Capítulo 778: Chapter 757: The Bandaged Man
Unexpected situation.
Luo Di tried to contact the eyeball life hidden deep in the darkness, but there was no response anymore. At that mont, he realized the seriousness of the situation.
When he was in Vortex Town before, he had tried to pluck out, crush, or burn it, but none of these thods severed his connection with the eyeball.
Even when Hunter ca to assist later, he could only swallow part of the eyeball to suppress it.
The current situation, however, is completely different.
Luo Di felt as if he had lost the structure of his “right eye,” and the connection was thus severed.
The source of the scratching sound was less than fifty ters away from him, leaning against the cave wall,
One hand was scratching a slightly itchy spot on its body, while the other hand was putting an eyeball into its mouth, chewing it.
The torchlight couldn’t reach over there, making it difficult to see the figure clearly. Judging from the silhouette, it seed like a humanoid about 170cm tall.
Danger!
The first thought that ca to Luo Di’s mind was to cross the rope bridge.
Before the connection was interrupted, the black eyeball had already pointed out the route: as long as he crossed the rope bridge and continued moving forward, he would see the way down.
Once Luo Di could reach the layer where the black eyeball resided, it would most likely co to receive him.
However,
His foot, which stepped forward, did not land on the expected rope bridge but kicked a solid wall instead.
The rope bridge that was right in front of him a second ago was now a solid, impenetrable rocky wall.
And at the sa ti,
The silhouette fifty ters away extended an arm, slowly beckoning.
Naturally, Luo Di did not respond to the invitation. He quickly turned around, rembering the path he ca from. Perhaps he could temporarily shake off this figure if he escaped this layer.
However,
Just as he turned to leave,
Another rocky wall stood in front of him, blocking the way back to the elevator.
Cold sweat dripped down his forehead,
Within the reach of the torchlight,
All sides were rocky walls,
There was no way out.
The silhouette stood at the furthermost end of the wall behind Luo Di, continuously beckoning from within the darkness.
‘Can the other side change the space? Or can it freely alter the structure of this rock cave layer… I still have one escape asure, but it’s my last resort.
If I use it too soon, I might escape temporarily, but who knows what will happen afterward.
I can’t use it now…
Since the other side hasn’t attacked directly, hasn’t physically dismantled , but only cut off my connection with the eyeball at first.
It might not be hostile, but in a dungeon like this, a lack of hostility seems unlikely.
I’ll try to make contact first, and if not, then attempt to escape.’
After so thought, Luo Di decided to approach proactively, and in a manner without hostility or killing intent, wanting to see what kind of existence had found him.
As the distance narrowed, even though the torchlight resisted eting the figure, it eventually climbed over the figure’s body slowly.
When the full appearance was revealed, Luo Di did not feel any discomfort or physiological disassembly, and didn’t hear any noise.
He could probably count this as the first “normal person” he encountered in the Original Dungeon.
This man’s entire body was wrapped in strips of cloth, in various types, colors, and even materials, as if torn from different clothes, of many kinds.
His face was quite uniform, wrapped in white bandages. Although the features were sealed, one could barely see the mouth and eyes through the gaps between the bandages.
There was a black root hanging from his mouth, left over from eating eyeballs.
His left hand constantly scratched various parts of his body, as if the flesh beneath those bands was unbearably itchy.
However, his right hand reached out in a handshake gesture.
Shake hands or refuse?
Luo Di didn’t hesitate. Since he chose to approach voluntarily, he’d already planned to make contact.
He extended his hand, clasping it.
No physiological dissection, no discomfort.
A jesting voice, as if joking, erged from beneath the bands:
“Oh~ Hello there, stranger. Isn’t today’s weather just perfect~? So perfect that we could et here, it’s truly a wonderful day.”
Luo Di retracted his hand, inspected himself, ensuring no bodily abnormalities.
“Who are you?”
“Oh! Not in for casual chatter, straight to the point? I really appreciate straightforward people like you… As you see, you can call “Cloth Man.”
