He had truly never imagined that he would end up in such a miserable state... Ever since he had inexplicably been dragged into this subworld, life had always been so disappointing—even though in the worlds of the past, he had long since transcended the bounds of humanity.
Yet when he once again experienced the hardships of being human, 24 still felt the phrase that was currently popular in this world: his mentality had exploded.
None of his power had left him... It was simply unusable. He felt like a rich man stranded on a completely deserted island.
Fortunately, as an immortal soul, after trying for a long time, he had finally managed to spread out a thread of it... But it was only a thread. That was already his absolute limit.
Trapped in this lightless place, this thread of soul power could affect only the rats and insects moving underground—obviously, neither rats nor insects could help him in his current state.
Out of dignity, 24 would not choose to eat these creatures before he was truly desperate—but he genuinely felt that he could no longer hold on.
In the end, he controlled a rat to come near him. Just as 24 was about to swallow it to replenish his strength, someone arrived at this place.
It really was... a way out even when Heaven seemed to have closed every door.
Not long afterward, somewhere in the superpower research institute hidden beneath a building, the sounds of smashing the ground rang out continuously. The foreman in charge of the excavation and his workers were smashing the floor like puppets, frenziedly...
Late at night, a huge yet unusually gaunt figure slowly crawled out through the hole broken open by the excavator. He had the typical face of a Western man, along