[Exploration Bureau - Technical Development Division (Division Six)]

An ancient stone chamber, where the floor is covered with modern metal cables, each with a very complex manufacturing process.

One end of these metal cables is connected to the walls of the chamber, seemingly capable of "connecting" with the ancient history deep within the walls.

The other end of the cables converges towards the depth, gathering at the back of a boy who appears to be under twelve years old.

Rather than a human, he resembles a biocybernetic entity.

He has numerous ports at his back to receive these cables, and his face carries symmetrical line structures.

The boy is in a state of weightless floatation, eyes closed, seemingly communicating or deciphering something with these ancient rocks.

At this moment,

The external stone door opens, and a woman with high-degree glasses walks in, wearing a golden armband on her arm.

"Special external agent 'Luo Di' has arrived, he brought a very special pituitary, I think you might be interested."

The boy does not reply, the metal cables connected to his back automatically retract, and he himself gradually returns from the zero-gravity state to normal.

He follows the woman to the detection room,

The researchers inside are scratching their heads as if they encountered some difficult issues.

The devices in front of them, used to identify monster pituitaries, are currently malfunctioning.

Not only can they not detect relevant parameters, but a mysterious mist entered the instruments, and many methods were used to try to fix it to no avail.

The boy merely takes one look and instantly understands the problem,

He stands at the console, and the faulty machines begin to function again, with the internal flowing mist being suppressed back into the pituitary.

A test report is quickly printed out.

[Mature Pituitary Result Test Report]

Plant Name: §My Most Proud Work§

Corner Ranking: NO.45

Pituitary Status: Entirely extracted from monster brain, no trauma, no pollution, perfect form.

Fear Type: Yellow Gate - Psychological Obsession Type

Pituitary Space: Large Amusement Park

Relevant Abilities & Non-Corner Abilities:

1. "Trick" - a pathological trick that induces psychological fear in others, exaggerating regular clown performances.

Any individual who has witnessed the trick will be marked as an "audience" and can be individually tracked.

Any individual directly or indirectly touched by the trick may have their head deprived.

The trick can act on itself, allowing linkage with other abilities to achieve undead status and quick escape.

2. "Balloon" - capable of creating clone balloons for surveillance, touch, explosion, and body transfer, among other uses, with richer imagination leading to stronger effects.

*3. "Mist" - a non-native ability, one of the primal fears from the Corner Depths, allowing the individual to release the primordial mist.

Highly compatible with the pituitary, can be directly released into the environment for regional advantage, or used for balloon inflation, greatly enhancing the balloon's effects.

It can also replace its blood with mist as a new circulatory medium, greatly enhancing physical functions and altering the body's nature.

More uses await individual development.

*4. "Comic" - a non-Corner ability, detected to originate from the comic shop opened by an Outer God, with the corresponding comic book titled "Human Head Balloons".

Simultaneously enhances and links the above three abilities, causing any individual exposed to the mist to develop an "air injection hole", facilitating mist infusion and Human Head Balloon creation.

Under the influence of Trick and direct contact, this effect is doubled.

[Comprehensive Evaluation]: S+*

*One of the top mature monster pituitaries, incorporating primal fear and Outer Realm characteristics. To create a relic using this pituitary, the user must be the human who personally beheaded the monster, and the individual compatibility must be over 80%.

The glasses-wearing female adjutant is stunned upon seeing the detection report.

"Primal fear incorporating Outer Realm characteristics... it's the first time I've seen such a pituitary! And to be ranked 45 as a mature plant, once developed into a garden structure it could possibly enter the top ten of the Corner?"

The boy also speaks at this moment, "Begin the compatibility test immediately, I'll personally oversee it."

"Alright."

...

The metal door of the waiting room opens, and the boy steps out.

Yu Ze has already calculated the time in advance, rising early to face the doorway, "Minister Matthew!"

"Sorry to keep you waiting, the detection took a bit of time, next is the compatibility test, Detective Roddy follow me."

Luo Di also quickly stands, bowing in respect, not expecting such a young boy to actually be the head of the Technical Development Division at headquarters.

But quickly notices an issue, the boy in front of him is likely just a shell, with the real entity seemingly not present here.

