading to a happy future.

Standing in front of the sink,

Rody looked at himself in the mirror again.
He looked at the pile of nails and hooks he had found, and the zombie knife in his hand.

Roddy finally threw the zombie knife away. This prop might be fake and would have a counterproductive effect on the next action.

He began to insert rusty iron nails into his body.
It was strange that although his brain had no memory of pain or acupuncture points, Rody could unconsciously insert the nails into acupuncture points that could cause multiple pains and penetrate some key tendons and veins.

The accumulation of pain brings clarity to the brain,

It brings physical pleasure.
More and more images that do not exist in memory flash through my mind.

When his whole body was pierced with iron nails and sharp objects,

Rody stared at the mirror again with his red eyes.
He saw something different.

There seemed to be some color flowing inside his eyeballs.

Something seemed to be moving under my eyelids.

He found... the so-called [Monster].

No hesitation.

Rody knew very well that even this level of pain could only bring about a brief sobering effect, and any hesitation would be a waste of opportunity.

He was terminally ill and had only one way to go.

Even if the end of this road is death, he will keep going.

If you can't even withstand this level of death, how can you think of going deep into the corner and cutting off the source of everything?

Rody did not use any weapons or props.

Just your own hands.

Put your five fingers in your mouth.

Crack! The entire jaw was torn out with brute force, and blood splattered on the sink and the ground.

The other hand immediately followed.

He reached into the brain through his completely torn mouth and tightly grasped the soft brain tissue, which was his own brain tissue, the center of human life activities.

Still no hesitation,

He just shouted four words in a hoarse and dry voice...

Swish!
A brain full of colors, with colorful tentacles growing on its surface, was pulled out and crushed.

Rody's consciousness also dimmed at the same time, and his body fell heavily to the ground.

Endless darkness engulfed the bean-sized consciousness.

But there is also a warm current.
A stream of "Nutrition" generated by killing oneself flows to the spine...

(End of this chapter)