Poison and Departure

Poison and Departure

On the gray-white rock walls, devoid of any color, black-green moss grew everywhere. Thick, pitch-black liquid continuously dripped down from above, while clusters of purple mushrooms the size of thumbs grew in the cracks that had been corroded into the worn steps beneath the walls.

Plop! Plop!

A strange sound suddenly rang out in the dim space. Before long, a dark-blue slime appeared, its jelly-like body full of elasticity as it bounced forward.

"Nice, there are some here too."

Before long, Lu Minghao stopped in front of the few colorful mushrooms and skillfully wrapped them inside his body, dissolving them. Immediately afterward, a faint purple hue appeared across Lu Minghao's originally blue body, and his magic essence also increased slightly.

Poisonous Mushroom. Lu Minghao had discovered these by accident a few days ago. After consuming them, they not only provided him with a large amount of nourishment and slightly increased his magic essence, but also gave him his first offensive ability: Poison.

After discovering the effects of Poisonous Mushroom, Lu Minghao had spent the past few days constantly searching through the sewer where he had been born. These few mushrooms should be the last Poisonous Mushroom in the vicinity.

"Come to think of it, I should be the strongest slime in this area by now."

After absorbing the last few Poisonous Mushroom, Lu Minghao turned around and looked at the other slimes in the sewer behind him. Relying on his Gluttony ability and Poisonous Mushroom, Lu Minghao had begun growing rapidly recently. The magic essence that had only just been born inside him had also increased several times over.

Aside from his magic essence, Lu Minghao had also tested his new ability recently. A single drop of poison no larger than a bead had directly corroded a basketball-sized hole in the ground. Even the nearby slimes had died instantly after merely coming into contact with the spreading poisonous gas.

At the time, even Lu Minghao had been startled by his own poison. He had never expected it to be so terrifying. Leaving aside its absurd corrosiveness, its toxicity alone was enough that ordinary people would probably drop dead on the spot after smelling it for a few seconds.

After witnessing the power of his poison, Lu Minghao immediately ate the entire patch of ground that had been corroded, in order to prevent himself from wiping out all the slimes in the area. He also laid the slimes that had been poisoned to rest.

"It's time to leave. Staying here can no longer satisfy my needs for growth."

The next moment, Lu Minghao looked toward a small mountain of garbage in the distance. There was a gap half a person's height at the top of the mound. That was the exit leading out of this sewer. Lu Minghao had discovered it two days ago, but at the time he had been busy searching everywhere for Poisonous Mushroom.

Now, all the Poisonous Mushroom in this sewer had been completely devoured by him. He had even eaten all the rocks, plants, broken weapons, and bones of unknown creatures throughout the sewer. All that remained were the walls, dirt, and piles of filthy garbage.

In other words, in less than half a month since Lu Minghao's birth, this sewer had been almost completely eaten empty by the appetite and digestive power of his bottomless Gluttony. Unless he gave up on growing quickly and chose to eat dirt, he had to leave.

Actually, Lu Minghao had another choice besides this: he could devour all the slimes here, his fellow kindred. However, he gave up on that option. No matter what, they were still his kin. If they had been slimes from somewhere else, Lu Minghao would not have minded doing so, but as for these slimes, he decided to let it go.

"I'm leaving. If I get the chance, I'll come back to see you."

As he spoke, Lu Minghao jumped directly toward the pile of garbage. His elastic body bounced several times before reaching the gap. Finally, he turned around and glanced at his fellow creatures, a complicated feeling welling up inside him.

In his previous life, he had indeed been human, but now he was a slime. In a sense, the slimes below were his only family. Yet because of the thoughts within him, Lu Minghao also felt out of place among them.

"I'm a monster now!"

The next moment, Lu Minghao looked at his sky-blue, jelly-like body, and something within him began to change. No matter what he had been in the past, he was now merely a slime. As for treating himself as human simply because he had been human in his previous life, that was completely impossible.

Not to mention that he was now a slime, which humans would kill without hesitation if they discovered him. Besides, whether the humans in this world were constructed the same way as the humans from his previous world was itself a question.

"I'm just a slime that wants to survive!"

After taking one last look at his carefree kindred behind him, Lu Minghao directly left the sewer where he had been born. As for his fellow creatures, it was better to let them continue living here. This sewer, filled with filth and stench and despised even by goblins, was a paradise belonging to weak slimes.

The gray-white rock walls were covered in cracks left by the corrosion of time. On the damp, slippery sewer floor, Lu Minghao carefully moved his body forward. Beside him, all kinds of garbage and filth floated atop the foul-smelling sewage.

This was the scene Lu Minghao saw after leaving the sewer where he had been born. Based on his observations, the sewer where he had been born was probably located downstream, where large amounts of garbage and filth gathered.

Yet precisely because of this, that place, filled with stench, filth, and even poisonous air, had become a paradise for slimes. After all, aside from slimes and insects, even goblins found it difficult to survive in that environment. Goblins needed at least some normal food, after all.

"What's this?"

Suddenly, as Lu Minghao moved forward, he heard a rustling sound coming from the distance. Judging by the vibrations in the air and the sound itself, there was clearly more than one creature. Moreover, they seemed very likely to be running toward Lu Minghao.

"What could it be? Logically speaking, I've only just left the sewer where I was born."

Lu Minghao looked toward the source of the disturbance. Although he was puzzled, his body honestly crawled toward the corner. His liquid body then squeezed directly into a crack, where he secretly watched the direction from which the sound came.

"Squeak, squeak, squeak!"

Before long, several giant rats the size of house cats appeared in Lu Minghao's sight. Whether it was because of the influence of magic essence or because the sewer was simply too suitable for rats to live in, every one of them was remarkably fat.

However, the giant rats had no idea that a slime was watching them from the corner. They merely continued running forward in panic, as if something had frightened them badly. One of the giant rats also clearly had wounds on its body.