When he saw the Son of Evil God again, that Tier 11 being, Lu PingAn found himself even calmer than he had expected.
"So huge. It looks like it could feed us for years."
That day, when a being of the same kind had appeared on Earth, it had been an apocalyptic scene.
Even Lu PingAn had not been confident he could survive that trial back then. Perhaps, on another worldline, it had been humanity's destined dead end.
But now, he had encountered that strange and powerful Octopus Child once more.
That colossal creature, which brought fear and even destruction to small and medium worlds simply by lying across dimensions, inspired only one thought in Lu PingAn.
".How should I cook this?"
His instinct for evolution had been awakened, which was why his craving was so obvious.
And back on Mercury 42, the Son of Evil God would never have appeared before him. It might be greedy and gluttonous, but it was not completely brainless.
"It's time to keep it here."
Lu PingAn, who had watched the show with a smile until now, finally began to act.
"Buzz!"
Countless Lamp Trees rose from the ground wherever the Eight-Clawed Son of Evil God's tentacles could reach.
They were also Lu PingAn's "tentacles," the means by which he could exert influence over such vast distances.
World Poison targeted at Eight-Clawed began to spread, soon becoming World Anchors one after another.
Assimilation. Corrosion. Those trees ate people.
"Awooo! Awooo! Awooo! Awooo!"
After such a long preparation, the trap finally drew the howls of a wounded beast.
At this moment, it could still leave. So long as it was willing to abandon the part of itself buried in the trap.
"Mortals. Death. Pain. Delicious."
Yet amid the echoes of that bizarre roar, Lu PingAn