I’m different from the other entities in this dungeon,
I only appear before interesting fellows, like you.”
“What do you want?”
“Oh~ I haven’t done anything for so long, almost forgot I’m a ‘rchant.’
I specialize in selling rare dungeon tools or equipnt to intriguing individuals like you, but I’m not interested in gold or precious treasures. I just need so ‘interesting’ things.
For example, your peculiar outfit, or… your fragrant, itchy skin, hehe.
Just need to tear off a tiny piece in exchange for equal, or even high-valued treasure, unique to this dungeon.”
“I don’t want to sell.”
“Hiss… That’s rare. After all, it’s hard for anyone to refuse such a valuable trade. I’m appreciating you more, it’s itching, itching up!”
The Cloth Man continued to scratch, with increasing force.
Luo Di suddenly felt a strong discomfort.
Under the influence of scratching, the bandages began to move as if the gaps were a deep abyss, seemingly heralding a threat beyond comprehension was about to erge.
At the mont of crisis.
Luo Di suddenly rembered sothing, quickly asking, “Would other people’s skin work?”
Upon saying those words, the scratching suddenly stopped, the nacing agitation temporarily subdued.
A slightly intrigued voice erged from between the gaps: “Hmm~ I can’t say for sure! I appeared because I took a liking to you.
Other skins, I might not even think much of.
Since you ntioned it, I’m willing to take a look.”
Luo Di took a tallic container from his waist, unfolded it to reveal the “Dirac’s Offspring” he recently acquired.
Upon seeing the utterly deford and vegetatively state pig-headed infant, the Cloth Man curiously ca closer, then reached to accept it.
He cradled it to his cheek, carefully feeling.
“Oh~ what a cute baby, tender skin is indeed srizing! Very well, my deal can proceed.”
With that said.
The Cloth Man used his fingernail to pinch the pig-headed infant’s abdon, tore off a strip of skin around it.
This strip of skin quickly turned into bandage material in his hand, pasted onto his abdon, becoming part of his attire.
Imdiately after,
The Cloth Man unexpectedly returned the pig-headed infant with the torn skin, “Hold it carefully, don’t accidentally drop it! This adorable baby is sure to find a better ho.”
Observing the unhard infant in his hand, Luo Di was a bit startled, continuing to encase it in the tallic container and attach it to himself.
“Co, take a look at my rchandise! Underneath my bandages are really deep, you know.”
After speaking,
The Cloth Man directly clasped his hands onto the abdominal bandages, pulling them apart to reveal the inside.
It was pitch black,
Like an abyss, like a giant mouth, like a black room.
Buzz!
Luo Di’s brain trembled, and in a blink of an eye, he found himself in a square secret room wrapped with bands.
Here, a large number of wooden boxes were scattered as if they contained the so-called “rchandise.”
Passageways existed on all sides, seemingly leading to other areas storing goods.
The Cloth Man’s voice followed.
“This is my shop, where over the years I’ve randomly picked up items in the dungeon, storing them here. There are many treasures, but also useless stuff.
You have five minutes to search for rewards, whatever you find is yours.
Of course, you must run, you must find the exit in those five minutes… Since I’m stingy, during this period, I’ll be chasing you from behind.
If caught, or failing to leave within five minutes, you’ll remain here forever, and I’ll claim all your skin.”
With that,
In the Corner, the bands quickly condensed into a human form similar to the Cloth Man, with bandages on its face embodying a clock countdown.
As it gradually moved toward Luo Di.
Nonetheless.
Luo Di didn’t hesitate at all. He didn’t even bother searching through the wooden boxes in the current area, heading straight for the nearest passageway.
He wasn’t swayed by “greed” in the slightest, absolutely not considering the balance between treasure searching and escape ti.
Before finding an exit, his attention would not fall on any treasure.
Luo Di understood very well that this was not a fair trade, surviving was the greatest reward.
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