Devourer of Kin

Chapter 2 · Kin-Eater

Just as Lu Minghao was fantasizing about the wonderful world of beast-girl older sisters in another world, a sudden hunger surged from his body like a tide, screaming from body to soul, craving the first nourishment since his birth, driving Lu Minghao to devour his first meal as a slime.

"So hungry. So hungry, hungry, hungry."

Facing the sudden hunger, Lu Minghao's body was driven to seek his first food, but due to the slime's vision issues, Lu Minghao could only vaguely see everything around him, like the worst black and white graphics. It felt like a human with severe myopia taking off their glasses.

"Huh? This feeling is?"

The next second, Lu Minghao's round, streamlined body suddenly froze. A strange sensation appeared in his perception. The vibrations of the air and ground told him everything happening around him. Even though he couldn't see clearly, Lu Minghao instinctively sensed what was nearby.

It was as if he were on the surface of water, clearly sensing the slightest ripples in the distance, able to clearly detect what was there. It was similar to how a spider can sense vibrations on its web. Although he could perceive the size, he didn't know what it was.

"Is this the world as perceived by a slime?"

Lu Minghao instinctively crawled forward cautiously. His liquid body wriggled forward bit by bit. Although he could sense his bouncing brethren nearby in his perception, out of caution and fear, he still chose the safest way to move. After all, even with his top-tier talent, he was currently just a slime so weak it couldn't even beat a dog.

Splat!

Suddenly, Lu Minghao, who was moving forward, felt something bump into him, and his forward momentum stopped.

"Is this a sword?"

Lu Minghao examined the long, thin object in front of him. Although he couldn't see it clearly from his perspective, its vague shape looked similar to a sword. Furthermore, Lu Minghao's body sensed it was somewhat sharp.

"Why is this thing here?"

After examining the sword blocking his path for a few seconds, Lu Minghao, unable to figure it out, chose to ignore it. He was starving, after all. Lu Minghao then bypassed the sword in front of him and continued to crawl forward, but the next second, Lu Minghao felt something enter his body.

Poof!

Suddenly, Lu Minghao felt something in his body dissolve. A warm current seemed to permeate his entire body. A trace of strength emerged from his newly born body.

"The grass dissolved."

Lu Minghao stopped in place, stunned. Compared to the hunger in his body, this new sensation of dissolving grass with his body was incredibly novel, especially the feeling of permeation after dissolving the grass. It was absolutely exhilarating!

"Should I try again?"

The next second, Lu Minghao looked at the other patches of grass growing in front of him. Thinking of the wonderful feeling from before, his round body leaped forward and pounced directly into them. His liquid body completely enveloped the grass below, and then completely dissolved it.

Moreover, every time he dissolved a patch of grass, Lu Minghao felt his weak body strengthen slightly. This feeling drove Lu Minghao to start sweeping away all the surrounding green grass. Soon, the already sparse green grass was completely devoured.

"Speaking of which, other things seem edible too."

Lu Minghao looked at the sword that had blocked his path earlier while glancing at the talent panel only he could see.

[Gluttony] (Purple): You possess a bottomless stomach and digestive capacity. Due to your racial characteristics, you can devour both living organisms and inorganic matter, and you will fully absorb the nutrients from whatever you consume to accelerate your growth speed, with a chance to gain some of its abilities.

According to the talent panel's description, with Gluttony, he could devour both living organisms and inorganic matter. This meant that the iron sword in front of him was also on his menu.

"Let's try it. If it's true, then I won't lack a food source in the future."

Saying this, Lu Minghao slowly moved his body closer to the long sword in front of him. His liquid body gradually enveloped the sword within his body. The moment part of the sword entered Lu Minghao's body, it began to break down under Gluttony's powerful digestive force, turning into nutrients for his growth.

"It really works!"

Feeling that familiar permeating sensation within his body again, Lu Minghao directly charged forward, enveloping the entire sword within his body. However, since his body was currently only the size of a basketball, about half of the sword was still exposed.

Meanwhile, some slimes hopping towards a distant area paused as they passed by Lu Minghao. Their weak intelligence couldn't comprehend why this fellow slime was stopping here. Ordinary slimes did not possess Lu Minghao's Gluttony ability.

If grass was something they could digest, then things like swords were completely outside the normal slime diet.

Bang!

Suddenly, something hit the ground, startling the slimes surrounding Lu Minghao. They scrambled and hopped around in a panic. In reality, it was the sword that Lu Minghao was devouring. Only the lower half had been completely dissolved, causing the upper half to fall.

Splat!

"Huh?"

Just as Lu Minghao was about to continue eating the remaining half of the sword, he suddenly felt something bump into his body. Then, the familiar sensation surged again. When Lu Minghao looked in the direction he was bumped, he saw that a slime had somehow jumped onto him.

And the part that came into contact with his body instantly dissolved and was digested like the grass and sword before. Only half of its body remained lying on the ground. Judging by the commotion, it was completely dead.

"So, I ate a fellow slime?"

Lu Minghao looked at the half-slime body lying beside him. A certain schizophrenic spider couldn't help but come to mind. Was he also going to embark on the path of a kin-eater? No, he was already on it, having eaten half of one.

"Indeed. Slime lives are so fragile; they die so easily."

Seeing his fellow slime die so easily, Lu Minghao felt a sense of fear. Although he possessed infinite possibilities in the truest sense, he was currently just a slime that could die at any moment.

"Rest in peace. I will live on with your will and become a powerful slime!"

The next second, Lu Minghao's body crawled forward, instantly enveloping the half-slime within his body. As the familiar sensation arose again, a significant change occurred within Lu Minghao's heart. Everything was just for survival.

Also, rest in peace within my body!

And, I'll change the update schedule tomorrow: one chapter in the morning, one in the afternoon.