As Luo Di followed the other party into the inner area, he inquired, "Can they come in together? These are trustworthy friends who are very interested in relic creation."

The young boy flatly refused, "No, whether they make any movements, even just the basic act of breathing, could affect the relic creation.

Not to mention there are two non-humans among them, and the pituitary monsters in their heads could seriously disrupt the ritual."

Yu Ze pushed Luo Di directly inside, "Comrade, hurry ahead~ Show us the finished product when you're done, this must be done by you alone."

Inside the sterile laboratory.

The so-called compatibility test is very simple, just cut open Luo Di's palm, insert the pituitary gland, and surgically connect the hand's nerves to the pituitary gland.

The situation is judged by ultimately detecting the activation state of the pituitary.

However, Luo Di didn't need such hassles, nor any surgical handling.

"Which hand are we testing?"

"Your original arm."

"Alright."

He placed his right hand on the table, the palm's flesh automatically splitting open.

The flesh and nerves inside had long become tentacle-like, directly drilling out of the palm to entwine the balloon pituitary, synchronously connecting the nerves and blood vessels.

As this pituitary gland formally integrated into the body's circulation.

It was thought that it would rejuvenate and upgrade with the injection of blood, but unexpectedly the pituitary gland quickly shriveled up as its essence was absorbed by Luo Di,

or rather, the essence of the mist actively flowed into Luo Di's body.

Bam!

Minister Matthew reached out, firmly clamping Luo Di's wrist, halting the process.

"Quickly return whatever entered your body, such a good pituitary cannot have any deficiencies, otherwise it will severely affect the relic's completeness and quality."

"Okay."

Luo Di decisively activated his spine and used vascular pressure to forcibly push the mist back into the pituitary.

Once all the mist was sent back, Minister Matthew deftly extracted the pituitary gland and placed it back into the container.

"Follow me, the most important relic creation is up next."

Luo Di seemed somewhat unresponsive, "It's done just like that? How's the compatibility?"

"Generally, the pituitary gland of mature monsters has strong independence. Even if the body is already dead, the pituitary itself is unwilling to have any contact with humans, resulting in a strong rejection reaction.

If an investigator can effectively suppress the pituitary gland and the bodily reaction is not too intense, they've passed the compatibility test.

Yet, you are completely different,

not only does this pituitary gland have no rejection reaction to you, but the mist components within actively seek affinity with you. This is not 'compatibility' but 'matching.'

Have you had any prior contact with this mist from Corner Depths?"

"Yes, I was previously involved in the videotape incident, ultimately fighting to seize this thing. Although I didn't get it, I had quite some 'interaction' with the mist during the process."

"That makes sense~ Follow me then."

Luo Di got up and continued following behind Minister Matthew, passing through several metal corridors with special force fields, passing five large hydraulic metal doors, with multiple full-body energy field scans along the way.

It was expected to lead to a special laboratory, to further process the pituitary gland using some modern technique.

Hiss!

Steam dispersed.

The last heavy hydraulic door slowly opened.

The inside was not a laboratory, but an ancient stone cave, with a deep pit excavated at the center.

An ancient stone coffin lay in it.

Luo Di was clearly aware that the Corner's existence spanned only about a hundred years, while the cave in front of him, especially this stone coffin, dated back significantly further, almost incalculable, feeling more ancient than the ancestors of True Hell.

"This is..."

"The 'Secret Room,' discovered by the first humans to arrive at Corner, or rather 'found by.' The entire Exploration Bureau was built around the Secret Room, holding great significance for human development and the exploration of Corner.

Its existence ensures the production of elite investigators.

As long as an investigator can personally kill a mature monster and extract a relatively complete pituitary gland, they can obtain their own 'relic' here.

An investigator can only use it once and can own only one relic."

"What exactly are relics used for?"

"You'll naturally find out once you obtain it... This time, the investigators uniting with Vortex Town against Outer Realm are all elite with relics.

Only investigators with relics are qualified to explore deeper.

Go ahead, take this pituitary gland and lie in the stone coffin, this experience will be unforgettable for the rest of your life. Once you emerge from the stone coffin, the relic will be completed."

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