Peaceful Years of 060

Darkness, gloom.

He did not know how long had passed before dampness and warmth enveloped him. The sensation was utterly unfamiliar to him. Lioz had never experienced being born as a mortal creature; birth had always been a blind spot in his understanding of living beings.

And now, he was inside the womb of some unknown creature. His body had yet to fully develop; more precisely, it was still only the rudimentary form of an embryo.

He could not control his body. There were not even any nerves here. If not for the existence of Free Will, he probably would not even have been able to break free of this unfinished body to think.

But he soon discovered that even thinking could not last for long. This body's energy relied entirely on transport from the mother. Once it was depleted, he could only stare blankly into space.

After what was probably several weeks, the embryonic body began to grow rapidly. Nerves, bones, blood vessels—everything was present. Its development far surpassed that of a human fetus in Layer Abyss, but its energy consumption was equally terrifying.

Even by his rough calculations, merely sustaining the fetus's life energy for one second was equivalent to Azure Planet's electricity generation for twenty years. And when it came to the factors involved in growth and development, the costs were countless.

At first glance, it seemed exaggerated, but it was not difficult to understand.

Only a fetus like this could be born at Kappa-rank (10).

And this was merely the most basic level in Realm Abyss.

Because his processing power was insufficient, he worried that overthinking would affect the fetus's development, so he simply began to sleep.

It had been a long time since he had slept so easily. The last time had been when he