Deep in the Living-Chapter 191 - 183: Fish and Bus

[Saiwei Vacation Island]

Harbor Pier

Almost all the ships in the entire pier area were destroyed, and even the pier itself was full of craters.

Deep within the only remaining passenger ship.

Zombie Shea was breathing heavily, her two arms and much of her flesh gone.

Even the right side of her cheek had been stripped of a great deal of flesh, revealing a bare skull, making her look even more like a zombie, and she was extremely weakened.

Isabella was currently treating her injuries, injecting the regenerate fluid from the nursing home essence into Shea.

As one after another white-glowing parasite corpse was expelled from her body, Shea finally seemed to ease up.

"How is Eye-sis doing?" Shea asked about her teammate’s condition first thing.

In the darkness, Eye-sis appeared in a wheelchair, her most central eyeball now covered with gauze, her right hand hooked to an IV, yet her left hand made an ’OK’ gesture.

Isabella still had to explain:

"Although Eye-sis has suffered some visual impairment, overall she’s okay.

With that ’thing’ being completely killed by you, Shea, all the oceanic parasites inside us died.

Eye-sis’s eyes are undergoing self-repair; it’s just going to take a little time."

"Isabella, are you okay yourself?"

"I’m fine... I have already gone through three self-reproductions and discharged the parasites in advance; I am in better condition than you all.

What exactly has happened to this island? Everything was normal before we headed to the village. How could it suddenly turn out like this?"

Shea offered her guess: "Probably something your partner touched off... but that’s good too, as we can get straight to the point.

With Hua Yuan’s help in the past, there shouldn’t be any problem. Let’s first head to the hotel to meet up with them."

"Okay."

After getting separated from Luo Di in the caves, Shea, Eye-sis, and Isabella walked directly to the coast through a mountain passageway.

They wanted to return to the caves, but each time they would lose their way in the forest. After many attempts, they ended up back on the beach.

Most importantly, the forest was filled with bizarre coffins and corpses that would keep following them.

Eye-sis observed that once these corpses died, some sort of death essence would be absorbed by the forest and sent somewhere; it seemed that if enough corpses died, some kind of terrifying village in the forest would be awakened.

Considering the danger, they decided to walk along the coast, going around to meet with Hua Yuan and the others between the resort and the hotel.

Who would have thought that close to the pier, the sea’s surface was littered with a large number of Floating Corpses, their bodies severely bloated, skin past the spots of decay gleaming with a faint sea blue luster.

It felt like they had drowned a long time ago, not just something that happened tonight.

Even though Shea and the group did not provoke them and deliberately walked closer to the beach, passing over the Floating Corpses on the horizon would activate them.

Their abdomens would grow structures akin to crab legs, carrying the swollen, foul-smelling corpses ashore to chase after them.

After easily clearing out twenty Floating Corpses, a strange Floating Corpse drifted out from the deep sea, without any bloated physique, and its body was wrapped in bizarre ceremonial attire.

The entire face of the Floating Corpse had been rotted away, the surface covered with coral structures and octopus legs emerging from the crevices.

A mere moment of contact could lead to a terrifying parasitic invasion.

It cost the sisters no small effort to achieve victory.

If they had been delayed any longer, those parasites in the sisters’ bodies would have reached their brains and begun consuming their pituitaries.

Just as they were preparing to head from the pier to the hotel, they were illuminated by a beam of high beam light.

...

[Deep in the Forest]

The comically sharp voice called out to Luo Di and Hua Yuan, who were just preparing to flee.

The car door opened,

A pair of shiny crocodile leather shoes stepped down, matched with a pure purple suit, and the neck was adorned with a cartoon fish headpiece.

"Oh~ don’t run, I’m not here to kill you.

Without my big car, you might need a lot of unnecessary time to leave this forest.

Just like I said before, it’s because you killed the [Black Death Face], you get the exclusive chance to ride! Just get on, and you can go anywhere on the island for free, and come to me to claim your kill reward.

Of course, you can also choose not to trust me.

Whether to get on the car, it’s up to you.

Gurgle gurgle~ Time is bubbling away, if you don’t get on now, I’ll be leaving."

Luo Di and Hua Yuan did not sense any killing intent from each other.

Perhaps, as the Monster Avatar said, what’s happening on the island is more like a game.

The fish-headed man before them might be an important game character, and interacting with him might reveal some clues about the Monster Avatar.

Hua Yuan tried to imprint on the other’s brain, but found it to be ineffective.

A substance similar to Black Death Face blocked the projection of abilities, and the other’s dead fish eyes also glared over, as if warning Hua Yuan not to pull any tricks.

"Mr. Di, this guy might be almost as dangerous as the dead. Whether to get on the car, you decide."

"Get on."

"You really aren’t afraid of dying! Alright, let’s go."

Seeing the two walking towards the car door, the driver also made a very gentlemanly inviting gesture.

The situation inside the car remained largely unchanged, the only difference being that the seat covers had been changed from ordinary fabric to pure skin.

The two still chose to sit at the back of the car.

The gentleman fish stood in the middle of the aisle, hands in his pockets, clearly scratching his crotch, then he also put his right finger in front of the fish head mask and sniffed it.

It was as if he inhaled some particularly exhilarating scent; his body convulsed for a moment, and then he began to speak again:

"You can call me ’Gentleman Fish’, mainly responsible for issuing rewards to you strong participants.

I never would have imagined that the Black Death Face I dread could be solved by you guys.

Don’t even think about laying a hand on me!

I’m not the target on your warrant. I’m just a gentleman who helps out, gurgle gurgle~

First, choose your rewards, then we can talk about other matters.

I believe you must be very curious about what’s happening on this island? Don’t worry, when Gentleman Fish drives for you, I’ll explain everything slowly!"

That said,

the fish mouth began to slowly open,

and a stench from the deep sea wafted out, like several cans of different varieties of anchovy had been opened.

Bleh!

It wasn’t Luo Di and Hua Yuan who vomited, but the Gentleman Fish itself vomited because of its own stench.

Only what vomited out wasn’t filth, but three things.

A long bone stick resembling a fishbone full of spikes, its surface shimmering with deep-sea luster.

An unlabeled can of food.

An agate stone emitting a green glow.

The mouth of the Gentleman Fish closed, looking delighted at the things he vomited, "Congratulations! Your random choice of reward has been drawn, and it looks pretty good!

This is the Fish Bone Stick (experimental item); if you run into troublesome island creatures again, using this to strike them will be very effective! You must have noticed that the energy from Corner is suppressed by the creatures here.

This is the Ocean Can, the Gentleman Fish’s favourite food.

No matter how hungry you are, no matter what injuries you have, as long as you don’t die, eating this can of food will completely restore you within ten minutes.

This Radiation Stone can provide unlimited lighting to dispel the darkness on the island and also nourish your spirit."

These so-called rewards seemed very strange; Luo Di did not choose directly but asked a question:

"You must be a minion of the monster or a similar island creation? Why would you help us?"

The Gentleman Fish shook its fish head violently, "NONONO~ It’s not helping, it’s rewarding!

Your active participation has yielded important experimental parameters for the master, these are just participant incentives.

Don’t get me wrong, Gentleman Fish won’t help anyone!

Also, there’s no need to be afraid, although these items are associated with the master’s experiments, they won’t cause you to undergo experimental transformation.

For a participant, the starlight coloration will only remain on the surface."

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